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12 Days of Christmas at Beauty Encounter

This week, Beauty Encounter replenishes a new set of products on sale which will cater to all your needs. May it be discount fragrances for men and women, bath and body products, colognes and cosmetics, your 12 days of Christmas will be complete with this week’s top deals.

1. Juicy Couture. On the first day of Christmas, sprinkle yourself with the magic of Juicy Couture for Women and lavish yourself with haute couture and a vivid representation of Paris. This flirty floral discount fragrance is normally priced at $89, now at $59.95.

2. Lippmann Collection Nail Color. On the second day of Christmas, dress your nails with some sparkle by applying “Glitter In The Air” from the Lippmann Collection. This long wearing lacquer is priced at $13.50 this week from its usual retail price of $18.

Many other colors as well!

Photo adapted from the Beauty Encounter website

3. Lacoste Essential Sport Pour Homme. On the third day of Christmas, pick-up something sporty and aquatic for your man with Lacoste Essential Sport Pour Homme. This cologne bottles up the essential freshness a man longs for. You can get it this week at $41.40.

4. Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom. On the fourth day of Christmas, moisturize your skin with Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom. It has triple power to make your skin smooth and supple. This one is priced at $5.99.

5. Bath & Body Works Sweet Pea. On the fifth day of Christmas, make sure your hands are clean and protected. Make it a habit to wash your hands with Bath & Body Works Sweet Pea anti-bacterial hand soap. Regularly priced at $6, now at $3.99.

6. Lady Million by Paco Rabanne. On the sixth day of Christmas, feel like a million bucks with Lady Million. Make a vibrant entrance during parties and experience a luxurious time all night long. Lady Million doesn’t cost you a fortune because it’s only $44.89 this week.

Photo adapted from the Beauty Encounter website

7. Kiehl's High-Potency Skin-Firming Concentrate. On the seventh day of Christmas, start improving your daily facial regimen with Kiehl's High-Potency Skin-Firming Concentrate. Improve the appearance of your face, skin and neck by making them extra firm and younger looking. It’s only $51.20 this week from a retail price of $64.

8. Helena Rubinstein Wanted Eyes Perfect Color Blend Eyeshadow. On the eighth day of Christmas, make sure you’re all set for the Yuletide party with a perfect makeup. Use Wanted Eyes Perfect Color Blend Eyeshadow in Smoky Smoulder for an intense, vibrant shade. At 60% off, you can get this for only $16.80.

9. June Jacobs Spa Collection Serenity Candle. On the ninth day of Christmas, make your room a bit more relaxing with Spa Collection Serenity Candle in Citrus. Sit back, relax and feel the warmth of June Jacobs’ candle. It’s only $22 this week.

Photo adapted from the Beauty Encounter website

10. Japonesque Touch Up Tube. On the tenth day of Christmas, change your old, flimsy makeup brushes into something stylish and effective with Japonesque Touch Up Tube. This 5-piece set of professional style brushes is fashionably printed in pink leopard. The tube is worth only $14.00.

11. Hugo Just Different by Hugo Boss for Men. On the eleventh day of Christmas, we want everything to look and smell good – including our man. Slip a bottle of Hugo Just Different shower gel inside his bathroom and get him refreshed with the product’s cool mint leaves. A 6.7 oz tube only costs $17.50.

12. Little I Mirror Mints. On the twelfth day of Christmas, collect all Little I Mirror Mints variants in Joy to the World, Peace on Earth and Happy Holidays. Spread the cheerful Yuletide season with these sugar-free breath mints enclosed in a fashionable tin compartment. It’s only priced at $2.19 each which gives you up to 45% savings.

Make sure you visit Beauty Encounter weekly for the finest deals on beauty, body products and discount fragrances.

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Setting the Stage – Organizing 101

The following is a guest post from Brittany of the blog Brittany Rae Yoga. All opinions are her own and may differ from those of yours.

If you ask my Mom, she’ll be the first to tell you I am not a natural organizer.

In fact, I hate cleaning and organizing.

My sister can make a pigsty into a luxurious, dreamy room in the amount of time it takes me to simply organize my sock drawer. Sigh.

It takes me a lot of work, time and energy to make my room, car and workspace clean and organized. And I often put it off for months. And to be honest, most of the time I just beg, plead, pay my sister to do it for me.

But a month ago something changed. Call it breakdown. Call it a moment of rage. Call it whatever your little heart desires. All I know is that I walked into my room and felt this heaviness come over me. Weight on my shoulders. I could not find anything. I could not see the floor (tmi?). And it was causing me so much stress. Something switched in my mind and I turned into an organizing machine. I cancelled all plans for the next two days and completely tore apart my room and car. I learned some things along the way that I hope you will find useful in your organizing process.

P.S. I am no professional organizer. There is probably a million better ways to organize. But this worked for me and I’m stickin’ to it!

Time: I know, we are all busy. But you will never find the time if you don’t make it. Take a day or two out of your schedule and cancel all of your plans. Get a baby sitter if you need to. Don’t let anything come in the way of creating a space that you love to be in.

Tackle: Know the basic areas of the space you want to organize. Let’s stick with the bedroom theme for this article. You would break it down to dresser, closet, desk, night stand and any other areas you have in your room. Know what areas to tackle.

Order: Pick what area you want to start with first. Take everything out of that area and sort it into three different piles Keep, Trash, Donate. Sort everything into those three piles. Everything that you put in the “keep” pile should then be neatly folded/organized and placed back into the area in which it was. If there is a better area for it, move it to that space now. Once you are finished with one area, move onto the next until all the areas are organized.

Trash: It can be really liberating to throw away the stuff we no longer need. It can also be extremely terrifying. It is always hard to let go. Make sure you are only throwing away things that you do not need and that do not serve you. If you haven’t used it in a year, chances are it can either be thrown away or donated. Also make sure you are not throwing away stuff that can be donated. If you are having trouble letting go, come back to the reason you wanted to organize and clean. We have to let go if we want to bring new things/emotions into our lives. Be brave here.

Donate: Contact your local donation spots and organize a drop off time or better yet, take it there right now!

Stage: Now that your space is completely organized and free of anything you don’t need it is time to create it into a space you actually want to be in. Clean and vacuum. Then fill the space with candles, flowers and anything else that makes you feel cozy, confident and joyful.

Being organized just makes life easy. Now I know where everything is. I don’t spend hours trying to find something. My mornings are easy and I am not rushing trying to get ready and run out the door. I am creating the space and setting the stage for the life I want to live.

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WOW Antlers for Your Car! {Giveaway}

Christmas in 14 days!! Have you started decorating your home yet? What about your car? Yes! Your car! A really fun and easy way to decorate your car this holiday season is with WOW Antlers! Check out the picture below, and notice how the antlers light up!

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