Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Sexy Beauty Treats From Victoria's Secret

OK, who doesn't want to be a holiday bombshell?! Because I most certainly do.

Luckily, Victoria's Secret (which we all known is notorious for emitting sexpot type things) has all of these really great beauty sets that you should probably give to your friends and family. (Or, you could be like me and just hoard them all for yourself.) Either way, someone is going to be looking (and smelling!) like the business. Translation: "the business" is like the equivalency of saying "thebomb.com" or like how I would say "sexpot" in that all eyes will be on you because your skin is glowing and smelling delicious which leads to extreme levels of attractiveness. And we all know what that can lead to...tee hee hee. I should also mention that there are VS stores everywhere, so these are perfect last second gifts that you won't have to spend alot of money on.

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Star Bright Beauty Rush Gloss Set

When in doubt, give a gloss! I mean, I haven't found a female yet who doesn't love these VS Beauty Rush glosses. (I used to purchase them by the dozen in high school and college!) This set features six limited-edition holiday flavors in a cute star-shaped box.

Price: $25

The Ultimate Heavenly Gift

A cult classic fragrance (the scent evokes so many memories..most of them centered around cute boys, of course) comes packaged in a pretty box. This set features Heavenly Eau de Parfum (2.5 oz), Angel Wash (3.4 oz) and Angel Touch Lotion (3.4 oz).

Price: $58

Best Of VS Fragrance Set

Can't decide on which fragrance to give? Why not choose them all?! This set features seven of the brand's best selling scents: Dream Angels Heavenly; Very Sexy; Body By Victoria; Victoria's Secret PINK; Sexy Little Things Love Rocks; Sexy Little Things Noir; and (my fave!) Victoria's Secret Bombshell. Each scent comes in those cute mini .25 oz sizes, which means it's perfect to throw in your bag (along with your VS Rush lip glosses, of course).

Price: $40

Secret Garden Splash & Lotion Set

Who can forget that VS makes the best smelling body lotion in America?! Certainly not me. Which raises the point that this set is the perfect way to keep your body smelling delicious and feeling super soft and sumptous. (Cue the idea of guys not being able to keep their hands off of you here). This set contains both body lotion and splash in their top selling scents: Love Spell, Amber Romance and Pure Seduction. Great for travel as their only 4.2 oz each!

Price: $22

Because makeup is always a good gift (and those New Year celebrations are right around the corner!) you should probably also check out the VS Holiday Makeup Collection. Plus, who doesn't want to look like Adriana Lima?! Side note: I met her once and she's really this gorgeous. See proof below:

Sigh..isn't she gorge?! But, back to the makeup collection:

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Deluxe Lip Palette in Temptation: Contains both lipsticks and lipglosses

Luminous Highlighting Powder in Starlit: Three pearlescent, shimmering shades perfect to highlight cheekbones or brow bones.

Deluxe Eye Palette in Spellbound: Silky eye shadows and a Gel Liner. Shades include a champagne, bronze, dark silver and midnight.

HyperGloss Eye Shimmer in Night Lights: My fave! Adds shimmer and shine to your eyelids with just one swipe for a multi-dimensional, jewel-like effect.

Nail Lacquer in Midnight Glamour: A bold midnight blue shade.

And, of course, VS has tons of other fab beauty sets! Click here to check out others as well as the ones mentioned above.

xo

Ferocia

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: 40 Gifts Any Woman Would Love

Have you heard the sentiment that Christmas is a holiday for kids? Yeah, me too and I don't buy it for one second. As a young woman living on her own, I get just as excited about the holiday as if I was 8 years-old and a bike was waiting for me under the tree. It's as good a time as any to treat yourself, or someone special, after saving, spending smart and sacrificing during the year (which I totally did except for that Lanvin X H&M sale hehe).

There are plenty of luxe gifts that will blow your Mom/BFF/sister's/girlfriend's mind on Christmas from Christian Louboutin pumps to Lanvin dresses to Agent Provocateur silk robes.

But if you're looking to cut costs, I suggest pairing a less expensive gift with an experience she can tie it to. For example, a Sephora by OPI nail polish set and a gift certificate to a swanky nail salon, a Rebecca Taylor faux fur coat and an off-Broadway play to wear it to, a pair of Ugg slippers and a massage at the Spa. Sounds great, right?

That's my wish list anyway (along with a puppy! Hey, a girl can dream, right?).

Shop my Christmas list of luxury and affordable gifts this season, and tell me your gift ideas in the comment section.

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Kisses,

Coutura

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: 30 Gifts for The Well-Dressed Man in Your Life

Am I the only one that finds it hard to shop for men? Whatever they truly want, they've probably bought for themselves already. Well, there's a way around it and it doesn't involve stalking Kobe Bryant for free tickets to the Lakers game or stealing the iPad 2.0 from the Apple factory before it hits stores. Look for luxurious and unique pieces that you know he'd like but wouldn't buy himself.

From a dope safety-pin bowtie and Givenchy tuxedo jacket for the trendy dresser to a Diesel multi-zone watch for the sporty guy to a silver-plated cigar holder for your cigar aficionado father, we've found it all.

Shop our favorite picks below:

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What gift are you planning to get for the man in your life? Tell us - we can keep a secret. My boo, who luckily doesn't read this blog since the writing is pink, has an iPod and that Gucci case to look forward to.

Kisses,

Coutura

Holiday Gift Guide 2010: Great Smells From Philosophy

If there's one brand that practically screams holiday and evokes all those warm memories of opening toys underneath the Christmas tree as a child, drinking hot chocolate and other nauseatingly happy things that you may have done it's definitely Philosophy. In fact, most of the faces on the packaging for their holiday gift sets are childhood photos taken of the employees at the company. (Yes, for those of you like me that always wondered if those children were actual real people, they are!) So, above is like one of the only childhood pics of me you'll ever see in life of myself and fellow dance star Elizabeth right before a dance recital. Pretty cute, right?!

A couple of weeks ago (alright, it was really like months ago..where does the time go?!) I attended their holiday beauty blogger event and it was like stepping into an oasis of the most wonderful smells. This brand prides themselves on the ability to actually bottle the best scents in America. I mean, just one whiff alone of their gingerbread man scent is all you'll ever really need to make you happy with life. Did I mention that these are bath and body products that I'm talking about?! Yes, you can actually scent your self in these smells. AM-AZE!

Alright, so now that you get more of a mental picture as to what I'm talking about, let me go ahead and outline my fave products from the holiday collection for you:

Philosophy under the mistletoe lip gloss set

Women of all ages would be a fool not to love this set of super delicious (and extra glossy!) lip shades. Not only do they taste delicious (sweet, but not like that ingratiatingly sweet that hurts your teeth..yuck..) but they also provide the perfect sheer shade of color to lips. Each works great worn alone or over your fave shade of lipstick. (I can't get enough of that peppermint bark shade!)

Price: $20

Philosophy gingerbread girl foaming bubble bath & shower gel

OMG. I can't even begin to tell you Glamazons how much I love this stuff! Like, I think I just may never leave and continue to wash my body/bathe in it year round! The name says it all (it really does smell like a ginger bread cookie) but unlike the ginger bread man scent in the collection, this one smells lighter and more girly. I know no other way to describe it than just that way...like if I could throw fragrance waves of this stuff your way through the computer screen I totally would hahaha.

Price: $16

Of course, there are tons more gift sets and scents from this line (other faves of mine include the snow angel shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath as well as the eternal grace fragrance layering collection) so you'll have to get to their site asap to see them all (click here). As you can see, most of these are priced $20 or less so they're the perfect gifts for employees and other distant relatives that you may not want to spend tons of money on but want to gift them with something nice.

xo

Ferocia