Fall Makeup Giveaway Collaboration

September 28, 2016 Dom Kem

It's giveaway time!

Jess and I are teaming up once again for a collaboration giveaway for a chance to win some of our Fall makeup picks. The Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basics palette has a total of 12 beautiful shades to create a range of beautiful looks, and the limited edition Kathleen Lights X Makeup Geek Highlighter palette is a beautiful trio of three shades to keep you glowing through Fall. For our giveaway, each palette will come with a coordinated lip shade from Urban Decay and Nars.

There will be TWO winners!

The 1st prize winner will receive the Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basics Palette AND Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Gash. The 2nd prize winner will receive the Kathleen Lights X Makeup Geek Highlighter Palette AND the Nars Velvet Lip Glide in Bound. If you would like to enter for a chance to win these items, please read the entire rules below!

1. You must be following both of our Instagram accounts- @cali_beaute and @xxojess_

2. Like the giveaway photo on both accounts

3. Repost the image below on Instagram, tag two friends, and use the hashtag #xxojess_calibeaute

4. To gain additional entries:

Follow BOTH of our Blogs-my subscription box is below and you can find Jess' blog here.

Follow BOTH of our Facebook Pages- Click here for my Facebook page and here for Jess'

Follow BOTH of our Twitter Pages- Click here for my Twitter page and here for Jess'

5. Ends October 12th at 10pm EST/7PM PST

6. Your Instagram account must be public when the giveaway ends for your entry to count!

7. No giveaway accounts

8. You may enter only once

9. Open Internationally

Good luck!

Xo,

Dom

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Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush Palette Color Wheel Photos and Swatches

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One thing that I look forward to every holiday season is Tarte's limited edition blush palette. I pick one up every year, because it's such an incredible value. You can see previous releases in a blog post I wrote here. This year's limited edition palette is called the Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush Color Wheel. It retails for $44 USD and is a double-sided cheek palette that features 10 blush and highlight shades. All the limited edition holiday blush palettes they've released to date only feature 5 pans of blush and or highlighter so I'm thrilled that this year's edition features 10 shades in cute art deco print packaging which is part of their Works of Tarte holiday collection.

Tarte Kiss Bliss Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paint & Crayon Set Holiday 2016 Photos & Swatches

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Tarte Kiss Bliss Tarteist Lip Paint and Crayon Set

The Tarte Kiss Bliss Tarteist Creamy Matte Lip Paint & Crayon Set $46, is now available online and in stores. I picked this set up in store and today's post will feature details, images, and swatches of this limited edition set that is part of Tarte Cosmetics' Holiday Collection for 2016. If you are interested in reading my full review of the lip paints from a previous post first, you can find it here. Otherwise, please kindly scroll below.

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Chanel Fall 2016 Picks: Le Rouge Collection and Ultra Wear Flawless Collection Picks

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Laura Mercier Fall in Love Face Illuminator Collection Palette: Photos, Swatches, and First Impressions

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Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Surreal Light Palette: First Look and First Impressions

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As soon as the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Surreal Light Palette was available online, I promptly purchased it. I am a huge fan of their luxury line of makeup products. I've purchased every limited edition face palette to date and once I saw a sneak peek of this item online and the shades contained within, I knew I had to have it. Today I'll be sharing with you a first look of the palette along with swatches and my first impressions.

Urban Decay All Nighter Foundation Review

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Urban Decay recently released the All Nighter Liquid Foundation, which is part of their Fall 2016 release. Like its moniker, the foundation claims to last "all night", provide full, matte coverage while the formula is comfortable enough to wear on a daily basis. I have had the foundation in my rotation for over a month now and today I'm ready to share my review.

Sephora 2016 Beauty Insider Appreciation Event Haul + Holiday First Access

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Today marks the beginning of Sephora's Beauty Appreciation sale that will run until September 17th. If you are a beauty insider, any purchases made during this period will secure 4x the points which easily helps you rack up the points to redeem beauty perks given throughout the year.