Recently, I’ve been noticing how many of my favorite blogs and websites are giving away awesome free merchandise, and I thought, “My readers need to know about this!” With that said, here are my favorite giveaways of the holidays 2009, in no particular order:
FabSugar, Portero, and The Purse Blog – Hermes Bag Giveaway ($8,350 value)!
Well, I don’t know about you, but I certainly wouldn’t mind waking up and finding Santa had brought me one of these beauties. The Hermes bag is certainly a luxury icon worldwide, and now FabSugar, Portero Luxury, and The Purse Blog are giving one away absolutely free. All you have to do is enter your e-mail address to sign up for e-mails from the PopSugar Network, PopSugar Daily, Portero.com, and ThePurseBlog. Considering that these are four sites I would like to hear from anyway, I say that this is the giveaway of the year, not just the season!
Beautiful Makeup Search - 12 Days of Beauty Giveaways (over $1,000 total value)!
From December 1-12, the popular beauty blog Beautiful Makeup Search is giving away over $1,000 in beauty products. Still to come: a CoverGirl Makeup + Smashbox WISH Set, Philosophy The Bake Shoppe gift set, and my personal favorite, the Limited Edition Clarisonic PLUS Sonic Skin Cleansing System. Um, yes!!! Check back to Beautiful Makeup Search regularly to enter.
Clinique.com - 10 Days of Beauty Giveaways and Free Shipping!
Clinique.com is giving away one deluxe sample every day now through December 10, and offering free shipping through that time!
Sephora.com – Free Kat Von D deluxe bag and Jurlique Herbal recovery gel (with $25 purchase), and free shipping (select items)!
For a limited time, Sephora.com is offering a free Kat Von D deluxe tote bag (shown above) and Jurlique Herbal recovery gel with any $25 purchase. Use coupon code TOTE09 at checkout for the Kat Von D complimentary tote, and coupon code JURLIQUE for the free Herbal recovery gel. As for the free shipping, only select items are eligible, but it’s worth a shot to enter coupon code HOLIDAY SHIP at checkout to see if your order applies!
Beauty.com - Free Deluxe Sample Bag ($150 value) with $100 purchase – or coupon $10 off $60!
For a limited time, Beauty.com is offering the deluxe sample bag shown above, designed by jewelry designer Erickson Beamon, with any purchase of $100 or more. Please use this link to receive your bag! The bag features all of the following freebies: StriVectin® Neck Cream, DDF® Daily Protective Moisturizer SPF 15, PHYTO phytolisse finishing serum, INTELLIGENT NUTRIENTS® LIP DELIVERY NUTRITION, Urban Decay Sin Primer Potion, and eight more deluxe samples! Check it out here!
In addition, Beauty.com is offering $10 off $60 through December 31, 2009. As Beauty.com uses links instead of coupon codes, please use this link to receive the offer.
Various Blogs and The Body Shop: The 12 Days of Giveaways
Visit The Body Shop website, pick out and name three gift sets you like from the gift selection on the site, and comment on the day’s selected blog with your choices. And your entered! Don’t know how to find which blog is today’s selected site? Simply visit Musings of a Muse – she’s so nice, and she updates about the contest daily!
eBates.com – Sign up and Save 1%-15% online!
Before I shop online, I always stop at eBates,com first. After registering for eBates, you can click through to your favorite merchants and receive 1%-15% off your total purchase in the form of a check! It’s really simple, and it adds up quickly! For more information, please visit eBates.com.
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