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Vegan Nail Polish that Your Kids Can Enjoy with You (Review)

March 5, 2015 Katie Marie 2 Comments

Who’s ready to discover a new nail polish line??

Not only is this line made in the US and is kid-friendly, it’s also natural, vegan, and “5-Free” (if you are just as lost as I was on what this phrase means….click here to have it explained! 😉 And the line has a lot of really fun colors — and glitter polishes, too!

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Nails, Reviews Beauty Review, Giveaway, Tomoson

An Awesome $250 Sephora Giveaway!

January 30, 2015 Katie Marie 6 Comments

It’s Friday! And while you are all looking forward to getting a weekend break from work…I thought it’d be fun to give you another reason to celebrate.
Because who doesn’t love a giveaway? Especially a Sephora giveaway!!
So to celebrate this awesome giveaway, I thought to show you my top 3 makeup products that you can purchase from Sephora!

My Top 3 Sephora Recommendations

1) Urban Decay Naked Skin Liquid Makeup

This formula helps skin achieve a natural, illuminated and bright
finish— like the beautiful skin you were born with. Naked Skin is
formulated with light-diffusing spheres, transforming you to look
professionally retouched. Buildable coverage allows women to customize
their look. Available in a meticulously calibrated range of shades,
Urban Decay’s precise shade numbering system does poetic justice to both
warm tones (ending in “.0”) and cool skin tones (ending in “.5”). The
finish is matte, never flat, and luminous, but not shiny.

2) NARS Radiant Creamy Concealers

Ideal for all skin types, Radiant Creamy Concealer is a multiaction
formula that instantly obscures imperfections, blurs the appearance of
lines and wrinkles, and hides dark circles and signs of fatigue.
Hydrating and luxuriously smooth, it layers lightly for buildable
medium-to-full coverage and a natural luminous finish. The multiactive
botanical blend hydrates, firms, reduces redness, and strengthens the
skin by helping its barrier retain vital moisture. It also delivers
antioxidant protection to protect the skin against damaging free
radicals.

3) Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencils

Made with a double-dose of premium micronized pigments, this lip pencil
delivers a modern matte look. This lip color delivers super antioxidant
resveratrol, which fights free radicals with potent long-term antiaging
benefits. Each lip pencil contains the amount of resveratrol found in
five glasses of red wine.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $250 Sephora Gift Card 

Co-hosts: Jenn’s Blah Blah Blog • The Relevance Report • Geniabeme • Pretty Thrifty • A Good Hue • To Hell in a Handbag • Lush to Blush • Orange Marigolds • Jolie Pagaille • From My Vanity • Bene • Peanut Butter and Whine

Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck! 

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Giveaway ends 2/13 and is open worldwide. Winner will be notified via email.

Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog? Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers! And if you sign up, let them know Katie at From My Vanity sent you! 🙂
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What are some of your favorite makeup products that you buy at Sephora? What would you purchase if you won this gift card? Let me know in the comments below!

The products mentioned above where purchased with my own
personal money. I was not compensated in any way for sharing these products. Sephora is not sponsoring this giveaway. I only
recommend products that I have used
personally and believe will be beneficial for my readers.

Uncategorized Giveaway, Giveaway Hop

Featuring Borghese new Makeup and Skincare Collections (Giveaway)

January 12, 2015 Katie Marie 9 Comments

I was recently sent a bunch of things from Borghese, both skincare and makeup products. Not only did they do that, but they also sent double of everything — so I can share with you! Before we dive into the giveaway, though, lets get to know the brand. If you’re like me, you’d seen the brand in passing, but never really knew anything about it.

About Borghese

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Apostolic Clothing is Concerned about Fashion AND Modesty! (Giveaway & Review)

December 17, 2014 Katie Marie 32 Comments

I always love finding these gems on the web. For every girl who shops modestly, you know exactly what I mean! It can be a struggle to find a dress that’s not too short or a cute skirt that isn’t a pencil skirt. Our culture doesn’t encourage modesty in women today — but as a Christan wife, that is my main objective when shopping for clothes. I want clothing that covers those areas meant only for my husband, while still feeling feminine and attractive.

With that point of view in mind, let’s learn more about this brand!

About Apostolic Clothing

“Modesty in dress can be a great outreach but modesty in conversation is even greater!”
 Apostolic Clothing is simply a clothing a clothing company ran by Apostolic missionaries who have a passion for offering a line of clothing that is trendy, fashionable and modest.  
We offer vintage and modest dresses,
skirts, tops and outerwear for every occasion and are constantly growing
our modest accessories such as unique slips and skirt extenders. We are
a fast growing community that is constantly looking for better ways to
make modesty more convenient for all those who have trouble with
dressing modest while carrying themselves in a fashionable and
professional sense. 
Apostolic Clothing is a mission ran
company that supports mission work in Asia. When you purchase from our
store, you are helping us reach the people of Asia and for that we thank
you!   
Website  /  Facebook  /  Twitter  /  Instagram  /  Pinterest

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Custom Leather Jewelry Makes Beautiful Gifts for Him or Her (Jewelry Giveaway)

December 12, 2014 Katie Marie 21 Comments

Who doesn’t love jewelry! And for girls like me, ones made out of leather have just as much appeal as those made from diamonds. There’s just something so beautiful about a rustic feel to a necklace or bracelet.

Today I am excited to welcome back Michelle and her Custom Leather Jewelry Etsy shop. I’ve featured her on here several times in the past, including sharing my review of one of her leather cuffs. 🙂

About Michelle’s Customer Leather Jewelry

Inspiration is all around all you have to do is listen!

Here in the shop you can customize things with your own personal thoughts and words. It can be fun, goofy, sweet, loving, motivational, personal, whatever your thought you can have it to wear with you every day or to give to someone special.

Each cuff is custom made, words, colors, sizes, details are all options each customer has to create a piece that they will love. Customizing it allows me to pay attention to the individual and not just make something that is a stock piece.
I am always working to see what else I can create, the next new item, some days my customers come up with the neatest things that also get added to the shop.

I love when my customers share their joy in emails, it always brings a smile to my face, sometimes the personal stories are so touching and they make me happy to know that I can make something that means so much to the wearer. Those are the things that keep me making and doing.The shop has become my full time job, and being able to wake up everyday and do something I love, is better than any other job in the world I can imagine. It often amounts to more work and many long hours, but it a very satisfying experience and one I wouldn’t trade for anything.

More About Michelle’s Customer Leather Jewelry Etsy Store

Here is a picture of what my cuff from Michelle looks like. 🙂

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Jewelry, Lifestyle Giveaway

Old Factory Making Candles the Old-Fashioned Way! (Giveaway)

November 10, 2014 Katie Marie 6 Comments

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Old Factory Themed Candle Gift Sets

Retail Price: $30.99

50 SHADES themed gift set contains 3 different 2 ounce candles. Includes Leather, Jasmine Bubbles, Vanilla Sex.
Made in the USA with natural soy wax and self-trimming cotton candle wicks.
Each gift pack comes with 3
fragrance-themed candles. Each of which burns clean for over 20 hours.
The subtle jar design makes it the perfect complement for any decor, and
any room of the house – kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, family room, great
room, basement.

Buy one for yourself, and another for a loved one – just because.
Every purchase is 100% Guaranteed. If
you are not completely thrilled with the fragrance or appearance of
these candles. We insist you send them back (at our expense) and we’ll
give you a full refund. No hassles. No headaches. That’s our promise to
you.

My Review:

First Impression & Packaging:
I love to burn candles around the house, so was thrilled to receive this set of three candles from Old Factory — a company that’s exclusively available on Amazon. I was sent them as a gift, which is the first time I’ve ever had any experience with Amazon sending a product wrapped. This is how it looked when I opened the package.

I appreciated that they included the invoice, but put it in an envelop so that you have the option to be totally surprised when you open the gift. The invoice also did not include the price of the item.

This 3-Candle Gift set comes in a variety of different sets and, since we’ve just stepped into November, I thought it was appropriate to get the Fall Harvest gift set. Each of the candles are 2 oz. and come with a black screw-on lid. They were slightly smaller than I had expected, but I didn’t see this as a negative aspect.

Product & Application:
I really appreciate and loved the care that Old Factory takes with the packaging and design–from the candles themselves, to the inserts you get, to even the box it comes in. How sweet that they even included little messages underneath the candles (see picture above). They’re a very thoughtful company.

The aroma from the candles can be smelled even before you light them — so yummy! As you can see, the three different scents were in Cranberry, Autumn Leaves, and Pumpkin Spice. The Cranberry definitely puts me in mind of Christmas, so I will be saving that till next month. Autumn Leaves smells outdoorsy….like crushed leaves. Not specifically fall….but more like what the outdoors smell like during the spring, so I would say this would work no matter the season.

Pumpkin Spice, of course, smells like pumpkin…and maybe a touch of gingerbread. Personally, it’s the most accurate “fall” scent in this set. But! When you light them all at the same time, then all the scents do combine to give you a very accurate “fall” smell. It’s my favorite season, so I love it! 🙂

Major Likes & Dislikes:
I think this set would make a wonderful gift for someone who loves candles this Christmas (like me!). Or you could even purchase this set, and then divide them up between three friends as stocking stuffers. I like that the candles are natural and handmade in the USA. And, of course, the scents are really pleasant when you burn them. Not too strong (I don’t like those kinds).

The price seems kind of pricey for 3 2oz candles. But right now I appreciate that they’re on sale, so more affordable. And when you divide $25 three ways, it’s not that bad. And $25 makes for easy gifts.

Final Thoughts:
Almost forgot to mention, but Old Factory has a 100% satisfaction guarantee return policy — if you don’t like the product, they will pay for the shipping to have it returned. I really appreciate this. Too often you see the return guarantee…but you have to pay for shipping it back. That’s not the case with Old Factory candles!

Each candle burns for about 20 hours, so if you do the math….right now you can spend $25 and have wonderful scents filling your house for at least 60 hours! The perfect amount of time for this season — you don’t have to worry about still having half the candle to burn through when Christmas is over and spring is rapidly approaching (like with large B&BW candles!).

If you like burning candles in your home, then you have to try these Old Factory candles at some point! You won’t be disappointed and I think you are going to love the ability to switch scents in a timely manner.

Old Factory Candle GIVEAWAY!
It’s been a little while since I’ve had a giveaway to offer to y’all, so I’m really excited to share this news with you today. 🙂 One of my awesome readers will win 1 FREE Old Factory Candle Gift Set. Thank you, Old Factory!

Contest winners must have an Amazon.com account, a
PayPal account (for shipping reimbursements), and live in America in
order to claim their prize. For more detailed rules, see Terms & Conditions in the Rafflecopter form below.

Giveaway ends December 1st, at midnight.

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Question for My Readers: If you won the giveaway, which of the sets would you pick (see list of sets in the picture above). 

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I received one or more of the products mentioned above from Old Factory, sponsored through BrandBackers. I only share information that I think will be useful for my readers and I only recommend products I have personally used.

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Join this Kickstarter Campaign to Publish a Heartwarming Children’s Book (Giveaway)

September 24, 2014 Katie Marie Leave a Comment

Ever thought of supporting someone on Kickstarter?

I know you love me mommy and daddy by franicia white

Friends of mine, Tim and Franicia White, are in the process of publishing an illustrated children’s book. She has already written the book and paid for the illustrations. But even with these two big hurdles in publishing a book behind them, there are still a lot of expenses ahead of them. So they are starting up their own Kickstarter Campaign. 🙂

I will let you explore their page to get all the details — and make sure you do check it out as they put together an impressive, professional trailer — but here’s a little bit about their family-friendly children’s book. 🙂

“We’re inviting you to back our efforts in printing I Know You Love Me Mommy and Daddy in hardcover. We plan to release it in digital formats too including but not limited to Kindle, iBook, and ebook.”
“You
will be the first to receive hard copies of this wonderful children’s
book which is beautifully illustrated by Debra Hostetler. So, before the
books are sold to the public, backers will not only have access to the
physical book with a special Kickstarter sticker but also extra
sneak-peek information.”

Endorsements
I just saw on Franicia’s blog that Michelle Duggar wrote an endorsement for this upcoming book. How cool is that? Here’s what she said…

I Know You Love Me Mommy & Daddy is a delightful
children’s book that reinforces God’s unconditional love that parents
are to share with their children.
-Michelle Duggar
(2 Cor. 12:9)
Mother of (TLC’s) 19 Kids & Counting

How Can You Help?
The beauty of Kickstarter
is that they have it split up in several different incentive packages for you to help this family out in their journey toward publication.
🙂 From $5 — where you are kept informed of the White’s progress, to $25 — where you get a Kickstarter exclusive book, to even $200 — where you get a plethora of different gifts as well as a 60 piece, 10×14 puzzle made from images that inspired this book’s artwork. Pretty cool, right? 🙂

Illustrations from children's book, I know you love me mommy and daddy by franicia white

If you have children and have been wanting to find good, wholesome books, I would highly recommend you checkout the Whites’ Kickstarter Page and see how you can help bring this book to life.

Or, if you don’t have kids but know someone who does, send them to this post so they can check it out for their children.

White’s Kickstarter Giveaway
Last of all, before I wrap up this post…yep, I have a giveaway to share with you all! Franicia White very lovingly offered to give one of my readers an ebook copy of I know You Love Me, Mommy and Daddy and another one of my readers their very own hardcover of this book. 😀  For more information and rules about this post, check the ‘terms and conditions’ at the bottom of the Rafflecopter form.

This giveaway will run until the end of the Kickstarter campaign, on October 15th.

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Question for My Readers: Did you watch the Whites’ video trailer? What did you think about it? I really enjoyed it, such a beautiful family!

I
was not compensated in any way for writing this post. I only share information that I have used personally and believe will be beneficial for
my readers.

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