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Kristen's Christmas Wish List - the ultimate gifts
Oh, how I love this time of year! The Holiday Season brings about cooler temperatures, family and friends, the spirit of the season, lots of food... and the best freakin' beauty goodies you can find! Most people find this time of year stressful. Not me! I love buying for people and I love to buy for me, too! Sounds selfish, but my husband and I do not really exchange gifts. We may buy something small for each other, but we just go together to the Houston Galleria and buy stuff we want, within reason of course. I am gearing up for my goody list and here it is!
I have been dying to get a hold of the new T3 Tourmaline Ionic Hair Dryer. Yes, it is $200 and I may be crazy for wanting it, but hey, I am quite the logical person. I can justify its purchase by thinking about what I spend in a year on hair products that have claims of grandeur as high as I am tall (and I am pretty tall at 5'10"), and they don't work. If that hairdryer did what it says it does, I wouldn't feel the need to buy all these products that are taking over my bathroom. I'd tell you what I spend in a year on hair products, particularly pre-straightener, but I fear my husband may come across this, so I can't tell you. I can tell you that I'd be much better off by buying the dryer. With claims to dry your hair up to 60% faster while making it shinier and healthier and frizz free, I am hoping it's true since I decided to go ahead and order it because we won't be making our Houston trip for another couple of weeks. I'll let you all know how it works since a fellow panelist just loves it. The T3 can be found at Sephora.com, Beautysak.com and Diamondbeauty.com.
Another item that I want is the Chantecaille Stress Repair Concentrate. After Marissa's review, I think I want it really bad. Again, I cannot see spending $170 on skincare, but I use the same justification as the hairdryer. If it works and lasts a while, I am better off in the long run instead of buying other expensive stuff that doesn't work. Puffy under eyes are a gift from my mom since she has them (as do my older siblings), and it doesn't help that I don't sleep but maybe 5 hours a night. I've heard this stuff is the best with its host of goodies like caffeine, green tea and bilberry extracts (just to name a few) to minimize fine lines and eradicate puffies. And hey, I am not getting any younger. I wouldn't even get offended if my husband did buy it. It's not a treadmill, so I'm good. :) Chantecaille can be found at Neimanmarcus.com and Bergdorgoodman.com.
Chantecaille has made it on my "most wanted" list because I also want their Holiday Palette. Again, it's a little pricey for what I would normally buy (which is why I don't have it... yet), and since I can't think of a logical reason why I should have it, I haven't bought it. I mean, it's not like I need more makeup! But hey, give me what I want, not need! It's a dazzling trio of champagne and grey blue eye shadows and a sparkly red lip gloss housed in a chic silver case that is signature Chantecaille. I do love Chantecaille's lip glosses and compact powder and have been wanting to try out the rest of the line because not only what I've tried has been good, but I just adore the packaging. I've wanted this thing for over a year now. I think I will bump my head, lose all sense of reasoning and buy the darned thing anyway just because! Those colors are just too pretty.
Since I am a Laura Mercier fan and have been for years now, this list wouldn't be complete without something of hers. The Custom Portfolio is the ultimate-chic, zippered makeup case that holds makeup essentials and tools in a flat panel board that you customize with your favorite things. It holds up to 8 eye shadows, 2 eye liners, 1 brow powder duo, 2 cheek shades, and 2 pressed powders. It's not cheap as it costs $308 to fill it up, which is the most expensive palette I can think of, but it holds a lot of stuff and it comes with the faux lizard makeup case. I can see buying this soon since I wear mostly Laura Mercier, unless I am wanting to have a jazzy evening and spice things up with glitter and rhinestones. I think the only reason I haven't bought it is because I cannot think of any products that go it in that I don't already have. I am trying to be practical and not buy the same exact stuff I am using... but soon... very soon. I actually showed it to my husband and he actually said to get it if I didn't have so much of it already because he's tired of all my stuff piled on the bathroom counter! You can check out Laura's products at Lauramercier.com, Neimanmarcus.com, and Saksfifthavenue.com. I'd go check out her own website because I think it's more comprehensive.
Well, the list could go on and on and on, but alas it has to end. :( I am hoping that I was a good enough girl this year for Santa or my husband to deem me worthy enough for such pricey gifts. I think I've been good all year in that I haven’' bought any of them, except for the recent purchase of the T3 dryer, so that should be sufficient justification as to why I should get them now. :)
Merry Christmas!
Posted December 11, 2005
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