Giveaway Congrats goes to...

Finally, I've tallied the results of my $150-valued Perricone M.D. product giveaway! Sorry for the delay, but without further ado...

... the winner is....

Erin une! Erin, I've emailed you, so please respond as soon as you can so I can have that sent to you promptly.

Also, thanks to all who entered! I wish I could give all my readers something special... but remember, try again next time if you didn't win this time! (Good things come to those who wait, hmmm?)

I'll be back later with some other goodies... and an update on my recent derma-laser-peel procedures!

Giveaway: Get Perricone's best wrinkle cream!

Morning, lovies! This giveaway is actually a little belated, so I apologize, but I have some seriously fun news.

Perricone M.D., an international leader in the best wrinkle creams around, would love to offer you, one of my beloved readers, a chance to win a Perricone product valued at $150 or less! Personally, I recommend the Cold Plasma, and I seriously love love love it. It's an anti-aging face cream that delivers serious results. The texture is smooth and cool and I have actually noticed a difference in the texture of my skin. It helps with my redness, too, which is a huge plus.

Want one, too (or something simliar)?? Well, entering is simple.

* Please comment on this post with your name and email address, mentioning what you'd get if you win amd why you need that product.

It's that simple, lovies. We're keeping it easy over here. :) Note, this giveaway ends Friday, April 8th, which gives you a whole week and a day to enter.

Happy entering!

And the winner is....

Sorry I've taken so long to announce the winner of my $25 gift card to Apothica.com, but I finally got around tonight to pushing aside my mounds of homework to attend to FF!

Using Excel's very sophisticated RANDBETWEEN formula (yep, I'm cool like that), the winner of my giveaway is....

....Drumroll (merci)....


Lola and Bean!! (lolaandbean.blogspot.com)

I will email you with the notification, but you will receive another email from Apothica directly for your gift card.

Thanks to all who played, and I will actually have another amazing giveaway next week! The gods above are shining on FF, yes'siree....

Merci beaucoup, mes amis!

Thank you all for your honest feedback regarding my new pants! I have to be truthful, I was secretly hoping for you all to say, "So pretty, Justine! Great! Keep em!", but the fact that you didn't just confirms my suspcion that they need to go back. Sad. But I guess the flip side is I can get something else in it's stead. After a big risk and fail with those pants, I think I might stick to something simple and practical-- new jeans. I've been wearing my Hudsons for several years now and they're starting to show the wear, plus no matter how much I love my AE super skinnies, I'm a bit of a denim brand whore (I'll admit it!) and want some designer duds. Oooorrrrr, the Equipment shirt I've been pining for... which isn't quite as practical, but has definitely been on my wishlist for some time. Decisions, decisions.  :)

I also get to pick up my presale top from Neiman's this evening, so definitely expect an outfit with it soon. I've never purchased a Robbi + Nikki item before, but given the father company (Robert Rodriguez), I have high hopes that it will be worn many, many times.

Also, miss Chloe from the Chloe Conspiracy, and now See Chloe Shop, is hosting a great giveaway with one of my faves, Shopbop! Check out her giveaway here, and enter to win a $100 gift card. Not too shabby, eh?

Enjoy your Wednesday, readers! (and p.s., is it just me or is this week drrraaaagggingggg byyyyy?)

Congratualtions to...

... # 54, who is Jen (of The Life Accounts)! Jen, I'll email you today to get your address and will ship the pretty necklace before I leave for Vegas next week. :)

(p.s., I assigned numbers in the same manner as I did for my last giveaway-- comments got numbers in the order they were received, and people who tweeted got two consecutive numbers.)

If you follow my Tweets, you'll notice I stopped by Targhetto today and saw the ZP for Target line already out (for those Dallasites-- it's the Cityplace Target in uptown). Here are some pics and comments--

1. The brocade skirt. They didn't have the dress version yet, not sure if they are getting it either. But the material is very nice and stiff. Almost too stiff on me, since it created a strange shape and kinda made me look weird. Guess it didn't help that I didn't have an appropriate top on, but whatever. At $50, I passed.

2. The pink zebra dress. Like most things, I assume, this looked better on Nicky Hilton. Sigh. Somehow it flattened out the boobage (whatever is there to flatten). The material and quality was nice, just like on the skirt, but it just didn't seem to work on me. Plus, it's a rather loud print. Not very versatile, but would be fun for a girls night out or a bachelorette party. $70, I passed again.

3. The grommetted dress. If there were a dress to buy from this collection, I would have gone for this one. Problem was, I took a usual XS and it didn't even zip. Didn't bother trying on the small, but I assume it would have been ok. The design was really cool and the material almost felt like a heavy silk. I didn't check, but I assume it's poly. I could see myself getting plenty of use out of it, but given that I'm about to spend a ton in Vegas this coming weekend, I passed. (one weird thing, as I look at the pics: the strips of material across the breast bone seem like they're not straight. I think that might just have had to do with the fact I couldn't zip it and it wasn't on me correctly.)

Sorry about the quality... you know how it is, with iPhones and Target lighting and all.   Did not spot the maxi dress I wanted to try. I did see the red leather jacket, which was cute and looked like the quality was nice, but it's red. BRIGHT red. Doesn't seem so practical to me, really. And at like, $250 (I think that's the price), it's just too much to spend at Target. Let me know what ya'll think about the line when/if you see it!!

The winner is...

Hello, lovies! This morning, I ran the random.org generator to randomly select a winner of my jewelry bar giveaway. Here's how I numbered everything: Every entrant got a number based on the placement of their comment (the first commenter got #1, etc), and then got two consecutive numbers if they were also a fan of the jewelry bar on facebook. Thank you all for the entries-- the most successful giveaway to date!! Great news to all who didn't win (and really, even the one who did!): Late this week (or possibly early next, depending on when I get the item in the mail), a NEW GIVEAWAY will be held featuring another great Etsy designer. So definitely stay tuned for that.

Without further ado, the winner of this week's giveaway was Nicole Q (#62)!  Nicole, I've emailed you and gave you directions on how to get a hold of the jewelry bar. Let me know what you pick; I'd love to see the final product. :)

And like I said, definitely stick around for next week's giveaway. It'll be just a pretty, I promise.

OOTD: Yellow and Grey colorway.

Eeeeshhh... today was not such a good day, lovies. I took some liberties at work that I thought I had to find out I... don't. Ooops. Hope the boss isn't too mad on Monday, or else little Justiney has 5 months of job searching to do. :-/  (I think I'm just being anxious and overly dramatic here, as per my usual, but one never knows.)

Despite that, I really liked my outfit today. Didn't need to do a WWJW post, because this is just what I wanted to wear! I love this dress. I bought it from EPIC apparel (boutique here in Dallas at which I used to work) a few years back, right after my shopping ban two Lents ago. Plus, in honor of my giveaway, I'm again wearing my jewelry bar necklace purchased a while back. It's pretty similar to what one of ya'll will win. I chose the gemstone that is a greyish, brownish hue because I loved the smokiness of it. So pretty paired with the gold chain. And I really like how all the colors are working today-- the yellow and grey mix is one of my faves, paired with the smokey topaz necklace, the acid washed denim and the grey nails (love). And because I almost took my toenail off last night while at the grocery store, it's flippie-floppies for me for a little while. Until, you know, I have a whole toenail again. Boo.

Dress: EPIC apparel

Jacket: F21 Dean Denim Jacket

Belt: F21 bow belt

Necklace: the jewelry bar (etsy!!)

Shoes: Target xhilaration thongs

(And just to make me sad... a picture from last summer. How I am jealous of me one year ago. Look at that tan!! and lack of roots! Sad.)

Here's to a nice weekend for all! And employment. Employment is good...

A Bit 'O' Housekeeping

1. Happy St. Patrick's Day, ya'll!

2. Regarding my giveaway, I never heard from CDP (which I suspected). A life lesson here, bloggies: PLEASE leave your contact info in giveaway posts! Pleeeeease! So I re-ran Random.org's generator, and it came up with 3, which was E. Hayes from Strawberry Swing and Other Things! I'm so happy she won because she is so sweet and has a super-cute blog. Check her out!!

3. I have been talking (vaguely) about a big decision I had to make recently, and I'm now ready to reveal: I will officially be at Texas Women's University come the fall of 2010 in pursuit of a Ph.D. in psychology!!!! Yay!! Ya'll will be calling me DOCTOR Justine. Heh. On a more serious note, it may have been one of the most difficult decisions I've ever made. But I really shouldn't dwell on the hard part of it because this has been long comin', peeps. This has been a dream of mine for quite some time, and I worked SUPER hard to get to where I'm at now. Gotta say I'm proud of myself! *pats on back.*

4. You may have noticed a few little changes on the blog today (little HTML fixes), and I'll be "unveiling" a new header and look on Friday!! Nothing huge, but I'm excited because:
    a) I did it all by myself. Look, Ma, no hands!! (p.s. I am quite the n00B at all this)
    b) I spent about 10 hours on Photoshop getting my new header all purdy (and it's still pretty beginner,  heh). I think the aesthetics will be a little better and a little less haphazard.
    c) I can't get sued for a picture I can't credit. Ooops? :)

Erin Go Bragh!

Sock Theory Winner....

Thanks to everyone who entered my little giveaway! And of course, thank you to Sock Theory for the pretty sockies. :)  I have another giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned for that one...

Each commenter/Twitterer was assigned a number in the order I received them (if you commented and tweeted, you got two numbers). Using Random.org, I entered the min and max numbers and yielded #30, which was cdp.

Cdp, I know you're a follower but I don't have any contact info for ya, so I hope you see this!! Email me and I can send you your pretty socks!! (I will re-run the number generator if I don't hear from you in a few days so I can select a winner, so pretty-please contact me!!)

I'll be back later with a post about Vegas outfit ideas... because let's face it. Planning my outfits for Vegas is about all the shopping-satisfaction I can get lately.

Super Sunday!

Good morning, ya'll!!

1. Reminder: the Giveaway ends tonight at midnight!! So please get your entries in if you haven't yet. Remmeber, you can still tweet about my contest for an extra entry.

2. Sorry about the few day MIA-ness. Not typical for me to leave ya'll hangin' through the whole weekend, but we had company in town, we drank lots of green beer and we ate our weight in corned beef. Yes... the St. Paddy's day Parade hit Dallas. A great time was had by all. Annnnddd, I have a very, very big decision to make in the next week and am the most indecisive person ever. So I'll be stressing out about that for some time (just a warning).

Happy Sunday, lovies!! and get to that giveaway-entering. Thanks :)

evening PSA.

Hi! Not much here this evening, just another PSA to enter my giveaway! Yes! Do it. Now. (clickey click right over to the left on that little banner that has my FF logo on it...)

*Waiting.*

*Tapping foot.*

Ahem. NOW!  :)

k. thanks.

Giveaway Time!

So I'm shy 2 followers as of right now for my 200 mark, but hell, why not do the giveaway anyway! hehe... OK scratch that. Yay for 200 FF readers!! :)

I was contacted last week by Morgan of a New York based company called Sock Theory. They sell... wouldn't ya guess it, cute socks! Sock Theory carries lines we sock enthusiasts know and love and has tons of options for fun, practical, cute and colorful socks.  I'm sure you've all seen me rock a pair of tights or knee highs here and there,  so I was pretty excited when she introduced me to the company and offered to do a giveaway for my readers! Without further ado (and some gratuitous photos of moi in my new socks that they kindly sent me to try)--

 

  

  

The buttoned ribbed OTKs! So cozy and adorable with pumps or boots, yay! 

Here's the pair Sock Theory sent for you: the same, in a rich shade of Navy. With a few more weeks of winter left, and inevitably some lingering cooler temps, these knee highs are the perfect way to say Adieu to the chill in style.

 

Here's what you have to do to enter:

1. Comment on this post and become a follower of Fetching Fashions. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS so I can contact you if you've won! Thanks. :)

2. For another entry, Tweet the giveaway! (again, leave a comment on the post that says you've tweeted, plus your Twitter name or URL to the Tweet). If you check out my feed, you'll also see that I've tweeted the contest, so you can always re-tweet to get your second entry, too.

You have until Sunday night (3/14) at midnight to enter, and the winner will be announced on Monday, 3/15.  Happy giveaway-entering, my lovies!

Enter a giveaway, even if it's not mine!

This is another one of those boring, information-type posts. Ugh, I know, I'm a betch, right? But this is still kinda fun and exciting even if it's not mindless pretty colors.

LuShae Jewelry is running a huge giveaway over on their site. I've seen LuShae's jewels and other bloggers have sung the company's praises (like Shannon at Wardrobe Review, or Classy In Philadelphia).  It's an Australian based jewelry company who models many of their pretty pieces off of celebrity designs, and of course, at a fraction of the price. Here's the giveaway: If you have a MySpace, blogger, or Live Journal account/page, you can win a grand prize of $5,000. Yeah, $5,000. That's a lot of money. In fact, that would buy me all the DVF in the world! (Scratch that. At least half the new DVF Spring collection, though. Sigh.) They even do monthly giveaways for a $200 prize, and anyone who enters the grand prize is eligible for the monthly ones, too. Oh AND you can get 15% off the entire site by entering! Whew... that's a lot of offers. All you have to do is click this link and follow the steps listed (post one of their badges on your page, then enter your name and email-- pretty simple).

(And again, for total clarity, I receive compensation for giveaway entrants who enter from that link above.)

Me? I wouldn't mind sporting this little pretty on my right hand:

Nice. Oh and look, I gave you a pretty picture to look at! I'm so sweet.

The winner is....

Using Random.org, each person was entered into my contest with an assigned number (comments were given numbers in order they were received; emails were given subsequent numbers), and the number generated was 27. That would be Nikki! Congrats, Nikki! I'll be emailing you soon to get your address so I can send you the pretty wallet/clutch and necklace. I really hope you enjoy them, and thank you MAJOR to everyone who participated! YAY!!!

:)

(umm... when will I win a giveaway? haha... I don't know if I've ever won anything in my life. Oh wait, ok, nevermind. I won a Starbucks giftcard from my apartment complex holiday party this Thanksgiving. OK. I feel better now, sorry.)

LAST DAY FOR GIVEAWAY

Hi all! Just a little reminder that today ( at 11:59 pm) is the last day to enter the giveaway. Thanks for all the entries so far, and I look forward to more giveaways coming soon. I'm hoping they get more exciting as time goes on and as I establish myself in this little bloggie world.

I'm off to do a teense bit shopping with the hubs (ya'll, this is a big deal... it's even for him! eeepp yay!). Then some numm numm German food later, so I'll post an OOTD... and try to use up this light while it lasts, because come Monday, it's back to the ole' grind and no sunlight for pictures. Yuck. Is is summer yet??!!

(I do find that ironic, yes, as I begged and pleaded for fall to come, then winter, and now I'm done. DONE DONE DONE. Ya hear me, Mother Nature? Sun, flowers, green grass, etc., etc. NOW.)

At any rate, happy Saturday!

Auld Lang Syne.

A boring post, my darling lovies.

1. ENTER MY GIVEAWAY! TELL YA FRIENDS! YAY! :)

2. Thank you to all my readers, old and new, and thanks for making this (half of) 2009 so fun for me every day. I seriously look forward to posting daily (which you should be able to tell with the amount I post!) and look forward to hearing what you think about my style, my picks, and the fashion world in general. You've all been an inspiration to me, too, and as old and cliche as it sounds, it's totally 100% true. I can't wait to start off 2010 with the blogging community!

3. I'm hoping this coming year will bring some changes to my blog, maybe a makeover and some extra goodies. I'd also love to hear more of your suggestions-- I know I said it before, but don't ever hesitate to contact me with your thoughts or questions. I don't find emails annoying-- I find 'em fun. Oh, and expertise is always appreciated. :)

4. SEE YA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 2010! Have a safe and fun holiday!

Love and gratitude,

Justine

This is big! GIVEAWAY big!

NOTE: Thanks for the entries; the giveaway is now closed.

This isn't a normal outfit-of-the-day-type-post, no no no...


(Even though I'm diggin' this boyfriend blazer, yes'siree.)

This is a veritable, true-to-life, no lyin' GIVEAWAY!

Yay! Two items for you, lovies:

First up for keeps is this super crazy cute F 21 necklace with a Parisian flare. It pains me to be giving her away as I spotted this pretty in the store today and grabbed it up. I think it will be in a better home with one of my lovies, anyway. :)


Ohh, but that's not all. I also swooned over this pretty wallet/clutch and also want to give it to you. It has a pretty floral print with a shimmery overlay to add some glam. Again, a tough choice for me, but hey... maybe I'll just get one for myself, too. :)

You can see both sides of the print in the first two photos, and the inside with accordion pleating to keep your goodies. Obvi, both of these items are new and never been worn-- bought today at Forever 21 (except for my modeling them!). Although I couldn't come through on the Rodarte belt (dagnabit), I actually like these two babies better. Believe it or not!!

Here's how to enter:

1. Leave me a comment (or email me) with your name and email address so I can contact you. Unfortunately, those who forget to do so will not be able to win (cuz I won't know how to tell you, derrr).
2. Please do not leave me a message in the CBox, as it might get overlooked.
3. Tell me how you might style these pretties! I'd love to know how you'd incorporate them into your wardrobe.

This giveaway will end on 1/2/2010 (that's Saturday, folks!). Get your entries in by then, please! And one entry per person. Merci.

NOTE: I am not affiliated with F21 and their products; these were not provided by the company. They were provided from the bottom of my heart. Oh yeah, and a shopping trip. :)

A few very, very important things:

1. For any Dallas readers, the Irving Target (N. MacArthur) will NOT have Rodarte out until Sunday. Never fear, though-- the Medallion Center is already released. And I'm going promptly after work; photos will be up this evening of my reviews. (oh how I love the big city.)

2. I bought three, count 'em, THREE cardigans from NY & Co yesterday for a whopping $40. Yes... I'm kinda excited. Go check it out!!!

In a pretty sherbet orange color... yum

3. I want to thank all my followers and readers. It's been so much fun starting this blog, and I hope to continue to make it bigger and better as the months roll on. I am so inspired by my fashionable readers and the people who comment on my posts. It makes me feel pretty nice to know you respect my opinions! For this, I will be doing my first ever GIVEAWAY! Although I'm not yet sure what the prize will be, I'm pretty sure it will be a little item from a certain Target GoLine... hehe. I'll be releasing this giveaway in the coming week, so please stay tuned.

4. Simply.... Yay, or Nay? (this dress has been staring my in the face for about 1 week now, and I'm having a hard time telling myself no. What do I do?!)

KAS Harvey Embellished Shift Dress