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NYFW: Dipped in Gold – A Desert Gypsy Treasure Backstage at Mara Hoffman Fall/Winter 2014 Collection

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Famed make-up artist Alice Lane for Maybelline lead the makeup team for the Mara Hoffman Fall/Winter 2014 show creating a look that captured the spirit of a nomadic desert nymph.  The collection was comprised of rich, printed fabrics saturated with striking colors and even though the look called for heavy liner, these runway Romany were easy on the eyes.  

#PrettyGlamazonLove V-Day Giveaway Day 7: B-Glowing Beauty Bag ($320 Value)

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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!! It’s Day 7 of the Pretty Connected/Glamazon Diaries Valentine’s Day giveaways! Since we know our gorgeous readers are all about the pretty, we’ve partnered with our favorite beauty site, B-Glowing, the ultimate destination for the makeup, skincare and beauty junkie to shop the latest and most trusted beauty brands for the mother of all giveaways.

We’re giving away a B-Glowing Beauty Bag filled with some of this season’s must have products from trusted brands like Olie Biologique, Mio, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Ellis Faas and more. The entire value of this bag is $320 and two of you will get one (Pretty Connected is also giving one away).

So what is in the B-Glowing Beauty Bag?

B-Glowing also has some of our favorite perfumes, including the Tocca, Rodin Olio Lusso Perfume, Kai Perfume, VOLUSPA, Juliette Has A Gun, Yosh Perfumes and more; skin care lines like RODIN olio lusso, Clarisonic, ARCONA, By Terry, Nuxe, Peter Thomas Roth, Erno Laszlo, Kimberly Sayer Organics, Skyn ICELAND; and men’s skincare lines like Jack Black, Blind Barber, The Art of Shaving, Anthony Logistics, J Paul.

Enter our giveaway below.

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Happy Valentine’s Day to us! Our Makeup Drive was a Success

boxes of makeup You realize in life, you make time for the things that are important, even where there’s no time. Generally when it comes to New York Fashion Week  there’s no getting ahold of me — literally it’s the 2 week span my friends and family know not to call or text because I’m completely unavailable. Well right before the designers hit the runway, I was forwarded an email from the non-profit, Family-to-Family, which was working on a special drive in honor of Valentine’s Day, collecting unused cosmetics to help distribute them to women in homeless shelters on the 14th.

Country Meets Urban backstage at Tibi Fall/Winter 2014 Collection with Aveda, Bobbi Brown and JINsoon

Backstage at Tibi the beauty look mimicked the country girl meets urbanite inspired collection. Aveda Global Creative Director Antoinette Beenders did a center part straight hair look with an inch section inverted braid that goes through the center to the crown (below is the how to get the look).

Jackie Collins New Book: CONFESSIONS OF A WILD CHILD Gets a Movie Deal!

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Well Jackie Collins fans, we have a lot to be excited about! For starters, she has a new book out, CONFESSIONS OF A WILD CHILD, which launched earlier this month, and it’s about our favorite character, Lucky Santengelo! And get this… the book has a movie deal! I’ve known Jackie for years and in every interview I always ask when her books are hitting the big screen — well dozens of novels later, we have our answer!

Tune into POPSUGAR Now: Weeknights 6/5c on TVGN

By now we’re all obsessed with POPSUGAR, right? Their website has everything happening now — fashion, beauty, celebrity, fitness, entertainment, food, love, living and even their own category for moms — I mean they do it all! And until their latest endeavor it was all in the online space. Now, all of their content is coming to life with the launch of POPSUGAR Now!

Cocktail Du Jour: Van Gogh Vodka Drinks by Jonathan Pogash {Sponsored}

Patti Stanger, Perez Hilton, Single in America event with Match.com Our friends at Match.com sure know how to serve up a stiff drink mixed with stellar panel for Singles in America! The blogging community gathered over swanky bites and an intimate conversation at Toshi’s Living Room & Penthouse in the Flatiron Hotel to talk relationships — with Patti Stanger and Perez Hilton no less! While, Jonathan Pogash, The Cocktail Guru,

#PrettyGlamazonLove V-Day Giveaway Day 6: Knock Out Matte Nail Polish Set ($84 value)

Knock Out nail polish giveawayWith Valentine’s Day almost here we had to add a nail polish into the Pretty Connected/Glamazon Diaries Valentine’s Day giveaway mix! In case you’ve missed our 6 awesome days of giveaway’s be sure to click HERE! We have watches, lingerie, hair tools, and bags up for grabs — and now our favorite matte nail polish line, Knock Out!

#PrettyGlamazonLove V-Day Giveaway Day 5: Babyliss MiraCurl ($239 value)

Feeling all the love Pretty Connected and Glamazon Diaries are showing you for Valentine’s Day with the sumptuous swag?  On Day 5, we want you to be perfectly coiffed with sexy curls that are so easy to achieve with the Babyliss MiraCurl tool.  Valued at $239, this much coveted hair tool makes curling your hair a cinch.  Get Gisele beach waves on one setting, tight sexy ringlets on another.

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The Babyliss Pro Perfect Curl features revolutionary patented technology and is unbelievably simple and quick to use.   Gentle, quick and easy, hair is automatically

Accessories Council Valentine’s Day Picks

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Happy almost Valentine’s Day! Need some last minute inspiration? The Accessories Council has their picks to make this a memorable one. For starters Boy Meets Girl recently launched a line of rings with Roman Luxe and then introduced an expansion of the collection which included a bracelet, necklaces and earrings. I honestly need it all! So, this