Beautycounter Holiday Gift Guide and GIVEAWAY!

If you are anything like me, you have plenty of Christmas shopping left to do! Newsflash: there are only 16--SIXTEEN DAYS left until Christmas! We have GOT to get it together people! 

I thought it would be fun to do a little Beautycounter gift guide and giveaway to help you out a bit!  Our Holiday Collections are absolutely STUNNING!  Packaged in our beautiful red boxes, all you need is a bow and your gift is wrapped and ready for giving!  Here are my suggestions: 

First, our Winter Soap Collection is perfect for the man in your life! Christy Coleman, our Head of Creative Design specifically sought out this fine, high quality charcoal that detoxifies and absorbs impurities! Because of the charcoal in the bar, it is black making quite masculine and let's be honest, pretty cool! Paired with the Body Bar in Citrus Mimosa, it is the perfect, practical gift!

 Our Classic Holiday Hand Duo is a wonderful hostess gift!  It features our Hand Cream and Hand Wash in our signature Citrus Mimosa, perfect all year round!  These look so classic sitting on the lavatory sink, wonderful with any decor.

One of my FAVORITE sets, our Peppermint Lip Conditioning Duo is perfect for a girlfriend, sister or anyone who LOVES chapstick and keeping their lips hydrated!  The Sugar Lip Scrub has fine, organic sugar that exfoliates chapped lips first then our Lip Conditioner Peppermint Balm hydrates and softens!  Its basically like eating a candy cane, perfect for the holidays!

Another one of my favorites, our Butter and Sugar Body Collection is perfect for your mom, mother-in-law or grandma!  Our Lustro Sugar Scrub smells like HEAVEN!  With natural essential oils, including lemongrass (YUM!), it is like a mini spa treatment, buffing away dull skin.  Our incredibly rich Body Butter is ultra thick and hydrating, perfect for the winter!  

Lip gloss lover on your list?  This Day to Night Lip Gloss Collection is STUNNING! Our Lip Gloss in Opal has a sheer finish but like the name suggests, has opalescent features--absolutely beautiful!  Our Lip Gloss in Ruby is the perfect shade of wearable red!  It isn't in your face and really can be worn during the day or night!  It is gorgeous over our Scarlet Lip Sheer as well! 

The Sheer and Shimmer Collection is so fun!  Our Lustro Shimmer Oil in Rose Neroli has a bronzer and shimmer effect while hydrating the skin.  It is perfect for holiday parties when you want a little shimmer and glow or, I have had many clients purchase this collection for their upcoming winter vacations as well!  Paired with our super popular Lip Sheer in Twig (an Allure Beauty pick!) you cannot go wrong! 

Are you needing the perfect gift for a jet setter?  The Travel Body Collection is perfect for anyone who travels for work or fun!  Our travel sized body collection comes tucked into a chic travel bag (seriously it's SO pretty!) and packaged in a beautiful red Beautycounter box! 

Someone on your list complaining about dry winter skin?  Our Rose Neroli Body Oil is the perfect gift!  It is incredibly hydrating but not greasy and has a beautiful scent from the blend of 11 oils in it! 

Lastly, our Holiday Hand Collection is as cute as a bug! I mean, that hand bar in the pink packaging!? Insert heart eye emojis! Our bran new Hand Soap Bar and Hand Cream in Rose Neroli are packed with shea butter and will put an end to dry hands! This collection would also make a fantastic hostess gift! 

So, are you in the giving mood now!?  I hope my suggestions help start you down the right path!  I am definitely giving the gift of Beautycounter this holiday season.  Not only because I'm a Consultant but, because the products are safe, beautiful and effective!  I would be happy to help you select the perfect gift for everyone on your list!  I can be reached at krysten.schwartz@gmail.com.

NOW...on to the GIVEAWAY!!!  I thought it would be fun to give away one of the sets that I just told you all about,  Holiday Hand Collection!  Use the widget below to enter.  The giveaway starts now (December 9th) and will go until midnight on Sunday, December 13th! Let me know if you have any questions or difficulty!  

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Beautycounter Mystery Hostess Social and Kick Off!

Remember when I posted about my love for Beautycounter and their Nourishing Cleansing Balm?  Well, my love has only increased in the last few weeks and I have joined the movement.

We have been really careful about what we feed Addie.  You know, organic, non-processed food...for the most part.  We do the best that we can that is for sure!  We also thought that we were being very careful about what products we were using on Addie.  Well, the truth is, we weren't being as careful as we thought.  I had no idea that the beauty and personal care industry was so unregulated, even in baby products!  They can use words like "safe and natural" without testing a single ingredient.  That struck a cord for me and I started to think more about what products we were using.  Which got me to thinking even more, if we wouldn't use it on Addie, why would we use it on ourselves?  That's when I decided that not only did we need to change what we were doing, I wanted to do more and help my friends and family (and everyone else) make smart choices about the products they use in their home as well!  

I am passionate about "Getting safe products in the hands of everyone," which happens to be Beautycounter's mission.  We are slowly transitioning our personal care and my beauty products out for safe products in our home.  I hope to spread the word so others do as well.  I need my friends and family to live longer, healthier lives!  But it isn't just about my family and friends, it's about yours as well.  It's about your baby, your mom and grandma.  We have had so many people in our lives affected by infertility, cancer, allergies and autoimmune disorders.  While swapping out your shame might not change all of that, it is something you can control on a daily basis.  Additionally, Beautycounter not only is producing products that are safe, we want to change the face of the industry.  I hope one day that we will all look back and think "remember when we had no idea what was in the products we use every day!?" Just like we laugh now that smoking was allowed everywhere.

I would love for you all to give Beautycounter a try for yourself!  Right now I am hosting a Mystery Hostess Social.  That means if you make a purchase under the Mystery Hostess Social, you will be in the running to win the Hostess Benefits!  Additionally, right now there is a buy one get one free offer until July 23rd on our luxurious Enrich Body Butter.  

To sweeten the deal, I figured it would only be right to do a little giveaway on the blog!  I will choose one lucky winner who will win their choice of 2 the following: 

-Routine Clean Cleanser

-Lip Conditioner Calendula Balm

-Soothing Face Wash

-Dew Skin Tinted Moisturizer 

Use the Rafflecopter Widget below to enter!

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Note that if you do make a purchase under the Mystery Hostess Social you will earn an extra 5 entries!  

The giveaway lasts until midnight next Thursday, July 30th!  Best of luck and let me know if you have any questions or need assistance entering! Feel free to send me an email at Krysten.schwartz@gmail.com for any questions regarding Beautycounter or any of the products we offer!