The New Look of Krasey Beauty & A Giveaway!

As I embark on my journey into my second year of beauty blogging, I have decided to go ahead and give my blog a facelift. Welcome to the new look of Krasey Beauty!

I am in the process of adding a couple of elements, so bear with me on that. This post is all about feedback, so take a look around and please let me know what you think. The more specific the feedback, the better! The color scheme and background I left as is, since so many of you commented during the contest, telling me how much you loved the purple and pink. I have added categories, menus, and a few fun new features that I find incredibly excited. Hopefully, you find the site a bit easier to navigate.

Comment box is open, so please fire away! As a thank you for commenting, I will be giving away a bottle of Zoya Nail Polish in Adina to one lucky commenter next Friday!

Have You Entered my Giveaway??

Have you entered my giveaway yet?!

I have put together an amazing prize pack, full of lots of amazing products from some of my favorite brands. All of the products are full sized and fabulous, totalling at almost $1,000! Here is what is included:

Zoya Reverie Polish Pack and a Zoya Color Lock System

Luminess Airbrush Foundation System

Make-up Designory Gift Set incl. eyeshadow quad, mascara, lip pencil, eye pencil, cheek color and lip glaze

St Tropez Bronzing Powder and Bronzing Rocks

MAC lipstick in Bubbles, Dazzleglass in Smile, Eyeshadow in Slip Pink

Illamasqua Lipgloss in Soul, Liquid Metal in Solstice

Living Proof Frizz Set of Curly and Straight Styling Creams

Crazy Libellule and the Poppies set of 3 Crazy Sticks

Jan Marini Skincare Set including Marini Lash, SPF 30 Daily Face Protectant, and Age Intervention Mask

I encourage you all to enter, and to tell all your friends too! Contest is open to international readers as well! All you have to do is enter via the widget at the bottom of this post. In addition to the single entry you can get there, you can gain additional entries by doing the following:

1. Become a new fan of Krasey Beauty on Facebook

2. Become a new subscriber to Krasey Beauty Emails

3. Become a new follower of Krasey Beauty on Twitter

4. Post a link to this contest on your blog

If you do any of the aforementioned, I ask that you leave one comment on this post, telling me what you did to gain the additional entry(ies).

The contest ends on February 3rd, the day before my official bloggiversary. I will officially announce the winner on February 4th, which makes the one year mark. Good luck everyone, and thank you for being such great readers.

I have Been Featured on BeautyStat!

For those of you not familiar, BeautyStat is an amazing online beauty resource that is dedicated to bringing you the very best in the world of beauty. Run by the wonderful Ron and the amazingly sweet Charu, Beautystat is not a site to be missed. If you haven't stopped by, go ahead and do that now. 

For those who don't tune in regularly (shame on you!), let me call to your attention a post of mine that has been featured on the site! To check out my article on Zoya's Spring 2010 Reverie collection, and all of the other fabulous tidbits on beautystat, be sure to follow the link and get your beauty on.

Special thanks again to Ron and Charu!

Giveaway Time- Krasey Beauty's One Year Bloggiversary Giveaway!!

*Please note that I am trying to work out the entry form kinks. Bear with me folks.

It is with a lot of excitement that I bring to you all news of an amazing giveaway. On February 4th, 2009, I settled into my own little corner of the interwebs, creating a spot where I can share my passion with all of you.

Now, nearly a year later, I want to give back to all of you. I have put together an amazing prize pack, full of lots of amazing products from some of my favorite brands. All of the products are full sized and fabulous, totalling at almost $1,000! Here is what is included:

Zoya Reverie Polish Pack and a Zoya Color Lock System

Luminess Airbrush Foundation System

Make-up Designory Gift Set incl. eyeshadow quad, mascara, lip pencil, eye pencil, cheek color and lip glaze

St Tropez Bronzing Powder and Bronzing Rocks

MAC lipstick in Bubbles, Dazzleglass in Smile, Eyeshadow in Slip Pink

Illamasqua Lipgloss in Soul, Liquid Metal in Solstice

Living Proof Frizz Set of Curly and Straight Styling Creams

Crazy Libellule and the Poppies set of 3 Crazy Sticks

Jan Marini Skincare Set including Marini Lash, SPF 30 Daily Face Protectant, and Age Intervention Mask

I encourage you all to enter, and to tell all your friends too! Contest is open to international readers as well! All you have to do is enter via the widget at the bottom of this post. In addition to the single entry you can get there, you can gain additional entries by doing the following:

1. Become a new fan of Krasey Beauty on Facebook

2. Become a new subscriber to Krasey Beauty Emails

3. Become a new follower of Krasey Beauty on Twitter

4. Post a link to this contest on your blog

If you do any of the aforementioned, I ask that you leave one comment on this post, telling me what you did to gain the additional entry(ies).

The contest ends on February 3rd, the day before my official bloggiversary. I will officially announce the winner on February 4th, which makes the one year mark. Good luck everyone, and thank you for being such great readers.



*All of these wonderful products, except for MAC, were provided for the giveaway by the brands.

New Year's Nails, Blog News, and Other Miscellany

Happy 2010 once more! I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's Eve celebration, filled with revelry, laughter, and lots of fun! We are now all back on our daily grinds, which also means Krasey Beauty will resume with our regularly scheduled beauty programming. Just wanted to do a little weekend update post for you all before we hop back into the routine.

It was a rather low key New Year's eve for us, which unfortunately means I don't have an outfit and face of the day for you all. However, I do have a nail of the day look that I did all by myself. I wanted something blingy and festive, so of course I reached for my beloved Zoya Ultraglitter in Luna. My ring finger got a dose of OPI for Sephora in 212-Sephora, as well as decals by Fingrs.

I went to see Avatar over the weekend, which was an experience in and of itself. If this movie is the future of 3d movies, then I think we will all have a lot to be excited about. Since I am a dork, here is a picture of me rocking my superfly 3d shades.

The thing that really had me squealing in my seat and repeatedly beating up on my boyfriend was the trailer for Alice in Wonderland, also in 3d. I absolutely couldn't resist taking a quick picture of the display in the theater, which is absolutely gorgeous. March cannot come soon enough!

That is all that was new and exciting in my world. What did you do this past weekend?

Merry Christmas

I hope you all have enjoyed my past two months of holiday-beauty related posts. With my holiday of Chanukah already past, I am now gearing up to celebrate Christmas with my boyfriend and his family.

My boyfriend's livingroom.

My next few days will be full of dinners, gatherings, and a birthday celebration or two. Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday, full of joy and happiness. Stay tuned for your regularly scheduled beauty programming, coming back your way next week.

Happy Birthdays!

Happy Birthday to my little monkey, Daniel, who turns ten years old today! We will be celebrating his special day in style this coming Saturday. Yay!

And a very Happy Birthday to my mom, who turned 62 yesterday. She is far too modest, and insisted we don't go out for her special day. Boooo Mama, boooo.

Site News, Awards, and I am in a Book!

We interrupt our regular posting schedule for a couple of news tidbits regarding Krasey Beauty.

First off, I am thrilled to announce that I have won this week's round of voting on the Glam UK Appletiser Awards. What that means is that I have the most votes this week, but that really is only half the battle. I am currently tied for seventh place, and desperately need your votes to help put me on top. All you need to do is visit the site, register with just your name and email address, and vote for the Holiday Beauty Gift Guide for Twi-hards article. Again, if you could do that

Second point of business, I am in a book! Your gal K.B has made it into Fabulous: All About 50+ Beauty Bloggers of 2010. I am so honored to be considered one of the top beauty bloggers, and even more thrilled to be listed amongst such esteemed peers . An ebook is currently available in downloadable pdf form on Lulu, but expect the hard copy to come to Amazon as soon as this month! If you do happen to purchase the ebook, please do let me know! I am waiting on the hard copy to come out, but am absolutely brimming with excitement over what is inside.

Last point of 'business', I want to thank all of you for being so amazing and wonderful. When I started this blog 10 months ago (today is the ten month anniversary!), I never imagined that Krasey Beauty would become what it is today. I hope you will continue to tune in daily, as I have so much fun stuff planned!

Happy Thanksgiving!

A Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving?

Big News- I have been Nominated for a Blog Award!

I am extremely excited to announce that KraseyBeauty has been nominated for a blogging award! Specifically, it was my article on beauty for twi-hards that put me in the running for the honor.

Now this, dear readers is where I ask for your help. Nomination is only half the battle, and I need your votes to help propel me to the top. All you need to do is click on the banner below, register, and vote for yours truly.









It would mean the world to me if you could all take the time to vote. If you like what you see here on Krasey Beauty, I only ask that you support what I do. :) Pretty please with a lipgloss on top?

I have Been Featured by Lacroix The Beauty Blog!

Guess what, beauties?

My good friend and fellow beauty blogger, Lacroix has been awesome enough to feature me on her blog!

Lacroix has started a feature entitled 5ave 5 of '09, in which blogger's pick their 5 favorite products of the year.

Check out the post and see what I have to say. :)

Just another day at the office...

Cleaning my makeup brushes on a weekend afternoon.

Lesson of the day? Don't get lazy and wait until ALL of your brushes are dirty. :)

Oh Oh Oh Open Mic

I loved to hear your feedback, so now is the time to provide just that. Comments, questions, requests. I want to hear from all of you! You know what to do, just leave me a comment or send me an email. I promise I will answer all of your questions/requests as efficiently as possible.

xoxo
KB

Contest News & a Vote for Me

First and foremost...

I won Mizz Worthy's Illamasqua Contest!!!

I cannot even begin to tell you how honored I am, that my superhero entry earned me the win in Jen's fabulous superhero and villains contest. Congratulations to everyone who entered, because all of your submissions were stellar.

Here is the winning entry, Starchild:


Now, on to the second item of business, hehe

I was recently nominated and subsequently made a finalist in the Hyper Luxe Media Network Hot 100 for favorite beauty blogs. If you could take the time and vote, I would really really appreciate it! It will only take a second, so please vote for me here: Vote!

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week- The Recap

We covered a lot of stuff here on Krasey Beauty, so I figured I would provide this handy-dandy guide for all of you to navigate through.

Backstage:

Hair at Charlotte Ronson with Avon
Go Backstage with CND- Creative Nail Design
Makeup at Hayden Harnett with Tarte
Backstage at Gottex with CND, MAC, and Redken
Backstage at Vassilios Kostetsos with Mehron
Backstage at Twinkle with CND, MAC, and Redken
Backstage at BCBG with MAC

Runway

The look of Rebecca Taylor
The look of Ports 1961

The NYFW Scene

Fashion Week kicked off with Fashion's Night Out
The Hautelook Lounge provided bloggers with an escape from the insanity
Everyone in town for fashion week got together at the ultra-fabulous New York Fashion Week Blogger Mixer, pic taking, dancing, and fun ensued.
Nando interviews Ted Gibson, bloggers, and KraseyBeauty.

I cannot wait till fashion week again next year. I hope you all enjoyed my coverage as much as I enjoyed covering it. If there was a post you especially loved, please let me know!

Beauty Blogger Mixer Mania

Being that everyone is in town for the madness that is New York Fashion week, Liane of The Makeup Girl and Paul of Beyond Beauty Basics decided to throw the most kick-butt party ever. Hosted at the Wet Bar at the W hotel, this shindig was bursting at the seams with beautiful people.

Here are some wonderful pictures from the evening, and thanks to all who posed for them!

With Nadine of Jolie Nadine. This woman is beautiful, and so sweet too!

With the beautiful and fabulous ladies, Felicia of ThisThatBeauty and Lianne of The Makeup Girl

With Ted Gibson, celebrity hair extraordinaire

Fellow New York City beauty bloggers, Amber of Beauty Blogging Junkie and Marina of Makeup Loves Me
With the ultra fabulous Jennifer Walsh, @BehindtheBrand on Twitter. I love her to pieces!

With Jeanine of Beauty Sweet Spot, and of course Amy of The Beauty Chick

With the chic and beautiful Daneen of Spoiled Pretty

With Erika of Makeup Bag, who is as gorgeous as she is sweet.

With Paul of Beyond Beauty Basics, Michelle of All Lacquered Up, and the fabulous Heather Park from MAC
Fabulous Group Shot: Heather, Erika, Eileen, Jeanine, Amy, and Me

What an amazing evening, I am still in beauty bliss-land. Special thanks to all who posed for pics, and to the ultra fabulous event coordinators- Lianne and Paul.

P.S The mischievous polish fairies over at Zoya played the most epic prank on me and Nando, so stay tuned for the story.

Krasey Beauty's Best of Summer Post Wrap Up

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I hope you all are enjoying our last official holiday of the summer. To recap, I wanted to spotlight all the posts that I felt stood this past summer. Think of it as a timeline of sorts.


The summer started off right, with a whole week dedicated to Make Up For Ever

My summer officially began with a trip to Montreal, lot of pictures ensued.

MAC started the summer off with a bang, and I swatched the full Colour Craft Collection

I got my girl power on with Purple Lab, both with an empowerment ritual, and with a burlesque lesson

I got in touch with my organic side with Revolution Organics

Smashbox Bionic was THE mascara of the summer

I took on the task of swatching all of the OCC loose pigments and glitter, lots of pictures resulted

I got a makeover, my hair changing experience at the Arrojo Salon

Krasey Beauty takes on Illamasqua, with a full week on Illamasqua coverage

Fall might be upon us, but the gorgeous collections from Make Up Designory, Christian Dior,
Smashbox, and La Prairie help ease the transition

The best looks to wrap up the summer, my Boston Trip Fotd's and Ootd's

These are the posts that stood out to me the most. Are there any posts that stand out in your mind? What would you like to see for fall here on Krasey Beauty?

Krasey Beauty Turns Half a Year Old!

*Blowing out the candles

I would first of all like to take the time to thank each and every one of you who entered the giveaway. You all said the sweetest things, and it definitely warmed my heart to hear the reasons why you all tune in daily. I plan on bringing you more of that same stuff you love, so stick with me folks.

You are all the best readers a beauty blogger could ask for, and I am so thrilled that you all tune in daily to hear me ramble. Krasey Beauty Loves You!

Giveaway winners will be selected and announced tonight, so make sure you are entered and a subscriber/follower! :)

The 'Dirty' Little Blog Award

I have been nominated for an award by none other than the amazing Sara of The Makeup Snob

So the rules with this award are:
List five current obsessions and pass the award on to five more fabulous blogs. On your post of receiving this award, make sure you include the person that gave you the award and link it back to them. When you post your five winners, make sure you link them as well.

To add the award to your post, simply right-click, save image, then “add image” in your post as a picture so your winners can save it as well. Also, don’t forget to let your winners know they won an award from you by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. First and foremost is the general topic of beauty, and of course my beauty blog. I am always on the hunt for the latest and greatest to share with all of you.
2. My new blackberry tour. I don't know how I lived without it, it is the new love of my life!
3. Sample Sales, I have been picking up the most amazing designer pieces at bargain prices. I love it!
4. So You Think You Can Dance- I don't watch TV, ever. Yet somehow, So You Think You Can Dance has captured my heart season after season. This year, I am rooting for my girl Jeanine. She is such a dynamic and strong dancer with passion and heart.
5. Fall beauty. The newest collections from some of my favorites having me on the edge of my seat with excitement.

I nominate

Danelle
Amy
YaYa
Brittany
Jenn

NYC Blogging Beauties Event- Recap & Photos!

What do you get when you mix fabulous individuals with awesome beauty brands? The answer is an event and memories that will last forever.

This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending a fabulous event hosted by YaYa of MyOwnJudge and Brittany of ClumpsofMascara. The event was a meet and greet, as well as an introduction to new and exciting brands and products from Tarte, Orly, Zoya, Korres, and more!

The event was absolutely chock-full of amazing brands, and the ladies were all friendly and fabulous. Since I can't possibly recap it all in words, here is the rundown via pictures.

The whole gang, sporting our fabulous Jennifer Paige Headbands


Some of the beauty booty on display


Nancy, Amy, and yours truly

Brittany, I love her so! She really needs to move to NYC!


The beautiful Thevi, of Thevi Cosmetics


Getting a wonderful manicure with Jackie of Zoya


Amy and I in classic Purple Labs Kissy Pose, sporting our fab headbands


Brittany, Aja, Nancy, and moi


Our other fabulous hostess, YaYa


Being silly while sporting my headband. I somehow ended up picking the one that matched my eyeshadow perfectly!


At one point, Brittany and I snuck upstairs for a photo opp. this is the outcome:


Future beauty maven in the making, Noellia


With the beautiful Stephanie of Because I Said So


Michelle (@PRGALMICHELLE) drying her nails post mani


All the gals showing off our Zoya bottles

All in all, it was an excellent event. These ladies are all gorgeous, inside and out.