SMASHBOX
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Smashbox Cosmetics doesn’t need an introduction–most internationally known, award winning cosmetic lines don’t. No, founders Dean and Davis Factor (great-grandsons to the legendary Max Factor) have adequately introduced to woman world wide the uber chic line of cosmetics they created in 1996 after countless requests from the celebrities and makeup artists who walked through their photo studios. That’s right–the Factor brothers created a line of cosmetics suitable for the rigors of fashion photography. This is makeup that photographs as well as it performs–no small achievement considering the divergent interests.
And now Smashbox wants to make you picture perfect after the end of summer with REIGN, their new collection for fall inspired by the English Tudors. Berries and champagne, copper and gold, peacock blue, and browns the color of mink–the palette for fall is regal, decadent, and intoxicating enough to bring to their knees the most rapacious of monarchs. Which is exactly where he should be, when faced with a queen such as yourself.
Smashbox Cosmetics is generously giving away to one winner their entire Reign collection for fall ($275 value). In order to win, please answer the following question by Friday, August 7, 2009.
Where and how will you wear your Smashbox Reign collection for the first time?
Please start checking the winner’s box on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 to see if you won. Good Luck!
I have to admit: I won’t be wearing Reign at all. No, I believe my fabulous big sister deserves it more. An actress working her tail off for the day when she can spend all her time performing, my sister doesn’t get the chance to treat herself to much. And while this summer saw some big steps forward, like starring roles in promising indie flicks, it also pushed her to make big and scary personal decisions. So while she waits tables and runs lines, I would love to make her feel like a queen, even in just this little way.
To work. “All hail the queen!”
my husband is always practicing his photography skills – and i’m the person he uses most frequently as a model. i’d LOVE to dawn some new hues and strike a pose – then maybe i’d feel more like a model and less like a vitcim. ;)
on my wedding day!
In the bathroom perfecting the “look”! And if I turn out so hot i just can’t stand it i’ll find somewhere to go even if to just look damn good at the grocery store =)
First day of school – Year 11 of teaching and I still get terribly nervous and ill before the big day. I could use some color.
I do believe I would wear it as soon as I got it in the mail. And how would I wear it? I’d experiment with it and have a fun evening of playing with makeup (it’s like coloring, but for adults).
On a date with the new beau. ;-)
I actually wouldn’t be wearing it. My brother’s fiance would wear it! They are getting married in January and these colors would be perfect for the season. Not only that but this collection is made for queens right? She’ll be a queen on her wedding day with this set!
If I won this, I’d end up giving it to my sister. She’d probably get her package just in time to debut it as a bridesmaid this fall. She’d look smashing in her fall colors with a deep ruby dress, but I promise she’d tone it down just enough to let the bride show her up!
Ok so I love makeup and dressing up. Don’t get to do in during the week bc my job entails working in a gym and sweating. Thus when the weekends come or if I am crazy and go out for a week night…… The colors would look great for my complexion when I hit the town!
I saw this at Ulta today and loved it all! I would wear it as soon as I got it out of the box!
my makeup is ready to be swapped out for new. I would wear it everyday and these colors look like they can go into the night.
I’m heading to Barcelona in September. Ole!
I would wear it when we tell our friends we’re… pregnant!
Where and how will you wear my Smashbox Reign collection for the first time? I will wear it the instant it arrives at my door!
I would wash the other makeup off my face and wear it IMMEDIATELY!!
I’d like to wear it as I travel First Class to the U.K., so I can step off the plane looking like royalty in my ancestral homeland. But if that doesn’t pan out, I could hold an impromptu costume party and watch recorded episodes of The Tudors. And if even that is too much, I’ll at least have a nice cup of tea while wearing it. Makeup is versatile that way.
The question is “Where and how will not I be able to wear my Smashbox Reign collection?”, because it’s so fantastic!
But you’re all right, also is special, so I’d wear it for the first time AT HOME, because a short time ago I’ve discovered that I don’t want to become that kind of women that are gorgeous to go shopping or to the office and wear rags at home. My husband deserves more than my boss my best look!
So a good supper, a nice chemise, candles, strawberrys and Smashbox… and the success is sure!
I’d definitely wear the make-up for my wedding this October – especially as it’d would be so appropriate to wear such beautiful make up inspired by the Tudors when I’m getting married at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London.
I’d wear it the second I got it…I’d be too excited to wait. I’d probably get the package at work and then sneak into the bathroom to put it on!
I would LOVE to wear this out when I celebrate my 75lb weight loss with a glam night out in LA. My goal is to reach it by the end of this summer (10 more lbs to go!), and outfit planning has already started. I want to go for a very “old hollywood” look, so this smashbox set would be PERFECT!
I have a big Event coming up for my business so I’d definitely wear the Smahbox Reign Collection that day for the first time with a very dramatic Make-up!
i’d wait for the first hint of winter, which always makes me sad. i’d pull out my smashbox, add a bit of my summer colour back and spend some extra time on my face, just to feel special on a cold dark morning.
I’ve been going to non-stop wedding and baby showers, which can take a toll on a single lady. My single girlfriend and I decided we would throw ourselves a single girl bash. I would debut my new look at my bash to celebrate being me!!
I am a BIG believer in the power of positive thinking and I feel like all women should “reign” supreme every day and exude confidence. I will be wearing Smashbox’s new line for the first day and each and every day if I win because it will make me feel like I can take on the world and accomplish anything I set my mind to! All women should feel as if they “reign” supreme and can do great things at all times :)
I am currently helping a friend with his photography by being his model. He does classic pinup girl shoots and the more dramatic makeup gets expensive. I also will be helping host a car show and running one of the more popular booths, so the classic 50’s girl look is vital! Having the nicer makeup really helps in photo shoots and lasting all day when the show is an outside event in Texas!
Ok, so this is how it will all go down:
(to get immediate answer see number 3.)
1. I will receive the prize box in the mail and scream…
2.My dog will bark
3.B4 the box is even fully open I will be beautifying my eyelashes and lips GENEROUSLY..
4. I will text my friend Adrian and my lil sis, (at the same time using different phones) I will tell them how lucky I am to have won the Smashbox set!
4.Adrian and Audrey will scream, because they know, I will share, and divvy up the set between us all.
That’s what Queens are supposed to do right? Give!
Hooray!
While teaching Tudor history to a new intake of undergraduates at university. I’m an early modern history lecturer, and I can’t think of a better way to add some drama and pop to my presentation while stirring up interest in this incredible era among young people!
Full tilt, clothes optional.
Every. Single. Day. That collection is beautiful! I will wear it and think about how I look as ravishing as Anne Boleyn. You know, when she still had her head…
Well at almost 8 months pregnant, it’s starting to get hard to look like the pretty English Rose I am! Hopefully this will return me to the ‘glowing’ look I was going for, and save me from the beached whale scenario…
a) the moment i come home and find the box at my door i’d rip it open and start playing with options
b) plan a special night out with my girlfriends, invite everyone over for drinks and some good ol’ glam’n it up and then hit the town!
I would love to win this so I can wear this make up for our Engagement Photography Session we have scheduled in late October. These pretty fall colors would be perfect :)
Thank you for the opportunity!
I think at first I’d be too excited to use it because it’s so pretty and new but afterwards I think I’d use it for a special event, like my birthday or my first day on the job =D
To dinner with my husband….because we both work too much, then to church, then to lunch, then to job interviews…..
West Virginia, baby! It’ll go great with my hunting camo and cowboy boots~ YEEHAW~
I will wear this entire collection with my favorite “little black dress” at my National Sales Meeting this Fall. Every year we have an awards ceremony and everyone gets dressed to the “nines”. I figure, I work so hard all year, plus run my side stationery business {when I’m not running after my 3 year old} why not take some time for myself?
I would wear it to seduce my husband. I wear minimal eye makeup to work, so I like to play it up every now and again to get the romance going.
out to a quaint but fancy dinner with my lovely boyfriend, we go on nice dates about once a month and i try to look oh so cute and sexy for him…. ok, its really for me :)
I’m so excited to be a bridesmaid in my best friend’s wedding this fall at a Calistoga vineyard (she’s marrying a really sweet guy) and I’d use the makeup to feel more polished and put-together in my bridesmaid’s dress: a rich, burgundy-wine color with an empire waist. Smashbox’s collection would make me feel picture-perfect for the wedding photos, and since I tend to get washed out, I think it’d be a real help. I’d also share with the bride, of course…don’t want to steal the spotlight on her big day!
In my bathroom experimenting with as many different looks as I can come up with then from there I would be wearing it out to conquer the world!
I would wear it to my first day as an exchange student in Swansea Wales!
I would share it with my sister-in law! What are friends for right? But of course I would have to put on some smokey eyes and pouty lips for my hubby and have him take me to dinner! Cheers!!!! What a great give-away!!!!!
I LOVE Smashbox!!! I am getting my hair cut this weekend into a shorter rocker chick like style and will be coloring my hair a rich auburn/honeyed brown color. This make-up will compliment my new ‘fall’ look perfectly and make my dark brown eyes pop!
i am in DIRE need of a make-over, i have two small boys and am feeling like such a big fat blob at the moment! if i won this gorgeous prize, i would most certainly wear it out to my next monthly mothers group dinner which i have been avoiding due to said blobbiness..! i had a haircut the other day so i’m on the way back to fabulous, i just need some new make up now! (mine is about 5 years old and should probably be in the bin instead of the make up bag!)
thanks for a great giveaway!!
x
To get the mail.
Can you tell I’m Southern? At least I’m not wearing blue eyeshadow to work!
But seriously, I did recently tell a friend I would model for him as I tries to build his book. I am incredibly nervous about this, rarely liking photos of me and having no modeling and only a small amount of acting experience. THIS beautiful collection would give me the courage to stand regally (or rather all hunched and awkward, right?)
I would wear it immediately as soon as I could tear the package open. I’m a woman this is reason enough to wear beautiful cosmetics everyday and celebrate my femininity.
I think I would actually start wearing make up every day, instead of just on special occasions (days when I am not feeling super lazy, ha). :)
I would wear them on my first day back to college! New make up for a fresh start!