Gemvara is a company that offers fine jewelry with a wide range of customization. So, you can select the gems and the settings in order to get the perfect look. Aside from traditional choices, Gemvara also offers a range of more modern fashion pieces. The Gemvara Naked Gems Collection is perfect for that, with choices of gems paired with a simple and clean look.

Gemvara is holding Cyber Monday 2 sale on their Naked Gems on Monday December 5 with 15% off of the Naked Gems collection.  So if you are looking for fine jewelry this holiday season, that is a great sale to check out!

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About the Author: Carleen Coulter

Lip palettes are the perfect solution for a variety of gift giving needs. They often fit in stockings, are great for an affordable small gift, or can be packaged with other beauty items to make a nice beauty gift box.  Pick up a few items, put them in a tissue covered holiday box or bag, and you are ready to go! Here are a few neat holiday lip items that any woman would love.

With the onset of winter, lip balm and gloss see higher than normal use and the Ulta 10 Piece Mini Lip Gloss Set is perfect for anyone on a budget. At $14.99, it offers a great selection of glosses in a cute little set.

For a bit of everything, the Sephora Favorites, Give Me Some Lip Set consists of  six best selling lip items. This is great for a wrapped gift, as the box is a nice gift size.

For a nice stocking stuffer, grab the Korres Lip Butter Trio. This set of three natural lip balms is great for winter lip care.

As a small gift of for a stocking the Bare Minerals Keychain Kisses set is an adorable and unique gift.

For a bit of luxury, try the Nars Kudoki Kabuki set. This pretty little box of lip pots comes with a unique brush and exclusive limited edition packaging.

Great lips never go out of style, making lip items an easy to give gift!

Gemvara carries quality jewelry and allows custom design of items. If you want high quality and originality in your jewelry, this is the place to shop. Gemavara has just released their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. So here they are!

- Save $20 off orders under $250 plus get a $20 Gemvara cash code
- Save $50 off orders over $250 plus get a $50 Gemvara cash code
- Save $100 off orders over $500 plus get a $100 Gemvara cash code

This offer is good from 11/25/11 to 11/28/11. These items in the Gemvara sale cannot be combined with other offers. The cash code will be sent within 5 days of your order for you to apply to a future purchase.

Need help deciding on the perfect jewelry gift? Gemvara has a great gift guide!

How cute is this? Tokidoki Roller Ball Fragrance Sticks!

Six Tokidoki fragrances are available in the roller ball collection:

• Adieu: A mix of Black Berry, Strawberry, Juicy Orange, Tiare Flower, Water Lotus, Creamy Vanilla, and Cashmere Woods.
• Adios: With fragrances of Lemon Leaves, Pink Grapefruit, Cyclamen, Day Lilies, Pink Orchid, Lotus Blossom, White Musk, Peach Skin, and Crystallized Woods.
• Ciao Ciao: A blend of Water Hyacinth, Out of the Shower Accord, Muguet, Day Lily, Sheer Jasmine Petals, Musk, and Sun-Drenched Woods.
• Donutella: A collection o fRaspberry, Bright Bergamot, Muguet, Jasmine Sambac, Sandalwood, Vanilla, and Musk.
• Sandy: A fragrant mix of Pear Blossom, Freesia, Honeysuckle, Gardenia, Hint of Vanilla, and Amber Musk.
• Siberia: With scents of Cool Aldehydes, Muguet Petals, Night Blooming Jasmine, White Orchid, White Musk, and Soft Woods.

The collection is adorable and is getting rave reviews. Each roller ball stick is $18 at Sephora.

Yves Saint Laurent ‘Rouge Volupté’ Lipstick has a new shade out for fall that is gorgeous! I love this lipstick in general, but often the shades are a bit out there for my tastes. However, the new Exquisite Plum shade is perfect. It looks rather dark in online shopping color swatches, but it isn’t quite so extreme on the skin, especially since you can apply it on the sheer side if desired.  Below is a swatch, along with a couple of lovely shades from  a Yves Saint Laurent ‘Ombres Duolumières’ Eye Shadow Duo in anise green and intense plum. I’ll review those at some point on Beauty and Fashion Tech.

YSL Rouge Volupté  lipsticks are creamy, smooth, and packed with pigment. You can do a sheer swipe with them (which I did in the picture), but add a layer or two and you can also get a more intense look.  I assume the model in the picture is wearing the shade, but honestly, it was much more sheer for me in the store (which I prefer, so I didn’t try to get it too dark).

The packaging is also gorgeous. Personally, I think YSL makes some of the best lipsticks around (Dior is another favorite), but the price does reflect that.

Nordstrom Beauty Exclusives are available for preorder with shipping starting on July 17, 2009. These exclusive items will be available only through Nordstrom for a limited time. there are a number of lip items available. Here is a sampling. for more visit the Nordstrom website.

The Bobbi Brown Must-Have Set , includes a great lip palette.

You can get this beautiful Chanel Pink Lip Gloss .

With its little keychain and glosses, I think the Clinique Best of Clinique Lip Gloss Set is adorable.

I saved my favorite for last. I think I might buy this one. The Giorgio Armani Summer Sheers Set is a great way to obtain a pretty sheer summer lip look. From the picture I love the shades! It is a bit pricey for my budget though, so I’ll have to ponder it!

My M.A.C Cosmetics Hello Kitty Kouture dazzle glasses arrived! The charm on the tubes is..well..charming. The shades will also be of good use to me. I like the lighter shade over just about any lip color, and the brighter pink I tend to wear alone.

My husband also saw the receipt for the purchase of the two dazzle glasses and the Swarovski crystal mirrored powder compact and told me that he really didn’t want to know how much this stuff costs!

It was definitely my splurge of the month!

Hello Kitty Kouture is now available at the MAC Cosmetics website and will be in freestanding MAC stores beginning tomorrow (March 5, 2009). This high end collection features two new Dazzleglass shades with silver chain pendants, featuring Hello Kitty outlined in white Swarovski crystals on black and with a pink crystal bow ($28 each). I bought both and will post swatches when they arrive. It also includes a a polished silver Sheer Mystery Powder compact, featuring Hello Kitty outlined in white Swarovski crystals and with a pink crystal bow ($90).

Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) has a beautiful holiday lip charm out just in time for the holidays.

The bow charm inspired from the famous “Bow” bag, contains an intense raspberry lipstick and a sparkling pink gloss  with blue highlights to be worn alone or on top of the lipstick. It can be attached to a handbag, belt or key ring.

Dior’s Holiday items are now available at Nordstrom.

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