Visit allure.com/freestuff any time this month and enter to win the whole Olay Regenerist skincare line.

Our readers like the products in Olay’s Regenerist line. Your really, really like them. How do we know? The Microsculpting Cream was named a Readers’ Choice winner in not one, but two categories: Best Drugstore Anti-Aging Product and Best Facial Moisturizer. Now we’re giving you the chance to score the entire line—including the Eye Lifting Serum, the Detoxifying Pore Scrub, and the 14-Day Skin Intervention—plus several of Olay’s Definity products, all worth more than $300. Enter starting April 1 and all month long.

I picked up MAC Electro Sky (McQueen LE collection, 2007) paint pot at the Cosmetics Company Store last weekend. It’s a medium-tone periwinkle cream color: not the type of shade I usually seek out. But it was so lovely — and I am so taken with the non-frost paint pots’ wonderful performance as bases — that I had to snatch it up.

I finally got around to trying it out last night. I used a sheer wash of blue-green duotone powder eyeshadow over the paint pot, which created a fantastic iridescence that — alas! — doesn’t really show up on camera. Even so, I’m pleased with the result; I may wear this look for some fun occasion in the future.

Products

MAC Electro Sky paint pot (base)
Urban Decay Flipside eyeshadow (lid)
MAC Carbon eyeshadow (crease)
Urban Decay Sellout eyeshadow (brow, inner corner)
Maybelline Very Black Lash Stiletto mascara

Lucky is featuring tons of giveaways for April. Below you’ll find some highlights of special interest to beauty product lovers, but don’t forget to visit the Lucky Breaks website to take advantage of fashion and jewelry sweepstakes as well as daily giveaways through March 31.

To enter to win any of the prizes listed below, visit luckymag.com/breaks.

Lancome

From the iconic smudgy-but-not-too-soft eye pencils to the mascara that spawned months of waiting lists, this glamorous, unmistakably French brand is impossible to resist. Right now, we’re coveting Magnifique, a spicy-floral scent with saffron and rose that is incredibly exotic — not to mention the new, unbelievably good lifting eye cream and the aforementioned bestselling mascara, Oscillation.

Calvin Klein Fragrances

In the 15 years since it was launched, CK One has become a modern classic, and we love its combination of fruity and musky notes more than ever. We’re giving away 200 sets of the unisex scent and body lotion; plus you can log on to www.ckone.com to get a free download of the song “We Are One (CK One track),” performed by musician and CK One poster boy Jamie Burke.

Suki

The Triple Cream Eye Definer from this organic beauty company does it all. A rich, blendable eyeshadow/liner/brow color, it also conditions skin and reduces puffiness with rose-hip oil and soothing chamomile. 477 winners will receive on in the universally flattering Amber shade.

Tillia

This newly relaunched line of pretty bath and body products has a fabulously fresh clean-laundry scent and comes in cute, gift-worthy graphic packaging. We’re hooked on the pudding-thick, amazingly nongreasy body butter and the foamy bubble bath.

Decleor

Founded on the principles of aromatherapy, th eplant-based skincare from this Parisian company has soothing floral-herbal scents and is super-effective. We’re giving away five of the most popular products, including the moisturizing, non-streaky Aroma Sun self-tanner.

Nature’s Gate

Vegan and free of parabens, Nature’s Gate uses great-smelling botanicals in its Organics Fruit Blend products for body, skin, and hair. 1,000 winners will get a shampoo, conditioner, and lotion, each full of orange-peel extract and spicy patchouli.

Pur Minerals

The new Pur Rocks allover face color comes in the form of pebbles packed with antioxidant-rich vitamin E and has a pinky-bronze color that subtly highlights cheeks, eyes, and lips. Enter for a chance to win one of 535 sets, plus a natural-fiber makeup brush.

LaRocca Skincare

Founded by a co-creator of the fantastic Du Wop cosmetics line, this recently launched skincare collection combines antiaging ingredients, like vitamin C and hyaluronic acid, with actual gold particles that promote cell regeneration. You could win the C-Gold serum, which gives skin a gorgeous dewy glow, plus the 24K Gold cleanser, moisturizer, and eye cream.

American Beauty

We’re giving away 500 jars of one of the most luxurious moisturizers we’ve seen recently: the new Ultimate Diamond Restorative Anti-Aging Cream. It contains real diamond powder — which brightens and evens out skin tone — plus hydrating hyaluronic acid and pomegranate extract.

Pevonia Botanica Skincare

This spa line of bath and body products is free from parabens, mineral oil, and artificial colors, and full of potent essential oils. Enter for a chance to win a 19-piece collection, including the soothing lavender-and-ylang-ylang scented bath salts and the moisturizing, fruit-scented olive oil soaps.

Lavera

It’s often difficult to strike the right balanace between gentle and effective, but Lavera’s Lavere skincare products get it just right. Formulated for sensitive skin, they use natural ingredients like acocado oil and coffee extract to hydrate and combat facial lines. The Cooling Roller Ball Eye Gel is especially great; it instantly firms and feels really refreshing.

Sula

We welcome any product that streamlines our beauty routine, and this one truly does. Paint & Peel nail polish takes only two minutes to dry, and as its name suggests, it peels right off when you’re ready, no remover necessary. We’re giving away 370 sets of six fun spring colors.

I forgot to say why I don’t care for the liner brush. I find the hairs of the flat end a little too sparse and flimsy. The small end seems not quite small enough. When I purchase a new liner brush, I’ll try an angled one.

FACE
L’Oreal True Match foundation – Classic Tan (N7)
MAC Tantone powder blush
MAC Other Worldly powder blush (discontinued LE)

EYES
MAC Greenstroke paint pot
Lola Evan eyeshadow
Lola Moss eyeshadow
Flirt! Crocodile Rocks eyeshadow
MAC Carbon eyeshadow
MAC Vex eyeshadow
Prestige Marble eyeliner pencil
Maybelline Define-A-Lash mascara – Very Black

LIPS
MAC Cushy cremestick liner
Revlon Mischievous Mocha creme color gloss

The massive emporium of luxury that is Beauty.com stocks everything we love, from favorites like Prescriptives and Bliss to hard-to-find brands like Sekkisei and Arcona. Plus there are free skin and hair diagnostic sessions, live chats with beauty experts, how-to videos, and great ways to upload your own comments, photos, and videos — truly one of the best shopping experiences out there.

Log on to www.luckymag.com/breaks to enter for a chance to win one of one  hundred $100 gift cards.

In addition to the beauty.com gift cards, Lucky is also featuring diamond giveaways in its February issue. Visit www.luckymag.com/breaks to enter to win diamond jewelry from C. Greene, Fortunoff, Helen Ficalora, Ritani, Melinda Maria, Ice.com, and Whiteflash.

I find nothing more evocative of holiday spirit than the perennial ballet favorite, The Nutcracker. This year, instead of using the usual holiday reds, greens, and metallics, I used scenes from The Nutcracker as my inspiration for a series of wearable looks suitable for day and evening. Enjoy!

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Happy birthday to all the December lovelies!

FACE
L’Oreal True Match foundation – Classic Tan (N7)
MAC Flirt & Tease powder blush

EYES
MAC Greenstoke paint pot
HiP Exhilarating shadow stick
MAC Freshwater eyeshadow
NYX Hippie Chic eyeshadow trio (white shadow)
MAC Carbon eyeshadow
HiP Black eyeliner pencil
Maybelline XXL Extensions mascara – Very Black

LIPS
MAC Hodgepodge lip pencil
MAC Fresh Brew lipstick
MAC Naked Space lipglass (LE)

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FACE
MAC Studio Tech foundation – NC43
MAC Style powder blush

EYES
HiP Attentive crayon
HiP Saucy e/s duo
HiP Gilded e/s duo
HiP Black eyeliner
Maybelline Glam Black Colossal Volum’Express mascara

LIPS
MAC Cushy cremestick liner
MAC O lipstick

This is the look I’m going to use for my November topaz tutorial on YouTube. I haven’t taped it yet, but I plan to do so within the week. Until then, here’s a glimpse of the prototype, which I wore to my last orchestra concert. (Please disregard the tired eyes and worn-off foundation in this late evening photo; the makeup had been on about twelve hours, and it shows.)

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