Nov 24, 2011 | Fashion
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So Black Friday – and one of the biggest shopping weekends – of the year is coming up, and I’m planning on spending it online. Are any of you planning on braving the crowds at any retailers? Are there crowds? I wouldn’t know, as I have not once bothered to set foot outside on Black Friday, preferring to just surf the internet and grab some deals here and there.
PORTLAND LITTLE BOXES SHOPPING EVENT
But! If you happen to be in my lovely city of Portland, Oregon, from 10 AM until 8 PM on Friday, November 25 you’ll be able to take advantage of LITTLE BOXES, an amazing indie shopping event happening here, with more than 60 local boutiques participating. Bring your receipt from one participating boutique – and receive 10% off your purchase at any other participating boutique (so far, the list includes Portland mainstays such as Radish Underground, Mabel and Zora, Frock, Modern Domestic, betsy & iya, PedX, IDOM, Sock Dreams, tumbleweed, Manifesto, Porch Light, Flutter, and Eden). Plus just by showing your receipt you’ll also receive raffle tickets to win some great prizes, including an iPad! You can get the latest list and a map of the stores here or follow the event on Facebook – and the whole event is for a great cause: encouraging people to shop locally and put their money back into this economy, instead of at those Big Box Stores.
So besides this event, there’s also some great deals happening around the Internet:
From left to right: Cut Out Sweater, $26.90 / Karen Sequin Dress, $44.90 / Tess Satin Dress, $39.90 / Mimi Boot, $42.90
From 11.24 – 11.28:
Everything’s marked down! Buy one pair of jeans, get the second half off. 20% off any order with code CY2, and Free Shipping with code CYFS. Or you can get $20 off any order over $75 with code 75AFFNA. (Requires a bit of math to figure out which is more lucrative, but either way you save!
From left to right: Sole Boutique, The Bar Shoe, $32 / Mink Pink, The Wilderness Cardigan, $78 / Reverse The Triangular Dress, $66 / The Fairisle Jacquard Legging, $68
On 11.25:
25% off and FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $65, PLUS when your order total reaches over $100 you get a gift code for $10; over $150 you get a code for $20; over $250 you get a code for $40! USE CODE: BLACKFRI
On 11.26 – 11.27:
All the same codes and offers apply; just use code: BLACKWKD instead. (Cause it’s the weekend, right?;-)
On 11.28:
30% off plus FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $65, PLUS all the previous gift codes mentioned above still apply for order totals..AND if you totally go crazy and cross everyone off you holiday shopping list by buying $350+ …you’ll get an additional 10% off. USE CODE: CYBERMON
From left to right: Shirt With Swan Print, $62.90 / Leather Metal Buckle Satchel, $125.79 / ASOS Premim Spike Torq, $71.88 / Faux Fox Fur Coat, $88.05
From 11.24 (Thanksgiving: today!!) – 11.28:
Save 20% off sitewide (including sale) with code HAPPYBLACKFRIDAY (for women’s items) and BLACKFRIDAY2011 (for men’s).
From 1:00PM EST on 11.27.11 through 3:00AM EST 11.28.11:
Save up to 50% off select Women’s Accessories.
From left to right: Faux Fur Collar Apricot Coat, $80.79 / Mesh PU Montage Elasticized Legging, $17.99 / Green Lapel Detachable Collar, $9.99 / Batwing Sleeves Shorts Twinset, $57.99
From now until 11.26:
Get $15 off a purchase of $60 with code Thanksgiving1; $25 off a purchase of $90 with code Thanksgiving2; and $35 off a purchase of $120 with code Thanksgiving3. And Free Shipping, always!
Hope that gets your shopping engines started!
Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving and I’m all geared up for Tofurkey!:-D
xoxox
Carly
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Sep 23, 2011 | Fashion
Hair: worn in a topknot with the help of my Odango cushion
Cleopatra Crescent Necklace: Forever 21
Ginger Chiffon Blouse: Forever 21
Multicolor crystal earring set: bought in Japan
Convertible faux-leather bookbag: Ober Tasche, bought in Japan
Watch: Citizen Eco-drive
Rings: wedding rings; Beyond Rings Gunmetal Claw Ring, bought at HauteLook
Super Stretch Colored Skinnies: Divine Right of Denim for Forever 21
Zipper suede heels: Sam Edelman (bought at Nordstrom Rack)
Do you all have an outfit that not only makes you feel like a million bucks – that you can put on any time and instantly feel awesome no matter what – and that garners you compliments everywhere you go? Apparently, this is one of those MAGIC OUTFITS for me. (more…)
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Mar 25, 2011 | Life
Actually, they’re already underway at the Portland Expo Center: demonstrations on how to green up your lifestyle, organic and fair-trade foods and cooking info, documentary film screenings, beauty demonstrations, activities for the kiddies, and an eco-friendly fashion show each night. I’m heading to that tonight and I’m super-excited to see Lizzie Parker, Saffrona, Pacadudz, and Rock On Jewelry Design – which I’ll be posting photos of later!
The event continues all weekend – with a fashion show each night – so if you’re in the area, stop on by and say hello! (Attending is free, though you have to pay for parking.)
For more info and to create your own must-see agenda, check out the
See you there!
xoxox
Carly
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Sep 25, 2010 | Score!
Tuesday earlier this week the Women Doing Good Awards commenced at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The third annual event hosted by SELF Magazine honored 4 women deserving of recognition for their charity work and their tireless efforts to make the world a better place. The recipients, as chosen by SELF reader vote, were:
Lisa Scarpinato and her husband co-founded Kitchen on the Street, a non-profit in Phoenix which sends more than 300 needy kids home from school on Fridays with Bags of Hope- backpacks filled with enough food for them until Monday. After learning that kids in her community were going hungry on the weekends, she decided to do something. “It broke my heart that kids at our local school were starving,” she said, “I wanted to be a good neighbor.”
JJ Ramberg thought with all the money that search engines were making, there must be a way to donate some to good causes. Her good heart and motivation led her to start GoodSearch.com with her brother, Ken. The site donates one cent to a charity (there are over 90,000 non-profits to choose from) each time you browse the web. They also launched a sister-site GoodShop to connect online-shoppers to vendors like Target who will donate up to 30 percent of each purchase to a listed cause. Since 2005, GoodSearch has raised $34,000 for the ASPCA and $14,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
When she was just 15, Haley Kilpatrick of Atlanta started Girl Talk, a mentoring program that pairs high school and middle school girls. Her hope is that young girls won’t go through the teasing and cyberbullying that she did as an adolescent. “Girls have to come together and talk so each one can realize it’s not just her having a rough time. I wish I’d known that,” she says. Nine years later, more than 32,000 girls in 39 states have joined Girl Talk.
Minka Kelly and Sofia Vergara
Minka Kelly, celebrity recipient (Stand Up To Cancer)
A stunning and talented young actress, Minka Kelly distinguishes herself with powerful performances and a natural ease on both the small and big screens. Minka is best known as ‘Lyla Garrity’ on NBC’s critically acclaimed series Friday Night Lights and currently can be seen starring on NBC’s Parenthood. In 2008, Minka lost her 51-year-old mother, Maureen, to colon cancer. Determined to join the fight against cancer, Minka became an ambassador for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a non-profit organization founded by a group of media, entertainment and philanthropic leaders whose lives have been affected by cancer.
Hoda Kotb and Dylan Lauren
Hoda Kotb of the Today Show emceed the event and was also honored for her charity outreach in the fight against breast cancer. The award recipients also received $10,000 from SELF’s editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger and Vice President & Publisher Laura McEwen.
AnnaLynne McCord. Love the updo!
Other celebs in attendance included Laura McEwen, Lucy Danziger, Maria Menounos, and Kamie Crawford, Miss Teen USA.
The event was presented by L’Oréal Paris, and included amazing gift bags filled to the brim with fabulous L’Oreal products.
So this brings us to our giveaway! To spread goodwill and the spirit of the Women Doing Good Awards, SELF Magazine has generously offered that same gift bag to one lucky Chic Steals reader!
L’Oreal Women Doing Good Awards Gift Bag
The same gift bag that was given to attendees of the Women Doing Good Awards event – crammed with 10 items to help you (and your guy) look and feel your most fabulous!
Contents: Telescopic Explosion / Infallible Lip Colour / Collagen Micro-Pulse Eye / GO 360 Clean / Men’s Expert Ice Cold Eye Roller / Men’s Expert Hydra Energetic Skin Energizing Gel Cleanser / Elnett Satin hairspray / Everstrong Reconstruct Shampoo / Studio Secrets Professional Color Smokes Eye Shadow / SELF Magazine October Issue
ARV = $100 (!!)
How to Enter
Edit 10/4: Entry period is now over and a winner will be announced shortly.
1. Required: Follow Chic Steals. (In Blogger, Google Reader, Bloglovin, etc. – just once somewhere is sufficient!)
Then, Leave a Comment on this post below telling me which charity from the post above captured your heart. Did Girl Talk seem like the best idea ever? Do you use GoodSearch.com? Or would you donate your money to breast cancer research? Let me know in your co
mment!
2. Optional: For another entry, tweet this giveaway and leave a linkback to your tweet in ANOTHER COMMENT. If you don’t leave it in a separate comment, I won’t count it – so keep it separate!
3. Optional: For another entry, blog about this giveaway and leave a linkback to your blog post in ANOTHER COMMENT. If you don’t leave it in a separate comment, I won’t count it – so keep it separate!
4. Optional: For another entry, post about this giveaway on your Facebook page and leave a linkback to your post in ANOTHER COMMENT. If you don’t leave it in a separate comment, I won’t count it – so keep it separate!
Max: 4 entries per person allowed.
Giveaway open to any Chic Steals follower in the U.S.
Apologies to my international readers!:-(
Giveaway period is open from today until Sunday, Oct. 3, 11:59 PM PST.
Winner chosen by Random.org.
So please enter, spread the word – and good luck! (I’m soooo jealous and totally coveting that gift bag myself!!)
xoxox
Carly
FTC Disclosure: I have not received any compensation for this post. The gift bag will be sent to the winner of the giveaway directly from Conde Nast and the SELF Magazine team. See my disclosure policy here.
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