Following the success of Nina Garcia’s The Little Black Book of Style, she is releasing, on August 26, her newest book:  The One Hundred: A Guide To The Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own.

Did you read The Little Black Book of Style?  I loved it, and loved getting to know Nina a little better – it certainly made me like her a lot more on Project Runway to have a glimpse into her life.  Beyond that, TLBBOS was a great book on fashion basics and classics, which really is totally my style.  The one problem with it?  It put the Hermes fire under me.  Not good. 

So, I am totally looking forward to reading her new book – and really anxious to see how many of these 100 items I actually own.  I am betting about 45.  Gonna be time to go shopping afterwards.  I am hoping that the Birken is not on that list!

Are you going to get this book hot off the press?

Image: Harper Collins

It is time to announce the winner of the Harper Collins “What’s In My Beauty Bag” contest, but first, lets take a peek at the contenders:

Entry 1:  Moe, who has lots of BIG stuff in her beauty bag!

Entry 2:  Sarah F., who is obviously a fan of the classic Great Lash, and I see a Watkins goodie in there too that I need to try.

Entry 3:  Racquel, who I can see is a MAC girl too! 

Entry 4: Kate, who has sent along 2 pictures - one of her bag contents and the other of her drawer.  I feel your pain, Kate. :)  And I LOVE Jergens natural glow too!

Entry 5:  Ines, who has a super cute bag, and sent along the list of goodies in it: 

Stila convertible color and bronzing powder
Mac black eyeliner and Studio Fix powder
Benefit Benetint and Bad Gal mascara
Du Wop Revolotion tinted moisturizer
The Body Shop Body Butter
Laura Mercier lipstick palette
Shiseido eyelash curler

Entry 6:  Apple, with her gorgeous apple colored beauty bag:

Entry 7:  Theresa, who is WAY more organized than me.  There is my favorite tub of Cetaphil cream!

Entry 8:  Bunny, who is a discerning minimalist - she doesn’t have much in there, but what she has is gooooooooood!

Entry 9:  Hazel, who is another minimalist, but obviously a fan of Sephora AND has a super cute beauty bag!

Entry 10:  Ann, who has mystified me with that beautiful green lacy tube of mascara - what is that??

Entry 11:  Marcela, who has another cute bag, with ALL the essentials!  She sent a list of contents too:

Nivea cream, 60ml tin
Toothbrush (for travel, got to keep the teeth beautiful too!!!)
Nivea labello essential lip care lip balm
Irix (I think it’s a brand from Argentina) eye drops
Pony tail elastic
Bandaids
And now the makeup (finally!!!)
Clinique gentle light pressed powder
MAC eye shadow in Charred
MAC eye shadow in Gleam
MAC lip glass in Nico
Clinique High Impact Mascara (4g sample)
LACA (again, Argentine brand) concealer + blemish treatment
Bloom mini lip gloss/ cheek colour duo in Cutie Pie/ Who, Me?
Natura (Brazilian brand this time!!!) eye liner in Black

Entry 12:  Stephanie, who is a girl after my own heart.  Not much room left for anything else!  I hope if you win, you will get a new eyeliner - it is just about that time!

Entry 13:  Jaine, who has another gorgeous rosy bag, and appears to love her Smashbox - me too! 

Entry 14:  Sarah V., who gets in just under the wire with a great lot of goodies -including that super great Cover Girl mascara - Lash Blast!

I have a 15th entry in the comments from Elizabeth, but I cannot find her photo to save my life - I fear it went into the depths of my spam box.  Elizabeth, if you want to resend it, I will be thrilled to post it, and will include you in the drawing.

So the time comes to pick a winner.  I enter the information in the random number generator at Math Goodies - and *voila* - Entry 11, Marcela is the winner!

Marcela - if you will email me your mailing address, I will pass it on to Harper Collins and they will get your book and your goodies right out to you!

Thanks so much for entering you all - I just love sneaking a peek into your lives and into your beauty bags!!!  I do hope you all will pick up a copy of the Sephora book - it is truly awesome.  You can get it at Amazon, or any of your local bookstores, or the great and wonderful, Sephora!

Images of beauty bags:  used with permission from the contestants

Random number generator image:  From MathGoodies.com