Happy New Year to all! We all wish you a happy, healthy, successful and beautiful 2009.

As we usher in the new year, we take a look back at the Best and Worst of 2008, along with a look ahead to 2009. From all the Splendicity bloggers, here are some of our favorite (and not so favorite) things from the world of beauty and fashion.
Tracy at Hot Mama Daily tells you about the top 5 Hot Mama moments of 2008 and her top 5 favorites beauty products too. She also clues you in on the worst hot messes of the year.
Dexie …read more

For this week’s best of Sass, Style & Substance beauty & fashion news!
Gleaming Things
Have a “Gleaming” Christmas – jewelry shopping guide for Christmas and the holidays.
eye4style
eye4style has the scoop on the new At Home line from Victoria’s Secret!
Her Accessories
Her Accessories is celebrating Christmas with her gift guide tradition “The Twelve Days of Shopping”.
A Touch of Blusher
A Touch of Blusher talks about major trends in Japanese cosmetics.
Beauty Match
Celebrities have acne, skin discolouration, dark circles AND wrinkles just like the rest of us.
ShoeBlitz
ShoeBlitz features 5 Manolo Blahnik shoes that you’ll really love!
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Everybody loves free stuff, right? Here on the Beauty & Style channel we have three cool giveways going on this week:
You can win an iPod Shuffle by telling eBeautyDaily What Makes You Smile?
The List Maven is giving away the “Kim-Pact” from e.l.f. cosmetics.
And last but not least, I’m giving away about $275 of anti-aging products at the Glamour Gift Guide.
Go enter and win!

From the Splendicity Community, comes this week’s best in Beauty, Fashion and Shopping. Check out the very splendid best!

BEAUTY
Teri from Aging Fabulous has been testing the Lancome Absolue Premium bx Cloth Masks and the results are in.
Viva Woman takes a look at sunscreen ingredient Helioplex from Neutrogena and compares its Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch with La Roche-Posay Anthelios containing Mexoryl.
Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog shows you how to get a silver and pink eye look with eyeshadows from MAC Cosmetics.
Beauty and Fashion Tech tries the Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Foundation, Concealer, and Powder and loves them!
Beauty Secrets Revealed …read more

Fashion, Shopping, Beauty and more! Check out this weekend’s Splendid Reads from the wonderful bloggers at Splendicity.

FASHION
Style…a work in progress will be practicing her origami this weekend so that she can download her own Hermes Kelly bag!
Indie Style File has an awesome retro boombox necklace from Zlanarama up for grabs (scroll to the end of the interview, but make sure to read it first)
NY Spender thinks that there is a time and a place to wear JLo gear, and this is not it!
Her Accessories proves that you can be fashionable and sun-safe with these great accessories.
The Space …read more

Beauty, fashion, shopping and more! Check out this weekend’s Splendid Reads from the wonderful bloggers at Splendicity. Beauty, fashion and shopping … we’ve got it all! Enjoy reading and have a splendid weekend!
BEAUTY
Beautiful Makeup Search picks some great makeup for the multi-tasking Mom.
NY Spender loves her new T3 Tourmaline wet-to-dry flat iron!
ParisB of My Women Stuff shares some thought on the new Origins Organics face lotion.
Viva Woman takes a closer look at toners, toning mists and facial sprays and examines how each is suited for different skin types.
Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog interviews MAC Cosmetics Senior Makeup …read more

May is a here but before we get to to it, let’s reminisce what has happened here at Beauty & Style Channel in the month of April. Have some Martini, wine, or shots with lemon and salt on the side, have fun perusing the beauteous and stylish abode under b5media..

Aging Fabulous admits to having a beauty products wish list miles long.
Banging Bags is in possession of her new Dolce & Gabbana handbag.
Beauty Bento Box loves Olay body In-Shower body lotion.
Beauty Gizmo teaches you how to apply eyeliner, flawlessly.
Burning The Scale share the iVillage 10 ways to …read more

The random Mother’s Day Giveaway Winner is Kim, who posted the following comment:
Mom loves shoes but has to be very careful as to which ones she wears now as an insert has to fit in the shoes.
Me on the other hand love shoes but just don’t buy them much as I seem to spend more money on my son as his feet are growing like weeds.
What a wonderful giveaway you are doing here.
Have fun with your giveaway. Don’t forget to head on over to my blog and enter mine!
Congrats to Kim and thanks to everyone for participating. Check back …read more

Today is the last day to enter the Mother’s Day giveway. You can win a $50 gift certificate from Heels.com plus makeup and skincare products worth $400.

Click here to enter the Mother’s Day giveaway.
Photo credit: Heels.com

Do you want to give your mom a fabulous gift for Mother’s Day? How about free shoes! I am giving away a $50 gift certificate to Heels.com, plus a whole lot more.

Included in this Mother’s Day package is over $400 with of goodies!

$50 Gift Certificate to Heels.com