• Benefit Cosmetics
Starting on Friday November 27 through November 30, get free US shipping with any $25+ order through the Benefit website. Just enter the promo code: SHIP2009 when you check out.
Live outside of the US? Don’t worry, you can receive free international shipping with any $75+ order with the promo code: CYBRINTL.

• Charlotte Russe
Does your mall have a Charlotte Russe store? If so, mark your calendars for the days below because you don’t want to miss out on these money-saving promotions!
- Thanksgiving Day : All open Charlotte Russe stores will offer 25% off all clothing and accessories
- Black Friday, November 27th : 25% off all clothing and accessories in stores and on the official website. You’ll also receive a limited edition snake skin print wallet when you purchase $40 or more in stores (while supplies last)!
- November 28th and 29th : BOGO time! Buy any item in-stores or online and get any second item for 50% off!
- November 30th : Receive 25% off your entire purchase and free shipping with a purchase of $60 or more on the Charlotte Russe website.

• Urban Outfitters
Score free standard shipping with orders $75 or more now until November 30th! Just enter the promo code: FREEBIRD at check out.

• Fashion Bug
Live near a Fashion Bug store? The stores will open up at 7am and you’ll be able to save an extra 20% off already reduce fashions! That’s getting 60% off on clearance items – definitely a great deal! Door busters include turtle neck sweaters for only $6, velour jackets and pants for $10 each, jeans for $12, puffer coats at $20 and gift sets starting at $16! If you don’t live near a Fashion Bug store, all of these great deals will be available through their website as well!

• The Company Store and Company Kids
The morning of Black Friday, visit The Company Store and Company Kids websites to receive a free early-bird shipping special when you shop between the hours of 5am to 11am EST.
On Cyber Monday, take advantage of the Friends and Family sale where you’ll receive 20% off your order!

• Forzieri
Love jewelry and accessories? Head over to the Forzieri website any day between November 25th through December 1st to save $25 on any order over $198. Just enter the coupon code: 943257 when you checkout.
And if you need to get your items delivered ASAP, you can score free express shipping if your order is over $135. Just enter the coupon code: 09CBD2 at checkout. This expires December 24th so you’ll definitely be able to get those last minute gifts to you on time!

• Best Buy
Wishing for a new HDTV? Wish no longer! Take advantage of the pre-Black Friday TV deals at Best Buy right now!

• Lucky Brand
Looking for new jeans for yourself or the people on your holiday shopping list?  Check out these Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals at Lucky Brand online!
Shop today (Thanksgiving Day) and save 30% off your order!BOGO 50% off your second item when you shop during the November 27th through the 29th.
Receive free shipping on orders $75 and up with coupon code: 9WEARNOW. This offer expires on December 31st so hurry in and save!

• GAP
Gap is having a BOGO sale, from November 25th through November 27th, in all their stores.! Buy any sweater, PJ pants, or fleece item for men, women, kids and baby and get the second one free!

• Target
Target is giving away gift cards! On Black Friday from 5am to 12 pm, if you spend $100 or more at your local Target store, you’ll receive a $10 gift card good for future purchases. Don’t you love it when you can get free money when you shop?

Get yourself and your loved ones ready for the Black Friday shopping rush by prioritizing and making a list of all the sales, events, stores and shops you’ll be hitting up. Check out some Black Friday shopping trick and tips here.

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Hot Deals for Black Friday!

Bauer Gruffin

And get this, much like us, regular shoppers, Brit was shopping on the sale rack. Now, don’t read too much in to it (next week we’ll see headlines of Britney Spears broke! She’s shopping the sale rack! And we’ll trace all back to this post….dum dum dum!). But, I do enjoy seeing celebrities shopping sales, it just shows all of us that it is okay to buy this season (maybe even a season late), off the rack, and on sale. Speaking of sales, the biggest sale season of the year is coming up, shoppers, Black Friday! Let’s hope Miss Spears is just getting a head start on the shopping by stopping at this Review store.

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Britney the Sale Queen

Unfortunately, the end of 2009 brings an end to the College Day program – but 2009 is not over yet. There are still a couple more College Days ahead.

Visit your local ULTA location (with your student ID) on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, and you’ll get $5 off your $15 minimum purchase.

For an even better deal, visit ULTA’s Facebook page on Tuesday November 3, 2009, between 10 am and 4 pm Eastern time, and you can find out how to double your student discount.

The last ULTA College Day of the year will be Tuesday, December 1, 2009. For information about a special savings deal on that day, be sure to check ULTA’s Facebook profile on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.

For more information about upcoming ULTA special events or discounts, check the ULTA website or the ULTA Facebook page.

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ULTA’s College Day Discount

Kohls carries a line of Avril Lavigne-designed clothing for juniors and girls (sizes 7-16) called Abbey Dawn. It features jeans, vests, tees, hats, bags, watches, jewelry, pretty much anything the young popstar wanna-be could want or need for back to school.

Here’s the part that Sarah is really going to love – now she can smell like Avril, too. (Is that a good thing?) Black Star, Lavigne’s new fragrance with a “soft fruity scent,” is now available at Kohls. It’s fairly reasonably priced for a celebrity scent  with the 1 ounce Eau de Perfume running $29.00 and the 1.7 ounce size bottle at $39.00.  

Fragrance notes: Pink Hibiscus Flower, Black Plum, Dark Chocolate.

Interesting choice of notes. I’m going to run Sarah over there tomorrow to check it out.

Image credit: Kohls.com

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Avril Lavigne’s Black Star Fragrance

Hear me out. First of all, this graphic t-shirt looks incredibly comfortable and has a few touches of eye-catching sparkles. It’s not exactly what I would call fetching, but take a look at it on plus-size model Crystal Renn on Evans’ main page! Do you see what I mean?

Image: Evans London

Sometimes you just have to admit that you like something questionable, and move on. This particular item is perfectly layerable for long and three-quarter sleeve basics, jeans, and ballerina flats, and I’m no stranger to the whole pull-it-off determination when you fall in love with something that’s going to make other people recoil.

If I style this right, do you think I could do it (even if you think it’s ugly)?

It’s at Evans London if you’re feeling it.

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My Fun (and Ridiculous) Fall Find

Image: Torrid

I love this cami, but I will have to find a few more pieces if I want to take advantage of Torrid’s shipping!

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Torrid Has $1 Shipping for Orders $75+

GoodShop.com

GoodShop.com is an online marketplace that’s partnered with 1,000+ stores (from Amazon to Zales). GoodShop.com donates a percentage of each purchase to the (or your mom’s) favorite nonprofit organization of your choice. You can also score coupons and deals while you browse.

Sound good? It’s really simple, too!

1. Go to www.goodshop.com
2. Designate your favorite cause (you only do this the first time)
3. Click through to your favorite store – shop on their site as you normally would and a percentage of your purchase will go to your cause!

GoodSearch.com

Another great site is GoodSearch.com, it donates a penny to the nonprofit of your choosing, each time you use it to search. Similar to Yahoo.com all you have to do is go to the site, select your favourite cause and search as you normally would. It’s as simple as that!

And you can keep using these two websites for other occasions as well. Make it your go-to places to save money and do your online searching. You’ll find what you need and your favourite organization will benefit from it too!

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Give Back While You Search & Shop

Image: myblackdress, etsy

It’s reversible (so basically divide that price in half!), and you can get it up to size 22. It’ll be easy to throw on a little bit of shapewear underneath should you need it, and you’ll most likely be swooning over that sophisticated neckline– especially if you love turtlenecks, but are of the busty variety, like moi.

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Do You Get Plus Sizes at Etsy?

I’ve written about my love for Skyn’s cherry blossom line of tech & laptop accessories before, but this is something new for the techy fashionista…

Skyn is introducing a USB HP mini laser wireless mouse that’s been covered in real Swarovski crystals to match the cherry blossom skin.  It comes complete with a carrying case and battery.

The celebrate the release, they are giving away one crystal cherry blossom mouse and a cherry blossom laptop skin to one lucky person!

Want to enter?  Just click here and enter your information

Good luck!

image: Skynmobile

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win a cherry blossom crystal mouse from Skyn Mobile

All you need to do is follow this link and subscribe to Neiman Marcus’ online newsletter and you’re automatically entered

What would I buy?

These patent leather “Leopard” Mary Janes are making me drool…

image: Neiman Marcus

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how much fun would a $3000 Manolo Blahnik shopping spree be?