TJ Christmas Card Contest – The Winners

It’s time to announce the winners of Tip Junkie’s 2nd Annual Christmas Card Challenge . I want to thank not only the women who participated but also the 980 Tip Junkie Readers who voted!! Thank you guys so much, you ROCK! I hope you had a fun time and were inspired to do something different for your Christmas Card next year.

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TJ Christmas Card Contest – The Winners

 Chris Brown Disses Walmart, Stops Tweeting

After a Walmart store in Wallingford, Connecticut sold out of its first shipment of Chris Brown’s latest CD Graffiti, Brown accused the store of “blackballing” his records and “lying to costumers [sic].” After going on a 140-character tirade on micro-blogging site Twitter about the incident, then realizing he was in the wrong, he took down his Twitter account on Monday, after refusing to take back his statement. “Yeah i said it and i aint retracting [it],” Tweeted Brown. The testy Tweet originated after Brown went to a Walmart store in Wallingford, Connecticut where he did not see his album on the shelf and apparently was told that it was not in the back either

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 Model Spotlight: Kate Moss

Kate Moss sits down with Women’s Wear Daily’s Brid Costello to discuss her new scent Vintage, which was introduced in Europe earlier this month. Stephen Mormoris, svp of global marketing at Coty said they may look into having Moss create a special color cosmetics collections for its Rimmel brand, which Moss also fronts.  On the fragranceąs genesis ­ her love for vintage fashion ­ has much more humble origins. I couldn’t really afford designer clothes when I was young, so I just went to the secondhand shops

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 Hit The Slopes (But Not Too Hard) In The Coolest Snowboard Gear Out There!

The fashion-obsessed shopper side of me likes to think of snowboarding as an opportunity to try colors and patterns that I wouldn’t normally wear. Strangely enough, I never knew white pants were my thing until I saw them in snowboarding gear form. (I also never knew my legs could twist in so many directions while wearing said pants, but that’s another story.) You don’t necessarily need to match your jacket and pants to your gear, though a little bit of coordination is always good (both in the sartorial sense and the, um, sliding down a mountain sense).

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 Q&A with Designer Shoshanna Gruss

What’s best to wear for your different holiday parties this year? Family Affair: A pretty dress with an embellished neckline or embroidery, something you can throw a cardigan over, move around and have fun in. Office Party: Simple shift or sheath dress that will take you from a day at the office to the party that night, with a change shoes and accessories

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 PETA U.K. Staff Has Turkey for Christmas Dinner

But she wasn’t the main course—she was the guest of honor: Angel came to PETA U.K.’s holiday dinner from Hen Haven—a safe sanctuary for chickens and turkeys who would otherwise have been slaughtered. Feasting on faux turkey , grilled figs, nut roast, and mince pies with new friends sure beats a short, traumatic life on a factory farm .

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 Elle Shops: Feel-Good Gifts That Give Back!

Still looking for that perfect holiday gift for the people on your list? Elle is here to help with the 12 Days Of Chic , a collection of this season’s hottest pieces that any stylish shopper is sure to appreciate

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 Give The Gift Of Gorgeousness With My 10 Favorite Beauty Sets!

As any beauty addict knows, brand name makeup doesn’t come especially cheap. When restocking on your favorite MAC lipglass or Urban Decay eyeshadow primer, the price you pay per item doesn’t necessarily burn a hole in your wallet (after all, you can’t skimp on essentials!), but when it comes to gifting, makeup items can easily run you over budget even after just a couple of pots of eyeshadow. This is exactly why I gotta give praise to one of my favorite retail-related inventions ever: value sets! Themed for the holidays or just packaged as an always-festive good deal, gift sets from our favorite department store brands combine brand favorites into one beauty bundle and help you save big bucks (to spend on more makeup, of course!).

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 Shoe Of The Week: Alexander Wang Natasha Pumps

Nowadays when you have designers like Thakoon manufacturing mirror sandals and McQueen debuting claw-like hoof creations that only Lady GaGa can feasibly walk in, it’s difficult finding a shoe silhouette that’s both refreshingly unique and truly wearable.

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 Stylehive Editors’ Holiday Wishlist: Idabone

Hi, my name is Ida and I’m an impulsive shopper. I often spontaneously buy things on a whim because I just had to have it and add it to my closet or, more honestly, to the back of my closet, still wrapped in tissue and in the original shopper bag

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 Hot In The Hive: Dali Soft Watch In Gold

Fashion, however timeless or of-the-moment, is just another form of art, a way for the designer and wearer to express their ideas and individuality through clothing. Fashion and fine art go hand in hand in terms of inspiration and expression, so it’s a wonder that we haven’t seen more examples showcasing this intersection of creativity. Sure, you can get tees and caps screen-printed with “Starry Night,” but it’s not often that you see a fine art piece turned into a wearable and stylish fashion piece.

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 10 Tuneful Gifts For The Music Lover On Your List!

If you’re having a hard time getting in tune with your inner Santa Claus this gift-giving season, consider a foolproof present that won’t go in one ear and out the other. Music gifts — speakers, iPod accessories, memorabilia, USB gadgets, you name it — are something nearly everyone can appreciate and enjoy, but even if you have a hardcore musicophile or musician on your list, it’s fairly easy nowadays to find a unique music gadget gift that won’t end up in their “return” pile

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 ELLE’s Gifts That Give Back

Alexander McQueen – Rhinestone Studded Peeptoe ELLE’s ‘12 Days of Chic’ program which takes place throughout the month of December.  12 hot items which can be purchased through StyleFeeder, and ELLE will donate 50% of all proceeds to Fashion Delivers Charitable Foundation .

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 Get the Look for Less: Kim Kardashian

The reality show starlet was spotted out on her birthday looking ravishing in a Brian Lichtenberg Padded One Shoulder Leopard Print Dress. Kim Kardashian’s look will cost you big bucks, but you can get the same look with the Abbey Dawn Leopard Print Satin Dress for a fraction of the price

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 Eryn Brinie Sample Sale – Just in Time for the Holidays

WHAT: eryn brinie Holiday Sample Sale WHEN: December 17 – 19th  10 am to 8 pm WHERE: Openhouse Gallery 201 Mulberry Street (between Kenmare and Spring) HOURS: Thur 10 am-8pm, Fri and Sat 10am-8pm WHY: eryn brinie joins Kai-aakmann, Blue Notch denim and others to celebrate the holidays with some great deals for one weekend only.

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 Octopi: Coconut-Carrying Geniuses

Here’s a phenomenon that’ll stick in your memory like an octopus sticks to a … coconut shell : scienceblogs / CC Click here for video With the recent discovery that the veined octopus sometimes carries around a coconut shell to use as impromptu shelter, this eight-legged wonder is now the first known tool-using animal without a backbone. According to the biologists who made the discovery, the use of tools to build shelter is such a complicated skill that even some of smartest animals, like chimpanzees, can’t do it.

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 10 Nifty Gifts For The Gamer Girl (Or Guy!)

I may have my girlie-girl tendencies, but the truth is, I’m a no-mercy kinda gal when it comes to gaming . I can play Rock Band with the rest of ‘em and I’ll beat your boyfriend’s high score three times over! Video game gifts , as long as the recipient isn’t totally opposed to gaming (if you know someone that is, they’ve clearly never played Mario Party), are the perfect present: you don’t need to know anyone’s size, and it won’t end up in a reject pile of tacky Christmas sweaters. Plus, getting to unwrap an actual toy totally brings back warm memories of being a kid on Christmas day, annihilating all shreds of gift wrap in your path to get to the goods

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 Designer Handbag Gift Ideas Under $200!

I’m pretty confident that there’s at least a few people in your life in need of a new handbag. Either they’ve been carrying around the same ratty bag since high school or they’re a die hard collector of anything by Marc Jacobs or Tory Burch

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 Exclusive Deals for the Holidays 

Why is it that on an ordinary day in, say, April, you’ll see something and think to yourself, “That would make the perfect gift for my sister/mother/niece/daughter/girlfriend. I’ll have to remember this at Christmas!” And then when it actually is Christmas and you’re shopping overtime, your mind draws a blank any time you try to think of something to get the people on your gift list. Frustrating

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 Fur Is ‘Tutu’ Cruel

We’re going to need another tu to describe how adorable our tutu -cute dancing raccoon and fox were as they pliéd and pirouetted their ways into the hearts of balletgoers in Philadelphia: Joined by local PETA supporters, our furry friends urged Nutcracker attendees and the many delighted onlookers to shun fur and go faux this holiday season. And the lucky kids who passed by got awesome anti-fur stickers . A classic ballet and a timeless message—it’s the perfect match

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