Winter Wishlist Wonderland: Urban Outfitters

I find it fitting that the final wish list that I feature is from my favorite store in the whole wide world Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is a store that I’ve been shopping at since I was a teenagers, and I also worked at during college ( Berkeley Store on Bancroft to be exact), and while my style has change a little since then I have always been able to find pieces that are age/style appropriate for me. This particular wish list is vast, and was really difficult to edit, but I hope you enjoy it.

Cool, Casual by Slow and Steady Wins the Race Hiker Wedge - $69.99

Dark Harts Studded Legging - $48.00

Silence & Noise Strong Shoulder Blazer - $78.00

BDG Pull On Denim Legging - $39.00

Silence & Noise Herringbone Funnel Neck Coat – $59.99

Make sure you check out the “Style File Finds” section of my blog (to your right) there are a couple of cool discounts that are being offered by Urban Outfitters for the Holiday season.

photo cred: Urban Outfitters

Style Filed: 12/6-12/11

Sophy Robson Nail Designs For UK Elle – Sophy Robson

eBay's Mobile Boutique Stops in San Francisco – Examiner.com

Love it or Leave it : Rodarte for Target – The Coveted

Sade Is Back! – afrobella

Straight to DVD Gem: The Killing Room – Reel Watcher

Giveaway: Ralph Lauren Brown Leather Gloves – Some Notes on Napkins

Enbrightenmint BriteSmile Whitener & Tarte Lipgloss On Sale – Beauty Junkie in SF

photo cred: eBay

Beauty Find of the Week: TATCHA

The great thing about having a blog with a Bay Area niche is that I occasionally get contacted by wonderful designers, and cosmetics brands that are based in my own back yard, and that’s what happened with TATCHA. TATCHA is a brand of authentic aburatoigami ( literal translation “oil blotting paper” in Japanese), that launched on September16th 2009 right in San Francisco. Abacus Leaf/Gold Flake was originally used by gold craftsmen about 1000 years ago, but 300 years ago the beautiful Geisha found that these papers also held great beauty benefits as well. TATCHA unlike other blotting papers that are on the market, is all natural, fragrance free, animal testing free, and handmade as they have been for centuries. The skin benefits are wonderful not just for removing excess oils that cause breakouts from oily skin, but it also creates luminosity to all skin types, plus it creates a great base for makeup so you don’t need to use a pore clogging primer, and when used atop of makeup it keeps your look fresh. If you’re looking to get your hands on TATCHA you can purchase online ( $12 for a 1-pack, 30 sheets per pack or $30 for a 3-pack, 30 sheets per pack) and shipping is free shipping. HAPPY SHOPPING!

MINI GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the arrival of TATCHA aburatorigami to the US, TATCHA was so kind not only to gift me some of their wonderful papers, but they are going to give 5 Bay Area Style File of readers a 1 complimentary pack of TATCHA to try for themselves. All you have to do is be one of the first 5 people to guess correctly what TATCHA means ( more than one meaning) and you win! Open to U.S. readers only.

yes there are real gold flakes in the papers :)

photo cred: TATCHA

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: PerriconeMD Cold Plasma contest

Congratulations to Tiffany from California she's the lucky winner of PerriconeMD's Cold Plasma. Tiffany is also a wonderful blogger herself, check her out on Style Sophisticate!

And if you didn't win this time keep checking back I'll have more contest coming up soon.

photo cred: PerriconeMD

B.A.Style Steal of the Day: Shoot Your Eye Out Tee

I can’t lie I’m not one of those fa la la la la, huge flocked tree, Christmas Carol type of girls, actually Christmas music makes me cringe, but I do appreciate the holiday season as a time for getting together with family, and of course great food. The one thing other than family that makes me love the holiday season is not “ It’s A Wonderful Life” or “White Christmas” but you guessed it “A Christmas Story” which is one of the funniest movies around. So imagine my glee when I saw this wonderful “A Christmas Story” themed t-shirt with my favorite line from the entire movie at Urban Outfitters. Not to mention it’s on sale for 15 bucks, which makes it even better! So if you can’t get a fishnet leg lamp this is the next best thing. HAPPY SHOPPING!

photo cred: Urban Outfitters

Event Alert: 10 Days of Stylist Giving

One of my favorite Bay Area based online boutiques is in the spirit of giving back to all its customers. Tobi has decided that from November 30th-December 12th (weekdays only) they are going to give away a gift daily known as the “10 Days of Stylist Giving”. I know I’m a little late in telling you all but there’s a few days for you to participate and today they are giving away a pair of J.Brand Jeans along with The Laundress wash set including a denim wash for those new jeans! The other great thing is you don’t have to sign up for a newsletter, follow them on twitter ( although you should), or even become a fan on facebook, all you do is supply your name and email for notification if you’re a winner and that’s it simple, so why not enter?