When I think of Lilan from The Daily Cookie, two words come to mind; “sassy” and adorable. I had the joy of meeting her at the Total Beauty Blogger Summit in L.A. and I totally wanted to smuggle her home in my suitcase. She’s so tiny she probably would have fit in that giant thing. I was already paying for extra weight anyway!

Anywho, Ms. Lilan asked me to contribute to her very first reader newsletter and it hit email boxes today! All of you should take a sec to sign up. It’s a little bit of Lilan in your inbox and who wouldn’t LOVE that? If that isn’t enough to get you clicking, all new subscribers have the chance to WIN a Kat Von D True Romance Palette.

This month’s newsletter included these fun topics:

OK so here’s what you do… Go to The Daily Cookie, sign up for the newsletter and cross your fingers.

That’s right kids! I wrote another quiz for Total Beauty and this time it’s about my favorite beauty subject, NAIL POLISH! Head on over and check it out. See what shade category you fall into and the colors I recommend.

My buddy Jamie is giving away over $100 worth of Lisa Hoffman skincare products on her site, The Beauty of Life. You should all hop on over and check it out. Entries will be accepted from now until Sunday, July 6 at 11:55pm EST.

I was introduced to the Lisa Hoffman brand when Jamie and I attended the Total Beauty Summit in LA last month along with bunches of our beauty blogging pals. The Spa Facial Packette (pictured above) contains everything you need to give yourself a spa quality facial in the comfort of your own home.

What are you waiting for? Go enter! And come back to tell me if you won.

It seems that every magazine and their mother has a fashion or beauty blog now. And as much as I’d love to have time to read them all, along with all the other beauty blogs out there (and the number is climbing ridiculously high), I just don’t. Of the select number of sites in my feed reader New York Magazine’s The Cut has made the list. The commentary is witty and playfully snarky, definitely a must read for me.

The daily “Beauty Marks” post usually highlights the best links from blogs and magazines alike. They’ve even shown some love to me in the past. However yesterday, Jada Yuan and Sharon Clott did a great piece on Olivia Thirlby (of Juno fame) and her desire for a manicure in what they’re dubbing “tacky-cool” colors. You know, my everyday wear; greens, yellows, blues, grays.

For a list of their “tacky-cool” polish picks and the NYC salons where you can find them, check out… Olivia Thirlby’s Quest for the Ugly-Cool Manicure.

What are your favorite shades in this genre? Do you love to wear funky colors?

The thirty, that’s right 30, winners of the Massive Estee Lauder Nail Polish Giveaway have been chosen from over 1,500 entries. Were you one of them? Make sure to check your email for notification.

Congrats to all the winners. I hope you enjoy the polish. A huge thank you goes to Estee Lauder for being such an amazing sponsor and to all of you for participating!

Make sure you keep your eye out for future giveaways. And don’t forget that as a Feedblitz subscriber you could be the winner of a Random Friday Giveaway. You never know when the next one will be.