Five Reasons Beauty Junkies Should Join Twitter

• Hear the latest tips/tricks from brands
• Special Twitter-only giveaways/discounts
• Ask questions on the fly to your favorite brands
• Special sneak peeks of upcoming launches/products
• Behind-the-scenes insight/photos

My favorite part about Twitter is how easy it is to interact with all of you–I love hearing your thoughts and feedback and getting to know you through tweets. My second favorite part is the interaction between consumers and their favorite brands. Obviously, my poison of choice is beauty, but it’s really amazing at how many brands are using Twitter in a proactive, interactive way that’s really fun to be a part of.

If you’re not already a regular Twitter user, you may not realize just how many major beauty brands are actively tweeting away! I created a list of many of the major beauty brands, and it stands at 151 different brands. I’m actually loving Twitter’s new list creation ability, because now I can just check out what beauty brands are saying separately from friends and readers. You can also easily follow my list by either bookmarking the list and just reading it that way or clicking the “follow” link.

Here are some tweet-lights from beauty brands from today:

• @BloomCosmetics is giving customers 20% off during their Christmas party on November 25th from 6 to 8pm in their Chapel Street store
• @ChinaGlaze showed swatch previews of the new shades from their Up and Away Collection for Spring
• @Clarisonic is holding a Twitter giveaway for a MIA
• @SallyBeauty released code 555262 to save 15% on all online orders over $25
• @Sephora is holding their Sephora Clause giveaway/promotion
• @UrbanDecay411 released a sneak peek video about upcoming UD products for 2010

Check out some of my personal favorite brands and people to follow…

I love following brands/people that tweet often, have more to say than just a regurgitation of their RSS feed, and interact with their followers!

Brands

• @AskBobbiBrown — love the inside looks/videos, tips and tricks
• @lovephilosophy — love their daily quotes/philosophies!
• @LushLtd — they’ve been doing a ton of raffles, but I love how they interact with so many of their followers
• @ReneeRouleau — totally love to hear from the creator of the brand on a regular basis, plus she shares awesome skin tips and is always there for Q&A!
• @Sephora — tons and tons of tips given out
• @smashboxstudios — lots of inside looks at the brand and what’s comig up!
• @stilacosmetics — always sharing new steals and deals
• @UrbanDecay411 –– they’re always tweeting away! They answer questions, RT favorites, give tips/tricks, fulfill swatch requests, and share a lot of behind-the-scenes photos
• @Zoya_NailPolish — always learn the latest about Zoya’s collections, plus giveaways and coupon codes

People (But they’re related to beauty!)

• @britbeautyblog — girl always gets the beauty scoop!
• @gregoryarlt — amazingly awesome makeup artist
• @HeatherPark — get to know the PR maven who is also an amazing songstress and knows how to make you crave food… all the time!
• @juderivera — she does the most stunning makeup looks!
• @karenmbb — the always funny Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog
• @MAC_Keri-B — one of many of MAC artists who are on Twitter, but I love her sense of humor, and she tweets often!
• @makeupbymario — celebrity make-up artist!
• @thebeautybrains — love the blog, and I love all the interesting science-based beauty articles they tweet