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Win It! A Few of My Favorite Things (Holiday Edition) ($255 Value!)

A couple of weeks ago, I shared my favorite holiday palettes and sets from the season, and this week, we’ve teamed up with Ebates to give away some of those favorites!  Check out double cash back for Cyber Monday at these retailers: 

  • JCPenney – was 3.0%, now get 15.0% Cash Back
  • Neiman Marcus – was 4.0%, now get 12.0% Cash Back
  • Nordstrom – was 3.0%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • Barneys – was 2.5%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • ULTA — was 3.0%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • Bloomingdale’s — was 3.0%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • JCPenney — was 3.0%, now get 15.0% Cash Back
  • Lancome — was 5.0%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • The Body Shop — was 4.0%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • Amazon — was 0.0%, now get up to 8.0% Cash Back
  • Macy’s — was 3.0%, now get 10.0% Cash Back
  • Sephora — was 4.0%, now get 8.0% Cash Back

If you haven’t joined Ebates, now’s a great time to join — it’s free to join and free to use. The way Ebates works is you sign-up, and when you shop with Ebates, you can get a percentage of your order total in the form of cash back. They’ll send you a check or pay you via PayPal each quarter! For instance, if you shop at Sephora and spend $50 today, you’ll get $4 in cash back!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The grand prize winner will win five of my favorites (a value of $255):

  1. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette ($58 value)
  2. Sephora Collection All Occasion Eye Ensemble ($49 value)
  3. Make Up For Ever Studio Case ($59.50 value)
  4. NARS Digital World Lip Pencil Set ($49 value)
  5. Urban Decay Full Frontal Lipstick Stash ($39 value)

And 10 (!!) lucky runner-ups will win Bite Beauty Remix ($25 value)! 🙂

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janika3689 Avatar

I’m excited!! Everything looks like so much fun! Love the colors, would not mind trying those Nars products, I’ve never tried their line. I need to get on it!

Mariella Avatar

Oh – I wish I’d known. I signed up with ebates (they didn’t seem to have a problem with me being in Canada) but if the give-away is only for the US, I got my hopes up for nothing (mind you, I never win anything anyway….)

Bex Avatar

I would absolutely love the Nars set for switching looks quickly throughout the day! I’m a busy girl trying to pull myself through school and three jobs so a new lipstick change can make you feel as fresh as you’re going to feel with only five hours of sleep hah!

Jennifer Pham Avatar

I’m not quite sure what you mean about gift card – but I would use the makeup products to create new looks that I am unfamiliar with. If it was a gift card – sephora shopping spree!

S Avatar

That’s a huge giveaway, Christine! I’m planning on picking up the Ambient Lighting Blush palette anyway, if not for me then for a friend for Christmas. Thanks for the heads up about Ebates!

Krystel Avatar

During the Sephora Friends and Family sale, I had a small family emergency and had to fly to Haiti. Although everything is fine, I missed most of the sale and didn’t get to shop until the 10th, which was the last day! Needless to say, almost everything I wanted was sold out, including the Bite Beauty Remix. I’ve been searching high and low for that set.

I’d love to gift the Hourglass Palette and the Bite Beauty Remix to my sister who’s a makeup novice, it would be the perfect gift. I’d gift the eye ensemble to my little cousin who just started college. I’d gift the MakeUp Forever set to myself 🙂 And give one of the lip sets to one of my co workers.

Thanks for the chance.

Maria Avatar

I would first use the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette. I’ve been very into creating a flawless looking face this winter, and I’ve been OBSESSED with different shades of blush! Love the porcelain skin look with some color on the cheeks.

beka Avatar

this is a great idea. i don’t know why i haven’t been using ebates-its a great idea. i haven’t tried any hourglass powders, so the blushes would be the first thing i would try. thanks for doing this giveaway!

Amy Avatar

This is amazing! I don’t know which product I’d use first, but it would be so much fun to have to figure that out! I’ve been an ebates member for several years and use it regularly (I have the browser bar to remind me) and have received over $300 cash back! – all for stuff I was going to buy anyway.

Zia Avatar

Love Temptalia and love ebates!! Both have been a big part of internet life this past year! And the grand prize is awesome, I don’t own any of that stuff but I’ve read the reviews for each and they all seem wonderful!

Anewxa Avatar

I would love to try out the mufe studio case followed by the hourglass blush palette since these are 2 products I have never tried..thanks for the giveaway!

Lori Avatar

Hi Christine!

I would immediately swipe on one of the hourglass blushes on my cheeks, a NARS crayon on my lips (probably the pinky nude one), and make a pretty eyeshadow combination with the MUFE eyeshadows from the studio case. Everything looks amazinggggg!

aditi Avatar

Always loved Temptalia!! Was never able to try Hourglass products, but always enjoyed the photos and the other informations here on Temptalia.. I wish I get to try those first Christine!!!
Thank you!!

Lotus Avatar

For EBATES, does one need to sign up with the email account that is registered at the shopping sites? Or doesn’t it matter? Please, I hope for an answer?! Thanks 😛

Amelia Avatar

What an AMAZING giveaway! I would definitely use the Hourglass blush palette first. I have heard so many good things about this palette. However, on a student budget this remains on my wish list. Congrats in advance to whomever wins!! :o)

Nicole Avatar

OOOhs and awws! Fabulous giveaway! I so want to win! 🙂 I would be delving into the Sephora Collection first as I have never used Sephora’s brand of shadows.

Lara Avatar

How fun – thanks for the chance to win! I think I’d try the lip products first…Nars and then the Urban Decay. I splurged on the Hourglass palette during the VIB sale but I’m sure I could find someone to gift it to! 🙂

Rachelle Avatar

This is such an AMAZING & GRACIOUS GIVEAWAY! !! Ty sooo much for the chance to win♡♡♡ I wd love any of these..I wd love the nars lip pencils!!! Ty again this is s oooo AMAZING

Sarah Avatar

So many great products to choose from but I would probably play with the Urban Decay lipsticks first because I know I already love the formula and would want to see how the colors looked on me.

Amanda Avatar

I would us the Hourglass blush palette first. I just got the Hourglass ambient palette during the VIB Sephora sale. I love Hourglass and would use that first.

Jasmine Avatar

I’m gasping and in love with EVERYTHING, but I’d probably run to swatch all those Nars pencils on my lips! This is beautifully curated and I would be so so happy to win this for Christmas!

Abha Avatar

I’ve been following your blog for couple of years now and I must say you are doing an awesome job!! Just wait for your input before buying any cosmetic. Keep up the great work going. All the best.

Evelien Avatar

Hello,
I really hate the fact that these products aren’t available in my country and i want this sooo bad!
I don’t think you gonna send me those products but if you don’t try you can’t win 😉
-Evelien

Rachel Avatar

So happy that I have discovered your site this year (through the help of the YouTube community that I follow) your reviews and swatches/comparisions/dupes have changed the way I shop for makeup. Love this giveaway! Thanks!!

Kelsie Cook Avatar

Thank you so much for hosting this amazing giveaway! Good luck to everyone entering. 🙂

As for your question… if I won, I would definitely use the UD Full Frontal Lipstick Stash first. I’ve been wanting to try out bolder lips, and Gash looks like the perfect way to start.

L Avatar

I would totally use the studio case by MUFE first, I’ve been wanting to try out their newly reformulated eye shadows! Thanks for the giveaway! Temptalia and ebates, what’s not to love!?

admmgz Avatar

I would try the UD Full Frontal stuff first b/c I’ve never used anything from UD besides their Naked palettes, Zero 24/7 pencil & a Lip Junkie (that I didn’t really care for)

Toni Avatar

I would use the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette first…I’ve heard so many good things about it!

Do you find it worthwhile to shop Ebates versus going in a store to purchase items…even though you may have to pay shipping? I am excited about the prospect of getting money back and have been thinking about signing up for a while…this giveaway convinced me to take the plunge. I already know what my first purchase will be!

Diana D. Avatar

I’m thrilled about the double points on ebates! I use it every time I shop online!

I would try the Urban Decay Lipstick Stash – I’ve only ever used they eyeshadows and primers, but never tried their lipsticks

Tam Avatar

Thank you for the opportunity to win some great products! I would tear the package open like a kid on Christmas day to get my hands on the NARS lip pencil set first.

Barbara Avatar

wow, now that’s a hard question…. I’d be like a kid on Christmas morning 🙂 I’ve never been much a blush person since my cheeks are usually pink most of the time, but something about the Hourglass blush palette just calls out to me. So I’d probably play with that first!

Bonnie C. Avatar

Hmm, that is a good question, because these are all amazing looking items!!! 🙂 I think I would probably check out either the Sephora pencils or the MUFE shadows first, because I’m obsessed with eye products, but in all honesty I’m sure I would be trying everything out immediately if I won. 🙂

Thanks so much for having this giveaway!

Staci Avatar

I would use the blush pallet first. I tried to order it at six am the day it was released to non Rouges. After a week of waiting for it to ship, my order was canceled by Sephora. I really wanted it!

Alla Avatar

Hah, I missed the question. I think I’d use the Nars digital world lip pencils first. I’m the sort of person who likes changing her lip colour twice or three times a day, and Nars is just fantastic.

Aysha Avatar

Thank you for the giveaway! I really hope i win, i never win anything!! as for the first thing I’d use, its tie between the hourglass palette and the nars pencils! haha i guess we’ll find out if i win!!

Shars Avatar

I would definitely use the MakeUp Forever set as I’ve been hearing nothing but good stuff about their shadows but haven’t had a chance to try them as yet.

Fran Avatar

I already have the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette and the Make Up Forever Studio Case, so there is someone I’m dying to give them to, a young woman who loves makeup who I’ve collected samples and freebies for for the past couple of years, who just loves trying everything and has so much fun with it. All of the other parts of the prize are on my wish list! But I almost never win prizes, for some reason. Maybe since I’m pulling partly for someone else, I’ll win this time!

Aj Avatar

I would use the Nars lippies first as Nars has my top brand to try out, but still have not yet had the chance to do so. And these lip pencils look like they might all complement my skintone without me having to play around with them. Thank you for this giveaway! 😀

Tia Avatar

Oh Yes! I love giveaways even though I never win! I would love a MakeUp Geek Vegas Lights Palette. I had been hoping for a great sale on them for a “Merry Christmas to me” but it was not to be this year.

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