5th Annual QVC Customer Choice Beauty Awards Nominees & My Picks.

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QVC has done such a great thing in celebrating beauty. They have been giving customers the chance to vote on their favorite beauty products in their QVC Customer Choice Beauty Awards. Featuring 36 categories, from Best Mascara to Best Conditioner from the most highly sought after brands, customers can vote for their favorite product nominees in hopes of having them deemed Customer Choice Beauty Award Winner. What a great way to know if a product really works.

QVC Customer Choice Beauty Awards 2013

The beauty polls open to everyone during QVC's Beauty’s Best, a 25-hour event kicking off Friday, August 23 at 11pm EST and continuing all day on August 24th.  But, because I know you all are such great beauty connoisseurs, I have a special link for you to start voting tonight, August 22 at midnight EST. You can begin voting early here: http://qvc.co/EveryVoteCounts.

Here is a list of the nominees, organized by category. I have starred my picks-- the products I will be voting for.

Best Shampoo

  • WEN Cleansing Conditioner*
  • Alterna Bamboo Volume Shampoo
  • Nick Chavez Advance Volume Shampoo
  • Living Proof Full Shampoo
  • Lea Journo Hydrating Shampoo

Best Conditioner

  • Alterna Bamboo Volume Conditioner
  • Alterna Caviar Moisture Conditioner
  • Nick Chavez Advance Volume Conditioner
  • Living Proof Full Conditioner*
  • Lea Journo Hydrating Conditioner

Best Hair Treatment

  • Josie Maran Hot Oil Hair Treatment
  • Lea Journo Hydrating Mask
  • WEN Remoist Hydrating Mask*
  • Alterna Overnight Hair Rescue
  • Living Proof Targeted Repair Cream

Best Volumizing Styling Product

  • Living Proof Amp Instant Texture Volumizer
  • Alterna Bamboo 48 hour Volume Spray
  • Living Proof Full Thickening Mousse*
  • Nick Chavez Soft Flocker
  • Living Proof Targeted Repair Cream

Best Smoothing Styling Product

  • Keratin Perfect Smoothing Treatment*
  • Living Proof Primer Style Extend
  • WEN Glossing Serum
  • Alterna Blowout Cream
  • drybar Cream Soda Smoothing Cream

Best Hairspray

  • Lea Journo Finishing Spray
  • Nick Chavez Thirst Quencher Hairspray
  • Alterna Caviar Working Hairspray
  • Calista Fix2 High Speed Hold Spray
  • Living Proof Flex Shaping Hairspray*

Best Hair Tool

  • Calista Tools Perfecter Round Brush
  • Calista Tools Hot Rollers
  • Chi Volumizing Styling Iron
  • Sarah Potempa Beachwaver
  • t3 Featherweight 2 Hair Dryer
  • drybar Blowout Hair Dryer*

Best Skin Care Cleanser

  • Peter Thomas Roth Anti-Aging Cleansing Gel
  • Fresh Soy Face Cleanser
  • Perricone MD Nutritive Cleanser
  • Space NK Eve Lom Deep Cleansing Treatment
  • Philosophy Purity Made Simple*

Best Exfoliator

  • Kate Somerville ExfoliKate*
  • Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Peeling Gel
  • Ole Henriksen Walnut Complexion Scrub
  • Josie Maran Argan Gentle Exfoliating Powder

Best Peel

  • Dr. Gross Alpha Beta Anti-Aging Peel Pads
  • Dr. Denese Firming Facial Pads
  • Ole Henriksen Lemon Strip Flash Peel
  • Kate Somerville Clinic-to-Go Resurfacing Peel Pads
  • Peter Thomas Roth Unwrinkle Peel Pads
  • Philosophy Microdelivery Vitamin C Peel*

Best Face Moisturizer

  • Algenist Firming Moisturizer*
  • Perricone MD Face Finishing Moisturizer
  • First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream
  • Philosophy Hope in a Jar
  • Dr. Denese Hydroshield Dream Cream
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Exclusive Camille Bag from Sea NY GWP at Beauty.com.

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If you're going to shop for beauty products, you might as well make it worth your while. I love shopping when there are great gift with purchase items such as this beautiful Camille Bag from Sea NY at beauty.com. Not only is the bag beautiful, it is chock full of $175 worth of prestige beauty samples in both deluxe sample and full sizes.

Take a look at this beauty.

Exclusive Camille Bag from Sea NY

Exclusive Camille Bag from Sea NY GWP at Beauty.com

Inside the leopard print clutch, that is perfect for your new fall wardrobe, are the following:

1. KORRES Pomegranate Mattifying Treatment
2. Nick Chavez® Yucca Root Conditioning Cream
3. Dr. Brandt® BB Matte with Signature SHINERASE™, Light to Medium
4. NUXE®  Gentle Exfoliating Gel
5. Urban Decay® Big Fatty Mascara
6. LACOSTE® Essential VOC
7. Stila® Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner, Moray
8. H2O+™ Spa Sea Salt Hydrating Body Butter
9. Boots Tinted Moisturizer (two shades)
10. Murad® Time Release Retinol Concentrate for Deep Wrinkles
11. bareMinerals® Active Cell Renewal Night Serum
12. IT Cosmetics® Bye, Bye Under Eye – Neutral Medium
13. Fekkai ®Brilliant Glossing™ Olive Oil Conditioner
14. DDF® assortment
15. An offer for you from the Beauty.com site

Again, this $175 value is yours with any $100 at beauty.com. Be sure to follow @beautydotcom for more great GWP, discounts and updates from your favorite beauty brands.

Mother's Day Gift Guide.

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Mother's Day is coming up soon on Sunday, May 12th. Have you shopped for your Mom yet? If you are looking for some beauty ideas, you have come to the right place. I just so happen to have a few great Mother's Day beauty gift ideas for you, to make spoiling your Mom a bit easier.

mother's day gift guide

Bath & Body Works Limited Edition Mother's Day Candle - $20.00
This beautiful candle that even says it is for Mother's Day would delight any Mom - especially a hard to shop for Mom. The candle features a beautiful blend of florals, citrus and the perfect hint of mint. It lasts a lot longer than the flowers it smells like.

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