Swell Skin: Miracle Skin Transformer & A Giveaway!

I just got word that Miracle Skin Transformer with SPF 20 will be available in a wider range of shades beginning next month, January 2011. The new shades include a Medium Tan, Dark, and a Deep Dark.

Have you tried Miracle Skin Transformer yet? It's a one-step application that hydrates, protects, smooths, and evens your skin's texture and appearance. It feels light and comfortable on the face - leaves your skin looking healthy and fresh, rather than make-up-y. I got to try a sample of it this Summer and I loved it. Fans of the Dr. Oz show may have seen Miracle Skin Transformer featured as a 2 Minute Beauty Miracle recently.


Hurry! There's only 1 week left to enter the Miracle Skin Things I Love Giveaway that features a  Jennifer Fisher14 karat Gold Star Pave pendant with diamonds, valued at $1,310. For giveaway details, click here.

Image credit: Miracle Skin Transformer.com

Swell Style: Love, June At Etsy

I've got another wedding dress for you today. I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when this photo caught my eye...

Isn't it striking? This dress, from the Love, June Boutique at Etsy, reminds me of swimsuits that I used to pick out for my girls. The sort with lots of straps across the back, straps that reminded me of ribbons, turning a little girl into a pretty little package. It looks especially pretty when paired with the model's tattoo. I like a tattoo without a lot of color (I have two, both with very little color).

The dress is handmade and customizable. It would make a great bridesmaid dress, as well.

Tomorrow, something non-wedding related, I promise.

Image credit: Love, June at Etsy

Swell Smells & Style: Stella Solid Fragrance Necklace

When I was a little girl, I got a little yellow chick pin for Easter. I think it was made by AVON.  If you lifted the chick's head, there was a little pan of solid perfume underneath. I loved that pin. Even though I'm a big girl now, I still enjoy double-duty accessory-fragrances.


Several fragrance lines carry these items - I have a pin/necklace in the Marc Jacobs Daisy fragrance. That one is sort of triple duty, since I have the choice of wearing it either way. 

Stella McCartney is now offering a solid fragrance necklace. It's in her Stella fragrance, a little silver disc locket with the Stella McCartney logo on the top and the Stella fragrance inside. I like this one, because it's so non-frou-frou. Simple and modern. It's only available for a limited time and it's only available at Sephora.

The Stella fragrance is a Floral with notes of Rose, Peony, Mandarin, Rose Absolute, and Amber.

Image credit: Sephora

Swell Style: Magical Sea Glass Treasures

One of my favorite Etsy shops, GhostShip, is running a great Mother's Day promotion. From now until May 9, 2010, you can get a free genuine Freshwater Pearl pendant with every purchase. How cool is that?


GhostShip offers beautiful, handmade jewelry made from sea glass. These pieces are wonderful - the sea glass has a sort of magical quality to it. It's spent decades rolling around the ocean floor - sharp glass becoming smooth and opaque. I have a couple pieces of GhostShip jewelry of my own - a pair of earrings and a locket-style pendant. Here are a few pieces for you to consider for Mom or for yourself...

Jump In the Water Is Fine
$25

Lovely free-flowing pendant made with an asymmetrical piece of sea glass. It comes with an 18 inch long chain.

Kreative Kyanite
$25

GhostShip also carries a number of gemstone jewelry pieces. This pendant features both a freshwater pearl and a Kyanite semi-precious gemstone. Kyanite is a blue stone known for "aiding in creative expression."

Take a look at the GhostShip Etsy shop for a more complete list of pendants and earrings. You can find special savings with the Sale page here.

Image credit: GhostShip at Etsy