Winners announced:
Earrings: Elizabeth
Shirt: Caroline
**Thanks for entering the contest and check back for more contests in a few weeks.**
January kicks off a series of fashionable firsts for the Obsessive Beauty blog. We’re hosting our first Win It and Wear It contest for the new year. Enter today and leave a comment at this blog telling us about something that you’re obsessed with in fashion or beauty. Winners will be announced on Monday, Jan. 17.
For this contest, we’re partnering up with Saffron and Genevieve, a lifestyle store in Santa Cruz to give away a pair of silver and gold earrings handmade by YedOmi of Portland, retailing for $45. Visit Saffronandgenevieve.com for more information about the store.



I know I have waxed rhapsodically about Kiehl’s products in the past, but recently my sister (a beauty product maven to the extreme) introduced me to the brand’s new Midnight Recovery Concentrate. My ivory skinned sibling swears up and down by the squalene and primrose infused elixir that promises to clarify, smooth and rejuvenate tired looking skin—and all this overnight! After dropping $42 on a mere one ounce bottle, I certainly hoped sis was right. Was she ever! The clear serum feels like liquid velvet, and even a Lilliputian dollop will be enough to cover your entire face. I woke up the next morning with dewy fresh skin that was noticeably different even after only one night’s use! Moral: this new miracle mixture will leave your skin feeling refreshed, replenished and raring to go.



J. Crew is a brand that becomes more lustworthy with each catalogue that lands in my mailbox now that the supremely fashionable Jenna Lyons is at the design helm. My tradition is to pour a glass of wine, get cozy and then revel in each glossy page. I always find myself wishing I could just dive in and live a perfectly coiffed and cashmere clad life with a dapper, be-suited J. Crew model. But alas, since catalogue diving is not yet an option, purchasing goods from the pages is the next best thing. So imagine my glee when I saw the J. Crew shoe of the month club. For $1,800 (a girl can have a Christmas wish, can she not?) a footwear fanatic’s fantasy will come true as each month of 2011 a hand-selected pair is delivered to her doorstep in all its leather or suede glory. Will it be boots? A pair of pumps? Perhaps a gladiator sandal? The suspense of waiting for the shoes to arrive in the mail may rival even the excitement of receiving the latest J. Crew catalogue. Find out more at jcrew.com.

To our fashionable readers—Obsessive Beauty is taking a two-week break.