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Pretty in Pink

By Laurie | December 20, 2009

I used to self-gift a lot. It’s true. My world has been somewhat flipped upside down this year, and I have really cut back. This was due to necessity rather than selflessness, but I digress. When asked to make a Christmas list, the Clarisonic Skin Cleansing System was the very first thing I added to my Amazon Wish List. In better times, I would have just bought it for myself by now and been done with it. If I can’t pony up $195 for it ($250 for the one pictured below), I know nobody else will either.

I know it sounds silly, but I really feel like I don’t need anything and there are very few things that I want anymore. Wasn’t it always so easy to come up lists a mile long when we were kids or teenagers? I really struggle with it now. When my parents question me on what to get, I freeze. Sure, I wouldn’t turn down a Coach purse or some Tiffany jewelry. It’s just that I don’t know anyone who has the money to throw around on those kind of things right now, myself included. Maybe I am finally growing up. Yeah, that’s it.

Anyway… Clarisonic is a actually a very giving company who has been promoting themselves online everywhere recently– on websites, blogs and even Twitter. I have seen several places where they ask you to nominate someone you think deserves one, and both you and the person you nominate may win. I enter, but afterward I read the entries and I realize that there are so many more deserving people than myself out there. Still, I enter. I really want one.

This post was actually prompted by another Clarisonic giveaway from Julie who I have followed on Twitter for quite awhile. (Edit: I didn’t end up winning, in case you were wondering.)

She is featuring a special model, which is even more fabulous than the other ones I have seen: 50% of the profits from sales of this Limited Edition Clarisonic PLUS go directly to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I get an extra entry in her contest for blogging about it. I never do this, but I thought, why not? I already support Komen, as do many of my readers.

I may win, but if I don’t– I really hope they still have this limited edition model available when I am ready to purchase one. I will need it to wash off all of that nasty road dirt at the 3-Day. Did I mention that it’s a shower truck? Did I mention the water is kind of cold? Did I mention you get a lot of dirt in strange places after walking 20 miles a day? Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Edit: You can also enter to win a SpaCation for yourself and five friends at a spa near you. This includes a free Clarisonic Opal Sonic Infusion System and spa services featuring the Clarisonic Sonic Skin Cleansing System: manicure, pedicure and facial. I entered, and YOU should too.

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2 Responses to “Pretty in Pink”

  1. Crossing my fingers for ya! This year has certainly put a lot of things in perspective, and that it really isn’t all about the stuff.
    Oooh… and this certainly doesn’t mean I’m not going to throw my name in the hat to win one too. :)

    Posted by: Jean MNo Gravatar on December 20th, 2009 at 10:33 am
  2. Jean- I will probably cry if you win my Clarisonic, but I will also be happy for you. You definitely deserve it. Your family has been through way more than mine this year.

    Posted by: LaurieNo Gravatar on December 20th, 2009 at 11:44 am

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