How To Make The Best Of Holiday Shopping & Holiday Deals

Sign up for brand newsletters

Almost every brand out there offers an option where you can sign up for their newsletter. This way every time they have a sale, a discount, a new value kit - anything, they'll sed an email out to you ! And you stay on top their holiday , deals and discounts.

Some of the newsletters that I subscribe for are Macys, Ulta, Three Custom Color Specialists, Prescriptives, Benefit and a few more.

Check local drugstores for weekly discounts

My local drugstores are CVS & Walgreens. On both their websites there is an option where I can enter my zipcode and check out their weekly deals on everything from chocolates to makeup !

Pick a few blogs & follow them

Bloggers try and stay on top of trends and industry news - this includes friends & family events, holiday kits , value sets and everything else in between. Pick a handful of bloggers who talk about what you are interested in , book mark their pages or have them on google reader or subscribe to their daily feeds. They do all the work and bring concise information to you !

Get On Twitter & Follow Your Favorite Brands

Most brand shave their own twitter account. They want to get the word out on their current deals just as much as you wanna know about them ! Just yesterday I got a coupon code - $2 off Loreal Telescopic Explosion ! Score !

Source Discount & Bulk Stores

I have written a lot about Big Lots on this blog. They have some great deals on Revlon, L'Oreal, ELF , Curel and several other beauty / makeup brands here. You can stuff those stocking till they can handle no more !Other similar stores for bargain shopping are Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshall's. By bulk stores I meant was the one and only - COSTCO. I've never found Stila, Dior or anything awesome here. But some people have been very lucky. Any that might just be you !

Save on stocking stuffers - Gift BIG.

Gifting is great ! But you don't have to take out a loan just so you could gift somebody something ! Save on the smaller things like Stocking stuffers and use that to make a bang with your one big gift !

Its not about hoarding.

Find & buy only what works best for you. There are too many deals but not everything is tailored to suit your needs.

Please move on to the next step while I write myself a note here

That lipgloss set you are eyeing - is not made for you. The frosty beige will never look on you. The milky pink has never been your thing. Ad the ed with blue sparkles will not make your teeth look whiter.

As for your loved ones, its not just about gifting its also about finding something special for them.

And the only person who can tell you what is special is your loved one. Listen. I'm sure they are dropping hints. Or they are probably making gift lists like my sister does.

Every year before her birthday she hands over a list to the family. It has everything she needs so we can make it special for her by gifting it to her. The surprise element is still there - she doesn't know which ones shez getting. Her lists usually includes twenty or more items. And she'd get only three if it isn't for my very generous mom.

What are the little ways in which you make the best of holiday shopping madness ?

Love,
Indian Girl

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10 Amazing Staircases Around the World

1. Spiral Stair (Australia)

Fascinating spiral stairs at Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia. 6.5 revs and five stories from top to bottom.(Link - Photo)

2. Spiral Staircase at the Vatican Museum (Italy)

The Vatican Museums spiral staircase is one of the most photographed in the world, and certainly one of the most beautiful. Designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932, the broad steps are somewhere between a ramp and a staircase. The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation. Little did theVatican Museum know in 1932 that this formation would come to represent life itself, with the discovery of the double helical DNA strand. (Link)

3. Loretto Chapel Staircase (USA)

The Loretto Chapel is a chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for its unusual spiral staircase that is an exceptional work of carpentry. The construction and builder of the staircase are considered a miracle by the Sisters of Loretto and many who visit it, because it had no central support (a support was added later). The resulting staircase is an impressive work of carpentry. It ascends twenty feet, making two complete revolutions up to the choir loft without the use of nails or apparent center support. It has been surmised that the central spiral of the staircase is narrow enough to serve as a central beam. Nonetheless there was no attachment unto any wall or pole in the original stairway. Instead of metal nails,the staircase was constructed using dowels or wooden pegs. The wood for the staircase cannot be found anywhere in the region. The stairs had 33 steps, the age of Jesus when he died. The mystery had never been satisfactorily solved as to who the carpenter was or where he got his lumber, since there were no reports of anyone seeing lumber delivered or even seeing the man come and go whilethe construction was being done. Since he left before the Mother Superior could pay him, the Sisters of Loretto offered a reward for the identity of the man, but it was never claimed.

Note: some historians claime that most of this story is a MYTH. (Thanks, drxwes) (Link 1 Link 2 Photo)

4. Tulip Staircase at the Queen's House (England)

The elegant Tulip Stairs in the Queen's House are the first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain. Although called the 'Tulip Stairs,' it is thought that the stylized flowers in the wrought-iron balustrade are actually fleurs-de-lis, as this was the emblem of the Bourbon family of which Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I) was a member. The Tulip Stairs are also the location of the Rev R. W. Hardy's famous 'ghost' photograph taken on 19 June 1966, which when developed revealed what appear to be two or three shrouded figures onthe staircase. (Link Photo)

5. Staircase at Lello Bookshop (Portugal)

This interesting grand staircase in Lello Bookshop in Portugal stands ominous and heavy. The steps are like two channels pouring and swirling to a single point. The side view gives you a closer idea of the immense curves and giddy sinking feeling to each step. (Link)

6. San Francisco's Tiled Steps - World's Longest Mosaic Stair (USA)

The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, perhaps the world's longest mosaic staircase (163 steps, 82' high), was conceived and fabricated by Irish ceramicist Aileen Barr and San Francisco mosaic artist Colette Crutcher. Over a two and a half year period, a tireless group of neighbors raised funds and lobbied city government to make the project, unveiled in August 2005, a reality. Over 2000 handmade tiles and 75,000 fragments of tile, mirror and stained glass went into the finished piece, located at 16th Ave. and Moraga, in San Francisco. (Link)

7. Umschreibung - KPMG Building Munich (Germany)

This artistic staircase designed by Olafur Eliasson is called Umschreibung (Rewriting), and was completed in 2004. It's in the courtyard of the global accounting firm KPMG in Munich. (Photo Link)

8. Stairs at the Longchamp Store (New York)

Constructed in 1¼” hot-rolled steel and taking six months to be built, the sta ir landscape weighs 55 tons and is an installation of ribbon-like forms that divide and converge to form a topography of walkways, landings and steps. (Link)

9. Vertigo Staircase at the QVB Building (Australia)

This image shows “The Grand Staircase" of Sydney's Grand Queen Victoria Building. This building, now affectionately known as the QVB, wasdesigned by George McRae and completed in 1898, replacing the original Sydney markets on the site. Built as a monument to the long reigning monarch, construction took place in dire times, as Sydney was in a severe recession. The elaborate Romanesque architecture was specially planned for the grand building so the Government could employ many out-of-work craftsmen – stonemasons, plasterers, and stained window artists – in a worthwhile project. (Link)

10. Bridge-stair at the Traversinertobel (Switzerland)

The bridge over the Traversinertobel, a side valley of the Via Mala, is the latest structure of this kind designed by engineer Jürg Conzett and his associate Rolf Bachofner . They solved the problem of connecting two different elevations over the gorge by creating a staircase.The staircase replaces a rope bridge for hikers that was wiped out by a rock slide. This suspended footbridge spans a distance of 56 metres, with a difference in height of 22 metres between the two ends. (Link 1 Link 2  Link 3 )

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