Thank you to everyone who entered the contest for the fabulous necklace provided by Anna Carey Jewelry. We randomly selected a winner, and that luck lady happens to be Bunny. Congrats!

Don’t forget, you can still qualify to win a $25 gift certificate for Fugly Lab. That prize will be selected on Monday, July 28.

The summer isn’t quite over, and Beauty Chat still has a lot in store for all of our readers. Stay tuned!

According to Onamia Chun, the Senior VP of Fuglylab.com: “The name, Fugly Lab, is the antithesis of the typical beauty company; this is exactly why I love the name so much. Fugly Lab is not like any other beauty company and it never will be.”

(Fugly Lab’s very own Onamia Chun.)

Chun also commonly uses this tagline: “Fighting Ugly One Sample at a Time.” Get it? With its catchy (and totally clever) company name, Fugly Lab offers sample-size sets of makeup, skincare, hair care, and bath and body products, while providing the huge benefit of trying before buying. Based in Los Angeles, Fugly Lab held their launch party early May this year, and although I wasn’t able to make it, the pictures from their event are available to the public. I always love that! It’s like a “See what you missed, and hope you can make it to our next event” sentiment. For sure.

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Starting as a hobby and developing into a profession in 2003, the women who create Anna Carey Jewelry Design are talented individuals dedicated to developing beautiful items and helping others along the way.

The Anna Carey team is made up of three ladies; Suzanne and Star (mother and daughter) put together the designs, and sister/aunt Karen, who makes the jewelry. The company was named after Suzanne and Karen’s mother, and Star’s grandmother.

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Congrats to Denise Russell, who was selected to win the Gwendolyn’s Gate giveaway! And, just in time for summer.

The Beauty Chat crew loves that she has pedicure parties with her girlfriends!

Thanks to all who entered, and to Gwendolyn’s Gate for sponsoring the giveaway! As always, thanks so much for reading Beauty Chat.

After some serious reading, analyzing, and debating, a winner was selected for the Fab Freebie Giveaway, commemorating Beauty Chat’s one year anniversary. Congrats to Kristen who left this comment:

“I’m brand new to this site, and all I can say is WOW! I’ve probably just spent…Oh my god! The past 3 hours (at work, mind you) just reading through all the great articles and reviews of products! I have to say that my favorite so far is “Somme Many Skincare Choices, What’s A Girl to Do?” by Denice. The title is so clever, and the way she talks about the skincare system really makes me want to try it, and gets me excited to do so! Thanks for all the great info Beauty Chat!”

Kristen, while we don’t condone blogging on the job, we’d like to say that we greatly appreciate your delinquency =) Don’t tell your boss that we said this, but feel free to read Beauty Chat whenever you have the urge! Each of our staff writers thank you for the warm words and are glad to have you as a reader.

Now, on to the “Plastic Makes Perfect” T-shirt giveaway. Four lucky ladies were awarded this prize, and they are: Laura Lapcheska, Mikki, Dee, and JB. It was no easy task narrowing down the terrific comments that were left for us, but these entries really stood out.

Once again, thank you to everyone who entered both contests. And if you didn’t win this time, that’s okay because there are more fab freebies coming your way. In fact, check back with us next week!