Target Holiday 2014

Target's holiday preview was filled with tons of gift ideas including festive dresses, skirts and jumpsuits with lace detailing, statement jewelry, must-have beauty items from Sonia Kashuk, NYX Cosmetics and Burt's Bees, CHI hair styling tools, home accessories from Nate Berkus, TOMS for Target collection, Chris March's Big Fun collection, Disney's Frozen dolls and children's clothing, baking essentials from KitchenAid mixers to a chocolate macaron baking kit and so much more!

During the preview, Chris March walked me through his exclusive Big Fun holiday collection for Target. 

My gingerbread creation at the decorate-your-own-gingerbread station

- Kim Weling

Sonia Kashuk Holiday 2011 and Luxe Collections

Diamond in the Brush Kabuki Brush, $12.99

Sonia Kashuk Holiday 2011 collection features glamorous brush sets and lip & eye palette for some festive looks. Also available is the Luxe collection ($14.99-$64.99), including a quilted faux leather brush roll, 6-piece purse brush set, clutch with chain, travel mirror and compact mirror.

The Agent Provocateur Train Case, $34.99 from the Nylon Collection with Oversized Silver Studs is perfect for organizing your beauty essentials. It features an inner zipper pocket and a removable foam modular tray that is customizable, allowing you to section off spaces for bottles, tubes, compacts and brushes.

Here are my top favorites from Sonia Kashuk this season:

- Diamond in the Brush Kabuki Brush, $12.99

- Prepping for the Party Lip & Eye Palette, $19.99

- Femme Fatale Travel Mirror, $24.99 - I would totally use this case as a round clutch

- Agent Provocateur Train Case, $34.99

- Haute Couture 10-Piece Brush Roll, $64.99

These functional and gorgeous travel and beauty accessories are incredibly affordable and make great gifts for yourself or the beauty-obsessed friends and relatives on your shopping list.

These limited edition items are exclusively available at target.com. Shop all of Sonia Kashuk products here.

Left: Prepping for the Party Lip & Eye Palette, $19.99

Right: All Eyes on the Party Lash Sets, $9.99

Scarlet Starlet 4-Piece Purse Brush Set, $14.99

All Out Glam 6-Piece Brush Set, $24.99

Femme Fatale Travel Mirror, $24.99

Tres Chic 6-Piece Purse Brush Set, $34.99

- Kim Weling

Sonia Kashuk Makeup 101 Class

On July 27th, I was among the 75 beauty bloggers picked to participate in Sonia Kashuk's Makeup 101 Class. The makeup tutorial was the most informative, step-by-step makeup session I have ever attended. Sonia Kashuk lead the tutorial, with attendees engaging in a hands-on experience, applying makeup on themselves and creating their look, with the Eye on Neutral Instructional Eye Shadow Palette (02) or Eye on Fall Instructional Eye Shadow Palette (03).

We first started the class with cleansing our faces with Yes to Blueberries Brightening Facial Towelettes, $7.99, and removing makeup with Sonia Kashuk's Remove Eye Makeup Remover, $9.99, applying Yes to Blueberries Daily Repairing Moisturizer with SPF 30, $19.99, and Sonia Kashuk's Primer Vitamin Serum, $17.99.

We went through applying foundation and concealer, blush, highlighter, eyeliner, curling lashes, mascara, defining the brows, eye shadow, lip gloss and lip liner. The most important lessons I learned were what different cosmetic brushes to use! It makes such a difference to use the right kind of brushes!

I was very proud of my look, which featured the neutral eye shadow palette and Luxury Lip Color in Bordeaux and Ultra Shine Sheer Lip Gloss in Luscious. I was getting plenty of compliments at the party I attended afterwards. My friends had thought I had gotten a makeover, not knowing I had done it all myself!

At the end of the session, we were able to take home all the master products and tools at our makeup station! There was a Sonia Kashuk Ultimate Weekender Bag, $24.99, next to my station to carry all my beloved new beauty essentials!

You can find all of Sonia Kashuk's master products and tools at Target stores and at target.com.






Above images courtesy of Sonia Kashuk

Here are some more images I took during the Makeup 101 session.

My makeup station with Sonia Kashuk's master products and tools




Here's a sneek peek at Sonia Kashuk's holiday collection that will be exclusively available at target.com. I love the brushes that match the cosmetic bags!










Here's a list of some of Sonia Kashuk's master products (available in a variety of shades and colors) that I used during the Makeup 101 Class:

• Brightening Powder, $9.99
• Bare Minimum Pressed Powder, $8.99
• Barely there Loose Powder, $8.99
• Perfecting Luminous Foundation, $10.49
• Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15, $12.99
• Hidden Agenda Concealer Palette, $9.99
• Take Cover Concealing Sticks, $7.99
• Beautifying Blush, $8.99
• Creme Blush, $8.99
• Super Sheer Shimmering Highlighter, $9.99
• Eye Definer Pencils, $5.99
• Lashify Mascara, $6.99
• Brow Definer, $5.99
• Velvety Matte Lip Crayon, $7.99
• Lip Definer, $5.99

Also, be sure to check out the brushes on target.com. They are amazing!

A big thank you to Sonia Kashuk for an amazing Makeup 101 class!

- Kim Weling