Seasonal Wardrobes (and GIVEAWAY)

Living in Canada means experiencing the most extremes of the weather spectrum. Within a calendar year it's not unusual to experience temperatures that feel as low as -40C to as high as 40C (that's -40 to 104 F!). For most people this means having completely seasonal wardrobes that require a storage rotation. Even though I remember my mom doing this for me when I was younger, I always wanted to access my summer wardrobe in the winter and vice versa. So my closet is stored in a way that I can access all of my clothing always (with a huge exception for my winter parka and snow boots).

So I have a question:

Do you rotate your seasonal wardrobe OR do you keep a wardrobe with all-season pieces?

As a non-rotator there are certain pieces that are key for transitioning between seasons. What some may call a "summer dress" I say is just a great dress for any weather if you know what to pair it with. Never underestimate the power of a leather jacket, booties and the right tights.

My must-haves for tights? Soft, black, and no uncomfortable seams. Check, check and check.

A new startup called Elsy Tights is now offering a service of quality tights delivered monthly at only $20 with free shipping! You can choose to get tights monthly (if you're like me and have the tendency to rip through them. Hello, long nails!) or every two or three months.



Elsy Tights was kind enough to send us a free month of their service and we want you to win your first month of Elsy membership free too! Enter below!

Elsy Tights - One Month Subscription Giveaway

Ready to get started now? Elsy Tights is offering our readers 10% off their first month with Elsy promo code: LIPGLOSS10

Wearing Elsy Tights the Henkaa Ivy Convertible dress & :

Skeleton Hand Barrette Giveaway

I decided it would be a great time to give away a pair of Skeleton Hand Barrettes in preparation of Halloween! Why not right? If you've been lusting over our barrettes, check out this giveaway that we're hosting on Instagram!



Pretty straight forward, enter now for a chance to win!

Create your Style with Swarovski Elements Magazine (CLOSED)

Hey guys,

We were so excited when we were contacted by Swarovski! The people at Create your Style with Swarovski Elements Magazine were kind enough to send us a copy of this year's issue straight from Austria.

We weren't too sure what to expect from a magazine about the crafting crystals... and we were pleasantly surprised by all the DIY projects in there! Here are a few sneak peeks of what was inside:

The entire issue is based around the theme of "sound" so there are some cool bits about the influence of fashion on music & vice versa!


There are these cute tabs separating all the DIY projects in the book! Look how many!




The DIY projects are all really well photographed tutorials so that beginners can follow too



If you'd like to check out more of what's inside, you can take a peek at The Create Your Style Website.
If you'd rather have a hard copy of this awesome mag, you can enter to win on the Create Your Style Facebook page

And we have one magazine to giveaway to a lucky reader of Syl and Sam! Here's how to enter:

THE PRIZE:
♥ a copy of this year's CREATE YOUR STYLE with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Magazine


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us why you love to DIY & leave your email address (just so we can contact you if you win. If that's not cool just leave us a twitter handle so we can dm you)


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants worldwide! we will ship anywhere :)
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Wednesday May 30, 2012
♥ the winner will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on May 31st via email.
♥ prize is not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for credit.
♥ your email or twitter handle that you enter in the survey will NOT be collected and used for any purposes other than contacting the winner.

Giveaway - The Moth Diaries Screening Passes

Hey guys,
We're excited to already be giving away another batch of screening passes for a new movie premiere! This time it's for a film called The Moth Diaries & the screening is THIS Thursday, so check out the details below for your chance to win :)



At an exclusive girls' boarding school, a sixteen year-old girl records her most intimate thoughts in a diary. The object of her growing obsession is her roommate, Lucy Blake, and Lucy's friendship with their new and disturbing classmate, Ernessa. Around her swirl dark rumors, suspicions, and secrets as well as a series of ominous disasters. As fear spreads through the school and Lucy isn't Lucy anymore, fantasy and reality mingle until what is true and what is dreamed bleed together into a waking nightmare that evokes with gothic menace the anxieties, lusts, and fears of adolescence. At the center of the diary is the question that haunts all who read it, "Is Ernessa really a vampire?"



Come join us at the Toronto premiere, won't you? Here's how to enter:

THE PRIZES:
♥ up to 10 pairs of screening passes to see the Premiere of "The Moth Diaries" in Toronto (at Varsity Cinemas on April 5th, 2012 at 7:00pm)


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us your email address (just so we can contact you if you win. if that's not cool just leave us a twitter handle so we can dm you)


HOW TO GET EXTRA ENTRIES:
♥ on twitter, RETWEET THIS TWEET and post the link to your tweet in a new comment
♥ on facebook, SHARE THIS POST & post your facebook name in a new comment
♥ you get ONE EXTRA entry for each promotion, but it MUST be posted as a separate, new comment (yes, we will check your links!)


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants in Canada only! You must be able to attend the screening in Toronto
♥ passes do not guarantee admission so come EARLY! The theatre is overbooked to ensure capacity and seating is on a first come, first seated basis.
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Wednesday April 4th, 2012
♥ the winners will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on April 5th via email.
♥ your "pair of passes" will be distributed to you as a link and PIN code for your e-tickets via email. Your emails will not be saved or used for any other purpose.
♥ prizes are not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for any other passes or prizes.

Skull Cut Out Sweatshirt Winner

Thank you all SO much for taking your time to enter our giveaway for the skull cutout sweatshirt! It means so much to us that a couple hundred people took the time to complete a survey for our project & we look forward to what the answers tell us about ourselves & our company!



As usual, we always assign all entries to numbers and then use a random number generator to select our winners fairly. The winner of this giveaway was Brittany M! We'll be contacting you via email soon to get your shipping address! CONGRATULATIONS!

Giveaway - Skull Cut Out Sweatshirt

We need a favour guys! We're working on a project right now to improve both our company and our blog!
As a two-girl operation, it's been tough to figure out where we should be focusing our time & we have a group of students right now that are helping us with that. If you're curious, I've posted details about that here In order to make progress though, we have a short survey so that we can find out more about our customers and readers.

Of course, we're not just gonna make you do a survey for nothing! If you fill it out, you get the chance to win one of our Limited Edition Skull Cut Out Sweatshirts!

It's not even up in the shop yet, but is valued at $55 and comes in Spring Mint & Peachy Pink. It's a dolman style sweatshirt with a relaxed fit & on oversized collar. It's the perfect addition of colour to your spring wardrobe & looks great worn alone or over an awesome collared button-up :) Read the details below for your chance to win!


THE PRIZE:
♥ a Limited Edition SKULL CUT OUT Sweatshirt (in peachy pink or spring mint, One Size)


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ Complete THIS SURVEY about Syl and Sam/Lipgloss and Black
♥ Leave a comment on this post with the email address/twitter handle that you left at the end of the survey


HOW TO GET EXTRA ENTRIES:
♥ on twitter, RETWEET THIS TWEET and post your twitter handle or a link to your tweet in a new comment
♥ on facebook, SHARE THIS POST & post your facebook name in a new comment
♥ you get ONE EXTRA entry for each promotion (yes, we will check your links!)
♥ you MUST complete the mandatory entry above first!


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants worldwide! we will ship anywhere :)
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Saturday March 24, 2012
♥ the winner will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on March 25th via email.
♥ prize is not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for store credit.
♥ you MUST complete the survey first, or your extra entries will not count.
♥ your email or twitter handle that you enter in the survey will NOT be collected and used for any purposes other than contacting the winner.

GOOD LUCK!

Giveaway - The Hunger Games premiere screening passes (CLOSED)

BEST NEWS EVER YOU GUYS.
Is anyone out there as obsessed with the Hunger Games books as I am? Of course you are! If you're like me, you're probably dying for the release of the movie. Well, we just got a hold of a pair of passes for you to come to the Canadian Premiere of the movie at the Scotiabank Theatre on March 19th! Not only will you be amongst the first people in Canada to catch the movie, but you'll also be in attendance with some cast members. Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), and Alexander Ludwig (Cato) will be there & I read some whisperings that Justin Bieber might go too, hahaha :)





Come join us at the Toronto premiere, won't you? Here's how to enter:

THE PRIZES:
♥ ONE draw for a pair of screening passes to see Canadian Premiere of "The Hunger Games" in Toronto (at the Scotiabank Theatre on March 19th, 2012 at 6:30pm)
♥ up to TWENTY FIVE secondary draws for "The Hunger Games" official merchandise TOTE BAGS (or other merchandise provided by Alliance)


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us who your favourite character is
♥ & leave your email address (just so we can contact you if you win. if that's not cool just leave us a twitter handle so we can dm you)


HOW TO GET EXTRA ENTRIES:
♥ on twitter, RETWEET THIS TWEET and post the link to your tweet in a new comment
♥ on facebook, SHARE THIS POST & post your facebook name in a new comment
♥ you get ONE EXTRA entry for each promotion, but it MUST be posted as a separate, new comment (yes, we will check your links!)


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants in Canada only! You must be able to attend the screening in Toronto
♥ passes do not guarantee admission so come EARLY! The theatre is overbooked to ensure capacity and seating is on a first come, first seated basis.
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Sunday March 18, 2012
♥ the winners will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on March 19th via email.
♥ your "pair of passes" will be distributed to you as a link and PIN code for your e-tickets via email. Your emails will not be saved or used for any other purpose.
♥ prizes are not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for any other passes or prizes.
ETA:
♥ don't spam us with comments! you'll be disqualified for reposting your links.
♥ don't post any spoilers in case anyone hasn't read all the books yet! c'mon guys!

GOOD LUCK AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!

256: my week with marilyn winners!

Thank you so much to all of the entrants in the latest giveaway for premiere screening passes to My Week with Marilyn



We were initially going to give out only ONE pair of passes for Ottawa/Winnipeg/Halifax, but we received a pair for each, so we did individual draws for each city using www.random.org & two draws for Toronto!

Congratulations to the following winners:
Vivian in Toronto
Leeanna in Toronto
Gabriella in Ottawa
ARussell in Halifax
Kimberly in Winnipeg

You will all be contacted by email shortly with information on how to redeem your passes! See you at the Toronto screening, lovelies!

xoxo
&

253: giveaway - my week with marilyn premiere screening passes (CLOSED)

Exciting news guys! We've teamed up with Alliance Films to giveaway tickets to premiere screenings of "My Week with Marilyn"! We have tickets for the Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg or Halifax screenings. But before we get down to the details here is some info about the ("Oscar-worthy" !!!) movie:


In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl’. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams), who was also on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott).

Nearly 40 years on, his diary account The Prince, the Showgirl and Me was published, but one week was missing and this was published some years later as My Week with Marilyn – this is the story of that week. When Arthur Miller leaves England, the coast is clear for Colin to introduce Marilyn to some of the pleasures of British life; an idyllic week in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from her retinue of Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of work.



Doesn't Michelle Williams look amazing?! Marilyn was & will always be an amazing fashion icon and inspiring woman, so we're really excited for this movie! Come join us at the Toronto premiere, won't you? Here's how to enter:


THE PRIZES:
♥ TWO draws for a pair of premiere screening passes to see "My Week with Marilyn" in Toronto (at the Varsity Theatre on November 17th at 7pm)
♥ one draw for a pair of premiere screening passes to see "My Week with Marilyn" in Ottawa (Nov 23rd at 7pm at Empire 7), OR Winnipeg (Nov 23rd at 7pm at Polo Park), OR Halifax (Nov 23rd at 7pm at Bayer's Lake)
♥ this means THREE PAIRS of tickets will be awarded!


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us what CITY you would go see the screening at (Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, or Halifax)
♥ & leave your email address (just so we can contact you if you win. if that's not cool just leave us a twitter handle so we can dm you)


HOW TO GET EXTRA ENTRIES:
♥ on twitter, RETWEET THIS TWEET and post the link to your tweet in a new comment
♥ on facebook, SHARE THIS POST & post your facebook name in a new comment
♥ you get ONE EXTRA entry for each promotion, but it MUST be posted as a new comment (yes, we will check your links!)


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants in Canada only! You must be able to attend the screenings in either Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg or Halifax.
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Monday November 14, 2011
♥ the winners will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on November 15th via email.
♥ your "pairs of passes" will be distributed to you as links and PIN codes for your e-tickets via email. Your emails will not be saved or used for any other purpose.
♥ prize is not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for any other passes or prizes.

GOOD LUCK!

246: giveaway winners!

drum roll please...





Winners will be contacted by email to work out delivery of prizes!
For full rules and disclaimers, please see the original post for the Lipgloss and Black Giveaway and the Unknown Boutique Giveaway.

Thank you guys so much for participating in our giveaways! The response was fantastic & on behalf of Shaunie from Unknown Boutique & us, we wanted to thank you all for your amazing comments! Super flattering :)

Make sure to shop for your Halloween costumes THIS WEEK at Lipgloss and Black to make sure they still arrive in time for your big party

&Don't forget that Shaunie would like to offer readers of Syl and Sam a discount of 15% off your next order at Unknown Boutique with the coupon code "ShhhDiscount"


xoxo
&

243: Unknown Boutique Giveaway (CLOSED)

Looks like we're all getting into the halloween spirit this year & one of our sponsors, Shaunie from Unknown Boutique wants to join in on the giveaway fun! We're so excited to host this giveaway for her & hope that you gals love this sweet Halloween decor as much as we do! Good luck!








THE PRIZE:
♥ Black Lacquered Pumpkin Bowl from Unknown Boutique!


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us your favourite item at Unknown Boutique!
♥ & leave your email address (just so we can contact you if you win)


HOW TO GET EXTRA ENTRIES:
♥ on twitter, RETWEET THIS TWEET and post the link to your tweet in a new comment
♥ you get ONE EXTRA entry for each promotion (yes, we will check your link!)


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants worldwide! Shaunie will ship anywhere :)
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Sunday October 16, 2011
♥ the winner will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on October 17th via email.
♥ prize is not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for store credit.

GOOD LUCK!

xoxo
&


PS, have you taken advantage of this special offer yet? Shaunie would like to offer readers of Syl and Sam a discount of 15% off your next order at Unknown Boutique with the coupon code "ShhhDiscount"

241: L&B - bones giveaway (CLOSED)

It's been a while, hasn't it? Well, it's time for a new giveaway!
It's thanksgiving weekend here in Canada & we're feeling generous, so here's a Halloween inspired set of items that are up for grabs for our readers & fans! It includes a couple of our best-selling items--




THE PRIZE:
♥ SKULL CUT OUT TEE (in black, white or grey in size s, m or l; based on availability at end of contest)
♥ PAIR OF SKELETON HAND BARRETTES (in your choice of the "pulling hair" or "pushing hair" style)


MANDATORY ENTRY:
♥ comment ONCE in this post telling us your favourite item at Lipgloss and Black!
♥ & leave your email address (just so we can contact you if you win)


HOW TO GET EXTRA ENTRIES:
♥ on twitter, RETWEET THIS TWEET and post the link to your tweet in a new comment
♥ on facebook, SHARE THIS POST & post your facebook name in a new comment
♥ you get ONE EXTRA entry for each promotion (yes, we will check your links!)


DETAILS:
♥ open to contestants worldwide! we will ship anywhere :)
♥ entries will be accepted until 11:59PM EST on Sunday October 16, 2011
♥ the winner will be selected using a random number generator and contacted on October 17th via email.
♥ prize is not redeemable for cash value and cannot be returned or exchanged for store credit.

GOOD LUCK!

xoxo
&


PS, just cause we love you: get an ADDITIONAL 50% off anything in the sale section of our shop for the duration of the giveaway. Use coupon code "THANKSFORSALES" at checkout to apply discount!