Erin Akin Carroll

Today is the final day of Erin and Nina’s 12 Days of Favorite Things! You can enter all 12 giveaways until midnight on December 20. We will randomly select a winner for each giveaway on December 20 and notify winners via email. So check your email!

Thank you all so much for reading this year and for all of your emails, comments, tweets, Facebook messages, and especially your friendship. These 12 days of giveaways were just a little way to give back to you and say thank you!

Today’s favorite thing is an Erin Condren Life Planner. I started using the Life Planner a couple of years ago and I can’t imagine ever using a different planner. The Life Planner gets better and better each year! The customizable options, the layout, the colors, the designs, and the quality of the planner have made me a loyal customer.

The winner of the giveaway will receive a personalized Life Planner of her choice!

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In loving memory of the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary school on December 14, 2012

Is there ever a time in our lives when we can stop worrying about our skin? We worry about too much sun. We worry about wrinkles. We worry about break-outs. Then we worry about oily skin or dry skin.

Remembering to take care of my skin has become so important to me, but I always get really overwhelmed with all of the options. I was recently given the opportunity to review Cetaphil products, and I was so excited because within the past six months I had become a loyal Cetaphil customer.

I had become so tired of all of the overpriced products. My bathroom cabinet was full of moisturizers, cleansers, toners, sunscreens, night creams, day creams. I think you get the point. It was overwhelming, expensive, and time-consuming. Not to mention confusing. Which is the best? Why do I need all of those products in the first place?

Then one day when I was at the drug store, I spotted the Cetaphil products on the shelf. My dermatologists have always recommended Cetaphil products to me. They don’t break the bank, and most importantly, they’re gentle and effective for the skin.

My new daily routine includes washing my face with Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser and then applying Cetaphil Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15 before applying my makeup. The Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser is gentle on my skin and fragrance-free. It helps to control oily skin and helps prevent dryness in the winter months.

The temperatures today were in the low 50s, but the sun was shining, and it felt like a gorgeous 70 degree day. But that bright sun can be so tricky when getting ready in the mornings. I love that I can wear sunscreen every day with the Cetaphil Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15 without having that heavy sunscreen smell or the heavy sunscreen texture underneath my makeup. I know that I am protected from the sun’s harmful rays and I can still go about my regular beauty routine.

I love that even in my 30s, I can help prevent wrinkles and help prevent break-outs with two easy, inexpensive steps. I love Cetaphil products enough to use them on my own children. I know that they’re safe and gentle enough for everyone in our family.

The Cetaphil brand is offering you all a printable coupon to save $3 on any two Cetaphil products. Click here to save up to $3.

For a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card, answer this question: Of all the skin care products you own, which one could you not live without?

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This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older. Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail. You have 72 hours to respond, otherwise a new winner will be selected. The Official Rules are available here. This sweepstakes runs from 12/11/12 – 1/7/13. Be sure to visit the Cetaphil brand page on BlogHer.com where you can read other bloggers’ reviews and find more chances to win!

The large utility tote from Thirty-One Gifts had to be one of the favorite things this year. I have three of these bags and I use them for everything!

I used it as a beach bag. I use it to take food to people’s houses because it holds dishes nicely. I use it to hold toys on road trips and I used it during the Singing Christmas Tree for my wardrobe bag every night. It’s just the perfect bag!

It comes in lots of different patterns and colors and even some team colors. I need the Gamecock version for tailgating next fall!

Kodi is a rep for Thirty-One Gifts and she is so great to work with. Kodi has such a great story to share about her experience with Thirty-One Gifts.

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