Lily & the Parlour Tricks - White Christmas

Lily & the Parlour Tricks Perform "White Christmas"

The Indie Band Puts Us in the Holiday Spirit

If you live in New York (like a lot of our staffers do), you know a “white Christmas” really means a “dark gray slush Christmas.” But that won’t stop us from dreaming, especially when NYC-based band Lily & the Parlour Tricks plays the old Bing Crosby song on our office couch.

To buy Lily & the Parlour Tricks’s debut EP, go to itunes.com.

Next Video: Foundation That Won't Mask Your Beauty

Foundation That Won't Mask Your Beauty

Dedicated Video: Bare Escentuals Foundation

Foundation shouldn’t shield your true beauty; it should enhance it.

That’s why Bare Escentuals is committed to making products that look and feel real — like bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation.

The five-ingredient formula provides all the coverage you need without sacrificing a natural appearance. Despite its powdery texture, bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation applies like a cream and is clinically proven to improve skin over time.

Tune in to the step-by-step application video — featuring one of DailyCandy’s very own — and pop into a Bare Escentuals boutique. Then go to The Sweet Shop, where you can enter to win the famous SPF 15 Foundation and show the world your effortlessly lovely face.

Watch the video here and learn more online at bareescentuals.com.

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A New Holiday Role Model

Dedicated Video: Barbie "A Perfect Christmas" DVD

You may think perfect Christmas is the most underrated oxymoron out there. Whether it’s the wonky tree lights, the overdone ham, or the aunties who spat, something always manages to wrinkle the plan, right?

Once your daughter has watched the all-new Barbie^TM DVD (and displayed her free-with-purchase Barbie^TM merch from select retailers), she’ll be the first to tell you otherwise.

A snowstorm diverts the New York-bound holiday flight of Barbie^TM and her three sisters, stranding the girls in a remote town called Tannenbaum. Needless to say, their initial reaction is glum.

But the clan opts to make the best of it, embracing new friends and experiences and holding to what’s really important at Christmas: the joy of being together.

Your daughter clearly gets her rosy outlook on life from you.

Learn more about A Perfect Christmas online at barbie.com/perfectchristmas and purchase the DVD at select retailers to receive free Barbie^TM merchandise.

Next Video: So Much to Love

So Much to Love

Dedicated Video: Like Crazy

You’re about to fall hard — in more ways than one.

Come Friday, Like Crazy opens in select theaters. Prepare to swoon over: 1. the modern romance that won the 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture and Special Jury Prize for Best Actress; and 2. Felicity Jones, your new style muse.

Right now you can enter to win a pair of Brian Atwood pumps and pay homage. Wear ’em on date night to see why Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers deems the movie a “crazily inventive and totally irresistible tale of first love that makes the familiar seem bittersweet and heart-stoppingly new.”

It’s love at first sight — twice over.

See Like Crazy Friday in L.A. at Landmark, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard; or Arclight Hollywood, 6360 West Sunset Boulevard. See it in NYC at Regal Union Square, 850 Broadway; or AMC Lincoln Square, 1998 Broadway. Purchase tickets and watch the trailer online at likecrazy.com. Enter to win Jones’s style at likecrazy.com/sweeps.

Next Video: Put Vegas Violators in Their Place

So Much to Love

Dedicated Video: Like Crazy

You’re about to fall hard — in more ways than one.

Come Friday, Like Crazy opens in select theaters. Prepare to swoon over: 1. the modern romance that won the 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture and Special Jury Prize for Best Actress; and 2. Felicity Jones, your new style muse.

Right now you can enter to win a pair of Brian Atwood pumps and pay homage. Wear ’em on date night to see why Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers deems the movie a “crazily inventive and totally irresistible tale of first love that makes the familiar seem bittersweet and heart-stoppingly new.”

It’s love at first sight — twice over.

See Like Crazy Friday in L.A. at Landmark, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard; or Arclight Hollywood, 6360 West Sunset Boulevard. See it in NYC at Regal Union Square, 850 Broadway; or AMC Lincoln Square, 1998 Broadway. Purchase tickets and watch the trailer online at likecrazy.com. Enter to win Jones’s style at likecrazy.com/sweeps.

Next Video: More to a Body Wash than Moisturization

Put Vegas Violators in Their Place

Dedicated Video: LVCVA

For those who have done Las Vegas right, this should be a no-brainer.

What-happens-here-stays-here moments belong:

a) on Facebook
b) on Twitter
c) on Tumblr
d) none of the above

Of course you picked the correct answer: d(uh). But it should come as no surprise that a new breed of oversharers consistently gets it wrong.

They must be stopped.

After all, though it’s A-okay for your newest friend, Grandma, to sneak a peek at your lovely five-course dinner, you don’t want her to catch you BLEEPing, do you?

That’s where the Know the Code oath comes in: Acknowledge your willingness to protect those top-tier Vegas moments from the Internet (i.e., no posting, tagging, tweeting, or blabbering) and commit to reporting its violators, whom you’ll be able to label as such via social media.

They’ll thank you someday.

Sign the oath and learn more online at visitlasvegas.com/knowthecode.

More to a Body Wash than Moisturization

Dedicated Email: Dove®

Singing. Brainstorming. Luxuriating.

And now, another shower-time activity to add to your list: cleansing with a body wash that does more than just moisturize.

Only Dove® Body Wash contains NutriumMoisture™ technology — the brand’s secret weapon that goes beyond moisturization to nourish skin deep down. While other body washes contain moisturizers that sit on top of the skin, the ingredients in NutriumMoisture™ actually absorb into the skin’s surface layer to replenish essential nutrients lost during cleansing.

The result? Skin that feels soft and smooth. Now that’s something to sing about (in the shower!).

Luckily for you — and your skin — NutriumMoisture™ is available across the entire Dove® Body Wash collection. Click here to learn more.

Next Video: Party Attire Preferred

Party Attire Preferred

Dedicated Video Email: BHLDN

Just in time for the opening of its first brick-and-mortar store in Houston, BHLDN veers off the aisle and pumps celebratory wears and decor into its Anthropologie-inspired stock.

Expect a mad dash to rival the one for the bridal bouquet when word spreads about the boutique’s latest additions: a separates line of festive pieces, a vintage tropic coat for elegant layering, and fairy-tale headwear.

Stay in the loop about BHLDN news and private events by joining the email list now, and then let the dressing up begin.

Who said brides should have all the fun?

Sign up for BHLDN emails and shop online at bhldn.com.

A Very Luxurious Holiday Season

Dedicated Video: NET-A-PORTER.COM

Dashing through the snow,
In a sparkly designer dress,
And sky-high Christian Louboutins.
From where? Take one guess.
NET-A-PORTER.COM.

Shop the latest trends from more than 300 of the hottest designers, including Chloé, Alexander McQueen, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and many more. With an abundance of divine dresses, sensational shoes, exquisite jewelry, fabulous bags and gift cards, NET-A-PORTER.COM’s holiday gift finder is a style maven’s Christmas wish list come true.

NET-A-PORTER provides around-the-clock advice from expert fashion advisors, same-day delivery throughout Manhattan and express delivery worldwide, along with a hassle-free return-and-exchange policy. Plus, your gifts arrive perfectly presented in its signature packaging, so the gift wrapping is done for you.

Welcome to a wardrobe wonderland.

Shop the holiday gift finder online at net-a-porter.com/gifts.

Save Yourself from Your Cell

Video Dedicated E-mail: Windows Phone

You spent a month waiting for your reservation at the latest farm-to-table spot, then proceeded to feast only upon your phone. Needless to say, it was an unsatisfying meal for everyone.

Before suffering through one more course of CrackBerry, whet your appetite on the new Windows Phone. A liberating alternative to life-napping tech, its smartly designed interface contains Live Tiles that deliver everything you need (Facebook, e-mail, appointments, music, etc.) up front, sans frantic scrolling and searching.

Visit The Sweet Shop to win one, along with other quick fixers, including ballet flats, fashion tape, a scarf, and simple cookbook. Or order it between November 8 and December 31 for a free entertainment pack (a game, 30-day Zune trial with ten free song downloads, and 30-day trial of U-verse Mobile Video), perfect for those rare times when distraction is exactly what you crave.*

Available in New York at 3 Times Square, 31 East 17th Street, 209 West 34th Street, 200 East 86th Street, and 532 Broadway; in Los Angeles at 8471 Beverly Boulevard, 3764 Wilshire Boulevard, 5323 West Centinela Boulevard, 2333 South Sepulveda Boulevard, and 1002 Westwood Boulevard; in San Francisco at 701 Market Street, 3521 20th Avenue, 3555 Geary Boulevard, 2410 Mission Street, and 2135 Union Street; in Atlanta at 50 Barrett Parkway, Marietta; 3431 Lenox Road; 136 Perimeter Center West; 3380 Buford Drive, Buford; 2980 Cobb Parkway; in Seattle at 180 Bellevue Square, Bellevue; 16425 Southcenter Parkway, Tukwila; 7537 166th Avenue Northeast, Redmond; 600 Pine Street; 1402 Southeast Everett Mall Way, Everett; online at microsoft.com/windowsphone.

*Entertainment pack offer must be activated by 12/31.