The Daily Balance

First of all — Happy New Year!!!

Now, as much as I would love to show you a photo montage of my smashing and chic outfits this past week (I’ve been living in sweats), I thought I’d do something a little better.

How many of you made a resolution this year to improve or update your style and focus on YOU?

Well, I have the perfect toll for you. InStyle’s Instant Style.

Blurb about the book:

Ever been overwhelmed by a closet that feels like it’s filled with all the wrong pieces? Instant Style is the ultimate guide to streamlining, shopping for and maintaining your ideal wardrobe all year round.

The book starts with the basics, outlining the essential clothes items for each season—winter coats, spring skirts, summer sandals, fall sweaters—and shows how to complement these with pieces that accentuate your personal style. Learn which tops go with what pants, what kind of boots look best with different skirts, how the right bag can change the entire look of an outfit, and how to flatter your coloring and body type. Find out when to hit the best sales, what’s worth splurging on, and how to recognize high-quality clothes. Finally, benefit from the book’s comprehensive listing of In Style’s recommended stores around the country.

Instant Style is filled with hundreds of colorful photographs of clothes and celebrities that will inspire and delight readers and is the first book that gives readers everything they need to make shopping and clothes as enjoyable as they should be.

How AWESOME is that?!

As always, you have multiple ways to win!

1.) Leave a comment on this blog

2.) Tweet about the giveaway

3.) Follow me on twitter (let me know if you already do)

4.) Add me to your blogroll and google reader (again, let me know if you already do)

5.) Blog about the giveaway (if you don’t have a blog, you can email someone about it)

Send me a separate comment for each thing you’ve done and you’ll receive an extra entry. I’ll announce the random (using the trusted random integer generator) winner on Monday afternoon.

a peek inside...

GOOD LUCK!

50 Responses to “Fashion Friday – giveaway!”

1. Heather @ The Joyful Kitchen said:

   What a sweet giveaway! I’d love to have that book to help give me ideas on how to dress once I lose this extra weight I’ve been fighting for years…and the good news is, I’m halfway there

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 12:50 pm | Reply
2. Rebekah said:

   Now that is something I definitely need! A friend of mine told me about this cool place and I checked it out on the internet, but realized I didn’t have anything but jeans to wear. . .

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 12:57 pm | Reply
3. Lesley Lifting Life said:

   Looks like an awesome book

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:14 pm | Reply
4. Jenny said:

   oh you fashion diva, I love ya! this book sounds like a must have for all woman

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:33 pm | Reply
5. Chelsea said:

   Ohh this is perfect!

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Reply
6. Chelsea said:

   I follow you on Twitter already!

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:43 pm | Reply
7. Chelsea said:

   And, you’re on my reader!

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Reply
8. Jordan @ Salt Sweat Sugar said:

   First 4 out of 5 are taken care of. You were always on my Reader & blogroll & Twitter =]

   <3 You.

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:50 pm | Reply
9. Jenny said:

   I could always use some fashion help!

   Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:54 pm | Reply
10. Jenny said:

    You’re already in my Google Reader too!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 1:54 pm | Reply
11. Amy said:

    I would love to add this book to my collection!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 2:27 pm | Reply
12. Amy said:

    I have you listed in my google reader

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 2:28 pm | Reply
13. Tweets that mention Fashion Friday - giveaway! | The Daily Balance -- Topsy.com said:

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by The Daily Balance, Lauren Claremon. Lauren Claremon said: RT:@thedailybalance Looking to update your look in 2010?Enter to win a fashion handbook from InStyle(RT for an entry!) http://bit.ly/7Hn8Jt [...]

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 3:27 pm | Reply
14. Maureen said:

    What a help for the New Year.
    I could use it.

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 4:35 pm | Reply
15. Sagan said:

    That sounds like a great book! I’d love to have a copy of it to help me out.

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:26 pm | Reply
16. Sagan said:

    …and I’ve tweeted about the giveaway…

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:26 pm | Reply
17. Sagan said:

    …and I already follow you on Twitter…

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:26 pm | Reply
18. Sagan said:

    …and you’re already on my blogroll (can you tell I really want this book? )

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:28 pm | Reply
19. Sarah said:

    I would love this book. My closet is so boring.

    I also have a great giveaway going on. Check it out at http://www.healthymomontherun.com.

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:46 pm | Reply
20. Sarah said:

    You are on my google reader.

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:46 pm | Reply
21. Sarah said:

    I am posting your contest now on my blog.

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 5:46 pm | Reply
22. Shelley said:

    this book sounds great!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 6:46 pm | Reply
23. Deva (Voracious Vorilee) said:

    I would love to have this – if only to know how to go from casual to dressy in a snap!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 8:24 pm | Reply
24. Deva (Voracious Vorilee) said:

    AND I follow you on Twitter- love tweeting with you!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 8:24 pm | Reply
25. Deva (Voracious Vorilee) said:

    You also show up in my Google Reader

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 8:24 pm | Reply
26. Anne @ the doctor takes a wife said:

    This book looks awesome You’re in my Google Reader, followed on twitter (drandmrs) and I would love to have this!!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 11:15 pm | Reply
27. Good Taste. Healthy Me said:

    awesome giveaway!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 11:49 pm | Reply
28. Good Taste. Healthy Me said:

    Tweeted

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 11:50 pm | Reply
29. Good Taste. Healthy Me said:

    following you on Twitter!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 11:50 pm | Reply
30. Good Taste. Healthy Me said:

    You’re also already on my blogroll! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Posted on January 1, 2010 at 11:51 pm | Reply
31. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) said:

    great blog, great book, great give away, thanks for hooking up your readers!

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:14 am | Reply
32. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) said:

    already follow you on twitter!

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:15 am | Reply
33. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) said:

    tweeted it!
    (loveveggiesyoga)

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:16 am | Reply
34. Renee said:

    a fashion slave like me needs this book to help prune her wardrobe! thanks for hosting this giveaway!

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 9:56 am | Reply
35. Alicia said:

    Hello fellow Clevelander! You commented over at my blog awhile back. I was taking a blog break, but have decided to start blogging again in the new year. Glad to have another NEOhio girl to follow!

    I start a new job this month and need a workplace fashion makeover. Seems like this book would be the perfect inspiration! Adding you to my blogroll and following you on twitter

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 10:43 am | Reply
36. Ruby said:

    AWESOME, this is soooo what I need. I hope you’ll send overseas as well?

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:14 pm | Reply
37. Ruby said:

    In case you do, I also follow you on Twitter…

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:15 pm | Reply
38. Ruby said:

    … and I retweeted….

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:16 pm | Reply
39. Ruby said:

    … and I added you to my Blogroll. You naturally were already in my reader

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 12:16 pm | Reply
40. Tiffany said:

    Um… this is perfect. I have absolutely no fashion sense whatsoever. That’s why I love your Fashion Friday posts! You have amazing outfits. I definitely need this book!

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 3:02 pm | Reply
41. Tiffany said:

    I follow you on twitter already (liltiff917)!

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 3:07 pm | Reply
42. Tiffany said:

    You have been added to my blogroll and you were already in my google reader

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 3:07 pm | Reply
43. Tiffany said:

    I also retweeted you! (liltiff917) woohoo!

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 3:08 pm | Reply
44. Laura said:

    I actually did make a resolution to be a bit more in style. Want to get back to my previous self who put much more effort into how I look.

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 3:45 pm | Reply
45. Elina said:

    Fun giveaway. I definitely need to add “style” to my resolutions list. It just makes my day better when I feel good about how I look

    Posted on January 2, 2010 at 7:13 pm | Reply
46. CaSaundra said:

    I am always looking for ways to get fashion tips!

    Posted on January 3, 2010 at 8:59 am | Reply
47. Deva (Voracious Vorilee) said:

    I retweeted!

    Posted on January 3, 2010 at 7:19 pm | Reply
48. Kelly said:

    Yay! I love fashion…it is an art form! I have seen this book at B&N and it looks so amazing!!

    Posted on January 4, 2010 at 10:56 am | Reply
49. Kate said:

    I would love this! Books like this give me such good ideas for new outfits and styles to try!

    Posted on January 4, 2010 at 11:19 am | Reply
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    Posted on January 4, 2010 at 11:23 am | Reply