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Enter to Win a Jordana Paige Bag Full of Goodies

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jordana paige giveawayJordana Paige is giving away a pink Knitter’s Satchel full of skin care goodies from Alouette in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Kellie Judson of Alouette is also giving 40 percent of her sales this month to breast cancer research, so if that’s a brand you use or are interested in, go check it out for a good cause.

The prize pack includes the bag, a tube of Body Souffle and the company’s popular Restorative Enzyme Peel. To enter, visit the website linked above. Comment on that blog post (not here) and you can also join mailing lists or like Facebook pages for additional entries. Entries close next Monday, Oct. 28, and the winner will be selected the next day.

Jordana Paige also donates 10 percent of proceeds from sales of the pink Knitter’s Satchel to breast cancer charities year round, so if you’re in the market for a knitting bag, be sure to check it out.

[Photo via Jordana Paige.]

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