Last month, when my Sephora VIB status was renewed, the cashier surprised me with a VIB Celebration Bag.

Did you know this is an annual thing? Because I didn’t. (And I don’t remember receiving a bag last year.)

Anyway, because I already have too many beauty products — and because I know y’all love giveaways — I’ve decided to pass this along to a reader.

This year’s VIB Celebration Bag comes with mixed reviews, the main complaint being that not everyone is receiving the same items. Some VIBs are receiving replacement products while others are straight-out missing an item or two from their bags!

I ended up in the latter camp: my bag was missing the L’Occitane hand creme.

I did, however, receive all the other items in the product page, and I must say that they’re pretty nice — popular items with good reviews that I would keep for myself if I didn’t already have other tried-and-true products in my arsenal:

• Sephora Collection Colorful Eyeshadow, #56 (0.07 oz)
• Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional (0.25 oz)
• Buxom Full-On Lip Polish, Dolly (0.07 oz)
• Sephora Collection Age Defy Moisture Cream SPF 15 (0.17 oz)
• Hanae Mori Butterfly Eau de Toilette (0.04 oz)
• Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20, Nude (0.5 oz)
• First Aid Beauty Face Cleanser (1 oz)
• Stila Lip Glaze, Apricot (0.05 oz)

I’m not too sure about the Sephora Collection eyeshadow, but I do know that the Buxom and Stila lip glosses in this kit are their most popular shades!

And they all come in a chevron-patterned bag.

Now, for the giveaway.

I’m sorry to say that the rules for this giveaway — and all following giveaways — will be slightly different. I have decided to add some additional terms (which you can read at the bottom of this post) due to the high number of people who have tried to cheat my Rafflecopter giveaways in the past. But don’t worry. If you’re an honest entrant, you have nothing to worry about. 🙂

To enter this giveaway, simply use the Rafflecopter widget below. Not sure how to use Rafflecopter? Watch this 52 second video for a tutorial on how to enter a giveaway using Rafflecopter. There are 5 methods of entry, with the first method (commenting on this blog post answering the question “Which product do you like the best from this year’s Sephora VIB Celebration Bag?”) being mandatory while the third method (Tweeting about the giveaway) can be used once per day:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway will end on Saturday, September 14th, 2013, at 12:01am EST, at which point a winner will be randomly chosen and announced here. If the winner has won the drawing via a fraudulent or illegitimate entry (i.e., not commenting on this post, using different accounts to enter multiple times, using a Twitter account that is only used to enter contests on a frequent basis, using the same Tweet URL to enter multiple times) I have the right to choose another winner.

Sorry, this giveaway is open only to residents of the U.S. who are over 13 years old.

Please use a valid email address and/or Twitter handle so that I can contact you if you win! If the winner fails to respond within 48 hours of my contacting them, another winner will be selected.

Good luck, and thank you for entering!