Updated Giveaways post :)

Here are all the blogger giveaways i'm aware of at the moment :) Good luck ladies!


http://makeupper.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-first-ever-giveaway.html


http://www.nailjuice.com/2010/01/chocolatey-sweet.html


http://makeupbycrystals.blogspot.com/2010/02/200-reader-appreciation-giveaway.html


http://legseleven7.blogspot.com/2010/03/giveaway-time.html



http://www.londonbeautyreview.com/2010/03/win-hoochie-lip-tar-brand-new-shade.html

http://fashionlaunderette.blogspot.com/2010/03/50-followers-giveaway.html

http://purplecrownprincesscosmetics.blogspot.com/2010/03/competition-alert.html

http://chelistax3.blogspot.com/2010/03/125-follower-giveaway.html

http://kimber-doll.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaway.html

http://meibelle.blogspot.com/2010/02/giveaway-time.html

http://livaphotos.blogspot.com/2010/02/mini-giveaway.html

http://tina-bobeena.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-first-giveaway.html

http://www.theglamorousgleam.com/2010/03/200-followers-giveaway.html

http://rijah.dk/2010/03/birthday-giveaway.html

http://paintedladyfingers.blogspot.com/2010/03/konad-eight-plates-contest.html

http://visualaspect87.blogspot.com/2010/03/contest-time.html

http://frailheartsofhope.blogspot.com/2010/02/first-giveaway-featuring-lush-mac.html

http://thelacquerfiles.blogspot.com/2010/03/oh-no-its-nail-art-contest.html

http://allyoudesire-ayd.blogspot.com/2010/03/500-followers-giveaway.html

http://emeraldsparkled.blogspot.com/2010/03/200-giveaway.html

http://www.nailjunkie.com/my-first-giveaway/

http://insideofmypurse.blogspot.com/2010/03/250-giveaway.html

http://sawan-heaven.blogspot.com/2010/03/claires-mood-polish-giveaway.html

http://www.body-soulbeauty.com/2010/03/st-patricks-day-contest-goodies.html

http://www.lipglossgossip.com/2010/03/giveaway-benefit-elf-sally-hansen.html

http://purplecrownprincesscosmetics.blogspot.com/2010/03/competition-alert.html

And finally don't forget to enter my Lush Giveaway if you haven't already :)
http://lillianfunnyface.blogspot.com/2010/02/lush-giveaway-time.html

Good luck everyone!

Updated Giveaways post :)

Here are all the blogger giveaways i'm aware of at the moment :) Good luck ladies!

black nail polish and lipgloss is celebrating reaching 300 followers!:
http://blacknailpolishandlipgloss.blogspot.com/2010/02/300-follower-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BlackNailPolishAndLipGloss+(Black+nail+polish+and+lip+gloss)

Makeupper is giving away some great Mac pigment samples among other things:
http://makeupper.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-first-ever-giveaway.html

Beautyliciouslove is giving away a Mac lipstick and lipglass of your own choice! (very generous!):
http://www.beautyliciouslove.com/2010/02/250-followers-giveaway.html

The London Beauty Review is giving away 2 fab selections of goodies (hurry this ends today!):
http://www.londonbeautyreview.com/2010/02/giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LondonBeautyReview+(The+London+Beauty+Review)

Lady Gray is offering some great toilettries and makeup:
http://www.ladyofthelane.com/2010/02/50-followers-giveaway.html

Charly is celebrating reaching 100 followers and giving away a great Urban Decay set (this ends tomorrow):
http://www.whatcharlythinks.net/2010/01/100-follower-giveaway-d.html

Really beautiful prizes at Pearls and Poodles:
http://pearlsandpoodles.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-pearlie-girlie-giveaway.html

Sweet-themed Nail art contest from nail juice (this is so my kinda thing :P):
http://www.nailjuice.com/2010/01/chocolatey-sweet.html

250 follower giveaway from Laquerized (win some stunning looking H&M polishes):
http://lacquerized.blogspot.com/2010/02/yeah-baby-giveaway-time_20.html

Some great makeup prizes at Rhamnousia's blog:
http://makeuptrialsandtribulations.blogspot.com/2010/02/roll-up-roll-up-girl-giving-away-makeup.html

Get Gawjus is celebrating getting to 500 followers with 3 prizes!:
http://getgawjus.blogspot.com/2010/02/500-follower-giveaway-d.html

Caz is celebrating 250 followers with a prize of makeup, skincare and haircare! (ends tomorrow):
http://thisiscaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/250-follower-giveaway.html

My gal Noobarella is having a really generous giveaway, you can pick your own prize, and it's MAC!
http://secretbeautyblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/100-follower-giveaway-woop-woop.html

Beautiful Emily has got some FAB prizes (want want want):
http://sparkleandshade.blogspot.com/2010/02/something-happier-aka-giveaway-time.html#comments

Romika is giving away some great handcare and nail polishes:
http://romikanails.blogspot.com/2010/02/100-followers-never-thought-of-this.html

Illamasqua are having a great contest, you get to create your own unique nail polish if you win!:
http://illamasqua.blogspot.com/2010/02/dreamt-by-you-created-by-us-worn-by.html

Crystal is giving away 2 very generous Urban Decay prizes:
http://makeupbycrystals.blogspot.com/2010/02/200-reader-appreciation-giveaway.html

Good luck everyone!

My Illamasqua prize came today! 3 brushes and a postcard complete with a little message from Alex (presumably from the Illamasqua blog, not Alex Box but there is no surname on the signature, so i can't be sure). I've never ordered from Illamasquas website as i live in London so i can visit their counter in selfridges, but after recieving the lovely box this morning i stupidly want to just so i can have more of the gorgeous Illamasqua tissue paper (gold with the logo printed) and the address label had a beautiful sticker i shall take a photo of.

Now the thing is (i know this probably sounds a bit ungrateful, but i don't mean it to be in the slightest! I am so so thrilled to have won anything in a competition, let alone an absolutely amazing prize from my favourite makeup brand worth over £60!) the three brushes i recieved were not ones i would ever have chosen myself. I recieved the highlighter brush, blender brush number 2 and blusher brush number 2. I'm just not sure what to do with them, i have copies of each of the shapes and uses in my ELF brushes, and while i'm sure the Illamasqua ones will be a higher quality, i don't even use the ELF ones that often. Reasons being 1 the blending brush seems too big for eyeshadow (i checked on the illamasqua website and it says its suitable for any cream, powder or liquid product, but they sell a smaller blending brush designed specifically for shadow) but presumable is great for blush, foundation etc, but really my needs for those are met. The blusher brush is angled, which i can imagine being really useful, but i generally apply blush in little dolly-ish rounds to the apples of my cheeks and the highlighter brush seems very similar to the blending one and i just don't know how often i'd use any of them.
So the thing is, i could sell them and then spend the money to buy 3 brushes or other products of my choice. But then again these brushes might be the most amazing things i've ever tried and change my life and i'll never know if i don't at least test them, but if i do i wont be able to sell them (or at least not for the same price as them unused) and it just seems in a way wrong for me to sell my prize, i'm so proud of winning and it just seems like i should hold onto them to keep as a sort of trophy :P
At the moment i would be leaning towards keeping them, because really there are only a couple of Illamasqua brushes i wouldn't already have matches for, but then £60 is a huge amount of money for me, over a quarter of what i make a month. And i could buy about 5 of my favourite Illamasqua lipglosses or something. But then that makes me feel like an awful, ungrateful brat and i really don't mean it like that!
So i really don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be great!

I also recieved a prize from one of my favourite bloggers, Grey, today. It was a lovely christmas card with a rainbow selection of mineral makeup samples. I can't wait to try them all, thank you so much Grey if you're reading this :)

Oh and while i'm asking for your advice, i have a thought which is meant to be a good thing, but some people may see it as cheap, so i thought i'd ask. Soon i'm going to do a post-christmas giveaway of some Lush products (i bought specially for it), however for christmas i recieved a huge box of lush goodies from a friend. She hadn't bought them, but hates bath products and kept getting them for gifts for many years. There are way too many for me to ever use up so i thought i'd offer them as runner up prizes in the giveaway. Does this seem cheap or rubbish in any way? Also as these are re-gifted from her the products are not fresh but all entirely useable and retain their lovely smells and qualities. It's all bath bombs, bubble bars, massage bars etc so none of the 'fresh' facemasks or anything i can imagine going 'off' but still i'd like to know what you think :)

last night i had a dream that was mainly about me going to Lush to take part in the 'gifts a plenty when you spend £20' offer. Now that is sad! I haven't taken part in the offer and assume now all the free goodies are gone or at least whittled down extremely and apparently my subconcious is very sad about this!

FOTD and some more photos of the prize

Hi everyone!
Thank you so much for all your entries into my giveaway so far, your comments have been really helpful and very interesting, and i intend to fulfill the vast majority of them :)

Here are some clearer pictures of the prize:









And here's what i looked like today:








I was wearing:
face:
NYX liquid foundation in LM01 Pale
ELF complexion perfection
Collection 200 Illuminating touch concealer
Mac Azalea blush

Eyes:
ELF eyebrow treat and tame
Mac eyeshadows in Seedy Pearl, Gesso, Swish and Passionate
Collection 200 Glam Crystals glitter eyeliner in Pow!
Sleek Magnitude mascara

Lips:
ELF Lip definer and shaper
Revlon lipsticks in Cherries in the Snow

Giveaway time!

To celebrate reaching over 50 followers i'm having a giveaway.

I decided to try and buy prizes that could make a whole 'look' together. So i chose to do a sort of super bright, glittery disco look. Of course you can also use all the bits separately :)

One winner will receive:
A Steve Madden cosmetics bag
2True glitter eyeliner in a beautiful turquoisey green
2True glamour lashes
2True lip and cheek tiny in Blush pink (i have my own bottle of this and LOVE it, review to come shortly)
Eyeko Disco nail polish
Collection 2000 Poptastic Eye Palette



So a few little rules for entry:
1. You must be a follower to enter.
2. In your comment please leave me with a suggestion/request for posts you'd like to see here.
3. Anyone anywhere in the world can enter, but if you're outside the UK obviously the prize will take longer to reach you.
4. The Winner will be chosen randomly on 30th november.

(sorry for the poor picture, again the lighting is terrible in my house! I will post more photos ASAP showing the prize in natural light)

Good luck everyone and thanks again for following! :)