Tender Loving Claire

Claire has started posting in her blog again. She has pretty outfits and makeup for you to see and also old old old photos of me back when I was (relatively) slim and so could wear more interesting clothes! Go follow her at her blog here

Or don't, I don't need her stealing followers from me :P

Blogs that don't get enough lovin'

I've been a rubbish blogger and an even worse blog follower recently. I am so sorry, I've just  been busy with the business recently and a bit poorly and generally just a bit rubbish. I'm trying my best to get back in the saddle and reading all the posts I've missed.

By way of apology I thought I'd share some blogs I've either discovered recently or just really love that don't have as many followers as they should. Seriously, these blogs are all amazing and you should follow them all.

Firstly Ruth's Makeup 

Ruth is an absolutely fantstic makeup artist. She's not afraid to use colour and experiment but her looks are always immaculate and super classy. Check out her amazing Adventure Time looks!

Polish and Pigments 

If you've ever wondered about making your own nail polishes then this is the blog for you! It is an absolutely amazing source of infomation, with posts dedicated to supplies, techniques, reviews of polish bases, lists of what glitters do and don't work in polishes and more. It's, without a doubt, the best resource I've found about frankening polish. And if you're not interested in making your own then it's still worth a look for the pretty polishes she makes.

Eyegraffiti

Eyegraffiti is a collab between two amazing bloggers. They post the most amazing eye and lip looks, I wish I had an ounce of their talent!

Lemon Bunny

Mandy is just an allround great blogger, she posts lovelys faces, reviews, nails and various posts about her life in general. 

The Postcolonial Rabbit 

 Again, a lovely blog that is mainly beauty related but also shows some great fashion and other bits and bobs.

And last, but not least, Vulcan Butterfly
A fantastic blog for gothy, punky fun looks, and check out those mad eyeliner skillz!

What are some of your favourite blogs that you don't think get enough action?

Giveaways

There are a lot of amazing giveaways around at the moment. I figured i'd share them here for anyone who didn't know about them. I can hardly pretend this is a selfless act, a lot of them give you a second entry for posting a link on your blog, but still, spreading the love is always nice :)

Bicky's prize is a wonderful little mix including lush (the candy cane bubble bar is one of my favourite things ever), barry m, gosh and tasty chocolate! What more could a girl need?
http://tasteslikeglitterr.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-finally-here-my-100-followers.html

Yoetki is doing the l'oreal lash renewal serum challenge and sharing a set with one lucky reader:
http://yoetke.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/doing-the-loreal-lash-boost-4-week-challenge/

Anastasia, one of my favourite bloggers is giving away prizes to 3 people. including Gosh, Sleek and aromaleigh
http://www.lipsticksandlightsabers.com/2009/12/worth-1000-words-christmas-giveaway.html#0

Sabrina at Obsessed is givng away a soap and glory body butter (i love soap and glory, the stuff smells so damn good)
http://a-littleobsessed.blogspot.com/2010/01/soap-glory-giveaway.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FmRNw+%28Obsessed%29

Kelly at Jellyminx is giving away 2 prizes!
First a straight giveaway here:
http://jellyminxthinks.blogspot.com/2010/01/contest-time-contest-number-1.html
and then a contest here:
http://jellyminxthinks.blogspot.com/2010/01/contest-time-contest-number-2.html
i'm really excited trying to figure out a look for it

Krasey beauty is celebrating her blogs first birthday with an INSANE prize worth $1000!
http://www.kraseybeauty.com/2010/01/giveaway-time-krasey-beautys-one-year.html

Jeweled Thumb is having a wonderful giveaway for reaching 50 followers:
http://jeweledthumb.blogspot.com/2010/01/giveaway.html

Dainty Dollymix is celebrating getting 300 followers with a wonderful assortment of prizes:
http://daintydollymix.blogspot.com/2010/01/300-follower-giveaway.html

Leesha-rae has an amazing prize of 2 nars duo eyeshadows here:
http://leesha-rae.blogspot.com/2010/01/contestgiveawayenter-now.html

100th post giveaway at Koala's Life:
http://cheriekoala.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-100th-post-giveaway-updated.html

a wonderful Liz Earle giveaway over at Get Lippie:
http://getlippie.blogspot.com/2010/01/almost-organic-wednesday-liz-earle.html

The Lip print is giving away a marshmallow lip gloss:
http://the-lip-print.blogspot.com/2010/01/win-win-win-mor-marshmallow.html#comment-form

and Jeweled thumb is also having a 100 follower giveaway!:
http://jeweledthumb.blogspot.com/2010/01/giveaway-100.html

Good luck everyone!

Apologies for my lack of knowledge with html. In the past i've got Claire to help put in links with nice titles and things :P

And finally i want to announce i will soon be having a 'christmas in springtime' lush giveaway, to just give an extra present to some people in the gloom of the years early months :) There will not only be a grand prize but lots of little runner up prizes. The reason i'm waiting a little while is because at the moment i'm not actually sure i have the money to ship the prizes internationally, and i want the giveaway to be open to everyone.

xxx