Announcement: 200 Follower Giveaway ..Winner!

Hello lovelies!

 

A huge congratulations is in order this week ..to Shannon for being the lucky winner of my celebratory 200 follower giveaway that ran through the month of October.

 

I'd like to thank all of you for entering my giveaway and I was quite overwhelmed by the support that it received; I definitely didn't expect it to have over 300 entries! It was an exciting thing for me to do and I'm really interested in holding another giveaway some time soon, maybe to celebrate the next milestone?

 

Incase you missed what my giveaway was, I gave one lucky reader of my blog the chance to win three nail varnishes; 1 x China Glaze crackle polish out of a choice of 6, 1 x Topshop polish with a choice from the entire collection, and 1 x Models Own polish from the entire collection. I liked the touch personality that this gave to the giveaway, allowing the reader to choose their own shade from my favourite brands.

 

Cracked Medallion | Celestial | Raspberry Crush

Shannon's choice of Lilac Dream from Models Own was unfortunately out of stock on the Models Own site and all of the other stockists, such as Boots and Asos, so her second choice was Raspberry Crush. Your prize will be posted on Monday Shannon so keep your eyes peeled on your letter box next week!

 

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Thank you all for entering and supporting my blog!

♥ 

200 Followers Giveaway | Closed

I've never been so excited to write a post before!!

I recently reached the blogger milestone of 200 followers via GFC!

Source: we heart it

I've only been properly blogging for about 2 months so this makes me extremely thrilled that in such a short amount of time so many like-minded people have discovered and enjoy my blog. I absolutely love writing on it and try to add to it daily just because I can't get enough of it.

To thank each and every one of you for following, reading, commenting on and sharing my little corner of the internet I would like to offer something a bit more to you than words on a page so I am holding my very first giveaway.

T&C's

- The one essential rule for entry is that you must be following this blog via GFC (Google Friend Connect).

- You don't need a Google account to be able to do this, you can also follow using your twitter account.

- When you leave a comment below be sure to include your name and your e-mail address or your twitter handle so that I can get in touch with you should you win.
- For extra entries and more chance of winning check out the RaffleCopter widget below.

- There will only be one winner.
- Unfortunately, due to postage costs this giveaway will only be available to UK readers.
- The giveaway will run for one month and will end at the end of October.

The prizes up for grabs are:
- 1 bottle of China Glaze crackle polish in a shade of your choice from the list below:
Platinum Pieces, Haute Metal, Latticed Lilac, Oxidised Aqua, Tarnished Gold, Crackled Medallion. 
- 1 bottle of Topshop nail polish in a shade of choice from the entire range.
- 1 bottle of Models Own nail polish in a shade of your choice from the entire range.

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Thank you!
♥

TK Maxx Hair & Nails

TK Maxx (or TJ Maxx if you're American) is full to brim with amazing discounts and absolute bargains. In the past the reasons for the hugely discounted price tags was because the stock was past season designer items, but recently it has been advertised that it is also current season but still with the same huge discounts. With some items and brands I wouldn't have the faintest idea whether something was from their previous or current season, and for some things I don't think that it even matters.

One thing that I always end up ogling at is the huge array of bags that they stock. One time I picked up a gorgeous tan leather bag that had been reduced from around £320 down to £55! Bargain! At some point in the future I do want to invest in a durable and timeless bag and when that time comes I know that the first place I will head is TK Maxx.

I also love the gift sets and cosmetics that they do too and think that it is the perfect place to start when shopping for presents. When I was in store the other day I did pick up a Bayliss & Harding hand soap and lotion duo set for my mum's birthday which is next month and got it for 50% off the recommended retail price.

For myself I spotted these two incredibly brightly packaged hair care products:

The first one is a basically a clarifying shampoo; 'De-Gunk Deep Clean Shampoo' by Urban Fudge that claims to dissolve away styling build up, and the other is a leave-in conditioner by TIGI. I have never tried products from either of these brands before, and I have never actually heard of Urban Fudge before. I thought I would be keen on the pump dispenser bottle but I found it quite tricky and felt like I needed three hands; one to hold the bottle steady, one to push the pump, and a third to actually catch the dispensed product! Anyone else struggle with these? I know a lot of people like them. The scent is citrus mint which is a very fresh and clean fragrance and just 2 pumps of this gave my hair the clean of it's life. It says on the bottle that it is gentle enough for daily use, but it contains alcohol and that is not an ingredient that I wish to use regularly on my hair as I feel it would be quite stripping if used too often. Instead, I will use this on average on a fortnightly basis for a deep clean or when my hair feels too built up with product from leave-in conditioners, hairspray, dry shampoo, etc. This 350ml bottle cost £4.99.

The TIGI leave-in conditioner is a super environmentally friendly product with 88% organic content, no parabens, no artificial colors or synthetic fragrances and the bottle is 50% post consumer recycled material with an encouraging message on the side to rinse and recycle the bottle again once finished. I like to use leave in conditioners on the dry ends of my hair every now and again when I feel like taking a break from using argon oil every day and what sold me on this product 100% was the smell. Mmm cherry almond! The sweetest and most gorgeous scent that has ever entered my nose. I felt it was a shame that the smell didn't really transfer to my hair that well, I was hoping to have beautiful smelling hair still when I woke up then next day but unfortunately I didn't. This 250ml bottle cost £3.99, is quite a runny consistency but a little goes a long way and is very nourishing.

I also picked up 6 bottles of China Glaze nail polish not actually realising that they were 'crackle' effect as it did not say this anywhere on the box, but they still look lovely on and were good value for money. They came in two boxes of 3 bottles, both for £5.99 and I purchased these with my 200 follower give away in mind. I'm only 8 followers away from 200 now and need to think of a suitable prize to offer up, but I don't think anybody would really be interested in 6 bottles of crackle polish! Instead I'm going to have a selection of different products and just one of these polishes will be in the goody bag with the shade being the winners choice.

Shades:

Platinum Pieces, Haute Metal, Latticed Lilac, Oxidised Aqua, Tarnished Gold, Crackled Medallion.

I definitely think that TK Maxx is a store that gets over looked for its amazing products at brilliant bargain prices! I'll be looking in there more often now.

Have you found any TK Maxx bargains recently?

♥

Revlon Lip Butters

A long, long time ago (OK, about a month ago), The Sunday Girl ran a give away on her blog (see the post here) giving her readers the chance to win one of five Revlon Lip Butters in the shade 'Sweet Tart' to celebrate Revlon Lip Butters' Sweet Boutique. This was one of the shades that was on my 'wish list' and all you had to do to be in with a chance with winning was leave a comment with your name and either your twitter handle or e-mail address for her to be able to get in touch. So with nothing to lose I left my comment and about a week later I had a message on twitter telling me I had won. How exciting!!

When I received my little parcel a few days later I just had to say 'aw' about the little powerpuff girls sticker on the package haha - just a little something extra, and I am extra thrilled with how lovely the shade is!
                                       


This is actually only my 3rd Lip Butter so I by no means have a large, or even medium sized, collection of shades, but I know that 'Berry Smoothie', the darker one of the three shown below is definitely my favourite one to wear. Its a lovely deep plummy pink but not so dark that it looks 'gothic'. 'Sugar Frosting' is the lighter shade (purchased from a Sunday Girl blog sale - blogger obsession alert!) and I do find it to be a bit too light for me, but is handy to put on over a bright lipstick to tone it down and gloss it up a little bit. 'Sweet Tart' is a fantastic bright girly colour and I have been loving wearing it on bright, sunny days (as rare as they are!).





I'm sorry that I don't have any swatches of the colours but I was struggling with the lighting to try and get the pictures to match the true shades, I ended up getting so frustrated that I just ended up going without.

Have you ever won a give away?

What do you think of the Revlon Lip Butters? Are they worth the hype?

What's your favourite shade?

xx.