To celebrate my FIRST COMMENT EVER (thanks to saqib hussian!), I've decided to do a FREE giveaway!! (Yes, I know the words "Free" and "Giveaway" are sort of redundant, but just to make it clear, I'm calling it a FREE GIVEAWAY! lol) Woot!
Since I'm not sure of the prizes yet (but they will be some sort of beauty products), and I don't have many readers, I'll let the contest go for about 3 weeks. It will start today (January 23rd, 2013) and end February 9th at 12:00 AM.
There will be 3 prizes:
A "grand" prize, with the winner being chosen randomly.
A smaller prize for the comment I like best posted anywhere on my blog.
A smaller prize for the tumblr follower with the page I like best.
I'll update this page soon (by tomorrow for sure!) to tell you what the specific prizes will be!
UPDATE: The "grand" prize will be the "Be Free" Palette from NYX Cosmetics.
This is a picture from the NYX website. I'm having camera issues right now, but I will post a photo of the actual item when I get it fixed ASAP...sorry!
This palette looks pretty sweet! 25 eye shadows, 3 blushes, and 7 lip glosses! I should have bought one of these for myself! But instead, I bought it for you guys! :)
For the smaller prizes:
I have a NYC City Proof lip gloss in "Round the Clock Ruby" for the best comment winner, and one gloss in "Blush Forever" for the tumblr follower. (Sorry for no pictures..again, the camera issues..grrr!).
I really like these glosses, and they last a pretty long time! The one thing is they claim to be non-sticky..but they're actually a bit sticky. But still worth it for the price!
UPDATE 2: To make a long story short, I either need a new memory card reader, or to find the cord to hook my camera up to my computer, and therefore, currently have to take photos of the actual items with my phone....it's a very old phone, but here are the pictures (apologies for the low quality!):
Above: The NYX Be Free Palette (front and back)
The NYC City Proof Lip Glosses
Left: Round the Clock Ruby
Right: Blush Forever
So, how will I be organizing this giveaway? Well, I've found this thing called Rafflecopter, which I've seen on xsparkage.com when she did a giveaway, so I thought I'd try it out. There will be up to 5 ways to enter! (wow!) So if you do #1 and any other of the following 5 things, then come back here to the end of this post where the Rafflecopter widget is and enter to win!
IMPORTANT: Any info requested to enter, such as usernames and email addresses don't need to be posted in the comments themselves. The Rafflecopter widget will ask you that info when you enter, so it goes directly to me, and not out there for everyone else to see...well, your username will be out there if you comment...but any other info it asks for is sent to me so I can verify entries and notify winners.
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Leave a real comment on ANY of my blog posts! This is MANDATORY for entry and will "unlock" the other entry options. (You can leave a comment anywhere on the blog, but then come back to THIS POST and enter the giveaway using the Rafflecopter widget below!).
And when I say leave a "real" comment, I mean I'm going to read all the comments and if it's just a string of random letters or just swear words or something, then unfortunately, your comment won't count! If you enter by posting a real comment, then you can boost your chances by also entering by ways 2, 3, 4 and/or 5:
2. Leave a comment at the end of THIS post (i.e. THIS POST you're reading right now!), telling me your favourite beauty product or products that you think I should try out. Then use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter the giveaway. The Rafflecopter widget will need your username that shows up next to the comment and a valid email address.
3.Follow my new tumblr page (mentioned in a previous blog post). If you enter this way, Rafflecopter will ask for your tumblr URL and a valid email address. Also, if you follow me on tumblr, I'll follow you back! (And not just so I can choose a winner for best tumblr page!). Again, you'll have to come back to THIS POST to enter using the Rafflecopter widget.
These last 2 ways to enter might be a bit more complicated to organize, but we'll see how it works out, and if it doesn't then I won't try it again. LOL.
4. Refer a friend to my blog. If you told a friend about my blog, AND you've both commented, go to the Rafflecopter widget and it will ask for YOUR username and email, as well as your FRIEND'S username as it appears in their comment.
5. Be a referred friend to my blog. In my mind, this will prevent cheating...but we'll see how it actually works out. If someone referred you to my blog AND you have both commented, go to the Rafflecopter widget and it will ask for YOUR username and email, as well as the username of the FRIEND WHO REFERRED YOU, as it appears in their comment.
OK, so the widget should appear somewhere around here:
Let's hope it works!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
OTHER INFO I FORGOT TO MENTION:
1. The usernames of winners will be announced on February 10th, 2013, ON THIS BLOG POST.
I will personally email the winners and give them ~48 hours to respond. If you don't respond within 48 hours, then I'll have to choose a new winner. This is why it's important to give me a VALID email, and one that you check on a regular basis. (If no one enters, then I guess I get to keep all these great prizes..lol..but hopefully that doesn't happen!)
2. I will mail prizes to winners ANYWHERE in the world (but it will be standard shipping, so it might take a little while to get to you if you live far away from me).
If something goes horribly wrong with the Rafflecopter widget, I'll let you know :) But otherwise, GOOD LUCK to everyone! And I look forward to reading your comments! :)
WINNERS UPDATE: So I guess the world wasn't ready for me to have a giveaway, since there were no entries (and therefore, no winners)! LOL, but also boourns. Perhaps if another person comments on my blog, I'll try again. But THANKS to everyone who's been checking out my blog! I will have a couple more reviews up in the next few days :)
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