A Makeup & Beauty Blog – Lipglossiping

My friend Jenni is conducting some research on makeup storage solutions, who better to ask than you guys? Please take just a couple of minutes to fill out the questionnaire.

All responders who leave their email address at the top will be entered into a draw to win a £50 ASOS voucher, sure to come in handy!

Thank you.

If you’re sworn off the chocolates this year, how about some LUSH goodies instead?  The high-street heroes have released some Easter treats to ensure that even the strongest of wills are unable to resist the lure of some serious bathtime frivolities.

1. What came first, the chick(en) or the egg?  Well… it depends on what you choose to wrap inside this ridiculously cute Chick Knot Wrap!  Let’s face it, whatever you buy to hide inside, this chick is gonna steal the show – especially when the recipient finds out that the wrap is made from old plastic bottles!  Don’t forget to recycle it yourself, it would make an super-cute bag scarf.

2. Ahh, my favourite – ignore the strange looks and raised eyebrows you’ll get carrying a carrot into the bathroom and get that hot tap running.  Wave The Carrot about under the running water and watch as the bath fills up with (non-carrot scented) bubbles.  Leave our favourite orange veggie on the side of the bath to dry out and it’ll be ready to go again, and again, and again!  Reusable bubble bars?  LUSH!

3. Finally, you may be sworn off chocolate but no-one would begrudge you a few sweeties.  Especially when they’re of the bathing variety.  Fluffy Egg is a candy-mania(cs) dream, scented to smell just like marshmallow, candyfloss and all that teeth-achingly good stuff.  Stick two fingers up at the diet and sit in your Fluffy Egg filled bath this Sunday, eating your Easter Eggs.  Sick.

Fancy winning one of these Easter goodies?

I have a bunch of Carrots (geddit?!) to give away this weekend.  If you want to chance your hand at being one of TEN bathing belles to win a LUSH reusable bubble bar, leave a comment below and answer the following questions.

1. What’s your favourite bath-time ritual?

2. How many Easter Eggs have you hidden away and which one are you gonna break open first?

T&C
1. Entry open to UK residents only.
2. I will choose 10 winners at random.
3. Lipglossiping.com is the sole promoter of this competition.
4. Competition closes on Monday 9th April 2012 at 23.59 BST.
5. Winners list will be published on-site on Tuesday 10th April.

Historically, you lovely lot have swept the board with Urban Retreat Beautique’s fun and games and once again, I’m expecting some great sleuthing from you guys, don’t bleedin’ let me down!

Haven’t got a clue what I’m going on about?  Please allow me to explain…

Urban Retreat Beautique will be releasing a total of nine naughty bunny wabbits at 1pm TODAY.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to scour the pages of the Urban Retreat Beautique website and track down those elusive bunnies!  They could be hiding on any product page but once you find one, add it to your basket and go through the checkout process as normal to claim your prize!  The bunny will cost 1p but the prize, will be worth much more!

To ensure you have the fastest fingers, a little preparation is key.  You’ll need to register in order to play (and checkout those prizes), so head over to this page in advance of 1pm today to get signed up.

I wish all you lovely hunters the best of luck and hope an unexpected prize brings you a very happy Easter weekend!

Just a quick note for those of you who love a good competition!

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, The Organic Pharmacy are offering their fans the chance to win a prize, every day throughout February.

To enter, simply submit your name in-store OR Like/Share The Organic Pharmacy on Facebook – remember, the competition doesn’t get underway until the 1st of February, so this is one for Google Calendar to remind you about!

If you’ve been around long enough to remember their Easter egg-stravaganza then you’ll already be familiar with the kind of fun and games Urban Retreat’s Beautique love to engage their customers in!

If not, let me give you a little bit of inside knowledge to one of the best treasure hunts around.

Log on to the Beautique website from 1pm every Friday up until Christmas and scour the pages like a mad woman (fella?) in an attempt to hunt down one of those lovely pressie boxes as shown in the image above.

Once  you’ve found one, add it to your basket and checkout as quickly as possible to claim the prize as your very own from a single penny!

A few of you lovely lot managed to scoop some goodies in the Easter treasure hunt so I hope you’ll be as successful this time round!

Good luck pressie hunters and let me know if you manage to bag yourself a prize!!

Jeez ladies, you know how to give a girl some sugar cravings!!

And so it turns out that your favourite dessert is… Tiramisu! (err, I think, I didn’t bother counting but that cheeky little Italian number came up A LOT!)

And so, on to my three winners.  Please smack your lips together for…

Luisa Brown (vanilla ice cream with milo)
Christy (tiramisu)
Z (salted caramel anything)

Congratulations ladies, please get in touch with your address details and I’ll ship your prizes out to you next week.

Uh, just because I don’t think you can get these outside the British Isles, I thought it’d be neat to give my international peeps the chance to win one of your own Limited Edition (and highly sought after) Vaseline Creme Brulee tins!  I had to QUEUE in Selfridges to get my hands on these last week, all the sales staff from the regular beauty brands were looking on in total amusement at the throng of people around the Creme Brulee counter LOL!

I have THREE to give away, so c’mon… don’t be shy!

For the chance to win a Limited Edition Vaseline Creme Brulee Lip Therapy Tin, all you have to do is live OUTSIDE of the British Isles and leave a comment telling me…

What’s your favourite dessert and why?

My favourite is invariably something chocolate-y, rich and decadent like a Devil’s Food Cake!  I like to feel my pudding coat my mouth, I wanna taste those calories man!

I’ll pick THREE winners at random next Monday!  Good luck!

Just a quick PSA to let you know that Blistex are giving away 1000 of their new Lip Brilliance daily care lip balms.  If your lips are starting to feel the effects of the colder weather, you could do worse things than popping on over to the Blistex Facebook page this lunchtime.

You also stand the chance of winning some Topshop vouchers but…. meh.  Am I the only one who has never bought anything other than makeup from Topshop?  Don’t say yes…

Have you been magnetized by the trend for magnetic nails yet?

Regardless of whether you’ve already indulged in a bit of polar attraction, here’s your chance to win the full set of four Boots 17 Magnetized Nail Polishes.

To enter, follow me on Twitter and retweet (RT) the following message:

RT @Lipglossiping: Follow & RT to win a set of Boots 17 Magnetic Nail Polishes. T&C: http://tinyurl.com/6a93e67

*Note: if you change the tweet, it will not count as an entry.

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If you don’t have Twitter, you may enter by leaving a comment below, answering the following question:

If you could magnetize one possession to yourself for the rest of eternity, what would it be?

T&C
1. Entry open to UK residents only.
2. One winner will be picked at random.
3. Lipglossiping.com is the sole promoter of this competition.
4. Competition closes on Tuesday 18th October 2011 at 23.59.
5. Winner will be notified within 5 days of the close of the competition.

With London Fashion Week just a week away, everyone’s going catwalk-crazy, but for us beauty-lovers, we’re more drawn to the latest winged liner shapes and nail trends than the cut of the cloth.

The PR gang at Benefit are offering ONE lucky beauty fan the chance to rub shoulders with the industry elite with a ticket to London Fashion Week where they’ll be able to join the Benefit team and *cough* me *cough* (booby prize) to watch the Jean Pierre Braganza show live!

Click to like their facebook page and follow the instructions to enter!  Good luck!

With a massive thank you to @allysonnewell for making this giveaway possible, I’ve got five Wet n’ Wild Color Icon Trio Eyeshadows up for grabs. I’ve previously featured each one in a FOTD post (obviously different palettes, yours will be new!) so you can have a look here to check out how each palette looks when worn.

These gorgeous palettes are unavailable to purchase within the UK and I’m not sure how readily available they are in other countries globally, so look sharp!

If you’d like to win this set of 5 Wet n’ Wild Color Icon Trio Eyeshadows, simply answer the following question…

Which of the five palettes did I wear on the hottest day of the year?

(click here to read the reviews and find the answer)

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T&C
1. Entry open worldwide by email only.
2. One winner will be picked at random from all entries that provide an answer to the question.
3. One entry per email address.
4. Lipglossiping.com is the sole promoter of this competition.
5. Competition closes on Monday 1st August 2011 at 23.59.
6. Winner will be notified by email within 5 days of the close of the competition.
7. No email addresses will be stored once the competition has closed and will only be used to contact the winner.

Help: Clear Skin is a 100% natural and clinically proven skin supplement that promises to treat the skin gently from the inside out to clear spots, rather than using harsh ingredients direct on to sensitive skin.

It comes in a powder formula packaged in individual sachets, that can be mixed with your favourite beverage or soft food without affecting the taste or texture.  They should be taken twice a day every day for a minimum of six weeks for best possible results.

Today, I’ve got a potentially life-changing 6 month supply up for grabs for one lucky reader, that’s a value of £240!

Enough to do some serious blemish-busting!

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To enter and stand a chance of winning this amazing prize, simply…

1.  Follow @HelpClearSkin and @Lipglossiping on twitter

2.  Tweet: I’ve entered to win a 6 month supply of @HelpClearSkin beauty supplements in an exclusive comp with @lipglossiping http://bit.ly/lvNG2O

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The competition closes on the 27th June at 23.59.  You have one week to enter!

For more info on help: clear skin, visit http://www.workswithwater.co.uk/pages/help-clear-skin-product.aspx

T&C
1. Entry open to UK residents only.
2. One winner will be picked at random from all joint @HelpClearSkin and @Lipglossiping followers who have tweeted the required phrase.
3. Competition closes on Monday 27th June 2011 at 23.59.
4. Winner will be chosen by @HelpClearSkin and notified over Twitter within 5 days of the competition’s closing date.