Last Day to Enter Giveaway!

Just a reminder that today is the last day to enter my small giveaway of a No7 mascara and a 17 eyeshadow palette, just click here and you'll be directed to the giveaway page where you can enter!

I also still have a foundation left to giveaway on my Foundation Frustration Post, so if you have a darker skintone please check it out and you can get yourself a foundation for free!

Thank you and good luck! :)

Foundation Frustration! - Everything's GONE

I have a problem...and I'm sure many women have come across the same issue and suffered in the same way as myself.

I can never match foundations or concealers to my skintone perfectly, especially in drugstores. Due to this I now have 3 foundations and 1 concealer that do not match at all.

I've taken a decision and it is to give them away on here, nothing has been used very much, the 17 Photo Flawless Foundation has been used once - to check colour, the Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid has had about 4 pumps taken from it because I tried mixing it with a L'Oreal one that also doesn't match. (I'm not giving away the L'Oreal one as it has a brush and that's a bit unhygienic, I'll just have to pretend I have an orange skintone until it finishes...) I also have the Dream Mousse Concealer which is too fair for my skin to give away, that has been used once, just to check the colour match.

I don't have a Paypal account and nor do I know how to hold blog sales, which I why I am giving them away, and I'm so fed up of them I'm very gladly giving them to you!

Please leave a comment with your email address telling me which item you would like and I'll email you back for your address and I'll get the item(s) sent to you asap!

Thank you so much!

N.B The Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid Foundation and the Maybelline Dream Mousse Concealer have been given away! The 17 Photo Flawless Foundation remains still :)

Liz Earle Offers

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the lack of posts, I was trying to stop myself from blogging so much and study much more...didn't work too well though...oh dear!

Anyway, today I bring you the fantastic offers available at Liz Earle for spring, and the 2 I have taken advantage of...(seeing as I'm a collector of all things beauty, I feel like I should repurchase already - even though I haven't used anything yet...*slaps on wrist*!)

So here's the link where you can view the offers: http://uk.lizearle.com/offers

And here are the 2 that I bought! :)

This is the New Springtime Must Haves Offer for £41 but with a retail value of £64.55. Included are:
- 2 Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleansers (100ml) and 2 muslin cloths
- Instant Boost Skin Tonic (200ml)
- A choice of moisturiser depending on your skin type
- A beautiful beauty bag

First Impressions:
- Packaged beautifully, each item is individually hand-wrapped and packaged so that nothing will leak or break
- The beauty bag is of very high quality and is very pretty inside, sporting colourful stripes and convenient compartments
- Very fast delivery
- The skincare items look gorgeous too
- Also a great deal with savings!

This is the Clear Skin offer for £20.65 with a value of £33.15 and includes:

- Deep Cleansing Mask (75ml) and 2 sponges

- Gentle Face Exfoliator (50ml)

- Spot-On (6ml)

- Soft White Headband

First Impressions:

- Again, very well wrapped and presented

- Speedy delivery

- Fantastic savings and am thinking of purchasing this set again before the offer runs out in May...

I am very impressed with the whole ordering - delivery process and especially with the free gift of a 30ml cleanser with a muslin cloth and a personalised letter congratulating me on my first order. As I said to my boyfriend, "I feel like a Queen!"

I will forever associate opening my package with that feeling and as I had had a great day when it arrived too! I hope that my interview was successful and am offered a place...won't reveal too much there just yet!

Have you tried any Liz Earle Naturally Active Skincare Products? What do you think?

Thank you so much for reading and don't forget to enter my giveaway!

17 Limited Edition Vintage Eye Palettes (and mini-giveaway)

These are the new limited edition 17 eye palettes for spring! I admit I'm a little late talking about these seeing as they've been out since late February. But they're so amazing I thought I should give them a mention with a little giveaway!

They're £5.49 each and have 6 different eyeshadow colours and a double sided sponge applicator and a very reasonably sized mirror. They are available at Boots if they haven't run out!

The design is very pretty and the colours are perfect for spring! The one on the left is called Perfect Pastels and the one on the right is Metallic Nudes. They swatch very well and are very pigmented and smooth.

I'm also going to give one Perfect Pastels palette away alongside a No7 Extravagant Lashes Mascara because unfortunately I couldn't find another one of the Metallic Nudes palette :(

The Prizes:

The mascara is worth £12.50 and the palette is £5.49, I have bought both prizes by myself and am very happy to be doing another giveaway!

Rules:
1. You must be a follower of my blog via Google Friend Connect
2. You must be 18+ or have your parent's permission if you are younger

To enter:
- Please leave one comment telling me what you're favourite eyeshadow palette is and why - for 1 entry
- And/Or tweet this giveaway, (you must be a follower on twitter for this entry to count!) - for 1 entry
Tweet: "Follow @nav_t and RT this to enter BBA's 17 Palette Giveaway! Details here: http://beautybloggingaway.blogspot.com"

You can only enter a maximum of 2 times, with the above methods! Giveaway closes at 10pm UTC on Thursday 31st March and is open internationally.

Thank you so much for following me and for reading this! Good Luck :)

Review: No7 Natural Blush Cheek Colour in Candy Pink

This is such a pretty blush with a gorgeous colour to it once applied onto the cheeks. It's by No7 and named Candy Pink very appropriately I think. It costs £9 and is available from Boots but with the £5 off vouchers currently in circulation it'll only cost you £4! Bargain!

The texture of this blush is very soft and "powdery", which in turn begs the question (in my head anyway) why it isn't chalky...that just shows the brilliance of the blush in my opinion! It goes on very well with your fingers or a blush brush, I use Mac's usually and I find that it leaves a very pretty natural looking blush on my cheeks.

I usually tend to put on a bit more as it tends to wear off during the day but by midday it looks absolutely perfect with my skintone. I also think it would look great on all skintones because of the buildable nature of this blush. You can either pile it on straight away by picking up lots or gently build up, it's completely up to you. It's very natural looking generally, but you can choose to go for a more dramatic look if you wanted.

I really love the packaging, it's very sleek and compact and fits perfectly into all my cosmetics bags, large or small! I've bought a back-up of this blush just in case it runs out soon, (seeing as I'm using it very often), but on the compact it says that they've changed the formula and the blush looks a lot more pink...hmm...

You receive 5g of product which is quite a bit of blush and it's lasting me for a very long time. It is definitely one of my favourite blushes that I've come to love recently. Overall it's an 8/10 from me!

Have you tried this? What did you think? Please leave your comments below!

Thank you for reading :)

NEW Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturising Lip Colour Balms

Hi! :)

These are the new chubby sticks by Clinique, which are a basically a coloured lip balm, or a lip balm with a tint. I've had these for ages now, about 2 months I think and I only started using them recently. I'm aware that they weren't released in the UK that long ago but I managed to get hold of some! I haven't been able to find them on general websites for the UK yet either but I think they were meant to be released in March/April sometime at £13.50 each. They are available in the States for $15 each now and there are 8 colours.

I bought 4 chubby sticks which I'm not sure was a good idea as it hurt my bank account a fair bit! I got the following colours:

- 02 Whole Lotta Honey
- 04 Mega Melon
- 07 Super Strawberry
- 08 Graped-up

They all look so pretty and are very innovative, I'll review each one individually once I feel they've been used enough! (Very soon!)

Thank you for reading :)

Marie Claire Freebie!

I got hold of a Marie Claire magazine (£3.50) and they're giving away Cowshed 100ml body lotions, 6 different kinds! :) In their April issue.

I got the "Wild Cow" one and I haven't used it yet but will give a quick review on it after I've used it.

So if you want to try Cowshed or just want the magazine go pick it up and you get some very useful travel sized body lotion!

Thank you for reading!