Quick! Paint the town ... pink and win £250 of beauty products.

To say that I am not in the mood for blogging is an understatement. I am still very much excited about beauty products and very much still into keeping up with my blog subscriptions but I seem to have lost the drive to blog about my beauty experiences. But sometimes, events take precedence and I need to make exceptions. October is not only the month holding my favourite day of the year (Halloween) but it's also the month where beauty brands around the world unite, go pink and do their bit to raise awareness about breast cancer and raise money for the cause.



You will perhaps recall me posting about 'Paint for Life' the cute nail polish trio that Beautyuk released in support of Cancer Research UK and the moving story behind its creation. This week, BeautyUK is doing something pretty special: they are holding a pretty fabulous competition over on Facebook:





Post a photo of you wearing pink nails on their facebook page and you could be on your way to win £250 of beautyuk products.

For the chance to win the MASSIVE £250 BEAUTYUK HAUL simply paint your nails pink, strike a pose, upload a photo anytime before 11.59pm on the 7th October. Up for it? Get more details on Beautyuk's facebook page, get painting, strike a pose, snap and have fun most of all.




I am not taking part in the competition, I am too involved in the creation of this set and I think it wouldn’t be fair if I won the competition, but if I won, i’d be wanting to spend some of my prize stash on the whole special effects glitte nail polish collection, so glitter-tastic Models Own Mirror Ball doesn’t want you to see it  This stock photo doesn't do it justice really. In real life, these £3.49 babies are out of this world!



disclosure: I am not affiliated with Beautyuk and didn’t receive any compensation to write about this post and the facebook competition.

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Un petit moulin {fotn}

One of my favourite bloggers is holding a fabulous competition whereby you could win, thanks to Vaseline a trip to Paris with £500 of spending money to go with it.

My chances of winning are very slim for mainly 2 reasons: 1) I am a French native speaker and although I spent all my life in Mauritius, I doubt the folks at Vaseline are going to choose me 2) My entry is a little bit predictable to say the least. But if you don't try, you'll never win, non?


Without further delving into my pessimistic introduction, this is my entry to Lipglossiping's 'Beautiful Paris' Competition sponsored by Vaseline. If you haven't already guessed by the title of this post, my inspiration is 'Le Moulin Rouge' cabaret, one of the most iconic night time establishments of the French capital, spiritual birth place of the Can Can dance.






  



There are many things I would have liked to tweak to this makeup look to try make it more interesting: more dimension to the faux-head gear lace pattern, more feathers, more drama all around basically but I quite like the way the eyes have turned out and I could see myself wearing this look in real life. The lace pattern is surprisingly quite long lasting and the only change would be to use ben nye liquiset to activate the red mehron face paint that I used for the red eyeliner. I had also planned to wear more extravagant lashes for this look but they didn't arrive in time. Boo

  






Other things I have used: stargazer red eyeshadow (ebay)
the fabulous 'All for Eve' red lipstick
estee lauder double wear maximum foundation
hd brows palette in 'foxy' for eyeshadow and eyebrows
mac vanilla eyeshadow

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Clic, Cloc and win :)

Do you what I also enjoy besides blogging? I enjoy graphic design, and fonts. Long before my love for make up, I have had a passion for fonts, and playing around with my paint shop pro, creating things just for fun. Long before Facebook, I had my own website and enjoyed spending time on it. So when I was invited to take part in a graphic design challenge, I thought it was too fun to refuse and I just had to take part.

I was approached to see if I wanted to create a design for a clicloc watch, those fun watches which have a very quirky to attach themselves to your wrist, with a clic cloc sound. Caroline from sparklyvodka has reviewed it on her blog. The box it arrives in is too cute for words.   











A few other bloggers also took part. Our designs have been showcased on a Facebook page, and opened for votes. The person whose design gets the most votes, gets the chance to work with the clicloc and share ideas on a real design, if I read it right, that is. How fab is that!


What's in it for you?
10 voters are chosen at random and will win the clicloc watch of their choice. No question to answer, just cast your vote for the design you like the best and you will be entered in the draw to win a clicloc watch. I hope you like mine



Click here if you want to take part :)

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Prepare to be blown away: Win a ghd air! {Giveaway}

You know you have made it as a company when the hair straighteners you produce turn out to be the no.1 most popular straighteners in the whole world and when one of the most famous singers in the world endorses your products. You will have guessed, I am referring to Good Hair Days, or simply ghd as they are known across the world. Today, I want to tell you specifically about ghd Air, the first professional hairdryer from ghd, and an amazing competition :)




Developed in conjunction with professional styling experts, the ghd Air is designed to help you unlock the secret to a gorgeous salon blow dry, every day. Featuring a sleek design, powerful professional 2100 watt AC motor for the fastest blow-dry ever and advanced ionic technology, it delivers exceptionally fast drying and styling while helping to reduce frizz, leaving your hair soft and silky.

Ultimately sleek and stylish, the specifically designed ergonomic shape gives you total control over your style creation – whilst looking elegantly chic at the same time. An ideal tool to help create a salon look at home, the new ghd Air boasts the following benefits:

Advanced Ionic Technology: for reduced frizz and a silkier, softer finish
Cool shot button: for a quick blast of cool air to fix your look in place
Salon strength AC motor: for more powerful drying
2 concentrator nozzles: helping to create a wide variety of styles
Ergonomic design: for easy handling and maximum control    

  



And do you want to know the most amazing thing about it? One of you, that's right, one of you my dear readers, can win it on my blog. I am so excited about this, I am trembling as I type. Due to the bulkiness of the item, this competition is only open to UK residents.

  

How to enter:

This giveaway is for all my blog readers residents in the UK and starts on Tuesday, 1 May 2012
It will end on Tuesday 15 May 2012, 22:00 BST (UK).
All I would like you to do, to enter this competition is to tell me:

--- your name
--- your email address
--- answer to this question:

ghd are revolutionising hair care products one by one, most recently with their super charged hair-dryer, the ghd Air.
To be in with a chance of winning a ghd Air tell us about a tool you regularly use in your beauty/hair care routine that could do with a bit of ghd treatment and why.


--- how you found out about this giveaway
--- how you follow this blog
--- (optional) details of your additional entry {your twitter username and the url (web address) of your tweet} If you are unsure on how to get the url/web address of your tweet, my friend michelle has done a tutorial on it.

Earn One Additional Entry:

To increase your chances of winning, you may tweet about this competition. To do this, please follow @ghd and myself @tsunimee and tweet the following message:

Win a @ghd Air Hairdryer (£99.00) with @tsunimee http://bit.ly/ghdairhero #ghdairhero

Rules:

1. The competition is opened to readers of Le Petit Jardin de liloo, resident in the UK, who follow through Google Connect, RSS (Google Reader) HelloCotton, bloglovin or by email
2. Please make sure to answer the question as stated above   
3. This giveaway will end on Tuesday 15 May 2012, 22:00 BST (UK)
4. There will be 1 winner and the winner will be sent the ghd Air
5. Winner will be chosen at random.
6. Participants can earn a maximum total of 2 entries. Please make sure to respect the wording of the twitter entry.

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Quick: a golden opportunity!

Just giving you a quick heads up on a 2-day twitter competition which BeautyUK Cosmetics has just launched first thing this morning at breakfast time.



To celebrate the release of their latest shatter polish, the fantabulous gold shatter polish, Beautyuk are giving away a whole set of their shatter polishes to a lucky retweeter twitter fan of the brand. Colours include: pink, black, silver, and gold.

To enter, it's easy peasy:


1.Log on to twitter
2.Follow Beautyuk Cosmetics on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/beautyuktweets or @beautyuktweets
3.and tweet the following message:



RT & Follow @beautyuktweets to #win a set of shatter polishes (GOLD, pink, silver & black) Ends 08 July #competition


The twitter giveaway is ending tomorrow Friday 8 July so don't delay your entry.

Twitter is not your thing? You can also follow BeautyUK on Facebook to keep up to date with all their current competitions and giveaways.

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BFF Contest (YouTube makeup contest) WINNERS

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This is. The moment has come, the wait is over and it’s now time to announce the winners of the BFF contest.





For those of you who are new to following my blog, nearly a month ago, ended a makeup contest I organised on YouTube. The theme was BFF. BFF not as in best friend for ever, but Bird, Fruit, Flower where the idea was to create a makeup look either based from a bird, a fruit, and/or a flower. (you can see my blog post about it here). This was my second makeup contest on YouTube, and there is no way I expected such an amazing  turn out. Contest video reached more than 6000 views (which my absolute record ever) and I received no less than 167 entries for it.



I’ve said it before and I’d like to say it again. There’s nothing like the feeling of having someone creating a makeup look for you, making a video of it and publishing it on YouTube. You feel ever so special. Having entered many makeup contests myself before, I know from first hand experience how much work they involve: the inspiration and creation process as any makeup look would take but the courage to post it on YouTube with fierce competition and critique.


Now for the not so good part of makeup contests. This year, I had the help of my two BFF’s to help me with the judging but it was still a heart wrenching process to have to choose the winners. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.


So without further ado and sincere apologies for the delay, below find the long awaited video of winners of the BFF contest. Contest Winners Video is posted here on YouTube and in much better resolution, but I’ll spare you the adverts: 


Meet my BFF’s :)

I am not going to lie, this video took me a bit of time to do, shall we say, but it was the least I could do to show tribute to everyone. Any makeup looks which caught your attention? Let me know in the comments below xx

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“Become an Aussie Angel” Competition: “Put a spring in your Spring”

I am super excited to introduce you to a fun competition sponsored by Aussie Haircare.
The prize: Becoming an Aussie Angel

 
Aussie is scouring the luscious lengths of the United Kingdom (and Ireland) in search for their next Aussie Angels. What's an Aussie Angel? It's your girl-next-door blogger who gets to try the latest Aussie Haircare producs when they are launched and is happy to share their Aussie Products experiences with their audience.

In addition, Aussie Angels have the chance to  participate in fun activities and events to know more about the brand, how to use the products and tips and tricks to raise your hair confidence and feel fabulous. Last but not least you get to mingle with lots of bloggers and make friends. Pretty amazing really!

What's the competition? What do I need to do?


1. You need to be an active blogger, and resident of the United Kingdom & Ireland.
2. Put your thinking cap on and answer the following question (in the form of a blogpost):

“Put a spring in your spring! Tell us:
How would you lighten up your life?
#AussieLight”

  

3.  Answer the question in the form of a blog-post on your own blog.
4. Tweet the link of your blog to @yummyhair (so Aussie know where to find it!)


Important Information


- Winners will be chosen by the Uncover Aussie team based on the most creative response that reflects the Aussie spirit. This means videos, pictures, stories or even songs can be their blog post entry – just as long as you answer the question.
- The competition closes on Sunday 20th March 2011, 23.59 GMT
- Full rules, terms and conditions can be found here or at http://bit.ly/aussielush


Further Information


- Aussie Official Website: http://www.aussiehair.com/
- Aussie Angels Website: http://www.uncoveraussie.co.uk/
- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/yummyhair
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AussieHair

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Heads up: Challenge Rae and win some makeup :)

Is there a makeup look you've been trying to achieve but just simply can't quite get right? How fab would it be to have a professional makeup artist at your beck and call to show you the steps on how to achieve that look?

Now is your chance. Professional Makeup Artist Rae is taking tutorial requests. Submit your tutorial request to her here. If you tutorial idea gets chosen:


1. Rae will recreate the idea of the makeup look you're submitted
2. You will win 2 Beautyuk Makeup products of your choice: anything you like, any value. Yep! :)


Where's the catch? There's none but you need to get in there quick as competition ends Friday 11 March 23.59 GMT. So get your creative thinking cap back on, challenge Rae and win yourself some makeup. Easy as that! :) x


disclaimer: I have not been contacted to tell you about this competition and I am not affiliated with Beautuk (i wish lol) I just love the company a lot and wanted to give you the heads up on another cool competition.

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And the winner is – Beautyuk £50 Goodie Bag

This is it. The moment has arrived. It is finally time to announce the winner of the £50 Beautyuk Goodie Bag and I am pretty excited.


 


First of all, I would like to say a massive thank you to Beautyuk to have chosen my blog for this competition and to all of you who have entered and have wowed us with your amazingly creative entries. There was no way I could choose the winner so I left it to Beautyuk to choose and the winner is :

Helena is red

Now, beautyuk liked helenaisred’s idea so much, that, wait for this, WAIT FOR THIS.
As if winning is not enough, beautyuk decided to:

 Turn the winning nail polish idea into
an actual nail varnish.

YEP! That's right, beautyuk is going to give birth to a nail varnish based from the winning idea. Can you believe it? How fab is that? :)
Is that it? No. There's more! :)
Beautyuk found it really tough to choose the winners, really really tough.
So they decided to pick a few runners up, who will each receive a beautyuk nail gift set. The runners up are:

*more drum roll*

	Earthlingorgeous
	Robyn
	Meetjosmith
	Lois
	MissJodieElizabeth

Congratulations! Winners are being contacted by email so watch out for your inbox :)
Finally, again, a massive, massive thank you to everyone who took part. 
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to beautyuk for this amazing competition. xxxxx

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:: CLOSED :: Win a £50 Beautyuk Goodie Bag (4-day competition)

 
I am super excited to announce a FABULOUS makeup competition sponsored by BeautyUK Cosmetics, open to all of your readers of 'Le Petit Jardin de Liloo' blog. As a big fan of the brand, it makes me excited beyond belief that they chose my blog to host the competition. And what competition! The prize? A £50 BeautyUk Goodie Bag!




To be in the chance of winning £50 worth of this fun makeup, it's very easy. we would like to borrow some of your creative juices in a little fun game. Please tell us: 

If you could design/create the nail polish of your dreams, what shade would you create and what would you call it?

Please leave your answer in the comments box below.
The best answer (name, description, the reason of your inspiration) will win the £50 BeautyUK Goodie Bag, so feel free to impress us :)
Make sure to leave your email address so that we can contact you easily.
Closing date for this competition is Saturday, 5 March, 23.59 GMT.

Good Luck!
Liloo (@tsunimee)
BeautyUK Cosmetics (@beautyuktweets)






RULES


COMPULSORY - This competition is open to all readers of 'Le Petit Jardin de liloo' blog (http://lilooblog.blogspot.com)/ from all over the world, who follow this blog via GFC (Google Friend Connect)
- There is 1 prize (£50 BeautyUk Goodie Bag) so 1 winner.
- Please make sure to leave your email address so that we can contact you easily
- Closing date for this competition is Saturday, 5 March, 23.59 GMT


DESIRABLE - Please show your support to the brand and like their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/beautyuk. More of a twitterbirdie? You can also interact with the brand on twitter and follow them on http://www.twitter.com/beautyuktweets
- If you're already familiar with the brand, it would be lovely if you also could tell us your favourite Beauty UK product (http://www.beautyukcosmetics.com/)

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Alliglittor Eyes – Green Glitter Party Eyes

When my twitter friend Thomcat decided to do a makeup contest based on the theme of ‘glitter’, I hesitated about a nano second. I just had to enter. I love glitter Nothing screams more party and fun to me, than glitter in a makeup look or hairdo. I have so many glitter eye products in my makeup collection it’s ridiculous. Ironically it’s the very glitter liner I didn't own from my little stash of the collection 2000 glitter liners that I wanted to use: the glittery black one.


 





For this look, I mainly used 2 colours from the Sleek Makeup Acid Palette: The Green over a black base (sleek ink pot gel liner in ‘dominatrix’ black ) and the purple on the lower lashline. The piece de resistance was my little pot of  loose glitter (from eBay – I used the purple lid one) which I applied over my splash proof sealer.





The rest is boring and I used my traditional white eyeliner pen from Revlon for the waterline, and the nyx trio palette in white/grey/black for deepening the crease and for highlighting. Lips was a mixture of MAC Hello Kitty ‘Fashion Mews’ and sleekmakeup amethyst.





Do you like glitter? You got some crazy glitter you never have the chance to use?
Join me and enter thom_cat’s contest on youtube. It ends on 1st July.

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Queen for a Day

Funny, really! For a film which really didn't impress me, here I am creating a second makeup look  inspired by Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Reluctantly, I've got to admit now that I am glad I went to see the movie: The music was so beautiful, it gave me goosebumps right from the start and the costumes were breathtaking.
So I chose the Queen of Hearts dress (Red Queen's) as the inspiration for this look and entry to the YouTube Alice in Wonderland Makeup Contest.

 

My favourite bit in the look is 'Fierce' a coppery gold eyeliner from Collection 2000, Glam Metallics which Nooberella raved about. I could not believe the coverage and brightness this inexpensive eyeliner offered. When I first tried it on my hand, I was disappointed with the brush but I was so pleased with the pigmentation I just had to buy it. Being used to my Revlon Colorstay eyeliner, this was very fiddly but definitely worth the effort.
Nooberella reviewed and swatched her little collection of Glam Metallics here if you are interested to know more.


Anyway, here's the look. I have some nice lashes with red rhinestones on top but you can't see them very well on the photos. It’s actually 2 pair of lashes, my normal favourite ones (Eylure Naturalites Glamour 101) and some rhinestones ones I bought on eBay especially for the occasion.






While I was working on the video last night, I was told the contest was extended for a further 2 weeks. So this give me time to had a little play with paintshoppro and give myself a crown for the day ^_^ I tried to create a paper gold crown by the way, but it was a major fail, and looked more kindergarden than anything, lol.

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Alice in LambriniLand

Avant-Propos: Glossary of Essential Terms

Makeup Contest: Excuse to have fun with makeup and green light to make a fool of oneself on YouTube
Mad Hatter: Annoying Character in Alice in Wonderland, remixed by Tim Burton. Trying to understand his nonsense will drive you mad
Lambrini: Cheap wine you get at the Spar just to get cash back.





So there I was, on Easter Bank Holiday finally setting to do my entry to the fabulous and most talked about make up contest on YouTube Land: The Alice in Wonderland Contest hosted by the most talented makeup gurus out there at the moment: GoldieStarling, Letzmakeup, Glitterdollz7 and last but not least, the beyond gorgeous HollywoodNoirMakeup.
Tim Burton's film left me really unimpressed (see my full review here) and the character of the Mad Hatter annoyed me till no end. On a makeup point of view, I was shocked to see the contrast between the pretty bright promotional posters and the doom and gloom 'reality' of Wonderland.





While Avatar had left me totally amazed, (this was the last movie I saw) Alice in Wonderland left me in a bad mood, honest! So I wanted to channel this negative energy into makeup. My idea was to create a brighter, more feminine and sexy look inspired by the colors of the Mad Hatter. No gloomy and lame tea party in sight, I had envisaged this look to be bright, fun, wearable at some fancy cocktail party!

So to get in the party mood, being Easter week end and that, I thought I would treat myself to a glass of lambrini. Before you knew it, half of the bottle had done and I had become tipsy midway through and was asking for tips on twitter how to sober up. Will spare you the fastidious details of the adventures of descent into LambriniLand. Have a look at the (not so happy) ending instead. If you behave, I might post an orange ‘blooper’ picture at the end of this post.


 



 


More pictures and fancy music in my video if you’re not perturbed yet. So, so so, where are the jungle frizzy orange eyebrows? Oh I tried, you bet I tried but it looked so spaced out and I really wanted to keep this look as much wearable as possible.  Because you’ve been nice reading all this, I thought I’d show you as well my attempt at orange eyebrows.




Bwhahahhahaahaha

p.s Consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol will not help with makeup application. It might however give you the false illusion that you’re doing a marvellous job.

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