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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Flair and Vixen False Lashes: A review and a giveaway

Alongside their cute Lovehearts Collection, Mua Cosmetics also released a range of recession friendly false lashes. The Company got in touch with me to see if I  wanted to review some for them. Little they know that I already ordered them in  the same hour the lashes were available on the online store. I am a massive fan  of lashes, and I was dying to see what I could get for £2 of my hard earned  money. Out of the 5 styles available on the collection, I decided to order  'Flair' (a subtle pair of eyelashes designed to enhance your natural lashes by  lengthening them) and the Vixen Lashes, for a full on volume effect.





Let's have a look at exhibit, my natural barely there lashes. I am sure you will  agree that they need all the help they can.






I usually go for volumizing lashes  rather than lengthening ones but I really wanted to try a more natural model, in  a bid to wear them for work without attracting too much attention.






Despite a thick looking lashline, Flair were very easy to apply on my lid and  needed very minimal trimming on the outer corner. I wanted to see how they could  improve the look of my lashes without doing any preliminary work to my lashes so  I refrained from curling my lashes and adding mascara. The result? A very natural  effect, perhaps too natural for me and it didn't really do anything for my  stupidly short and thin lashes really.









I think these would look good if you have  fuller lasher than me and if you blend your own lashes with the false ones. I  usually rely on the lashes to do the full work for me and Flair didn't work hard  enough for me. It's my fault really, to have wanted to step out of my comfort  zone and go for something a little different.

Now now now, ladies and gentlemen, here comes Vixen. I am not  going to beat around the bush here: Vixen totally blew me away and I can't  believe the drama I've managed to achieve for just £2.








Application was a doddle,  it felt like the lashes were made for my own eyes as they didn't need any  trimming whatsoever. When does this ever happen? They were so easy to apply. I  used my own glue (Eylure) so I couldn't tell you what they would be like with the  MUA glue. The lashline holding the soft flutter of lashes is thicker than my  ultimate favourites lashes in the world (Eylure and Ardell) but it didn't impact  on how easy the lashes were to apply.











As for the 'finish' of the lashes, they have a slight shine to them, but they are  definitely not as offensively shiny many budget lashes tend to be. I love the  edgy spikey shape to them, the length is spot on and I love their sturdy yet  pliable composition. Those of you who prefer human hair lashes, or lashes trying  to replicate the look of your natural lashes would want to stay from Vixen. Vixen  is about full on volume, full on drama and what they lack in 'human hair looking  feel' they gain in durability. These bad boys are going to last you a long time,  make your £2 go even further while your typical Eylure or Ardell will start to  look a bit sorry for themselves after the 4th time you've worn them with mascara  and all that jazz.








I went to Sainsbury’s wearing my Vixen and this makeup this evening. The lady at the till complimented me on them. I was a bit shy but happy at the same time. Because sometimes I can’t take a compliment, I pointed her to look at my attempt at contouring the cheeks. She agreed it was crap but she kindly said ‘It is difficult to do, isn’t’. Bless her





When Vixen they finally arrive in my Superdrug, there is no doubt I am going to  stock up on them for myself and for my best friend at work. My mind doesn't  compute how they can be at £2. It's like the meal deal TV advert for Subway: you  can scratch your head all you want, you can't get your head round how much you  can get for your money.



It can't get any better than that, or can it?
Yes it can. I have 1 spare pair of Vixen and Flair to give away to one of you, my  lovely readers.


 
This giveaway is for all my blog readers from all over the world. It will end on Monday, 5 March 2012, 23.59 GMT (UK).  

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How to enter

All I would like you to do is to tell me in the comments below: 
Tell me about a pair of false eye lash that you have repurchased many times, or anything else you want to me about false eyelashes 
--- your name
--- your email address
--- how you found out about this giveaway



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Any additional entries? Yes

I don’t usually do this for self funded giveaways but since MUA Cosmetics have kindly donated the prize, you may tweet about the giveaway to gain an additional entry:
”Win a pair of @MUAcosmetics #vixenflair Flair and Vixen False Lashes on @tsunimee’s blog: http://bit.ly/vixenflair”


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Rules

1. This comment giveaway is opened to all my blog readers, from anywhere around the world who follow me through Google connect, Google Reader, bloglovin, hellocotton or by email.
2. Please make sure to answer the comment giveaway question:
Tell me about a pair of false eye lash that you have repurchased many times, or anything else you want to me about false eyelashes
3.  This giveaway will end on Monday, 5 March 2012, 23.59 GMT (UK).
4.  There will be 1 winner and the winner will be sent the 2 pairs of lashes
5.  Winner will be chosen at random with random.org
6.  If you have tweeted about this giveaway, please make sure to enter the tag #vixenflair and to have pasted the url of the giveaway correctly as I won’t be able to count your additional entry otherwise.






You might also want to read:
- Mua Cosmetics Lovehearts Lip Balms – My review.
- 8 reasons why you still can’t apply false lashes – My guide.


Disclosure:
Lashes were purchased by myself. Mua Cosmetics kindly donated me a spare pair for the giveaway.

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