Holiday Giveaway!

My dear ladies, I really don't see the point in holding back. I mean, I know it's still a week until December, but I the lucky winners to be able to enjoy their gifts during the Holiday season and that can only happen if we start the giveaway… NOW!

DISCLAIMER:

This time I prepared three rewards. The giveaway is open to my European readers only (so not only EU, all of Europe). You must be 18 to enter or have consent from your parent or legal guardian. The giveaway will end on 11th of December and the winners will be announced on my Facebook profile. The winners must send me a message with their name and address in 5 days (no later than on 16th of December), otherwise another winner will be chosen. The entire giveaway will be run through the Rafflecopter. Each participant can earn one or more entries to the giveaway. All the items were purchased by me unless otherwise mentioned. I am not in any way affiliated with the company mentioned below.

And now for the fun part. The FIRST package I nicknamed PARTY DIVA.

The lucky winner of this Party Diva package will receive the following products:

• NPW Retox Pamper pack (hair mask, face mask, eye pads and foot cream) for a perfect pampering day after a wild night out
• Essence Special Effect Toper nail polish in The bees and the birds
• Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer in Nova which I also own and love
• e.l.f. Eyelid Primer in Pearl
• L'Oreal Le nail art in Poudre D'or - these are so awesome I had to get myself a pack as well :)
• L'Oreal Color Infallible in Bronze divine - I actually prefer the Color Infallible to Color Tatoos and own quite a few of them. This one is definitely one of my favorites.  
• Sleek Eyeshadow Palette Arabian Nights - this is a present for you beauties from Licila.si so let's all say a big THANK YOU :) The packaging on these Sleek palettes is absolutely adorable and they really are sleek enough (but very sturdy!) that you can take them anywhere with you.

The second package is called the ROMANTIC BEAUTY. 

 The winner of this Romantic Beauty package will receive: 

• Dvorec Trebnik Bath Salt Orange which just featured in my empties. I love this stuff and I hope you will, too. 
• Batiste Dry Shampoo in Light & Blonde
• Konad Metal Stickers in Pink. This would also be great for a wild night out, to be honest :)
• Essence 24hr hand protection balm in the vanilla & cinnamon scent. Perfect winter scent, if you ask me. 
• Glade Roasted Chestnut & Macaroon Candle. I'm on my fifth right now and I just love the way they smell. The throw of the candle is so wide that it covers the entire apartment. For me, the best one of all the Glade christmas edition candles this year.
• Essence Special Effect Sparkling Sugar (Heart Explosion) and
• I heart Makeup lip gloss The Wow (Double Wow!). I own this myself and it's the my-lips-but-better color that every girl needs in her life.  

Last up is the MAKE-UP JUNKIE package. 

The winner of the Make-up Junkie package will enjoy the following products:

• e.l.f. High Definition Powder. I also own this and if you can get over the mess it makes, it is probably one of the best mattifying powders out there. It also keeps your make-up where it's supposed to be all day long. 
• Glade Roasted Chestnut & Macaroon Candle. Yes, another one, just because they are awesome.
• L'Oreal Le nail art in Chic Phyton. I would love to see these on the nails of the winner, because to me they look pretty spectacular. 
• Two L'Oreal Glam Shine lip glosses in Fresh Fuchsia and Fresh Grenadine. I just could not decide on just one.
• Essence 24hr hand protection balm in the cookies & almond scent. Anyone getting hungry yet?
• L'Oreal Color Infallible in Flashback silver. Beautiful lilac color, perfect for enhancing a purple smokey eye.
• I  Heart Makeup Contour Palette - I Heart Definition. This is something I am definitely getting for myself if I still have any money when the holidays are over. Again - courtesy of
  Licila.si so another thank you is in order :)

I hope you beauties are as excited as I am. I love nothing more than shopping for others and making people happy :) 

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Holiday wishlist

Yes, I know, December and Christmas are stil far, far away, but somehow the Christmas spirit always catches me unprepared way before it is supposed to – and once I get overall excited about something, it's hard for me to stop obsessing. 

In the past weeks, I have seen some Youtube videos and read some blogs about the Christmas or »Holiday« editions from several high-end companies like Urban Decay, Benefit, Stila and so forth. These are normally value sets tricking you into buying them by saying you're only going to pay something like $45 for $200 value. Now i KNOW it's not true, but that reasonable part of my brain somehow goes on vacation in December. I did not care last year, but I definitely do care this year. And since I've just booked some plane tickets to visit a country that has Sephora stores in December, I know that I'm not going to be able to resist picking up at least a few products. Hence the wishlist. But this wishlist also includes some items that can be bought over here or in EU stores (hinting heavily to my most loyal reader of all). :)

Number one on my list is definitely the Sephora Favorites – Superstars. It contains many of the items I have been wanting to try for sooo long and some that I have tried and absolutely love. 

 

It is priced at $75 and apparently worth $225. I did my own calculations based on the number of full-size products and deluxe samples and came to $222 so yes, the calculation is legit. It contains the Anastasia Brow Wiz (full size – 21 $), Benefit POREfessional (deluxe sample – about 10 $), Benefit They're real mascara (deluxe sample – about $5), Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray (travel size, about $15), Chloe Rollerball (full size - $25), Formula X Nail color in Ignite (full size – about $11), Fresh Sugar Rose Tinted lip treatment (deluxe sample – about $12), Josie Maran 100 % Pure Argan oil (travel size, about $16), Nars blush in Orgasm (full size - $30), Smashbox Camera ready BB Cream (full size - $40), Stila Stay All Day liquid eye liner (full size - $20) and Urban Decay eyeshadow in Sin (full size - $18). I am excited about just about everything in this package, I think the colors would all work for me and I am getting my hands on this one! There are so many brands in this set that I haven't even tried yet that I'm sure it is well worth the money. 

Another set I really, I really want is the Josie Maran Winter Dream Argan Skincare Collection. This is not a steal as the Superstars, it's priced at $39 with $68 value so I'm not even going to calculate this one to extensively. 

It contains everything you could possibly need for your skincare routine – cleansing oil, hydrating treatment, pure argan oil (which I use and is absolutely fabulous), intensive creamy oil, daily moisturizer with SPF of 47 and as a special bonus, a hand creams. This brand is all natural and I would love to try the products. 

The third set that I will most likely be tempted to snatch in Sephora is the First Aid Beauty – Cheers to fab skin set, priced at $48 for $100 value. I did my calculations on this one and again came to a very similar number, so I am satisfied :)  I have purhcased a few items from this brand on my last USA trip for my mother and she absolutely loves them so I really want to give them a go as well. 

This set contains a face cleanser, facial radiance pads (which are basically used to tone your skin and also have a brightening effect), repair cream, repair lip therapy and eye duty triple remedy (which is one of the products that my mother now swears by and even says it is better than the La Prarie eye cream). On a sidenote, my skin has been acting really weird lately so I think it's about time I treat it to something nice. 

Moving on to the products I would like to try and are as previously mentioned available to us all. First up, the Revlon ColorStay Moisture Stain. 

 What color, you ask? ALL OF THEM. They all seem absolutely fabulous. Having read so much about these puppies, they would be a welcome additon to my collection.

Next up, the Bourjois Healthy Mix serum Foundation. All the bloggers are raving about this and there must be something magical about this. 

 If you're thinking about sending it to me for Christmas, the best shade for me would probably be Vanille ;)

Last up is something that I really need and will probably get for myself this holiday season. I recently dyed my hair from blonde to brown with some sombre highlights and although it is looking fab, my new hairstylist was completely upset with me regarding the condition of my hair. Apparently, the blonde highlights did not exactly help my hair to be healthier. So they need help and they need it now. 

She suggested Paul Mitchell which made my heart stop since I am aware of the prices. But suffering is probably necessary for beauty, even if the only thing suffering is my wallet :)

I am DYING to know what is on your beauty wishlist for this holiday season. Let me know (and give me some more ideas). 

Until next time, stay beautiful, stay awesome!