Beat the January blues with free Max Factor Colour Elixir Lipsticks in Ruby Tuesday!

Apparently, Monday is Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year.  Perhaps because it's still so cold, perhaps because the shine has worn off the Christmas presents, and perhaps (definitely in my case) because that Christmas weight is still stubbornly clinging on.

Max Factor are rather charmingly giving away free Colour Elixir lipsticks in Ruby Tuesday to pep up your Monday - the only catch is that you'll need to be travelling through London's Liverpool Street station, or Manchester's Piccadilly Station to nab one.  I can't believe it was 2011 when the Colour Elixir range was first released - Ruby Tuesday was one of the stand out shades for me then, with it's bold classic red tone, comfortable texture and brilliant wear time.

The Max Factor team will be handing out lipstick from 7.30AM - first come first served, and unsurprisingly there's a limited supply available, so if you fancy a free lipstick to start your week off, be there early!

This post originated at www.londonbeautyreview.com. If you're reading it elsewhere, it's been stolen, violating my copyright.

WIN! Too Faced The Return Of Sexy Palette

I purchased and reviewed Too Faced's rather beautiful The Return Of Sexy palette a couple of months back, and then received another one from the brand's PR this week.  What to do with the brand new palette?  Give it away to you guys of course!

I'm running this competition through Rafflecopter, and basically if you tweet about the competition, follow me on Twitter, or like my Facebook page, you'll get one entry.  If you do all three, you get three entries.  The winner will be chosen by random selection after the competition closes on Friday 29th October.  Good luck!


a Rafflecopter giveaway

This post originated at www.londonbeautyreview.com. If you're reading it elsewhere, it's been stolen, violating my copyright.

LBR giveaway! 10 sets of Sheer Blonde John Frieda shampoo and conditioner

We've been given 10 sets of John Frieda's Sheer Blonde shampoo and conditioner to share with our readers. Hooray for blondes!

10 readers will each be sent a 250ml Everlasting Blonde Colour Preserving Shampoo and a 250ml Everlasting Blonde Colour Preserving conditioner.

The products are designed to preserve the look and feel of newly coloured blonde hair - so they're best for bottle blondes. Hand on heart, I can't vouch for them myself, being a brunette, but I have 2 bottles of my own here and they both smell delightful and look very nice. They retail for around £6 each.

How to enter:

• Please leave a comment before 00.00 GMT on 15 June 2013
• In the comment, tell us how many bottles of shampoo and conditioner you currently have on the go. (Mine is about 5 sets, which makes cleaning the bath a hassle.)
• Include a way for us to get in touch with you (this is so we can find out your address to send the products. They'll be sent direct from John Frieda's PR company. It can be your email, blog link, Twitter handle, whatever you will be checking regularly.)
• We'll choose 10 responses at random after the giveaway closes. (NB your answer is just for fun. This is not a competition for how many products you use in parallel. If it was we'd probably win it ourselves.)

Good luck!

This post originated at www.londonbeautyreview.com. If you're reading it elsewhere, it's been stolen, violating our copyright.

Groupon giveaway - win £40 to spend on Groupon.co.uk

WE'RE GIVING AWAY A £40 GROUPON VOUCHER!

It's been a while since we did a giveaway, but hopefully this £40 windfall for one lucky reader will make up for it. Group voucher overlords Groupon are offering one of you £40 to spend on beauty deals, spas, products, haircuts, massages, manicures or whatever else you might like from their website.

To enter, 

• Leave us a comment telling us what beauty-related product or service you'd most like to see on Groupon. (For example, I'd love to see a discount or GWP deal on Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette - imagine the stampede at Debenhams!)

You'll need to

• be a follower of the blog, either on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin'
• provide a link to your website, Twitter or a note of your email address so we can contact you if you win

The giveaway will end on Wednesday 23 May at midnight GMT, when we'll pick a winner at random. If that's you, we'll put you directly in touch with Groupon who will send you your £40 voucher code.

In the meantime, why not take a look at the deals Groupon's got on at the moment?

Good luck!

Giveaway - win 10 Mavala polishes (chosen by us!)

We love a Mavala mini, we do. So affordable (less than £4 each), so high quality, so damn cute. Mavala are Switzerland's answer to amazing nails, and they're also a dab hand with colour for the eyes, lips and face. 

To celebrate the launch of the new UK Mavala website at mavala.co.uk, we've been asked to host a giveaway of our 10 favourite Mavala polishes. One winner will receive all the colours above, handpicked by Sarah and Gemma:

Las Vegas

Tobago

Acid Yellow

Electric Green

Blue Curacao 

Marine Blue

Charm

Vitality

Moon Grey

Pure (glitter)

The new site is live now, and features news, a full list of all the current collections, a monthly Blogger Spotlight showcasing Mavala's pick of the UK beauty blogs, and a cuticle-oriented agony aunt, Ask Jenny, who will answer all your nail-care dilemmas (or refer them to a member of the world-class Mavala nailcare team). 

The giveaway will run from now until Saturday 9 July at 12.00 midday GMT. Unfortunately this giveaway is only open to readers in the UK. To enter, leave a comment on this post telling us the answer to this question:

What is the name of the Mavala eyelash lengthening and strengthening treatment?

(Hint - you can probably find the answer you need at mavala.co.uk)

Good luck!


PS - prizes are provided by Mavala and will be sent direct from Mavala to the winner after the giveaway has ended.

Free Leighton Denny nail polishes with July Harper's Bazaar

You can pick up one of 3 free Leighton Denny polishes with the July Edition of Harper's Bazaar, on sale now.

The colours are all from the regular line, rather than shades designed for the giveaway. They are;

• Viva La Diva (a classic red creme) 
• Supermodel (warm greige) 
• Do Me A Flavour (a coral-orange creme from S/S11's Gelato collection)

The magazine costs £4.25, so even if you don't read it you're saving £6.75 on the RRP of £11 for each 12ml polish.

Free Clinique minis with April edition of Glamour magazine

To celebrate their 10th birthday, Glamour are giving away one of 10 mini Clinique treats (worth £80 in total) with each copy of the April edition of Glamour.


Look out for Fearne's smug chops (above) on the cover in your local newsagent. You can choose from the following:


Liquid Facial Soap 30ml (worth £1.95) 
Take the Day Off lip and eye makeup remover 30ml (worth £3.48) 
All About Eyes eye cream 5ml (worth £7.50) *
7 Day Scrub Rinse-off Formula 30ml (worth £5.10) 
Long Last Glosswear 2.3ml  (worth £5.37) 
Superbalm moisturising gloss 7ml (worth £6.07)
High Impact Mascara 4g  (worth £7.50)
Dramatically Different Moisturiser 30ml (worth £9) 
High Impact Lipstick full size (worth £15) *
Moisture Surge Thirst Relief moisturiser 30ml (worth £18) *


It's like your very own pick-and-mix Bonus Time, without having to buy three-products-one-to-be-skincare! You do have to buy a £2 magazine each time, but in most cases the product exceeds that in value. (And it's something to read on the train, isn't it?) I've starred the ones I've picked up myself. I especially recommend the eye cream, which even in this teeny quantity will last for ages. 


I'm sure that litterbins and recycling boxes all over Britain are groaning at the seams with unread copies of Glamour this week. The issue's on sale until 4th April, so don't hang about if you want to take advantage. 


I found out about this via MoneySavingExpert, who did the sums for the above values. (Obviously. I can't do sums.)

New Year Giveaway - the winners!

*Drumroll*

Our stupendous, enormous New Year Giveaway has drawn to a close, and we're now ready to announce our lucky winners! Step forward...

Rebecca
Ruth
Kat
A Student's Guide to Nailpolish
Sparklzandshine
Shiba
birminghamlady
and
Red

All our winners have been sent an email with details of their prizes. (Girls - get in touch and we'll arrange for them to be sent out ASAP!)

If you're still in a giveaway-type mood, check out our Vaseline Intensive Care giveaway for your chance to win a set of 4 lovely lip balms!

GIVEAWAY! Vaseline Lip Therapy Sticks sets for 5x winners!

Disclosure - prizes are provided by Vaseline

How are your lips this winter? Dry? Chapped? Sore?

If you answered "yes" (and then "ow") to the above, we've got good news for you. Vaseline have given us 5 sets of their new Lip Therapy sticks to give away to 5 fortunate LBR readers.

The sticks are the latest incarnation of the tried and trusted Vaseline Lip Therapy (also available in the familiar round tins), formulated with a blend of waxes and oils to keep lips moisturised and protected.

 Each set contains Original, Aloe, Rosy and Cocoa Butter variants, so you (and your lips) will be spoiled for choice.

To enter, just make sure you are following us either here via Google Friend Connect or on Facebook before 1st Feb 2011. Then leave us a comment below with your contact details. This competition is restricted to our UK readers.

And the winner is....

Thank you to all of you lovely people who follow and like us - we've collated all the names and chosen one at random.  Our lucky winner is....

Michelle Cooper!

Please get in touch via email with your address and we'll post your prize to you!

Last Chance for our Facebook & Followers Giveaway!

Just a gentle reminder that our Facebook and Followers giveaway closes tonight.  The lucky winner, who will bag themselves products including Kiehl's lipbalm, Cargo gloss, and Bourjois mascara, will most likely be announced on Friday!  You can find more info here.

Giveaway winners!

A massive thank you to everyone who entered our Dove, Vaseline and Sure giveaway, which closed yesterday. We absolutely loved reading all of your favourite "basics" and we've picked up lots of awesome-sounding recommendations from all of the readers who took the time to write an entry. So yes, thank you all!

Winners have just been selected using my very sophisticated randomised method - I ask my boyfriend to call out three numbers without telling him why. Quick, easy and totally impartial!

Our lucky winners are:

Ria
Liz
Sara Amorim

Congratulations guys - I've just emailed you to get your postal addresses.

If you didn't win, don't be downhearted! We've just launched a brand new competition which you can enter here. Don't say we aren't good to you.

Yet Another Giveaway: Facebook and Followers

Oh yes.  We're having yet another giveaway, this time of a random assortment of stuff we thought we'd put together as a giveaway for our lovely blog followers and people who like us on Facebook.

So, for your chance to win these lovely products...

• GOSH Gypsy Blue polish
• Soap and Glory Daily Smooth Body Butter
• CARGO Classic Timestrip Gloss in Alexandria (netural pink)
• Kiehl's Lip Balm #1 in Vanilla
• Bourjois Ultra Care Mascara in Noir

... simply ensure that you're a follower of the blog, and that you like us on Facebook.  You don't have to do both, but if you do, you'll get two entries as opposed to one.  The competition will close in three weeks (ish), at midnight on the 30th June.  Good luck!

Last chance! Our Dove, Vaseline and Sure giveaway ends tomorrow

If you haven't entered yet, go here now to win one of three sets of essential products from the brands above!

Three readers will each win;

• Dove Summer Glow Beauty Body Lotion  (RRP £4.99) 250ml
• Dove Original Beauty Cream Bar (RRP £1.54) 2x100g
• Dove Triple Moisturising Beauty Care body wash (RRP £1.99) 250ml
• Vaseline Intensive Rescue Soothing Hand Cream (RRP £3.39) 50ml
• Vaseline Intensive Moisture Locking Body Lotion (RRP £2.99) 250ml
• Sure Crystal Clear Aqua roll-on (RRP £1.69) 50ml
• Sure Maximum Anti-Perspirant Deodorant (RRP £4.99) 50ml

Good luck!

Giveaway - Dove, Vaseline and Sure hampers for 3 readers

Disclosure - prizes are provided by PR for the purposes of the competition


The sun is out in London and to improve the mood even more, we are giving away three massive bumper bundles of goodies from Sure, Vaseline and Dove.

Three individuals will win the following:

• Dove Summer Glow Beauty Body Lotion  (RRP £4.99) 250ml
• Dove Original Beauty Cream Bar (RRP £1.54) 2x100g
• Dove Triple Moisturising Beauty Care body wash (RRP £1.99) 250ml
• Vaseline Intensive Rescue Soothing Hand Cream (RRP £3.39) 50ml
• Vaseline Intensive Moisture Locking Body Lotion (RRP £2.99) 250ml
• Sure Crystal Clear Aqua roll-on (RRP £1.69) 50ml
• Sure Maximum Anti-Perspirant Deodorant (RRP £4.99) 50ml

The giveaway will run for 2 weeks from today (closing on Monday 7th June). To enter, just write us a comment telling us what your favourite "basics" are. That is, the day-to-day items that work best for you and that you return to time and again. Could be deodorant, nail polish remover, body wash, anything that you buy over and over because it works well for you.

Please also include an email address, Twitter @name, blog URL or similar so we can notify the winners and get their postal details.

Good luck!

Winner of our Hoochie OCC Lip Tar contest is...

Sarbeauty!

Congratulations Sarbeauty - please send us your address via email and we will arrange for your prize to be sent out to you.

WIN! "Hoochie" Lip Tar, a brand new shade from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics

As we reported earlier this week, OCC have just unleashed 4 new shades of their culter-than-cult Lip Tar - Complex, Demure, Hoochie and Vapid. They are exclusively available in the UK, along with the other 20 shades, from The Makeup Artist Boutique.

They can be pre-ordered now, and are expected to ship on 23rd March. (Use the promo code OCCLBR for 10% off your order.)

We are offering you the chance to win one of these new Spring shades - Hoochie (third from left, above) in conjunction with the girls at The Makeup Artist Boutique, who are supplying the prize.

To enter, just drop us a comment below, telling us what other products you would pair with Hoochie (for example, you might combine it with black cat-eye liner and a matching plum blush). If for some reason you're not yet following us (*nudge*, *wink*), please leave us your email address in the comment too.

The competition will close on Saturday 20th March at 12.00 GMT, when we will pick a winner at random from the entries.

(NB - Get Lippie is also giving away one of the new Lip Tars - head over to her page to enter.)