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Another Random Giveaway!

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As I’ve mentioned a few times now, I’ve got a big ole bag of goodies beside my desk that I throw brand new products into if I know I won’t  get the opportunity to use them/try them out and/or they’re duplicates of items I already own. I spent my entire weekend at IMATS, I really didn’t have a proper review type post ready to go for Monday morning… so that’s where this giveaway comes in!

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Here’s the current prize pack up for grabs:

  • QUO Brush Up! Brush Set
  • The Body Shop Oils of Life Intensely Revitalising Sleeping Cream
  • Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick in Retsina
  • Stila Color Balm Lipstick in Isabelle
  • Estee Lauder Le Rouge Absolu lipstick in Crushed Rose
  • Dior Couture Colour Lipstick in 999 Matte (mini)
  • essence BB Beauty Balm in Keep It Real
  • essence Keep It Perfect! Makeup setting spray
  • essence 2-in-1 eyeshadow and liner in Peach Perfect
  • essence Longlasting Lip Pencil in Ready For Red
  • essence Longlasting Lip Pencil in Sweetheart
  • Pixi Flawless Vitamin Veil Foundation in No.3 Tanned
  • QUO Brow Palette
  • GOSH Brow Sculpting Fibre Gel
  • GOSH Lash Sculpting Fibre Mascara
  • essence dip eyeliner waterproof
  • Absolute New York Duo Stroke liquid liner
  • Ready for Red Carpet makeup bag
  • And if the winner is from Canada, I’ll throw in some nail polishes as well. (I can’t send nail polish internationally unless I use Fedex, which is a bit too pricey for my blood.)

Giveaway Rules

  • This giveaway is open internationally!
  • This giveaway starts on October 3, 2016 and runs for two weeks.
  • Please be aware that all entries will be double checked to ensure fairness.
  • One winner will win the Beauty Prize Pack pictured and described above. 
  • The winner will have 48 hours to respond to my e-mail. If they fail to respond within that time frame, I will pick another prize winner. (And so on.)
  • “Giveaway accounts” will not be considered for this prize. (If you want to know what I mean by that, please click here.)

Good luck!

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Know Cosmetics – No Bare Brows (Review & Swatches)

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Know Cosmetics - No Bare Brows

Brand new from Know Cosmetics is their No Bare Brows Universal 4 in 1 Brow Fix!

Know Cosmetics - No Bare Brows
Know Cosmetics – No Bare Brows

Retailing for $24 CAD (although I was unable to find it on Sephora just yet), No Bare Brows promises a buildable colour that is suitable for blondes all the way up to darker, bolder brows. On one end is the pencil itself, and the other, an invisible taming wax.

Know Cosmetics - No Bare Brows
Know Cosmetics – No Bare Brows

No Bare Brows also comes with a sharpener and a brush tip that you can slot on top of the pencils. Personally, I preferred to stick with the clear caps and use my usual spoolie.

Know Cosmetics - No Bare Brows swatch
Know Cosmetics – No Bare Brows swatch

I was quite skeptical that a single brow pencil would be able to cover a wide range of brow colours, but I was pretty impressed when I swatched it. The shade appears pale enough for blondes and was blissfully not too warm toned.

My bare brow
My bare brow
Wearing No Bare Brows
Wearing No Bare Brows

As you can see from the before and after shots above, I have barely any tail end to my brows and definitely not much in terms of definition. No Bare Brows was able to help define my shape and carve it out. Interestingly, the brow pencil side itself had enough “adhesive” in the formula to keep my brows from moving so I really didn’t need the taming wax at all (rendering that half of the pencil completely redundant for me).

However… I’m not really sold on it for me. This was the lightest I could manage to do my brows and it still turned out too dark for my hair colour. I can get away with it, but it never looks completely natural to me. You’ll also notice a few little “chunks” in my brow… this was the result of doing my usual stroking method to create some sense of a brow. And I get it, it’s layering itself so that it can be used for darker haired people – however, it means you have to nail your brow shape on your first go through, otherwise you risk getting too many dark chunks in your brows.  These chunkier bits were almost impossible to comb through because they had such a thick waxy consistency that adhered to my brows like glue (which is both a good and bad thing).

The other downside for me is that although the pencil does contain enough wax to keep my brows in place, it’s also somehow soft and required a lot of sharpening. I was sharpening this product every time I did my brows and I felt like I was wasting a lot of product. That being said, longevity was excellent and I noticed no fading or smudging throughout the day.

So sadly… this one was a pass for me. 🙁

The product featured in this post was sent to me for consideration.

Another Random Beauty Giveaway!

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I don’t have a new post for you today, but I figured a beauty giveaway would suffice! As I’ve mentioned before, I keep a bag of goodies by my desk of brand new products I’ve received duplicates of and/or just don’t need that I’ve somehow accrued (like via beauty conventions, purchased, swaps, etc.). I pulled a few items together and came up with this prize pack:

  • Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick in Musk
  • Bioderma Hydrabio Serum
  • Jealous Body Scrub Grapeseed + Mcadamia coffee scrub (see my previous reviews here and here)
  • Royal & Langnickle MODA EZGLAM DUO (pointed and flat tip lip brush)
  • QUO Lip Gloss Set (contains six glosses)
  • The Body Shop Body Butter in Coconut (mini size)
  • essence Longlasting eye pencil in 01 Black Fever
  • NIVEA Creme
  • Brows before Beaus makeup bag

Giveaway Rules

  • This giveaway is open internationally!
  • This giveaway starts on August 15, 2016 and runs for two weeks.
  • Please be aware that all entries will be double checked to ensure fairness.
  • One winner will win the Beauty Prize Pack pictured and described above. 
  • The winner will have 48 hours to respond to my e-mail. If they fail to respond within that time frame, I will pick another prize winner. (And so on.)
  • “Giveaway accounts” will not be considered for this prize. (If you want to know what I mean by that, please click here.)

Good luck!

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