Random facts: October is my favourite month and 16 is my favourite number.
However, it was by sheer accident that my very first post launched Makeup Your Mind on October 16, 2013. (It was an uninteresting introduction post, but you can see my first set of makeup looks I posted right here.) Looking back it’s a bit cringe-inducing as the photos definitely leave a lot to be desired, but like with any project – no one starts out an expert!
I started the blog during the worst year of my life (personal shit!). I had almost no IRL friends (that’s what playing five years of World of Warcraft will get you) and I needed to find some way to connect with people in the real world. The best way I knew how to do that was via the internet as the bulk of my friends and significant others I’ve had over the years have actually been from finding like-minded people on various internet forums! Having created fan sites in my mid-teens and a personal blog in my early 20s, I decided a makeup blog would be the thing I would most be interested in talking about now (although I did worry I’d run out of content!).
The first year was kind of like talking into the abyss, but it worked for me. I got to yammer on about makeup, share what I was wearing on my face and I posted about three times a week. I didn’t get a lot of recognition as I was totally unfamiliar with using social media to point people in my direction (hell, I didn’t have a Twitter account prior to creating the blog and my Instagram account is still less than a year old right now!). Comments and views started to snowball as soon as I connected with the women behind the Canadian Beauty Bloggers network. Not only were there people in my own country talking about the exact same things I was, but they were also in my own city! It’s now another year later and I see some of these people twice a month or more. I’ve attended IMATS with them. I’ve run races with them. I see them at PR events. I go on vacation with them. I have brunch with them. It’s made me feel connected to people again and it’s been wonderful.
So where’s this blog heading? Hell if I know, but it’s definitely not stopping any time soon!
Giveaway Time!
SO ANYWAY. The point of this post was to point out my blog hit two years old and I’d like someone to win my favourite palette of the year. I’ve reached for the Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar palette a lot since its release in December last year and I wanted someone else out there to have it.
This is my beaten up version of the palette, but you’ll be receiving a brand spanking new one. If you want to know a bit more about the Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar palette you can see swatches here, or a Challenge Week here.
Giveaway Rules
- This giveaway is open internationally!
- This giveaway starts on October 16, 2015 and runs for three weeks.
- Please be aware that all entries will be double checked to ensure fairness.
- Once the winner has been contacted, they will have 48 hours to provide me with their mailing address. If the winner fails to respond within that time frame, I will pick another winner. (And so on.)
- “Giveaway accounts” will not be considered for this prize.
Good luck!