Christmas giveaway

Yes, this time I really am holding a giveaway! Since my Bday is on 26th December, and it's Xmas and all, I'm planning on finish this fast, so the package may get to the winner in time!^^

Let's see the prizes:

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Etude House Proof 10 Eye Primer (waterproof, works 10+hours and just awesome, review to come)

Max Factor 2000 Calorie mascara (yes, the famous 2000 calorie, I've been using it for ages)

Oriflame Beauty Gloss Cocoon (Pink Sugar)

Essence Surfer Babe Refreshing Lipgloss (review)

Essence Metallics quatro eyeshadow and gel eyeliner palette (01 Nothing else metals. Inexpensive alternate for Lunasol Lighting for eyes 05 Khaki palette. Realized I haven't posted the review for Lunasol, but will)

Essence Metallics Magnetic Nail Polishes (02 Copper Rulez, 04 Nothing Else Metals)

Essence Metallics Nail Polish Magnet

L'Occitane aprés-shampooing conditioner with 5 essential oils for dry and damaged hair

and

sweeeeeeets =D

Isn't it a bit Essence overloaded? HAHA This latest, Metallics edition is really cool, and these are the best products from the collection. If you wonder what the nailpolish magnet is for....it works with the magnetic nail polishes, moves the metallic particles in the nail polish to create stripes as you want. Fun to play with.

I will ship internationally.

The rules:

• Leave a comment with a mail address I can reach you in case you're the winner
• You don't have to be a follower, but if you are (through Google Friend Connect on the left side) you get an extra entry
• If you post, tweet, mention on Facebook about this giveaway, you get another entry for each way. Don't forget to include a link here in a comment so I can check it out!
• Entries must be made before 12pm 12th December (Sunday) time zone: GMT+1
• Winner will be choosen randomly
• I'm gonna publish and contact the winner the next day, 13th (Monday)
• Winner must reply within 3 days or I have to choose another person. 

To sum up the ways you may gain points:

• comment with e-mail
• be a follower (+1)
• post, tweet, FB (+1 for each method)

Thank you and good luck!

And please, let me have at least 10 contestants, okay? =D

I'm back! - L'Occitane Shea Butter Mini Hand Cream

Now I'm officially back!

Actually, I came home on Monday, but I had to cath up on things....sort out my mails, read your blog posts (sorry, if I didn't comment, I did read every single word!) had to play a lot on Facebook LOL

You know, such stupid sthings....

Yesterday I scored a new cam, Panasonix Lumix DMC-FS42. It's no Nikon or Canon and not a DSLR either, but daaaaaamn! It's way better than my Samsung I used so far! No more blurry pics becoz of my shaky hands! And the videos it makes are better quality too! And the colors! oooooh so much more lively! ^^

The bad thing is I can't keep it! It belongs to the office where Mom works. They usually don't need it, so I could take it, you know, "borrowed" it, but whenever they need to make photos, I have to give it back! @_@ That is, if another worker won't claim it....So now I play with it all day long! HAH

I'm baaaaad~~~~~

Now, onto the subject I wanted to show for a while now: L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream

I bought it before Christmas, as a present for myself LOL I went to the (only) L'Occitane store we have here with the idea to get a hand cream with a Christmas-y scent. You know, cinnamon, apple, something like that. The SA was very nice, I had to sniff like everything they had, even tho I told her I wanted only a hand cream....They didn't have anything that could have reminded me of Xmas, so I settled for this cream.

I have very dry hands (wash them too much) and rub my eyes like crazy. Cheapo hand creams cause eye irritation, so I asked for one that wouldn't hurt my eyes. The woman recommended this, with shea butter.

A super-smoothing--and best-selling--synergy of 20% Shea Butter, honey and sweet almond extract, blended with the light and alluring aromas of jasmine and ylang-ylang essences. Texturally pleasing balm glides on and miraculously absorbs to help heal and protect dry or dehydrated skin. Anti-oxidizing vitamin E helps nourish. Invites even the most hard-working hands to a fresh beginning.

To tell the truth, I hate jasmine, but I put up with it, as the cream is amazing! No drug store hand creams are comparable! And I tried quite a few. My skin is smooth like a baby's after usage! mmm heavenly! And it doesn't irritate my eyes either!

The packaging is ugly IMHO. Looks like aluminim, but is plastic in fact.

I bought the travel/mini size product, as it costs 10 USD (even here, in Hungary HOOOO That's rare!) But I think that's pretty expensive for mere 30ml/1.oz!!!

The full size tube is $26, for 5.2 .oz. That's like..what? 160ml? Much better price wise!

However, spending 26 bucks for that little amount...even tho it's a miracle product...I don't think so I'd do it.

Sorry for the dent on the tube. I try to use small amounts of cream to make it last long HEHE See the pretty packaging? I didn't want to break the seal, so I waited till Xmas evening to open it LOL

Those, who shoped before at L'Occitane! Is that the normal gift wrapping or it's a Christmas theme? I'd vote for the latter, but I don't have much experience, as this hand cream was my first purchase =D

Well, have you tried other products of the brand? Are they good too? I'm not a big fan of skin care products made of natural ingredients only (synthetic ones proved to be better) but this hand cream is GOOD!

Xmas prezzies

So, this year's Xmas wasn't as fruitful as before. Thanks to the economic state and the financial breakdown my family is in.
But Little Jesus...*cough* Santa for you, did visited me and dropped some things that made me real happy:

• underwears - who doesn't get any? You know, one always needs some new garments ;D
• fairily good smelling shower gels
• tote bag - big, red and laquered. Something I fear to wear. It's too girly! But I must start wearing such stuff, right?
• knitted pullover - noo it's not that what you think of! It's more like a shirt. See through, so you can add whatever under it, and the arm part...OMG Love it's like a poncho, but isn't. Something I can't describe. It's interesting nontheless! Any piece of material that holds a bit of interesting part is a win-win for me! So the arms made this super valuable and loved! ^.^ 
• leather gloves - YEY! You know leather gloves are IN this season! And this is thankfully not that artificial leather.....real Romanian material! Yumm! I soo needed a pair of gloves that does not let wind blow through! *_*  
• parfume - It's a scent for teens but totally my taste and lingers for a loooong time! Winner!
• lots of empty DVDs - I know, sounds lame, but I'm always in need for them. My Jrock and Korean drama and such addiction requires great investment......More than 400 disks, plus the tens that are not in the database yet. =.= Yes, I have a database organizing every single disk so I know where to look for the needed things.....argh I'm sick! X_X
• some theater play or concert CDs - dunno what these are exactly. Haven't checked them yet LOL

And the highlights and beauty related items are the ones I bought for myself (previously)!

• Shiseido The Makeup Silky Eye Shadow Quad (Q1) - review coming!
• L'Occitane Shea Hand Cream - you know, the basic one with 20% shea butter. My first purchase of the brand and I'm in officially in Heaven! (And in Hell becoz of the price! LOL) Review coming!

So, what did YOU find under the tree?