To kick off my birthday month and get into the spirit of the upcoming holiday season I thought I’d give some stuff away. That’s right, I’ll be giving away some spanking new makeup from my personal stash! The winner will be chosen randomly. I’ll be doing regular giveaways from here on, so don’t forget to check back! Prize will be the winner’s choice of one of the following:
A. Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette
B. Mac Spiced Chocolate quad & Naked To The Core lipstick
C. Surprise Goodie Bag chosen by me–guaranteed not to suck! Will contain brand new makeup items of my choice with same or higher retail value as option A or B.
Here’s how to enter: reply to this post and tell me two things: which prize you choose if you’re the lucky winner, and what makeup or beauty product you most want to get your hands on right now. My answer: Clarisonic Skincare Brush.
Rules/terms: Enter from now until Wednesday, Sepember 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be notified by email Thursday, September 4th and announced here on this blog Monday, September 8th. Contestants must use a valid email address when replying to post in order to be notified if chosen as a winner. Winner will be required to supply a valid full name and address to send prize to. If winner does not comply with these terms or does not respond to winning notification within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen at random. Limited to US addresses only. Approximate ARV of all prizes is $50 USD.
I would love to win the shimmering nudes palette! I would most like to get my hands on the Irisdescent leather palette from Dior!
Thanks for the contest, Im enjoying browsing your blog!
Dang! I cannot believe you’re funding this giveaway! I’m sort of in shock.
Most ardently desired makeup item: a Shu #10 Natural brush. Even though I do not need any more makeup brushes. I realize I have a problem.
Prize: I’d take the mystery surprise. Both A and B are stupendous… and A is pretty darn tempting, but I can’t resist the surprise.
What an awesome contest!
My current greatest lemming: MAC Spiced Chocolate quad and Manish Arora eyeshadow palette
I would choose B, the Spiced Chocolate quad and Naked to the Core lipstick
It would definitely be hard to choose because I really want Shimmering Nudes but don’t want to pay for it…and I really want Spiced Chocolates but was scared to spend my own money on it because I didn’t know if the color would be good for me….and I reallllllllllly like surprises!
I’m going to have to go with C!
and I’m dying to try the new Target Lines but the single item I want so bad right now? Definitely Nars blush in Mounia! I just can’t seem to push myself over that ledge!
Great Contest!
Oooh. I think I’d looove all three. Love A and B. Love surprises.
Forced to choose, I’d say B!
Thing I’d most like if I were a gazillionaire is the Tanda light therapy system. thing I most likely to purchase in the next bit is just laura mercier tinted mouisterizer.
If I were to win, I’d choose A or C. The only reason I chose to reply is that I can’t think of a #1 lemming! CRAZY. I guess my #1 lemming could be the best undereye concealer ever known to man (that actually matches little pink me), because I have not been sleeping well.
PS your nail fungus post cracked me up. I’m sorry to laugh at your despair at possibly having nail fungus on your lips…
and you and I share sentiments on Casey Anthony. Too bad torture is illegal.
Since I already own option B (& it is fantastic) I would choose option A, I need a good neutral palette seeing as I will have to start a serious job search soon (I’m a college junior). My number one lemming at the moment is a high quality brush set, i.e. Shu, Chanel, etc. I have a few nice brushes from MAC & NARS, but I really need to round out my collection.
What a fun idea! I’d love to enter for the BB Shimmering Nudes palette! The makeup item I’ve been most wanting and can’t seem to locate is Lancome Erika F. Thanks!!
Wow! How fun! And how generous of you! Although all of the gift items sound fantastic, I think I’d choose option C, because I love surprises! And as for my current lemming, that would be an Amazing Cosmetics Kabuki Brush. But it’ll be something completely different next week! 😛 Thanks for the fun contest! And happy (early) birthday!
I would chose Option C if I won! I love surprises!
I’m most wanting to get my hands on Origins Ginger Glimmer
Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette looks great!
unless of course C has mac or rescue beauty lounge nail lacquer in it 🙂
I am on a uber pale blush kick right now. So – my current lemmings are Chanel Luna and Clinique Snowflake. Yes, they are white LOL.
Hmmm….this is a tough choice Jenn – I think I’d have to go with C and be surprised 🙂
MAC Spiced Chocolate quad is what I want but am lemming the tempting quad.
Happy early Birthday friend.
The BB Shimmering Nudes palette would be a dream one to own.
My biggest lemming right now is that Tända Regenerate Anti-Aging Starter Kit. If it worked and I could afford it, I’d be in heaven.
If I won, I would choose Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette. My #1 lemming is Kevyn Aucoin SSE (I want to find my HG fndt) or BB shimmering nudes palette (I love neutrals), but being a student, it’s a little hard to have everything you want, ya know?
PS. Your blog is awesome! Keep up the great work. Also, happy (upcoming) birthday! 🙂
Oooh! Such choices, choices! 😀 To be perfectly honest, I would take any of them in a heartbeat, being the makeup-loving freak that I am. ^-^ But if I absolutely *had* to chose, I would go with choice C and the glorious surprises that it will bring. I’ve found that in my experience as a swapper, sometimes the extras that are picked out especially for you end up surpassing the item you had originally set out to get. I guess it’s just a combination of gratitude and the utter pleasure of knowing that the items you are receiving were picked up especially for you and the other person was going far above and beyond their duty in doing so. Lemmings can be fulfilling once you get your hands on them, but it’s the kindness and thoughtfulness of the other swapper that lasts with you, even when you’ve hit pan or bottle.
At the moment, my absolute number one lemming would have to be some nice brushes. 🙂 At the moment, I only have a meager assortment of drugstore brushes ranging from the Essence of Beauty line to ecoTools. I must admit that ecoTools brushes are quite lovely and the ever-popular Essence of Beauty brushes pale in comparison. However, I find that with lower end lines you might not necessarily sacrifice quality for the cheaper price, but you do have to give up versatility and range. It’s easy to find a great powder brush or blush brush for under twenty dollars, but what about a fan brush or skunk brush? It’s always great to keep your options open, but a girl has to have *some* nice brushes! 🙂
Anyhow, have a great birthday and thank you for your kindness, both from past swaps and your future giveaway.
Wishing you all the best!
I am lemming Bobbi Brown’s Shimmering nudes, so that would be my choice for both questions! 😀
Why? See my screename! 😛
Love the blog, bookmarked! Thanks so much!
Hey there-great and informative blog and wishing you a happy happy and great upcoming year.
Suprisingly, I would select the MAC quad if given a choice and I use that term because I’m so not a palette person as I find despite my attempts to be neat, all the colors run into the others but these hues are awesome and would totally make my baby blues pop, maybe right out of my head.
I’ve been browsing magazines, catalogues, blogs, and stores galore, and believe it or not, I find that I most want to try Shu Uemura’s new drawing pencil in Purple both as a tribute to an unbelievable artist that we lost too soon, and because even though there are pencils, pots, and palettes with shadows to line and define, this purple pencil (I’ve been using drawing pencils for a long time now) are the most convenient way to get a perfect long-lasting line.
Hi! Of course I would have to go with the surprise option C.
I’m most lemming ANYTHING that will be coming out by Urban Decay for the holidays. Holding my breath until then…
I would totally pick the BB shimmering nudes palette! I love all teh colors and they seem so versatile! The item I would most like to get my hands on would be the MJ Daisy perfume!
The spiced chocolate quad looks so pretty on everyone i’ve seen wear it, so i would definitely love prize B.
And lately i’ve been really wanting to get my hands on a Becca cream blush.
Hi! If I was the lucky one – i would go for B. I just made my first MAC purchase and Im hooked!
The item I am most wanting is a 15 pan palette with neutral eye shadows from MAC!
Thank you for this contest!!! I love your blog!!!
Wow. I stumbled in from Makeupalley. What an amazing thing you’re doing. Happy Birthday! September is my b-day month too. If I won, I would choose the Bobbi Brown shimmering nudes because that happens to be what I’m lemming most at the moment. I’m also trying to make up my mind about MAC’s blond gold pigment. I’m bookmarking you. I’ll be back.
What a great and kind idea! The BB Shimmering Nudes palette looks right up my alley. 🙂 At the moment, I’m currently lemming Stila Tinted Moisturizer (old formula), as I ran out of it few months ago and have since only been working with my NYC Coverstick concealer. I’m a cheap college student, haha. Luckily, my skin hasn’t had too many problems lately.
Thank you Beautysleeping for the generous giveaway, and good luck to all participants!
I’d like the surprise goody bag.
Hi there!
Lovely thing you’re doing here btw 🙂
If I had to choose, I’d have to go for the surprise bag, I can’t resist *crosses fingers*
And right now…I’m dying to get my hands on a Dior Shimmer Star Powder in Amber Diamond (ya hear that Sephora!)
Bookmarking your blog!
I would really like to get my hands on some new MAC eye shadow brushes. If I win this contest I would like the Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes palette.
Thanks
Rose Van Heusen
I’d go with door #3. love surprises! my dream product: smash box eye makeup. still haven’t tried smashbox!
Hi, I hope your birthday is fun!
My lemming (other than perfume!) is MAC Pompous Blue shadow, and Urban Decay Primer Potion. If I won I’d like #2, love the richness of MAC colors! Thanks for sharing!
Great Giveaway Beautysleeper 🙂 I am absoluely addicted to covergirl amazemint lipgloss in freedom of peach 🙂
If I won I would have to choose the MAC stuff, I love anything MAC in warm colors.
I would have to chose the grab bag, got to love excitement!! I would love to get my hands on more Mac fluidlines. I have richground and brassy with sweet sage on the way and I LOVE them!! Cool Blog!
I would choose “A’..but not for me….I have it. I would give it to the sweet, generous swapper I am swapping with right now.
I am most wanting to get my hands on Cosmedicine’s Optimologist eye cream.
This generosity doesn’t surprise me at all. You are a very kind & generous soul.
My desired prize would be the Goodie bag surprise kit because I love surprises, and love the fun party graphic you chose!
My biggest lemming/desire is the Clarisonic too-I’m hoping it’ll make all the MU I wear look even better!
Thanks for doing this!
I would definitely pick the mystery prize! For some reason, I feel the need to pick out the same kinds of colors from every brand, so if someone chooses for me, perhaps I’ll try something new!
However, with that said, I want to try a bunch of things from the new Too Faced collection! That smokey eye palette is calling my name…
You are such a sweet gal and I’m enjoying your blog quite a bit 🙂
1. I would choose the Spiced Chocolate quad and lipstick because I love the versatility of the colors in it (and they’re also perfect for fall!). Something about the dark yet bright hues in that quad reflect on fall and look great with all eye colors. The lipstick would also be a nice addition as every gal should have one great nude lipstick (IMO).
2. I am dying to get my hands on a GA Lip Wax. I need something long lasting on my lips that won’t flake away or shrivel my lips up, and these appear to be the answer to that.
🙂 Have a great day!
I’d definitely choose the Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes palette, as I’ve been stuck in a bit of a nude eye rut lately….
As for my most desired product… As of late, I’ve been hearing wonderful things about the GA Lip Waxes, and 4 looks gorgeous. I’m also on the look out for a foundation or primer that will keep my face from looking ridiculously shiny within an hour.
Great idea for this giveaway, by the way! 😀
I’d love to have the Bobbi Brown shimmering nudes pallette. The MAC stuff would be awesome, too, though. Right now, I would like to find a really good facial exfoliator that won’t leave my skin red. Any suggestions?
Wow, what a great giveaway! I’d choose the Bobbi Brown Palette, which is gorgeous. And I’d love to get my hands on a bell jar of Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque or El Attarine. THANKS!
How nice of you to celebrate your birthday by giving something away! I love the look of your blog.
I would have to choose Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette because I don’t have any Bobbi Brown yet. It looks like a versatile and wearable palette. Thanks for the chance to win!
My biggest lemming right now is Giorgio Armani Lip Wax No. 1 because it sounds like a miracle product–and who doesn’t need that?
hapy Birthday month to you! What a great blog and what a nice contest!
If I could choose my fave thing off the list it would be the Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette. It looks like shades that would be perfect for me. I have hardly any nude shades either so it would be of great use for me!
My current biggest lemming is Josie Maran everything! if I had to choose only one thing from her collection though it would be her Wildflower Palette.
Great contest and good luck to whoever wins. 🙂
Hi, great blog!
I would choose the Mac Spiced Chocolate quad & Naked To The Core lipstick to win because those colors look perfect for fall and I don’t own any MAC yet and would love to try it!
My biggest lemming right now is the Cargo Color Eyeshadow Quad in London, the colors are so vivid and pretty. They look like they would be nice and pigmented.
🙂
I would pick the Suprise Goodie Bag because who doesn’t like a nice suprise? It’s too fun!
My current drool-worthy lemming lately is Guerlains beautiful Pressed Meteorites in Mythic. It looks so chic and I love the packaging.
Which prize you choose if you’re the lucky winner?
BB’s Shimmering Nudes palette – I’ve had my eye on the beauty for a little while now.
What makeup or beauty product you most want to get your hands on right now?
Probably Rescue Beauty Lounge’s nail lacquer in Square Pants – a slightly jellied pale yellow. It’s absolutely *gorgeous* – not chalky at all and it’s named after my favourite cartoon to boot 🙂
My prize choice has to the be goody bag as I don’t get many surprises these days
My current wish is for a bottle of the Ed Hardy fragrance with the skulls painted on the side. It’s not available in the UK (as yet – how surprising!!) and I don’t more information on it. I just saw it in Allure and fell in love with the bottle.
Thanks for the contest – what a lovely gesture! 🙂
I’d love the Bobbi Brown shadows but I’m currently dreaming about buying more UD eyeshadows.
I’d like the Surprise option! I love surprises, especially makeup related ones 😀
Right now, I’m wanting a NARS artist palette. I dont have any palettes, and I saw this at Sephora and thought it was so pretty.
My pick would be the Shimmering Nudes palette.
The makeup item I most desire at the moment would be Chanel Joues Contraste blush in Narcisse.
There’s no way I could choose anything but C! Surprises are so much fun 🙂 And honestly, I have this awful persistent lemming for Lipstick Queen products. I got one and now I want them ALL-but they’re only in store at Barney’s and the closest is so far away. Buying lipsticks blind just doesn’t work for me! Oh well, eventually…
Option C … Love the thought of a surprise !!!!
I am looking to try other brands , I have some MAC and Clinique …. ut If i had spare money …. I would be after pigments and trying new eyeliners 🙂
I would pick the Surprise Goodie Bag… I love surprises and I know you wouldn’t disappoint!
The one thing I want most right now is MAC Lipglass in Jampacked. Sold out all around me sadly.
🙂 Thanks for the conest, it’s so much fun.
I would choose number 3 because I am forever in love with being surprised.
Also, the Spiced Chocolate Quad is too warm for me, and the Shimmering Nudes palette just does not attract me.
I guess I am too abstruse of a person. I don’t know why I can’t seem to want the Shimmering Nudes palette as everyone else seems to be infatuated with it.
😀
Right now, I really want some Lunasol palettes. I’ve really been interested in Asian makeup brands lately.
I also want the Laura Mercier stickgloss in Brown Sugar or Creme lip color in Dry Rose equally as much.
I would love the Shimmering Nudes palette; it’s stunning.
Right now my major lemming is the Too Faced Snow Bunny bronzer. I want it so badly; I am too pale.
I’d choose Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes palette were I to win; the product I most want to get my hands on right now would have to be Trish McEvoy’s Little Black Card in either Sable Collection or Simply Gorgeous.
This is an amazingly generous giveaway!
If I won I’d be interested in B or C. C, especially if it was one of the items I’m wanting! lol.
Right now I really want to get my hands on a Yves Saint Laurent Ombres 5 Lumieres palette, a NARS Artist Palette, or Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow in Iridescent Leather!!
Awesome website, I can’t wait to check out more of it!
Hello! This is my first time entering into a blog contest! If I were to be the lucky winner (and I can’t remember the last time I’ve won anything — why can’t I be like my mother who always wins whenever she enters random lucky draws?) I would definitely choose C. I get excited just receiving packages that I’VE ORDERED and know their exact contents, but to receive a package being totally clueless about what’s inside kicks up the excitement level by ten folds! I’m getting excited just thinking about it :).
Onto my lemming: I’m helplessly lusting after the new Chanel Smoky Eyes Quad. I always end up wearing neutral eyeshadow, so I want to try out dark smoky eyes and maybe…just MAYBE if I’m brave enough, dark lips for the fall to match. I want to master smoky eyes and I’m thinking getting the Quad will convince me to try verrry hard to get the look right.
Thanks for hosting this contest and have a WONDERFUL birthday!
I would love to have prize package A, Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes palette. I think that would look really nice on me and I could share it with my daughter.
Thanks for the giveaway.
My most ardently desired cosmetic is that Foundation that blends with your skin tone, i think it’s by Covergirl. I never seem to have enough money when there is a sale, and then no sale when i have money 😦
I want the “Surprise Goodie Bag” I LOVE surprises.
How generous of you! I just did a similar thing on my blog in july (my birthday month)
and I know how much fun it is !! Thanks for doing this and Happy Birthday my firend 🙂
I would have to choose option B since it looks so much FUN!
What I am lemming right now and will be my next buy is the YSL foundation.
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Hi, I’d love the Surprise Goody Bag coz I always love the thrill of surprises : )
And I’m dying to try the 28 Neutral Palette from Coastal Scents
Thanx!
I’d choose the Shimmering Nudes Palette! Right now I’d love to get my hands on Dior’s Iridescent Leather quad.
I’d totally choose the surprise…who doesn’t love a surprise, especially a beauty related one?
Biggest beauty lemming? A ton of the new fall polish colors from OPI and China Glaze!
I can’t believe that your are doing this. Wow! You are a sweetheart. I would love the Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette. I was drooling over it at the mall today. I am trying to get my hands on MAC Port Red from the past Naughty Nauticals collection. I think it might be the red I have been dreaming of but I missed the boat (pun intended). I love your site. Thanks so much.
i would love option C since i love surprises especially those guaranteed not to suck!!! 🙂
i have been most lemming a Bond 9 fragrance!!!
Thanks for the great giveaway offer! I would choose the surprise pack, because I love surprises!
My current most coveted beauty item? The Sephora daily moisturizer with 40 spf. I don’t remember the name, but an auntie had a tube of it and gave me some when I forgot my usual lotion. It’s great!
Most coveted beauty item? Hmmmm. I’m gonna go with Pleasureseeker from the Neo Sci-Fi MAC collection! It seemed like such a pretty peachy colour that I totally missed out on, and I’m this close to paying $25 on Ebay for it.
The prize I’d choose..I’d love C, but I think I’d play it safe and go B. I love MAC, I love lipstick, I love eyeshadow, and I love the words “Limited Edition”.
ps. i’m in australia, but i have an american address for you to send things to (:
I really want the NARS best palette, but of course I waited until Nordstrom is out of it.
And if I won, I’d choose the BB shimmering nudes palette.
Thanks for the cool contest!
What a great idea! Kudos to you for being so generous.
All of the choices are fantastic! The BB palette and the quad are both really tempting, but I’d have to go with choice C. Who doesn’t love a Surprise Goodie Bag!?
I really have my eye on Curvy Lip Silicone by Sony.
Ever since I saw it described on A Touch Of Blusher, I’ve been really thinking about trying to get my hands on a tube.
The cute picture on the package is reason enough alone.
Congratulations to whomever wins the contest! ❤
Lovely contest – thanks for running it! If I won I’d be most tempted by either A or C… I love surprises, but I think I’d go with the BB palette in the end.
The product I’m lemming these days is the No! No! epilator. Haven’t been able to convince myself to pull the trigger on that purchase just yet…
Cheers!
I would most like to win the mystery lot! As I am approaching *cough* 40, I need a little diversion and excitement in my beauty life! I most lem a Shu #10 natural brush or a Nars Kabuki.
I hope you have a very happy birthday!!
If I won, I would most like the Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes palette since I will be starting student teaching soon – I’ll need some neutrals to wear to work! Right now, I am really wanting Chanel Narcisse and some more glossimers since I only have 1!
Thanks for doing this – it is going to make someone very happy!
I would pick B. Mac Spiced Chocolate quad & Naked To The Core lipstick..right now,I am wanting Dior palette #539.
First of all, thanks for this giveaway! Even if I don’t win, it’s a nice thing to see:).
If I did win, I think I’d pick the Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes. I’ve always shied away from nudes because I’m fair and cool-toned, and the nudes makeup artists have tried on me in the past made me look like I should be an extra on Six Feet Under. But the BB palette looks like it might not have that effect!
I’m currently lemming the new Chanel Mascara in brown. Ever since Estee Lauder discontinued my HG mascara, I’ve been on a quest to find one that gives good curl, doesn’t smudge, and doesn’t make me look too Kabuki-ish.
which prize you choose if you’re the lucky winner: Most definitely the surprise! I love surprises!!!!!!
what makeup or beauty product you most want to get your hands on right now: would I be crazy if I said all the MAC e/s’s that I’ve been lemming? If I had to limit it to one item, I’m still looking for my HG foundation. I think I want to try out MUFE’s stuff!
I think this is an awesome thing you’re doing!!!
I’d like to win B – the MAC makeup. What I want right now? Some Laura Mercier concealer that I’ve been lusting after. tinawittmer(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love the BB Shimmering Nudes palette – I’m a sucker for nudes, really.
What I’m lemming right now? That’s a tough one. I am perpetually on the search for the perfect nude lip gloss, that gives enough color with absolutely no shimmer, but still with depth. I can’t find one. Can you make a recommendation?
As for a real, named, extant product that I’d like, right now that would have to be the Becca’s Turkish Rose cream blush. I want it so badly but I hate to spend that much on just a blush. I might have to cave in one of these days.
I’d love prize package C! surprises rock! 🙂
my most current makeup want is: Benefit, you rebel!
thanks for a fun giveaway! && happy birthday! * ohhellofriend@gmail.com
I really want the Nars Best Palette, but I can’t find it anywhere. If I won, I’d choose option C. Love surprises!
I choose B. Mac Spiced Chocolate quad & Naked To The Core lipstick.
I would like to get Stilla eyeshadow palette the front row look
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Wow Jenn, awesome blog! I enjoyed reading about your daily combat missions with your little party animals.=)
I would love to win the BB Shimmering Nudes palette, so that I can enable my mom into the wonderful world of taupe eyeshadows. There’s just something so irresistible about them. I really need to get my hands on Clarins Bright Plus SPF 20 Day Lotion. I’ve resigned myself and my CC to the fact that it is HG for my skin, even though it is so darn expensive!
Okay, time’s up! I’ll be doing the drawing using a randomizer software first thing tomorrow morning and notifying the lucky winner immediately afterwards. Good luck, ladies! 🙂
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