HoF giveaway winner | Wishlist

 

Coat | MK Sandals | Tote Bag | Candle | Coffee Machine

I've been a very lucky girl! Last week I received a little letter from the lovely Hayley from Frock me I'm famous after winning her House of Fraser £100 voucher giveaway. And as I've not had time to actually spend it yet, I thought I'd have a gander on the website and create a little wish list. Obviously I cant have all of the above items but they're definitely things I'm considering!

Ok so first up is the coat from Glamorous, I had one very similar to this but more of a boyfriend fit (see here) however I accidentally left it in a bar, & forgot which one it was left in! - Doh! And at £25.50 this coat is an absolute steal, probably because it's spring & lets face it, we won't need coats for much longer, but still, I love the tweed and leather contrast.

I'm also completely in love with these Michael Kors sandals, they're exactly what I need for SS14. Simple, classy and fabulous! I'm almost certain that I'll be purchasing these if my local HoF store stocks them.. I also loved the Radley tote bag. I'm one of these crazy bag ladies that completely hoards handbags, recycle bags, any kind of bag! - So I thought, why not have a designer tote? & for £10 it's something too affordable not to buy.

Since moving into my new home with Creature, we've been buying loads of appliances but one thing I've wanted for the longest time is a coffee machine, This Nespresso machine comes in at a reasonable £89.99 and in a rage of colours. Although I'm pretty sure I'd go with a bright red one to brighten up my kitchen. & finally, no HoF wish list would be complete without at least considering splurging on Yankee Candles, I've a serious obsession with the brand and drive Creature crazy buying them all the time, but they make our flat smell delicious.

If you had £100 to spend in House of Fraser, what would you buy?

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Etail PR | £250 worth of goodies competition win!

 

 

 

 

Can you believe it? The fabulous people over at EtailPR hosted a competition on Facebook to win a goody bag filled with £250 worth of beauty goodies & vouchers. And it was Bo Blabs name who was plucked out the virtual hat.

 

I can't express enough thanks to EtailPR, in particular Kim, who was a great help through all my postage & courier traumas. - Some how my concierge service signed for the package but never told me they were here for 2 days! Picture me having a fit because I thought the package was lost in the mail! - Traumin'el

 

So anyway, what I Won:

 

- Yogi 3 in 1 Hair wand

- Macadamia Oil hair care maintenance kit

- Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine cream

- Dr Organic Argan Oil shampoo & Conditioner

- Dr Organic Moroccan Argan Oil hair treatment serum

- Dr Organic virgin coconut oil hand cream

- Dr Organic virgin coconut oil moisture melt body oil

- £50 e-voucher for Linzi shoes

 

I've also put the Linzi shoes voucher to good use, but being the savvy blogger I'm going to drag that into another post. But I have managed to stretch the £50 surprisingly far!

I can't express enough thanks to Etail PR for being so helpful throughout the postage problems & all of the amazing brands for giving away such amazing products. You can bet I'll be doing some kick ass reviews of all the products very soon. In particular the Macadamia Oil will be used pretty sharpish as soon as I get a pamper night to myself!

Have you ever tried any of the products I've been sent before?
& Etail PR are currently hosting more generous giveaways over on their facebook page

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Another Giveaway Win! | Claire Louise

 

 

 

 I can't believe my luck lately!

This is the second giveaway I have won in the past few months, lady luck must be favouring Little Bo Blab. & I know with most bloggers, after a few wins its common to write up a "How to win guide." But honestly there was no skill to my wins & they were a complete fluke!

 

So what I won:

Lush Fun - Green

 L'Oreal Nude CC cream sample

L'Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil sample

Garnia Moisture Match sample

Bumble & bumble Brilliantime sample

 

I can't thank Claire Louise enough for picking my name out the hat, I was 1 of 6 people who won her amazingly generous giveaway. The Lush Fun was originally for her bridesmaids to play with at the Bridal party however they never got used so lucky us, we got the chance to win one.

I'm ecstatic that I received the Green Fun, it smells just like skittles & the scent is extra strong. For any of you who are not familiar with Fun, Its the new Lush wonder product that can be used as bath bubbles, shower wash, and shampoo! - Plus you can mould them into fun shapes! - Fun fun fun! 

Creature will be pleased too as the Pink Fun the lovely people of Lush Meadowhall gave us in our Sheffield Blogger Meet Up Goody bag is a little too girly for him, but he can finally have a play with our new fun in the slightly more man friendly smell.

 

The samples are fantastic,  I've been wanting to try out the L'Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil for ages so I really can't wait to give that a try! & I'll be putting all the rest of them to good use over the next few weeks - Eeek I love samples!

 



Have you won any giveaways lately?
& have you ever tried Lush Fun?
 

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The 20k views giveaway!

 

Exciting times! - I've hit 20,000 page views!

Thank you so much to everyone who swings by my little space on the blogosphere, it means an awful lot to know people are actually reading my stuff.

Little Bo Blab has been open for a year now, but I've only really committed to making it a regular space for my writing for a couple of months & in that time I have spoken to some lovely people & made some pretty awesome friends.

 

So as a massive thank you to you all, I've been a little spend happy with my student loan & have made up a special pink box of goodies worth £30 for one lucky winner!
& lets face it, who doesn't like free stuff?!

 

Inside the pink box you will find;

 

The Body Shop Body Butter Duo - Sweat Pea 200ml

The Body Shop Born Lippy - Watermelon 10ml

The Body Shop Born Lippy - Raspberry 10ml

The Body Shop Shower Gel - Pink Grapefruit 60ml

The Body Shop Mango Soap 100g

& Rimmel London Lasting Finish - 198 Azure

 

 

 

 

 

 

The giveaway is only open to the UK unfortunately (sorry to international readers)

- If you have any problems with this, then please give me an email & I'd be happy to explain why.

kerysdumigan@hotmail.co.uk

 

To enter please fill in the Raffelcopter below & remember you must be following via GFC - But this is the only mandatory option! (& I will be checking)

For full terms & conditions see below the Raffelcopter, but basically, follow via GFC and make sure if you're the lucky winner to reply to me within 3 days of notification - Otherwise another winner shall be chosen.

 

So, thanks again beauties & the best of luck!

 Also remember if you comment to include your favourite Body Shop product & leave your blog URLs so I can have a cheeky peek at everyone who is entering too!

 

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED.

 

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10k views giveaway | Winner!

 

 

Congratulations Elysia @ LittleBeautyBlogg

I have notified you by email & will send you your little gift packet out asap!

 

Thank you to everyone who entered & have began following my little blog & better luck next time!

I shall be hosting another giveaway shortly for My Memories so if you're (like me) a fan of all things craft, editing and photography based, stay tuned for the giveaway!

- Hopefully going live within the next 2 weeks.

 

Thanks again to everyone!

& I hope you pop back again soon

 



AmaZene hamper goodies review

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win my first ever twitter competition, receiving a luxury hamper courtesy of @AvocadoBrother

 

Image taken from hampergifts

 

The hamper itself was worth £80 & the products definitely reflect that.

not only are the products I have tried so far of a high quality, the quantity and size of the tubs are really generous.

(oh & the teddy - I named her  Ava - is super cute too)

 

So far I have tested out my berry candle (which smelt yummy in my room) my hand towel, which is a really thick fabric & really plush.

I have also tested out the body scrub and shower gel. which I'm going to tell you a little more about now.

 

(once again apologies for the lack of quality picture)

 

Avocado & Andiroba body scrub

RRP £11.95

-buy it here-

 

AmaZene describe the product:

"Avocado is one of the most easily absorbed natural oils and is transported deep into the tissue to form an excellent emollient and skin moisturiser. Combined with Andiroba, a tree found in the Amazon region, it creates an effective skin renewing agent.
These incredible exfoliating scrubs will stimulate the whole body. Gently massage into the skin as part of your beauty routine to leave you feeling rejuvenated and looking radiant."

 

I LOVE body scrub.

So you can imagine how excited I got when I saw this sat in my hamper. The texture is quite sandy and grainy, but when rubbed on your skin doesn't feel harsh and washes away really easily.
Although the texture is grainy, (as expected with a scrub) I'm pleased to say it's also got a lovely creaminess to it which helps sooth your skin.

 

I will however say that the smell doesn't blow me away. Its a very subtle fresh smell, but doesn't linger on the skin.

As a scrub, the results are fantastic, my skin felt absolutely amazing afterwards.

But as you can imagine, avocado isn't a very strong scent so if you prefer to emerge from the shower smelling fruity and fresh, maybe team this with your usual shower gel.

(alternatively there are more scrubs available on the Amazene website in fruity scents)

 

 

 

 Avocado & Andiroba bath & shower gel

RRP £6.95

-buy it here-

 

AmaZene describe the product:

Avocado is one of the most easily absorbed natural oils and is transported deep into the tissue to form an excellent emollient and skin moisturiser. Combined with Andiroba, a tree found in the Amazon region, it creates an effective skin renewing agent.
Our SLS-free bath and shower gels are the perfect start to your day. Packed full of natural and organic extracts, they gently cleanse and tone whilst invigorating the senses.

 

I really do hate writing reviews where I'm sort of sitting on the fence about a product, but I really can't make up my mind about this one.

On one hand I love the feel of the gel, it seems to work well with my skin & works in harmony with the scrub with its soothing qualities.
 

It's a silky texture (bordering on slimy) - best applied with a shower sponge.

 

But again like the scrub, smell wise, it's not blowing my mind.

I'm privileged enough to have been given these products for free and I'm certainly going to continue to use them, but I wonder if maybe a combination of the avocado scrub (for its excellent absorption qualities) teamed with one of Amazenes other fruity products, like the Papaya & Acerola gel instead (purely for smell) might be a better combination.

 

 

All in all, I'm enjoying using the products I've received & definitely reccommend the brand if you haven't tried them before.
The products are actually reasonably priced (around the same £££ as The Body Shop) & I really rate the overall quality of what I have tested so far.

Still waiting to be reviewed are the hand washes (I got two of the same) & the soap bar.
The bath salts and bath bomb may be somewhat problematic... Because I don't have a bath, so it may be a long wait to review that one!

 

I never got any of the lotions or body butters in my hamper so I'll be buying some of them for myself soon & will review them asap! I'm hoping they're as good as the scrub -fingers crossed-

But I'll be sure to buy one of the fruitier options to save on negatives about lack of smell!

 

Have you tried any AmaZene products?

What do you think of them?

 

 

My first competition prize!

My luxury hamper courtesy of the @AvocadoBrother  twitter competition has finally arrived after a little mix up with how post works at my new flat. & after a lot of faffing with royal mail I managed to get my paws on it!

I haven't had time to test any of the products out as of yet but I promise reviews will follow very soon. I'm especially excited about trying out the body scrub!

 

The Creature wound me up when I first found out about winning the twitter comp, saying that it wouldn't be a hamper, but a tatty cardboard box with a few samples in.

But he was most certainly wrong! I was ever so excited to find inside my tatty cardboard box, a gorgeous wicker hamper :)

The other day I decided to have a neb at the website the hamper was ordered from, just to see how much it cost (mainly as an idea of prizes I may consider in future for my own blogger comps)

& I was surprised to find that Avocado Brother forked out some real doe for the hampers they gave away, this one costing a hefty £79.95!

Image and below information taken from hampergifts

 

Full Description & Contents

AmaZene® create exclusive bath and body products inspired by the rainforests of the Amazon and Brazil's rich biodiversity. The Avocado & Andiroba products in this sumptuous beauty hamper contain a unique blend of certified organic Açai, Babaçu and Cupuaçu, specially formulated to nourish and protect your skin. To complete this first-class pamper gift we have also included a scented soap, bath blaster, soft face towel and scented candle.   Full basket contents: amaZene Avocado & Andiroba Body Lotion 250ml - Organic * a sumptuous lotion, easily-absorbed to immediately hydrate and soften. Apply generously after your bath or shower to supercharge and revitalise the skin. amaZene Avocado & Andiroba Bath and Shower Gel 250ml - Organic * a SLS-free bath and shower gel - the perfect start to your day. Packed full of natural and organic extracts, they gently cleanse and tone whilst invigorating the senses. Avocado & Andiroba Bath Soak 250g - Organic * a deeply soothing bath soak, the perfect way to unwind at the end of a busy day; simply dissolve a handful into a tub of warm water, relax and drift off... Avocado & Andiroba Body Scrub 250ml - Organic * an incredible exfoliating scrub that will stimulate the whole body. Gently massage into the skin as part of your beauty routine to leave you feeling rejuvenated and looking radiant. Avocado & Andiroba Hand Lotion 250ml - Organic * nourish your hands with this easily-absorbed lotion to quickly restore moisture and leave a pleasant aroma, soothing the senses as well as the skin. Scented Candle 75mm x 75mm Orange, Clove & Cinnamon scented candle Luxury 650gsm Cotton Modal Hand Towel - 50cm x 90cm An incredibly soft towel, made from the blend of 65% luxury cotton and 35% Lenzing Modal - a completely natural fibre made from beechwood. Silkier, softer and more absorbant than an all cotton towel. The colour and softness will last wash after wash. Scented Herbal Soap Bar 100g Darling Buds Scented Bath Blaster 160g with Citrus and Elemi top notes, a Neroli, Jasmine and Coconut heart and Coumarin base.

My first competition win!

So I'm mega mega excited today, because I've won my first EVER competition this morning!
I'll be receiving a 'luxury beauty hamper' courtesy of @AvocadoBrother on Tuesday and couldn't be more shocked that I've genuinely won something for the first time in my life.. seriously these sorts of things just don't happen to me!

The contents however are unknown so as soon as I receive my prize I'll start reviews asap :)

 

 

I've entered a hoard load more competitions this morning after getting the prize bug, so watch this space, fingers crossed I'll be posting more lucky posts about competition wins soon!