Archives for July 2010

• The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner, Jenna! Before you go, check the home page for ongoing giveaways.

Red lips are just so…classic, aren’t they? They never go out of style. You can dress ’em up, maybe with your best business suit or ball gown, or dress ’em down with a bikini and high heels.

Yes, you read that right. 🙂

At the Ed Hardy show on Saturday in Miami, models tested the bikini/red lippie theory on the runways at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week: Swim.

Make Up For Ever sponsored the makeup for the shows (check out their Facebook page here), which wrap up today. Their artists turned up the heat on Miami with sooty smokey eyes created with the Aqua Cream shadows.

Aqua Creams in action at the Ed Hardy show

Would you ever wear this look? Maybe to a Beach party, perhaps? What if you won a set of Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream Shadows today?

Giveaway Time

To brighten your Monday Miami-style, Make Up For Ever has another fantabulous Miami Fashion Week prize package for us featuring FIVE MORE of the Aqua Creams for lips & cheeks (a $110 value).

The Prize

One lucky lady (or gent) will win ALL of the following Aqua Cream Shadows:

One (1) Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in Fresh Pink, a bright pink for lips and cheeks ($22)
One (1) Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in Fuchsia, a hot pink for lips and cheeks ($22)
One (1) Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in Red, a tomato red for lips and cheeks ($22)
One (1) Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in Coral, a bright coral for lips and cheeks ($22)
One (1) Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in Orange, a golden tangerine for lips and cheeks ($22)

Fresh Pink

Fuchsia

Red

Coral

Orange

How To Enter…

Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

1. First, you can enter by retweeting (RT) the following message:

   Follow @karenmbb and RT to win $110 in @makeupforeverus Aqua Creams http://bit.ly/9SUny6

2. Second, enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all — tell me what you’re having for lunch, describe your Monday makeup, write the name of secret crush, or dish about your favorite product from Make Up For Ever.
   

   My favorite Make Up For Ever product? Right now, it’s gotta be Peach Aqua Cream; it makes quick work of quick looks. I love the pigmentation (SO INTENSE!) and how I can use it on my cheeks and my lips (see my review here).

• Oh, yeah. This giveaway IS also open to international folks and readers living overseas (YAY!); entrants must be at least 13 years of age or older at time of entry.

Recap…

1. Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
2. Retweet the following message on twitter:
   
   Follow @karenmbb and RT to win $110 in @makeupforeverus Aqua Creams http://bit.ly/9SUny6

I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Monday, July 19 (that’s today).

Good luck!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. And don’t forget to enter the NYX cosmetics/AMEX gift card giveaway (the $200 card’s good anywhere that takes American Express, i.e. Sephora, Macy’s, Ulta, etc.). It’s a big ol’ $322 prize package.

• The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner, Jenna! Before you go, check the home page for ongoing giveaways.

1. Mood:

Great! I slept soundly last night (it’s a Christmas miracle!). The sun is shining, Tabs is behaving (for once), and I’m drinking a delicious cup o’ tea. Sometimes it’s all about the simple pleasures, ya know?

2. Describe your makeup style in three words.

Eclectic. Wearable. Easy.

3. If you were to move to a big city (if you don’t live in one now), which city would it be?

Hmm… This one’s tough because I’m a city girl at heart. It would either be San Francisco (I’m still plotting to move the family back there someday), Paris or Honolulu.

4. Do you have a personal motto?

Whenever you fall, just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep going.

5. What’s your dream job?

Professional money spender. Seriously!

6. Your favorite part of your job?

The freedom to set my own schedule, although I don’t take advantage of it very often.

7. What’s the first makeup or beauty tip that comes to mind?

Use Wet Ones antibacterial wipes to quickly clean your makeup brushes.

8. What’s the first non-beauty tip that comes to mind?

Find something/someone to care for.

9. What are you wearing?

A blue and white print sundress and a red cardigan with pearl buttons.

10. Weekly goals:

Do cardio at least three times before the next Sundays with Tabs, organize a different part of my office every day, and get to bed by 10!

Looks like it’s that time again, ladies — the start of what WILL be a great week for us all. 🙂

Do you have a minute to take the Monday Poll with me? If you do, just copy the following list, and paste it with your answers in the comments.

1. Mood:
2. Your makeup style in three words:
3. If you were to move to a big city, which city would it be?
4. Do you have a personal motto?
5. What’s your dream job?
6. Your favorite part of your job?
7. What’s the first makeup or beauty tip that comes to mind?
8. What’s the first non-beauty tip that comes to mind?
9. What are you wearing?
10. Weekly goals:

One of the best things about Mondays is that they never last more than 24 hours, ha! It’ll be Tuesday before we know it.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. If you’re new here, thank you for visiting. Makeup and Beauty Blog is a makeup blog with daily product reviews, beauty tips, giveaways and the random shenanigans of a crazy cat lady/makeup enthusiast named Karen (that’s me!). 🙂