Friday 23 August 2013

Competitions and Giveaways from the past week







Good Luck Peoples!
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Thursday 22 August 2013

R500 Dream Nails Voucher courtesy of Cosmopolitan

So a little while ago I won a dream nails voucher through Cosmopolitan Magazine.

Having recently received the most amazing Shellac mani and pedi at Urban Apothecary, I was quite excited for another one!

However, Dream nails don't do Shellac, so I booked their version of a long lasting paint job (some strengthened nail polish, I forget the name, and trust me you don't need to know it) in a mani and pedi, at the Canal Walk branch.
Now, let me just refresh your memory:

Urban apothecary:

Stunning.

This is Dream Nails's version:


So. Gross.  And the entire experience was just revolting.  And I bled.  Pedicures are not supposed to make you bleed.  Not only do I have a pretty terrible paint job on my toes, I also have scabs.  Lovely.

AND, the whole thing cost R575 (!)  so to add insult to (literal) injury I had to pay extra!

This was a prize, a freebie, and in hindsight I would rather have thrown the gift card away, as I now have to pay someone (else) to remove this mess.

A petty big fail for Dream Nails Canal Walk.  Urban Apothecary every time!


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Friday 16 August 2013


Hello beautiful people!
Is it just me, or does a 4 day week resulting in a fake-Friday-Thursday put you in a good-generous mood as well?

LOADS of competitions for you to enter this week:




Good Luck Peoples!
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Thursday 8 August 2013

Femme Lifestyle and Original Cocktails - 2litre box of Gluhwein!

Just received my latest prize via courier.  Perfect timing with a long weekend ahead of us, wouldn't you say?  :)



Thanks to Femma Lifestyle and Original Cocktails!



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Competitions and giveaways from the past week.

Hello beautiful people!
Is it just me, or does a 4 day week resulting in a fake-Friday-Thursday put you in a good-generous mood as well?

LOADS of competitions for you to enter this week:




Good Luck Peoples!
XX
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Friday 2 August 2013

Competitions and giveaways from the past week.

This week my Crawf and I learnt about the greatest gift of all (!!!!), but I'll try to keep too much of the personal stuff out of this very serious blog.

What I can do is share my pick of the best giveaways for the past week:


Win a R2500 Entrepo voucher 
Win with Sealy
Designer trip to Europe
(I'll be honest, the comp above looks a bit suspect to me, but the prize is worth the risk.  Worst case, you've waisted 2 minutes of your day, and given CityMob your contact details)
Win a mother and baby hamper with Utique 



Good luck peoples!
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Thursday 1 August 2013

Robertson Wine Festival Tickets

I still got it!  Today I won a set of double tickets to this weekend's Robertson Wine Valley Festival.

Fantastic news, and thanks very much to Taste Magazine for the prize.  Unfortunately I didn't pay proper attention and as I'm in Cape Town this weekend, I wont be able to make use of them!

Anyway, they've been passed on to the in-laws and i'm sure they'll enjoy all the 'tastings'.



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Friday 26 July 2013

Competitions and giveaways from the past week


So, I thought I'd post a selection of the best giveaways and competitions I've come across in the past 7 days.
Totally selfless, right?  Wrong.  If you win any of these competitions, you have to give me the prize. 

Or share it with me. 

Or tell everybody I’m the reason you won.

Or comment on this post.

Just do SOMETHING to let me know I helped somebody out.  That would make me happy.

OK, here goes:



Win more wine (I like wine, OK?)

Good luck peoples!
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Tuesday 16 July 2013

Prize: Shellac Mani/Pedi and eyebrow threading

So today I got pampered at Urban Apothecary in Wembley Square.




Now, as prizes go, this was a pretty good one:  Shellac Mani and Pedi and eyebrow threading (and those buggers were in need of a threading, let me tell you.)
This would be my first Shellac-ing, but I'd heard good things so my expectations were set quite high.

We started off with the threading (another first), which I'd been meaning to do for ages.  I gotta say it was pretty much as quick and painless as ripping facial hair out from the follicle can get.  It's also a lot easier on the actual skin than waxing, and I didn't have to worry about awkward shiny red patches on face afterwards - result!

The Shellac mani and pedi was done a lot quicker than I expected; my tootsies were done and dry and back in their shoes after only 40 minutes!

The Shellac blurb:
“CND Shellac is the original, one and only Power Polish. It’s not a gel polish – which are basically just “watered” down gels. It’s a true innovation in chip-free, extended-wear nail color! It goes on beautifully, wears beautifully, dries immediately and removes with no damage. Shellac is designed as a system. The application service time for Shellac nails is only 30/45 minutes, and Shellac goes on with the ease of a traditional bottle of nail polish. The dry time is zero – yes, that’s right, zero! There’s also no odor, and no damage to nails. Shellac is 3-free (contains no formaldehyde, DBP (dibutyl phthalate) and toluene). Shellac polish lasts for 14+ days, with durable shine that resists chips, scratches, and smudges. Finally, enjoy the easy-off that only Shellac delivers. Removal time is brief (10 minutes), and the method doesn’t damage the nails or surrounding skin.”

 the results:


Not too bad I say!  Actually, I'm pretty chuffed with the results.

You can check out Urban Apothecary's price list here.  In addition to nails, threading and tinting, they also do spray tans and eyelash extensions! (I currently trek all the way past the boerewors curtain for my 3 week lash fills, so this was pretty exciting news for me...)

Big thanks again to Charlie from Urban Apothecary and kimgray.co.za for running this competition and, well, giving me the prize :)  Good Times!
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Sunday 14 July 2013

I win stuff.

I win shit.
I mean, not really, obviously.  That would make for a whole different kind of blog.  But I do win stuff quite regularly.

It's not like I spend my days scouring the internet for competitions, I guess I just come across ones that nobody seems to know about.  Last month I won a prize only 2 other people had entered for.
Must have really sucked for those guys.

ANYways... this should be a running commentary of the stuff I win.  Part review and thanks to the lovely people who give me stuff, and part, well, showing off really.

I'll start off with a catch up on a couple of my recent winnings (not a lot of reviews as I can't remember the details - this bodes well for a new blog, I know.)

R500 Dreamnails voucher for Cosmopolitan Magazine SA
I haven't used this yet, so I'll let y'all know how that goes...

Leather clutch by Jinger Jack and Kimgray.co.za

2 tickets to a 3-man play (well, 2 men and a woman) called TAPE.
Took my Crawf along to this show in... I want to say Rondebosch... Newlands maybe?  Anyway some small high school theatre in the Southern Suburbs.
Alright, so only 2 other people tweeted for this giveaway, Crawf and I made up about 20% of the final audience, the wine was R25 and revolting (I mean, i still drank it...), and I really enjoyed this show!  In fact, after a long spell of only seeing musicals on stage, I'm making it a mission to see more of these kinds of dramatic productions.  We were totally absorbed from the first line.  Good times.


This week I'll be taking advantage of a prize I won last week, so stay tuned!
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