Giveaway!

To celebrate the release of Memento Lip Tar by OCC I have persuaded Mum (AKA Kathy @ The Make-up Artist Boutique) to provide one of them for this months blog giveaway!

Here are the rules!

1. Be a follower :)

2. Comment below saying "Enter me" for 1 entry

3. Tweet it for an extra 2 entries and let me know in the box below that you did it with your twitter link!

4. Post my competition on your blog or put it in your side bar for another 2 entries!

5. Entries from people with blogs which are solely made to enter giveaways will not be counted.

The Giveaway will close on 7th June at 8pm!

An Exciting Few Days!

Myself, my beautiful Sister Sarah and her Boyfriend Matt had a fantastic trip to London.

When the three of us are let loose together we are a nightmare! The day started with mucking around on the tube and taking random pictures of Matt!

We arrived at our hotel and had 3 hours to get ready and that's just how long it took me. I must have used a whole can of V05 stronghold hairspray on my hair and it still ended up flat!! I was not impressed.

However I was in love with the make-up I chose to wear but I will go into that later.

We arrived at The o2 arena very excited and couldn't wait for Miss Rihanna or RiRi as Matt likes to call her to grace us with her presence. The night started with Tiny Temper and apart from his song Passout I was rather bored. So bored that I started taking pictures of my make-up haha.

The pictures of my eye make-up did not really come out well due to our ever so crappy camera and the dark setting so I will do a remake of the look as it did look beautiful in person.

I was mortified when I looked at the pictures and saw some lovely little dark hairs regrowing on my brows and the little grey hairs regrowing on my head!

I used all yaby paints for the eye look because I know that once they are on they just don't budge, some Miss Sporty waterproof mascara which I am not a fan of at all but had no choice as my Dior Show was left behind by accident.

I will do a complete look using the same colors over the next week so you can see the make-up in its full glory.

Back to Rihanna I cant say any more than that girl has a set of lungs on her she was fantastic and totally worth the trip. We had quite a good view and unlike other shows we have been to at the o2 she did have screens.

Our trip ended the following day with the remake of Nightmare on Elm Street we were a little late to see it so as we arrived Freddy appeared unexpectedly on the screen and I am shamed to say I did scream which made the whole room errupt with laughter!

The film itself IMO was brilliant they kept it mostly the same as the original with just an updated cast and I really enjoyed it. The SFX were also brilliant and so far advanced from the original as you can imagine.

So that's my waffle for today I hope I didn't bore you to much :)

TTFN xx

Follow Up On The Bundle Box Service

OK so I did a little more research after the last post as the lovely Louise made a comment saying that Sarah from I Heart Cosmetics had a really bad experience with BundleBox. 

I personally have used the service twice and had a good experience so far!

I will continue to update this post as and when I find or receive more reviews from you lovely people!

Below is the first review I have found this review is very thorough and is by the lovely Dazzledust25 

Thanks to the lovely Louise here are the links to the posts she was talking about: http://www.iheartcosmetics.co.uk/2009/09/bundlebox-update.html and http://www.iheartcosmetics.co.uk/2009/10/bundlebox-is-complete-and-utter-ripoff.html

What I will say regarding the above posts is that these were done a little while ago and by viewing the video above and from my personal experiences things do see to have got better with the site.

Things to Remember if you are considering using BB:

1. Use the shipping estimator to estimate your shipping first so you know what to expect 
2. Ask BB to repack as this seems to lessen the shipping costs as some companies use unnecessary packaging
3. Think about splitting your orders with others to share the costs.

With all services there are people that have great experiences and people that have bad ones and it is for you to make an inform decision as to weather you want to try the service.

TTFN x

Great Service For Getting Products From USA Easier!

Hi All

I was helping Lilbiuty as she really wanted some stuff from a well know Cosmetics company as their US site has more choice of colors than we do here.

I thought it only right that I let you know how to do it so here goes:

Register with Bundlebox they will provide you with your own US address there are no subscription fees however, you will pay for shipping from you US address to the UK and a small fee.

If your card is not accepted due to it being a UK card they can pay for the items for you for which they also charge a fee.

My advice to Lilbiuty and to you is to club together with other wanting products from the same company and then split all of the costs which will make this cheaper for you.

I hope this has helped you out.

TTFN x

Please note this is based on my personal experience with the company as I have used them a few times and had no issuebut it has come to light that other people have had issues!

May Madness Sale at The Make-up Artist Boutique!

Some exciting news we are having a May Madness sale at The Make-up Artist Boutique all products are subject to a 10% discount. If you are lucky enough to be a Make-up Artist and have already applied for your Industry Discount you will get a total of 30% off.

If you want to apply for your Industry Discount or have any questions email the shop: info@themakeupartistboutique.com

Enjoy :)

And The Winner Is................

I think I set myself a task on this one because all of the answers were fabulous however my winner is....

TalulaB!!

But all you other entrants dont cry because the entries were all so great I am going to be a pushover and give you all a yaby lip color!

If you can all email me thepromakeupblog@googlemail.com within 48 hours your addresses and I will get them all posted on Friday