Giveaway time!!! Win $100 of Shu Uemura products!!

Internationally renowned Japanese cosmetics brand Shu Uemura recently launched their Canadian e-boutique. The entire range of Shu Uemura and Shu Uemura Art of Hair products are now available on shuuemura.ca!!
This is awesome news for those of us who don't live near a Holt Renfrew or prefer to do their shopping in their pajamas...or in a vengeful rage from the office at 9pm on a weekend...
To celebrate the opening of their e-boutique, Shu Uemura has given yours truly, $100 worth of products to give away to one lucky blog reader!
Sooooo, what would you pick?

 Their famous cleansing oil?

 Their amazing eyelash curler?

Some of their beautiful lashes?

(psst you can get the curler plus TWO pairs of lashes for under $100!)

Their new, highly squee-worthy, ob collection?

 Or maybe even something from their Art of Hair range?

The choice is up to you! Because as winner, you will receive your choice of Shu Uemura products up to the value of $100!! I am quite jealous actually because I don't get to enter boooo-urns :'(

How to enter:

1. Live in Canada;

2. Visit Shu Uemura's new Canadian e-boutique at shuuemura.ca;

3. Leave a comment on this blog with the URL to your favourite Shu Uemura product;

4. Bite nails frantically in anticipation until April 30.

A winner will be drawn on April 30 using random.org. I will contact the winner so please leave a valid email address. Shu Uemura will send the winner their favourite products for a value of $100 max.

Alas, not everyone will win, but to soothe the burn, Shu Uemura is offering everyone $10 off their order  $50 or more from their e-boutique. Simply enter promo code "SHUBLOG" at checkout. To further sweeten the deal, they are currently running a free shipping with any order promo right now!

GOOD LUCK!!

Konad Starter Kit Giveaway!!!

Huzzah! Another giveaway!! This time it is generously sponsored by NailPolishCanada!!
If you've always wanted to own a Konad kit, now's your opportunity because we'll be giving away a Konad Starter kit which contains the Konad stamper and scraper, 3 special Konad polishes and 2 image plates (M2 and M3)!!!

 My own Konadicure attempt:

The winner of this little giveaway will also be entered into a draw with 10 other winners to win $200 worth of Konad products from Nail Polish Canada!
To enter, simply leave a comment at the bottom of this post.
As an added bonus, you can win an extra image plate if you visit Nail Polish Canada's Konad product page and mention which plate you would like to win in your comment.
Extra entries if you:

• follow this blog;
• tweet about this giveaway; or
• mention this giveaway on your own blog.

Winner will be picked on February 14, 2012 using the Random Number Generator on Random.org.
Sorry Canadian & US residents only.
Good luck!!

Apothica gift card winner!

The Random number generator has made it's choice!
And the winner of the $25 Apothica gift card is...

...Rena from Scope Kawaiiness!!!

Congratulations Rena! Please email me at nunu@macnunu.com with your details.
Thank you to everyone who entered!

Giveaway!! Win a $25 gift card from Apothica.com!!!

Apothica is a premium online beauty boutique whose list of brands seems to go on and on like Celine Dion. Between itself and its 2 partner sites, SkincareRX and Skinbotanica, it must surely carry every single beauty product known to (wo)mankind.
In addition to its impressive inventory, they also offer live help from licensed estheticians, a huge sale section and reasonable international shipping rates. U.S. orders over $49 even get free standard shipping!

Twas a sad sad day when Sephora decided to discontinue carrying Cargo Cosmetics. I was a huge fan of their LE eyeshadow palettes and heard good things about their Blu_Ray series of foundations. I looked forward to hoarding more of their products but alas the only other shop near me which stocks the brand don't seem to get any of their LE collections.
Luckily Apothica came to the rescue!
Look! Look! The Lumieres du Monde eyeshadow kit from the 2010 holiday collection! I lusted after this last year but it was nowhere to be found! Yet here it is on Apothica and for the bargain price of $18.50!!

 

The Cargo Liquid Powder $22. Something I've been curious about for the longest time; goes on as a liquid, finishes like a powder.

Another item I've been wanting to try; the CheekActivator $32

Apothica has very generously offered one lucky reader the chance to win a $25 gift card which can be spent at either Apothica, SkincareRX or Skinbotanica.
Simply do any one of the following to enter:

Option 1: Facebook

1. Visit Apothica.com
2. Write on Apothica’s Facebook wall about what you think of Apothica
   Bonus:  Opt in to Apothica’s Newsletter

Option 2:  Twitter

1. Visit Apothica.com
2. Tweet about Apothica on your own Twitter Account
   Bonus: Retweet Apothica’s tweet about this giveaway

Option 3:  Blog

1. Visit Apothica.com
2. Write something on your blog about what you think of Apothica
   Bonus: Write about the brand I highlighted and link it to Apothica

Then simply leave a comment at the bottom of this post letting me know which of the above you've done!
Contest is open internationally and ends on October 11, 2011.
Good Luck!!!

Win a weekend getaway for 2 to New York City courtesy of Kiehl's!

2011 marks the 160th Anniversary of Kiehl's. Yup, it's been 160 years since the very first Kiehl's Apothecary opened on Pear Tree Corner!
To mark this momentous event, Kiehl's has released 4 of their all time customer favourites in limited edition packaging:

 The collection features:

• Ultra Facial Cream;
• Ultra Facial Lotion;
• Calendula Toner; and the
• Original Musk Oil

While this greasy pirate is personally on the oil-free version of the Ultra Facial range and loving it, I am told that the original Ultra Facial range works a treat for dry skin, and that the Calendula Toner smells like Crysanthemum tea...mmmm...Crysanthemum tea.
Even more exciting is the opportunity for Canadian Kiehl's fans to win a weekend getaway for 2 to New York City or their ultimate wish list of Kiehl's essentials! To enter, simply visit Facebook.com/KiehlsCanada to participate in their "Send Kiehl's a Birthday Wish" contest.

Step 1: Publish a photo/video along with your birthday wishes for Kiehl's

Step 2: Create a wish list by choosing your favourite products (psst! may I suggest the Line Reducing Concentrate and the Midnight Recovery Concentrate?)

Step 3: Fill out a short contact form

Step 4: Share your Kiehl's birthday wishes on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for the Kiehl's Canada newsletter!

New York, New York is where it all began for Kiehl's, and when yours truly is in the concrete jungle where dreams are made of come October, I shall make it a point to visit their flagship store.

Kiehl's Canada will also be hosting a series of exciting in-store events from tonight through September 30. Follow them on Twitter @KiehlsCA for updates!

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner.

And the winner for this year's chicken dinner is........

Who happens to be my favourite snarky New Yorker, Etherealprey! Please email me at nunu@macnunu.com to claim your Chanel Topkapi!
To everyone else who entered, thank you for all your well wishes and for entering! Keep an eye out for my next giveaway!
Much love,
Nunu

Birthday giveaway.

Another year older and none the wiser. Growing old but not growing up.
As is tradition, here is a giveaway to celebrate the anniversary of my birth.

As always, the prize is fantastic:

One winner will get the Chanel Topkapi quad plus extras*.
As always there are rules:

1. Giveaway is open to international readers;
2. Entries close at 12:00pm midnight on July 31, 2011;
3. Must be a follower of this here blog;
4. To qualify, leave a comment under this post with your answer to this question - "What was the most memorable birthday you had and why was it memorable?"
5. Winner will be drawn using Random.org.

Spread the word and GOOD LUCK!!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.

Yeah yeah, I'm late, but this time it wasn't due to procrastination for a change!
Geez, do you have any idea how hard it was for me to get the prize?! I nearly lost my shoe.
So, all in all, I got 23 entries for this contest, and let me tell you, deciding on a winner was really difficult!
In the end, I picked a bunch of finalists, wrote down their names on pieces of paper and left it to fate.
And the winner of the Chicken Dinner is.....dun dun dun!
Kay of Bihada Diaries!!!!
To my question of what moment would she relive over and over again if she had the power to stop time, this was Kay's reply:

"Honestly, i don't want to relive a moment in my life. I don't regret anything, and all of what I have now is because of all of my experiences. Especially considering that i would be stuck in that moment! I would rather move forward!"

Her reply echoes my feeling on the subject, I am who I am because of my experiences. No regrets and it would simply be torturous to relive a single moment over and over again ad infinitum.
Congrats Kay! Please e-mail me (nunu@macnunu.com) with your postal address and I will send over your prize!
To everyone else who entered, thank you all very very much, reading your comments is the highlight of my day, and without you all, I would've given up on this blog long ago! Please keep on reading and entering future contests!
All my love,
Nunu
p.s. to all who asked, my birthday was on July 8th xD

It's my birthday and I'll have a giveaway if I want to!

In celebration of reaching 100 followers and leaving my mid twenties behind, I've decided to spread the love and have a giveaway.
I have absolutely no idea what the prize will be, but be assured that you will be handsomely compensated.
To qualify, tell me if you had the power to control time and space (yes like Hiro) at what moment in your life would you stop time? Only condition is that you, and everyone else around you will have to relive that moment over and over again for the rest of your and their lives.

Irritating but necessary rules:

• This giveaway is open to everyone! 
• Enter by either leaving your reply as comment under this post or you could email your reply to nunu@macnunu.com
• As usual, I am not one to beg for followers so there is no need to follow this blog in order to qualify.
• Be prepared to have your entry published on my blog should you win.
• Entries close 22 July 2010.

Questions? email me at nunu@macnunu.com
Get those creative juices flowing!!

GIVEAWAY! $40 to spend at CSNstores.com!!!

It's Giveaway time!!!
I was recently contacted by Ashley of CSN Stores who kindly offered one of my readers a $40 gift certificate to spend on anything their hearts desired at any one of their over 200 online stores!
Brilliant! but who is CSN and what do they sell? Well, I did a little bit of digging and it turns out that they are one of the leading e-commerce merchants around! They sell everything from sofas to cookware to brand name handbags! Just take a look at some of the stores they have under their belt! They have been mentioned by all the big names such as the New York Times, Forbes.com, and even by Extreme Makeover Home Edition!
I'm not talking about brands that you've never heard of before, I'm talking about brand names like Diane Von Furstenburg, Le Sportsac, Liz Claiborne, Caphalon, La-z-Boy and much much more!
They are also a Better Business Bureau accredited company so you can shop in confidence.
Another thing I really like about their company is that many of their products have free shipping. I like free shipping xD
So what can $40 get you?

How about a vanity mirror? $44

Or a jewellery box? $26.99

A jewellery roll maybe? Very Chanel-esque may I add!$33.99

Fork out a bit n get a Liz Clairborne clutch? Love the colour! $59.99

I love these bronze sandals!$59

$52.95

Since I love to cook, I love pots and pans!xD $35.95 for the WHOLE SET!

And lastly, if I had the space, I would dearly love to own this vanity table! I love how Victorian it looks! $286

Got you guys interested yet? thinking of ways to spend that $40? Well stop dithering about and enter this giveaway!


Rules & Other boring stuff:

1. Giveaway ends June 2, 2010.
2. To enter, simply leave a comment on this post with the words "I want to shop at CSN!".
3. For extra entries, post about this giveaway on your blog.
4. Unfortunately this giveaway is only for Canadian and US readers :(
5. Winners will be picked by Random.org

And this is not a qualification rule but because I'm nosy, I would love to know what you'd buy with the $40 xD
Good Luck!

Giveaway winner and readers' suggestions.

I had 17 entrants! I'd hoped for a higher turnout but I guess it's not bad for a first time. We have a winner!!!!!

Entry no. 12 came from Missmicchan! Congratulations!! Please get in touch with me, we'll discuss long and hard about your winnings.
Lol, how ironic, I'd persistently e-mailed her to allow me stalk her when she was in Vancouver a while back for a brief business trip, and what did I do? I got called out of town for business myself T.T So allow me to use this opportunity to say a very sincere "Sorry eh!".
Thank you all very very much for taking the time to give me your valuable feedback, you don't know how much this means to me. Through this blog, I've somehow managed to meet and befriend a whole bevy of intelligent and gorgeous young women.
Some of you I know well, some of you I don't know so well, and some of you...who the heck are you?! xD Thank you guys for all your support, and I hope you'll all continue to enjoy this here blog!
With regards to all your suggestions and feedback, every single one of you said I don't need to change anything on my blog...hmmm... I don't believe you! xD but it appears that no one has a problem with my very schizophrenic way of blogging, as a result I will keep up with the smorsgasbord of recipes, reviews, every day life, and beauty posts!
A lot of you have said that you'd like for me to post more frequently...believe me guys, I try. I have a crap load of half done posts sitting in my blogger. Note "half done". I always have these suddenly inspirations to write a post about something and then the enthusiasm dies halfway and the unfinished post sits abandoned...Anyways I will most definitely try to blog more frequently from now!
Once again, thanks for all your love and support!!! See you again at the 100 followers mark!

50th follower giveaway!

Edit: Apparently Blogger won't allow OpenID comments to go through. I don't know why, I was blessed with the technological know how of a flea, and I have no solution for this so I ask those of you who encounter this problem to enter by sending me an email to the usual address: macnunuboo@yahoo.ca
T.T
Sorry for the inconvenience.
 
Well knock me over with a feather and consider me gobsmacked, I do seem to have hit the 50 followers mark! in fact I have 3 extras! Whee! human sacrifice! who's in?! xD
Hellooo sheepies, thank you for your interest in the words of a whiny Somalian pirate living on America's hat. I started this blog in the hopes that a Hollywood bigwig would come along, sign me up for some movie or book deal and save me from the hut that I'm living in. Tis quite the bother living in this hut, every time the elephants walk past, they end up trampling on my internet line and then I have to run all the way to the village to plug it back in.
Currently, I am still living in my hut, but I have hope.
Regardless of the setback, I promised myself that in the event that I reach 50 followers, I would have a giveaway. So here it is.
The rules to this giveaway are slightly different to the norm, I'm not here to solicit more followers, I just want to express my gratitude towards those who have been there for this here blog from the beginning. It's only fair, they've had to look at my face for longer. As a result, I would like to open this giveaway only to EXISTING followers (as of today, March 29, 2010), however, I know some of the people who read my blog do not have a blogger account, so if you are a reader and have previously left a comment on this blog, then you may enter this giveaway.
To enter, simply leave a comment to this post with answers to the following questions:

1. What do you remember most from my blog?;
2. What do you enjoy most from my blog?; and
3. What recommendations/improvements do you suggest for my blog?

And the prize? One great bundle of love. At the moment, I don't really have many details (hence no photo), but I can tell you that it will consist of many things that I love. I will also possibly tailor the gift according to who wins it.
It WILL have the following:

• MBD masks cos you all know how they're the shizniz to me.
• MAC eyeshadow in Hey! it's my favourite eyeshadow in the whole wide world.
• Lush cleansers.
• MAC lipstick in Hue/lipglass in Underage.
• Dariya fringe velcro.
• Snacks de jour that I have been stuffing my face with lately.

All new of course.
Please note, I need to actually be aware of your existence or have seen your name before this post went up.
Winner will be selected by Random.org from a list of qualifying entries.
Entries close Monday 5 April, 2010.
This contest is open to international readers. Be prepared to provide your personal details should you win.
Questions can be sent to macnunuboo@yahoo.ca alternatively you can tweet me.