12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS - DAY SIX - EMMA HARDIE MORINGA BALM

Day Six continues with Emma Hardie. And it's a good'un!

Moringa Balm Cleanser is one of the most-talked about products on the blog and the lovely team at Emma Hardie are offering one lucky winner A YEAR'S SUPPLY.

That's right, a year's worth of product in the form of 5 x 200ml pots worth £55.00 each.

To win, simply enter your email in Rafflecopter as per usual below. (A word on Rafflecopter - it had some issues with high traffic so I'm monitoring it daily - sorry about that!) UK only.

Comments are closed, so please do use the initial 12 Days post to ask me any questions.

Good luck everyone - and thank you Emma!

www.emmahardie.com/moringa_cleansing_balm


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The Emma Hardie Protect & Prime SPF30 Winners are.....

Over 11,000 of you entered the Emma Hardie on the blog alone - without the entries on twitter and Instagram.

The winners, chosen completely randomly by Rafflecopter are:

Lyndsey Holt - UK
Thiago - New Zealand
Nora Krueger - Canada

Congratulations you three! You have email incoming. :)

Thank you to everyone that entered.

Check twitter and Instagram for their winners this afternoon. :)

Emma Hardie Protect & Prime SPF30 - Triple Giveaway

If you watched the first video of the 'In the Bathroom' Series that I filmed with Sali Hughes, you will have seen Sali pull this out of my stash.

Emma Hardie's Protect & Prime SPF30 is a lovely, lightweight, SPF that can be used alone or as a primer - killing two birds with one stone. It leaves a beautiful glow on the skin and no white/ash obvious remnants on darker skins.

The lovely Emma has given me 5 Protect & Prime SPF30 to giveaway to you lovely readers.

3 will be available to win here on the blog.

1 will be given away on Twitter. https://twitter.com/CarolineHirons

1 will be given away on Instagram. https://instagram.com/carolinehirons

Umpteen chances to make it yours. Good luck!

If you already have the SPF30, take a snap of it and upload it to Instagram tagging @emmahardieskicnare for a chance to win a pair of Tom Ford sunglasses. Details here: https://instagram.com/emmahardieskincare

Full T&Cs on the Rafflecopter entry.

Open Internationally.

Closes 2/8/15 at 11.59pm UK time.

You can enter once a day.

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The Winner of the Emma Hardie Giveaway is....

The winner of the Emma Hardie Giveaway is.....

*SURPRISE*

LISA T.

Congratulations Lisa. You have email. Thank you to everyone that entered! 

Emma Hardie launches in M&S AND a little giveaway to celebrate...

NEWSFLASH. Those of you that mention how hard it is to get some of my recommendations... one of my desert island products is about to launch in Marks & Bloody Spencer. Note to non-UK readers, it's ackchewally called Marks & Spencer. I totally added the 'bloody' myself. I think it has a ring to it.

*moving swiftly on*

Emma Hardie, she of the wizard hands and balming cleanser of loveliness....

is now available in selected M&S stores and M&S online. They are launching the new Midas Touch Face Serum exclusively in M&S (review coming) - AND offering one lovely reader the opportunity to win not only the serum, but her beautiful facial oil and the Moringa Balm.

To enter simply do so via the Rafflecopter widget below. This one is UK only, BUT, you can enter from anywhere if you can give me a UK address to post the prize to AND you can enter once a day for the duration of the giveaway.

Congrats on the expansion of the line Emma. That Moringa needs to be available everywhere!!!

Good Luck everyone! And thank you Emma!

www.marksandspencer.com/emmahardie


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(I'm disabling comments again so people don't get confused and think they have entered by leaving a comment! Hope that makes sense.)

Day 8 - Emma Hardie

Readers of this blog may or may not have heard of a little cleanser called Emma Hardie Moringa Balm *eyebrow*

Day 8 starts with 5 sets of the 200ml Supersized Balm and Emma's beautiful Brilliance Facial Oil.

FIVE WINNERS. *jazz hands*

To win simply enter via the Rafflecopter widget below. Good Luck! And obviously a huge thank you to Emma Hardie. 

www.emmahardie.com 

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Backstage with Emma Hardie

Just a quickie from last night's TSV launch. The perfect caught off-guard moment from Emma as she was getting felt miked up. 

I've worked with/met a lot of women in this industry. Some amazing, some horrors. 

Emma is very much the former. 

EMMA HARDIE TSV

Emma Hardie has her final TSV of the year tonight/today. Here's a quick preview of what's coming up:

Full size Moringa Cleansing Balm (100ml)

Full size Professional Eye Serum (15ml)

Full size Professional Moisturiser AM/PM (50ml)

NEW *Exclusive to QVC* Moisture Mask (50ml)

Value £148

QVC TSV price £48.20

I'll be tweeting through the launch hour and blogging tomorrow with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from QVC's new Chiswick home.

Stay tuned! 

QVC:

Sky Digital: 640

Virgin TV: 740

Freesat: 800

Freeview: 16

What's in my Handbag? (bathroom shelf)

So last Friday evening the team from What's in My Handbag? raided my house and my shelving - again. Good job they are ridiculously lovely ladies - and also that Mr Hirons doesn't mind 4 women walking in on him when he is hiding in our bedroom.
 The results are now up over on the WIMH site - which if you haven't joined - you absolutely should. Nothing I like more than a good nosy into other people's bags/cupboards!

Not my shelving - but they ARE in the feature - any excuse to get a good picture of blue hydrangeas on the blog.

What's in my Handbag? 

Emma Hardie TSV - Forewarned is forearmed.

Regular readers will know of my addiction to Emma Hardie's Moringa Balm Cleanser. I also love the night cream.

Emma Hardie's TSV goes live at Midnight. NOW. 

What's in it? 

1 x full size Moringa Balm *joy* (normal price £34.00)

1 x 50ml Night Cream *scream* (value £28.00)

1 x Lighter Hydrating Lotion Moisturiser - perfect for upcoming months (normal price £38.00)

1 x trial size of Skin Plumping Serum (value - by this stage - WHO CARES???)

All this: for the frankly, stupid price of £39.96 +4.95 p&p.

Also available online - Don't hang about.

*does dancing leaps of joy*

QVC digital channels

• Sky: 640
• Freeview: 16
• Virgin TV: 740
• Freesat: 800

Emma Hardie - QVC Anniversary Show - Picture Heavy!

Earlier this month I was invited to take a little photographic Behind-The-Scenes Diary of Emma Hardie's Anniversary Show on QVC.

A few of the shots are below

Prep and Makeup!

There's always one.

This: people, is the REAL Emma Hardie

Team Hardie

The long walk to the Studio.

A completely deserted QVC!

Products prepped and ready to go

Producer, Director, Presenter, Guest

Getting ready

Five seconds to go

Anndddd we're off!

Someone call Security - who are those two women gatecrashing the jewellery set??

And we're done!

Thank you for having me Ladies.

Emma Hardie Supersize Cleanser and a QVC Exclusive

Broken record time. I know I know.
I promise I'll stop going on about this cleanser - one day. Just not now.

Here's what you need to know:

• The tres sensible people at EH have finally made a 200ml pot of the best cleanser in the world*.
• It's available exclusively on QVC as their Pick of the Month with free p&p NOW. 
• I'll be tweeting live from backstage at Emma Hardie's Anniversary Show on QVC this Sunday at 9pm. Make sure you tune in for some bargains. And some Emma madness.

*until I make one

Small print: Just to be absolutely clear - I have no business/financial/affiliate connection to Emma Hardie whatSOever - I just genuinely loves it. 

Cleanse, Tone & Moisturise - Me

I seem to always be talking about or recommending the same products recently so I thought I would mix it up a little - and take blatant advantage of my friends in the industry and fellow bloggers by asking them what THEY use to Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise. It will be either their all-time favourites or their current routine. And I'll be asking across all ages, ethnicities and skin types.

Before I get going with my guests choices, I thought I would, for the record, give you my Desert Island Three.

Cleanser

OK no surprises here. I know I recommend it to pretty much everyone - but I genuinely use it every single day and panic if I'm nearing the end of the pot without a replacement to hand. I won't go into detail because if you read this blog regularly you'll know it all.

Emma Hardie. End of.

Toner

One of my very first blog posts was about Biologique Recherche and the power of their P50.

In all honesty it's not a toner - the term 'toner' is just too outdated now - this is a surface exfoliating treatment (my words!) for prepping the skin to receive serums/moisturisers etc. So it's used at the toner stage, but to compare this to your typical 'toner' is like comparing a Rolls Royce to a rickshaw.

Moisturiser

OK I can't possibly pick one moisturiser for all-time. It's the one thing you need to change as regularly as your choice of coat and so for that reason I'm listing my current favourites for day and night.

Day:

Yes it's Doctor P again. The Hypoallergenic Nourishing Moisturiser is part of the new range for sensitive skin and I have to say - it rocks. The texture is thick and luxurious but it absorbs beautifully and leaves the skin comfortable, not greasy or tacky. Love.

Night:

I wasn't going to split it into two but I always - always use a different product at night and recently it's been this gorgeous oil from Vaishaly. In light of recent comments on the Clinic posts - it seems a lot of you are still very cautious about using an oil on an oily skin.  Please let me reassure you by saying: HOGWASH. This oil is specifically for Normal/Combination and I use it safely without it bringing up any cystic acne bumps.

It glides on beautifully, absorbs nicely and leaves the skin with an amazing glow. it also has that 'spa smell' that you only seem to get these days from facialist brands. Bliss.

My Daily

Just a quick one - I'm over on My Daily today with my Hero Product.. No surprises for guessing what it is....

At least I'm consistent.

MyDaily.co.uk

And the Winners are.....!

Many thanks for all your recent entries in both the Emma Hardie and Daniel Sandler Giveaways...

I'm very happy to announce that the winners are:

Daniel Sandler - Product Pixie 'Patron Saint of Blusher' made Daniel giggle...

and

Emma Hardie - A unanimous ComputerGirl for this little gem:

Emma is THE best name,
I should know, we're one the same!
Caroline is pretty cool too,
Giving away good skin goo.

Why do I need it? I'll tell you why,
My skin is oily, my skin is dry,
My skin is a wrinkly raisin fruit fly,
My skin eats dirt, which makes it black,
Yet clearing it up seems an impossible task.

"Emma Hardie" Mrs Hirons says,
"Will brighten up bad skin days".
Beauty Mouth, well the girl never lies,
and that is why I would like this grand prize!

The poem wot I wrote ;)
Enjoy :)
Emma (Computergirl, not Hardie) x

Congratulations Ladies!! - email me your addresses!

Emma Hardie Giveaway

In my usual style, my blog birthday giveaways keep rumbling on..over a month after the actual day. Ne'er mind. It's all good.

Being as I have raved about this brand so much that I have had to assure people that I am not on the payroll - I was thrilled when Emma Hardie won Best New Brand at the CEW Awards last week. Excellent. It's not just me then...

So let's call it a double celebration and offer some of you that may not have tried it the opportunity to get your hands on what is without a doubt, my favourite cleanser of all time along with some of her other star products.

So, to be in with a chance of winning all of the below....:

Professional Cleansing System

Plumping Serum

Rejuvenating Night Cream - otherwise known as biggest pot of face cream ever

• Simply join the gang of Mouthy People over there on the right following/subscribing to the site
• Leave a comment below demanding that you win - in your own style - i.e. GIMME. I want it. Pleeeaasseeee. Gimme it NOW! Whatever you fancy...

Good luck all!

1. Giveaway ends June 5th at 11.59pm
2. One prize - value £142.00
3. Winner chosen at random by the Emma Hardie team - they like a laugh so crack on!

Small print: Prize provided by Emma Hardie. They're nice like that.

Current Skincare Routine - January/February

I posted on Wednesday about the changes I have consciously made to my lifestyle, diet and skincare routine.

The upshot of it for me is that organic/natural has had to take a backstep. I still love my balms and oils but as treats. For day-to-day maintenance this is my current routine:

I'm starting with the evening because that is the most important stage to me:

P.M.
Start with dry skin!
1st cleanse with my staple: Emma Hardie
2nd cleanse with Perricone's Nutritive Cleanser.

This is new to me and I am LOVING it. Firstly, it smells of Johnson's Baby Powder (score!) and it feels really, really luxurious. This has helped my skin tremendously and I would like it on tap in my bathroom please. A little goes a long way.
I alternate this with Alpha-H's Balancing Cleanser - another recent find.

This leaves the skin really soft yet definitely cleansed...

Toner/tonic stage
Depending on the day I do one of two things:
Day One: I wipe over the skin with Alpha-H's Liquid Gold and then leave the skin bare for the night as directed.

Hard for me as I am ingrained with covering the skin with something afterwards but no! I am doing as I'm told! This is some serious stuff and has made a clear, definite difference to my skin.
Day Two: Either P50 or a standard toner depending on whether I feel dry or am flaring up.

Eye Cream - currently Alpha-H's Absolute Eye Complex 

On days I am not using Liquid Gold I apply toner and then go straight in with Perricone's Cold Plasma

 followed by their Face Finishing Moisturiser.

A.M.
Again start with dry skin.
Cleanse either with Nutritive Cleanser or Balancing Cleanser and a fresh hot cloth
Tone with a toner that suits my skin on the day. Can be anything from Guinot to Dr. Lewinns
Apply Cold Plasma
Apply Perricone's Face Firming Activiator

Again - new addition to my regime but loving it so far...
Apply Face Finishing Moisturiser on top.
Note the above 3 products are used in small quantities and leave the skin feeling soft and hydrated, not greasy and heavy.

Added extras: Vitamin E Serum from Alpha-H, Darphin Purifying Balm, Payot Speciale 5 Drying and Purifying Gel are all in rotation and I use them like a buffet - as and when I need them...

That's it. As you can see it's two things:

• hardcore - there is nothing organic/natural about my current routine - I still use all the natural products I have at home on my teenagers but for me, at the moment, bring on the chemicals...
• expensive - some of these products are not cheap. In fact they're borderline mortgage payments. But I'm telling you if they keep working the way they are at the moment it's worth it to me. I'll have to do without something else. Some people buy designer shoes/handbags/clothes, not me - skincare is my crack. And I can't just throw any old cream on my skin anymore and get away with it...

Other things that have helped me:

• keeping my skin hydrated with spray toners. Treating acne rosacea in any form is incredibly drying when you are used to big fat moisturisers and I have a decanted spray toner on my desk and two at home. It calms my redness. Soon as I feel that telltale 'heat' coming I spritz myself. Bliss.
• Going in with a second round of moisturiser after the first has absorbed. I make sure my face feels comfortable all the time.
• Cut down the spicy foods - sad but true. Jalapenos are a distant memory for me at the moment...

If you do have acne and/or rosacea and you want to just start with one thing? Go for the Liquid Gold. That has given me the biggest, quickest, noticable difference. And its not extortionate. You can currently get a supersize on QVC for around £33 which I will be ordering...

If anyone has any suggestions for anything that has really worked for them I would love to hear about them.

Will keep you posted on my progress.... Here's hoping...


Small print: I received the Perricone and Alpha-H products mentioned in goody bags at recent events. But I wouldn't recommend them if I didn't love them. And I will be purchasing off my own back when they run out. If I recommend something on this site it's because I recommend it - not because I've been paid to.