6 Year Anniversary and my biggest ever Giveaway

SIX YEARS! I can't believe the time has gone so quickly, but yes, six years ago, so dismayed was I by the constant talk of cleansing wipes on twitter, that I sat down to rant about not cleansing properly and here we are 1123 posts later. Double cleansing, acid toning and Sunday Facials are thankfully now terms used by any and everyone but wipes are still selling by the bucketload. They're still on my shitlist. I'm not giving up. :)

To celebrate, and frankly, to get me back in the swing of things again after an 'interesting' few weeks (more of which on this week's vlog and this blog in coming weeks), I wanted to say 'Thank You' by offering a one-off, huge, special giveaway.

One lucky winner, worldwide, will win every product that has become synonymous with this blog over the last six years and every product that has ever been put in the Hall of Fame. 

So obviously, the prize will include:

Biologique Recherche P50
Elemis Aching Muscle Super Soak
Emma Hardie Moringa Balm Cleanser
Kate Somerville Goat Milk Cream
Darphin Purifying Balm
La Roche Posay Serozinc
Sunday Riley Good Genes
Anne Semonin 100% Active Serum
First Aid Beauty Facial Pads
Clinique Take The Day Off Balm
Jane Scrivner Nourishing Cleanser
Illamasqua VOW Pencil
Michael Kors Liquitan Self-Tanner
Alpha-H Liquid Gold
The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter
Hydraluron
Pixi Glow Tonic
Neutrogena T-Gel
Tata Harper Replenishing Nutrient Complex
Zelens Z Luminous
Darphin 8 Flower Nectar Oil
Estee Lauder Revitalising CC Cream
Chantecaille Just Skin
Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb
May Lindstrom Blue Cocoon

If you think of anything  obvious that I have missed, please do let me know in the comments and I will add it in if appropriate.

*Thank you for the suggestions but I don't think tea, Dettol and Tena Lady pads are worth sending around the world?! :)

Please read the T&Cs below very carefully, and enter via Rafflecopter below.

THANK YOU FOR READING MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE INTERNET FOR SIX YEARS AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL!



a Rafflecopter giveaway


T&Cs:

• One winner, one prize
• No cash alternative
• Open Internationally
• You can enter once a day
• Proof of shipping will be provided, but CH cannot be held responsible for customs or shipping delays once it leaves my care.
• Please note that not all items are suitable for International shipping so if you live overseas it is highly likely that your prize will not include things like Serozinc or Flowerbomb.
• No alternatives will be offered in the case of prizes being unable to be sent Internationally.
• CH cannot be held responsible for the shipping/customs laws in your country.
• The shipment will most likely be split into a few parcels for ease, but that is to be decided.
• Once the winner is announced and notified via email, you have 24 hours to claim your prize or I will pick another winner.
• Winners will be chosen completely at random by Rafflecopter on 1st May 2016.
• God help the postman.

This post is not sponsored and the prize will include products gifted by the brands and my own purchases.

Ava

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOO.

Ava and baby Madison - Summer 2013

Happy Birthday Max.

Happy Birthday my sweet Babyboy. Love you.

Mummy x

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Two years ago I sat down and penned a little post about cleansing massage. It proved popular and so I kept posting.

And now here we are in 2012 - I just wanted to say a huge Thank You to all of you that have taken the time to read, comment, talk about, link to, feature and support this blog along the way.

It is hugely appreciated.

Thanks. A bunch.

Source - Pinterest!

Happy Birthday to The Blog!

Today is the 1st birthday of the blog.

Pic courtesy of Dr Lulittle

 You've been reading my rants/advice/putting up with me for a whole 365 days.

Doesn't time fly when you're stressing about what to post....anyway: a few things I've learned....and a few Thank You's

Things I've learned:

• there is such a thing as too much information - not everyone needs to know you found a grey hair - down THERE - although it may lead to one of your most-read posts.
• if you have lost your blogging mojo - don't worry - people will wait for you - and if you read THIS blog you'll be sitting there thinking ain't THAT the truth.
• Twitter is not the place to vent to SOME people - that's best done in a bar - and if necessary with your bat...I'M KIDDING. Jeez. Kinda.
• You can have too many body lotions.
• People actually use Google Follow because it makes life easier for them - I need to get over my 'I'm not doing it for the numbers' attitude - you'll notice its back - over there on the right...
• Bloggers are in general - great, funny, lovely, interesting people - I have made friends (and the odd enemy - muahahaaa) for life.
• Something good can come from ranting about skincare - Give and Makeup was spawned out of an idea for a blog post...

Which brings me to...

The Thank You's: (It's Highly Unlikely I'll ever win an Oscar so just let me have my moment please thanks)

Louise from Get Lippie
The person who muttered the immortal words on twitter: 'Just blog it bitch.' That's right - blame her.
Partial to a chicken wing and the odd glass of red. And don't get her started on lipstick. Reads me almost as well as my Mother - in fact thinks she IS my Mother occasionally. The Hilda to my Evadne. My first port of call with my 'What do you think of THIS?' questions - whether it relates to the blog - or a certain wine.

The beyond fab Grace from London Makeup Girl
London Makeup Girl has directed more traffic to my site than anyone else - I don't know what I did to deserve that but I am eternally grateful *curtsies*

Yinka from Vex in The City
The only person who hasn't known me since I was a teenager to call me Caz and not only get away with it - but I like it. Guaranteed to make me laugh just by giving me the *sideeye*.

Kate Shapland and Grace Timothy
Loveliness personified - the pair of them.People who can string quite a lot of words together in an intelligent manner and also - added bonus - know how to spell.

The girls from Just Nice Things
Especially Helen - a fellow metalhead with fabulous taste in long haired tattooed men.

Big Fashionista and Bangs and a Bun
The other two thirds of my Bananarama Bat Gang. The first to step up to the plate if needed.

All the PR's that have helped me throughout the year - its a big transition going from dealing with long leads to dealing with bloggers - and 99% of you get it right every time although some like to focus on the 1% that don't. Thank you.

And to all the Brands I have worked with - thank you for trusting me and knowing that I blog because I enjoy it - not because I can break your embargo. And thank you for not flinching when I turn up to meetings in adidas trainers. You rock. All of you.

And a couple of thank you's for their help with Give and Makeup

Charlotte from Lipglossiping for the visual used on the site and
Priya from Beauty Wowza for all her help with the graphics. Ailsa and the team from Beauty Bay for going above and beyond.

And thank YOU lovely people for reading - thank you for the comments, the abuse, the laughs, the questions, the product swaps and the advice.

As a thank you I have used my wiles, sales skills, general powers of persuasion and to be honest, good old-fashioned blackmail to bring you a gathering of my favourite products from the year as giveaways - the likes of which you may never have laid your pretty eyes on.  So here's what I suggest - get following the blog (in for a penny...) and hold on to your hats - we have giveaways coming up from: Elemis, Murad, Nars, Emma Hardie, Alpha-H, Dr Perricone, Jergens, MAC and Daniel Sandler to name a few.

You've put up with me for this long - it's the least I can do.

THANK YOU!!!!!