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Giveaway: DropGifts & Illustrated People

Tie-dye Illustrated People Crop Top* and the Giveaway Prize

DropGifts is a new online service (& mobile app) which allows you to send gift cards (vouchers) to friends & family.

They offer a variety of vouchers from well known stores such as Illustrated People, Urban Outfitters, John Lewis, Various cinemas and more. Some of these are free to send to friends, whilst you have to pay for others. Once you have chosen your voucher and sent it, it will appear on your friend’s Facebook wall. By clicking through the link they will be taken to the DropGifts site where they can find all the details they need in order to receive/use their gift!
What can you win?
The white Illustrated People t-shirt pictured above on the right hand side (seen here).

How to enter:
1. Follow ‘Bloomzy’ via GFC/Bloglovin
2. Send a free Illustrated People giftcard via DropGifts (here) or via the app (here).
3. Earn extra entries by liking Facebook pages/tweeting about the giveaway.

This giveaway has now ended!
Congratulations to Katrina, I have sent you an email.

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Giveaway: Iconemesis iPhone 3G/4 Case

A selection of iPhone cases from the Iconemesis website

For those of you who have read my review’s on Iconemesis’s iPhone cases, you will know how much I love the brand.
Iconemesis is unique in the iPhone case market in that it uses the artwork of some amazing current artists, such as Gemma Correll & Fifi Lapin. So when we recently put our heads together and decided to collaborate on a giveaway, 
I was very excited.
What can you win?
Your choice of either an iPhone 3G or 4/4S case from Iconemesis.
How to enter:
+ Be a follower of ‘Bloomzy’
+ Choose the case you would like to win, from here.
Extra entries: Follow Iconemesis on Twitter & Facebook.
This giveaway has now closed.

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Update & Giveaway Winner

First off, I would just like to apologise for the lack of blog posts recently.
I have been suffering with an ongoing medical condition, which has worsened in the last week.
However, after a visit to the hospital I have been put on some new medication and told to relax as much as possible. Therefore I decided to take a long weekend away from the blog – sometimes I stress about getting posts up on time – but now I am feeling a bit better and shall do my best to return to a normal posting schedule.

Now, onto the winner of the Skin79 BB Cream Giveaway:

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Congratulations Sophia!
I will be sending you an email shortly.

Thank you to everyone that entered.
I hope to host more giveaways in the near future, so please keep an eye out!
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Review & Giveaway: Skin79 Gold VIP BB Cream

Skin79 Korean Gold VIP BB Cream

If you’ve read the beauty posts on my blog over the years then you will know that I am constantly on the search for a foundation that will match my skin tone. So a few years ago I turned to the Korean bb creams that were slowly becoming more and more popular, across Asia and the rest of the world.

It’s safe to say that apart from a certain colour supplement (that I shall be reviewing shortly), I have had the most luck with BB Creams over Western foundations. After the lovely ‘Smokey Eyes MUA‘ recommended I try Skin79’s Gold VIP BB Cream I rushed off to buy some, in the hopes that it would be the miracle I had been waiting for!

Swatches – straight from bottle, and blended.

Unfortunately this bb cream was too dark for my skin tone. 
It did change tone slightly after I applied it, but it didn’t match my skin enough.
Actually it was quite visible that I was wearing it, even after I had blended it and added powder etc.
The coverage wasn’t bad and it did make my skin look smooth, and didn’t feel cake-y but it was just too dark.
I decided not to do such a lengthly review this time as the product just didn’t suit me or work with my skin, 
so I don’t feel like I could write a proper review on the product.
However I have decided to do a giveaway for the above bottle of Skin79 Gold VIP BB Cream from Korea.
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!
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Cosmo Blog Awards & Giveaway Winners!

The ‘Cosmopolitan Blog Awards’ are back again in 2012!
Nominations are open, and I would love it if you could vote for me.
All you have to do is go here and nominate me under ‘Best Established Beauty Blogger’.
You will need to copy & paste my url into the box – http://blooomzy.blogspot.co.uk
Incase you were wondering, the blog is not under a year old. 
Thank you ♥
And now, the winners of the giveaway!

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Thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winners.
I will be sending an email to you shortly. Please reply in 48hours, otherwise another winner will be chosen.
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Review & Giveaway: Klorane

Klorane Nettle Sebo-Regulating Dry Shampoo & Klorane Oat Milk Dry Shampoo
Klorane is a French brand that uses plant extracts in their products to create quality hair and skin products.
I was sent two versions of their dry shampoos to try out for myself, both retail at £7.50. The price may scare some people off with most dry shampoos being in the £3 range, however I have used other popular brands and have found them to dry out my hair. Klorane managed to give my hair volume and make it feel and look healthy, whilst I was using it.
Klorane Nettle Sebo-Regulating Dry Shampoo
This was the first Klorane dry shampoo I tried a few months ago, I’ve really road-tested these!
I was amazed at how much volume this added to my hair. I did notice that you need to rub it into your hair a bit more than the other, and when first applied it didn’t smell that appealing. There was no smell after I put it on though, like hairspray.
Klorane Oat Milk Dry Shampoo
This was my favourite out of the two, for texture and smell – soft and subtle.
It was also less noticeable when first applied, and blended well when rubbed in.
The Oat Milk dry shampoo did give my hair some extra volume, but not as much as the nettle.
You can purchase Klorane products in John Lewis, or online here.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
I have 3 Klorane Oat Milk Dry Shampoo to giveaway to 3 lucky readers!
I am afraid this is UK ONLY – sorry! The giveaway ends 6th May.

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Clippy London Giveaway Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered the Clippy London giveaway.
Before I announce the winner I would like to quickly explain to my international readers why some of my giveaways are UK Only. This last giveaway was hosted by me, for Clippy London. The items were sponsored by them but I have to post them myself and that can be pricey when it comes to shipping abroad. Also some PR firms who have offered to sponsor future giveaways are UK based and would prefer to only ship their prizes out to UK addresses. I do apologise and I hope you can all understand – I love you guys just as much! I will be back with an international giveaway soon!
AND THE WINNER IS:


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I have sent you an email Hayley, please reply in 48hours, or another winner will be chosen.