Hello everyone,

today Beautiful with Brains turns three! I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for three years already. And what amazing years they have been! In this time, BWB has grown into a great community and I’ve had the chance to meet so many wonderful people. I just want to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for it. Thanks for visiting my blog, for reading my posts, for all your comments, emails and support. It means so much to me. This blog wouldn’t be the same without all of you!

It may be BWB birthday today but it’s you who’s gonna get a present. To thank you all for your amazing and very appreciated support, I’m hosting a giveaway. Here’s what you can win.

THE PRIZE:

Anatomicals No Old Bags Allowed
Esprit Styling Color Eyeshadow Duo in Raw Jeans
Got Beauty Gloss in Riflesso Corallo
Got Beauty Eyeshadow Palette in Sunset Boulevard
Jesse’s Girl Color My World Eyeshadow in Volcanic
Layla Magneffect Nail Polishes in Changing Lilac and Blue Grey Flow
Liz Earle Gentle Face Exfoliator
Pupa Luminys Velvety Baked Blush in n.4
Pupa Multiplay Pencil in Black
Wet n Wild lipgloss

Thanks a lot to Liz Earle for donating the Gentle Face Exfoliator and Layla for the two Magneffect Nail Polishes. They aren’t pictured here as they are currently on their way to me but I will update the photo above as soon as they arrive. May even add a few more products or samples then.

HOW TO ENTER:

There are two ways to enter and you can do both of them for two chances to win.

1. Leave a comment in this post about anything at all: why you want to win, what was the best or worst birthday present you got, what you had for lunch, anything you want.

2. Follow me on Twitter and RT the following message:

Entered to win BWB 3rd Blog Anniversary Giveaway! Follow @beautywithbrain & RT to enter! http://bit.ly/m3VE1F

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- The contest is open to all readers. I will ship worldwide.

- Only one comment per person please.

- The contest ends on 11th July 2011 at 11:59 PM PST. A winner will be chosen randomly and announced the next day, 12th July 2011.

Good luck everyone!

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who participated.

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Hello everyone!

I know I’m late at announcing the Prairie Dawn lip balms giveaway winner. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to write this post yesterday, but I did contact the winner and it’s now time to announce it to you all. But first, here’s how the winner was picked.

I took all the entries both from your comments and your tweets, written them down in an Excel sheet document and used the random.org generator to pick the winner. There were 40 entries in total and the random generator chose:

n.25, babysaffron! Congratulations!

Your prize is on its way to you and I hope you’ll enjoy the lip balms as much as I did. To everyone else, thanks a lot for taking part in the giveaway!

Hello everyone,

as promised, it is now time to announce the winner of BWB second anniversary giveaway! I took all the entries both from your comments and your tweets, written them down in an Excel sheet document (some names were written down twice because they tweeted as well) and relied on random.org generator to pick the winner. There were 104 entries in total and the random generator picked:

n°99, Eva! Congratulations hun!

Your prize is on its way to you and I hope you’ll enjoy everything. To everyone else who took part, a big thank you!

Hi ladies,

today Beautiful with Brains turns 2! It seems like yesterday when I was trying to find a nice name for the blog and writing my first post and now I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for two years. Time flies so fast!

I just wanna thank you each and everyone of you, from the bottom of my heart, for visiting my blog, reading, commenting and making it such a nice community. Thank you for your continuous support and encouragement, I really appreciate it very much. I feel so grateful and honoured that I got the opportunity to meet so many lovely people through my blog, it wouldn’t be here without you all.

A few days ago I told you I had a surprise in store for you. Well, here it is. To celebrate BWB second birthday and thank you guys for your support, I’m hosting a giveaway for all of you:

THE PRIZE:

Bottega Verde Anti-Age Shampoo (travel size)
Collistar chic green makeup bag
Essence Into The Wild Bronzing Powder
Eyeko Sparkle Powder
I Provenzali Lip Balm with Argan Oil
Pupa Diva’s Lashes mascara
Pupa Multiplay Eyeliner Pencil in #9 Black
Pupa Smokey Eyes palette
Revlon Runaway Collection fake nails
Vichy Oligo 25 Levres lipgloss in Gold Pink

HOW TO ENTER

- To win, simply leave a comment in the post telling anything you want: what you had for lunch, what was the last movie you saw, why you want to win.. Anything at all. Only 1 comment per person please.

- For a second chance to win, follow me on Twitter and RT the following message:

Entered to win BWB 2nd Blog Anniversary Giveaway! Follow @beautywithbrain & RT to enter! http://bit.ly/dqv5LE

- The contest is open to all readers. I will ship worldwide.

- The contest ends on 11th July 2010 at 11:59 PM PST. A winner will be chosen randomly and announced the next day, 12th July 2010.

Good luck everyone!

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Have you always wanted to design your own nail polish? Now Illamasqua is giving you the chance to do just that. Help them to create a new hot nail polish by entering their Global Nail Varnish Competition – Fall 2010.

All you have to do is submit, in 50 words or less, a description of your dream color and what inspired it, together with a photo or swatch to illustrate your idea to Illamasqua. You can enter in three ways:

via email: competition@illamasqua.com
via blog post: email the link to competition@illamasqua.com
via mail: COMPETITION, c/o Illamasqua, 6-8 Anwell St, London, EC1R 1UQ.

Anyone can enter as the competition is open worldwide, but only one entry per person, please. You have until March 14th, 2010 to submit your entries. The winners will be selected on 5th May by a prestigious beauty panel including Illamasqua Artistic Director and Legendary Make-up Artist Alex Box, Internationally acclaimed Nail Artist Sophy Robson and the Youtube sensations Pixiwoo!

The winning shade will be sold as an exclusive on Illamasqua.com, and through UK-based Selfridges department stores and Selfridges.com, beginning in October of 2010. But of course the winner will get a bottle before anyone else!

Good luck everyone!

Hello everyone,

do you fancy winning a bottle of the Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion for face, body and hands? My friend and fellow beauty blogger Dao from My Makeup Blog is currently giving one away. All you have to do to win is visit her blog, become a follower and fill in a form to let her know what your favourite eye makeup product is.

I’m using this lotion too at the moment (proper review to follow soon) and so far I’m loving it! It can be used all over your body, absorbs quickly and leaves skin smooth and hydrated. In addition, the lotion is loaded with Aloe Vera which has moisturizing, soothing and healing properties.

Contest is open to everyone all over the world and ends tomorrow November 15th, 5pm. So what are you waiting for? Go visit My Makeup Blog now!

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Lumiere Skin & Beauty Bar is hosting its first make up contest featuring two looks: “A Hard Day’s Work”, & “ A Night Out On the Town”! All you have to do is to create a natural and sophisticated eye look for the day or an intense, sultry look ideal for the night time.

To create the look you must use Lumiere products. Two winners (one for each look) will be selected and they will receive a prize pack consisting of two full size Lumiere eye shadows/pigments, and a full size Lumiere Lip gloss. You can enter for both looks, but one person can’t win both prizes.

Email pictures of your looks, along with the list of the products you used to create them, your email address, mailing address, full name and age at sarahrivera.lumiere@gmail.com.

To enter the contest, you must be 18 years of age or have written permission from your parents. The contest ends on September 20th, 2009 and winners will be announced on October 1st, 2009. The winning looks will also be posted on Lumiere website.

Good luck everyone!!

Hi everyone,

It’s time to announce the winner of Beautiful With Brains First Anniversary Giveaway! I took all the entries from your comments, subscribers, twitter and blog posts about the competition to pick a random winner. So, without further ado:

Congratulations to Veedee! Enjoy!

A big thank you to everyone who took the time to enter!