Win a pair of Cloud Nines! or "Eek! Did I leave my straighteners on?!"

Hi girls! Happy New Year! If you're anything like me you're one of over 30 million people in the UK suffering from 'Appliance Anxiety', that awful moment when you're out and about and you suddenly think 'I left my straighteners on!' If you've ever had that panic you'll be relieved to hear those moments may well be behind us as the clever people at British Gas are developing new technology which means you'll be able to switch off appliances using your smartphone, how nifty is that?

Fancy winning these cuties? Add a comment below!

British Gas would like to give one of my very lovely readers their very own pair of Cloud Nines (I'm so excited about this giveaway, you lucky lot, I can't live without my Cloud Nines!) The straighteners feature the all important hibernation mode and come with a heat resistant mat, hurrah!

So to be in with the chance of winning the gorgeous Cloud Nine Mirco Irons here's what you have to do!
1. Be a follower of this blog, old or new! (If you don't follow me just click 'Join This Site' by all the beautiful faces on the right!)
2. Leave a comment on this post about this new technology from Brisith Gas, do you worry about leaving your hair straighteners on when you step out?
3. My lovely, existing 1,464 followers get an extra entry just for being here already!
4. For an extra entry you can Tweet "Skip along and win a pair of Cloud Nines by joining the discussion on @maylovesmakeup 's blog http://bit.ly/y9kBsg"
5. Please enter by the closing date of 18th January when I'll be picking one winner from all the valid entries out of a hat!

Good Luck girls!

May
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Sisley Phyto-Khol Star Glittering Eyeliners

Hi girls! Today my lovely resident MUA Jenna is sharing her thoughts on a new addition to her kit, Sisley Phyto-Khol Star Glittering Eyeliners!

"So I recently tried out the SISLEY Phyto-Kohl Star Glittering Eyeliners in Pure Sapphire (Blue) and Black Diamond (Black), and WOW, these are so amazing! As Christmas is just around the corner, they

add some serious glittering glamour to any look, and really emphasize the eye ........A kohl pencil, which blends really well and is just the thing to use when re-creating that ever popular smokey eye!!

They retail at £30.50 and you can pick these bad boys up at most John Lewis stores up and down the country as well as House of Fraser, Selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Fenwick.

If you have trouble locating your nearest store you can call the lovely Sisley team on 0207 591 6380, and they will point you in the right direction. Alternatively, you can purchase online most of the Sisley range at the retailer’s mentioned above, and have your products delivered to your door.

They also come in a velvet style case, and have a different colour diamante on the end of each pencil. Other colours available are: Smoked Topaz, Deep Silver, Sparkling Bronze, Copper Gold and Dark Amethyst. I hope you girls enjoy this dazzling product as much as I did, and hopefully the shimmer in your eyes will draw the man of your dreams closer to the Mistletoe you are waiting under!!!"

You can tweet Jenna at @JennaSMakeup!

Happy Christmas girls!

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Video - Say 'Hello' to the Instyler!

Hi girls! I've recently been lucky enough to try out a new hair styling tool, the Instyler is a an iron with a rotating heated barrel which allows you to straighten, add volume and create curls.

I've been using the Instyler over the past few days to create volume and straighten my tresses!

You can follow Instyler on Twitter check them out on Facebook and Youtube and you can pick up the Instyler on their website for £99.99

What do you think girls?


May
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River Island's Black Leather Bomber

Hi girls! I love leather jackets and this leather bomber from River Island is my current favourite! I love the retro twist on a classic look and I've been throwing it over all my casual ensembles lately and getting loads of compliments, the leather is gorgeous!

River Island's Autum/Winter collections are fab and they're giving RI lovers the chance to win a whole trend collection of clothes with their 'Postcard from the Past' app on Facebook. Just click over to be in with a chance!

If you're looking to invest in a new leather jacket you can pick this one up from River Island for £110.

May
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Hat tag! You're it!

Hi girls! Who doesn't love Innocent Smoothies? You might have seen their cute little bottles wearing wooly hats recently all in aid of The Big Knit, Innocent's annual campaign to raise funds for Age UK.

This year Innocent want to play Hat Tag with you and it's easy to get involved, pick up your favourite Innocent smoothie wearing a hat (mine is mangoes and passion fruit!), then take a snap of people, animals, things seemingly wearing your Innocent hat! Just hold your hat between the camera and your subject! (It's sooo much fun!)

To share your picture skip along to facebook and upload your snaps into the Hat Tag gallery. They'll donate 10p to Age UK for every picture uploaded! Not only that but they'll be asking for everyone to vote for their fave pics with an extra 5p donated per vote and prizes for the top 3 pics each week!

Kristen looked a bit chilly on the cover of this month's Glamour!

Are you going to join in girls? What's your favourite Innocent drink?

May
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You're invited to 17's Twitter party!

Hi girls! Are you free on Sunday evening? I’d like to invite you to a party!

For one night only myself and my good friend, the very lovely Ree from ReallyRee.com (@ReallyRee) are working with 17 (@Official17) to host a really exciting Twitter party! We’d love you to join our discussion about trends, makeup, celebrity style and our favourite products products with 17’s makeup artist Vanesa Guallar (@VanesaGuallar) and 17 will be giving away spot prizes every 15 minutes to tweeters with something great to say in our chat! All you have to do is get involved and join us from 7pm on Sunday with the hashtag #17Cosmetics!

Magnetic nails, 17 style!

Not only do 17 want to spoil you with treats during our party they’re holding a brilliant competition on their facebook page! One winner is going to be skipping away with a makeover from Vanesa Guallar, three tickets to a Summer Camp gig, an overnight stay in a top London hotel and £500 of high street shopping vouchers! There are loads of fab runners up prizes too! All the details will be live on their facebook page really soon so keep an eye out, I'd love it if one of my gorgeous readers won!

17's Nudist Peach lipstick, one of my daytime favourites!

I'm really excited to be hosting the Twitter party with Ree (check out her blog for a daily beauty and fashion fix!), as you might know my very first lipstick was from 17 which triggered a lippie love affair and I still love 17, it's one of my favourite drug store brands and you can have a flick through my past 17 posts here while you're waiting for party time!

17's Revenge, Envy and Fury nail polishes

See you Sunday at 7pm and don't forget to use #17Cosmetics to join in the fun!

May

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Pout of the Day celebrating 50 years of Lipcote!

Hi girls! My very first experience of Lipcote came shortly after I purchased my very first lipstick (and if you read my blog regularly you’ll know I’m now totally obsessed with lipstick!). A school friend shared her secret of how she got her lippie to last most of the day and after I picked up my own little magic bottle I was hooked! I even found one in my stocking from ‘Santa’ one year and the smell of Lipcote (now laced with a new vanilla scent!) brings back lots of fond memories of my first foray into the world of makeup.

Lipcote has been sealing lipstick onto the lips of lipstick lovers since the 1950s, just pop your lipstick of choice on, blot with a tissue, paint a little Lipcote over the top, wait for the tingle and your lippie is set to a saton matte finish for hours!

Lipcote is a favourite of mine for a night on the town ensuring my fave lippie doesn’t end up on my cocktail glass or my fella, just my prettified pout! I hear my girl crushes Rihanna and Rosie Huntington-Whitely are also big fans!

Here's my Pout of the Day sealed with Lipcote, a British beauty classic and a lipstick lover’s BFF!

Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick on Coral sealed with Lipcote, mwah!

Lipcote has a cute new design this year to celebrate 50 years of helping lipstick stay put, and at £3.49 from Boots or Superdrug for a bottle containing around 100 applications I think you need one in your life!

Are you a Lipcote lover?

May

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