Winners of Essence Vampire's Love Nail Polishes

As always, big thanks to all who took the time to participate in the Vampire's Love giveaway and for making the effort to find the answer to my question. I'm glad that most of you got it right. There were only three pages of Brand: Essence to go through to find the answer, which was, Object of Desire. Some of you also included the full product name (Multi Dimension 3 in 1 with XXXL shine) and that was fine.

So, here are the winners, based on random numbers given to me by my mother on the phone:

Main Prize
consisting of Gold Old Buffy, Into The Dark, Hunt Me If You Can, True Love

rachlovespenguins


2 x Consolation Prize
of my favourite, Gold Old Buffy

-Diana-
Nóra


Congratulations to all the winners! Emails will be sent out to each of you very soon. Please respond within 72 hours and if I don't hear from a particular person in this time, I will have to pick another winner.

Note:
• Every care will be taken in sending out the prizes but I will not be held responsible in the event that any of the packages goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• These nail polishes are brand new and were my own purchases.

Keep your chin up if you didn't win this time. Please remember that I do these giveaways to share the fun and the love, so do take this in that spirit. Anyway, I seriously have many more giveaways planned for all of you. I'm far from done!

If you missed them, here are my posts featuring the five Vampire's Love polishes upclose:

Essence Gold Old Buffy



Essence Hunt Me If You Can



Essence The Dawn Is Broken



Essence Into The Dark



Essence True Love

Win: Essence Vampire's Love Nail Polishes

This giveaway is closed. Thank you.
To view all the Essence Vampire's Love polishes, please click on the links given below.


I found these in several stores these past week and a half. I would have loved to include a Vampire's Love Eyeshadow Palette in the main prize but unfortunately, there were none to be found. Zilch!

Anyway, let's give these Vampire's Love nail polishes a good home. Correction - a few good homes. This is how I'm splitting up the lot.

Main Prize
The Main Prize winner gets four Vampire's Love polishes:

L-R
Gold Old Buffy
Into The Dark
Hunt Me If You Can
True Love

Gold Old Buffy is my favourite of the lot. If you've followed my writings long enough, you would know that my giveaways are always done in the spirit of sharing the love (or fun), so I'm very happy to have found a couple more bottles of this gorgeous polish in the stores to give to you.

2 x Consolation Prize

Each consolation prize winner gets one bottle of:
Gold Old Buffy


Here is the giveaway info in quick bites:

1. Open worldwide.

2. Open to all who follow Witoxicity's writings.
Followers on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' receive one extra point.

- Google Friend Connect (one extra point)
- Bloglovin' (one extra point)
- RSS feeds
- Regular visitors

3. Fill in the form below (now removed).

4. Answer one simple question:

What is the name of the first Essence nail polish I ever featured here on Witoxicity.com?
Hint: I have featured it twice - once without stamping and a second time with stamping. Use either the top navigation bar or the side bar to find the answer.

5. Optional: Feature this giveaway on your blog with the first photo above - three extra points.

6. Optional: Tweet about this giveaway - one extra point.
For your convenience, you might want to copy this:
Win Essence Vampire's Love nail polishes @Witoxicity http://goo.gl/u13Km

7. Submit your entry by latest 11.59pm (Central European Time) on Sunday, 11th December 2011.

8. The winners will be picked randomly from the list of participants (and their corresponding extra entries) who answer the question correctly.

Good luck, everyone!


Update
To view the five Vampire's Love polishes upclose, here are the links:

Essence Gold Old Buffy



Essence Hunt Me If You Can



Essence The Dawn Is Broken



Essence Into The Dark



Essence True Love

Winner of KOH Balance Winter Colours 2011 Nail Polishes

I'd like to first thank all who took the time to take part in this KOH Balance giveaway. It's been fun reading what you've written about your favourite of the six Balance polishes.

I'm aware that all you want to know now is who won (in which case, please scroll right down). I'd like to quickly share with you how the polishes did in the popularity poll. The dark broody green, Play Daily, got the highest percentage of votes. Here's how the polishes fared:

KOH Play Daily 25%



KOH Rest Fully 18%



KOH Love Passionately 18%



KOH Laugh Limitless 15%



KOH Breathe Deeply 14%



KOH Eat Purely 10%

Anyway, I sincerely hope the winner will give the Balance polishes a very nice, cosy home. The winner picked randomly is:

Lavender

Congratulations! I will be sending you an email very soon. Please respond within 72 hours and if I don't hear from you in this time, I will have to pick another winner.

Note:
• Every care will be taken in sending out the prize package but neither I nor KOH Cosmetics will be held responsible in the event that the package goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• These polishes are brand new and were kindly provided by KOH Cosmetics.

I know I'm leaving the rest of you disappointed but there is more to come later. Stay tuned!

Win: KOH Balance Winter Colours 2011 Nail Polishes

This giveaway is closed. Thank you.

This giveaway wasn't in the original plan but KOH has kindly provided another set of the KOH Balance Winter Colours 2011 polishes. So, of course, someone needs to win this!

The winner walks away with the entire set of six polishes that make up the KOH Balance Collection with a total retail value of almost €90.

The polishes are:

L-R:
Breathe Deeply
Rest Fully
Play Daily
Laugh Limitless
Love Passionately
Eat Purely

Each bottle would of course come in a KOH case which I talked about in the Eat Purely post. There will also be a cute mini KOH paper fan inside every case.

Here is the giveaway info in quick bites:

1. Open worldwide.

2. Open to all who follow Witoxicity's writings.
Followers on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' receive one extra point.

- Google Friend Connect (one extra point)
- Bloglovin' (one extra point)
- RSS feeds
- Regular visitors

3. Fill in the form below (now removed).

4. Answer two simple questions:

Which is your favourite out of the six polishes in the KOH Balance Collection and why?

5. Comments from readers are always much appreciated. Readers who left comments on the posts featuring the six KOH Balance Collection polishes receive one extra point for every comment left there prior to the announcement of this giveaway, provided that they fill up the giveaway entry form.
Note: To avoid confusion, please participate using the same name as the one used in the comments.

6. Optional: Feature this giveaway on your blog with the first image above - three extra points.

7. Optional: Tweet about this giveaway - one extra point.
For your convenience, you might want to copy this:
Win the entire set of 6 polishes from the KOH Balance Winter Colours 2011 Collection @Witoxicity http://goo.gl/dO2IH

8. Optional: Follow me on my style site, Witoxichic - one extra point
- Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin'
Note: Tastes differ. Do follow only if you like what you see.

9. Submit your entry by latest 11.59pm (Central European Time) on Friday, 11th November 2011.

10. The winner will be picked randomly.

Full giveaway details here.

Good luck, everyone!

To view upclose each of the six polishes on nails, here are the links:

KOH Breathe Deeply



KOH Rest Fully



KOH Play Daily



KOH Laugh Limitless



KOH Love Passionately



KOH Eat Purely

Winner Of Giveaway: Etos Pure Pigments

Thank you very much to all who took part in the giveaway. I hope the winner will have fun using these pigments.

Unfortunately, there were some participants who did not give the correct answer to my question. The full and correct answer is Teeez Magic Pigment Powder.

Without any further ado, the winner randomly picked (by my Mum) from among those who did give the correct answer is:

rock-or-not

Congratulations! An email will be coming your way very soon. Please respond within 72 hours and if I don't hear from you in this time, I will have to pick another winner.

Note:
• Every care will be taken in sending out the prize package but I will not be held responsible in the event that the package goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• These bottles of pigments are brand new and were my own purchase.

Giveaway: Etos Pure Pigments

The giveaway is closed. Thank you.


This was the reason why I wrote that out-of-nowhere post on the Etos Pure Pigments the other day. You see, I bought an extra set of the Pure Pigments and it will be going to one of you. As I said the other day, I know you can get pigments easily from many brands these days but I thought it would be fun to give one of you a chance to try something from Etos (it's a Dutch drugstore chain).

Front row: My set; Back row: Winner's set

The winner will walk away with this set of five Etos Pure Pigments:

L-R:
No. 102 (bronzy gold)
No. 103 (turqoise green)
No. 101 (red/dusty rose)
No. 005 (violet)
No. 004 (cobalt blue)

The giveaway info in quick bites:

1. Open worldwide.

2. Open to all who follow Witoxicity's writings.
Followers on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' receive one extra point.

- Google Friend Connect (one extra point)
- Bloglovin' (one extra point)
- RSS feeds
- Regular visitors

3. Fill in the form below (now removed).

4. Answer one question:

What was the first pigment powder eye product from a Dutch brand that I ever featured on Witoxicity.com? Please give both the brand name and the product name.
The shade name is not required. Hint: It was featured sometime in the last 3 months.

5. Optional: Feature this giveaway on your blog (feel free to use the third image above) - one extra point.

6. Optional: Tweet about this giveaway - one extra point.
For your convenience, you might want to copy this:
Win a set of five Etos Pure Pigments @Witoxicity http://goo.gl/1mNAI

7. Optional: Follow me on my style site, Witoxichic, through either Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' - one extra point.
Note: Please don't follow blindly. Do follow only if you like what you see.

8. Submit your entry by latest 11.59pm (Central European Time) on Saturday, 1st October 2011.

9. The winner will be picked randomly from the list of participants (and their corresponding extra entries) who answer the question correctly.

Full giveaway details here.

Good luck, ladies!

There are more images of these pigments and the swatches in the Etos: Pure Pigments post.

Winner of Giveaway: Catrice/Essence Papagena, Muse And Ballerina

As always, many thanks to all who responded so enthusiastically to this giveaway and for helping to spread the word about it.

My dearest Mum was given the task of picking the winner. She gave me a random number on the phone earlier today and the winning number corresponds to this participant:

Gen

Congratulations, Gen! I will be sending you an email very soon. Please respond within 72 hours and if I don't hear from you in this time, I will have to pick another winner.

Note:
• Every care will be taken in sending out the prize package but I will not be held responsible in the event that the package goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• The nail polishes are brand new and were my own purchase.

Thank you, everyone! I have other little giveaways lined up for all of you. Do stay tuned.

Giveaway: Catrice/Essence Papagena, Muse And Ballerina

The giveaway is closed. Thank you.

Updated
To view these polishes upclose:
Catrice Welcome To The Jungle
Catrice Rusty But Sexy
Catrice Khaki Perry
Essence Grand-Plié in Black


I was in a Kruidvat store two days ago and decided on a whim to get this extra set of polishes for one lucky reader.

This is what you stand to win:

L-R:
Catrice Welcome To The Jungle (from the Papagena Collection)
Catrice Rusty But Sexy (from the Modern Muse Collection)
Catrice Khaki Perry (ditto)
Essence Grand-Plié in Black (from the Ballerina Backstage Collection)

If you're interested, here is the giveaway info in short:

1. Open worldwide.

2. Open to all who follow Witoxicity's writings.
Followers on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' receive one extra point.

- Google Friend Connect (one extra point)
- Bloglovin' (one extra point)
- RSS feeds
- Regular visitors

3. Fill in the form below (now removed).

4. Optional: Feature this giveaway on your blog (feel free to use the image above) - one extra point.

5. Optional: Follow me on Twitter – one extra point.
Note: I'm not a serial Twitterer. Please take that into consideration before deciding to follow.

6. Optional: Tweet about this giveaway - one extra point.
For your convenience, you might want to copy this:
Win four bottles of nail polishes from Catrice and Essence @Witoxicity http://goo.gl/QIr5Q

7. Optional: Follow me on my style site, Witoxichic, through either Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' - one extra point.
Note: Tastes differ, so please follow only if you like what you see.

8. Submit your entry by latest 11.59pm (Central European Time) on Saturday, 10th September 2011.

Full giveaway details here (now removed).

As usual, I will be showing these polishes (my own) here and/or on Witoxichic in coming weeks (please see above for the links to the relevants posts).

Good luck, ladies!

Winners of Giveaway: MuLondon Natural Organic Moisturisers

The response to this MuLondon Giveaway was fantastic and I am very sorry that there are only three prizes to be given away. Thank you very much to all who participated and who made the effort to spread the word about MuLondon and the down-to-earth, natural moisturisers that Boris lovingly handmakes.

I am passing on to Boris all the thoughtful and encouraging comments that you left regarding MuLondon and his moisturisers. I am sure he will be very pleased to read them.

There were a couple of participants who mentioned that MuLondon moisturisers are not available in their countries. I think it's worth pointing out that MuLondon moisturisers are available mainly online through the MuLondon website. Boris does provide international shipping at a reasonable rate (in my opinion). Also, I encourage you to subscribe to his newsletters as he does offer special discounts on his products sometimes.

Image courtesy of MuLondon

On to the giveaway results. I've given my dearest Mum the honour of picking the winners. She gave me three random numbers on the phone this morning and so, the three lucky winners are:

• Amaltée
• Crystal
• Aricos

Heartiest congratulations! You each win a jar of MuLondon moisturiser of your choice.

Emails will be coming your way very soon. Please respond with your postal details within 72 hours, otherwise an alternative winner will be chosen.

Note:
• Boris of MuLondon will take every care in sending out the prizes but neither he nor I will be held responsible in the event that a package goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• These prizes are kindly sponsored by Boris of MuLondon.

Many thanks to Boris for his generosity!


More information:
MuLondon website
My feature articles on MuLondon

Giveaway: MuLondon Natural Organic Moisturisers

This giveaway is closed. Thank you.

If you didn't know already, MuLondon is one of my favourite brands of natural organic moisturisers. They are handmade, highly concentrated (as they contain no water), paraben-free and vegan.

In the last year and a half, I have tried all five of its moisturisers:

• Organic Hemp
• Organic Rose
• Organic White Chocolate Truffle
• Organic Marigold, Frankincense and Myrrh
• Organic Lavender

Mind you, I'm not just paying lip service here. With the exception of the Organic Rose and the Organic Lavender Moisturisers which were samples sent with my online orders, the MuLondon moisturisers I have tried were my own purchase. In fact, I like them so much that I have also been buying them as gifts for my Mum, my Aunt and my friends.

I would love to give a few readers of Witoxicity a chance to try MuLondon's moisturisers themselves. So, I'm very pleased to say that Boris, the founder of MuLondon (and self-professed Head Cream Whipper), has agreed to sponsor another giveaway for my readers. Thank you very much, Boris!

There will be 3 winners with each winning one jar of moisturiser of his/her choice.

Image courtesy of MuLondon

Giveaway information in short:

1. Open worlwide.

2. Open to all who follow Witoxicity's writings.

Followers on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' receive one extra point.

- Google Friend Connect (one extra point)
- Bloglovin' (one extra point)
- RSS feeds
- Regular visitors

3. Information on the MuLondon moisturisers can be found here:

- MuLondon website
- All my posts on Brand: MuLondon.

4. Fill in the form below (now removed).

• Choose which MuLondon moisturiser you would like to win

• Tell Boris: Why would you like to try his moisturisers? / What makes MuLondon moisturisers unique?


5. Optional

Help spread the word about MuLondon, one extra point for each of the following:

• feature this giveaway on your blog. Feel free to include the photo above.

• feature this giveaway on your public Facebook.

• become a fan of MuLondon on Facebook.

• follow @Witoxicity on Twitter.

• follow @MuLondon on Twitter.

• tweet about this giveaway (with hashtag #mulondon) or tweet this:
Win it! 3 jars of #mulondon natural organic moisturisers are up for grabs @Witoxicity http://goo.gl/LYbs7


6. Submit your entry by latest 11.59pm (Central European Time) on Saturday, 16th July 2011.

7. Winners will be picked randomly.

Full giveaway details can be found here.

Good luck, everyone!

I have written about how I use the MuLondon moisturisers here.

More information:
MuLondon website

Winners of Giveaway: Catrice Dark Elegance

Big thanks to all who participated in the Catrice Dark Elegance Giveaway. The response was overwhelming!

I spoke to my Mum on the phone this afternoon and based on the numbers she gave me, here are the two winners:

Package 1 - Purplelized, Iron Mermaiden, In The Bronx, Dirty Berry
• Stormayhlegj


Package 2 - Forget-Me-Not, Iron Mermaiden, In The Bronx, Dirty Berry
• Katie Eakins

Congratulations to the both of you! I will be sending you emails very soon. Please respond within 72 hours and if I don't hear from you in this time, I will have to pick another winner.

Hmmm, yes, perhaps you were expecting it. I have more.

Here's another winner whose name is picked from the list of ladies who took the time and trouble to leave a comment under one of my Catrice posts - Dirty Berry - up to the time of publication of this winner announcement. The prize is none other than a bottle of Dirty Berry.

As usual, I used The Hat to pick the winners. The ladies in the running were:

After shuffling the names around, The Hat picked this name to be the winner:

Well, I'm in a giving mood, so I've got one more to give away - In The Bronx. As before, the ladies in the running to win one bottle of In The Bronx are those who left comments under that post up to the time of publication of this winner announcement.

These are the names:

The names were shuffled around and the winner chosen by The Hat is:

Congratulations! Michelle and Toyomi, please contact me with your postal details and I will send your polishes out to you.

Note:
• Every care will be taken in sending out all the prizes but I will not be held responsible in the event that a package goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• The nail polishes are brand new and were my own purchase.

Once again, thank you to all who participated and to those who always take the time to drop me a line. I appreciate your comments very much.

More to come soon. Do stay tuned.

Giveaway: Catrice Dark Elegance

The giveaway is now closed. Thank you.

This is essentially Part Two of the nail polish giveaway that I kicked off two weeks ago. I've just concluded the one featuring Essence polishes and now, it's the turn of Catrice.

I'm very impressed with the latest release of Catrice nail polishes. They are affordable, there is a varied and gorgeous range of shades to choose from and I don't really have anything bad to say about its quality either.

As suggested in the name of this giveaway, there's nothing sweet about the colours that I've chosen for the prizes. While I do ocassionally wear light shades, I have a natural affinity for dark ones. I got these shades for myself but I also bought extras. I thought it would also be great to have two of you win these:

There are two packages up for grabs. Both packages are the same except for one polish.

Package 1 (Top row L-R)
Purplelized
Iron Mermaiden
In The Bronx
Dirty Berry

Package 2 (Bottom row L-R)
Forget-Me-Not
Iron Mermaiden
In The Bronx
Dirty Berry

Giveaway info in short:

1. Open worldwide.

2. Open to all who follow Witoxicity's writings.
Followers on Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' receive one extra point.

- Google Friend Connect (one extra point)
- Bloglovin' (one extra point)
- RSS feeds
- Regular visitors

3. Fill in the form below (now removed). Please choose which package you would like to win - Package 1 with Purplelized or Package 2 with Forget-Me-Not.

4. Optional: Feature this giveaway on your blog (feel free to use the first image) - one extra point.

5. Optional: Follow me on Twitter – one extra point.

6. Optional: Follow me on my style site, Witoxichic, through either Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin' - one extra point.

7. Readers who have been regularly leaving comments on Witoxicity and Witoxichic: You have already bagged one extra point.

8. Submit your entry by latest 11.59pm (Central European Time) on Friday, 24th June 2011.

I've decided to let the giveaway run for just under three weeks instead of the intended two.

Good luck, everyone!


If you can't make up your mind which package to go for, try checking the two purple Catrice polishes through my Nail Polish Gallery.

Winners of Giveaway: Have Fun With Essence

Once again, thank you so much to all who took part in the Have Fun With Essence Giveaway. I hope the winners will enjoy their polishes.

You may or may not realise that my Mum is my random number generator, so she's the one who determines who the winners are. Big thanks to you, Mum!

Here are the winners based on the numbers given to me by my Mum on the phone:

1 x Main Prize winner
• jazzqueen64



2 x Second Prize winners
• Jo Tee
• *Raissa

Congratulations! Emails will be sent out to you shortly. Please respond with your postal details within 72 hours. If I don't hear from you in this time, an alternative winner will be chosen.

But wait, I have another winner and of course, it's a surprise! I'm allotting a pair of Essence nail polishes to one of you who left a comment under my post featuring Essence Where Is The Party?. This surprise winner gets the following two bottles of Essence polishes:

L-R:
Where Is The Party?
Choose Me (dark green glitter)

For this, I've enlisted the help of The Hat to pick the winner. Those who are eligible are those who left comments on the Where Is The Party? post up till the time of publication of this winner announcement post. They are:

After jumbling up the names, The Hat picked this name to be the winner:

Congratulations, rock-or-not! Please contact me with your postal details so that I can send the polishes out to you.

Note:
• Every care will be taken in sending out all the prizes but I will not be held responsible in the event that a package goes missing in transit or arrives damaged.
• The nail polishes are brand new and were my own purchase.

Stay tuned for the next giveaway - Catrice - that I'll be kicking off later today.