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, by Yuri

Erzulie Cosmetics Review & Giveaway -CLOSED-

I'm so excited that I got to feature another great company that sells natural products. Erzulie Cosmetics is the kind of company I've been looking for, a cosmetic line that creates all natural mineral make-up which products are paraben, synthetic-silicone & Bismuth-Oxide Free, 100% all natural and Non-Comedogenic->Translates = it's all Natural..

I've been wanting to change my make-up with all natural and mineral ones so I was so excited to receive a small package from Erzulie Cosmetics to review.
But first, let's meet Rhonda Demars, the founder of Erzulie Cosmetics. She is an experienced all natural cosmetic formulator and Nationally recognized Holistic Nutritional Consultant. She's also a Certified Nutritionist. With that background you're sure to find great mineral and all natural products in her store. To add to that, their Mineral Blend is now Patent pending.

With that introduction I couldn't wait to try mine. Here's what I received to sample:

Lipstick RX Color & Shine
Lip/Cheek color
Mineral Skin Brightener and Perfecter Goddess Glow
Gel Eyeliner in all natural dark brown
Make-up sponge

I got the Lipstick RX in Cora and Aurora. Cora is a Pale bright Pink Nude color with iridescent shimmer (which is too pale on my lips since I have a darker warm skin tone so I give it to my sister-in-law who have a brighter skin tone than me and it looks good on her ). While Aurora is (according to the webstore) a Pink Dusty Rose with Pearl Shimmer, but in my skin it turns out to be a gorgeous natural brownish pink with a subtle pearl shimmer, LOVE IT! This is one of my fave lipstick now because sometimes I want to do a make-up in natural color palette but couldn't find the right shade of lipstick, but that is old story now! I now have the perfect natural lipstick with natural color to complete my au naturel make-up :D

Here's me with the Lipstick RX Color & Shine in AURORA:

The Lip/Cheek Color have a pretty shade too. Mine is Lily, it's a vivid pink undertones w/ violet fuschia overtones. I was surprised with the result on my lips. The pink purple-ish color actually look good on my face, even my mom compliments me (she never compliments my make-up before). And the fact that the name is Lily doesn't hurt too --> My name is Yuri and in Japanese it means "Lily" so ever since I knew that fact I've been crazy with the name Lily, hence my nickname "tigerLILY" ^o^

Okay, enough craps about my name now let's continue with the review. My most favorite of the package is the gel eyeliner. The dark brown color looks gorgeous on my eyes and let me tell you, I never use a gel eyeliner before but with this Erzulie eyeliner it turns out to be a piece of cake! I love the end result and how the texture makes it so easy to apply. It glides on and stays on! LOVE IT!

Did you notice the eyeliner? Please pardon my un-trimmed brows ;p

The Goddess Glow also an amazing skin brightener that makes skin looks radiant.
From the store: Goddess Glow is a skin brightening perfecter, light moisturizer and primer that can be worn underneath your foundation, over it or alone. It erases imperfections, evens out skin tones and deposits a healthy natural glow. No Glittery, high shine look. It turns dull skin into glowing perfectly youthful skin!
I love using it with my foundation but whenever I need a quick make-up I just apply it without having to use foundation.

Me: wearing the goddess glow, brown gel eyeliner and the Lily Lip/Cheek color

Overall, it's a very good products to be added to your make-up staple. I recommend Erzulie Cosmetics to all of you who loves to use natural mineral products. For you who haven't tried natural mineral products on your face then you should! Because you have no idea how many chemical ingredients that your make-up company uses in their products. You wanna go natural.

Erzulie Cosmetics offers a wide range of make-up from foundation to lip color and holistic skin care. They also offers Temple Balms/Depuffer which is like a soothing balm, one example is the Bliss which helps to relieve headache and anxiety.

GIVEAWAY!

Rhonda from Erzulie Cosmetics has kindly offered a Free Lily Lip/Cheek Colour & Aurora Lipstick RX to one of you lucky TTT readers!
Based on my experience with the product these Lip colours truly rock! ^o^

Anyway, Please pay attention to The RULES before you enter.

RULES :

(To be eligible for this giveaway contest you MUST do the MANDATORY below. You only need 1 Mandatory entry to enter, but you could also have Additional entries to maximize your chances, please remember to leave each entry in a separate comment box or it won't be counted)

To ENTER (MANDATORY) : You must visit Erzulie Cosmetics website and take a look around at the store, find your favorite item from the store that you'd like to own and then come back here and tell me in a comment on this post. (1 entry)

For Additional entry :

Be a Follower of Two Thousand Things via Google Friend Connect - must be a visible follower. (2 entries, write a separate comment box for each entry)

Blog about this giveaway with a link back here, leave the URL of your post in a NEW separate comment box. (1 entry)

Follow Two Thousand Things via these options: Subscriber / RSS / BlogLovin / Twitter then in a NEW separate comment write your id. If you're already a follower then just tell me your id/name and which subscription are you using. Don't forget to write in separate comment box for each of your subscriptions. You can find all subscription links at the right side bar. (1 entry for each subscription)

Tweet about this giveaway and give me the link to your tweet. (1 entry)

Enter my giveaways in my other blog Tigerlily's Book and tell me which giveaway did you enter. (1 entry for each giveaway you entered)

Be a Follower of my other blog Tigerlily's Book (we have reviews & giveaways every week) via Google Friend Connect - must be a visible follower. (2 entries)

Grab my badge and post it in your blog's side bar (find my badge at the bottom of the right side bar, just copy the html provided and paste it in your blog), don't forget to give me the link. (3 entries)

Buy any of Erzulie Cosmetics products and tell me what your name and what you bought (I will check it with Rhonda). (7 entries)

NOTE : Remember to include your email in the comment box so I can reach you if you win.
Your entries will be visible after my approval so All entries that does not apply with the rules will not be counted and I will not published the entry!

This giveaway will end on Dec 1, 2009 at 24:00 pm.
This Giveaway is open for Worldwide!
Winner will be announced here on Dec 2, 2009.

I will use random.org to pick the winning number. If the winner does not respond within 48hrs then I will have to choose another winner and will announce it again in my blog.

Good luck to everyone! ^__^

This giveaway is also featured on FreeGrechen.

I did not receive any form of cash for this review and this is written based on my own honest opinion (other people may have different opinions). Thanks to Erzulie Cosmetics who provided the products to be reviewed.

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2K By Gingham Giveaway ! - CLOSED -

I hope you're doing great this weekend because I am currently in a happy mood now because I just found out that google has made me a PR 4 from PR 3 ! And my other blog who was on PR 0 is now a PR 2. I'm so happy that now Two Thousand Things is a Page rank 4 website and to add to that, my TTT followers has now reached over 100, it's 127 followers now! Thank you guys for being my stylish followers! Aaand....to thank you guys back I'm gonna have another giveaway this week, yep it's three running giveaways for you guys! I'm so exciteedd..! (check out left side bar for currently running giveaways and click the pics).

Anyway, the 2 other giveaways are a moisturizer and a dress, so now to complete it all I'm gonna have a free tee-shirt giveaway! This one is a courtesy of 2K By Gingham, an online store which I found accidentally while browsing. They offer awesome t-shirts with artsy and unique designs, it's more like an art t-shirt category because they have real artists to design the t-shirts. They also carefully and seriously research garments of fabrics, cuts, and details to customize their products, so the t-shirt is without exception one of the bountiful fashion items readily discovered.

From the website:
2K, a small company whose name was bestowed by Experimental Jetset, is totally anti-mass marketing. 2K is for people who are bored with the market and merchandise that has been controlled by mega mass-marketing brands. We have become determined to introduce the best and most unique artworks and artists to the global youth culture network through t-shirts that we recognize as one of the most informative mediums.

This company is rooted in Japan, a country with a class free and category free society. The land of Gucci and Prada bag toting high school girls and convenience stores equipped with every product essential to survival in this intense urban arena.
Yes, we already know how Japanese young people are so stylish in a unique edgy style of their own. And these 2K t-shirts also speak the same language in terms of artsy design. You should just check out the webstore and find out about it yourself.

Here are some of my wish list from the store:

And something for the hubby:
I think he would like the first tee below and I will allow him to wear the second tee below on my raging PMS days ;p

And maybe some more (these tees could be a perfect gift this holiday) :

Other than Men & Women's tee they also sell women's tank tops, men's hoodie pull-over and tote bags. They also have long sleeve options and you can browse the store by size to make it easier to shop. What I love most is the many design options they offer at the web store and I also adore the unique designs that are anything but ordinary. The only suggestion I have is maybe they could add an option to view each product in a bigger or more close-up view, I find this feature very helpful in other web store because you would have a closer look on the design and the detail of the product. But once again, it's just a suggestion.

And now to the GIVEAWAY!

2K By Gingham has kindly offered a Free Tshirt of Your Choice (depending on stock) to THREE of you lucky TTT readers!
That's right, people..! Three Winners! WooHoo..

Anyway, Please pay attention to The RULES before you enter.

RULES :

To ENTER (MANDATORY) : You must visit 2K By Gingham website and pick which t-shirt you would choose if you win (give me the name of the product) then come back here and tell me in a comment on this post. (1 entry)

For Additional entry :

Be a Follower of Two Thousand Things via Google Friend Connect - must be a visible follower. (2 entries, write a separate comment box for each entry)

Blog about this giveaway with a link back here, leave the URL of your post in a NEW separate comment box. (1 entry)

Follow Two Thousand Things via these options: Subscriber / RSS / BlogLovin / Twitter then in a NEW separate comment write your id. If you're already a follower then just tell me your id/name and which subscription are you using. Don't forget to write in separate comment box for each of your subscriptions. You can find all subscription links at the right side bar. (1 entry for each subscription)

Tweet about this giveaway and give me the link to your tweet. (1 entry)

Enter my giveaways in my other blog Tigerlily's Book and tell me which giveaway did you enter. (1 entry for each giveaway you entered)

Be a Follower of my other blog Tigerlily's Book (we have reviews & giveaways every week) via Google Friend Connect - must be a visible follower. (2 entries)

Grab my badge and post it in your blog's side bar (find my badge at the bottom of the right side bar, just copy the html provided and paste it in your blog), don't forget to give me the link. (2 entries)