2013 Prix de Marie Claire Beauty Awards Winners

It's fashion shows and awards time of the year again.
Into the 8th year this year, the 2013 Prix de Marie Claire Beauty Awards celebrates the past year's outstanding beauty products amid the myraid of new product launches. Today I'm sharing with you the winners of the Readers Choice Awards.

These have been rated by Marie Claire readers and classed between Splurge vs Steal for each category so that there is a product to meet every consumer budget. This year the awards go to 9 product and one beauty brand.

Best Fragrance – Chanel Coco Noir

Best Makeup Product (Splurge) – Yves Saint Laurent Le Teint Touche Éclat

Best Makeup Product (Steal)  – Natio Pure Mineral Skin Perfecting BB Cream SPF 15

Best Skincare Product (Splurge)  – Jurlique Herbal Recovery Antioxidant Gel Mask

Best Skincare Product (Steal) – Bioré Combination Skin Balancing Cleanser

Best Haircare/styling Product (Splurge)– GHD Air Hairdryer

Best Haircare/styling Product (Steal) - TRESemmé Split Remedy Split End Sealing Serum

Best Body Product (Splurge) – Kora Organics Luxurious Rosehip Body Oil

Best Body Product (Steal) – Aveeno Skin Relief Moisturising Lotion

Best Australian Beauty Brand – Napoleon Perdis

Congratulations to all the winning brand and products.

I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I've only tried 3 of these winners (Coco Noir, Bioré skin balancing cleanser and Kora Rosehip body oil) - there are just too many products being launched for one to try them all.

It looks like I better get cracking on making more regular visits to the stores to acquaint my self with the other winners so I can find out first hand why these are voted the country's favourites.

Have you tried any of the winners? Do you agree with the votes?

The Versatile Blogger Award

I’m still in holiday mode despite heading back to work today. Thankfully my office is 80% empty this week and I’m able to catch up on administrative things and finish off outstanding project work from last year.

So you can imagine my pleasant surprise today when I found out that Saumya at the Vanity Bag Diaries has bestowed upon me the Versatile Blogger Award which I want to thank her warmly for.

I must be out of the blogging loop and hiding under a rock lately because I haven’t heard of this award before so I thought I better look it up. What I found is that the Versatile Award is not so much an award as such, but rather, a tagging game with only 3 simple rules:

• Thank and acknowledge the person who awarded you this award
• Share 7 random facts about yourself
• Pass this award along to 15 blogs you enjoy reading.

So again, many thanks to Saumya for this tagging me this award.

Now for the7 random facts about me in the order of randomness:

1. I’m the eldest of 3 which puts me squarely in Miss Bossy Boots territory. My sister and brother probably didn’t appreciate it when they were younger, but I hope they can now because the responsibility for me was huge – afterall, I was only doing mummy’s calling.
2. I have a bronze medal in latin dance for Salsa – don’t ask me how but I do from my uni years. I wished I continued and tried for my silver medal because I would love to have some of those groovy moves these days.
3. I hate mock cream – you know, the whipped butter and icing sugar stuff. Do not even try to make me eat anything with it unless you want me to shoot dagger eyes at you.
4. I was a tom-boy in my teens and most of my uni life. How could that be when I’m crazy about makeup and beauty I can’t explain. I must have lost my boyish good looks after one too many girly makeup transformations :D
5. I love musicals and it didn’t start with Glee. The sound of Music, The King and I, My Fair Lady - I could watch those musicals over and over again. Oh, I love going to theatres to watch musical shows too.
6. I’m very minimalistic when it comes to work makeup even though I own a truckload of it. I spend more time layering on my skincare and sunscreen than I do on eye shadows... a base to even out my skintone, blush for some colour, liquid eyeliner and mascara and a lip gloss and I’m out the door most mornings.
7. I have read every Christopher Pike novel ever written in high school. Yes, I used to devour a book within a day. These days, I can’t even finish a novel in a year. I guess my taste have changed but if Mr. Pike ever released any new titles, I’ll be picking up a copy on launch day.

I hope you find some or all these quirky facts about me interesting. Now, I will pass along this Versatile Award tag to the following wonderful Australian bloggers.

Tine at BeautyholicsAnonymous
Jess at  MissJShopaholic
Celina at Fables in Fashion
Jade at Jade Musing
Tina at Chasing Elixir
Norlin at Baubles Bubbles Bags
Sarah at Dempeaux
Dana at Blushfully
Melissa at MissMacBeauty
Melmeko at Yeah,Yeah Ragger, Ragger
Emma at Emma Bovary Blog
Lexi at Dreaming of Verona
Megsy at Beauty In The Sky
Jen at My Funny Valentine
Faye at Faye Lu Review

The Liebster Blog Awards

I was surprised and humbled to find out last night that the lovely Su from My Perfume Diaries has nominated little moi for a Liebster Blog award. Thank you Su for your high praises and support.

For those who don't know. The Liebster is a award for those who have less than 300 Google followers but deserves a lot more recognition and following than what they currently get. They are the unsung heroes of the blogsphere, plugging away in their little corner, churning out fantastic work and we need to do something to help them get some publicity.

If you receive the award you link back to the blogger that nominated you and nominate 3 more blogs. Below are 3 equally beautiful blogs that I would would like to pass on the Liebster Blog Award to. They also deserve your following and support so get going and check them out!

The Best Beauty Blog
I love Ling's candidness and ability to weave a great story into her beauty reviews. Her posts are thorough and often have a humourous insights into her life.

All I want is Everything
Jess from Miss J Shopaholic does wonderful review posts and amazing youtube video reviews. Her enthusiasm for the products she loves is infectious and often have me wanting to run out to the stores to pick up her reccommendations.

Emmabovarybeauty

Emma always shares with us her beauty finds in an honest and open tone. I love the fact she reviews many affordable products that you can just run up to Priceline or local chemist to pick up if it's something that takes your fancy.  

 

And of course shout out to all other beauty bloggers, particualarly my MBBE girls - you are what makes this such an amazing blogging community to be a part of.