Win: Jurlique Mothers Day Sets

My mum has been amazing and without her, I wouldn't be able to run my life as smoothly, helping me out with the boring but important daily tasks. And over the years, we have evolved from the traditional "mother-daughter" relationship to become more like great girlfriends. We enjoy each others' company and love going shopping together!

So with Mothers Day only a few short weeks away, I'm faced with coming up with ideas on what to do or buy for her to show my gratitude and thanks for all of her love and support.

Good thing brands out there make it easier by providing some gifting ideas.

Jurlique has this year released 4 different boxed Mother's Day sets featuring their best selling products to pamper mums around the country .

Jurlique In Full Bloom set  - RRP A$34 (valued at A$39)

This set showcases Jurlique's iconic rose products and suits those on a tight budget. Includes Rose Balancing Mist 30ml and Rose Love Balm 15ml which will save and soften those chapped lips and skin.

Jurlique All About Rose set - RRP A$89 (valued at A$124)

Mum will be smelling all rosey with the Rose Shower Gel 300ml, Rose Balancing Mist 100ml and Rose Handcream 125ml.

Jurlique Hand Picked set  - RRP A$45 (value at A$56)

A duo of best selling Rose and Lavender hand creams 40ml  to keep mum's hands looking smooth, hydrated and softly scented.

Pick of the Bunch set - RRP A$75 (valued at A$96)

Containing the top 2 best sellers, mum's will be chuffed when she receives this to keep her complexion radiant and fresh. Herbal Recovery Gel 30ml and Rose Balancing Mist 30ml.

Win these gorgeous sets

To celebrate and express our gratitude to all the tireless mothers who unconditionally love and support us every day, Jurlique has kindly sponsored a giveaway to show our token of appreciation to our beautiful mothers (or yourselves if you are a mum) on her special day.


That's right, you can win mum any one of these four sets.

To enter you must:

1. Follow Jurlique on Twitter and,
2. Follow me on Twitter and tweet "I'm entering @lilpil99 giveaway to win 1 of 4 gorgeous @JurliqueAust Mothers Day set: http://bit.ly/I52p5U". You may tweet this once a day for extra entries.
3. Those with no twitter accounts or want extra entries, leave a comment below and tell me how you plan to pamper your mum this Mothers day.
4. For another entry, comment on Things I Love's Facebook wall telling me you want to win a Jurlique Mothers Day set. 

Giveaway terms 

• This competition is open from 24th April until midnight 4th May AEST Australian time and is open to readers with an Australian postal address. 
• There will be 4 winning entries.Only one prize will be awarded to each winner.Winners will be chosen randomly by a random generator and prizes awarded in order of entries drawn. 
• The prize pool contains a Hand Picked set, In Full Bloom set, All About Rose set and Pick of the Bunch set. Total prize pool = A$243. 
• Winners will be announced 5th May. The winners will have 24 hours to get in touch with me with their postal address to ensure prompt delivery of the prize in time for Mothers Day. 
• If winners do not get in touch within the prescribed time, their prize will be forfeited and a new winner will be redrawn. 

Good Luck with your entries everyone!

How will you be treating your mum on her special day?

Jurlique Mothers Day boxed sets are available at Myer, David Jones and Jurlique boutiques now.

Lancome's Rouge in Love: 159B Rouge in Love

The year's greatest lipstick launch to-date would undoubtedly have to be Lancome's Rouge in Love. Launched last month, the lip colour boasts 6 hours of perfect wear with high-intensity colour with a feather-light feel.

The ad campaign is fronted by one of my favourite girls Emma Watson who's now all grown up from her Hermione Granger & Harry Potter days.

The signature shade of the new collection is shade 159B Rouge in Love which is what Emma wears in the advertising campaign. And let me tell you I am indeed in love with this rouge the moment it touched my lips.

159B Rouge in Love is a bright ruby shade on my lips and although it is not as deep on my lips as it appears for Emma, it is fresh, vibrant and equally sexy and appealing.

The first thing I noticed is that it feels like a balm and even has the shine of a one but the pigmentation is intense and the lightest signature lancome scent of the rose.
I used a brush to apply in the below pictures but it only takes a few swipes and my lips were bursting with colour.

From a wearability perspective, it has a medium and easily buildable to opaque coverage. And because it feels so moisturising, I forget that I'm wearing lipstick when I have this on - it certainly is very suitable for the dry weather or even the office environment where air conditioning and heating is cranked up high all the time.

Because of its hydrating nature and shine factor, it also does a great job of smoothing lip wrinkles and lines and gives the illusion of luscious full lips. 

The colour stays on for hours as well before drinking and food obviously wears it down quicker than normal. I did not test for the full six hours as I cannot go a few hours without snacking on some food or drinking from a glass.

If you are looking at swatches of other shades, be sure to head over to Ponikuta's blog where she has swatched 159B Rouge In Love, 377N Midnight Rose, 322M Corail In Love

I'm head over heels with Rouge in Love and know that I'd be collecting a few more shades in the range in the coming months.

Have you tried Rouge in Love yet? What type of lipsticks do you like?

Lancome Rouge in Love is available in 21 shades. RRP A$45 for 4.2ml at Lancome counters in Myer, David Jones and selected pharmacies.

Win: Soft Silky Hair with Silky Colouration

Having colour treated and chemically treated hair, I always have to battle dullness, dryness breakages and the dreaded split-ends on a daily basis.

Thankfully, the hair care and styling products have come a long way to make my daily grooming so much easier, allowing me to have hair that looks healthy, is full of lustre, and shine, I looked like I have just gotten a blow wave from a salon.

Two of my favourite hair care products I've been using on a regular basis the last 2 months are from Silky Colouration.

Silky Colouration is an Italian professional hair care brand that is relatively new to the Australian market and already going to make waves with its amazing products.

Silky Hydrating conditioner – This leave in conditioner can be used on wet or dry hair and I spritz itin between washes on dry hair before styling/brushing to re-hydrate hair, give it softness, and shine. It’s a two phase solution with silk amino acids and hydrolysed proteins to help strengthen hair – something that I need given the damage on my hair and abuse I put it through.

Hydrating Conditioner ingredients

Silky Crystal Serum – this finishing product is not just another hair serum. It gives maximum shine without weighing hair down at all. In fact, this light watery fluid is more effective than Morrocan Oil at taming my fly aways, and giving me gorgeous mane with a mirror shine. I definitely am looking at repurchasing on this bottle when I’m finished with it.

Crystal serum ingredients

Silky Colouration products are available at great hair salons. Visit here for stocklist details.

Win A Luscious Silky Colouration Pack

Do you want to have soft and silky hair and a chance to try out Silky Colouration products? Then you’re in luck as I have 2 great Silky Colourations haircare packages values at A$98 each to give away.

The prize pack consists of

• Silky Nutrix shampoo
• Hydro herb Mask
• Nouvelle Double shot
• Silky Nutrix serum
• Silky Zero crystal serum

 All you need to do is like the Silky Colouration Australian&NZ Facebook page using the Rafflecopter widget below. 

You can get extra entries by liking the Things I Love Facebook page and by tweeting about this giveaway.

And for those of you who don't do Facebook or Twitter, then subscribe to this blog via email and comment in this post that you want to win this great Silky Colouration prize and include your subscribing email address in the comments for validation.

Good luck everyone!

P.S - this give away is  open to Australian and New Zealand residents only as per the promoter's request.