1000 Follower Giveaway!!!!

This Giveaway has ended! Thank you to all who entered, and be on the lookout for the next Giveaway!

The time has come! It's FINALLY time to formally announce my 1000 Follower Giveaway! It wasn't too long ago we were just doing the 500 follower giveaway, and I'm over the moon happy about the response that BlushingNoir has received over this time.

As a stay at home mom, I literally have everything invested into my kids. This blog is a way for me to escape, meet new people, and do something that I love that selfishly only benefits me ;) So I LOVE to do these giveaways as a way to give back and benefit YOU! Because this blog would not be what it is without the support of my readers =)

Now, there are MORE ITEMS TO BE ADDED. (Items have been added, you can view them HERE). They're just not here yet lol so I will be updating this giveaway throughout the month. Each time it's updated I'll post on the blog and redirect you back here from that post. This is the ONLY post where entries will count.

Lets see what we have for the giveaway, shall we? =) Please note, ALL items are brand new and unused.

Arriving in this awesomely huge and beautiful Lancome tote:

One winner will receive:
Items sponsored by BlushingNoir:

* Mary Kay Travel-Sized Sun Care Set
* Too Faced Shadow Insurance - Mini Size
* Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion 1 fl. oz. side
* Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara .14oz
* Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara .135 fl. oz.
* Lancome Bright Expert Dark Spot Corrector 0.5 fl. oz.
* Lancome Renergie Lift Volumetry 0.5 oz.
* Lancome Color Design GWP Eye Shadow Quad 0.05oz. includes colors Latte, Bikini Golden, Snap, and Designer.
* Lancome Raspberry Ice Juicy Tube 0.33 fl. oz.
* MAC My Paradise Cheek Powder (from Surf, Baby!)
* MAC Creamola Cremestick Liner
* Le Metier de Beaute Paradis Lip Palette

Sponsored by Sally Hansen & NYC Cosmetics:

* 7 NYC Smooch Proof 16hr Lipstains in the following shades - Forever Mine Wine, Smooch Proof, Rock on Ruby, Berry Long Time, Forever Freesia, Never Ending Nude, and Forever Fuchsia.
* Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips in Glitz Blitz

Sponsored by Golden Rose:

* Golden Rose Lipstick in 63
* Golden Rose Style Liner Metallic in 07

Sponsored by Wet N Wild:

* Wet N Wild Walking on Eggshells Coloricon Eyeshadow Trio

A huge thank you to all of the companies that are helping to support this giveaway! You're FANTASTIC ;)

Contest begins July 15, 2011 and will end on August 15, 2011 at noon EST. At that time all entries will go through random.org and the winner chosen and emailed. Once the winner replies and accepts I will announce it on my blog!
The winner has 48 hours to respond to the email or the prize will be given to another. The giveaway is open to anyone! Anywhere in the world!

HOW TO ENTER
1. You MUST be a public follower of my blog. Please leave your GFC name in the comments so I can find you.
2. Leave your email address so that I can contact you.
3. TWEET about this giveaway! Follow @BlushingNoir on Twitter and tweet the following message: Follow @BlushingNoir and RT to win a HUGE #giveaway of beauty items! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/nrGmKA
4. BLOG about this giveaway! Either by doing a blog post, or putting it in your sidebar (leave a link to your blog! Feel free to use a pic!)
5. FACEBOOK me! Yes, I finally set up a Facebook lol so follow! (leave your Facebook name that you follow under)
6. REFER a friend! Tell everyone you can about this giveaway so they can follow and enter too! Make sure your friend mentions your name, each time your name is mentioned will earn you one additional entry! (i.e. 10 people say you referred them to my blog, you will get 10 additional entries!)

***each number will equal 1 point (unless otherwise noted). Each point = 1 entry, the more entries the more chances of WINNING!

IMPORTANT - if your name is drawn I will be double checking all links and entries. If any are invalid at that time your entry will be disqualified and another winner will be chosen.

So, seriously... what are you waiting for?!

Enjoy, and GOOD LUCK!

PS - Check out other giveaways posted HERE!

Review Post ~ Make Up For Ever Fascinating Lip Gloss & Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color in Strawberry Cream and Shy Blush

First up for review is the Make Up For Ever (MUFE) Fascinating Lipgloss in Pearly Indian Ink 4.



This is described on Sephora.com as red with gold glitter. It's obviously pink and looks nothing like the swatch on the website. In person, it looks more like the color above Pearly Pink 3. Sephora rarely seems to get the color right swatch wise, but luckily that has no bearing on the product itself!

MUFE Fascinating glosses are GORGEOUS. You really need to check them out in person. They are much prettier than MAC Dazzleglass and are absolutely not at all sticky or gritty. The pigment is great, not too sheer, but not too bold. I have every single one of these on my wishlist. These retail for $18 each on Sephora.com.

Next we have Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color in Strawberry Cream and Shy Blush.




In the pic the top color is Strawberry Cream and the bottom color is Shy Blush. Strawberry Cream is a beautiful pink color with a hint of gold. Shy Blush is such a gorgeous peachy shade, also with gold.

Out of the two, Shy Blush is my fav. I always lean more towards the peachy or coral shades... but this one is also a bit more pigmented. Normally I have issues with getting any sort of mineralized product to stay nicely on my skin, but these have good staying power.

These shades retail for $10 each on marykay.com.