Be My Friend

"Be My Friend" - Giveaway

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So this is the "かわいい" giveaway set (compared to the previous one) and is open to all followers. You will receive a pink pouch ID holder + pencil case (Korean), a furry green and white coin pouch (Japanese), a mirror (Chinese), the colorful necklace (Hong Kong), and a letter set by (I think) Masami Tsuda (creator of i.e. Kare Kano - manga).  Basically the trick to this giveaway is that the more you comment on my blog the more entries you will have! I will be updating this page with a list of participants and number of "ticket entries" as often as I can.  If you participated in the previous giveaway you may also participate in this giveaway.

INTERNATIONAL: I am interested in reading blogs by people from other countries as long as they're in a language I can read, which means they have to be in English or Finnish (I should follow one in Japanese to practice!), so I wholeheartedly welcome internationals to read my blog as well! I created this with the plan of going international anyhow~! Therefore both "giveaways" will be open worldwide.

To Participate...
1. Comment with your name & email address.


2. Follow me publicly on Google, Bloglovin', Networked Blogs, or RSS feed (provide email)

For extra entries:
3. Link to the blog post where you mentioned this giveaway.
4. Fan me on "Networked Blogs" Facebook application for an extra entry
5. Place a picture link to this giveaway on your blog sidebar.

You can comment later with extra entries.

If you had already participated in this giveaway, your entries are still there, they're just private and for my eyes only. Don't worry about it!

You, who "promoted" me!

So I wanted to announce the giveaway winner on Tuesday, but then I got kind of caught up with the interviews and sleep deprivation, so now that I'm back from hiking and all relaxed I feel more up to it. If you guys wonder, I decided yesterday that as the landlord's (fully grown) husky needs as much exercise as I do, my new goal is to walk her a min. of one hour a day! Yesterday we went round and round for an hour and today we went hiking for two hours (to the waterfall!). Walking with a large dog is so much more motivating than walking a small dog, they really pull you along and push you to walk faster and further.

Anyhow, there weren't a lot of participants for the PROMOTE ME giveaway but I thought it was about time it ended so I just did random.org for it anyway. It's rather strange that even with 54 readers on google (and a decent amount of page views according to my tracker) there are still few comments and fewer participants but that's OK. It means I'll have to work harder! I had thought about buying stuff for giveaways but I think I'm going to wait till I have a larger readership. Then I will probably have a contest rather than a giveaway ^^

The giveaway winner is #3, Sierra!

For the "Be My Friend" giveaway I'm going to repost tomorrow and I will automatically add any entries for it while promoting it.

Thank you so much if you participated! I will be contacting the winner soon.

I won a giveaway~~~! Project Runway PC Game!

Yesterday* I received in the mail the PC game I won from Alyssa & Vique over at Fashionaburu!

They even have cool black name cards (which yobo now covets, not that his aren't cool...I got them after all).

I LOVE receiving packages/mail (excluding bills) ^____^ Really makes my day to come home to a pile of packages! Which is why I've never shed the Ebay habit, and why sometimes I still order things online (incase if I'm too lazy to find a store). For example, today we also received yobo's new skincare set from Vichy USA:

This is the Normaderm set for acne control, which is why I purchased it for him and not myself (also that whole organic thing...). It's a really good deal so if you haven't tried Vichy yet I highly recommend it! I'm on the mailing list because years ago I was obsessed with their cooling eye gel (great for puffy eyes). This set, which was mainly the two bottles on the side: The moisturizer and the spritzer were $26.00 but then you get this awesome gift set in a gray cosmetic bag (so that men would not shy from buying this unisex brand) along with an acne control gel, toner, and cleaning lotion (total value $45.00). The same price can buy you other sets as well (not necessarily for acne control). I'm going to have him use it for a week and see how it compares with the other stuff he's tried for his acne. Yobo has actually used a lot of other products, some of the best being by Dermalogica and The Body Shop's Tea Tree Oil. At the moment he's testing out Booth's Tea Tree Toner although he really prefers Kiehls Rose Water.

Would you like to know more about acne fighting products? Like yobo's skincare regime?

I have now updated the "Just Me" page to match my current skincare routine and I can always add a section for yobo if someone is interested in his anti-acne products and his experiences with them.

Lastly, some shameless self-advertisement: I'm selling my Sephora Smokey Eye Brush Kit for $14.99+4.99. The kit still retails for $48.00 in Sephora.

In the next month or so I might sell some other brushes as well, more specifically I'm thinking about giving up MAC 109 foundation brush because I think I prefer my other MAC brush over it, or even a sponge. I'm also expecting a large brush set in the mail and I'll definitely review it as soon as I get it! :D

Charity: $10 by Hersheys Easter Basket Blog Hop

I give you (a blogger) a digital Easter Basket and Hersheys gives Children's Miracle Network $10! I found this on Gouldylox Reviews and I would like to give a "basket" out to all bloggers who would like to participate in this charity.

HERSHEY’S BETTER BASKET BLOG HOP RULES

• Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
• Create a blog post giving a virtual Easter Basket to another blogger – you can give as many Virtual Baskets as you want.
• Link back to person who gave you an Easter Basket.
• Let each person you are giving a Virtual Easter Basket know you have given them a Basket.
• Leave your link at BetterBasket.info/BlogHop comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #betterbasket blog hop, and more information about Better Basket with Hershey’s there.
• Hershey’s is donating $10 per each blog participating to the Better Basket Blog Hop to Children’s Miracle Network (up to total of $5,000 by blog posts written by April 4th, 2010).
• Please note that only one blog post by each blog URL will count towards the donation.

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I've also received an award from Vanessa at 'oh jhoy' (thank you so much!)

Beautiful Blogger Award:

1. Thank the blogger who gave you the award. (haha! thank you~~~)
2. Put the award on your blog (check)
3. Link the person who nominated you. (sidebar --->)
4. Share 7 ‘interesting’ facts about yourself.
5. Nominate 7 other bloggers and notify them

 7 "Interesting" Facts About Me:
1. I don't think anyone can tell that I'm half-Caucasian
2. I have three nationalities so three passports
3. When I was a toddler I got really sick once so they had to shave half of my head in order to give me a shot, which is why my hairline is not even (one side is higher than the other)
4. At home (or with family) even though I could speak other languages (like English or Finnish) I've always preferred speaking Mandarin, and outside even though I can often speak Mandarin I prefer speaking English.
5. I don't know if I'm ADD or if I just get bored easily but it's difficult for me to watch a movie or a TV show without doing something else or at least thinking about something else.
6. Since I've become more serious about English language I haven't been able to read a book or any piece of text without circling, underlining, boxing, color coding or at least editing mistakes. Even leisure reading requires a pencil and I'm more than happy to edit essays for my friends.
7. I have this strange habit of comforting myself when I go to a restroom (stall) where I find it profoundly relieving that I am finally alone (in privacy) and before I have time to think I ask myself Are you OK? How are you feeling? and then I think about the answer haha. This has been very useful at work where my boss can really get me down.


7 People I Tag...(in no order, regardless of you having it already)
1. My sister Josephine @ Clothes in My Closet
2. KatjaMaria @ Komerossa
3. Hawaii Kawaii
4. Sandra @ Let's Let it Happen
5. Sanska @ <3
6. Hanna @ Im Materialist
7. Lis @ Feliz

 I read all of your blogs on an almost daily basis and they're wonderful distractions! I hope you'll pass on the award along with the Hershey's Easter basket for charity!

[Please participate in my GIVEAWAYS~~~] 

GIVEAWAYS as a way of promotion

"PROMOTE ME" - Giveaway

 

 All of the items above are either new, or have been used once.  They are all in mint condition.  As a winner, you will receive a Nine West studded black "messenger" style purse, a gold headband, silver/gray/black bangle, black lace fingerless gloves, Korean cream white pearl flower ring, and a carved ring featuring "CK" letters.  All rings are large sizes, which is why they are new. + Beautyfix 2x Cosmetic Bags NIP 

This giveaway is only open to bloggers for the prerequisite to this giveaway is that all contestants blog about this giveaway!

"Be My Friend" - Giveaway

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So this is the "かわいい" giveaway set (compared to the previous one) and is open to all followers. You will receive a pink pouch ID holder + pencil case (Korean), a furry green and white coin pouch (Japanese), a mirror (Chinese), the colorful necklace (Hong Kong), and a letter set by (I think) Masami Tsuda (creator of i.e. Kare Kano - manga).  Basically the trick to this giveaway is that the more you comment on my blog the more entries you will have! I will be updating this page with a list of participants and number of "ticket entries" as often as I can.  If you participated in the previous giveaway you may also participate in this giveaway.

INTERNATIONAL: I am interested in reading blogs by people from other countries as long as they're in a language I can read, which means they have to be in English or Finnish (I should follow one in Japanese to practice!), so I wholeheartedly welcome internationals to read my blog as well! I created this with the plan of going international anyhow~! Therefore both "giveaways" will be open worldwide.

To Participate...
1. Comment with your name & the giveaway of your choice


2. Follow me publicly
3. Link to the blog post where you mentioned this giveaway.

4. Fan me on "Networked Blogs" Facebook application for an extra entry
5. For an extra entry place a picture link to this giveaway on your blog sidebar.

Giveaways will end when there are at least 20 participants!