Notino Dot Ie Haul Under €50

Everybody but the US can enjoy this site (soz)

I had to have a think about how I came upon notino.ie (scroll down for links to your country). I am a fragrance fangirl* and I may have been clicking around looking for a reasonable facsimile of D&G’s Velvet Desert Oud… but I think it’s because I came across Barnängen as a product line and did the google and it lead me there.

It was a fortuitous google indeed as I am now addicted to their shower creams and gels, all under €6 a pop. I’ve tried their body cream and the pump version didn’t pump so great, and the body butter is fab but really thick, so that’s like a night time application, no good for someone like me who is always rushing out the door of a morning. It’s like cake icing only thicker, so you need to plan for using it.

I hadn’t been happy with the shower gels I had on rotation, so I visited the site in order to stock up and went a lil bit bonkers.

Hidden in the back is HASK Curl Defining Cream; my hair is wavy enough to be able to encourage some curls if I apply stuff like this to damp hair and twist it up for 24 hours. I’ve tried it and can happily recommend. I mean, I don’t get any gorgeous corkscrew curls, but I do get tighter waves; don’t expect miracles.

The rest of the stuff you can read the labels yourself. I will say the OnlyBio only works well on damp skin and the Dermacol nail hardener there isn’t great.

I will also say that huge Syoss shampoo was the free sample I checked off when invited to choose one! I will also say I reckon it’s been sitting in the warehouse for ages as the bottle was literally actually dusty. But I lovvvvve itttt not only for its size but for its efficacy. I forgot how good keratin is for my hair.

I had a coupon code for 15% off because I’m on the mailing list, and also got free shipping, so I’d say this was excellent value (ymmv).

That’s me set up in shower gel for a good while anyway!

*Watch this space for an absolute squee over some French perfume I found circuitously via TikTok!

Win a copy of That Magic Mischief from The Romance Reviews!

In honour of their second birthday, The Romance Reviews are offering a month’s worth THAT MAGIC MISCHIEFof great giveaways, interviews, and chances to join in on a community that loves romantic fiction in all its many genres. {Unsurprisingly, I am often drawn to titles that feature cowboys. Go figure.}

I’m delighted That Magic Mischief will be involved! Bookmark the link above, and this one, too, as there’s a hint in the synopsis, below, for the multiple choice question that could win you a free copy of my new novel.

What was the point of being a witch if Annabelle Walsh couldn’t manage a spell to fix her broken heart?  Okay, maybe calling herself a witch was pushing it — but as a dedicated dabbler in all things metaphysical, she figured she could, at the very least, speed up the healing process. Dumped out of the blue by high-powered banker Wilson Monroe, her boyfriend of three years and nine months, Annabelle’s hopes of walking down the aisle seem remoter than ever, and springtime in New York had never looked so dismal.

With the help of her dearest friends in the world—cool, calm and collected Lorna, and fiery, feisty, foul-mouthed Maria Grazia — Annabelle tries to pull herself out of the dumps by crying her eyes out, getting smashed on girly drinks, and working the odd spell. An idle wander into an unfamiliar new age shop adds the bit of magic in her life that she’d been looking for, in the form of a Pooka — an interfering, mischievous spirit determined to turn Annabelle’s life around, mostly by turning it upside down.

Suddenly, Annabelle hasn’t got time to brood, and her career as a journalist begins to take off; in fact, it’s during a brainstorming session for an off-off-off-off Broadway theatre production that she meets tall, dark, and handsome Jamie Flynn, an Irishman in New York who seems to be keen at first sight, if not in love quite yet. As Annabelle gets her life back on track, she starts to see the difference that a real life, a real career, and a real man can make … and all it took was that magic mischief.

Visit theromancereviews.com for more info, and for their T&Cs. Good luck!

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Pixy Natural Skincare and That Magic Mischief Giveaway! Enter Now!

Okay! I hope I have not made a dog’s dinner of this!

Click here to be in with a chance to win a gorgeous Pink Love Hamper from Pixy! Details can be found in an earlier post.

Via the latter, you can read all about the products included, a value of €39.95.

Via the former, you’ll be directed to like Bright & Beautyfull! on Facebook. If you already do, you are away in a hack. Either way, go there and click on the Rafflecopter giveaway tab, and enter now…

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The fine print:

Giveaway begins 19 February 2013 and ends on 26 February 2013.

Entries are collected via Rafflecopter.

Approximate retail value of prize is €39.95

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Winners will be notified by email. If potential winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.

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