Pretty Green Eyes With The HUDA Beauty Emerald Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette And Giveaway! - CLOSED*

I hope you'll forgive the cheesy song title that I've used here but as a NUFC fan I am a bit of a fan of Ultrabeat's Pretty Green Eyes, all be it with slightly different lyrics (He's From Blyth, You'll Never Ever Beat Dan Burn etc. ;)! 

I don't know whether you'd class them as being pretty or not, but my eyes are certainly green, I always wanted blue eyes as a child but I'm pretty happy now with my olive green peepers. I don't know about you but when I was first getting into make up they seemed to be loads of rules, about what colours you should and shouldn't wear depending on your hair and eye colours, and one of the so called rules that always used to annoy me, was the one that you shouldn't wear green eyeshadow if you have green eyes! I stuck to that rule for goodness knows how long, missing out on the delight that is green eyeshadow, before I decided that, that rule and so many others were rubbish.

There are so many different shades, and textures of green eyeshadow out there that can enhance green eyes, it's all about finding a colour that you love. If bright emerald and grass greens, aren't your bag, then there are loads of olives and golden greens to chose from, including some of my own personal favourites MAC's Humid, Urban Decays Psych, and the KIKO Water Eyeshadow in Olive Green. Looking through my own vast make up collection I have a whole load of different green eye colours, but I'm sad to say rhat that a lot of them have now been discontinued in MAC's fabulous Golden Olive Pigment, MAC shadow in Springtime Skipper, and this amazing eye palette from HUDA Beauty.

Other than receiving the odd thing in various subscription boxes this was probably one of my earliest purchases from HUDA Beauty. From the brands popular but largely now discontinued Obsessions line, comes the HUDA Beauty Emerald Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette. 

Although I'll openly admit that I'm not a fan of cardboard packaging, I do like the packaging of the palette. In a beautiful metallic emerald green, it features a strong magnet closure and a good sized mirror.

The palette contains 6 good sized eyeshadows, 3 mattes and 6 shimmers / glitters, in different shades of green including a matte mint shade, a matte emerald green (this is a much more vibrant green in the flesh), and matte dark olive green / brown. The 6 shimmers and glitters are in various shades including a vibrant peacock green with a slight blue flash, a golden olive shade, and an almost golden shade. The palette contains the perfect combination of both cool and warm toned greens.

As you would expect from a brand with the profile of HUDA Beauty, the quality is exceptional. The matte shadows are buttery soft with excellent colour payoff, and the shimmers / glitters are buttery, metallic, and very pigmented. The shades were fairly easy to blend but there was a bit of fall out with some of the darker shades, and the shimmers, and glitters.

I've done a couple of quick eye looks just to show you the varied looks you can create with this palette. As per usual I'm keeping it as real as possible, my brown need doing desperately, I'm not a make up artist, and I haven't got amazing skills, I'm just someone who loves make up, trying to show you just how easy products are to use. The first look is one of my all time favourites, I'm a huge fan of more olive green shadows, and this trio of shades creates the perfect golden olive look.

This golden olive look can be as dramatic or as a subtle as you like but this next look isn't for the fain hearted. If you love colour or if you want a much brighter, stand out look then you can do that with this palette as well. Here I used a couple of the matte shades, with just a hint of sparkle, to create a fun vibrant look.

I'm so impressed with this palette, and I can assure you that mine now looks a little bit battered and well used ! As I say texture wise, and pigmentation wise, these shadows are really impressive but what I'm also really impressed with is the wear time. Bar a tiny bit of fallout here and minimal creasing these shadows stayed put! In fact I would probably advise that you use an eye base particular if you're using some of the brighter shades, as this look seemed to want to stay put especially on my lash line!

These palettes have been widely copied by some budget brands, but no matter how good they are I can't see anyone beating this particular collection either quality wise or performance wise - this palette for me really was the perfect introduction to HUDA Beauty and it's no surprise that I now own a few more palettes from the brand.

Alas as I say, this palette does appear to have been discontinued now, but you can still find here and there. It originally retailed at around £25 and there are a few currently on eBay for just a little bit more than that. If you're interested I would also recommend doing an online search and checking out your local TK Maxx store because I recently picked up another one of my local stores, not to keep you understand but to give away.

Yes, I know I've been promising this for ages but to thank all of you guys for sticking with me, and your loyalty especially over the last few years, I'm giving a brand new, and in perfect condition HUDA Beauty Emerald Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette, and some other bits including some Tarte, and NEXT.

All you need to do is make sure you're following me on as many social media platforms as possible and fill in the Rafflecopter here or below, oh and just so you know my comments are moderated so they may not appear straight away x

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Terms, Rules And Conditions

This giveaway is open worldwide.

If you are under 18 please get your parent or guardians permission before you enter as I will need your contact details if you're the lucky winner.

Entries will be picked at random using Rafflecopter
I reserve the right delete any entry that hasn't fulfilled the entry criteria or redraw the winner
The giveaway will close 24th November 2023
The winner will have 7 days to respond to my email, if no response is received in this time I will draw another winner
This prize was purchased with my own money I have not been compensated from holding it and this giveaway has not been endorsed in any way by HUDA Beauty or any company or brand mentioned.

If you have any questions on either the palette or my giveaway, then please leave me a comment or contact me via any of my other social media channels, all of which you can find linked in the sidebar→

Thanks for reading and good luck!

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Sleek Highlighting Palette In Solstice Giveaway Winner Announcement*

Hi Guys x Before I post my next Glossybox unboxing catch up tomorrow I thought I'd quickly announce the winner of my latest giveaway.

Last month I shared a very late unboxing of the March 2020 edition of Glossybox UK, and in that post I reviewed one of the items in the box and something that I already owned, the Sleek Highlighting Palette in Solstice, as nice as it is I didn't need another one so I ran a decided to give the new and box fresh one away to one of my lovely readers.

I only received 40 entries so everyone that entered had a really good chance of winning, alas there can only be one winner though and the reader that was randomly selected via Rafflecopter is...

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Sarah Morris

Congratulations Sarah, I've sent you an email, and I'll get your palette and some other goodies sent out ASAP x 

Thanks to everyone who entered and if you weren't lucky enough to win this time around, don't worry I have a couple of high end giveaways planned including opportunities to win a Tarte gift set and a palette from HUDA Beauty so make sure you're following me on my blog and on all of my other social media channels for more chances to win in the future x

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Tarte Overexposed Highlighter Kit Winners Revealed

Right it's the post that you've all been waiting for - it's time to reveal the two lucky winners of my Tarte Overexposed Highlighter Kit giveaway, I had nearly 300 entries but there can only be two winner and they are...

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Rachel I.

and

Laura C.

Congratulations Ladies! I will be contacting you via email asap for details. If you weren't lucky enough to win this time don't worry I have plenty more giveaways planned including another Tarte Cosmetics one which be launching soon x Thanks again to everyone that entered and thanks again for following and reading my blog xx 

PIXI + It's Judy Time Get The Look It's Eye Time Eyeshadow Palette Giveaway Winner Revealed

Just quick post for you today and it's the one that you've probably all been waiting for - Admittedly a little later than I'd intended but it's now time to announce the winner of my PIXI giveaway x 

I had over 500 entries for which I'm really grateful for so thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day to check out my blog and my other social media channels x I really enjoyed reading all of your comments and finding out all of the lovely things that you were lucky enough to receive over the holidays, and after having a read through  I couldn't resist adding a few things to my own wishlist ;)

As much as I'd love to give a prize to you all though I can't and there can only be one winner, and using Rafflecopter, the lucky winner who will receive a PIXI + It's Judy Time Get The Look It's Eye Time Eyeshadow Palette and a NEXT Cosmetic Bag is.....

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Cheryl H.

Congratulations Cheryl, I will be in touch soon for your postal details. If you weren't lucky enough to win this time, don't worry there will be plenty more chances to win on LouLouLand in 2018. Thanks again to everyone who entered and thanks again for supporting my blog and my social media channels x

The Balm Nude Dude Eyeshadow Palette Winner Revealed

I hope you're all on the edge of your seats and hanging on to every word that you're reading, because it's the moment that you've all been waiting for! It time to announce the winner of my 9th Blog Birthday giveaway!

It wasn't the most popular giveaway than I've ever held :( but I still received over 1500 entries. Thanks to every single one of you that entered. I've really enjoyed reading through your comments, and I'll definitely be taking a lot of your post suggestions on board, finances permitting ;) Unfortunately there can only be one winner and that winner, who was drawn randomly via Rafflecopter is....

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Bryanna S 

Congratulations Bryanna x I'll be sending you an email shortly asking for your details x Thanks again to all of you that entered and I'm only sorry I couldn't give you all a prize. I have plenty more giveaways planned though including some nail polish giveaways and I since I hit 1000 Bloglovin followers during the course of this giveaway, I might hold a giveaway to celebrate that too :) So stay following, and reading for more chances to win.

My Little Box Diary Winner Revealed

Hi Guys x Just a quick little post for you today and for one of you it will be good one. My, My Little Box Diary Giveaway ended at midnight,so I thought I'd try and get the winner up ASAP. I had a lot more entries than expected, so thank you all for taking the time out to enter, and to follow my blog and all my other social media channels. I really enjoyed reading about your new years resolutions and you've definitely given my a few goals that I could maybe try and achieve myself in 2016 - good luck to all of you and I have that you all achieve you goals and your dreams. Unfortunately there can only be one winner though and that winner picked at random via Rafflecopter is....

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Jennifer Haden

Congratulations Jennifer x  I will be sending you an email shortly x  Jennifer won by following me on Instagram so always remember to utilise as many entry options as possible. If you weren't lucky enough to win this time don't worry I may have a review post and an early blogging birthday giveaway going up this weekend, so stay following for the chance to win a prize you'll really want to win x

Charlotte Tilbury Giveaway Winner Announced

Hi Guys x I hope you've all had a good start to the week x I know it's been the first week back at school or work for most of you so I hope it hasn't been too awful x Even if it has though, I'm about to hopefully make one of you very happy :) Festive giveaways are a bit of tradition on LouLouLand and this year I decided to giveaway the gorgeous Lipstick Charm set from Charlotte Tilbury. Well my giveaway finished on Sunday, and I had nearly 2,500 entries x I really enjoyed reading about what your all looking forward too from graduations, to new homes, jobs, and even babiesx  Thank you so much for sharing but there can only be one winner, and that winner picked randomly via Rafflecopter is....


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Holly Jade C

Congratulations Holly, I've sent you an email, so if you can send me your postal address I'll get your prize sent out ASAP.

If you weren't luck enough to win this time round don't worry, as well as writing normal blog post which obviously I love doing, I also love hosting giveaways so I *might* have picked up something for another one which will be going live quite soon ;) All I'll say is that it's something that I got for Christmas and it's something that I think a lot of you will love x Have a little watch of the final part of my What I Got For Christmas video series and see if you can guess what it is x 

Thanks for watching, reading and entering and of course thanks for subscribing, following and interacting x 

Nails Inc - Tate Giveaway Winners Announced

Hi Guys x I hope you've all had a good week so far x I've been a busy bee this week hanging curtains, taking photographs and finishing my Christmas shopping. I'm currently attempting to put together an artificial Christmas tree - frustrating as hell and I need a break so I thought I'd take a couple of minutes out to pick the winners of my recent Nails Inc giveaway. I have two bottles to giveaway so using Rafflecopter I picked two winners who are....

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Sarah Louise

And 

Melissa Lee

Congratulations ladies x I've sent you both an email so please send me your details asap and I'll get your prizes sent out to you before Christmas x 

If you couldn't enter this time round or you weren't lucky enough to win this tie round don't worry x My big Christmas giveaway launches this Saturday and although it's just the one prize believe me this is something that you will want to win x So make sure your following all of my social media channels for more chances to win x I've been a bit quiet on the blog this week but I've uploaded two videos to my You Tube channel and a couple of pictures to Instagram, so you'll always find me somewhere on the interweb x Thanks for reading and of course for following xx 

Hello Kitty Stationery Set Winner Revealed

Hi Guys x Apologies for the slight delay but it's now time to announce the winner of my Hello Kitty Elvis Stationery Set giveaway x

There are obviously a lot of Hello Kitty and Elvis Presley fans out there because I had nearly 600 entries but unfortunately there can only be one winner and that winner which was picked randomly by Rafflecopter is....

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Jess Woods 

Congratulations Jess x I've sent you an email so if you can get back to me asap I'd be really grateful. If you weren't lucky enough to win this time don't worry - my Nails Inc giveaway is still live, and I may have a little festive giveaway launching next week - I'm not telling you what you can win yet but I'll give you a clue - initials CT ;) Keep following, follow if you aren't already and I'll see you on Monday with a haul post xx 

Make Up Revolution 32 Flawless Eyeshadow Palette Winner Revealed

I know that you've been waiting a little while for the post so I'm to stop the waffling for a change and get on with it :)

It's now time to announce the winner of my Make Up Revolution 32 Flawless Eyeshadow Palette. This was my most entered giveaway to date with over 3,000 entries but unfortunately there can be only one winner and the lucky person chosen at random via Rafflecopter is....


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Doreen Lamoureux 

Congratulations Doreen! I'll be emailing you later tonight and your parcel will be winging it's way across the Atlantic later in the week x 

Doreen's winning entry came courtesy of twitter so it's always worth using as many of the entry options as possible to stand a better chance of winning. If you weren't lucky enough to win this time don't worry, my Urban Decay giveaway has another 6 days to go, and I've got some more giveaways coming soon including some more Make Up Revolutions items, some ebay items, and some nail polish so stick around x 

Welcome To The LouLouLand Festive Giveaway Featuring Next, Make Up Revolution And More

I'm late again with this one, and for that I'm sorry. My intention was to have two Christmas giveaways, one at the start of December and one at the end. As per usual though with me nothing ever goes to plan, illness, parcels arriving too late, you name and over the last month it's probably happened. I thought about combining all of the goodies that I'd picked up and hosting just one huge giveaway but I decided against it and instead I'm going to host one giveaway now, and one earlier in the New Year. There are a couple of festive items in this one but the items can still be used all year round.

So what can you win? Well first of all there are a few Make Up Revolution items, 3 of which you saw in yesterdays post. First of all you can win The One Fluid Blush in Pink Dew - a gorgeous, fresh and pretty pale pink

You can also win 2 mono eyeshadows in Frozen and Insomnia x Frozen is a gorgeous metallic silver and Insomnia a lovely burgundy, plum.

So your cheeks and eyes are covered, and your lips will be too. You can also win two Make Up Revolution Amazing Sheer Lip Glosses - Baby Try - a bright pink and Must Be Strong, a pink, red.

Continuing with the lip theme you can also win an  Avon Colortrend Naughty Or Nice Lipstick in the shade High Society.

I already have this lipstick and I love it. You can read about it here but you get two shades in the one lipstick, a pale fuschia and a deep raspberry.

I'm also giving away a Maybelline Baby Lips SPF 20 Lip Balm in Mint Fresh. Just what you need for this time of year, with all that wind and the cold!

If you're my lucky winner you will also receive something else that you may have already seen. This lovely Next make up bag.In an iridescent nude, with a black trim and a gold star zip pull, it features the words "Don't Let Anyone Every Dull Your Sparkle" in a mixture of black and gold. It's isn't huge but it's the ideal size to throw in your handbag, and you can actually get quite a lot in it.

The final two items are the most festive themed ones, but don't worry I have these socks in the blue and I'll be wearing mine all year round,

and of course it wouldn't be Christmas without candles, but whilst they are quite Christmassy they're really about the fruit. You can win 2 Yankee votive / sampler candles that when you burn them properly will burn for around 15 hours each. The two fragrances that you can win are Mandarin Cranberry and Red Apple Wreath.

So one lucky winner will get all of these lovely goodies, and to enter all you need to do is fill in the Rafflecopter form below.

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This giveaway is open worldwide, and in order to give the post a chance to get back to normal to give as many of as possible a chance to enter, in it will close on the 11th January 2015.

Good Luck x and if you have any questions please leave me a comment x  

Birthday Giveaway Winner Anounced

Hey Everyone x It's a little later than planned but it's time to announce the winner of my birthday giveaway x First of all I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that entered, and thank you for all the birthday wishes - I really appreciated it and it really made my birthday go on for ever. Alas there can only be one winner and that winner was picked randomly from all the entries via rafflecopter

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and that winner is... Kirsteen R 

Congratulations Kirsteen, I will be sending you an email out tonight to get your details x

If you weren't lucky enough to win this time don't despair as I have a lot more giveaways planned, including a Summer one coming soon xx So keep following and stay subscribed x

Thanks for reading and thanks for following xx

NOTD - 2true :) + A Contest

As you know I was recently sent a batch of 2true goodies by the lovely people at Superdrug. Included in my package was a nail polish - The polish I was sent is 2 true Glossywear Nail Polish in Shade No.10 - This polish is a gorgeous sugar pink colour, but what you can't see in the pictures is a fabulous green / white iridescence depending on the light - It really seems to change colour as you move your hands :) So far so good but at just £1.91 or 3 items for £5 you really can't complain - I am on day 2 and I've only had a tiny chip so far - the pics don't do it justice its really pretty :)



I am going to try and do a few posts before I go away including a little haul and maybe one or 2 you tube videos but I am still without my laptop so we'll see. Oh and don't forget to enter the lovely Michelle from Lipstick Rules contest - a lovely prize including MAC from a lovely girl :)

I Wouldn't Say I'm Clumsy But...

I have had a pretty destructive few days I wouldn't say I was overtly rough or careless with my products but I seem to be breaking a lot of things at the moment - is it me or is the packaging of a lot of cosmetic products just not that great anymore. In the last few days I have snapped the lids off a Prestige bronzer compact, a Models Prefer concealer pot , and a Laura Geller Balance and Brighten compact! I have also broke a Creme De La Mer The Lotion Pump and a Smashbox Primer Pump. Thankfully I can still use all the products one way or another but it is just me who this happens too or is this a common problem with packaging these days

Eek maybe whatever virus I have got has given me super strength lol - hmm it seems to have sapped it from everywhere else though - I'm feeling a little better than yesterday but still not great I am going to leave it till Monday now and ring my own GP then if I am still not feeling great :(

Oh and another thing huge thanks to my new followers I really appreciate it - I will be holding a little contest when I get to 50 followers so keep checking back, huge thanks again xx