The New FREE Beauty & Fashion Magazine

Clique is a new concept and is completely free to sign up to. It's a fashion and beauty magazine, completely one of a kind which gets sent to your door each month. They only have a limited number each month, so if you're not lucky enough to receive the actually glossy magazine, you'll receive one electronically.

This is taken from the Clique website:

• Launching in November, Clique is a free monthly print magazine that lets readers unlock hidden content and benefits, shop directly from the page and build their own digital ‘handbag’, storing everything they like from the magazine, and accessible. Anytime, anyplace and on any device (desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile).
• Digital ‘handbag’ contents can be shared, and special offers, rewards & incentives can be regularly added to your bag based on all your favourite brands, features and articles from the mag.
• 100 page glossy format with up to the minute fashion, beauty and lifestyle news, trends, features, celebrity style and inspiration.
• Limited print edition delivered for free directly through your door or inbox, also available for free on tablet and web.

I've signed up as it all sounds like a great idea. I love reading magazines, but these days, don't have a lot of cash to splash, so this sounds like a great idea!

Laura xx

Recent Competition Wins - Wahoooooo!!

Okay, as I said in a previous post, I've been entering lots of competitions lately. A lot of my friend's and family laughed at me and said 'you'll never win anything'. But I have!! My two top prizes are as follows:

I got to pick a dress from the Oasis Website. I picked this one as it's very pretty and very me. A lot of their dresses were quite posh, and something I'd need an ocassion to wear. I choose this one as I think I'll be able to dress it up or down. In winter, I can wear it with tights and black boots, or tights and heels to go out in.

Heritage Bird Dress

Price: £55.00

Oasis currently have 15% off using code WHYNOT15

My next AMAZING and favourite win of ALL time was thanks to The Daily Mail. I won a trip to VALENCIA!!!!!!

This is taken from a website advertising the competition, as The Daily Mail have now removed the details from their page:

'You’ll travel to Valencia with Ryanair from London Stansted, to watch a match at the prestigious Valencia Open 500 tennis tournament (past winners include Andy Murray, David Ferrer). The tournament is held in the Agora, part of Valencia’s futuristic City of Arts & Sciences. You’ll stay for two nights in the nearby four-star Barcelo Hotel. Your stay also includes a meal at the popular La Lola Restaurant, famous for its authentic Spanish cuisine, entry to Bioparc, Valencia’s unique natural zoo, and a guided tour around the old city centre with Green Tour.'

WOW!!!!!!

I will certainly be posting about all of this when I arrive back. Me and one of my best friends, Sam, fly out on Saturday 20th October and I can't flipping wait! As a POOR student, I didn't think I'd be having a holiday again for a long, long time. So I thank The Daily Mail from the bottom of my heart!

Other recent prizes during August have consisted of:

Garnier Summer Body Lotion

Cadbury Bubbles Chocolate Bar

JOHNSON’S Exfoliating Wash

I will write a post soon with some comping tips in it for people who are interested. These include details of applications which you can download to Google Chrome to make the whole entering process easier and quicker.

Good bye for now! Have a lovely Friday night.

Laura xxx

Waiting...

Whilst I'm waiting for my course to start at college (and I'm job hunting), I've been entering lots of random competitions, mostly through the Money Saving Expert forums (the people on there are amazing)! There's the dedicated competition thread where people list all of the competitions, noting the end date too which I find really helpful.

A few months back when I entered a few competitions, I won the following items:

A Philips Sonicare AirFloss - £99.99

I am loving using this product, as oral healthcare is a biggie to me. Your teeth will only last as long as you care for them and look after them. If I hadn't of won this item, I probably wouldn't have paid £100 for it (spending that much on something I don't *NEED* is heart breaking!), but I'm certainly glad I won it and use it every evening before I go to bed. You can feel the difference and I'm sure my teeth are healthier for it. I may review this product in full at a later date.

A 200ml Bottle of Fenjal Classic Creme Bath Oil - £12.49

I seem to associate this product with older people, but after using it, I can honestly say it's lush! The smell is divine and lingers on your skin for a long time. It also leaves my body feeling lovely and soft. As a poor student, I probably wouldn't be able to fork out over £12 for a bath oil, but it's lovely as a treat.

AND - A Collection 2000 Skyscraper Mascara - £3.99

LOVE this mascara and so glad I won it! I never normally would have tried a Collection 2000 mascara as I usually like No 7 ones, but this is really, really good. I love the wand, it's easy to apply and it's an absolute bargain!

Over the last few weeks, I have taken again to entering lots of competitions and I seem to have been on a bit of a roll with my wins and have won a few amazing things. I will leave you to wonder what these are, and will post about them tomorrow. I love to keep you hanging on!!! Think a lovely city break, smellies, clothing...

Take care,

Laura xx