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Love a summer party? Well, so does Unilever. They’re holding the glammest beauty bash of all glam beauty bashes is on the 10th June this year to help Superdrug celebrate their 50th Birthday!

It’s all pretty simple; if you buy 2 Unilever products and you swipe your Superdrug Beauty Card, you’ll be automatically entered into a competition to win tickets to the Exclusive Event. This is no ordinary party – a little bird has whispered that there will also be a fashion show and opportunities to get the looks worn by the models. 

You’re not expected to do this alone! If you’re the winner of the tickets to the Superdrug 50th Birthday Experience, you can bring a friend or partner, and Unilever will treat you both to a night’s stay in a London hotel and given a goodie bag filled with their products to take home. You’ll also be given the celebrity treatment with a make-over – hair, nails and make-up!

So, if you need to stock up on your beauty treats, do it before the 6th of May.  A simple swipe of your Beauty Card could turn into a magical beauty experience! There are five pairs of tickets to be won.

Terms and Conditions:

1.         The Superdrug 50th Birthday Exclusive Event Hosted By Unilever prize draw (the “Prize Draw”) is open to registered Superdrug Beautycard holders in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) aged 18 and over, except employees of Superdrug Stores plc (“Superdrug”) or any related companies, Unilever UK Limited, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the Prize Draw.
2.         Beautycard holders can enter this prize draw automatically by purchasing any 2 qualifying Unilever products in one transaction instore with their registered Beautycard between 9th April 2014 and 6th May 2014. This Prize Draw is not available online at Superdrug.com.
3.         Qualifying purchase applies to all Unilever Personal Brands including (Lynx, Dove, Dove For Men, Radox, Vaseline, TRESemme, VO5, Matey, Impulse, Sure, Alberto Balsaam, St. Ives)  Excludes: Gift sets and Minis.
4.         Entries must be received and Beautycard must be registered by 23:59 on 6th May 2014.
5.         There is a limit of one entry per person. Multiple entries or entries that are delivered late are illegible, incomplete, damaged or otherwise not in accordance with these terms and conditions will not be accepted. Entries made through agents, third parties, organised groups or any entry duplication method will not be accepted. No entrant may win more than one prize.
6.         There will be 5 winners.  Each winner will receive 2 invite tickets to the Superdrug 50th Birthday Exlcusive Event Hosted by Unilever (“The Prize”) on 10th June 2014.   This will include: 
a.         Travel to and from London, coverage for standard or 2nd class train from a Great Britain location for 2 adults.
b.         Overnight stay in a London hotel.
c.          Travel to and from hotel to venue.
d.         Hair Styling, Make up and nails including a before and after photo.
e.         Entry to the Exclusive Event Hosted by Unilever.
7.         Winners will be selected at random from all eligible entries by 13th May 2014 (1 week after closing date.)
8.         Winners will be notified by email/telephone using the details provided within 7 days of the closing date. Winners must claim their prize by 17:00 on 27th May 2014. If they do not do so, then Superdrug reserves the right to offer the prize to an alternative winner. Winners will be notified by email/telephone using the details provided within 7 days of the closing date.  Once the winner’s details have been confirmed, Superdrug will give the winner’s details to Unilever as provider of the prizes who will use the details only for the purpose of distributing the prizes. 
9.         No cash alternative is available prizes are non-transferable and non-refundable. 
10.       The winners and their companions must be available to travel and attend on 10th June 2014. 
11.       It is the winners’ responsibility to organise and pay for their own expenses including (without limitation) travel, all food and beverages, spending money, telephone calls, personal items, merchandise and souvenirs, incidental costs, and any other costs, charges, taxes or expenses which may be incurred by the winner in claiming the Prize and which have not been set out in 6 above.
12.       The Prize is outside the control of Superdrug. Separate terms and conditions will apply to those attending the event and the venue – it is the winners’ responsibility to comply with these terms and conditions.
13.       Any decision of Superdrug as to eligibility to take part in the Prize Draw or the result of the Prize Draw will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Superdrug accepts no responsibility for entries that are incomplete, delayed, lost, damaged or illegible. 
14.       Images used are for visual purposes only. Alternative products or colours may be substituted for the items shown. Superdrug reserves the right (but is not obliged) to substitute an alternative to any of the Prizes of equal or greater value should circumstances make this necessary. 
15.       By entering the Prize Draw, all entrants agree that their personal data will be used by Superdrug in accordance with Superdrug’s Privacy Policy (notwithstanding that the winner’s data shall be shared with the parties referred to in clause 8 above to facilitate the distribution of the Prize). Unilever will not use the personal data for marketing purposes. The Privacy Policy can be found at www.superdrug.com/page/privacypolicy.
16.       Superdrug reserves the right to delay, postpone or cancel the Prize Draw. 
17.       A list of the winners’ full names and counties will be available on request between 27th May 2014 and 24th June 2014 by sending an email to [email protected].
18.       The Prize Draw and these terms and conditions are subject to English law. Any disputes must be referred to the English Courts.
19.       Unilever may refuse to provide a prize, or seek its recovery, in the event of non-entitlement under these terms or an entrant’s breach of these terms, fraud or dishonesty.
20.       Unilever is not responsible for any damage or loss caused to an entrant where such damage or loss is not reasonably foreseeable to the entrant and to Superdrug when the entrant agrees to these terms and conditions.
21.       Winners’ companions must be aged 18 years and over.  All winners and their companions must provide evidence to the venue to verify identity and age to the venue on the day. Anybody failing to bring ID matching the name on their Confirmation as issued by Superdrug will not be admitted.
22.       Unilever reserves the right to ask for proof of age and evidence to verify methods of an entrant at any time and may use any lawful channels and methods available to carry out checks of any details provided. 
23.       Unilever reserves the right in its sole discretion to withhold delivery of the Prize until such proof of eligibility and identity has been confirmed.
24.       Entrants must retain their original receipt as proof of purchase.

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I am rather obsessed with Les Merveilleuses Ladurée. Some of my favourite and techologically forward products come from this brand – the nearest place we can source it in the UK is from Sephora.fr. Otherwise, it’s frustratingly hard to get hold of. Les Merveilleuses Ladurée Spring 2015 is as usual a collection of whimsy and rose fragranced colour. The packaging is everything with this range, and the spring design is lucky things – clovers, ladybirds and horseshoes (hate to say it, but Chanel have already pretty much taken this category already). The Petite Eye Color Collection, above, comes in three colourways, in a beautiful patterned package. I’m also quite happy to see that Essence (from yesterday’s post) are right at the top of the brush trend tree – this Les Merveilleuses Ladurée Spring 2015 brush with lilac ombre is EU52! The Essence version is a few quid at most. The problem with Les Merveilleuses Ladurée is that it is SO expensive – it would take a brave retailer in the UK to take it on. Quirky brands such as this, even though they offer a gorgeous point of difference, really struggle against Lauders and the like in beauty world, and it has no… Read More

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This is the easiest goat’s cheese salad ever. I eat loads of different goat’s cheese lunches but this one is the quickest to make as it requires no cooking, just the opening of a few packets! It’s barely a recipe, to be honest, and hardly even warrants a proper post, but I have it at least once a week and it’s properly delicious, so. Here’s the “method” – this serves two as a main course, though hungry people might want to supplement with a hunk of fresh bread or what have you:

100-150g soft goat’s cheese (or as much or as little as you want, obviously) – I like the Abergavenny one from Sainsbury’s.

1 packet of Sweetfire/Sweetflame/Cocktail beetroot. (Basically, beetroot that has been pre-cooked but then seeped in lovely stuff like balsamic vinegar and chilli and so on, rather than malt vinegar. The Sainsbury’s cocktail ones are good, and the “sweetflame” and so are Tesco’s Finest ones.)

1 small bag of rocket.

Salt, pepper, great quality olive oil and great quality balsamic vinegar or balsamic reduction.

Are you ready for the “how to”? Drop everything else, because you’re going to have to really concentrate… Open bag of rocket and place in salad bowl. Dress the leaves with the olive oil, a nice peppery one, and a drizzle of balsamic. I usually toss it all about with my hands to get all of the leaves nicely coated and add a bit of salt and pepper as I go. (Not much, though, because the goat’s cheese and beetroot don’t really need a lot of salt and the rocket is already peppery.) After this taxing bit of food prep, all that’s left to do is halve the already small beetroots and chuck them into the bowl and then add the goat’s cheese – I use two teaspoons to get little nuggets of cheese and slide them off into the salad. Don’t toss the salad about too much after this, otherwise the cheese gets all spread out and messy and the beetroot makes everything pink! That’s why I dress the leaves first.

Easiest salad ever. Pretty healthy, nice and colourful – you could add grilled peppers and cooked red onion into the mix, too, and hunks of roasted chicken breast taste lovely if you want to add more protein. It’s a brilliant stand-by lunch and doesn’t look too shabby if friends turn up and you need to knock something together quickly…

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Chanel Reds

Well, this is all kinds of unexpected! Three classic red polishes from the way back machine are being re-issued. Rouge Flamboyant, Laque Rouge and Rouge No.19 were all hits of the 1980s – I missed every single one of these because I didn’t work in beauty then and I didn’t have any money either! So, it’s a bit of a thrill to now have the chance to try them.

Chanel Nails

The first in the swatch is Laque Rouge with a touch of raspberry to it, the middle swatch is Rouge Flamboyant, a classic pillar box red and Rouge 19 has the tiniest bit of shimmer to it.

The Chanel Cult Reds (Les Rouges Culte de Chanel) launch on 7th November for £18 each.

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