The birthday giveaway is now closed, and I’m very glad to announce the winner.

Congratulations, Jessica C!

I’ll be emailing you shortly for your mailing details. As for the rest, I was really happy and excited to receive your entries. It was simply overwhelming. All your birthday stories were simply fantastic!

My best birthday story? Well, I don’t exactly have the ONE best birthday to mention, but there are a couple which are incredibly memorable to me, and will forever be etched in my mind. The first one was a little birthday celebration my friends/ex-colleagues did for me whilst in Japan. I was going through a tough time then, but they really cheered me up big time. The second was the first birthday I celebrated with my then-boyfriend-now-husband. We were up at Shepparton for one of his work rotations. It was crazy cold there, and we huddled in front of the heater in the living room while having my mango mousse birthday cake. He even played (with his guitar) and sang me a song he wrote for me.

It’s actually three days past the actual birthday of the blog; still, better late than never. It really has been an amazing two years. I’ve got to know so many of you, actually got to meet some of you, and along the way, learned so much more about skincare and makeup than I ever did the past how-many years of my life. It’s all been a tremendous blessing to me, and I couldn’t have done it without you, dear readers.

If there’s anything I can improve on, do let me know. Building a community has its ups and downs, and I sure would love to work on keeping more ups than downs. Here’s to another year!

Love,
Tine