THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!
I’m so proud to announce that Beautyholics Anonymous is celebrating its 3rd birthday this month. It’s been three wonderful years, and it really has been fun writing about health, beauty, fashion, etc. The best part of blogging for me was getting know you readers and fellow bloggers, and having the pleasure of meeting some of you in person.
Another reason to celebrate the occasion, even though it’s slightly earlier than it should be, is that I turn 30 next month. Yep, the big 3-0. 
And so, to celebrate these momentous occasions, I’d like to present a goodie bag to one lucky reader.
THE PRIZE
One lucky reader will receive all of these:
Full-sized Products:
Clinique Superdefense SPF 25 Age Defence Moisturiser
Bloom Green Tea & Bergamot scented soap
Bloom Mineral Plus Lip Butter in Like A Prayer
Bloom Makeup Palette
Napoleon Perdis Cheek to Chic Blush Duo #3
Napoleon Perdis Lip Lacquer in Tropic Lust
Napoleon Perdis Luminous Lip Veil in Gold & the Beautiful
A’kin Cellular Radiance Serum
Lucas Papaw Ointment
Unico Hair Serum
Dr Lewinn’s Puressence Day & Night Fluid
Invisible Zinc Tinted & Cheek Balm in Lip Pink + 1
Laura Mercier lipgloss in Basic Pink
Escape.com.au sunscreen lotion
Dr Lewinn’s nail files
Clarins Gloss Appeal in Ylang
Softlips Silk Gloss
Skinvitals Cloth Treatment Masks in A-Whiten and Q-Lift
Olay Regenerist Mask
Lifecella Vitamin C masks (x3)
Smiggle stationery
Sample Sizes:
Estee Lauder Hydra Complete Multi-Level Moisture Eye Gel Creme
Terax Hair Care Luxury Trial Pack
BioElements Really Rich Moisture
Guinot Matizone Shine Control Moisturiser
Guinot Large Ecran UV Ultra UV Sunscreen SPF30
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm
ModelCo Face Base Skin Primer
Napoleon Perdis Auto Pilot Pre-foundation Skin Primer
Benefit High Beam
Chanel Ultra Correction Line Repair Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream
Chanel Ultra Correction Line Repair Intensive Anti-Wrinkle Concentrate
Chanel Hydramax + Active gel cream
Laura Mercier lipstick in Fresh Brown
All this AND you get a couple of pieces from my jewellery line, Sweet Contemplation Accessories too! Let’s put it this way. It’s one heck of a goodie bag 
Many thanks to Val from Ponikuta.com, who very generously sponsored a lot of the items listed above.
HOW TO ENTER
1. Subscribe to my feed via email or in an RSS feed reader. You can do so by entering your email address at the top of the page and click on Subscribe.
AND
2. Leave a comment below the blog post – let us know where you’re from, and a memorable birthday occasion. For example: I’m from Melbourne, and my husband thew me a surprise birthday dinner with my close mates last year. I was completely dumbfounded (true story!).
That’s it!
TERMS & CONDITIONS
1. This contest is open to ALL readers. Yep, all international readers as well.
2. Anyone can enter regardless of whether you’ve won anything here before.
3. One comment per contestant please. Let’s give a chance to everyone, yeah?
4. If you want to boost your chances at winning, you may do so by linking to this blog post on your blog. You don’t have to do a full-on post about it, just a link and a phrase would do the trick. Please email me with the link at sweetcontemplation[at]gmail[dot]com to let me know, and you’ll get an additional entry. I.e. 1 comment = 1 entry. 1 comment + 1 blog post = 2 entries. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
5. When you subscribe for email updates, please remember to VERIFY your subscription (please check your email for a confirmation notice). If not, you will not be subscribed to my feed.
6. Please keep it clean and spam-free.
7. Winners will be chosen randomly via an online-super-duper-random-list-generator-thingy.
CLOSING DATE
The closing date for this giveaway is 7 June 2010 (Melbourne time, +10 GMT). All comments will be closed, and results tabulated. A random winner will be picked, and will be announced on 9 June. I’ll try to send the gift out as soon as possible.
Feel free to spread the word. I’d really appreciate it.
Good luck to all!
Thirty-something. Gemini. Happily married. Loves shopping. Has an unhealthy adoration for bags and chocolate. Uses sunscreen religiously. Hates baked beans with a vengeance. Thinks that the weekdays should be a weekend long, vice versa. Optimistic. Narcissistic. Not the average Jane.
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Last year, my friends knocked on my hostel door at midnight. I was shocked. They were here with a handmade card and a cake for me. Although it was exams period, they had sacrificed their time to celebrate my birthday. I was very touched.
Congrats congrats!
I’m from Singapore (: For my 20th bday, my friend’s staked out at a secret playground I hang out at midnight. My boy bought me there like nothing happened while my friends jumped out from behind the bushes with a cake! I was so damn happy! (On hindsight, I think I heard them giggle in the dark haha)
Birthday wishes and many happy returns from Malaysia!
4 years ago, I reached home from KL just past midnight (in the wee hours of my birthday). Dead tired, I could barely greet my parents before dragging myself to my room with the full intention of collapsing into bed. I switched the lights on and there was my brother who had arrived home from Australia while I was away, grinning his head off! Best gift I could ask for especially since I’d not seen from for 3 years then.
hi, rss feed subscriber from singapore here. i dont celebrate birthdays so i dont’ve a truly memorable one to share, but i have a memory from when i was very young, >15 years ago or sth? i just woke up and my parents surprised me with a candlelit cake on the dining table. thinking back, simple things can be such great joy
dont leave me out, as i just hit 30 this year too ^^
me from malaysia (20yrs) then melbourne (10yrs) but now back in malaysia probably another 5yrs before my PR due ;p
so my most memorable birthday: not mine but my MIL (mother in law) coz thats the party i met my SO, 8 years ago lol
xoxo elle
Hi, congrats. 3rd anniversary and big 3-0. Quite a milestone.
I hardly have any birthday celebrations nowadays with 2 school going children, a house to look after and a business to run. Do not have much energy left.
I am from Singapore. Anyhow I still remember 1 birthday celebration that I had when we still do not have any kids yet. My husband made me a birthday card. Though it was just a simple card,more like a small booklet depicting our years of courtship and marriage etc.. it was the 1st item that he had ever hand-made. It told him a whole day to complete it. I was touched.
Hi! My 1st time here, u have a lovely blog
Happy 3rd birthday!
Ok, I’m from Selangor, Malaysia.
My most memorable birthday has to be the 1st time my baby boy, Jayden was with me to celebrate this special occasion. Many firsts, 1st time mummy, 1st time daddy and our 1st child, a bundle of joy from God. His presence alone was enough. No fanciful or lavish dinners to commemorate this special day of mine. Jayden was all we needed
I’m Melody from Vancouver, Canada, and I love your blog!
My most memorable birthday…was probably this past one, because it was right during the Vancouver Winter Olympics! I went to see the torch and speed skating and everything…and I was born in 1994, the year the Vancouver Canucks won the Stanley Cup, so I guess that one’s memorable too in a different way! XD
I’m from the United States, and my most memorable birthday was when my wonderful friends surprised me with gifts and a cake when I thought that they had forgotten!
ni hao ! I’m writing from a tiny town called Sibu and man, is that one crazy bag of goodies ! :-p
birthdays have always been memorable since i got married because that’s when the hubby starts forgetting them !
i know, he deserves a kick in the butt ( x the number of birthdays he has forgotten ) but actually, i’m okay with it. ONLY because i made him pay for it ( value must be jacked up due to his neglect ) and I can’t complain because this is much better than if he actually remembers it ! hahahhahahahah
Happy 3rd blog Birthday!!
I’m from Melbourne! =)) My most memorable birthday was when I was stuck in extra classes for my upcoming exams, only to be pulled out by my friends to have a surprise homemade carrot cake(my fav) for me hidden in the home economics kitchen. =)
I’m from Perth.
My most memorable birthday was when my aunty decided to do a surprise birthday 2-layer dark chocolate cake. She didn’t wait for the 1st layer to cool down before putting on the 2nd layer. Thus came a big hole in the middle of cake. So she has to do a 3rd layer to hide the hole. Problem was the cake was so heavy with 3 layers that it started leaning towards the left. Then my aunt asked my cousin to punch the cake more to the right. How do I know this? Because my mum came giglling like a little girl to my house and telling me that my aunty was preparing a birthday cake and that Mum was told that it was a secret. So next day, I pretended to be surprised and just before cutting the cake, I whispered mischievously to my aunty “Hmm, is it me or is that cake not straight?”. My aunty sighed “don’t talk to me about it” LOL before I told her that I perfectly knew.
Note:Mum never can keep secrets. She will tell people that it is a secret and that she’s not supposed to say it
happy birthday and good luck to the lucky winner!
i’m from malaysia and my most memorable birthday would be when i had an early celebration with my boyfriend. we didn’t do much – just walked around hand-in-hand. what made it sweet was that we are in a long-distance relationship and that we try to celebrate our birthdays together when we can.
I’m from Malaysia. My most memorable birthday was when I was 14, I spent my birthday in an Adam Khoo conference rather in school. Nothing big, but definitely memorable.. HAHA.
I subscribe with Google Reader too.
I’m from Penang, most memorable birthday was when I was in the Philippines with a bunch of close friends on a partially uni sponsored trip for a tourney. It was a combination of singing & dancing on the dancefloor, lots of bloody mary, a round of tacos & nachos and a post-partying burger session right after.
wowwww that’s a lot of stuff given away! XD
i’m from the canada where maple syrup is a staple (joking!! it’s not!!) my most memorable bday was the one held by le bf where he planned and organized/cooked everything including cleanup!! (it was a huge bbq :p)
Hie,
I’m from PJ, have been a silent reader of ur blog.
My most memorable birthday happens when i was 6 years old, it was only a small celebration with the family n siblings. But i remember i had this gorgeous birthday cake with yellow ribbon at the side. Somehow everytime when i think of a memorable birthday event, this the cake always flash up!!
Happy 3rd anniversary n looking forward with more posts from you
I’m from Singapore. My most memorable birthday is probably the year I turned 18 and my best friend in Junior College (who is still my best friend now, 5 years down the road!) made for me a scrapbook of sorts and got literally everyone whom I knew to pen down some sort of coming-of-age message for me.
Anyhow, happy 3rd birthday to a great blog!
I’m from Belgium but my most memorable birthday was with my family in Mauritius (sweet 16
)! It was a suprise birthday, beatiful birthday with family that i can’t see when i want…
Next birthday in Mauritius? This year! (22 years old!) I’m very happy
Happy 3rd birthay
Mano
Hi, I am from your home country, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia!
First of all, Happy 3rd Birthday!!
The most memorable birthday for me was three years ago, my parents, sisters purposely made a trip from Melaka to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate my 33rd birthday! My hubby and I were so touch as they prepared a cake n some pressie for me cos I have not had birthday cake for few years cos hubby always not around during my birthday!! The best thing is I am awaiting for my pregnancy confirmation so I was very happy on that day cos its just like celebration of the good news!! True enough, the next day we’ve got our confirmation and now my boy just like your birthday – 3 years old!!
I’m from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. My most memorable birthday occassion was the year when my cousin and some of my church friends came to surprise me at 12am midnight, I was in my pajamas and nerdy specs, super unglam but totally caught me off guard!
I’m from Melbourne, and for my birthday, my boyfriend booked an expensive dinner date at Crown’s followed by a Gold Class screening of Mama Mia. BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!
I’m from Melbourne, and for my 21st birthday, my friend bought me tickets to the concert of my favourite singer! It was such a wonderful night!
My most memorable birthday was two years ago. I was with some friends on DisneyLand Paris, in a restaurant, can’t remember the name.. the one with elephant etc… Then, at the dessert, waiters started to sing “happy birthday to youuu”, they were holding the biig cake, with a lot of ice cream and cookies…i was so so so surprised…. i didn’t except that.. Everybody on the restaurant was looking at me, i was sooooo intimidated >__<
I wish it was Mickey Mouse who sings me happy birthday.. but yeah, waiters, that's cool too !! <3
Happy 3rd (and 30th) birthday! On my 30th birthday, my friends took me out to an awesome Mexican restaurant. It has Christmas decorations up all year round and there were Mariachi musicians playing that night. The whole evening was Mexican food, Mariachi music and plenty of Margaritas. What made it amazing though was being with all my friends, and being able to share my happiness with all of them!
Hi! I’m a subscriber through the RSS feed reader. Thanks for doing this giveaway! Congrats on hitting 3!
I think my most memorable birthday was a couple years ago when my whole family actually forgot my birthday until later that day. They all felt so bad that they made up for it that night by taking me to a nice restaurant and celebrating my birthday for the next few days after. hehe. guilt does wonders doesn’t it?
Hi there, I am from Selangor, Malaysia.
It had been ages that someone has throw me a birthday party or suprises. But a memorable one would be last year where 2 of my beloved sis sent me a HUGE and RICH chocalate cake to me office via a POST MAN! This is the first time I receive a cake this way!
Hi there, I’m from KL, Malaysia
Wana wish a happy 3 years of bloggie birthday to u =D
My most memorable birthday was when I turned 21! I know, it’s slightly a while back =p, but it’s was such a blessing to me. I remember that time I was still in uni in Gippsland, Australia, and friends from Melbourne city drove 2 hours over to celebrate my birthday the night before. Lovely indeed. Guess what, this was followed by a bbq session with a bunch of my church mates at my pastors place the very next day after church, with heaps of food and pressies!
I thought it’s the end, but another friend drove all the way to the city to get me a lovely chocolate mousse cake and came over to my house to surprise me for the nite… Oh my, such surprises are such blessings aint it =D
Lastly, on the following day, after a meeting with the international student association where I was a committee, one of my closest friend, who does not know how to bake, actually surprised me with a oh so yummilicious walnut cake that she baked herself.
That, I have to say, was the most memorable birthdays I’ve ever had up to date. I remember feeling so loved and so cared for =D
Hi Tine, congrats!
and we caught some goofy pictures of me in my pajamas!
I’m from Hong Kong. My most memorable birthday was last year when I woke up on my birthday to a room full of balloons! My room was over flowing with them and my family and friends were all waiting for me in the living room! It was so sweet
xx Sam
Happy 3 years (:
My favourite birthday would have to be when I was 7.
I woke up to a new bike and my mum had prepared a tea party style breakfast for my friends (barbie etc) and myself.
I’m from Jakarta, Indonesia. My hubs gave a surprise gift on my birthday last year. The gift was a Chihuahua PUPPY
He surprised me because he didn’t agree when I asked him to have a puppy in our house. It was the best birthday that I ever had.
I’m from the United States, happy 3rd anniversary, well the most memorable birthday that I had is when my dad gave me a pink doll I’ve been really wanting when I was a lil girl, can’t forget the memories, reminds me of being a daddy’s girl…
Wow, I just stumbled onto your blog today! Glad I got here in time for the giveaway! I just subscribed via email!
My most memorable birthday was last year when I turned 23. It was the first year I was so content with my life that I didn’t want a single thing. I was truly happy for the first time!
Hey babe, I’m from Singapore!
Hmm, the most memorable birthday will be that my dad is able to be back in Singapore to celebrate it with me. As he’s always out station and stuff, I hardly get to see him. However thank God that he was able to be back that time to celebrate my 18th birthday and it was a blast! All my relatives and friends were there, how enjoyable!
Oh and your husband is soooooo sweet!
God bless!
Melanie Danielle
Happy 3 years! Awesome giveaway
Sydney sider here, favourite birthday memory was the boyfriend taking me out to chinese gardens, darling harbour -> dinner. Best birthday XD
Hi !
I discovered your blog today, and I must say that I like it ! Happy 3 years !!
I come frome Switzerland (so excuse my english !) and I must say that I don’t have a memorable birthday… (ouh, it’s sad .. !) I haven’t done a very special thing for it, it’s just classic… But I turn 19 on the 9th June, so I don’t know, maybe this year will be different !
Thank you for this amazing contest, wich I hope I’ll win !
My futur blog : http://boudoire-de-fille.blogspot.com/
Happy blogbirthday!
I’m from Houthalen, Belgium (teeny weeny country). My memorable birthday has to be the year my boyfriend kidnapped me, took me to the atelier from my favorite jewellery designer and said: you can choose whatever you want!
Congrats from an email subscriber! Honolulu resident and on my birthday last year, my DH and I celebrated in Las Vegas!
Congrats on turning 3~!!!
I’m a true blue Melbournian!
My most memorable birthday? Hmm, I guess it would have to be my sweet sixteenth, back in the golden days of Year 9 when we thought we were at the top of the world.
It wasn’t much. We were at a sleepover and at about midnight, one of my friends brought in a cake and we stuffed our faces (very bad, I know) by candlelight. Not a pretty sight, but we stayed awake into the early hours of the next morning, gossiping like teenagers in American chick flicks.
Anyway, congrats again~
HEllo
To begin I wish a happy birthday
I come from Belgium (Brussels)
My most beautiful memory of birthday it is when I had 18 years old my family my organized a fete big with all the family and the friends it was genial
Happy 3rd Blogivessary
I am from Sydney and most memorable birthday was my 21st where a couple of my good friends surprised me with a new camera (cos they know how much I love camwhoring LOL) and my gfs gave me an impromptu but sweet speech before the cake-cutting session
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Happy 3rd Blogivessary
I am from Sydney and most memorable birthday was my 21st where a couple of my good friends surprised me with a new camera (cos they know how much I love camwhoring LOL) and my gfs gave me an impromptu but sweet speech before the cake-cutting session
XOXO
Hi Tine….
I’m Cielo from Laguna… Happy blog birthday! My most memorable birthday was my 31st birthday when my husband and friends surprised me a a little get together in our house.. most of my old friends that i haven’t seen in years was there…. the small party was really a blanst and unforgettable…
Hi~~happy birthday to u~~
i am frm Msia. my most memorable birthday was my 15th birthday, it was the first time i celebrated with my lovely sister who had same birthday with me.
I’m from Belgium, I remember the B-day 21th, I received Hello Kitty Samsung Star
fun^^
Bye
I come from Singapore
My most memorable birthday was last year, when my neighbour-cum-best friend booked a week long hotel stay for me in my school holidays. I thought I was just going to spend some time with her, but she actually brought my church friends and university friends along that night! my neighbour is not in my church, neither is she in my school, so I really had to salute her for finding these people whom she doesn’t know
Hi! I’m Lexy from Georgia, USA. Last year for my birthday, my boyfriend took me on a dinner cruise in Savannah. It was a chilly night but the setting was wonderful as well as the food.
I’m from Brisbane and my most memorable birthday would be my 18th, when my girlfriends played a lil joke and got all the guys I’ve had a crush on throughout my highschool years (secretively) to bring me roses throughout the day. My gosh I hope none of them figured it out.
Congrats on turning 3
Congrats on turning 3!
I am from midwest, USA. The most memoriable bday for me was 3 years ago … my bf took me to Gold Coast, Queensland. We spent 2 weeks there, he arranged everything … we always had something to do, somewhere to go every day. It was my 1st time going to AU; I will never forget the soft white sands, beautiful beaches … hope we can go there again soon
I am 29 and from Sydney. My most memorable birthday would have to be my 18th. I spent it with my aunty and cousin in Byron Bay. We drank cocktails and i felt all grown up!
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