Another award in my kit?

I thank Surabhi Surendra  of Womanatics  for awarding the Liebster Award to my blog. I accept this award on behalf of my lovely readers and fellow bloggers who have shown their love and support to my blog all these months.

Few words about Liebster Award. It is an award given to blogs that have less than 200 followers and that deserve more recognition and encouragement. The blog who receives the award then nominates five such blogs that fit the above category. There are few guidelines to be followed while receiving or giving the award.

1) Thank the blogger who gave you the award.
2) Pick five small blogs that are worth the honor.
3) Spread a word about Liebster Award.

I would like to pass on the honour to 5 blogs that I really enjoy and would like if you all to give them the same encouragement and love too.

• A peek into my life.. 
• jewelryanalysis
• sparkles unlimited 
• My Tumbling Thoughts to the World 
• I love Shopping 

Do check out these awesome blogs. :x

BEAUTY, BRAINS AND BRAWNS International Giveaway - 5 reasons to be happy this Winter

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Hello my lovely  readers. As I have promised earlier I am back with another exciting giveaway for you all. But, why I am holding this giveaway?  Here is the whole bucket of reasons, :D 

• My blog completed 100 posts,
• 100+ Beautiful readers, 
• 100+ FB fans, 
• 100+ Twitter followers
• 25,000+ Pageviews 

And also my blog will be completing 6 months on 1st December ( I can't believe it's already six months!!), Christmas and New year is around the corner (so why not spread some love :x) and also, I got the honour of the Notable Newbie on BlogAdda yesterday (another feather in the cap :-*) and I am so ecstatically happy :D :D (only if my semester exams was not ticking in my head :P ). Okay I won't bore you more with my ranting. Let's head over to the prize. :)

All the prizes are new and sealed (where applicable). This is not a sponsored giveaway. Here is a breakdown of the prizes,

Models Own Pink punch

Maybelline The Colossal Kajal

Maybelline Expert Wear Eye Shadow - Sapphire Ice 34

 

 Street Wear Color Rich Lip Pink kiss Gloss

 

Elle 18 Nail Pops 

Interesting enough to win? This giveaway is free and open to all worldwide. To enter the giveaway you have to follow certain rules and then fill out the form below. There are some mandatory rules which you need to fulfil to be eligible to enter the giveaway and some optional entries to increase the probability of your chance of winning. Don’t worry, they are super easy, 

Mandatory Entries (For total 2 entries):

• Follow my blog "publicly" through GFC if you are a new follower. Click on "Join this site" button on top-left side of this page. If you find it broken, refresh  the page. (1 entry)
• "Like" BEAUTY, BRAINS AND BRAWNS  Facebook page. Click here. (2 entries) 

Optional Entries: 

• +3 entries: Follow me on twitter. Click here. 
• +2 entries: Tweet this " Enter @pooja_g International Giveaway -  5 reasons to be happy this Winter http://goo.gl/w5lyu  "
• +5 entries: Share this giveaway either on your Facebook wall or page tagging @BEAUTY, BRAINS AND BRAWNS and the link back to this post.
• +2 entries: Tag 5 interested friends on the comment section of the FB post on your wall or page.
• +4 entries: Post about this giveaway on your blog.Use the first picture and link back to this post.
• +5 entries: Post it on your blog's sidebar. Use the first picture and link back to this post.
• +4 entries: Follow my blog through Networked Blogs. Click here.
• +2 entries: Vote for my blog BEAUTY, BRAINS AND BRAWNS on http://www.handmadereviews.net/2011/10/beauty-blog-awards-2011-voting-open.html. 

(**The voting entry is valid and will be counted till 12th December as voting ends on that day)

• +1 entry: Regular commenter on my blog posts. 

So that's a total of 28 optional entries. You get 30 total chances to win if you do all the entries!
After you have done all the requisites, fill in the form below.  Remember to fill the form once only. No duplicate entries will be counted.

This giveaway starts on 11th November 2011 and will end on 11th  6th January 2012. (Update: Date changed as my holidays are coming to an end and I would be bit busy :) )
The winner will be chosen shortly thereafter and will be contacted via email. Winner will have 48 hours to respond failing to which a new winner will be chosen. 

All the links will be thoroughly checked so don't enter anything you have not done.
Any un-following of blog after the giveaway ends will ban the person from future giveaways. Enter only if you will stick around and enjoy my blog.

Comments are disabled on this post. If you have any query email me or tweet me or comment on some other post and I will help you out! 

* The prize will be delivered with utmost care. I will not be responsible for any loss/damage in transit.
* Participants must be 18years age or must have parental consent. You need to provide your address in case you win.

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Yay I am the Notable Newbie on BlogAdda.com

When I started my blog in June, I never thought  that it would receive so much love, accolades, viewership in such a short time. I can't thank you guys enough! :x

Today I am featured as the Notable Newbie on http://www.blogadda.com/ and I am on cloud nine! :D :-*

 And here is the award! :D

I would like to thank the BlogAdda team for giving me this honour.

Well guess what this is my 100th post on this blog and it couldn't have been better! :) :x

Dove Nourishing Oil Care Hair Serum Review

Hello my beautiful readers. Sorry I was not able to post for last three days as I was having my internals/exams going on (just don’t ask how it went! :( ) and the semester exam is also looming over my head, and I am so not studying anything! Well I need to shift my focus on the studies now and the exams will end in December, so I will be a bit missing in action with regular postings, but hey don’t forget to show your love on here as I will be online (ADDICTED... I am!) and will peek over here now and then and reply to all your sweet comments! 
 

Ranting over! So today I am going to talk about the hair serum from the new Dove Nourishing Oil Care range. I remember, I tried hair serum for the first time from a brand called Livon and I absolutely hated it as it turned my shampooed hair oily, limp and sticky. After that I lost interest in any serum whatsoever. Recently I bought the hair serum from L’Oreal Total Repair 5 range as I really liked their Shampoo but I still didn’t get much chance to use it, as I thought of using the Dove one first. So let’s see how Dove Nourishing Oil Care Hair Serum fared on me…errmm my hair!

PRICE:   Rs.300 

QUANTITY: 40 ml

INGREDIENTS:

MY EXPERIENCE: Dove Nourishing Oil Care Hair Serum is a clear liquid with oily consistency. I take exactly two pumps for my below-the-shoulder length hair, and use this serum on my shampooed, semi-dried hair. I don’t use the conditioner on some days to see how the serum fares to keep my hair soft, smooth and frizz free. I would give thumbs up for the factor of keeping hair soft and it detangles hair easily but it doesn’t work at all on the frizz. So it becomes pointless to invest in a serum just for soft hair, a nice conditioner does the same and the conditioner from this range really works well in that zone. 

WHAT I LIKED:

• Makes hair feel soft and adds a bit of shine.
• Helps in easy detangling of hair.
• Doesn’t make hair limp/oily.
• Gets easily absorbed and so doesn’t attract much dust.
• The packaging is really nice and travel friendly. The pump nozzle is effective and controls the amount of product required.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:

• It didn’t tame my frizzy hair.
• It is definitely costlier than other serums available in the market.

VERDICT:  For me, it didn’t work on my frizz and I won’t invest in such a pricey serum if it doesn’t do that. Other than that I have no complaints.

RATINGS:  3.5 out of 5

** Being a member of  IndiBlogger.com, I received a gift hamper of Dove Nourishing Oil Care Range but it doesn't influence my honest opinion! Read my disclaimer.