Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Small Drug Store Haul

I stopped at Walgreens and RiteAid the other day on my way home from school because Mallory needed some medicine. Of course, this was the perfect opportunity to pick up a couple new polishes! lol.

I snagged Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl, Cinderella, Essie Armed & Ready, Wet N Wild Bite The Bullet and Heatwave. The Wet N' Wilds were on clearance at RiteAid for only 50 cents! I couldn't pass them up. Especially since they are both colors that I love. Bite The Bullet is a dusty lavender and Heatwave is a bright neon red jelly! Kinda like the OPI's from the Texas Collection that I just got. There were more that were marked down, too, but the rest that were in stock weren't really colors that I was fond of.

Oh! And for anyone that has a Walgreens around, they said that the week on Feb 12th, all Sinful Colors will be 99 cents! So, if you want to pick up Cinderella or any other colors, wait til then so you can get it half off. I am going to go grab a few colors that look like dupes for other polishes that I want.

Ending 2/8

50Plus Single BBW (US & Canada)
Burning Moon's Inside Advice
Frances Cassandra (International)
Just Jess (International)
Keeping Up With The Rheinlanders (US only)
Pretty Purple Polish (International)
The Giveaway Diva (International)

Monday, February 6, 2012

Mail Call!

This week I received the My Lip Stuff balm set. The flavors I got were Caramel, Cookie Dough Ice Cream, Lemon Mellow, Amaretto, Peach Bellini and also a Pumpkin Spice one, but my daughter hijacked that one as soon as she seen I got all the lip balms. lol. The consistency is almost exactly like a Chap-Stick, and the flavors/scents are very true to their names and smell so good!


Well, that was all for this week. Next week I should be getting my Konad set! Yay!

Ending 2/7

Deuce Beauties (International)
Let's Win Blog (US & Canada)
Luv My Lacquer (International)
Makeup By Celly (International)
Makeup Meow
Moms Review 4 You (US Only)
Sun-Dried Lacquer (US Only)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

How to Use Superpoints

I have referred a few people now to Superpoints, but I feel like it is an awkward rewards experience and people may give up rather quickly if they don't get the hang of it. I am going to explain a little bit of the ins and outs of it because it really is an easy program to rack up a little extra cash or Amazon cards for polish!! I don't earn quite as much from this as I do from Swagbucks, but it's a nice supplemental program and I spend less than 5 minutes a day doing it.

First, when you join, I believe you only start with 5 points unless you joined from someone's like that had bonus points. You also only start with 5 clicks on the Super Lucky Button.


This 'Super Lucky Button' is your main way to earn quick points on Superpoints. There are special offers (trials, surveys, etc) just like on Swagbucks. You can take advantage of these if you want to rack up points quicker, but if I do any special offers at all, I do them on Swagbucks.

Anyways, basically, you just click the button, and you either win points (anywhere from 1 - 200), or you don't. Simple.

Like I said, when you first join, you only get 5 clicks. This is not many at all. To get more clicks, all you have to do is complete your profile. It just includes filling in some basic info like your birthday and location. Very simple and will probably take you less than a minute. You also have to validate your e-mail, which is clicking a confirmation link just like you would a newsletter.

After completing those two easy steps, you get 5 more bonus points (don't quote me on that figure), and you are now in the 'Basic' membership level. At this point, you get 30 clicks per day with the Super Lucky Button. Much better than 5, huh?

Any membership level above Basic, you need referrals. To reach the Gold level, you need to have uploaded a basic picture of yourself (like FB) and have at least 2 referrals who are in the Basic membership level. This will get you 50 Lucky button clicks a day. To get 100 clicks per day, there are the same profile requirements, but you need 5 referrals at Basic membership level. Which means your referrals have to complete their profile and validate their email.

Oh, and once you get to the Gold membership level, you earn what your referrals earn. So, if they win 10 points on the Lucky Button, then so do you. Some programs, like Swagbucks, you can earn very quickly with no referrals, but this is a program that it really is beneficial to have a couple friends join under you.

Also, about once a day you will get a Super Lucky Email from them with points. There is no ads or anything, just a notification of how many points it's worth (I've seen 1 - 25), and you get them when you click on it.

I don't think this is the fastest earning rewards program out there, but it also isn't the worst. If you can get a couple active referrals, then it can really be worth your while. You can only join via invite link from someone that is already a member. Here are a few if you are interested in joining.

http://superpoints.com/wrpgs/qxq0kd

If all of these end up getting used, just leave me a message in the comments or email me, and I will post some more. Happy earning! :)

Ending 2/6

Colour Coated (International)
Curves Ahead
Cute-tickle Nails (International)
Everyday Makeup Blog (US Only)
Have Sippy Will Travel (US Only)
Love For Lacquer (US Only)
Makeup Zombie (International)
MeMa's Mani's (US Only)
My Local Giveaways (US Only)
Oh To Be A Muse (International)
Pointless Cafe (Select Countries)
Sweep Tight (US & Canada)
Sweepstake Lover (International)
The Exotic Lacquer (International)
This Is Your Fashion Moment

Friday, February 3, 2012

Ending 2/4

Best Things In Beauty (International)
Captivating Claws (International)
Konad Addict (US Only)
Meisie's Nails (International)
Pearls, Lace and Ruffles
Sara Hassan's Blog (International) 
Sparkly Vernis (International)
The Vero Blog (International)

For Friends & Followers Blog Hop Week 12

Welcome to week 12 of my Friends and Followers Blog Hop. I hope you can find some new blogs here and also get a few new followers!! :)

The Rules:

1. Follow your host, The Giveaway Lifestyle, publicly via GFC. I will follow you back, just leave me a comment on this post.

2. Add your site to the linky. Please only your main page.

3. Follow any blogs that spark your interest and leave them a comment so they can follow you back.

4. This hop is open all week, so feel free to continue to check back and share until next Friday.

5. I would love if you shared this blog hop via blog post, Twitter, FB, or grabbing the Blog Hop button, but it is not necessary.