GIVEAWAY - COVERGIRL

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hello everyone!

So this will be my first giveaway that I've done on my own. Meaning, I bought these with my own money and will be shipping them out to the winner as well!

Unfortunately, due to shipping costs this giveaway will only be open to residents of the United States & Canada.

I'm going to be running it until next Friday so you have lots of time to enter and there is opportunities for extra entries as well.

I know it's not a lot but it is something and I wanted to thank those who follow and comment as it makes it feel like this is all worthwhile!

I love each and every one of you!

♥

Bri

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Charmed Aroma - First Experience

For a while everyone and their mothers were raving about the brand Charmed Aroma.

Charmed Aroma is a brand that began selling candles with a piece of jewelry in them that could be valued anywhere from ten - five thousand dollars. 

Having never tried Charmed Aroma for myself my lovely mother decided to treat me to one of their Christmas sets this year.

The set included three mini candles in the scents "Cinnamon Vanilla", "Winter Wonderland" & Vanilla Marshmallow. The candles smelled beautiful my favorite being Vanilla Marshmallow.

How these work is in one of the candles there will be a ring or necklace wrapped in a piece of foil. You have to burn through them to find the foil. 

I'm an incredibly impatient person so of course I set to work by burning all three at the same time and it wasn't long before I saw that piece of foil and again with my impatience I grabbed some tweezers and carefully took it out of the candle before it even burned all the way through.

Now, here is where the fun experience ended.

The ring pictured above on the left is my first ring and as you can see it's missing some jewels.

It's a gorgeous ring with or without those missing jewels but when I went online to find the value {the rings have a piece of paper attached with a code which you go online & enter to find out} it was valued at $250. Do you know how long it took those jewels to fall out? Within an hour both of the smaller square shaped jewels had fallen out. For a ring valued that high I expected much better quality. Not only did it fall apart but it also turned my finger green indicating that it's not real gold, that it's plated. I don't know how Charmed Aroma determines their values but there is NO way this is a 250 dollar ring. I've had ten dollar rings that lasted longer than this. 

I was extremely disappointed.

I proceeded to contact the customer service department which was quite helpful and sent me a brand new ring.

The one on the right was the new ring I received. Not quite as visually appealing as the first however this one was of much better quality. It hasn't turned my finger green nor has anything broke apart. However for a sterling silver ring I found the value to be quite high at $150.

For all the hype surrounding this brand I'm honestly not impressed with the jewelry aspect of it. The candles though smell amazing and are averagely priced. If you're looking for a lovely scented candle then I would recommend trying them out. If you want to buy it for the jewelry aspect I would skip it because I don't think it's worth it. They sell bath bombs as well but I find them to be rather expensive.

P.S. I reached my follower goal on Bloglovin, please leave me a comment below with some giveaway ideas. What would you guys like to win?!

♥
Bri

StyleWe Giveaway

Hey everyone!

I have some exciting news for you all I've teamed up with StyleWe an online fashion retailer with some stunning pieces. I created a collage with some of my coveted favorites below.

STYLEWE by brirue featuring a bomber jacket

Check out StyleWe on their Facebook & Instagram

If you'd like to win an item from StyleWe ($50 Value) Go share an item from the StyleWe website that you're interested in to any of your Social Media channels or visit their Blog for one entry!
There will only be one winner and they must be from either  USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Canada, or France. StyleWe will be responsible for prize fulfillment. Once the prize has shipped out there will be no returns, refunds or reimbursements.

For extra entries, please see below.

The giveaway will run for one week starting today, December 8th and running until December 15th.

Good luck everyone!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

♥

Bri

Giveaway Alert - My first ever!

Hello everyone!

I have exciting news,when I reach 25 Bloglovin followers I'm going to be doing a giveaway. 

The winner will receive a Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Lipstick in the color of their choice.

I've never done a giveaway on my own before, this isn't sponsored I just want to give back to the few of you who do support me & my blog. It truly does mean a lot to me and I appreciate every single one of you.

I won't be running this until I reach 25 Bloglovin followers, after that I will post the giveaway and the rules.

To follow me on bloglovin simply click the bloglovin icon in my sidebar and follow.

I love everyone who follows me and I hope you guys enjoy this, it is almost Christmas you know =)

♥

Bri

*ALTERRE SHOES GIVEAWAY

Hey everyone!

Have you heard of Alterre Shoes? They make it easy to mix and match your shoe, not feeling a heel take it off or vice versa

Well Brandbacker and Alterre want to give you the chance to win one of their black heel starter kits valued at $180 it includes;

Kit Includes: 1 pair black suede mules, 1 black suede Jackie look, 1 evening sky Marilyn look, 1 travel pouch 

• 2.5” Heel
• Genuine Leather Upper, Man Made Lining
• 5% Profits Donated to RestoreNY
• Designed in NYC, Made in Brazil with Fair Labor
• Available in Sizes: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (see sizing guide for best fit)
• Alterre Shoes are designed in their New York Studio and a fun little fact is that they donate 5% of the proceeds to the women's abuse shelter Restore NYC.

ENTER

To qualify for the giveaway you will need to do the following;

- sign up with their email on the provided widget
- follow us on Instagram
- tweet about our giveaway

Good luck! =)

Bri

*This giveaway is sponsored by Brandbacker and Alterre shoes

*Oh what's that? G I V E A W A Y time!

{not my photo}

Hey guys!
I have some exciting news, its my first giveaway ever sponsored by The Wilkes group.

{"Evian ®Natural Mineral Water’s journey starts as rain and snow high atop the French Alps after which it filters for over 15 years through glacial rock and sand to a deep underground catchment just outside the town of Evian-Les-Bains, France. The water contained in the spray is tested 300 times per day to insure quality and the consistent unique mineral content—guaranteed to be the same year after year—canister to canister. No other water has the same mineral content."}

The Wilkes Group Inc. has been distributing the Evian face spray since 1978! I honestly didn't see this appear until recently in the blogging world nor have I ever seen it in stores, but I love facial sprays so I may have to go pick one up myself!

The prizes:

Grand prize: Longchamp "Le Pliage" backpack, in stylish, durable, water-resistant nylon topped with a textured leather handle and logo-embossed flap, which retails at $125. It is filled with one 10 oz., one 5 oz., and a trio of travel-size evian® sprays (over $175.00 total value)

Runner's Up (3): Longchamp pochette toiletries case, with embossed leather trim in durable, water-resistant nylon, accented with goldtone hardware, which retails at $50, and filled with a trio of travel size evian sprays (over $70.00 total value)

Get it here


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*Note: This giveaway is sponsored by Brandbacker

When I reach 50 Bloglovin' Followers

Hey everyone! So I want to do some sort of giveaway when I reach 50 followers on bloglovin’, it won’t be anything big just want to say thanks for following and reading my posts. I have some ideas floating around but I want to know what you guys want so just tweet me what you’d like for a giveaway, my twitter handle is @brirue