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Monday, September 8th, 2008
I know a couple of you were curious about the Walgreens Rebates program when I mentioned it in the Jane Be Pure Mineral Free After Rebate at Walgreens post.
Bibi left a great comment about the program that said:
“Jeannie, I take advantage of the Walgreens Easysaver catalog all the time, it’s great. If you have them mail you a gift card ONCE (not sure how long that will take, as I got mine ages ago), then you can have them just add the following rebates to your card. There are 2 advantages to this:
A) They give you an extra 10% bonus, so not only do you get products for free, but you even make money for trying them (just a few cents, but still), and
B) You can submit your rebates online and it will only take 5-10 business days to process and credit to your gift card.
Of course the downside is you can only use the gift card at Walgreens, but you could always use it just to buy toilet paper and tooth paste!
Hope this helps.”
I’d heard that Walgreens was offering online rebates in some test locations, but I wasn’t aware that it was available everywhere yet.
Thanks to Bibi I submitted my rebate online (and saved myself a stamp so my FAR items only cost me what I paid in taxes on them). If I’d used the gift card option, I would have gotten an extra 10% back.
Anyways, I wanted to let you know my rebate check came last week - so I’m very happy.
Now if only my Walgreens will get the revlon nailpolishes that are free after rebate this month back in stock I’ll be even happier.
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
I’ve got a Candles By Victoria Candle and Tart Review up on Sarah’s Surprises.
The candle and tart I tested were great, with a really strong scent throw.
Enjoy.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
It’s been a pretty good weekend so far.
DH won me a Vera Bradley bag after he entered me in a contest at a local florists, and we were chased out of a car dealership by a salesman whining “Come back, what did we do wrong,” after he got on our nerves.
We’re trying to sell DH’s car, so if you know anyone who’s looking for a NHRA edition Trans Am let me know :-).
In other news I have Fuji Apple Tree problems, and Nosy Be Panther Chameleon eggs.
They’re going to take at least 6 months to hatch though - and that will seem like forever!
Rose on the Sarah’s Surprises forums wants to know if you think etailer lotions go bad faster than regular lotions.
And me?
I’m doing everything I can think of (except laundry) to keep from reading the Problogger book.
I just don’t feel like reading anything serious now - I’m too tired.
Oh yeah - the face of the day is all from Alice Cosmetics, except for Redpoint Mascara and MAC lipgloss.
I’ve been testing Alice Cosmetics since Sunday, and so far I’m loving everything.
What do you have going on this weekend?
Oops, I forgot to mention my new Eye Shadow and Eye Makeup Tutorials Lens on Squidoo!
I’d love to see your favorite eye makeup tutorials - you can never have enough ideas for different techniques.
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
I just set up two twitter accounts.
If you’d like to follow my personal account that covers my fish and reptile and book and gardening blogs my name is sarah_NLA.
I also have an account for Mystical Beauty’s Musings and Sarah’s Surprises - it’s mysticalbeauty.
I hope to see you on Twitter.
Leave a comment and tell me where to find you so I can follow you.
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Canadian Beauty is giving away over $100 worth of John Frieda products this week.
Check out And Now for Some Free Stuff to enter.
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
We have a winner for the MAC Nail Lacquer and Fluidline Giveaway/Contest!
Congratulations Saira (who was an email subscriber).
I’ll be emailing you to get your shipping information, I hope you enjoy your goodies.
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
It’s the Holidays - and Mystical Beauty’s Musings is giving away some Holiday Goodies.
I asked Elke from the Beauty Blog Network to throw in a few extra goodies with the items I wanted to review, so I could pass the extras along to you.
Up for grabs is MAC Fluidline in Uppity, and MAC Nail Lacquers in Vestral White and Gold Veneer.
If you want to know more about the products, here’s what the MAC website says about Fluidline:
Ultra-smooth, Fluidline’s gel formula provides the precision of a liquid liner with a silkier, softer finish. Goes on “foolproof” with a brush in an easy dip-and-stroke action. Long-wearing. Smudge-proof. Lines up in a rich array of colours and finishes. Brush sold separately.
US$15.00
and about the Nail Lacquer:
Revolutionary new high gloss formula. Three long-wearing finishes - Cream, Sheer, and Frosted. Visibly different. Provides no-streak/no-chip finish. Contains conditioners and UV protection. Go hi-lacquer!
US$10.00
I have to admit I was really impressed when I saw these items. I’m more of a silver person, but I thought about sneaking the gold veneer polish for myself when I saw how beautiful it was in person.
But I didn’t!
I decided that you deserve it, but you have to work for it!
Just leave a comment telling me about the first time you wore MAC, why you love MAC, or what you’d do with these products if you won them - where would you wear them (out to dinner, at home, to a party), how would you wear them (a golden french manicure, little white flowers on a gold background on your toes), or something like that.
Pictures get you an extra entry, and they’ll be posted on the blog, unless you ask me to keep them private!
Since today is Thanksgiving (Happy Thanksgiving!) I’ve decided that if you list at least one thing you’re thankful for in the comments you can be entered to win too.
If you leave a qualifying comment on this blog post, you’ll get one entry into the contest, if you sign up for the mailing list you’ll get another entry. If you send pictures of how you would wear the nail lacquer and fluidline (you don’t have to use these colors), you’ll also get another entry, so you can get up to three entries.
We’ll put all the names in a hat (if you have three entries, we’ll put your name in three times), and pick the winner on December 18!
We have to have an email address so we can contact you and let you know you won, so make sure you use an email address that you can check on December 18.
If you haven’t signed up for our mailing list yet, you can sign up below, and get one entry into the contest.
Good luck!
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