Hey Hunni's,

 

This Giveaway is to celebrate a few special things that have happened recently

 

I reached 200 Followers - Nearly at 250 now

This little blog was 6 months old - On the 23rd of October

This is my 100th post

 

More so it is to thank every single one of you! For every person that reads my rambles, comments on my posts or enjoys the odd little conversation on twitter, you make me writting this blog worthwhile. 

 

I have well and truly found my passion with blogging and love that I can share my thoughts with you all and am greatful every single day that even one person takes time out of their day to read what I write.

 

Following my recent post surrounding giveaways and what people expect from them I really hope you find the prizes exciting, and if not tuff, no only joking but the prizes are what they are as this is what I can afford at the moment - which isnt an awful lot.

 

 All of this will belong to One lucky Winner!

 Samples from Elizabeth Arden, Pantene, YSL, Balance Me, Benefit, Rimmel, Maybelline, Monu, Skinetica, Versace, Garnier, Palmers - I have recieved some of these in beauty boxes and never used them, I have been given some at beauty counters and I have recieved some with orders I have made.  I decided not to use these so someone else can try these and hopefully discover something they love.

 

 Crystalised compact mirror and make up brush, Montagne Jeunesse Facemasks and my favourite scented wax melts from Busy Bee Candles - Facemasks and candles perfect night in!

 Two tickets to the Clothes Show Live, in Birmingham for Friday 7th December.  I will be attending this event and would love to meet the winner! 

 

 Claireabella Classic Polo Jute Bag - I was sent this to review, which I did and really enjoyed writting it, infact it might have been one of my favourites Iv ever written.  However incase you hadn't noticed I now have brown hair and will not be using this bag.  Instead of giving away to a family member I decided one of you lovelies might enjoy it. Its also the perfect size to hold all the other goodies inside.

 

Enter via the Rafflecopter form below
 

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

This is a UK only giveaway, Im extremely sorry to all my international readers but funds at the moment would make it difficult for me to post  anywhere other than the UK.

 

This will be open for 1 week only, the reason for this being that I need to ensure the winner recieves their Clothes Show Live tickets before the 7th of December.

 

You must be a follower of my blog via GFC or Hello Cotton.

 

If you are entering on a multiple account or an account only made for entering giveaways please do not waste your time as I will be checking to make sure the winner is a  genuine follower.

 

Good Luck!

 

Gem

x

 

It was just a normal day walking to work, minding my own business that was until I recieved an email from Toxic Fox!  This is when I became part of the aBella family, my family will no doubt continue to grow.

 

What is a Claireabella

I first heard about Claireabella when I joined twitter and soon became obsessed by these personalised Jute bags that were hand painted and designed by Claire herself and sold via her website, Claireabella Designs, the business was then single handedly run by Claire and her Husband Jon. That was until the bags were seen on the TV Show The Only Way is Essex and in turn the national news papers.  Cue crazy ammounts of orders,  thats when the amazing announcement was made, that she has teamed up with the online retailer Toxic Fox and a partnership was born. The business has continued to expand since the partnership with the Toxic Fox office having to find new premises to have room for the demand of Claireabella's and Claire building an extension onto her home to accomodate her bags.

Since then Claireabella has Launched in the US, released a televison advert, added over fifteen new products to the range with the help of Toxic Fox and graced the catwalk at Essex Fashion Week and Marbella Fashion Week.  Claire Barratt is an inspiration to everyone, starting out with not enough money to replace the paint she used for her first bag to being the founder of an international must have fashion piece.

 read the claireabella story here.

 

My Special Package

 

Toxic Fox were going to send little old me one,  my most lusted after item of 2012 a Claireabella bag!  Excited was an understatement and thankfully I only had to wait 10 days for the little pink package to arrive at my door.

When I opened the package I was delighted it was the Polo Jute Bag. It is a perfect size to fit all of your everyday essentials in, it is the smallest size in the Claireabella Range and my favourite as I feel that sometimes the Medium and Large bags that are also available,  are left looking empty after all the things I need to carry around are in there. 

I would be lying if I said I wasnt dissapointed that she was blonde because I was but only slightly because this will be a fabulous gift for one of my friends with blonde hair.  The detail on this bag is excellent, the little bows, the huge amounts of glitter and the little crystals to make her eyes sparkle just add to the already wonderful painting of this little aBella. I love the tag on the bottom making sure everyone knows it is a genuine Claireabella, its little finishing touches like this that ooze quality.

Claireabella Classics and Claireabella Originals

Whats the Difference?

 

Claireabella Originals are available only from the Clairebella Designs website.  They are handpainted by Claire herself and can be completely customised to your preference.  As you can imagine she is an extremely busy lady so these are out of stock at the moment and only released every so often and sell out within the matter of minutes.  The day these go on sale is always released on the official Claireabella Facebook Page and Twitter but never a time so that everyone has an equal chance to purchase one. A batch of these went on sale today and sold out within five seconds, unfortunately I didn't get one but,  I will be stalking the twitter page and facebook until I get my hands on one of these original bags I need one in my life, as there will be another batch of originals before Christmas.
 

 

Claireabella Classic's are available exclusively from the Toxic Fox Website where you can choose  hair colour and style, eyes, outfit, skintone and wording. The Claireabella Classic bags are  painted by qualified artists, that are trained to Claire's style. The ClaireaBella Classic range has enabled these designs to be  available to more customers who were unable to access a ClaireaBella Bag although they followed on Twitter and regularly checked my website.  This has taken a massive pressure off Claire as she was struggling to manage the thousands of orders coming in.

 

The Range of Claireabella at Toxic Fox

So the Claireabella range all started with jute bags so as well as 3 different sizes of jute bags, now you can have your own aBella on almost anything. Hoodies, t-shirts, lunchboxes (perfect for storing make up!!), mugs, candles, phonecases, canvas bags, calenders, notebooks, diaries and cards.  There is something everyone would love, I know I personally want one of everything. Throughout the year some limited addition aBellas are also available, this year we seen bags for the following special occasions the Valentines, Mother's Day, Easter Chick, Jubilee, Olympic, Bikini, Marbella, New York Fashion Week and most recently the Breast Cancer Awareness designs, these are available exclusively at ToxicFox