Look what I got!

Big thanks to Isabel and Aisyah!

p/s: the fridge magnet at my bench

The mini giveaway winner

I'm sorry that I'm delayed in announcing the mini giveaway winner. 

So, here it is.

The winner of the pads sample and the aqua colour shower thingy (yes, I haven't figure out what's the thingy name yet) It's loofah! LOL. Thanks Idda.

CHERISH LOW

Thanks for joining the mini giveaway. In the mean time, you may also got Libresse sample for free from libresse.com.my

Thanks Grace for the info ^_^

You know you have too many sanitary pads and pantiliners when...

...it all piled up like the picture below.I bought all the Libresse pads and when I'm storing it in my closet, I was like "Oh no~" *slap forehead, because I didn't remember the backups (Kotex pads) I bought earlier. I think I won't be needing to buy pads until the year ends because I have all this. LOL.

So I thought I giving away the Libresse sample I received from Libresse event. Since I taken two of the samples pantiliners, I top it up with my favourite pantiliner from Carefree.
I know is not the typical giveaway prize, but it would be great for those who like to try Libresse. The prize contains assorted Libresse pads & pantiliners and some Carefree pantiliners.
So to join this mini giveaway, just be a follower, leave a comment with you blog or email address for me to contact you if you win. This giveaway open only to Malaysian resident, in other word, those with Malaysian mailing address. Winner will be announce on 10th April.

Mini giveaway ends. Winner will be announced on 10th April. Winner will accept the sample above and one mystery gift. Why mystery? Because I haven't had idea what to get. LOL.

In the mean time, you may also got Libresse sample for free from libresse.com.my
Thanks Grace for the info ^_^

Aisyah's Food Theme Giveaway. Yummy~

She's one of the most awesome blogger out there and she's hosting a giveaway right now!

Copied from her blog.

What you will get:-
1) Pink bento box
2) Chopstick + pink case
3) Happy Bath Facial Yogurt Cleansing foam (Olive essence)
4) Elianto Vege Mask Sheet (Mix vegetables & pumpkin)
5) Mogitate Kajitsu Lip Balm (Strawberry)
6) Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm (Orange) <-- Japan edition
7) Melaka fridge magnet <--the original plan was for an international giveaway, so yeaaah =\

Terms and condition:-
1) Must be a public follower of my blog or a friend in my facebook. (I'll check so no cheating~)
2) If you have a blog, it must not be just for giveaways.

Entries:- (Compulsory)
1) Comment below. (Just say 'enter me' or whatever it is you want to say XD)
2) Post about this giveaway in your blog and use the picture above or put in your blog's sidebaror if you are a friend on facebook, share this link at your facebook. (Again, I will check!)

Extra entries:-
1) Tell me a good English/korea/japan song. =D (+1)

Giveaway ends on 18th April 2011 on 12 midnight! Open for Malaysian residents only.

So, whatcha waitin for? go join it now.
http://ashchroniclesletsfly.blogspot.com/2011/03/over-50-follower-appreciation-giveaway.html

And the winner is....

The giveaway ends last night and I received 149 submissions with a total of 244 entries. Thanks for participating everyone. I processed the entries (yes, I check everything!) and make a list of it in Excel, then I randomize this list using List Randomizer in random.org and pick a number using True Random Number Generator. Before I announce the winner, I like to...

Thanks everyone, followers and readers. You guys had helped me a lot in making Fleck a blog as it is today. I'm happy to tell you that Flecks starts to gain more and more traffic from Google search! My goal actually achieved. In case you guys haven't read "About Pepper and FLECKS" up there... I wrote there

"It's my goal to help consumers out there making better choice and stretch the value of their money by sharing my thoughts and pictures of products swatches. I find satisfaction when I know there are people out there, led to my blog via search engines, to find swatches or reviews of products in the market."

So back to the announcement.

The lucky number is...
and the lucky person is...

Congrats Yana!
Please contact me within 48 hours or I have to pick another winner (I hope I don't have to).

Giveaway Update

Good news, I decided to close the giveaway earlier to 8th February 2011. I will announce the winner ASAP. I think it would be quick as I update the entry list almost every day.

Have a good day everyone, and for those celebrating Chinese New Year, Happy Chinese New Year.

January Giveaway

http://superficialsydney.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-that-you-say-50-all-holiday-items.html
Ends 20th Jan 2011

http://curvesahead14.blogspot.com/2011/01/urban-decay-naked-pallet-giveaway.html
Ends 31st January 2011

http://www.beautycrazed.ca/2010/12/i-love-burberry-beauty-and-want-you-to.html
Ends 14th January 2011

http://www.beautycrazed.ca/2011/01/if-you-win-this-contest-you-really-will.html
Ends 4th Feb 2011

http://lalasworldxo.blogspot.com/2010/12/100-followers-giveaway.html
Ends 14th January 2011

http://kekechristina.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-giveaway-thank-you.html

http://xarabianeyesx.blogspot.com/2010/12/400-followers-arabic-giveaway.html
Ends Mid January 2011

http://aliceinwonderland348.blogspot.com/2011/01/birthday-giveaway-win-diego-dalla-palma.html
Ends 21st January 2011

http://brittanylovex.blogspot.com/2011/01/valentines-day-big-giveaway.html
Ends on Valentine Day ^_^

FLECKS Giveaway [CLOSED]

I'm planning to publish this post tomorrow, but heck. I'm too excited to wait any longer. LOL.

My previous giveaway was only open to Malaysia residents and I feel bad about it since there are some international followers that submitted their entries. I'm still not sure about postage details (how to send the prize to the winner), but I'm gonna figure that out sooner or later.

The prize.

• Ellips Hair Vitamin Hair Treatment, Protex Icy Cool Shower Cream and Dove Intense Repair Shampoo samples, Silkygirl Blush Hour Honeywood.
• Pink Pashmina Shawl
• False Lashes - Two pairs of no-brand strip lashes and a box of ELF Essential Individual Lash Kit.
• ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer & ELF Essential Eyelid Primer, Mascara Duo and Super Glossy Lip Shine in Pink Kiss.
• Nail art stickers and glitters, mini hair clip and earrings.
• ELF Mineral Eyeliner brush and Lash & Brow Comb, ELF Essential Eyeshadow and Blending Eye Brush.
  

Details

• Local and international follower (via GFC) are welcome to join this giveaway.
• To join, you must be aged 18 and above, if you're aged below 18, please make sure that you have your guardian give consent to join the contest because, if you win, you need to give me your address.
• To join, please fill in the form below. Filling in the required parts (GFC ID, email address and origin) will give you one entry.
• Regarding extra entries by blog post or sidebar, remember to include prize picture and link to this post. I will reject entries if I find the blog is made solely for giveaway purpose.
  
• A winner will be pick using random.org
• Closing date is 20th February 2011 8th February 2011, 12am sharp, local time (Malaysia).
  
• Winner are required to contact me within 48 hours after announcement. After 48 hours, if the winner failed to contact me, new winner will be selected.

I wish you guys best of luck.

Giveaway Winner.

Finally! I can't believe 1 month has passed since I first started my giveaway contest. Thanks for all the support. In case you're curious how I pick the winner, I used random.org and create randomized list of entries using "List Randomizer". Next, I get random integer generated using "Random Integer Generator". Any integer that come out first (from left to right) is the first prize winner.So, the winners of my first giveaway are....

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*drum roll**throws confetti**clap*

1st Prize Winner -
Aisyah

2nd Prize Winner -
Miss Syukur

Yay, congratulations *dance~*. Winners, please contact me within 48 hours via

• email, pepperflecks at ymail dot com . or
• LYN PM (I prefer this one, my LYN ID is Sargeant Pepper) .

p/s: After 48 hours, if the winner failed to contact me, new winner will be selected for any prize unclaimed.
p/p/s: I like to host a giveaway open for international readers, but I have no idea on how to send the prize (postage details) and how to handle customs stuff. Anyone can help me?

'First Giveaway Contest' Closed.

My first giveaway contest officially closed now (13th Dec, 12 AM).
Any entry after this period will not be counted.
I will announce the winner within 48 hours.
For those joining the giveaway, I would like thank you all very much.

My First Giveaway Contest. [CLOSED]

[CLOSED]

(Saturday, 14th Nov 2010, 10:05 am)This post is sticky post.
Hi everyone :)

I've been blogging for years and finally, I found what I do best. It's makeup blog. I'm not the best blogger out there, but I still want to do it as I believe, it is about time for me to contribute to the community that have been helping me to become a much more educated consumer. All those reviews, swatches and tutorials helps a lot!

Since August, this blog has gaining traffic with average 10 31* unique visitors per day. That really cheer me up.

After two months, I decided it is time for an introductory giveaway contest. From the time this post was first published, I have received a lot of help, especially from Isabel and electronicfly to improve this contest *I'm such a noob* Thanks guys.

Since this is my first giveaway, it's gonna be a small one. The first prize included 1 E.L.F. Studio Complexion Perfection, 1 The Face Shop Herbal Therapy Rose & Pine Moisturizing Mask Sheet and 2 sachet of BB cream and body moisturiser.


*done rummaging* Finally I managed to get the second prize comes together. It's 1 Nature Republic Essential Tree Mask Sheet Bamboo, 1 L.A. Colors Metallic Eyeshadow Palette in Mesmerize and 1 sachet of Clinique All About Eyes.

I know, it is a very small giveaway, but I'm not planning for it to be the first and the last one ^_^

This contest limited to Malaysian resident, in other words, anyone with Malaysia mailing address. To join, you must be aged 18 and above, if you're aged below 18, please make sure that you have your guardian give consent to join the contest because, if you win, you need to give me your address. Lastly, you must have a valid email address because after I announced the winner of this contest, I'm gonna communicate with you via email.

How to enter?

1. [Mandatory] Follow this blog, follow publicly so that I can actually see you. (+1)
2. [Mandatory] Leave only one comment in this Giveaway Contest Post(+1).
   
3. Criticism or suggestion to improve this blog highly appreciated (+1).
4. Leave another comment in any of my posts in this blog (+1). Multiple comments will be counted as one.
   
5. This is not necessary to join this contest. However you may write about this contest in your blog with link to this post. (+2)

Each point will count as an entry. So if you follow this blog and comment on this post, you'll get two points = two entries. Get 6 points = 6 entries.

Winners will be pick using random.org, the first name drawn will win the first prize and second name drawn will win the second prize. 1 person could only win one prize.

Closing date is one month from now, 13th December 2010, 12am sharp.

Winner will be announced within 24 hours after closing date. Winner are required to contact me within 48 hours after announcement. After 48 hours, if the winner failed to contact me, new winner will be selected for any prize unclaimed.

I wish you guys best of luck.

p/s: this post will become sticky post until 13th December 2010
*update on 22nd Nov

Review and FOTD: L.A. Colors Metallic Eyeshadow Palette Soiree | Productrater Sigma Holiday Sigmax Brush Set Giveaway!

In this post I going to review L.A. Colors Metallic Eyeshadow Palette in Soiree. The palette comes in sleek thin plastic case with transparent lid. The applicator that comes with the palette is okay as long as you don't wash it. I tried to wash it, and the sponges come off.

The palette eyeshadow is finishes obviously shimmery metallic. Top layer of the eyeshadow are much more shimmery, so for this review, I removed the top layer using cotton pad. So the swatches below made from the eyeshadow lower layer.

The colors in this palette are grey, light blue, pink, blue and purple.

Without flash. The colors in this palette are very vibrant, only one swipe needed to reach the swatches intensity.

With flash, here you can see, even after the eyeshadow top layer removed, it's still shimmery(metallic)

The price are obviously a big plus, it's a good value since the eyeshadow are very pigmented. However, I noticed that these eyeshadow doesn't blend well. IMO, it works better alone. As comparison, E.L.F. Brightening Eye Color, like Luxe, Ivy, Blue Moon and many others blends better.

I think it doesn't blend well because the formulation is somewhat chalky. This palette need good eyeshadow primer to work. Overall, this product is decent.

I used four out five color in the palette today.

Grey in the inner corner, pink in the middle and purple in the outer corner blended into crease. Blue lined under eye.
FOTD

Products that I used today, Skin79 Hot Pink BB cream, E.L.F. Studio Cream Eyeliner in Black, E.L.F. Essential Clarifying Pressed Powder in Honey, Maybelline Great Lash Waterproof in Very Black, E.L.F. Essential Blusher in Flushed, L.A. Colors Metallic Eyeshadow Palette in Soiree. E.L.F. Essential Lipstick in Posh, Nivea Lip Care Rose Velvet, E.L.F. Mineral Eyeshadow Primer (not in picture).

Lately I couldn't be bothered to cover my under eye circle. It doesn't look so bad in the picture above. I guess the BB cream does slightly conceal imperfections.

Sorry for the annoying smug face, but this picture shows the blusher, eyeshadow and lipstick color better.

Productrater Sigma Holiday Sigmax Brush Set Giveaway!

Three kabuki brushes to win in this super awesome giveaway, OMG OMG OMG, I want it!
Click here to join.

Difference between different batches of E.L.F. Essential Blending Eye Brush and All Made Up, Beauty Ambition and Princesa Addiction Giveaway

In this post I'm gonna show the difference of the three E.L.F. Essential Blending Eye Brush that I got from 3 separate sprees.

From left to right, older to newer batch. Batch #00128, #00407 and #00618.

From left to right: Batch #00128, #00407 and #00618.
Batch #00128 have shorter handle compare to later batches. Batch #00618 is a tad shorter than batch #00407. The ferrule is about the same length.

From left to right: Batch #00128, #00407 and #00618.
#00618 bristles is shorter and more rounded than both batch #00128 and #00407.
#00128 have the fluffiest bristles while #00407 bristles are the longest.

From left to right: Batch #00128, #00407 and #00618.
#00618 is also less dense than both batch #00128 and #00407.

Even though the latest batch that I got is a little shorter and less dense, however it is still fluffy enough for blending. The changes makes this brush suits smaller eyes better. Yay!

All three brushes sheds few strands and stop after two washes. If you haven't got this brush, go get it! If you already have one, get some more!

[EDIT] Few days after I'd done this post and scheduled for posting, I found out that E.L.F. introduced a new eye crease brush in the Essential and it look very similar to my #00618 blending brush (the handle indicate that it's a blending). E.L.F. is known not to have stringent quality control (did they actually have it?). My new blending brush could actually be an eye crease brush, I could only confirm once I got the new brush to compare.

See the new eye crease brush here (click)

All Made Up Giveaway

I love giveaway, I think everyone do. Join this awesome giveaway here.

Beauty Ambition Giveaway

Join Beauty Ambition 600 Followers Giveaway here

Princesa Addiction Giveaway

Another giveaway you can join by Princesa Addiction here

p/s: I only join giveaway only if I find the blog interesting.

Another Giveaway. Lifeandlensofbeauty's GIVEAWAY

I just publish a giveaway few minutes ago, but I can't resist to publish this one too, since Lifeandlensofbeauty is another recently found blog that I like. This blog have nice balance of pictures and words. I love how the reviews are detailed and Jennifer includes a lot of swatch pictures.

Pay a visit to http://lifeandlensofbeauty.blogspot.com/ and join her giveaway if you like her blog.

Marie a la Mode Giveaway

Until I started my own giveaway, I always have the impression that people who join giveaway are opportunistic. Now, that I have my own giveaway, I started to see that those people are giving support to the blog. I think that is awesome.

Obviously this post is made as entries to the giveaway contest I'm joining. But I don't simply join giveaway. I will read the blog for at least 3 pages/15 posts before I decide to follow the blog. As I mentioned in previous post, I love blog with wall of words, and wall of words usually means thoughts have been given in writing it.

Anyway, Marie a la Mode blog is interesting to me because of the wall of words (hehe) and her OOTDs. I especially love her "Where's Waldo" costume. Simple, but it works!

So pay a visit to Marie a la Mode, see whether you like it (I like it) and show your support by joining her giveaway here.

ClickandMake-Up’s 150 Follower Giveaway: Benefit, Victoria’s Secret, e.l.f., Saffron + More! (Closing Date Extended to 27th Nov!)

Hi guys, it's 4.30 am right and I can't sleep. So I turn on my netbook, and start blogwalking and I found this nice blog, Click and Make up! The moment I read the first page (right now I'm on third page dy), I found it's the kind of blog that I like, the blog with wall of words. Sometimes it's kinda frustrating when all the blogs have is tons of pictures and few captions. Most of the time, I want more. Blogs with wall of words usually means that a lot of thought had been given to write it. Luckily makeup blog community are very big, so you'll end finding gem like Click and Make up quite often. Pay a visit to her blog and join her giveaway contest here.

That eye palette make me drool~ houshin