BURN Kaffir Lime Basil Hand Lotion Giveaway Winner

Margarete was the winner of the BURN hand lotion. Congratulations to her, and thank you to all who entered!

Her favorite August posting was Do You Use Store Testers? She wrote, "Your Aug 9th post was educational and served as a much needed reminder to all of us who buy beauty products!"

Many thanks to those who entered the contest! I want you to know how much I loved your e-mails. I wish I could have transferred all of your comments to the blog comments. One makeup artist wrote about how hard she tries to protect those testers, but she can't stop every customer from dipping or using in an unsanitary way. She said she wouldn't use them herself! Mamavalveeta03, I appreciated your e-mail.

Now, for the technical info. Each entrant was assigned a number in the order in which the e-mails arrived. I used a random number generator (RANDOM.ORG) to select a winner. That was as fair as I could make it.

Our next giveaways, coming soon, were donated by the Armani Beauty Team at Saks Fifth Avenue in Chevy Chase, Maryland. They were incredibly generous. Best Things in Beauty will be posting them, one at a time, over the next few weeks. Make sure to keep checking in for a chance to win a luxurious Armani product!

BURN Kaffir Lime Basil Hand Lotion Giveaway Contest

BURN, as I wrote in a prior post, makes some of the nicest hand and body lotions, hand and body soaps, and candles you will ever "smell" or use. One of my favorite fragrances from BURN is Kaffir Lime Basil. The hand lotion is creamy, fragrant, and convenient, with a nice pump bottle. It even looks good on my desk at work!

I have a BURN Kaffir Lime Basil Hand Lotion to give away. To enter, just e-mail bestthingsinbeautycontests@gmail.com and tell me what your favorite August posting on Best Things in Beauty has been so far. The contest will close at midnight on Sunday, August 16. Good Luck!

P.S. I have posted this giveaway on Free!Grechen, a pretty cool site for contests and giveaways.

BURN - Wonderful Lotions, Soaps, and Candles

BURN (yes, an awfully strange name for a line of heavenly scented products) makes some of the nicest hand and body lotions, hand and body soaps, and candles you will ever "smell" or use. A few of my favorites are on sale at Beautyhabit, meaning, I fear, that they are about to be replaced by newer products (sometimes change isn't all that good). Right now, though, you can purchase Kaffir Lime Basil body cream, hand lotion, and other BURN Liquid scented products for a deep discount. Not only that, a $100 or more BURN purchase at Beautyhabit now will earn you a complimentary full-sized Pink Pepper Candle, a $60 value.

I keep two of BURN's hand lotions on my desk at work, and I have frequent visitors who come for nothing more than a squirt of hand lotion. The two I have at work are Kaffir Lime Basil and Blood Orange Neroli, which I purchased at Art with Flowers in the Tysons Galleria in Virginia. The hand soap is a luxurious addition to any kitchen sink or any bathroom.

The BURN candles ($55-60) are fabulous - not only for their scent, but also for how long they last. Among my favorites are the two fragrances listed above, Lemon Honeysuckle Vine, Tunisian Orange Blossom, and Tiare Coconut Milk. Just read Beautyhabit's "transporting" description of the Lemon Honeysuckle Vine Candle..."Truly a classic fragrance that reminds us of the English countryside in the first rush of summer, with wild honeysuckle growing roadside, ivy trailing up the aged walls, and the first fruit from lemon trees kept through the winter in estate greenhouses." I'm there!

Hurry on over to Beautyhabit for those discounts on BURN Liquid products. You won't regret it. I'm headed over now to take advantage of the deep discounts. Use code BHBELLA at checkout for a free small Tocca candle (available until August 14) with a purchase of $65 or more.

Photo courtesy of Beautyhabit.