Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Balm Balmbini Palette Review & Giveaway

The Blam Balmbini palette was featured in my You Tube November Beauty Products video as one of my favorite products so if you saw that video you already know that I love this little palette! I like this palette so much that I'm giving a brand new one to one of my subscribers as my December Giveaway prize! After my last month's giveaway where the prize was the Kat Von D palette which I didn't like so much, I'm happy to finally give a prize that I adore=)

The Balmbini palette has seven mini the Blam products (Down Boy blush, Hot Mama blush, MaryLou Manizer highlighter, Insane Jane e/s, Jealous Jordana e/s, Wanted lipstick, Special Edition lip tint); five of which I already own full size products of (Down Boy, Hot Mama, MaryLou Manizer, Insane Jane e/s, Jealous Jordana e/s). This palette supposedly contains $85 value of the Balm products. If all seven products were full sizes I'm sure that they would add up to more than $85 but since all seven products are much smaller than the full sized ones I don't think it's actually $85 in value. Nevertheless, this palette is NOT $85! It's being sold for $28 in US and $30 in Canada (and cheaper depending on where it's bought).

Since I already had five of the included seven products in this palette, I was confident that I would enjoy this palette. Both blushes (Down Boy and Hot Mama), eyesahdows (Insane Jane and Jealous Jordana), and the MaryLou Manizer highlighter are products I've been using for quite a while. And they are all products that I really like. So when I saw that by buying this palette I can have all those products in one compact palette as well as get to try couple of the Balm's lip products, I was happy to dish out $30!

I brought this palette on few of my short trips and found it very useful. On my trips I brought: Blambini palette, black liner, mascara, lip liner, and matte ivory or off white and dark brown e/s, and that's it! (well, I obviously also brought lotion, concealer, foundation, powder, and few other things...lol but I'm only talking about makeup-wise!) Having Down Boy and Hot Mama blushes along with Mary Lou Manizer highlighter is enough for face and MaryLou Manizer can be also used as e/s to highlight the brow bones and inner eye corners. Insane Jane e/s is a lovely all over the lid color for day and night (it's very similar to MAC Smoke and 'Diamonds e/s and kind of reminds me of MAC's Satin Taupe as well). Jealous Jordana is also a very lovely pigmented color especially for night out. Since both e/s colors are frosty I found it useful to have a matte ivory color to blend out the edges and a matte dark color to deepen the creases.

The lip products in this palette are alright. If I was just looking at the pigmentations of these lip products I would probably say that they are both not worth a dollar; the color Wanted is supposed to be a lipstick but it feel more like a sticky lip tint. And the Special Edition lip tint is just a thick gel like clear gloss; it's more moisturizing than Wanted lipstick but just as sticky. Having said all these bad things about the lip products I still say that they are "alight" because they both smell great and feel very cooling and refreshing on the lips.

Now on to the You Tube December Giveaway...

Giveaway Rules:
1. You must be my You Tube Channel subscriber as well as my blog follower.
2. Enter this giveaway by commenting on this blog post and let me know what type of blog posts/ you tube video you would like to see from me.
3. This giveaway is open world-wide.
4. You must be 16 years old or older or have your guardian/parent's permission (an email stating that permission is given is fine).
5. You can enter multiple times to raise your chance of winning but please keep it to only once per every 24 hours.
6. The last day to enter this giveaway is DEC 31 2010.
7. If the above rules aren't followed you will be disqualified.
8. Winner will be announced via my Twitter, a blog post here, and on my You Tube announcement board and video info section during the first week of Jan 2011.
*It's is your responsibility to check the winner announcement and claim the prize by emailing me with shipping info if you are the winner. If prize isn't claimed by end of Jan 2011, it will be offered to another participant.
xox
Lisa


61 comments:

  1. More detailed product reviews please!
    And thanks for sharing this wonderful item with us!

    YT: MsNyappy

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  2. Hi, my YT is purplev329 and I would like brand reviews, a room tour and an eyebrow tutorial please.

    Thank you!

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  3. I would love to see you do a look with the products u bought so we can get an Idea of how well it works.
    my yt:miarose914

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  4. Lisa!! As always, thank you so much for your detailed review! I would really enjoy watching more of your makeup tutorials because I love your tutorials!!

    YT: iAMminky3

    xoxo

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  5. My YT is LickingMugs

    I really like favorites posts, but I know you already make videos for those. I also like detailed reviews.

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  6. Hello :) My YT nick is Ukeelady :) I would enjoy reviews or tutorials on purple/mauve/pink eyeshadow looks, foundation reviews and new products that you find :)

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  7. I love your haul vids...would love to see which perfumes you like the most.

    YT name: Chibu74

    Thanks for the great giveaway every month :)

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  8. i would like to see a makeup collection
    yt name: luminesenceify

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  9. I would like to see some more tag videos from you like the perfect imperfections or the boyfriend tag. Thanks!

    YT name - flagrl561

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  10. i would like to see more tutorials!

    youtube: Christina8717

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  11. i would like to see more EOTDs tutorial as i love your eye makeup.

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  12. i would like to see more product reviews!
    Yt; lilsiopao008

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  13. i would like to request for OOTD videos!
    :D

    YT: MsNyappy

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  14. make-up tutorials on youtube

    YT: michellediana143 :)

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  15. Hey! I know this has been requested a few times already reading the above comments, but I would love to have more product reviews too. Before I buy a new makeup product, I always search for reviews on the product. Helps me make up my mind on whether the product is worth it or not.. so.. more product reviews :)

    my youtube account is: leyajacob

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  16. Hey can you do more makeup tutorials. i love your makeup.

    YT: ShaunWhiteismyGinger

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  17. I like product review type of posts the most

    YT: leotiger09

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  18. Vid on your most used makeup products in 2010

    YT name: chibu74

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  19. yt name: luminesenceify
    i woul dlike to see more hauls, there my favorite

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  20. Thanks so much for doing this giveaway:) I've heard a lot about this palette lately and would love to try it out:):) My favorite videos of yours are definitely hauls and monthly favorites! My yt name: loveandkiwi

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  21. can i enter again? would love to see more makeup tutorials for different events. yt: leyajacob

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  22. I would also like to see FOTD videos !
    YT: MsNyappy

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  23. I would love to see more Face and Outfit of the day Videos! Those are always short, sweet and very imforming! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

    YT: vickyhsieh222 (I know it's not a very original name...)

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  24. Favorite products of the month/year:)
    YT: loveandkiwi

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  25. yt name: luminesenceify
    i owuld like to see outfit of the days

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  26. I like to see monthly favourites videos from you. YT name: scintillationstar

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  27. Hi Lisa!! first time posting on Mybeautyclinic.net ^^
    Thanks for another great giveaway!!

    YT: Ithilien26

    I like your very detailed reviews, even if some of the products you mention we can't get them here (like lush), i enjoy to hear about ingredients, comparissons etc
    And for blog post i miss the lipswatches, because that way we can see better the colour and finish of the lipsticks you get.
    I will try to give more suggestions on every comment...

    But be sure anything you choose to make on videos/post we will appreciate it ;)

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  28. best and worst products of the month!

    YT: MsNyappy

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  29. YT: Christina8717

    i would like to see some more tutorials!

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  30. yt name: luminesenceify
    i like to see more reviews

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  31. yt name: luminesenceify

    i want to see fashion videos

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  32. more reviews on palettes!

    YT: MsNyappy

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  33. yt name: luminesenceify

    something on healty hair tips

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  34. I would love to see your makeup collection, brush collection, or favorite eyeshadow video!

    My youtube name is valsrain123.

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  35. a video on how you organize your cosmetics!

    YT: MsNyappy

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  36. yt name: luminesenceify
    i want to see more lush reviews

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  37. product reviews and favourites:)
    yt: loveandkiwi
    Thanks:)

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  38. YT: Ithilien26

    I would like to see more "products i don't like" i mean i loved how you showed us that some of the shadows of the MAC last collection didn't have a good pigmentation, so that's a warning sign to me, i won't be buying from Mac because they are expensive xD, but if by any chance i could do it i know i shouldn't get close to those shadows...
    Sometimes i feel like bad reviews sticks to my memories way better than good ones xD

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  39. product reviews and monthly favourites:)
    yt name: loveandkiwi

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  40. yt name: luminesenceify
    i would like to see a makeup collection

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  41. yt name: luminesenceify
    i would like to see how to prevent chipping of nail polish vid!

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  42. product reviews and monthly favourites:)
    yt name: loveandkiwi

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  43. more reviews on body products!
    YT: MsNyappy

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  44. product reviews and monthly favorites:)
    yt name: loveandkiwi
    Merry Christmas:)

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  45. I know this is too especific, and maybe you or the other subbies really don't think is that interesting, but i would like to see some video showing us products of past collections/limited editions, because i love packagings, and sometimes they really put a lot of effort on it ,and not only on the product (sometimes colors are from the permanent collection =/)
    There are brands like Benefit that always catch my eye, but for example MAC not so much (for example: the Venomous villains ¬¬), but when you showed us the compact of Mystery powder from the Baroque Boudoir i fell totally in love!
    I don't know if you would be interested in do a video like this, but well is another suggestion ^^

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  46. *** I forgot to put my username and i can't find the option to delete my previous message, so i will copy again with my username, and hopefully you can delete my last comment!
    Thanks in advance!! ***

    YT: Ithilien26

    I know this is too especific, and maybe you or the other subbies really don't think is that interesting, but i would like to see some video showing us products of past collections/limited editions, because i love packagings, and sometimes they really put a lot of effort on it ,and not only on the product (sometimes colors are from the permanent collection =/)
    There are brands like Benefit that always catch my eye, but for example MAC not so much (for example: the Venomous villains ¬¬), but when you showed us the compact of Mystery powder from the Baroque Boudoir i fell totally in love!
    I don't know if you would be interested in do a video like this, but well is another suggestion ^^

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  47. yt name: luminesenceify
    more mac collection hauls

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  48. product reviews and monthly favorites:)
    yt name: loveandkiwi

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  49. I would love to see more product reviews and DIY skincare that works :)

    youtube and gfc name : quinieleong
    quinieleong@yahoo.com

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  50. yt name: luminesenceify
    i owuld like to see a video on favorites of 2010

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  51. yt name: loveandkiwi

    product reviews and monthly favorites:)

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  52. YT: MsNyappy

    NEW YEARS MAKEUP TUTORIAL!

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  53. YT: Ithilien26

    Any tutorial is always welcome! ^^

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  54. yt name: luminesenceify

    umm a new years look!

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  55. Yt: Ithilien26

    I'm sure you have a big collection of make up, can you show us how you storage it? because i don't have much and it takes so much space, i know i must be doing something wrong xDD so any tip will be great!!

    P.s: i used to show here as "Maria" but from now on i will be (= Maria José =) because that's how i sign my messages on Youtube...

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  56. yt name: loveandkiwi

    monthly favorites and product reviews!

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  57. yt name: luminesenceify

    i want to see nail polish collection

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  58. yt name: loveandkiwi

    monthly favorites and product reviews pls:)

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  59. yt name: luminesenceify
    how you remove makeup

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  60. wow your blog post on this is super thorough, i was actually looking at this palette on the sephora website for a long time and now im confident enough to buy it. ive never heard any one speak about the balm products and its nice that someone has finally said something about them.

    facebook: mysha tabassum

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