Mario Badescu Giveaway
**CONTEST IS CLOSED – CONGRATS, KELLY!**
I love giveaways just as much as the next gal, and I have decided it’s time to start lining them up for you more often my friends. But here are a few promises I need to make to you (and myself!) first:
A) I will only give away products I love (even if and when they are sponsored in some way, they will truly reflect me and my tastes and my opinions – and I have strong opinions, trust me)
B) they will be super easy to enter (because I can’t deal with having to “like” five different pages and subscribe to two newsletters and Tweet seven times…just for a tube of lipstick)
Now that that’s out of the way, I am beyond excited to offer you a chance to win my five favorite products from Mario Badescu Skin Care.
I have written about Mario Badescu numerous times here (the facial I had in New York at their spa is still the best one I’ve ever had) and this is why: their products are simple, effective and easy to use, even on sensitive and troubled skin. The packaging is classic and clean and stylish, which I always appreciate. And the line offers amazing, luxury results and quality at a very affordable price.
These are my top five favorite Badescu products:
Drying lotion – this is a cult classic beauty product for a reason. One dab on a blemish and it will look considerably better overnight. And the bottle lasts forever.
Strawberry face scrub – this scrub is a dream. It gently exfoliates with a luxurious, rich texture and smells like a strawberry milkshake. You can use it every day. And you will want to.
Vitamin C serum – this should be a cult classic beauty product. This is one of the first serums I ever tried and it’s still the one I go to the most. Your skin will glow. Literally glow.
Enzyme cleansing gelΒ – simple, basic, a dependable cleanser that doesn’t strip or irritate your skin and leaves it feeling supple and soft.
Oil free moisturizer – last but not least, my everyday moisturizer. This is a little bottle of bliss for your skin. Lightweight, SPF packed, never feels greasy or heavy and easily soaks in so you can apply makeup just moments later.
And here’s the fun part – you can enter for a chance to win them all!
Just leave a comment below. Yep, that’s it. Leave a comment. It can really be about anything, but why not tell me what your favorite Badescu product is (if you have one), or which of their products you’re dying to try, or what your skin is needing most these days…or you can just say hi. We won’t judge.
And please say thank you to Mario Badescu – they truly are such a great brand and have been friends of this blog from its very early days, which makes me so happy.
Good luck!
*fine print: a winner will be chosen at random via Random.org on August 30 and alerted via email. The winner will receive one of each of the products listed above, no substitutions please. Continental US only.*
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I haven’t tried any of the Mario Badescu facial products but I was given their hand cream which smells delicious and works well!
Ooops… I had posted this in the wrong section! Here goes again:
I love the Drying Lotion. I heard about it a million years ago when the original MTV House of Style was on. I remember one of the models mentioning going to bed covered with βpink spots.β It is literally the best cure all for a breakout. My husband even borrows it from me. Would LOVE to try the face scrub. Great giveaway!
I love Badescu! Best and most reasonably priced facial in the city!
The Drying Lotion is the bomb! I have recommended it to so many people now because it always works. I would love to try the Vitamin C Serum!
I would love to try out these products!
Oh, I would love to try the Vitamin C serum!!!!!
Need to try that Vitamin C serum as I am almost out of my current one and need something, anything to keep these developing wrinkles at bay!
I have always wanted to try the Badescu products but never have. Awesome giveaway!
I’m looking for a great scrub/mask for my crazy skin… maybe the Super Collagen Mask.
I, my dear, would love to glow! π
Looking for a lightweight moisturizer with solid 30 SPF, most have only 15 and being SD girl need more sun protection.
Would love to try the Strawberry Scrub. Currently using the Enzyme Cleansing Gel and love it!
how perfect—the giveaway ends on my birthday!!! what a treat! π
I la la LOVE the Vitamin C serum!
I have always wanted to try these products!
I haven’t tried these products but would love to!! I hear great things…love your blog!!
Great giveaway! Love the drying lotion already and have been searching for a new oil free moisturizer.
Wow. There are a bunch of other Alisons entered. I haven’t used Badescu (bad Romanian wife, I know!), but buy them for my (Romanian) MIL. She’s had her routine for years, since working for “Christine Valmy” (sp?) when she came for the States, and Badescu’s cucumber toner is her go-to.
What a fabulous giveaway I would loooove to win this and try all these products, especially the Strawberry Scrub!
I have been really wanting to try the vitamin C serum. I have one from Kiehls that I like but it’s thick, like a lotion/cream and I wondered if the MB was lighter. And I am in desperate need of a spf that feels like and doesn’t make me break out. I know that spf is key to not aging but I can’t find one I like.
I LOVE the vitamin C serum too! I am thinking I need to try this strawberry scrub ASAP! Badeascu is amazing! What a great giveaway! Thanks Raluca! Fingers crossed!
The silver power works wonders. Just need to pick up a bottle of toner now.
Would love to win this! Doesn’t Martha Stewart use this line? She looks great.
The strawberry scrub sounds amazing!
I’d love to try any and all of these products!
I def need the drying lotion.
Ps Just found your blog and LOVE. Xoxo
I’ve tried and love the drying lotion. What a fun giveaway!
the enzyme cleansing gel is fab!!
You won, Kelly! Woohoo! Will email you for your mailing address details.
I would love to try this line. Thanks for the opportunity! Love your blog!
I would love to try these, especially the drying lotion and the vitamin C serum! Oh and the moisturizer, and … well, everything. Please?
I borrow the enzyme cleansing gel from my mom when I visit! Should probably get my own by now…
Have never tried this line but always looking for products that may work for myself or my husbands sensitive skin. Love when it’s highly recommended and excited to get to try it!! Amazing giveaway! π
I would love to try the products! Thanks for the chance!!
Definitely would love to try the vitamin C serum!
I just started using some products from this line, and I love love love them. I would love to try some of the products you mention here as well. Thanks so much for this giveaway opportunity!
Love Mario Badescu! I use the oil free moisturizer daily and it’s the best. Lately I’ve really been needing that drying lotion so that’s on my list.
Thanks! [email protected]
Lovely to try new things…..fingers crossed and thanks for the post.
The drying lotion is a life saver! I have adult onset acne and his drying lotion is the only thing that works!
Love you site! Thanks for having this giveaway!
Hi! Maybe some new products would help me to feel less old and frumpy and more fresh and sassy?!?! thanks!
I have loved the drying lotion for years! I’ve always been meaning to branch out and try the other products, the strawberry face scrub in particular. What a great giveaway, much better than a tube of lipstick! π
Pick me! Pick me! π Love these products and have only tried the strawberry scrub.
I love their Enzyme facial cleanser!
Yay! I love Mario Badescu and I love your blog!! :)))
What a sweet giveaway- I love the drying lotion as well and have had my eye on that strawberry scrub for a while!
I am in the market for a new vitamin C serum and would LOVE to try this one.
Wow–another Tara! π I have not tried any of Mario Badescu’s products yet, but your descriptions certainly make me want to start. Thanks for the spotlight on the line!
I am always looking to try new skincare products. These look awesome!
I haven’t tried any of the products, but would love to, especially the oil free moisturizer with SPF
the strawberry face scrub sounds so lovely! π
I love Mario Badescu! I use their seaweed night cream 7 days (nights?) a week!
Oooh! I would love to try these products!
Love this! I’m always on the hunt for the perfect moisturizer, and would love to try this oil free one with SPF.
I LOVE Mario Badescu products. I highly recommend that anyone who has not tried these check out their website and request the personalized samples. Excellent stuff!
I would love to the drying lotion! I’m almost 30 and have noticed a must less dewey complexion recently. Great give away!
I had a baby at the end of May and between hormones and a lack of sleep my skin is desperately in need of a little TLC. Mario Badescu products have always been on my must try list. Fingers crossed!
this is a fantastic giveaway! ive heard wonderful things about the vitamin c serum π
I LOVE the Mario Badescu drying lotion, and have been wanting to try the face serum! Fab giveaway π
Would love to win this contest – but even if I don’t I think I will try the Vitamin C serum. My post-partum skin needs a little help!
I would love to try any of those!
I’m getting married on November 8th and am trying desperately to find a new skin care line to start a pre-honeymoon regimen. No luck so far…I’m also a design-nerd so I’m kind of a stickler for beautifully designed packaging. I would love to try this line.
…Also I’m going to Hawaii so a moisturizer with SPF is key. Does it smell like sunscreen? Some SPF moisturizers I’ve tried actually smell like it. π
I’ve never tried his products before but would love to. I would love to try the Strawberry Face Scrub; sounds divine. As my skin matures, I feel I need to scrub my face or do a mask more often.
40 is around the corner for me. I am not able to get botox (for medical reasons). I need all the help I can get. That enzyme cleanser looks like a good little helper! Thank you!
I have always wanted to try Mario Badescu products as I’ve heard so much about them. What a fabulous giveaway!
Gah! Just read the fine print. I’m in Canada so please don’t include my comments in your selection. Good luck to everyone!
Would love a chance to win this!
I would love to try the Vitamin C serum!
I LOVE the vitamin c serum… and your blog=)
okay, i’m *rarely* one to enter a giveaway but with an into like that (um, agreed 100%! that’s why i never bother!) and such a rad product line-up (have loved any MB product i’ve ever tried) i just can’t resist.
my fingers are crossed! xx
Thank you for making this so easy to enter! The strawberry scrub looks fantastic!
I have never tried any of his products before, but would absolutely love to, they all sound wonderful!
I love the drying lotion!! It has been my go to for years but would love to try some other products π
Cool giveaway! I’ve been searching high & low for the perfect moisturizer and have yet to find it. Could Mario Badescu’s be the one?! Sure would love to find out! : )
I have heard great things about their products and have always meant to give them a try especially because I have more sensitive skin. It’s hard to find products that are effective and won’t irritate all at the same time.
Thanks to you and Mario Badescu for the lovely giveaway! I have used the Vitamin C Serum off and on over the years and it’s fantastic!
These look great!
Love this giveaway! (and your promises – so appreciated!) It all looks amazing, but that Vitamin C serum in particular sounds divine!
Good skincare is high on my beauty/self-care priority list so these products would be great to add to my routine! Although I’ve known about Mario Badescu for years I’ve never bothered to try the products. Thanks for the chance with this giveaway π
WOW! I would love to try this product line, which I’ve only heard phenomenal things about but have never had the chance to try myself. I’m especially intrigued by the serum, as it is something I want to incorporate into my regime as I creep towards 40, but I haven’t known where to start. Thanks for this giveaway! Fingers crossed!
I love your simple giveaway “rules” – and skincare products!!
Wonderful giveaway. I hope to get to try the products.
as a new mom who constantly forgets to wash off her makeup and gets mascara everywhere (gross), i would love an excuse to pamper myself with these products. thanks for the opportunity!
Glowing is exactly the opposite of what my skin is doing these days…I need this serum STAT π
love MB products…started out with their big blue bottle of toner 20 years ago (!!) and have been a fan ever since. (Thanks for the giveaway opportunity and especially for not making us retweet, like several FB pages, and stand on our heads in order to be eligible!)
I love MB stuff the drying lotion my teen loves too! I am interested in that strawberry face scrub, I am sure it smells insanely good!!
Love this giveaway! I’ve never used any of the products, but would LOVE to try the Vitamin C serum. The best skin complement (that I have yet to receive!) is “your skin is GLOWING!” π
I’ve been using Mario Badescu products for about a year now and have seen a dramatic difference in my skin. I went from being a 38 year old “teenager” to now dealing with the normal aging process that occurs. Winning these products would help me fight the aging process!
Would love to use these products! My mature skin can really use the best to help it look the best.
Would love to try these products!
I’ve never tried any Mario Badescu products but certainly looking forward to it!!! I’m in school right now to become an esthetician and I keep hearing about his wonderful products! I’ve heard great reviews about the Vitamin C serum but the strawberry exfoliant sounds amazing too!! thanks to Raluca & Mario Badescu for this giveaway!
Never had a chance to try Mario Badescu products before, but I’ve heard a lot of good things now (and they sound great for sensitive skin)!! The strawberry face scrub looks AMAZING!
Also, hi!! π And thanks to you & Mario Badescu for the giveaway opportunity! And I appreciate that you’re only passing on products that you know are awesome! (Haha, let me talk and apparently I’ll go wild ;))
I have never had the pleasure of using your product. Thank you for the opportunity to possibly win your skin care. Being of senior age, any assistance to maintaining or even improving my dermis would be wonderful. Thank you Mario Badescu!
My favorite Badescu product is their drying lotion.
Hi….my favorite Badescu product is the Herbal Hydrating Serum. I would love to try the Vitamin C serum. Thanks Badescu, this is a GREAT giveaway!
drying lotion by far!xo
Thank you for this giveaway! π I’m new to the MB line but Im absolutely in love with their silver powder and the rose spray, would LOVE to win these products and add to my collection
Thanks for the giveaway! I tried the strawberry scrub and loved it! Fingers crossed!
I really want to try, #ineverwinanything!
I never heard of Mario Badescu products until a friend won a giveaway and posted it on facebook. Of course, I’m insanely curious about the products, I am always looking for a good moisturizer. I think I am going to pick up that Vitamin C Serum and start from there. First baby on the way so I have to take my beauty splurges slooooow these days! Excited !!
PS found your website thru Mario Badescu’s twitter, you posted a link ! Great blog !
My favorite product is the drying lotion, even though it doesn’t create the most attractive nighttime look π
Love your blog!
I’ve been wanting to try the drying lotion.
I’ve tried their eye cream and really like it
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I just heard about this line on another blog (Bluebird Vintage) and ordered the glycolic cleaner. Looking forward to trying it!
fantastic! would love to check these out.
I want to try the drying lotion!
I haven’t tried this product line before but I have really been loving facial serums lately and his Vitamin C Serum sounds amazing. Thanks, Mario Badescu for this great giveaway!
I’ve been looking for a new moisturizer w/ SPF for every day–would love to win!
I’m at that stage in my beauty routine where nothing seems to work anymore like it once did. Time to shake things up with some new products …and these look wonderful!
Love the blemish stuff! Would love to try the other stuff!
I’ve only ever tried the drying cream, but the rest of those products sound divine!
I have never tried the Mario Badescu products but have always heard great things about them. This would be awesome to win! Thanks for the giveaway!
The drying lotion is amazing! AND it gets rid of ingrown hairs from waxing too! Would love to win! Thanks for the chance!
I love their healing cream, but I’m not sure if they still make it, and I like their herbal cleansing gel. Thanks for having this giveaway!
Thanks for the chance! I love this line of products!
So I don’t personally own any Badescu products yet, but I just turned 30 and everyone keeps telling me that I’m way past due on taking are of my skin. Maybe this can be my official start?!
My skin needs a good moisturizer! Thanks to Mario Badescu for the giveaway!
i’ve always wanted to try Mario Badescu products! great give-away!
The Mario Badescu Drying Lotion is a must have! I haven’t tried the Vitamin C Serum, but have great things about it also! Thanks for hosting this great giveaway ~ fingers crossed!
1. Thank you for having a reasonable giveaway!
2. I’m pregnant and hormonal, so the blemish lotion is calling my name π
I just placed my very first Mario Badescu order after hearing SUCH great things about them from another blogger! I am beyond excited to receive my order – I purchased the silver powder and Botanical Facial Gel.
Best blog ever. You make me want to menu plan and I don’t even have a family!
I’ve seen, but not tried the Mario Badescu products. What a great way to be introduced to a new brand and find more things that I can’t live without.
I have been wanting to try these products! In particular the cleansing gel since I am looking for a new face wash. Thanks!
ONE? GEEZ… I love the Glycolic Wash (and toner!)… I love how it keeps my combo skin clear and fresh and looking even. It’s truly an amazing product!
I would love to try these products. I’ve heard so much about them and I need all the help I can get with my face. lately I’ve had adult acne and i have never had this problem before!
Am mother of a one year old girl. Love Badescu but haven’t tried any of the products offered except the miraculous drying cream. Would love to try them out on my sensitive, acne-prone skin.
I am obsessed with Mario Badescu products! I swear by the enzyme cleanser. Who knew something so natural and gentle could be so effective!?
This summer I started using Mario Badescu on my super sensitive skin – it has made an amazing difference on how my skin appears and feels (buttermilk lotion and vitamin c serum). So much so, that I started purchasing Mario Badescu products for my teenage son’s acne prone skin (acne line of products). thank you Mario!!
I love the drying lotion! I also love the seaweed night cream! I just love love love MB products! That’s all I use!
I am a Badescu addict! I love <3 LOVE the Vitamin C Serum. I mix it in with the oil free SPF 30 moisturizer. I also a huge fan of the glycolic cleanser.
I love all of Mario Badescu’s products, my favorite is the buffering lotion I can’t live without it π
I LOVE Mario Badescu products. I reached an age where my body chemistry was beginning to change and needed a new skincare line for my face. I researched and decided to try Mario Badescu. I cannot live without The Enzyme Cleansing Gel. I use it twice a day and saw an immediate difference in my skin. And on the rare occasion I get a breakout, I use the drying lotion. My skin looks one million times healthier thanks to Mario Badescu. Now, I’m dying to try the peptide products they just launched!
I’ve been using the Caviar Night Cream for the past 2 weeks. It has helped so much with my extremely dry skin. I love this line and can’t wait to try more. I’ve got my eye on the Vitamin C Serum!
The Honey Moisturizer is my favorite. It smells divine and it is not greasy π
I’d love to try the Vit C serum!
I absolutely love the drying lotion! Swear by that stuff, works faster than anything else I’ve used in the past..
I tried mario badescu before summer, (about 6 months ago) and the cleansers felt so gentle on my skin! Can’t wait to try the drying lotion!
Would love to try this line out!
I’d love to try the serum! Your review of it makes it seem all kinds of awesome π
Just recently got some samples and am loving them all, planning on making some purchases of the drying cream and the cucumber toner; I also have purchased the drying lotion in the past. I would really like to give the buffering lotion a try as I have read some good things about it. I don’t think you can go wrong with any of his products from my experience.
the drying lotion is my absolute favorite. magical product!
I have heard wonderful things about this line, but have never used it. Would LOVE the opportunity!!
i love the vitamin c serum!