DIY: Pecan Facial Scrub & GIVEAWAY!!

I have always been a fan of do it yourself facial masks and scrubs. Not only are they fun to make but they can be very beneficial for your skin. Usually I gravitate towards the old favourite oatmeal, yogurt and honey masks but recently I was contacted by the people from Pecanfan.com.au to try a new DIY facial scrub with the main ingredient being none other than the tasty pecan!

I've always loved eating pecans (especially in desserts - my sister Jess makes awesome pecan muffin cakes!) but have never thought to add them, or any kind of nut really, to a face scrub before. Pretty silly considering they are packed full of things your skin loves such as antioxidants, omega-3 and a tonne of important vitamins and minerals.

The best thing about this facial scrub is it only contains 3 ingredients and it's super simple to make.

Ingredients;

1 Tbl Honey
2 tsp Avocado
1 Tbl Ground Pecans

Procedure;

1. Mix honey and avocado together until combined (should look like a green paste)

2. Grind the pecans in a mortar and pestle and add to said paste.

3. Apply to your face! Gently massage in a circular motion (avoiding eyes). - Cue crazy photo!!

ARGHHH I suggest doing this while the bf is out! lol

4. Leave on as a mask or rinse off to use as a scrub.

The result - nice clean and smooth skin!

Before applying the scrub I was worried it would be quite sticky because of the honey and thought it would be a pain to remove. However I found it to be quite pleasant to apply and managed to rinse it all off well with just water. The ground pecans act as a great exfoliant and the honey and avocado helped to calm the skin.

The result was smooth skin which felt really clean. It made me feel good knowing what I was putting on my face was all natural. I am a fan of regular facial scrubs (even though they can contain some naughty chemicals) but it is nice to switch it up every now and then and incorporate some all natural ingredients!

So would you like to give this a go?? Well the lovely team at Pecanfan.com.au are willing to offer one of my readers a prize pack featuring all the things needed to make this mask, including a mortar and pestle!

To win you must be a follower of this blog and comment telling me your favourite DIY beauty treatment. Please leave an e-mail address to so I can contact you if you win :)

Giveaway is only open to Australian residents (sorry!!) and you must be over 18 or have the home owner's permission to provide me your mailing address - which I will pass onto the team at Pecanfan.com.au so they can send you out your prize :)

**Edit: Forgot to add the competition will run until the 1st of May and winner will be chosen at random using random.org**

If you want to know anything more about the benefits of pecans or want some tasty recipes be sure to check out pecanfan.com.au

Enjoy, 


Hannah xox

*Provided for review, however all opinions as always are 100% honest*

100 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Hey guys,

So today I hit a huge milestone in my blogging life. I reached 100 followers :) I am so excited there are so many of you who enjoy reading my blog. It really means the world to me that you follow my ramblings and comment on my posts.

So as a thanks to you guys I am holding a little giveaway for you all :) I tried to pick out products that I really love and that I have featured on my blog before so you guys could try them if you win.

Without further ado...here are the prizes :)

2x Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector BB Cream's in Light and Medium. Review here.

A 2 pack of Cellulose Sponges. Review here.

Ulta3 Nail polishes in Midnight Fever and Twilight Fever. NOTD's here and here.

2 BYS Lipsticks in Sassy Salmon and Beautifully Bare.

Savvy by DB Bronzer in Terracotta. First impression here.

Face of Australia HD Liquid Eyeliner in Black. One of my HG products shown here.

Australis Creme Colour in Flirtatious Pink. Review here.

BYS Blush in Peach Sundae. HG status here.

BYS Blush in Coral. Review here.

Beauty Blender with a sample of the Beauty Blender Cleanser.

Model's Prefer makeup bag.

And here's the stash all together :) 

Now for the rules :)

• Open internationally.
• Must be over 18 or have parent/guardian's permission to give me your mailing address.
• Must reply to winning e-mail within 48hrs or I will pick a new winner.
• This giveaway will be open until Sunday 13th November at 11.59PM Perth time (GMT+8)

How to enter?

• Must be a follower of this blog via GFC (1 entry)
• Follow me on twitter @beautydwnunder (+1)
• Tweet about this giveaway, making sure to include my twitter handle @beautydwnunder (+1)
• Link to this giveaway on your blog (+1)

Then just comment on this post telling me what you have done. If you tweet or post about this giveaway please include the link to your tweet/post :) Also include an e-mail address that I can contact you on if you win!!!

Good luck everyone :) I hope you like the prizes I have picked out!!


Hannnah xoxo

Disclaimer: All products were purchased by me with the exception of the two Garnier BB creams, which I received in a giveaway but as I won two giveaways for these I decided to include these two in my giveaway. Also the Beauty Blender has been opened but never touched. I bought the two pack and kept one for myself. It is still in the original packet and comes with the brochures and sample of the cleanser.

Speaking of giveaways...

To my surprise I recently won Lilit from Makeup and Macaroon's giveaway :) I was so excited when I got the message from Lilit as I'd never won anything before and her blog was one of the first I started following.

So here is what I got :) Everything is gorgeous and I felt very lucky opening up this package.

1x Barry M Nail Paint in 304 Mint Green - Was very excited to receive this as I have never tried a Barry M nail polish and I have heard such good things. 

1x Facelove Nail Polish in 038 Blue Cubic - This nail polish is gorgeous, from the corset packaging to the gorgeous colour with tonnes of sparkles.

2x Revlon Lipglosses in Power Walk Pink - A gorgeous bright pink colour that I can see getting a lot of use and one in Coffee Bean - which is a brown colour with a lot of shimmer, I'm very interested to try this one as I don't own a brown lipgloss and it looks so pretty in the tube.

1x MAC Lipglass in Viva Glam V - I was also very excited to receive this as it's my first MAC lipglass. I've tried this and I am in love! The colour is just gorgeous on my lips and the vanilla smell is soooo yummy!!

2x Leezi Eyeshadow Trios in Number 01 and Number 08. I've never heard of this brand before but the palettes are so cute and the colours are very pigmented and beautiful so I must look into it some more. 

Lastly I received a very cute sequinned makeup bag and 3x Jurlique samples, which I was not expecting and am excited to try.

Have you won any giveaways? What's the best thing you've received?