Obviously I took a trip over to Bath and Body Works yesterday for their semi annual sale. My mom and I got a lot of stuff (she always buys a million soaps). Here's a picture of the hand sanitizers I got, just because they're so cute and colorful. :3
Mmm... my favorite BABW scents at the moment are Nectarine Mint, and White Citrus. What scents do you like right now?
I also got this kit of lip gloss and nail polish. Since it was half off, making it only $6.25, I had to get it. :) I love the cool lids. I looked at their other glosses, which seemed nice, but were $5 each. I got a way better deal with the kit, even though the glosses were slightly smaller. I can't wait to try them!
I stopped at Target and saw the new Maybelline Shine Sensational lip glosses, and I looked at 2 shades of pink I thought would suit me. One was supposed to be peppermint scented, and one was bubble gum... gross. I didn't get either, I don't like those scents, or cotton candy, for my gloss. I'm going to pick out some different ones next time.
Here are my nails in Cowgirl Up by China Glaze. Blurry picture, but to me it captures the color well.
One last thing! I tried out my samples from The All Natural Face... the plumping gloss says not to use if you are sensitive to cinnamon or ginger, which I'm not. Even so, it made my lips burn and I had to take it off. The blush colors were too orange and not flattering on me. The hydration mist, which is the only thing I actually ordered, is iffy. I can't really tell if it does anything, and if I can't notice a result, it's not worth it for me. I will not be ordering again.
My mom got me some NARS eyeshadow for my stocking when she went to Sephora. I feel so sophisticated and fancy now! All my designer stuff has been given to me, I'm too money-concious to buy it myself. Right now my best friend is in NYC, and she is going to get me my Christmas gift from Sephora. :P I wanted to try out my new Sassy stuff, so here's a EOTD.
What I used:
NARS eyeshadow in Silent Night (lid)
Risk Taker, by Sassy (lid eyeliner)
Covergirl eyeliner in grown black (waterline)
Glass House, by Sassy (under waterline)
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara
mark lip gloss in Lucky Luxe
The All Natural Face blush in Terra Cotta
Here are my nails with a China Glaze Khrome color, Hi-Tek. The picture is not the best, but I think it gets the color right. In the lighting right now, the shine almost seems pink, but that may just be the lights off of the Christmas tree.
Tonight my family went out to dinner without me, because I didn't have time to go eat with them before I had to go to work. About 40 minutes after they left, my manager called me and said I didn't have to work tonight, but I should come anyway because there was a lot of food people brought in. I ate dinner at work. I really love my job so much. You wouldn't think of Arby's as so great, but I work with awesome people, who are so nice and generous. Because of them, I didn't eat dinner alone this Christmas Eve. :) Having a job I truly enjoy is one of the best gifts I could ask for. I have very bad anxiety problems, and driving to work without that feeling of panic, and having a generally calm shift is really helpful. My job means a lot to me.
So does my boyfriend, who I've been dating for almost a year now, who loves me so much. We're going to college together so we don't have to be apart. He has a lot of shit he deals with and I'm so thankful he still has so much love in his heart for me. I love him so much.
I just wanted to share that, and I hope everyone thinks of the non-material gifts as just as, if not more important, than the material ones. Merry Christmas. :)
Yesterday I got 4 packages! I was so freaking excited. One was the Avon stuff I had ordered just the morning before! I also got some cd's I ordered, and packages from The All Natural Face and Sassy Minerals.
First I want to talk about mark by Avon... I am so in love. I am all ready to order more gloss tomorrow. It is SO GREAT. I got 2 juice jems (they were buy 1, get 1 free), in Honeydew and Mango Tango. Honeydew is like my beloved Lancome Juicy Tubes in Spring Fling, except Honeydew has pink sparkles. :) The juice jems appear to be mark's version of the Lancome juicy tubes... and I'd much rather spend $6 than $18 for gloss, so mark wins! They smell delicious too.
The other cool thng about a lot of the mark stuff is that lots of the products are the right size to fit into a connector, which is free is you get 2 "hook up" products. I'm deff. going to use this for complimentary gloss colors! I have 2 in a connector in the picture above. I got their lip plumping gloss in the color Swank, which is super pretty, but has a really weird smell that I don't like. :/ I need to try it with a clear gloss on top to try and cover up the smell. I also got their luxe gloss in Lucky, which is my new FAVORITE GLOSS OF ALL TIME. It is sooo pretty and sparkly! Here's a blurred picture so you can see the shimmer.
From pictures I've seen of the MAC Dazzleglass, the luxe glosses by mark look similar. And again.. $5.50 beats $21, mark is totally sucking me in! I want to order soooo many more of their gorgeous glosses.
I ordered a hydration mist from The All Natural Face, here is the picture off of their etsy.
I'll have to use this a few times before I can share my opinion. There was no invoice, but it did come with a business card and some coupons.
They also sent me two blush samples, something which I think is supposed to be a glow powder, and some lip plumping stuff with an applicator brush. I haven't used it yet, but it smells GOOD, like cinnamon. After seeing on Grey's post on the eyeshadows which matched TKB, I was dubious, but it really seems like all the free samples I got were nice and original. I would like to order some eye colors and see what I think.
I'll discuss my Sassy Minerals package when I review them.
