A Couple of NOTDs and a surprise!

Hey Guys!!
Sorry I've been MIA, I have had to take some personal time out and deal with some stuff *sigh* but I wanted to post about a lovely surprise I received in the mail last month. Totally unexpected, but can I just say that NARS does some awesome--say it again, AWESOME--customer service. I mean really, you'll see what I mean.

Look what they sent me as a free Holiday gift!!

Yes, this is the Nars Everlasting Love Palette. I think it retails for like $75 or something. Anyway, who just mails this out to people?! Hehe, who cares, I love Nars Santa :-) I haven't swatched any of the colors yet (still in shock, really) but I am so looking forward to doing an evening smokey eye (maybe for Valentine's Day??) with it.

Anywhoo, I finally pulled out Rescue Beauty Lounge polish in Diddy Mow, and I have to say it's so pretty. I had been dreading doing green for a while, but this one rocks.

And also happened to snatch up an OPI Katy Perry polish. I really didn't want any of the other colors, but this one called to me.  It's called Not Like The Movies

Aren't the shimmers and duochrome amazing?! Freaking love it! I do need to complain, though. This is two coats--it really could do for a third after taking these pics. And my workhorse Poshe topcoat shrank the top line and the tips, so I'll have to remember that the next time I wear it. But overall, I wanted a unique color and I definitely got it. No other polish like this in my stash.

Did you get any KP polishes?

I think I mentioned in my last post that I hadn't really been wearing any makeup for a while, just basic looks, if anything at all. Well, I want to get back into it soon, so hopefully I'll remember to take pics when I start. It's hard when you haven't been doing it for a while to "get back on the horse". LOL. But I'm up for the challenge :-) I have been skipping a lot of the collections that have been coming out and focusing on filling in holes of my stash. So I'll need to do a haul post of what I got soon, too.

Ok, that about wraps it up kiddos!!

Take care!

<3

Haul pics, NOTDs and Catching Up

Hey guys! I am still here, I just have been so distracted. My psychological testing class has been the most frustrating course I've taken in a while, so I haven't had much desire to do any blogging. I really enjoy learning how to administering the assessments and interpreting the results (very interesting), though. Enough about that...

Earlier this month, Rescue Beauty Lounge had the allegedly "last big sale" so I did jump on that. Plus Zoya had a BOGO, which gave me a chance to try them out finally...

Here's what I got :-)

From RBL: Ani, 360, Om, and Diddy Mow

From Zoya: Freja, Jo, Adina, Ki, Harley, and Raven

I am not big on swatching polish just for the sake of doing so, and I haven't tried them all yet, but here is RBL 360. I loved wearing this one, as blues are my other SO, hehe.

And here's a random NOTD that I happened to have photographed.

OPI Diva of Geneva

And here's my Thanksgiving mani, which surprisingly rocked and I got compliments all day :-)

OPI Chop-sticking to My Story

I also got some Misa polishes (I really like that brand), so I have quite a few untrieds to go through. I'll try to remember to take pics to post here.

Thanks for looking!

The new way to go NAKED. Urban Decay Style

Hey y'all!! I got this new Urban Decay Naked Palette last week, but just played with it this weekend, and I really like it so far. I ordered it from Sephora, and it was $44. I think that's a really good deal, considering all that you are getting in the palette--12 full-size quality eyeshadow colors (even a couple of them are matte, and there none with glitter, yay), a travel size UDPP, and a dual sided liner pencil with black and brown on either end. That's a lot!

Anyhoo, here are pics of mine, front and back of the packaging...

Palette opened. I think the mirror is cute!

Here the colors up close...

Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar...

Buck, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse...

Toasted, Hustle, Creep, and Gunmetal

So far I've only used Smog, Darkhorse, and a teeny bit of Half Baked, but I did like using the palette. I already have 24/7 pencil in Zero, so I haven't had to reach for the dual pencil just yet.

Overall: This is my first ever UD palette, and so far, so good!

Have you gotten this palette yet? What are you thoughts?

Peace,
A.