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

Swatches: My Nars Lipsticks

There is a thread on Specktra asking about favorite Nars products for Women of Color, and I am always in there reading and commenting on my fave things from the brand. So one day this week I decided to make time to swatch most of my Nars lipsticks. (I forgot one, but I will swatch that one later...)

So here they are for your viewing pleasure :-)

Left to right: Fire Down Below, Shanghai Express, Scarlet Empress

Transeurope Express, Funny Face, Christina, Shrinagar, Dolce Vita

Morocco, Corinthe, Viva Las Vegas, Beautiful Liar

Last, but definitely not least...Pigalle

I forgot to take a photo of Falbala, simply due to the fact that is it always in my purse ;-) But I will add it next time I swatch some Nars stuff.

Take care <3,
A.

NARS: Lipgloss love

Here are some swatches of some of the Nars lip products I own--lip glosses. I will need to take more pics later, since of course I've hauled since these were taken last year. Enjoy.

From the top:

Stolen Kisses, Sunset Strip, Sandpiper, Scandal, Stella

Lipglosses (on C7 skin), left to right:

Stella, Scandal, Sandpiper, Sunset Strip, Stolen Kisses

I love lip products but I don't wear them nearly as often as I should...add it to the resolution list, lol.

xoxo,

A.