Tiffany Sweetheart+FOTD

Hey y'all. So these past few months, I've begun to really embrace & appreciate the beauty community here on blogger. I've met a lot of wonderful & beautiful people inside & out.  One of the ladies I've been recently following closely is Ms. Tiffany, who just recently reached her first month milestone as a beauty blogger yay! Haa. I love her product reviews, hauls, & personal posts! Personal posts are probably my favorite thing to read from people.. in a non-creepy way of course =/ lol. Anyway! She was kind enough to send some incredible treats my way & I cannot thank her enough. She has been so nice & so kind ♥ when she honestly hasn't had to be. I guess as you get older, you start to grow accustomed to people being rude & not really caring about anyone or anything that didn't have to do with them directly. Mostly everyone is so wrapped up in their fml moments so it almost catches you off guard when someone is genuinely kind to you. Thank you so very much, Tiffany. <3

Hand written note ♥ I swear her handwriting looks like font. Lol It's so neat.

Hello Kitty Stickers!!! • Elf shadow quads in Butternut & Drama • Elf Conditioning Lip Balm • Elf Liquid Lipstick in Ruby Slipper • NYX gloss in Pinky Natural • & The cutest Star earring studs I have ever seen!!

My goodies, My goodies; Not my goodies!! Look at all these great treats! Haa. So when the mail came that day, I was in & out of a mid-day nap. When I saw the big envelope from Tiffany I started opening it, still half asleep lol by the time I had gotten everything out I was wide awake & raving to my man about all the things it had. LOL my bf was like "Dang you were knocked out a min ago, now you're wide awake" Lol Oh the beauty of surprises! 

Elf Liquid Lipstick in Ruby Slipper • NYX gloss in Pinky Natural

The first thing I opened was the NYX gloss, 'cause I had never tried anything NYX! I cannot describe the sheer delight when I put it on. Lol the application is totally unreal. It goes on soooooooo smooth. I can't even see the lines in my lips when I put it on. I've never seen a gloss that does that. Perhaps I'm still a noob when it comes to glosses or maybe it's just how NYX glosses are. I don't know but it's freakin wonderful. Lol It has literally become my favorite lip gloss now, hands down.

FOTD: Go Lakers!

Elf Quads in Butternut & Drama • Purple Eyeliner

I love these elf quads! They are so pigmented & so smooth & soo easy to blend. I hardly have to do any work haha. I wanted a bit of a cut crease, but not a super obvious & instead of having just a neutral bronzy-gold eye, I added a smidgen of color with the Claire's purple eyeliner & I lovedd the way it came out. (:

NYX gloss in Pinky Natural

Arggghhh I cannot say enough about this gloss. Lol it's just amazing to me. It's a milky baby pink color & it's pretty much just perfect. I've never seen Nyx stuff anywhere down here but I'm sure going to raid some places to find more of these lol. It's such a beautiful color!

Everything was so lovely & amazing!
Thank you so much, Tiffany! ♥ Be sure to go follow her! She is such a joy to interact with!
xOxO

Crafty Shmafty+Cherry Blossom NOTD

Hey ya'll! Well this past week I got some cute little things from my lovely phrand/future sis-inlaw, Claudia♥

Hello Kitty Bank (Paint Your Own) 

She came all white & with a set of paints & a little paint brush. I initially wanted to paint her all black but I don't think the paint set had enough black for all of that. So I opted for simple & sweet. I now wish I had painted her bow red but it's still super cutee. I love herr. She has a little coin slot in the back & yes I've already started saving $$ Haa.

Lip Balms

I thought this was so freakin adorable. Yes, I realize it says "creativity for kids" lol but look how cute they are! You mix the flavors.colors together to make your own personalized lip balm & it comes with stickers to decorate the little containers but I was feeling especially creative & decided to paint things on the lids using the little paints from the HKitty bank. Haa I think they turned out pretty neat. Notice how crappy my kiwi looks but how awesome (so I think) my Jimi Hendrix came out.. the kiwi took longer too lol & frustrated me 'cause I couldn't get it right. The kiwi still doesn't look right. =/ I painted the Hendrix one freehand by looking at these pictures. I even named my lip balms, that's how into it I am. Lol my line of lipbalms will be coming to a Dephora (Dinorah+Sephora) near you.♥

NOTD: Cherry Blossom

Professional French White • L.A. Colors Art Deco in Black • Sinful Colors in Oasis.

Cherry Blossom Nails.

I tried to recreate this but didn't add the glitter at the end. I loved how it looked before that. <3 Excuse my short bitten nails lol I had a check up with my doc last week & I always get extremely nervous on those. Haa.

StuffyNose+Ramblings

Hi phrands <3 Hope you're enjoying the holiday season & chilly weather. These crazy cold fronts haven't been too kind to me. I live in hot, dry, South Texas & it rarely gets cold down here, even during the winter. We get cold fronts here & there but for the most part it's not too bad. It's been really chilly this past week & now I have the sniffles. ;[ My nose is stuffed up & I sneeze all day lol. Thankfully I don't have a cough or gotten a fever or anything like that! Anywho! I've been Christmas shopping here & there since Thanksgiving for all the wonderful people in my life. ;P I've already ordered my boyfriend's sister's xmas gifts, I'm just waiting on them to get here. ;3 Which by the way, has been super frustrating. I ordered her an antique-ish gold key necklace from Jewels by Park Lane, about three weeks ago. I still haven not received it. The rep that I ordered it from told me that because of the Holiday Seasons, they're lagging a bit. The necklace is gorgeous though; I can't wait to see it IRL. The other thing I ordered for her was a Swarovski Crystal phone case from Kollada.com. I ordered it around the same time, give or take a day or two. And the same thing is happening with that. ;[ Well it's been a real hassle just trying to get some insight from Kollada on the status of my order & I'm still waiting on them to respond to my emails. Ugh the phone case is absolutely adorable too though. I just hope I get both things in time for Christmas ;[ I know she'll love them! Well I hope she will anyway. ^.^
      I also got my boyfriend's Christmas gift but I won't say what it is since he has a bit of a wandering blog eye & hops on here every now & then to read up on his woman. lol I think he'll really like it though. That man is wonderful though; I could get him a mud pie for Christmas & he'll think it's the most perfect gift ever just 'cause it's from me. Of course I won't give him a mud pie though! lol
      I haven't decided what to get for Gma on my mom's side but I know exactly what to get my Dad's mom. I won't get into much detail but it's going to be tasty & she's going to love it! She lives in Tennessee & I'll be shipping it out to her. I'll just post pictures when I send them out. =] I have nooooo clue what to get my mom or my Gma Mata (her mom)! I've been googling & youtubing for ideas but it's no use, 'cause of course the best gifts are those that hold a special meaning between you & that person. <3 Which makes it even harder but much more worth it! <3 Well, only 17 more shopping days 'til Christmas!! I hope you guys are making the best of these days!

"Fortune Necklace" Jewels by Park Lane

Orig Price: $68

I Paid (S&H included): $40.30

 

Swarovski Crystal Phone Case

Price (Free S&H) : $70