Hope you had (or are having) a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I actually received all of my gifts prior to Christmas Day, so I was able to prep this post before all the hustle and bustle of Christmas and Boxing Day. A few Secret Santa's, as well as a couple gifts to myself made for a very merry Christmas. In addition to these goodies, I also received the monies from family and lots of love from friends :)
This year, I participated in three Secret Santa's. For a $10 limit with a school club, I wished for and received the Shisedo cotton pads (because useable gifts are the best gifts!). For another school club with a limit of $30, I got a book that I've been meaning to read - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami with an adorable little bookmark. Finally, for the Canadian Beauty Bloggers Network $30 Secret Santa, from the lovely Courtney of La Belle Sirene Blog, I got the Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics - After Dark Stained Gloss Test Tube Set, which I'm beyond excited to try.
Holiday sales mean that I'm obliged to treat myself a little. From the Sephora Black Friday sale, I picked up the Bite Beauty Lush Lip Trio which includes the Bite Beauty Lip Lush Lip Glosses in Rambutan, Currant, and Strawberry. Since online orders require purchases of $75+, I caved and finally purchased the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette, which has been sitting in my Sephora cart since it was released. I justified it with the need for free shipping and by telling myself that if I use the palette every day for a year, it'll be totally worth it.
Then, Sephora sent me a $15 off $50 coupon for being aweseome (being a Beauty Insider), and with that I stopped in-store for the Boscia Makeup Breakup Cleansing Oil and also repurchased the Laura Mercier Mineral Powder Foundation, this time in Natural Beige, a perfect colour match .
With my online order, I received a load of 12 samples including the Benefit Stay Flawless 15-hour primer, Fresh Seaberry Moisturizing Face Oil, Laura Mercier Flawless Skin Face Polish, Cover FX Calming Primer, Nude Perfect Cleanse Omega Cleansing Jelly, Jurlique Purely Bright Radiance Serum, Lancome Advanced Genifique, Laura Mercier Foundation Primer, Radical Skincare Skin Perfecting Screen, GlamGlow Dualmud Power Cleanse Treatment, and Living Proof Satin Hair Serum.
On Christmas Eve, my grandparents brought over gifts that my aunt sent in from NYC - a box of books. The book for me was Sweet & Vicious: Baking with Attitude by Libbie Summers. Can't wait to try out some of the recipes. From my uncle, a gold camera necklace that doubles as an ACTUAL film camera. It's the Diana Baby 110 Gold, which comes with a 24mm and 12mm lens. I purchased some 110 film, which was quite the $$ to acquire, but I can't wait to test it out!
Thanks to my wonderful family, all my Secret Santa's and Sephora for making my spend my university meal money on makeup. Want to see a review of something? Let me know!
No press samples here, just purchases and gifts.
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