My Christmas Beauty Presents

So I just wanted to share with everybody what I received that was beauty related for Christmas. Usually people tell me that I have too many beauty products and refuse to give me anything more so imagine how surprised I was to receive all this beauty goodness!

First I got a (top left) beautiful mirror from my Aunt and Uncle. They also gave me a target gift card which I used to purchase the two Nicole by OPI nail polishes in You're an Angel and Call me Classy.

The next two nail polishes came from my best friend Becca and they are Sephora by OPI. The purple one is Just a Little Dangerous and the silver is a crackle called Blasted Silver. The next three nail polishes were from my boyfriend's mother. Two of them are mini polishes from last year's OPI spring collection. The other is one of the Rite Aid snowmen that people rave about.

The bag was from my other best friend, Leslie. It's a Vera Bradley make-up bag and I think it matches the mirror perfectly!

Next is the Buxom Mix and Mingle Set. That was also from Becca. I absolutely love Buxom and the mini sizes are enough to last me a lifetime! My sister Maddy gave me three Revlon lip butters (Is there anyone who doesn't love these?) in Tutti Frutti, Pink Truffle, and Lollipop. I will gush more about the Revlon lip butters later.

The next three items are all from Avon and they are also from my boyfriend's mother. I have two Avon lip glosses that Becca gave to me a long time ago but they are such dark colors that I can't wear them on a daily basis. Other than those, I have never had much experience with Avon products. I especially love the little Santa hand cream that she gave me.  I've used it every day since I received it on Christmas and my hands feel great! It's probably they first winter that I've actually taken time to properly moisturize my hands. The brush on the bottom and the candy cane shaped shower gel are also from my boyfriend's mother but I haven't used either of them yet.

The final item is the Stila Daydream Palette that my sister Liz gave me. I absolutely love this palette! I will definitely be doing a review on this!

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Highlighters

Recently I've been obsessed with highlighting my skin. I love the gorgeous glow that only a good highlighter can give me. I want to talk about my favorite ones!

The first thing I want to talk about is the Too Faced "the Bronzed the Beautiful" palette. This is gorgeous. It has three different shades of bronzer for different times of the year and a full sized flat buki brush. I especially like Snow Bunny because it is as gorgeous shimmer on my skin. Too Faced is my favorite brand for cheek products. They make beautiful colors that really work well and the packaging is always to die for.

This is my favorite highlight without question. I use this every day. It is the first product I have hit pan on. When you swirl a big powder brush around this and swipe it on your face it just gives you the most gorgeous sheen. I have never had more compliments on my skin than when I started using this!

Don't be fooled by the color of this product. While it looks very pink in the pan it is very sheer and luminous on the skin. I picked this up during a sale at my local beauty boutique for only $8! I love to use this right above my blush to give it an extra oomph.

Note to readers. This post was composed entirely on my new iPad that I received for Christmas. I have learned a couple things. The camera on the iPad is awful. The quality of the pictures is really not good. I will continue using my phone for all future photos. Also, the format blogger takes on iPad is not ideal. I think I will stick to my computer for all future posts. Does anyone else blog using an iPad?

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Christmas Nails 4

This was a really easy look to do. I just painted my nails green (and the ring fingers red) and then put the Christmas glitter top coat on top.

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Christmas nail series 3

This look was a little more difficult to do. First I painted my nails green. Then I slowly painted the lines of the silver holographic glitter on my nails to make it look like a garland. Then I used the red and the gold. I dotted them onto my nails to look like ornaments. Overall this was the nail look that I got the most compliments on. I actually have people at the place where I work who always ask to see my nails because I do stuff like this.

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