~25 Days of Beautiful Gifting Ideas~ Day Seven- OPI Top 10 Mini Pack....

Hey Everyone!!

 Two years ago, I slowed down on purchasing OPI polish. Why? I was buying $7.50-$10 bottle of polish and using it only ONCE. I had to stop! But then I was buying 10 $1 bottles of polish!! That makes no sense either!! So, now that my OPI stash has depleted itself and I've accepted that if you love it, and got the money to buy it, and the rent's paid...get it. LOL!

This OPI Top 10 Mini Pack is perfect starter for me.:) I don't own any of these colors and I like that they are OPI's most popular shades to date. I've always wanted I'm Really Not a Waitress too.

Adorable mini versions of OPI’s 10 most popular colors, all in one place! 

10 – mini OPI Nail Lacquers – 15 mL - .5 Fl. Oz.:

1 – OPI Alpine Snow Nail Lacquer 

1 – OPI Bubble Bath Nail Lacquer

1 – OPI Tickle My France-y Nail Lacquer

1 – OPI Kiss Me on My Tulips Nail Lacquer 

1 – OPI Red Lights Ahead… Where? Nail Lacquer

1 – OPI Big Apple Red Nail Lacquer 

1 – OPI I’m Not Really a Waitress Nail Lacquer 

1 – OPI You Don’t Know Jacques! Nail Lacquer 

1 – OPI Vampsterdam Nail Lacquer 

1 - OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Nail Lacquer

**My Gift To You!!**

ALERT!! Did you know that Cold Cut and Meatball 6" subs are only $2 at Subway?!?! Apparently, its Customer Appreciation Month at Subway. Those two subs were my core subs in college and still get down with Cold Cut, baby.:)

~Haul~ CVS Semi Annual Beauty Clearance #1 and Issues with Beauty Bucks.....

Hey Everyone!!

What is it about the CVS Beauty Clearance brings out the crazy beauty hoarding junkie in me? I found out about it on a Monday. Tuesday, I was stalking the list on Nouveau Cheap and making plans, Wednesday, I went to  one CVS and Thursday I went to two CVS'. On Friday, I wept for unavailable clearanced products( not really cried, but I felt like it. lol)

Bananas.

Anyway, the first trip yielded a great haul. Spent all of 18.00 on these items and left with a smile.

 Revlon and Milani has the best of 75% off, if you can find all of the goodies. My CVS' didn't have any of the Revlon Kissable Balms, Balm + Stains, or Lip Butters that were marked to 75%...

**cue tears**

But did pick up:

Revlon Custom Eye Mascara in Blackest Black.( Semi Annual sale is the BEST time to stock up on mascaras you would not otherwise purchase for $9 or $10)
Revlon Nail Polish in Jelly and Mischievous
Revlon Grow Luscious in Onyx

Milani:

Runway Eyes in Designer Browns and Ready To Wear
Milani Nail Lacquer in Rad Apple and Mint Candy


Haul #2 is coming soon.:)) Stay Tuned!

Side Note:

I noticed that on my receipt on Thursday that my clearance beauty purchases were not reflected on my Beauty Club Spending balance. I think it takes 48 hours to print a $5 ECBs ( which should have happened for me on Thursday because I bought two fragrance sets on Tuesday, sue me...) but mine didn't print. Then onThursday, I didn't see my balance go up for the sets or the beauty items on Wednesday. Does the clearance stuff count toward the balance? Anyone else notice this?

~25 Days of Beautiful Giving Ideas~ Day Six- bareMinerals A Vision In Velvet 20pc Eyecolor Collection....

Hey Everyone!

Do you or someone you know needs more eyes shadow? I believe I've found a very good gift idea for eye shadow fanatic, the makeup artist or the all around collector. It is bareMinerals A Vision In Velvet 20pc Eyecolor Collection. Its available at QVC for only $71.86. I don't own alot of bareMinerals or bareEscentuals but I do like their products.

Includes:

• 10 0.01-oz Velvet eye colors in Blueberry, a creamy navy; Violet, a plush lilac; Pistachio, a crushed mint; Vanilla, a warm ivory; Strawberry, a soft wine; Mauve, a vintage rose; Green, a dark moss; Charcoal, a deep slate; Espresso, a coffee bean; and Taupe, a milk chocolate
• 10 0.01-oz Satin eye colors in Peach, a creamy apricot; Caramel, a soft bronze; Sage, an olive glint; Mist, an ocean-breeze blue; Lilac, a blushing lilac; Plum, a plum haze; Rose, a rosy pink chill; Nude, an icy fawn; Sterling, a brushed silver; and Gold, a burnished gold
• Made in USA

***My Gift To You***

Get my favorite magazine subscription ( ELLE Magazine) for only $4.50! Even if already subbed to ELLE, get your next year's copies at $4.50 too!! Click HERE for details!!

~25 Days of Beautiful Gifting Ideas~ Day Five- E.L.F Essential Gift Pack for Teens.....

Hey Everyone!

A soror and friend of mine shared that her 12 year old daughter wrote a beautiful and convincing statement/ letter sharing her desire....to start wearing makeup.

I know, you are thinking that I was all for it, but at 12, I wasn't wearing makeup because I wasn't interested. lol! However, I had friends that did and they wore ALOT of makeup at 12. I don't have boys, but I know if I had a 12 year old daughter who expressed the desire, in a respectable manner, such as my soror's daughter, I would let her. 

I would start with VERY, VERY light products and show her very simple application. This E.L.F. Essential Gift Pack is a perfect little gift and starter kit for a 12 year old. Some of the products she can use like the gloss and polish and other products she can simply play and get to know makeup application. No need to take her to MAC counter for $16 lipstick and $20 eye shadow. Soon enough she will be begging for that...lol! Save your money now.:)

Here's what in the kit:

• Brightening Eye Color in Butternut and Nouveau Neutrals
• Hypershine Gloss in Joy
• Blush in Blushing
• Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder in Sun Kissed
• Super Glossy Lip Shine in Honey Do
• Bubble Gum, Pearl and Clear Nail Polish
• Mineral Booster in Small - Sheer
• Dump Bag
• Eye Shadow Brush
• Total Face Brush
• Blushing, Bronzing and Blending Brush

**My Gift to You!!**

I'm always looking for inspiration on how to work the pieces of clothing in my wardrobe. I came across this golden pin on Pinterest and I thought I would share it with my family!! How cute is this? 

A foolproof guide on how to work a white tee. Enjoy!!

(Here's the pin HERE to put on your board:))

~25 Days of Beautiful Giving Ideas~ Day Four - Philosophy State of Grace.....

Hey Everyone!

I used to be a MASSIVE fan and collector of Philosophy products. I discovered Philosophy for myself back in 2001 and I was a huge Amazing Grace fragrance fan. Its the quintessential everyday simple fragrance. Lately, I've been wanting to repurchase Amazing Grace and Pure Grace and Philosophy has a great little kit called State of Grace. 

State of Grace has .33 fl oz of Amazing Grace, Pure Grace, Inner Grace and Living Grace for only $35. 

Now I'm wondering....do they still make Baby Grace? :)

***My Gift To You!!***

My favorite Christmas song. It took me a year to figure out the name of the song because I only heard it on the radio. Then on Thanksgiving Day, I'm listening to Luther Vandross Pandora station and the song comes on!!! And I search You Tube and its on You Tube!!! So hear you go...At Christmas Time...such a R&B Christmas smooth song sung by the legendary Luther Vandross!!!!


or Click here to listen to it:).