oes anyone else get a high when they buy something exciting? I do. I wouldn't say I'm addicted to shopping, but my heart races when I find something good. But the weird thing is I always find something great when I'm not looking for anything specific to buy. Today I stepped out at lunch time to do a few errands. I had to get another tube of my favourite mascara and a birthday card for my younger sister. First I went to Indigo to pick up a pretty
birthday card. I'm very picky with cards. It takes me a long time to pick one. I know it's something that you read once and throw out (well, I don't!), but I still want to make sure the card reflects who I am. I finally settled on a card by Papyrus. It's a little more expensive, but so beautiful. I'm sure my younger sister will appreciate it. So I thought I was done with Indigo, but as I was walking towards the cash a book caught my eye. It was a wedding DIY craft book. I'm married and so are my sisters, but I couldn't resist peeking inside. I love anything to do with crafts and the front cover was so beautiful. There were so many craft ideas and I realized that they could be tweaked so that it wasn't wedding centered. I just had to get it.
So my next stop was Sephora. I've been currently using my holy grail mascara, Makeup Forever's Smoky Lash mascara, but my tube dried out. I wanted to pick up another tube. But, when I walked in I saw the Hello Kitty Collection for Sephora. Now, I'm not a huge Hello Kitty fan, but when I first saw the press release I just fell in love. I wasn't a fan of MAC's Hello Kitty collection because I thought the packaging was not very pretty. But this one was so true to Hello Kitty's original style. I was eyeing the hand held mirror because my previous mirror broke. I was debating whether to get the Lioele Princess Mirror in Baby Pink, but I decided I liked this one better. Plus, it was even more stunning in person. It was huge too and surprisingly light! The downfall was that it was pricey ($46CAD) and left visible fingerprints. However, it was too pretty to pass up. I've been also looking for a small compact mirror to carry with me. The Hello Kitty collection had one, but I found it really hard to open. The hinge was not very flexible. I decided to get the eyeshadow and lipgloss compact instead. The packaging was uber cute too. I could use that as my mirror when I'm traveling now.
I'm now going to post pictures of all the things that I got today. Plus, a freebie at the end!
Isn't the birthday card so pretty? I didn't know it was a birthday card because the outside had a pig, but the message inside said it was a birthday card.
Here's a close-up. The little swirls are all shiny copper. I hate cards that have glitter because it gets all over my fingers then on my face, but this one had none :-)
A simple message inside.
"A wish to you for a sweet, carefree lighter-than-air day! Happy Birthday"
This was the book that I fell in love with. It's called Handmade Weddings by Eunice Moyle, Sabrina Moyle, and Shana Faust. What do you know, Shana Faust is the former Deputy Style Editor of Martha Stewart Weddings. Figures!
I just love the paper-wrapped favors. I'm thinking I could wrap soaps in personalized wrapping. It would look amazing! Can't wait to try this.
Here's another great idea. I'm known as the girl that wraps presents nicely. Last Saturday I went to a baby shower and everyone guessed what my present was because of my wrapping.
Just gorge! Beautiful photography.
So here's what I went to Sephora for- my Smoky Lash.
Packaging is not that exciting, but this is an amazing product. Goes on super black and dries quickly. It also make my lashes look super volumized and loooong.
Here are the 2 Hello Kitty products I picked up. I'm on the waiting list for the brush set.
This is the Say Hello Eyeshadow and Lipgloss Palette
Even the expiration date jar has a bow!
Isn't the compact so cute?! This is how I imagined Hello Kitty cosmetics to be packaged.
It was hard to see the detail of the compact in my last photo so I'm holding it up against my grey wall. The lid of the compact has an iridescence to it.
The Say Hello palette has the purple colours. The other one had more neutral colours. This one swatched better so I got this one. Plus, I have so many neutral palettes.
The 2 colours on the right (top and bottom) have shimmers, but they aren't chunky. The 2 left ones look like a satin finish.
I'm not sure if the lip glosses are of high quality. They look really sheer, but it's good to have in case of an emergency. The white, pink (bottom left) and plum (bottom right) have glitter and the mauve one (top right) doesn't. I didn't swatch them in the store. I was more into the packaging more than anything...
This is a pretty thick palette. 3/4 of an inch?
Here's the back.
This is my prized possession- the hand held mirror. This is the box it came in.
The backside has Hello Kitty's face. So cute! I know it looks heavy, but it's really light. That's great because I use my hand held mirror a lot when I'm putting on makeup. I don't want my hands/arms to be tired.
Another view. Don't you love how her bow isn't flat? It has facets so that it sparkles.
Here's the actual mirror. I wish the mirror was more round than oval because I feel like I don't see the entire length of my face, but I'm nitpicking here.
And now for my freebie!
At work, I get a lot of free stuff. Mainly beauty products, but sometimes non-beauty related stuff. Today I was by the freebie shelf to get some chocolates (we have a stash of junk food there for the late nights) and I saw this beautiful tea pot and tea cup set.
I've been looking for a teapot because I got a pretty loose leaf tea and teaball set for Christmas from David's Tea. This teapot looks vintage and I can't believe nobody snatched it up yet!
Here's the tea pot and tea cup separated. I'll feel so elegant when I'm enjoying my afternoon tea...
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