Madd mail!!!

Easter presents, essentially!!  My mom made me cookies, Clancy and I bought a blanket, and we went out to dinner tonight.  Other than meeting my cousin's new baby, that was about it for this weekend!

IN THIS HAUL:
Emerald City Grab bag:
Good Witch Glitter
Bad Witch Glitter
Emerald City e/s
Wishes & Wonders e/s
Great & Powerful e/s
Winkie e/s
Ruby Red Hot Slippers lippie

Cinderella Grab bag (partial):
Cinder Girl e/s
Glass Slipper e/s
Enchanted e/s
Charming e/s

everything else:
Stawberry Shortcake lippie
Banana Pancakes lippie
Iced Chai lippie
Peppermint Mocha lippie
Ice Queen glitter bomb
Party Monster glitter bomb
Sea Siren glitter bomb
Foxy Lady glitter bomb
Material Girl glitter bomb
Halloween button pack

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Fireworks Grab Bag Swatches

I did a full post about this here, including a FOTD photo from a wedding I attended, but here are the swatch photos I took.

I took this swatches over three bases; from top to bottom: ELF primer, NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, and NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean

FTC:  I paid for these items.  I was not asked to write this post.  I wanted to.  =]

NOTD: Red, White & Blue Sparkle-rs!

So I thought I was clever with the name.  I had to figure out a way to represent the red, white & blue on my nails in ten minutes or less.  This is what I ended up with.  Please note that OPI is owned by Coty and is not cruelty free.  I did this look with nail polish testers at work.

Sephora by OPI Not Your Average Turquoise

Sephora by OPI Be-Clause I Said So

Sephora by OPI Whild About Shimmer

No base coat.
No top coat.
Living dangerously, lighting sparklers out the window of a moving car. 

FTC:  I used all three of these polishes at work and do not own them. 

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EOTD: Soft & Smoky

So the new Spring trends to watch out for are, as you already know, color blocking, and by refusal to die, smoky eyes.  Today I wanted to play with a smoky eye using primarily Urban Decay products.

On my face, I'm wearing MAC's Studio Finish Concealer and Studio Fix Powder in NC20.  I have on Too Faced's Chocolate Soleil Bronzer and Urban Decay's blush in Score.  I also put on Benefit's Watts Up! on my cheeks, but you can't really tell in this photo.  Really, most of my face makeup is gone now because it's been 10-12 hours since application.

My eyes started off with Too Faced's Shadow Insurance in Lemon Drop (the corrector one) just to try it out.  I put the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Shadow in Mercury.  I used the Naked 2 over it; Foxy in the inner corner, my beloved Tease all over the lid, Pistol in the crease, and Verve just over the ball of the eye to brighten it up and give dimension.  I also used pistol below the eye.  My liner is Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on pencil in Zero.  I used the Too Faced glitter liner in Ooh & Ahh with a flat liner brush below the eye.  My mascara is the Dior Maximizer primer, and the Diorshow New Look in 090 Noir.

My lips are nothing, now.

FTC:  I got ready at work today.  Some of these items I own at home, but these are all products I used at work.  I wasn't paid to share this look, write this post, or otherwise peddle these products.