A few of my favourite things...

Its been a very long time since I did a blog post or any reviews so this one will be a bit short as I am trying to get back into the swing of things.  That being said, here are a few of my favourite things I have received in the mail lately.

Glamour Doll Eyes OTM 

Glamour Doll Eyes has a monthly subscription service where you received a limited edition shadow and other treats - this subscription is by wait list only.  To subscribe or for more information, click here.  I was lucky enough to grab a subscription again this year.  

January 2016 - theme: Aladdin

Colour: 
Not a Prize (shadow) - a dusky dark purple with a subtle silvery red sheen topped off with red, pink, blue and purple sparkle

Extras:
Desert Prince (highlighter) - a glowy bronze with a light bronze and pink shine

Shining Shimmering (lipstick) - a raspberry wine shade with a bit of gold sparkle

 

Swatches over bare skin, indoor lighting.

Rainbow Honey

Rainbow Honey Mystery Bag (large format) - January 2016

Rainbow Honey has several monthly subscription services.  I subscribe to the Mystery Bag, in large format.  For more information on Rainbow Honey's offerings, click here.

Ever After Polish

For 2016, Miranda and Rachel at Ever After Polish have also released a themed monthly box.  Their box is available by subscription or a one time buy, and it is available around the 15th of the month.  For more information, click here.  I was lucky enough to grab both January and February so far.

January

theme: Alice in Wonderland

For January, we received two polishes, bath tea and a treat of some Tazo tea.  

Polish: Drink Me (blue), We're All Mad Here (holo topper)

February

theme: Barista's Brew (coffee)

For February, we received one polish, a face mask, cuticle oil and some really yummy chocolate covered espresso beans.

Polish: Orange Mocha Frappachino

Mask: Coffee & Cream mask

Cuticle Oil:  Pumpkin Spice Latte

Long Awaited Blog Update - September 2015

It has been a very long time since I posted any sort of update... so here's my update.

The babies....

Alexander

Oliver

Michael

Fluffy

Well, my kitten are not so little anymore.  Alex, Ollie, Mike and Fluff are nearly two and a half - it's amazing how time flies!  There are also a couple of new additions to our brood, Spud and Spot.  Two stray brothers I took in last fall so that they would not freeze to death in my Mom's neighbourhood.  Spudo is super friendly and spends a lot of time with me and the other cats, while Spot tends to spend a lot of time solo or hiding.

Spud (orange/white) and Spot (grey/white)

I also thought I would share a few things that showed up in my mail this week:

Fortune Cookie Soap - Halloween Soap Box (Zombie Survival Kit)

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I think my favourite thing out of this box is the Blood Bag shower gel.  Just love! And I am looking forward to using the healing balm.


Rainbow Honey September Mystery Bag (mini)

Both of the glitter toppers in this bag are amazing!  I really love flakies!! And the chocolate mint soap smells good enough to eat!


Rainbow Honey Order

This season is all about the pumpkin!!  I was really happy to see their Great Pumpkin line expanded.  This scent is my absolute favourite one from RH!  The purple polish is also a sample/extra sent to me.  I cannot wait to use it!

Glamour Doll Eyes OTM - September

This month's shadow - I Can't Believe I Gave My Panties to a Greek - perfection as always!  And this month's charm is just too cute - little bronze underpants.  

And finally my over-pour order from Ever After Polish.

The nail polish colour is called Yum Yum and it was made especially for the Facebook group Hella Holo Customs.  Yum Yum was inspired by one of the group members' cat, name of course Yum Yum, who passed away.  The inspiration photo showed Yum  Yum as a sweet Siamese cat with the most amazing blue eyes.  This order is actually for a back up of this polish, that is how much I love it.  It is the perfect bright holo blue.  In fact, I am wearing it on my nails today! It also included a couple of items from Yum Yum's Bake Shop - bath products made by Ever After and sold to help support the PetsMart Charities.  

GDE September and October OTM

Due to the end of the gardening season, I have fallen a little behind with my blogging/reviews.  With that being said, here are the Glamour Doll Eyes September and October OTMs.

September 2013

September's OTM was created by one of GDE's youngest fans named Raven.

Meet Pixie Dust

Pixie Dust - light silver with purple and blue sparkle

October 2013

October's OTM was another customer creation by Thelma.

Meet Cauldron

Cauldron: grayish black with subtle orange, green & purple sheen and purple & green sparkle

*All photos were taken indoors with flash.

GDE August 2013 OTM

It's that time again, my August OTM from Glamour Doll Eyes has finally arrived!  As always, if you are looking to sign up for this program (and I totally recommend that you do since it is AWESOME!), spots come open on the 8th of the month and are extremely limited.  Vee has a mailing list devoted to the OTMs so if you are debating, join the list to make sure you are reminded when the spots open up.

August is an extra month, so excited that we had two in a row!

Meet August 2013's OTM -Suzy Q

The loot:

Suzy Q: matte medium purple with multi coloured shimmer

Suzy Q swatched over bare skin - no primer.  Indoor light with flash.

August Extras:

Miss Adoro lashes #43 and Black Luna Lacquer in Rapunz'l.

Rapunz'l - cream based medium purple with iridescent glitter and pearl like shimmer.  Beautiful!

Stormy Sunday night thoughts....

Tonight the weather is really not great.  Thankfully, I am nice and dry inside the house, waiting out the storms.  I made it home from Mom's around suppertime just in time for the second downpour of the day.  Here's to hoping that the power stays on tonight and I don't sleep through a non-working alarm clock.  At any rate, here are my ramblings of the night.

Kitten Update:
A few weeks ago, I introduced everyone to my three new kittens: Alexander, Michael and Fluffy....well this past Friday I added another little ball of fur to my household: Oliver.  Oliver is about two months old, where the others are around four months old and he's nearly the size of Fluffy (she is pretty small but still...).  Fluffy is super excited to finally have someone her size to play with.  In fact, they are zooming around my kitchen right now playing with a paper grocery bag and ignoring the lightening storm going on outside.  Alex just woke up and is now sitting on my lap, Mike is under the stool I have my laptop propped up on, where he has been since it started booming about two hours ago.  Frightened kitten, just like his big brother Jai was.  :)  Both of them are ignoring the play in the kitchen.  Although if any of their toys end up in the kitchen, watch out!  I will post some pictures of Oliver later.  It also looks like Fluffy will be remaining at my house, which is okay with me.  Not that she wouldn't fit in with Mom's cat, but she just belongs here with her brothers.  Hopefully I can get everyone fixed while I am off in October, if we are able to wait that long.  For the most part, the kids all sleep the night, with the exception of Fluff and Oliver, who think it's time to get up around 5 am.  That's a no.  Alex and Mike sleep a lot longer, which suits me a lot better.  Maybe in a few weeks Oliver and Fluffy will do the same.  I do hope so!

Duck Dynasty:
I don't think I have blogged about my love of this show....it is just hilarious!  I even enjoy watching the reruns.  It just makes me laugh and smile, especially when I am having a craptastic day.  I can totally relate to the Robertson family, as they are very similar to the Munns.  Hunting, check.  Family suppers, check.  Quirky relatives, check.  Rednecks, well yeah, check.  :)  Small town, check.  I really loved the season premier last Wednesday, where the boys gave Phil and Kay a wedding for their anniversary. It was very touching and will live on my pvr for good while. 

Other stuff:
This week is the last week I will have my summer student at work.  I am hoping that next week (when he's gone) is not as insane as last week was...so many problems and not enough hours in the day to fix them all.  Very frustrating.  I must say, this year I am really missing the packing up and heading back to school.  It's been eight years, but this year I am actually longing for the start of new classes and the escape from Town.  Oh well, before I know it, winter will be here and I will be stuck in my office working and wishing for the sun to return and shortly after that, I will be asking why winter has gone so fast while I am prepping for construction season.  Such is life I guess.

 In a couple of weeks I will be back to leading Guides and Pathfinders.  Since Sarah has moved for work, its going to be an interesting year making sure all of the programming works.  My Pathfinders will be excellent, the girls already work well together as a team and are very self sufficient.  :) We are also planning a bog walk for the rest of the Units in our end of the Guiding Community.  Here's hoping we are able to pull off an interesting and fun day for the girls.  On the schedule, ecology of bogs, bog mummies and lots of fun.  I may even break out a Duck Commander mallard drake call... ;)

Brazen news - Friends with Benefits Membership

Last week Sandi announced via the Brazen Beauties Facebook page that she was introducing a new monthly subscription program - Friends with Benefits.  I signed up on Friday and am very, very excited to see the new goodies that Brazen will be pumping out!!  I love my other monthly subs and this is an excellent addition!

From the Brazen website:

***FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS***
Be our friend- reap the benefits! Our new Membership Club kicks ass! We've been working on this for a while & are SO excited to be bringing this to our beauties.

Be one of the first 100 to join & secure your spot for only $10 a month. After that, the price goes up to $15!!

We here at Brazen LOVE creating special limited edition shades. Isn't it thrilling to know you are one of the lucky handful that owns that rare shade? Mmm hmm! Don't you love getting your hands on new releases first? Oh yesss! Isn't it awesome to have professional-grade luxury makeup delivered to your door on a monthly basis? Hell yes it is!

What you get with your FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS monthly membership:

• one 3g pot of our UltraLuxe (tm) eye shadow in a limited edition or not-yet-released shade
• one 3g pot of our UltraGlaze (tm) lipgloss in a limited edition or not-yet-released shade
• 2-3 samples of current products such as blush, powder, brow powder, eye shadow, highlighter, glitter, concealer, eye liner, etc.
• sneak peeks of all our upcoming products FIRST, with your chance to be one of the first to purchase pre-order deals
• early admission invites to sales in our e-store
  
• 10% off regular prices products on our e-store
• rewards on ALL purchases in our shop or e-store
  
• shipping to US addresses (international orders will be charged a small additional fee)

Misc details: ONE per person. Discounts not valid with other promotions/discount/coupons. We reserve the right to limit enrollment. Must be currently enrolled to receive special discounts and perks. If you cancel your membership, you do not retain access to the perks. Discount is valid for the enrolled buyer only, non transferable. Shipments go out the last week of each month for new subscribers, ongoing members' shipments go out the first week of each month.

Remember, the first 100 people to sign up will get the special pricing, so join fast!!  And remember to use the paypal sign up link to avoid paying shipping!

http://brazencosmetics.com/colorofthemonthclub.aspx

 

More Brazen UltraPlush(tm) Liquid Lipsticks

I managed to snag a couple of Brazen's new UltraPlush(tm) liquid lipsticks in Carpe Diem and Catalyst.  I must say, both of these are just lovely!

Carpe Diem - pale pink gold

Catalyst - nude pink with gold/nude shimmer and hint of pearl

La Femme - free sample - neutral peachy pink with gold sheen

 L-R: Catalyst, Carpe Diem, La Femme (over bare skin, indoor light)

Sandi has 14 colours currently available.  Use code BrazenTrishaLips to receive 25% off any liquid lipstick purchase.

Contest alert - win Aphrodite!!  See the Brazen facebook page for more info and entry.  

You can request free samples from Brazen - email Sandi at info@brazencosmetics.com and put "Kisser" in the subject line.  Don't forget to include your full mailing address and there you go.  You will receive samples similar to the one below (this is Nerd Repellant - I am in LOVE with this shade!!).