Home Sweet Home, Vacation Pics & Hauls

Aloha everyone! ;) Although I miss my sisters (surprisingly LOL) I am glad to be back home on the islands.

We arrived yesterday and I was never more exhausted in my life. It wouldn't have been so tiring if we hadn't forgotten my son's stroller AND backpack carrier. :( I have no idea how that happened. I guess since it was a little chaotic on the early morning that we left, I didn't realize that we forgot it until 10 minutes after leaving my sister's house. There was no way we were turning around or else I would have definitely missed my flight. As stressful as it was, I had to carry my son the whole time while carring my big ass purse (with my whole house inside btw), my son's diaper bag, and pulling my hand carry. I swear I've never felt more muscles in my arms. lol. I was so relieved to see my mom and dad after getting all of our baggage. Thank god we were sitting next to a really nice girl who used to live in Hawaii for 25 years but now resides in Atlanta (home of the infamous RenRen). We chatted it up and she was even nice enough to hold my son while I went to use the bathroom and a second time to take my daughter to the bathroom. Her and her bf were so sweet they even helped us with our baggage. I couldn't have thanked them enough. ;)


I really enoyed my vacation. Can't believe it went by so fast. I wish I could have done more while I was in California (i.e. meet some of my fellow beauty bloggers lol) No worries Jaclyn, next time for sure! ;) I didn't even get a chance to hit up a CCO. :( There was just so much to do and so little time. The main thing was that the kids had a great time - CCO or not lol. Disneyland was so much fun. Most of the pics are of the kids and I barely took any pics because it was so damn hot so you won't see me in any of these pics lol.















I didn't do much makeup shopping which explains my big online MAC haul. I just picked up some essence of beauty brushes since we don't have CVS here (sucks!). When we went to the mall Crabtree & Evelyn was having a sale and they had a $5.00 rack. I wanted to try out the intensive eye treatment (for puffiness and dark circles) in comparison to MAC's fast response eye cream. (I'll do a review later) and since I have dry chapped lips I got 2 of their overnight lip repair (a godsend!!) They were definitely bargains since the lip repair was originally $17 and the eye treatment was originally $30. I saved $62! Gotta love sales. ;) The rest of my moolah went to food and clothes. Here are my hauls.





















Didn't do swatches, I know you've all seen them. My goodness, MAC is really gonna break the bank with all their collections coming out this Fall. Crazy as hell. Now that I'm back home I can finally start applying for jobs. I didn't want to start applying before I went on my vacation because I'm sure no one would hire me if I told them that I was going to be out of town for almost a month. I hope I find the right one. I know it won't be easy but I'm capable.

I hope you all are doing well. I've missed you guys since I was so MIA yet again. Please bare with me while I slowly get up to date with my commenting on your blogs. ;)

I'm starving so the hubsie and I are off to Sizzler. Yay! I missed that place while I was gone. Even Boston's clam chowder did not compare to theirs. LOL. Have a beautiful day everyone. ;)


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i'm crazy...i know.

Okay. I took the pics last night but had to fix/resize them to show the best true color of these things. Now I haven't done any swatches. Only for the 3 NYX lipliners that I got. I'm having some trouble taking pics of swatches because I'm not sure how to use all the settings on my camera to get it focused clearly and to show the true colors of them. I seriously give props to all the other ladies who devote their time and patience to their blogs. It really does take time and dedication. I'm always amazed at how a lot of beauty blogs out there are updated so often. I just wanted to say thank you, you know who you are. ;)

So here are the pics that I have so far. Today, after paying all the bills, (phew!) I finally got to stop at Walgreens to check out their cosmetics. I picked up some stuff-again. Mostly lip stuff (liners, gloss). Also picked up a new mascara to try out. I went to Long's and the whole Physician's Formula line was 40% off including the new organic/mineral stuff. I just got 2 of their baked wet/dry e/s. They are really pretty! I couldn't pass it up. But I'll have to take a shot at getting pics of those babies tomorrow (hopefully). I hope this drugstore makeup thing doesn't get too out of hand. ..Did I actually just say that? It might be too late. Sometimes I feel so awful that I'm getting all these things but I'm so glad and grateful that the hubz can still support this outrageous, ridiculous, obsession that I have with makeup. I mean, I haven't gotten into any real trouble with him yet about it but if this continues...oh god. I don't even wanna think about it. lol. Anyway, here they are.





Top: Cash Flow P/P
Middle: Sassed Up IPP, Strawbaby L/S, Not So Innocent L/S, Utterly Frivolous L/S, Hipness blush
Bottom: Squeeze It L/G



Hipness Blush (you've all seen this before I know lol)



Sassed Up IPP



It's too cute! ;)



still working on the swatches for these..





Some travel size jars to make some tinted lip balm...we'll see how that goes.







e.l.f. elements - custom compacts. I'm actually impressed with this. Can't believe the compact was $1 as well as the e/s which is a really nice off white with subtle shimmer. The compact is like a white pearl version of MAC's 4-pan. but it comes with a dual sponge-tip/brush applicator (not in the pic, it fell out). and it has a mirror. i love it!



More e.l.f. stuff, (which i've already swatched but still having trouble taking the pics) and they are all so pretty!



WNW megaslicks l/g, WNW l/s, and maybelline mineral power blush in fresh plum



1 jordana l/s and 5 n.y.c. l/s



NYX l/l - natural, coffee, pinky (if i remember correctly)

I really hope I'll have some time tomorrow for all the swatches. Hopefully the kids will take a longer nap than their usual half hour. lol. Read More...