Simple Christmas Gift Ideas!!!

Hey everyone!!!

So Christmas is now a month away, and I don't think I'm alone when I say that I suck with Christmas gifts, and getting everything done on time.

I just started my Christmas shopping this weekend, and I'm nowhere close to being done!

I usually don't have too many people to buy for, but this year is probably an exception.

In my family, I really only need to buy for my sisters, my mom and whoevers name I draw in my family.

That was it for last year, but this year, I've acquired friends. And I guess the nice thing to do is buy for them.

So for those of you that are like me; that suck at buying things and procrastinate because of it, this might be helpful.

So let's get started!!!

We're gonna start with girls, because in my opinion, girls are so much easier!!

Snow Fairy Shower Gel

This is the perfect body wash in my opinion. I got it last year and it smells sweet like candy.

I hate candy scents. I hate sweet things. But I loved this. I was so bummed when I ran out!

And if you order online from Lush, they usually don't take long to ship at all. Great for the holidays!!!

Graphic tees!

This is just one in general that I found, but I find that you can't really go wrong with a graphic tee, no matter the person.

They come in a million styles, and everyone can find a use for them.

I personally like them as pajama shirts, or casual shirts. But they're surprisingly easy to dress up.

Music.

Obviously different people like different music.

If you know the person you're buying for and what they like, it's pretty easy.

But if you don't know what they like, an iTunes gift card is also acceptable.

Or if it's a cute boy, a mixed cd never fails! 

NAIL POLISH!!

I personally love nail polish, and think it's a great gift idea for any girl!

Now depending on the girl, choose the colour wisely.

I like pastels, and my best friend typically, for the most part, likes the same colours I do.

But you definitely cannot go wrong with reds, blacks, whites, and pastels in my opinion.

Essie is my favourite brand, but if you're a noob with nail polish, Sally Hansen is also a fantastic brand!

And if you just have no freaking clue what to get for that special girl, a gift card never fails!

Just about every store sells gift cards, and you can usually put whatever amount you like on them.

I usually recommend a Starbucks gift card, just because it's expensive. For most people, they love it, but won't actually use their own money for it, hence the gift card!

And if you're still stumped, a prepaid visa card works just as well!

For the boys!

Now, I suck when it comes to boys in general, but when it comes to buying gifts for boys, I kid you not when I say I'm the worst!

When I think of buying gifts for boys, the only thing I can ever think of getting them is a soccer ball. Legit!

Again, you can never go wrong with a graphic tee!

And guys can usually pull them off a little bit better than girls can too.

If it's colder where you are, a graphic hoodie works just as well!

VIDEO GAAAAMES.

I haven't met a single guy that doesn't love video games.

These always the trick, and whenever I'm super stumped and have to buy for a guy, I usually go with one of these.

I feel like both guys and girls love watches, but I usually see guys wearing them more often than girls.

This is probably a very generic gift to give, and they might be expecting it, but hey. It's something practical that they can use every day... Hey. :D

And again, gift cards.

Like I said, I suck with gifts, especially guy gifts, so I usually try and just do gift cards.

I really enjoy gift cards, because the way I look at it, you're giving them money to buy something they want. So if you give a guy a gift card to a game store, and they buy a game, it's like you bought the game for them.

These are just some really simple ideas that help make Christmas shopping a tad bit easier.

Of course, if you know the person extremely well and you know what they want, what they like or anything, go ahead with that! But if you're really stuck, that's what this post is for!

The stuff you buy doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg, you can always go to a thrift store if you need to.

Christmas isn't about giving, it's about being with people that you love.

And food.

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Ipsy Glambag: October 2013!!!

Hey everyone!!!

Sorry, once again that I've been MIA! I've been extremely busy with work, friends, family, etc.

I was hoping I would get back into the groove once I got my Ipsy bag, but nope!

I usually get mine on the 15th or 16th, but I just got mine today. :c So I was pretty upset that I had to wait so long.

The wait was definitely worth it though in my opinion. :3

I was already excited because of the bag. I usually never use the Ipsy bags, or makeup bags in general, but this is just really cute! I think Ipsy's been stepping up their game on their bags.

This was everything in my bag, plus the card with all the coupon codes. :3

The box for my Zoya nail polish is a little messed up, but it came like that and I couldn't fix it. But it doesn't matter.

And here we have the Zoya nail polish!! :3 I got the colour Giovanna. The picture makes it look like a really nice blue colour, but it's actually a mermaid green colour, which I really like! I don't have lots of greens so I think this is perfect!!

I don't know if other colours were being given out, but I'm happy with what I got.

The next thing I got was this Big Sexy Hair: Blow Dry Volumizing Gel! 

I never really use things for volume, as my hair has quite a big of volume, and lately I've been putting it up anyways. But I'm going out with friends these next few weekends, so I'll try it out then! :3

Next up we have the Starlooks lip pencil in Tickle Me Pink!

Sorry this picture looks really ghetto, but yeah. :p

Last month I got the Starlooks eyeliner and really liked that, so I have my expectations set high for this.

I did try it though right away and I like it so far.

I don't think I've gotten a lotion before, so that's fine. I don't really use lotions in general, so this was a neutral item I guess. I opened it and checked out the scent.

Ugh. Coconut.

I hate coconut. It makes me feel sick and I just can't stand it.

But I'm gonna deal because of the Argan oil.

And last but not least, I got some LA Fresh Oil Free Face Cleanser wipes. :3

I'm actually really excited for this because I love makeup wipes.  I can't wait to try these out!!

Overall, I'm really happy with my Ipsy bag this month. I didn't think I would like a lot of the things, but I've been proven wrong!

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eBay Wishlist!!!

Hey everyone!!!

So since I haven't posted anything about eBay for a while, I thought today would be the day!

Some of you may know that I'm pretty addicted to eBay. I haven't been on it too much recently because I've been saving money for other things, but I still look all the time! :D

I was looking through all my lists and wanted to share some things with you guys that I've been wanting.

And no, this isn't me wanting you all to buy me anything. This is more to show you all things that you might like as well! :D

So let's get started!!!

Missha Natural Soft Jelly Cleansing Puff

Rilakkuma Hanging Storage

Sentimental Circus Elephant Hanging Storage

Sideways Cross Necklace

Satin Nightrobe

Fairy Princess Skirt Dress

Korilakkuma Plush

Panda Liquid Liner

These are just a few of the things I hope to get sometime in the near future. :3

As you can tell, I've really been loving Rilakkuma lately, and makeup, as always.

Let me know some things on your wishlist in the comments! :3

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Mini Shoppers Haul!!!

Hey everyone!!!

Sorry for totally being MIA all of last week, but I was busy with lots of things.

I'm back now though! :3

I also have exciting news in the future, one of which contains a giveaway!! :D

But moving on. ;3

I went shopping today after work, and originally I wasn't planning on buying anything. But then I saw something I had been wanting, and that just started the whole 'I need to buy things' idea.

This is just an overview of what I bought, so you guys can see. :D

I got everything from Shoppers, who also gave me a $10 gift card. Huzzah!!!

I can't even contain my excitement!! :D

I've been looking for this product, and wanting it ever since it came out. And my shoppers didn't carry it for the longest time.

But today I decided to take a peek around the corner (where they have the Yes To display) and saw the pink. I've probably only screamed that loud twice. Once when I was playing Slenderman with a friend and the other when a giant dog scared the crap out of me.

Some of you may know, or you may not, but both my cheeks and chin are covered in acne scars. I've heard nothing but good things about this, and I'm excited to try this! I'm hoping it's worth the money.

Ha. I only bought this because if I spent another few dollars, I got the gift card. But I tried the tester out, and it felt pretty nice on my skin.

I've heard pretty good things about this though, which is a good thing. 

And I've also been using the concealer for this line and really been liking it.

I saw this and was pretty excited. Literally just for the colours.

But they had a sample, so I tried using it. Lol not going to lie, it reminded me of icing. The consistency it nice though. It felt pretty matte, from what I remember. I haven't heard anything about this, but I hope it's good. :3

Last but not least is the Revlon Photoready BB Cream. :3

I've heard mixed reviews on this. Some really hate it but others really like it. I decided to give it a shot though. The tester felt pretty nice on my hand. Matte, which I like.

And it has SPF 30 so YAAAAAAY.

So yup! That's all I got. :3

I'm really excited to try it all out. :D

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Michael Todd Jojoba Charcoal Facial Scrub Review!!!

Hey everyone!!!

Today I'm going to be reviewing the Michael Todd Jojoba Charcoal Facial Scrub!! I received this in my august Ipsy bag and was extremely excited for this product after hearing multiple people rave about it for months.

Gotta love the shower cap I used for a background. :p

Anyways! I got a trial sized tube to try out. I'm never home on weekends, so this is nice to bring with me when I go.

But onto the actual product!

The actual product looks like poop. I'm not even kidding.

I had another scrub, Dark Angels from Lush that was close to this. So I was a little turned off because I thought they would smell similar, but thank goodness they didn't!

The smell is hard to describe, but it's different, in a good way!!

When I use this, I just put a large pea sized amount on my fingers then rub it between my hands and apply it all over my face and neck after using a cleanser.

I'm used to using extremely abrasive scrubs, so when I first tried this and realized it was extremely gentle, I was turned off, yet again.

I kept massaging this into my skin for a good minute until rinsing it off.

AND OH MY HOLY PICKLES. My skin felt so clean and smooth afterwards! It never feels that smooth!

When I first used this, I tried using it every other day just to use it sparingly. But nope.

My skin felt so amazing afterwards that I've been using it every single day.

If you take nothing else but this from this post, THIS IS AN AMAZING PRODUCT.

Haha and no, they didn't pay me to say that. But this is honestly the best product I've ever used for my face.

My skin has cleared up a lot since using this, so I finally decided to bite the bullet and look at the price online.

I was expecting this to be extremely expensive. For absolutely no reason, I seriously thought it was a $60 product.

Nope. It's only $18! Which is still pricy in my opinion for a facial scrub, but when it works this amazing, it's definitely worth it.

Okay this review was basically all over...

ANYWAYS.

Overall, I would rate this a perfect 10/10.

Usually I can find something wrong with a product. The packaging. The way it looks/smells/tastes/exists.

Nope.

10/10

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Ipsy Glambag: September 2013!!!

Hey everyone!!!

Today I finally got my Ipsy bag. I usually receive it on the 15th of each month, but since that was a Sunday, I got it today! And honestly, I was kind of disappointed with it. I feel like I got the lamest things in mine.

Just an overview of what I got. Plus junk mail in the top corner. :p

The bag this month, I actually like it. I never use the bags because I have an adorable panda makeup bag for smaller trips, and a huge train case for traveling. But this one just feels better, and not super stiff like my past ones.

Plus the design is pretty cute. My others all have Ipsy written on them. Not that it's a problem, but I like this better.

The first thing they actually gave that I wasn't expecting at all, is a sample of an EM palette. I didn't open it really to look because I didn't want the products to dry out, but there's a blush and some eyeshadow colours. I thought this was actually kind of cool!

Maybe they'll include these in the next few bags to help sell?

Oops. I took a sideways picture and didn't flip it.

But this is probably the item I was most excited for; the It's So B!G mascara. I love getting mascaras to try, and have become a huge mascara junkie recently.

I opened it after taking the picture and it seems kinda goopy? I guess we'll see how it works though. :3

The next thing I pulled from the bag was the NYX single Eyeshadow.

The one I got was in the shade Velvet Suede. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it's a really light sky blue colour with glitter in it. I usually don't wear glittery colours, and the only time I've worn blue eyeshadow was for a wedding. But this is a really light colour, so I'm hoping it won't be too extreme.

The next item is the Cailyn tinted lip balm. I look for a shade, but of course, I'm horribly blind and didn't see one.

I actually like the packaging though. I thought this would be something I'd have to stick my finger in and just ugh. But it has a brush in the handle! It's pretty cute.

I'm actually excited to try this.

The next item sent was the Victoria Jackson Taupe Eyebrow Pencil.

Oh no.

I've never used an eyebrow pencil or anything in that style before. I have pretty big eyebrows naturally, so I just pluck them every so often to keep them tamed. I did open this to see the colour on the back of my hand, and it's too light anyways.

I'll most likely be giving this away to a friend.

And the final product I got was the Starlooks eye pencil. I believe I got the colour Obsidian. I swatched this and touched up my eyeliner with it too, to see how it's going to hold.

I like the colour though. I'm usually not a fan of pencil eyeliners anymore, but we'll see.

Overall, this bag was just okay. There were other items I really would have preferred, but I guess it's not a big deal. I just had high expectations from my last bag probably.

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Precision Blending Sponge Review!!!

Hey everyone!!!

Today I'm going to be reviewing the Precision Blending Sponge! I bought this a while ago from my work after seeing multiple people rave about the beauty blender. I knew coming into it, it wouldn't be the exact same, but would give me an idea.

I only paid $5 for this, so it wasn't too expensive.

Basically, before each use, you have to wet it so it doesn't absorb the product, and plus it just feels better. And after each use, you have to rinse it out too.

Right away, I hated that. I do my makeup in my bedroom, not my bathroom. It was just a big pain to have to run to another room.

Another thing I wasn't a big fan of, was that it stained from the foundation and what not. I used it more recently for some blush I got, and it was horrible.

As for blending my makeup and applying it, it was alright, but it took way too much time. I prefer either using my hands, depending on the foundation, or using a stippling brush.

I found it gave my makeup a dewy effect as well. I'm oily enough without this, so this didn't do anything for me.

I honestly have nothing good to say about this applicator.

I would rate it a 1/10.

Props for at least being a cute colour I guess.

Maybe for some people this would work, but for myself, horrible.

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Lush Herbalism Face Cleanser Review!!!

Hey everyone!!!

I'm going to be reviewing the Herbalism Face Cleanser from Lush this time, which they gave me as a sample last time I went into Lush.

Previously, I've tried the Dark Angels face cleanser and actually really liked it!

They told me this would be good for my acne prone skin, and the girl told me it was her favourite thing from the store. Most people tell me their favourite is Ocean Salt, so when she said hers was this, I thought it must be good!

They gave it to me in just the standard little black pot. They usually don't hold more than a weeks worth of samples, depending how often you use the product.

Upon opening it, you can obviously tell it's green. Duh.

It also has a weird texture. I guess I was too used to the Dark Angels, so the texture put me off. It reminds me of some nasty baby food.

AND THE SMELL.

It smells like baby food too. I can't stand the smell, but it's not strong enough to make me gag at least.

So that's a plus. Kinda.

One thing I hate about the samples is that they don't have expiration dates or directions on how to use them. But I figured I would just add a little water after I pinched out a small amount and mix it together to make a paste, again like Dark Angels.

Nope. It felt so weird and was really hard to spread all over my face.

It's really crumbly, with or without water.

I added some with water here, and rubbed it in, but it just clumps up and insists on staying in a glob.

But it's weird.

I hate the smell. I hate the way it goes on my skin.

But I love the finished product. It's enough to be a cleanser and a scrub for me, which is awesome. But because of the texture, it leaves my skin feeling really soft, which is what I aim for.

I don't use this sample every day, so I don't know how it works as a daily cleanser. But I do like what I've tried so far.

The verdict!

I rate it a 6/10.

The smell and texture bother me SO much. But it does work.

I feel like maybe if I had a proper batch of it, it might work better for me.

I'll definitely be purchasing this sometime in the future once I've used up my many cleansers and scrubs.

I hope you all liked this product, and found it helpful. :3

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