Christmas Unboxed

I know this post may be late but Merry Christmas anyways. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I had a very weird but alright Chr:istmas this year. This year I spoiled my mom and my family but this year it was focused on my mom. She deserved everything we gave her. She's my backbone and my lifeline.

For those of you who don't know me personally, I have two jobs and I work seven days a week so I don't have much time to do anything. But I got up at 8 am and I did what I had to do. I went to several stores and picked up everything for everyone on my list this year. Let's say my hands were about to fall off. I had a lot of bags and they were pretty heavy for one person to carry by themselves.

I was pretty satisfied with everything I got for everyone. Shopping for everyone was pretty easy actually. My mom likes simple stuff and things for the house and I got her things along that line with a card and money . My dad got clothes and money, my sister got slippers, a bath bomb, and a big teddy bear. My brother got an Ed Hardy set with a body wash. I also treated myself with a pair of new sneakers, make up from bh cosmetics and Face washes and what not. (I'll be doing another post with those items and their reviews.) I am in love with my makeup and I cannot wait to play around with everything and create new looks. 

The things I treated myself to was:

1) The Make It Pop Steal which includes Pop Art Color Extreme : 24 Color Pressed Pigment, 10 pc Pop Art Brush Set + a Free Surprise gift! All of that was only $17.95
2) The Eye Essential Steal: Smokey Eyes - 28 Color Eyeshadow Palette + Essential Eyes - 28 Color Eyeshadow Palette + Eye Essential - 7 Piece Brush Set. And that cost $18.95  

In order to get free shipping I had to spend $50 I believe and that's what I did. I also added a brush cleaner, color lock long lasting matte lipstick; they were buy 2 get 1 free. So I got them in Seduction, which is a dark red, Dark Rose, which is a brighter red, and Blushing, which is a bright nude color.

I was super excited to open my package when it came the day before Christmas but I had to wait til midnight to open them. This was the first time I ordered from BH Cosmetics. I heard many good comments and reviews about this company and I thought It was time to give them a try.

The last thing I got myself was a workout shoes from Champion. Its green, black, and white. Its pretty and very comfortable.

My Best Friend got me 2 palettes from BH Cosmetics and lets say I loveeee my best friend. I already had too many nude palettes so she got me 2 palettes with many different colors. It was the First and Second edition 120 eyeshadow palette. So 240 eyeshadow colors to choose from. What more can a girl ask for right? I have yet to play with these beautiful colors.

My parents got me a fitbit charge watch in black, which monitors your steps, sleep, its also an alarm clock, and it measures how far you walk throughout the day. The great thing is that it is black and it works with my phone, the Galaxy 6 Edge +. My mom also surprised me with two face blenders. They are so cute and they will make things so much easier when I apply my foundation and concealer.  


My neighbor bought me a black Polaroid camera, film, and a carrying case. I'm in love with this and its something I've always wanted.

This Christmas was a very simple one and I was very happy to spoil my mom as well as my family. I'm so thankful for everything my family has done for me not only in the past year but for my entire life. They mean everything to me and I am glad I was able to spend another Christmas with them by my side.    

I almost forgot that my coworker Destiny, gave me Two Faced Most Loved set. I fell in love honestly. I never owned any products from Too Faced, so this was something I was not expecting. I can't wait to play around with these beauties! This awesome set includes Hangover Face Primer, Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer, Shadow Insurance Eye Shadow Primer, Better Than Sex Mascara, and Melted Long Wear Lipstick.  

April, another awesome coworker gave my a Sephora makeup bag, to make things even better - she stuffed it with samples. The samples included Urban Decay's setting spray, Stella's sample perfume, Lancome excessive Black mascara sample size, NARS Audacious Mascara, Sephora's oil infusion Lipgloss/Stain, Hairdresser's invisible oil, Glamglow Daily hydrating cleanser, and finally Jack Black Intensive Therapy Lip Balm. As for these I have not tried them out. 

Make up Haul #1

Hello and welcome back to my blog! For those of you who know me or have sent my Instagram, facebook, and/or snapchat, then you know that I have become more addicted to makeup. So for those of you who haven't seen anything well now you know.

I never did cyber Monday before so this year since I was working more I though maybe I'd give it a shot and I did and I regret nothing. I was looking into shopping for makeup online and I received an email from Eyes Lips and Face (elf) and they were holding a half off everything sale and to get free shipping you had to spend $35. First I was like should I do or not? I put stuff in my cart and then I left. I was debating whether or not I should do this. So the next day I put everything in my cart and I put the code in and my cart total ($35) was cut in half ($17.50). This meant I had to add more items to my cart. It literally took me the whole day to figure out what I wanted. When I finally was able to get back up to $35 I was panicking and I was having an anxiety attack.

I'm a person who doesn't like to spend too much money. I like saving up. So when I was checking out my heart was pounding in my head. The total was $38.50, this includes the sale tax on the items. Plus if I spend too much my Fiancée always gives me a lecture. But after I did this I was super excited to get my package.

I received an email saying my items were shipped days later and last night I was blabbing to my Fiancée about it and this morning I woke up to my beautiful package. I literally did a happy dance.

I ran into my room and started snapchatting it to my friends. Once I opened it I fell in love even more. I only had a few items of elf cosmetics and ever since getting these items I'm more in love. I didn't even want to open anything, they looked so perfect.

Here are the list of items I ordered. *My computer wont let me upload anymore pictures but in a future post I will be posting individual pictures.

- Eye Enhancing Mascara Black Diamond
- Makeup Lock & Seal - Clear
- Makeup Remover Pen - Clear
- Blending Eye Brush
- Volumizing Mascara - Black
-  Endless Eyes Pro Mini Eyeshadow Pallette Limited Edition
- Under Eye Concealer & Highlighter - Glow / Fair
- Shadow Lock Eyelid Primer Pearl
- Waterproof Eyeliner Pen - Black
- Esstianal Lip Stain - Hot Tamale
- Esstianal Lip Stain - Berry Blush
- Lip Primer & Plumper - Clear / Natural
- Kiss It Goodbye Lip Color Remover - Clear
- Cream Eyeliner - Black
- Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 - Ivory
- Endless Eyes Pro Mini Eyeshadow Pallette Limited Edition
- Acne Fighting Foundation - Ivory
- Shimmer with Brush - Pink
- EX-tra Lip Gloss - Brett
- Poreless Face Primer

They forgot one item and I was disappointed sadly enough.

But that's it for now and ill be doing a review of each item in another post.

Thanks again for reading.

Book Review # 5 - E. L James - "Grey"

For those of you who don't know about this book, it is the fourth book in the Fifty Shades Of Grey series. This was written in Christian Grey's point of view of fifty shades. I was pretty excited when I saw this in Barnes and Noble. I immediately wanted to sit down and read it. The cover aline grabbed my attention. It was up close shot of a man's eyes.

I don't know if I'm the only one who loves the look and feel of new books but I wanted to buy it and just keep it for my collection. Grey was a thick soft covered book that made me so happy to hold.

While I was reading the book I received many negative comments toward the books which didn't bother me much. It was pretty annoying but I didn't let it bother me. Some comments included how crappy the writing was and how I'm reading a smut book. Personally I got over the fact that it wasn't written to perfection. I personally enjoyed reading all the books. I thought the story line and plot was interesting and it kept me reading it.

I have received many negative comments/feedbacks about the Fifty Shades Of Grey book series. Yes, it could have been written better grammatically but regardless I really enjoyed reading this book. I couldn't put it down, I read it whenever I could.

I'm not usually a person to read much of romance and actually enjoying it. The Fifty Shades Of Grey series was more than romance it was erotic, which made things easier to read to and relate to (not what you guys think). The emotions running not only in Grey but all the books made me feel what Anastasia was feeling.

This book made everything clearer and made everything make sense. In the three other books it was in Ana's view point so we didn't get the reasoning behind Grey's actions or choices. But with this book in his perspectives we were able to understand his reasoning for a lot of things. I loved reading the first couple of pages because it showed his attraction to Ana right away. Even though he wanted her as a submissive, the feeling of being protective and wanting to be with her made me melt.

The series reminds me of another erotic series similar to Fifty Shades. The Crossfire series is by Sylvia Day and It's about a girl who lands a job in a multi million dollar company working and earning her living. She one day bumps into the owner of the company and is the richest man alive. From the first time they laid eyes on each other they became addicted and drawn to each other. These books are erotic but it's more romance than anything.

Personally I'd chose the crossfire series over the Fifty Shades Of Grey series. I just feel like the crossfire series was written better and has more realistic events. But if basing off everything else I like Fifty Shades Of Grey better for the erotic scenes.

Now for the rating, I would give Grey a 3.6 out 5 rating.