NYX Palette Review + Swatches, and update!

Hey Dolls!

Hope everyone is off to a wonderful start for the New Year! I spent New Years will a killer flu and just when I was about to get better, my guy caught it...even my little Mochi got sick! Luckily we're on the tail end of it now and should be back to %100 within the next couple days. You can bet I will be the first in line to get flu shots from now on!

Anyhoo, I went makeup crazy these past two weeks, partly because I got a gift certificate and some extra Christmas cash. I got a few things from MAC's Mickey Contractor Collection and few shadows from MAC's Peacocky collection, but Ill save that for the next post. This post will be about NYX's Champagne & Caviar palette. Ive been debating forever whether or not to get this palette because of my towering stash of neutral tone eye shadows but I finally gave in and so far, I don't regret it! I could see myself using every single shade. I already have the NYX Smokey Eyes Palette which you can see a post about that by clicking here. What I noticed is that the C&C (Champagne & Caviar) palette  feels a lot more sturdier, if you will, than the SEP (Smokey Eye Palette). The eye shadows in the SEP practically crumbled when swatched and the whole compact already broke after 3 uses. Perhaps I got a bad batch but I will still be keeping a close watch on this palette and will update in a couple weeks. Here id the breakdown of the palette:

NYX Eyeshadow Palette in Champagne & Caviar, $8.00
This palette comes with 10 neutral shimmer and matte shades ranging from a pure silky white to a matte dark gray. It also comes with a dual ended sponge applicator (but who uses those anyway?) and a mirror. Some of the shades may not show up well if you are medium skin toned like I but all are def usable. You can purchase the palette at cherryculture.com by clicking the above title

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Here is a pic of the rest of my haul...swatches and review to come soon!

And now for a couple of holiday pics :)

Me & my little Mochi :)

 A couple of pics at the ballet when I went to see The Nutcracker, it was amazing! I wish I took more pics

City Hall looks so festive, I love my city

 I have a HUGE family, and when I say HUGE, thats an understatement...We all agreed in my family that we would only buy gifts for each child and do a Kris Kringle to save some money, but with all the kids on both my parents sides, plus the kids in my mans family PLUS all my friends children, I spent nearly $1000! Anyhoo, I still wanted EVERYONE to have something to open so I made some sugared cranberries and cake pops and dressed them up in nice packaging :)

 Home Decor

 We bought an artificial tree and Walmart was having a sale on this nice one that rotated. I really didnt care much for the rotation but the tree was lovely and the price was right so we went for it

Home made dutch apple pie

♥ Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and thanks for reading!!! ♥