MAJOR Update... *pic heavy*

Once again, sorry for neglecting! Ive been so busy not to mention emotionally drained lately, this past month has been filled with so many highs and lows!


Other things that Ive done this past month were get a kitty, and visited family in Seattle, but instead of writing, heres my pic update :)

Meet Marley - My new babygirl :)

 She looks like Neytiri from avatar huh? LOL

My sister and I going to the ballet

My nephew Easton - He is the CUTEST!!!!!!

 I love this little boy

 Believe it or not, we are first cousins. No one ever guesses shes half-filipino and I am part Irish. Isnt she gorgeous though???

 This is my cousin Sam, shes a beauty herself :)

 My cousin Bryce and another one of my beautiful cousins Rachel :) Its funny when we all go out, no one thinks we're all related!

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 I have a MILLION pictures of this lil one. I miss him so much!

Me and my cousin Bryce who is 6 years younger than I am...everyone on my moms side is tall - except me :(

He loves the camera!

 My first time shooting! all the shots at the bottom were my uncle's test shots so we could hear how loud it was gonna be..the cluster in the bullseye - all me! 

we shot these and an ak. At first I didnt want to cuz it was soooo loud! but I did anyway and it felt goood haha

...and more pics of my nephew!!! I cant get enough of this guy

 "how you doin?"

Well thats all, now Im off to take some pics of my hauls/swatches!

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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!!! ♥

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