My first International swap

I'm going to apologize in advance, I didn't take any pictures with my digital camera.  I used my cell phone instead as I was spending time with my family watching movies and didn't want to forget to take pictures.

Several months ago I saw the press release for the Essence Vampire's Love collection.  I commented on the post another blogger made, and she instantly offered to get them for me if she was able to find 2 sets (one for her & one for myself).  In the states, we rarely get the collections and if we do, you can usually only find 2-3 of them.  Lalica at Nails For Fun said they would be releasing in November.  I knew that would be perfect.  Not only was my birthday in November, but I knew I'd have some birthday money to fund the swap.

We didn't set any limit, but pretty much guessed.  I offered some that I already had and looked at her wishlist so I could add more, and try to get as many of the US polishes as I could off her list and I had a blast doing it.  I'm totally a giver and love getting things for people that I know they want.

You can click HERE to see what I got for her.  I was surprised when my package arrived before hers did....AND it got here on Christmas Eve.  It was like a bonus present.  I opened the bubble mailer to this....

Isn't that box too cute?  Imma keep it forever!

The polishes and these yummy Ki-Ki candies.  They're like apple flavored Starburst.

Now to the polishes......again, I apologize for the cell pic.

The polishes are (L to R):  Top Row- Flormar U08, S-he Stylezone 437, Essence Fairytale 04 Humpty Dumpty, & Flormar U18.  Bottom Row - Essence Vampire's Love - 02 Into The Dark, 04 The Dawn Is Broken, 01 Gold Old Buffy, 05 Hunt Me If You Can, & 03 True Love.

And if all that weren't enough, I got this pretty ring.  not sure which polish it is, but it's adorbs.

Lol, yes I was in my Guinness jammies.

I have these in my bucket of polishes to swatch & try.  I've already worn Flormar U08, with Finger Paints Motley over it, and loved it.  I'll be doing that again once I swatch everything.  I really can't wait to try that S-he, because it looks so much more brown in the bottle, but red in the picture.

TOODLES Y'ALL!!!