Atlanta Nail Meetup & Shopping/Haul

Hey y'all!  So last weekend I had the fortunate opportunity to meet up with some local polish addicts, IGers, nail tech's, and a polish maker.  We went out for lunch & then did some shopping.  A great time was had by all and I have pics to share!

To start off with, we met up at a Vietnamese restaurant specializing in Pho.  I wanted something light and easy so I went with the steamed shrimp & pork spring rolls.  They were so yummy, but I couldn't eat BOTH of them. 

We ate, talked, and had some fun.  Also, there were a few giveaways and games.  So, yanno that was interesting.  Lets just say trying to find your first Instagram post when you have over 1700 is pretty difficult. 

Then, of course we had to go SHOPPING.  There were so many of us walking around that I only got one good shot of the stock. Dionne from Glittery Fingers & Sparkling Toes was shopping with me & we both went a little nuts. We kept getting our carts stuck & ramming into each other.  SO much fun.  Also, it helped me that she'd been there before so she showed me around.

 This was my haul, which I'll have everything listed from it down in the post.  I'll just say there were only 2-3 of us who needed a box like this.  #polishaddictproblems

 Then, when we all finished, we HAD to take a group nail shot.  If you saw yesterdays post, you'll know which hand is mine. :D

This is everything I got for myself...

From our destash swap:
- Orly Fowl Play
- Rainbow Honey Pink Cloud
- Jindie Nails - K.I.S.S.
- A England Dragon

From Fefe of Shop Eighty4:
- Candy(not pictured because I shared it)
- Wet N Wild Putting On Airs
- Eighty4 Liquid Lipstick in Chelease

SHOPPING:
- 2 pairs of Black Pedi Socks
- #14 Kolinski Brush

China Glaze:
- Sun Of A Peach, Surfin For Boys, Flip Flop Fantasy
- Keepin' It Teal, Fairy Dust, Choo-Choo Choose You

OPI:
- Coca-Cola Red

Orly:
- Sparkling Garbage x2

Color Club:
- Call Of The Disco Ball/ The Uptown
- Hot-Hot-Hot Pants/ Foxy Mama
- Not-So-Mellow Yellow / Peace, Love, & Polish

Of course I picked up a few back-ups and some stuff I've always wanted but didn't get.  I figured while I was getting a deal I might as well.

Also, I picked up the Color Club Poptastic Pastel Neon collection for a friend & boxed them up for her.

All in all it was a great day.  Even with the traffic in and around Atlanta on my way there.  This is honestly the most polish I've bought in a LONG time, and I felt kinda guilty.  Then I reminded myself that some of it was for a friend, some was for my giveaway stash, and I needed to treat myself because I've not been doing that at all lately. 

Now that my swatch basket is getting full I must get down to business.  What can't you wait to see?

Birthday Stuffs

I didn't really advertise it, but this past Friday was my birthday.  It was kind of a chill weekend spent with some friends and a little bit of shopping.  If you follow me on Instagram, you may or may not have already seen some of these pics.

Thursday I had to go ahead & do the dreaded "renewing of the license".  Thankfully it was quite painless since new state laws requiring tons of paperwork.  I've never had a name change, so I didn't have to bring a lot with me.  After that, I stopped by Target & Sally's and picked up a few things. 



I was totally out of stuff to color my hair with and wanted to try a few other things.  I was also lucky enough to snag Orly Sparkling Garbage off the clearance rack at Sally's.

I also received my very first Ipsy bag, which I'll do a separate post/review/thoughts on later.
Friday morning I woke up to my kiddo running in to tell me Happy Birthday before he left for school.  Since I had no plans, I showered and stayed in jammies ALL DAY LONG.  Just because I could.

Later that evening, I did my nails then I was summoned to my neighbors house for gifts from them, which were unexpected and WONDERFUL.  I couldn't believe she sneaked Krispy Kreme's into her house without my seeing or even smelling when I went over earlier in the afternoon.



It was a very chill day.  So, Saturday the kiddo went and picked out a present for me while I was using one of my Ulta GC's above.  He got me a pillow pet, and I picked out some NYX goodies....the lipliner I got wasn't pictured, but I got Hot Red.



Saturday night I went out with some friends for a few drinks & my friend Amanda gave me a depot of her Sugarpill Asteria.

It's SOOOOO PRETTY!!!!

Then Sunday I went to Michaels and got some crafting scissors for tape/nail art and some brush soap for my makeup brushes.(forgot to take pics)

Now here's some quick pics of my nails.  Please ignore the growth as I did them Friday and forgot to take pics until now(with my phone).  I did one coat of OPI Fly and 1 coat of Orly Sparkling Garbage. 

I definitely plan to find a backup of Sparkling Garbage. 

I also received some sample baggies of shadows from MakeUp Zombie aka Wendi, and forgot to take a picture of those.  They're so pretty too. 

Like I said, it was a pretty chill weekend.  I did get some monies, which I used to purchase some of the items above & the rest I'm saving for Black Friday sales.  I do have some Candii Blossom Cosmetics shadows on order too since they already have their sale going on. 

What I Got For Christmas

I totally meant to get this up sooner, but I've been dealing with the boys having the flu.  Now I've got a LOT to catch up on and things to do, including cleaning EVERYTHING!!!

To say I need some rest & relaxation time is an understatement.  Unfortunately, because the boys were sick, we had to cancel Christmas with our families & spent 3.5 hours at a childrens urgent care center for the kiddo 2 days before Christmas.  We did have plenty of fun at home & my dad came up Christmas day.  I cooked a last minute meal and we just chilled for several days. 

If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already seen these pictures....but I took a video too while I was clearing out my stocking.  We opened non-Santa gifts on Christmas Eve.

 My new hair dryer from Sally's.  It's the Ion brand, and you can find the link HERE. 

Just a few of the kiddo's gifts....

Santa made the kiddo a Lego table using some 10"x10" base plates from the Lego store, a Lack table from IKEA, and gorilla glue.  He absolutely LOVES it.  And the table is light enough that he can move it himself.  

I was lucky enough to snag him this Spiderman Collectors Edition version of Monopoly on Amazon for around $12 during their Lightning Deals before Christmas. 

Now to pictures of my stuff from Santa....

This is my stuff, minus the drinks. 

A better shot of the make-up stuff.

Here's the video.  I don't sound surprised because, well, I bought everything myself.  Even the hair dryer from the SO.  Luckily, I got a lot of things on sale, with a discount, or using gift cards.  I won't say how much I paid for the Naked Palette.....but it was less than the Basics Palette.  Keep in mind that this was taken at like 6am and I had 3 hours of sleep the night before dealing with a sick child, so I sound like total crapola.  

 

Now a list of what was in there:

2- ELF Studio Contour Brushes (for eyeshadow...Target had very few brushes left)

ELF Complexion Brush (I really need to get more ELF brushes)

Softlips in Jack Frosting...I'm obsessed with this stuff. (Target)

Urban Decay Shadow Single in Perversion (Urbandecay.com)

LA Cross cuticle nippers (Five Below)

Urban Decay BB Cream sample (Urbandecay.com)

Urban Decay Naked Basics palette (Urbandecay.com)

Urban Decay Naked Palette (Sephora.com)

Urban Decay Lip Love in Stung (Urbandecay.com)

Snowman polish in red & green glitter (Rite Aid)

Jordana Magenta Magic (KMart)

Essence Alice Had A Vision Again (Ulta)

Essence Jacob's Protection (Ulta)

Girly Bits - Hulk Smash (Llarowe)

Magic Mike DVD (Amazon)

Touchscreen gloves (Five Below)

Dove Dark Chocolate (Target)

Slim Jims (Kroger)

Shower poofy (Five Below)

UGA Duck ornament (Five Below)

Leopard Print card wallet (Five Below)

gum (Five Below)

I still don't have everything yet, seeing as how we haven't seen anyone else, but I'll post pics on Instagram once I get more.

What did you get?  What was your favorite gift?

EPIC FAIL by E.L.F.

I think I posted the day I placed my last order with E.L.F. a pic of the 50% order I placed and was uber excited about.  

 Today I checked my mail and was like a kid in a candy store, as I am when I get anything in the mail.  I ran inside and ripped open the package.  Then disappointment hit.  I only had 3 of the 8 items.  

I figured there was some mistake because I wasn't notified by email that there was any backorder and not only did my shipping email say the entire order shipped, but the website said the entire order shipped.  Then I look at the packing slip.  Enlarge the pic to see what it says.

I have a few problems with this......

• I was not notified anything was backordered only that the entire order shipped.  
• I was charged the full amount for this order.  The $15.95 that the first pic shows. 
• The website does not say these are out of stock.
• IF I were to re-order, I'd have to pay full price AND an additional $6.95 shipping.

I know that 50% off is a good deal, and that's not what my complaint is.  I only placed this order because the primers were included in the 50% off.  Yeah, I know that $1 isn't much to pay for a primer, but who wouldn't jump at the chance to get it for half off???   PLUS, why would I want just 3 items at half off when I had to pay more for shipping than the items themselves???

I sent an email to them and I'm awaiting a response.  Hopefully they'll make me happy.  I would not be nice to them over the phone if I called, plus I'm dealing with my kiddo and a sick other half.  

I can say I went ahead & opened the milk & honey body butter.  I am LOVING the smell.  I'll most likely use it for my hands since every other body lotion I have is really thin and doesn't moisturize my hands very well.  I got a giggle when I looked at the fail on the bottom of the tub though.  Look where it says "Daily Beauty Therapy".

TOODLES Y'ALL!!