I won an international giveaway!

Hey lovelies!

Last March, I won an international giveaway from Charlotte Evans of carlottasbeautyspot.blogspot.com! When I read about her giveaway on her blog, I knew that I needed to join because she was giving away MUA and Sleek cosmetics. Well, these brands are not readily available here in the Philippines and I really wanted to try these products. Imagine my reaction when I found out that I won! Haha.

Charlotte shipped the parcel on the last week of March but I just claimed it last Monday. Apparently, the parcel arrived in the Philippines last April 2 and the post office sent me a notice dated April 4 asking me to pick up the parcel. But I only saw the notice last May 4! I got so frustrated because our house help didn't inform me about this notice. I got even more frustrated (and sad) when the notice said that I should claim the parcel within 30 days or else the parcel will be returned to sender or disposed! I took my chances and went to the post office to claim the parcel with the hope that it hasn't been disposed off yet. I was so happy when the post office personnel just gave me my parcel without any hassle! Whew!

Now, that was a long intro. Haha. So, here are the stuff that I got:

My parcel! I was so happy when this was handed to me. I have never received anything from someone abroad before! :)

Inside my parcel was this gorgeous Marilyn Monroe greeting card. And it says...

"Congratulations! Thank you for entering and I hope you like everything!! Lots of love, Charlotte"

The contents of my parcel!!!

MUA Heaven and Earth Palette! It was love at first sight! Sigh..

MUA single eyeshadow in Shade 30 - Pearl!

MUA Lipsticks in Shades No. 7, 1 and 3! New additions to my collection!

Sleek Eyeshadow Palette The Original! This palette is a dream come true!

Sleek blush in Flamingo!

Once again, I would like to thank Charlotte for this awesome giveaway! I hope you do more giveaways soon so that other bloggers may have the chance to win awesome prices as well!

Please visit her blog at carlottasbeautyspot.blogspot.com or follow her on Twitter @cevanslondon86.

I can't wait to use these products and blog about them soon! I promise to post swatches really soon!

Till my next blog post!

Xoxo,

G <3

What's in my makeup bag?

Hey lovelies!

This post has long been overdue! I have been planning to write this post for a very long time already. But, I somehow didn't get around to writing it. I know some are curious about "What's in my make up bag" so I decided to show my readers through this post.

This is my make up bag. It was a Christmas gift from one of my friends from the office. It's size is okay because  it generally fits my daily make up and it fits very well in my purse too!

In my make up bag, I always carry a (1) compact mirror, (2) a number of hair ties for when I want to put my hair in a ponytail, (3) hair gloss, (4) toothpaste and (5) a toothbrush. 

For face products, I always carry my (1) L.A. Colors Bronzer (I love this!), (2) Snoe Beauty Four Seasons Blush Palette and (3) my L.A. Colors Face Powder. I love Snoe Beauty's Four Seasons Blush Palette because it comes in compact palette of 4 blush shades! Savvy eh?! 

I also carry (1) a black and brown eyeliner, (2) stick concealer, (3) liquid concealer, (4) my Snoe Beauty Beso Balm which I have reviewed here, (5) L.A. Colors Mascara, (6) lipsticks ( a nude one and a bright one), and (7) a lip brush).

There goes the contents of my make up bag! Please comment below and let me know what's in your make up bag!

Till my next blog post!

Xoxo,

G <3

NOTW: Glitter Explosion!

Hey lovelies!

I haven't done a "Nails of the Week" (NOTW) post in ages! So here's one now.

I call this Glitter Explosion because the glitters are just all over the place. Haha. I am not really a fan of glittery nails. I'm more of a solid nail polish color kind of girl. But, I was just experimenting with this nail look and I love how it turned out!

I used Caress Nail Polish's Cyclamen Pink as my base. I applied 2 coats of these on my nails before applying the glitter. (Sorry for the poor background and lighting. I shot this over my bed. You can see the sheets and my neck pillow on the background. Haha.)

For the glitter nail polish, I used this silver glittery polish from Etude House. The glitters are just plain silver, which I actually love! 

I hope you guys liked my NOTW. If you guys are into glitter nail polishes or nail polishes in general, please comment below and let's have a chat about it! ;)

Till my next blog post!

Xoxo,

G <3