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Thursday 16 April 2009

A swap package for me ^_^! Way earlier than I expected - and with extras! Am I lucky or what XD?

Important Note 1: I will be sending all swaps etc. next week at the earliest :( - I'm really sorry about this, but everything's closing down for a quite extended Easter break and there's nothing I can do about it >:-). I hope this doesn't cause too much trouble for anyone. Thank you ^_^!

Important Note 2: I'm a finalist in a contest, YAY :D!!! Please go here and vote for me :) if you liked my pin-up & biker looks ;D - of course, if you like someone else's look more, feel free to vote for them :-P >:-).

This time, shipping from Canada to Greece only took a week...How on earth did that happen?
I'm not complaining XD, but had I known it would arrive this soon, I would've sent my part of the swap out earlier...And now I can't and I'm making a lovely sweet person wait :(. That doesn't make me happy >:-/...I'll try to find some nice extras to make up for it though ^_^ ;D.

Anyway, here is what I expected to receive:
*One bottle of OPI Russian Navy. (Yes, she bought me one, even though it was not her fault that the first one shattered - she didn't have to! And yet she did it ^_^.)
*2 MAC Hello Kitty lipsticks in Fashion Mews and Strayin'.

Which is extraordinary in itself - I mean, if you'd found the 2 loveliest lipsticks from MAC Hello Kitty, which also happen to be extremely hard to track down >:-D, would you:

*Freaking keep them XD
or
*Swap them away to a girl you barely knew from blogging - and who lives on another continent >:-).

Hmmm?

[She chose the latter. I still can't quite believe that. Thank you Sarah :).]

And here is what I actually received...

*The stuff I expected :). The nail polish was wrapped in loads of bubbles XD, and so were the lipsticks, lol - to make sure nothing'd break. Nothing did :).

*2 little pots for me to fill with the Kitty pigments for her - I did & will include them in my next package ;).

*Hello Kitty band-aids and a Hello Kitty key head XD! In my favourite colour ^_^! That was so unexpected, I had no idea there'd be extras, and certainly not Hello Kitty ones :)! Wow :D.

*A rather sweet note :). Wishing me a happy birthday ^_^! (I guess we both miscalculated the shipping time on this one, lol.)

*A sample bag of Buff'd Cosmetics mineral eye shadow in Chestnut (this was hidden in the Hello Kitty box XD). Eye shadow ^_^! A mineral one! From a Canadian brand ;D! In a reddish colour! This is such a perfectly selected sample for me :D!

I know I sound freaking ecstatic about this swap...I am :). That package made my whole day :). Thank you. Did I mention THANK YOU ^_^? Lol XD.

Close-ups ^_^:

Strayin' on the left, Fashion Mews on the right ;) :). Not swatching them or using them until Sarah receives hers though :-P. (I shouldn't have opened them either, but in my excitement I forgot - I'm sorry.)

I have swatches of something else though...My Kitty pigments :). I thought I might as well make swatches with the tiny bits of pigment left over on the spatulas ;D.

Left: Milk. Right: Deep Blue Green.

[Please note that I only do pigment samples for close blog friends - I hope you understand & won't hate me for that :).]

Deep Blue Green would be amazing drama on the eyes...And Milk is so luminous - I'm thinking of trying it on top of Fashion Mews some day in the future ;). I'm so satisfied with both :), very happy that Deep Blue Green is Pro permanent :D, and kinda sad that Milk isn't :(...But I'm sure MAC will repromote this luminous colour in the future, 'cause it's just too lovely to fade into obscurity ^_^.

Sarah, thanks again for an amazing swap :). Everyone else - here's her swap/sale blog if you'd like to swap with her or shop there. Highly recommended by me ;D.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering what I'm sending her...2 Hello Kitty TLCs, Hello Kitty pigment samples, the Blushing Coral & Scarlett lipsticks from my Swap Sale :), 2 Bourjois blushes and some Korres products I'll buy for her ;). (This is part of a way larger swap - when I receive the next package, you won't believe how generous she is, trust me.) And I'll have to come up with some really good extras or I'll feel guilty :-P.

Thanks for reading, everyone :) - don't forget to VOTE FOR ME :-P!!! Pretty please ^_^, lol.

P.S. Many thanks to Vonnie for sending me high-quality scans of the NYX catalogue :). (Yes, I'm weird and like that kind of stuff XD.)

14 comments:

fuzkittie said...

Nice swap!! I'll vote for you! :]

AskMeWhats said...

Those are wonderful goodies Enjoy!!!!

Marietta said...

Are you in Greece too?Girl you should put some details around, I wouldn't know! :D Where from exactly?And yes one week it's amazing time! Mine took one week too from NY!

Marietta said...

Oh and good luck with the contest!

Jem said...

well,i have to say that you are lucky!

those are nice!
^_^

ami said...

VOTED!

✿Ji✿ said...

Awww good luck with the contest!♥
And such a cute swap!^^

Thank you for your sweet comment!♥
I´m already feeling better now.^^

mszcheysser said...

Nice swap! I love the goodies. (:

You live in Greece? Eek. You should take some pictures of your environment.

And yay, I shall vote for you!

Jasmin said...

Love the swap stuff ! so cute.. have a great weekend !

Crystal said...

this is a nice swap! great goodies! who doesn't love hello kitty?

♡ Nic Nic ♡ said...

awesome swap with Sarah!!

Cris said...

Thank you for the comments ^_^! And the good luck wishes - I hope you voted for me though :-P.

Marietta, I'm in Athens :). I'm not Greek though (don't ask, it's complicated & I prefer not to get into it), I just live here at this point in time ;).

Everyone loves Hello Kitty :-P ^_^...And I'll take pictures when I buy myself a new phone (with a good camera). I don't know when that'll happen >:-). I still have my old Z1010 to use as a phone though, so don't worry about me ;D.

Bijin Blair said...

Nice swap! Sarah is such a doll!

Tiff said...

Deep Blue Green would make a hot smokey eye! It's beautiful. Good luck in the contest :).