I've won another giveaway, yay ^_^! Plus some nail pics & New Acquisitions. Including a must have product under 5 $ - really.

Blogspot Beauty e-mailed me...To tell me that I'd won her contest :).

Well, that's about as good as 'welcome back to the blogosphere' can get, right XD? Thanks so much BB ^_^. Everyone else, do check out her blog ;).

Here are the nail pictures. I'll do a look as soon as I stop feeling like a dried out pancake.

So, Nails Inc Victoria:

I'd swapped for this one ages ago, can't believe I'm only posting it up now.

Well...It's an autumn kind of colour :-P? Not that I personally pick my looks like that, but many do ;).

Nails Inc Victoria topped (in retrospect & as visible on there, sort of clumsily - sorry!) with Icing by Claire's Signature Runway (black with red sparkles, pics minus the sparkles >:-D here).

Can you see the red glitter on this pic? It just won't show up >:-/. But for the record (if you're planning on getting the Claire's polish, and you probably should if you can 'cause it's cheap enough to take a chance on ;D), they are there. And they're most intense under electric light. I think that topping a chocolate colour with this would look like OPI Midnight In Moscow ;) :D.

Alas, I don't own a chocolate colour XD. But I love this combo too :) - and it's even prettier in real life 'cause one can >:-) see the glitter. I think I prefer this to wearing Signature Runway on its own, and I'll be wearing it again ;).

Wet & Wild Bijou Blue...

Blue is my favourite alternative (that is, not red, white, pink or nude) colour to wear on nails. I feared that I might hate this (I don't really like teal), but somehow, with my skin colour, it works :).

[Here's a proper review ;).]

I've also worn my Essie Flirty Girl, but was too lazy to photograph it >:-). Will do next time though ;D.

On to my new stuff :D. I love things :-P. You can probably guess that by now >:-).

First of all, here are some things I actually bought >:-D.

A sharpener for my concealer (in my favourite colour, of course :-P), and two Tigi Bed Head brushes :D. They're hot pink ;D, and have names. Whoever came up with that is brilliant :). I don't like it when products have numbers instead of names & there's no real reason for it to be different with brushes. The liner brush is called Fame, and the other one's called The Love Brush ;).

These cost me 6 Euros each. If you can get them for that price, do. If you can get them full price, do it anyway if you have the funds, 'cause these rule :-P.

So far, I've used Fame with my Kate silver gel liner. (My black liners work fine with the cheap liner brush the Jane one came with, but this one called for a better tool ;D.) It works wonderfully :). I love it ^_^. And I'm sure I'll also love The Love Brush when I get around to using that ;D.

And now (you probably knew this was coming...), here are some swaps :).

Swap 1 [France].

(For my Maybelline Line Stylist in Jade Flash, and a few extras.)

An eye & lip liner from The Body Shop, in Chocolate ^_^. Also samples of a Crabtree & Evelyn hand cream and something anti-ageing by Guerlain - swapped that one off.

Swap 2 [England, Kaleidoscope swapper].

(I got her an Oriflame Radiance Energy cream and Beauty Balm, and as usual, added lots of extras ^_^.)

Palettes galore :D...

Profusion 36 Glamour eye palette, Sleek palettes (finally got my hands on these) in Acid and Chaos (which is upside down on the pic >:-D), the ArtDeco Beauty Box I'd originally bought for her (with two eye shadows in it ^_^), Coty Puzzle perfume (50 ml), Bourjois Violet Absolut eye shadow, and a metallic blues palette by L.A. Colours as an extra :). It's beautiful ^_^!

That shiny thing on the bag's top right is a pore strip, it was an extra too XD.

More pics...

The Profusion palette is a must have. I mean it. And it's only a few dollars in the US >:-). So freaking unfair to us all in other countries, but at least I managed to get one through this swap :).

It's got a lot of lovely neutrals and enough smokes, but also a red, some greens, a lovely periwinkle blue...A wonderful variety of colours :). And guess what: these colours go on metallic if used wet, and many are duochromes :D. See that pale orange in the second row (second from left)? It reflects white ^_^. This is for a single colour out of a 3.99 $ palette that contains 36 of them. If you have access to it, get it now ;D.

Oh, and it has the best and largest mirror I've ever seen on a palette XD. If you have a hard time justifying this purchase, tell yourself it's for the mirror's sake - and once you try these amazing shadows, you won't have any more issues :-P ;).

That's Acid on the left and Chaos on the right.

Well, only the middle four shades in Acid are true neons :-/. But the other shades are pigmented anyway - and I suppose that them not being fluorescent will be seen as a good thing by most people XD.

As for the shades in Chaos, they remind me of clay XD. But they're really nice colours :). Look at that orange, it'll be great for autumn themed looks ;).

You can also see my two new ArtDeco shadows on that pic: 82 and 217. But since I have 243 from the same collection the Beauty Box was part of, I put that one there. And to keep things green, I added my other two ArtDeco greens. It now looks like this:

ArtDeco eye shadows in 318, 243 and 390.

And this is a better pic of the Puzzle bottle:

It's so cute :). But in real life it's green, not blue :-P. (Though personally I would've preferred blue like on this picture, lol. But oh well.)

Swap 3 [The USA].

(For my mini Lancome Juicy Tube in Frozen Punch, and I added a few extras.)

C.O. Bigelow Soda Fountain Strawberry Sundae Mentha Lip Shine ;D. As you know, I love these - and this one looks so pretty :).

Oh, and it was brand new & still sealed. Not that I care XD, I don't mind used lip stuff. But I suppose it's nice to swap for something unused every now and then ;).

Thanks for reading :). I've got a lot of catching up to do XD...

Most cunning Tag ever >:-) & some more new stuff ^_^. From swaps. Naturally :-P.

[Courtesy of Fuz and Crystal >:-). I did see this tag in the morning but I had no time to blog then :-P ^_^.]

Rules: Take a picture of yourself RIGHT now. No primping or preparing. Just snap a picture. Load the picture onto your blog. Tag some people to play.

Well, it's not too ugly.

Usual skin stuff, some light clay shadow on the eyes (from my Oriflame 36 colour palette), Rimmel mascara, Bourjois powder as a cheek colour :-P (more on that thing below ;D)...My lip colour has worn off :-P ;).

I am not tagging anyone - this is just too cruel.

Swap love :-P ^_^...

Swap 1 [The Netherlands].

(For my L'Oreal Metamorphosis palette, Avon Orchid Delight duo, and some sample extras.)

A Bourjois powder in Apricote, that I'll be using as a cheek colour, and for contouring ;). It's too dark to use as a powder, but makes a wonderful peach blusher - I can't believe some people have skin this orange though. It's hard to imagine :-/. But I guess it's true XD.
I want to try this thing as an eye shadow ;D.

And extras ^_^! I'm not sure what that Sabon Vanilla & Coconut sample is (it appears to be a scrub), but it smells heavenly. If you ever come across stuff by this brand, grab something - you won't regret it ;D ^_^.
And Lancome mini cream tubes: Primordiale Optimum Nuit Visibly Skin Regenerating Night Treatment and Hydra Zen Neurocalm Soothing Anti-Stress Moisturising Cream Fluid. I'm giving these away 'cause Lancome tests on animals (and only skin stuff that has been tested on people has ever worked well for me) and I think I'm too young to use these, but they'll be appreciated :).

Swap 2 [England - second swap with Kaleidoscope palette swapper ;D].

And I'm already planning our third. She's wonderful :). Behold my lovely package...

(For 4 mini Bourjois cream blushes, and some extras.)

Unbelievable :').

Wet & Wild Celestial Realm quad, Milani Denim Blues quad (extra!), Wet & Wild Belgian Chocolates trio, 2 Wet & Wild lipsticks, Mary Kay Safari Sunset duo, Barry M Dazzle Dust (my first, yay ^_^!) in Khaki (though it isn't khaki :-P), Nails Inc nail polish in Victoria, a Dr. Brandt Infinite Moisture moisturiser sample :D (extra!), a Tarte lip balm in Thursday, no that isn't MAC :-P - it's a Wet & Wild shadow in Cornflower in MAC packaging ;D, lol, a Clarins Gentle Night Cream mini tube (extra!), and Prestige eye shadow in Indigo.

A blues quad and expensive skincare - as extras?!?

She is so incredibly kind. I can't wait to swap with her again :).

Here's the Wet & Wild shadow...

I did think it was MAC, at first XD. It looks kinda cute in there :-P ;D...

Thanks for surviving my ugly Tag pic >:-D.

(Not that I ever look good. OK, must not let thoughts of that kind take over me, it never ends well...)

To end this on a positive note...More swaps coming up ^_^. Can't wait :D ;).