UPDATE: Christmas is almost here!

We only have a little over a week to go! ARGH lol

For the past week I've been running around getting Christmas presents, trying to fit in some time to go out and working. If you've been following for a while you would know that I work casual/part time at Diva. Since I've finished uni for the year and it's getting very close to Christmas, that means extended trading hours, more customers and more shifts. So I have been super busy and tired lol.

Despite buying presents being quite stressful, one thing I love is that it gives you the opportunity to check out and try a bunch of more expensive items that you wouldn't normally. For example I rarely buy high end makeup, but around this time of year you have an excuse to visit those counters and some of the time, sales assistants are more helpful than usual because they are desperate to meet their increased Christmas budgets lol.

Over the next few days I'm going to try to find some time to dish out a bunch of long overdue posts.

For now I'll leave you with some photos of Christmas decorations from the shopping centre where I work.



How funny is this Christmas tree?!


Santa is the centre piece of all the decorations. He is so BIG! You can see the person on the side is only as tall as his boots!

Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick - Pink Please - Swatches & Review

A while back, after seeing Youtube makeup guru, Hollyannaeree, rave about this lipstick, I HAD to have it! lol


It is a pale, slightly blue-ish tone pink, with maybe a tinge of peach. It has medium pigmentation and no shimmer. The colour looks very pretty and I so wanted it to work for me, unfortunately, it doesn't suit me. I have a bit of a tan and very strong yellow undertones to my skin and this just washes me out.


And to add my 2 cents worth to the debate about the smell of this lipstick. Some people have said that it smells nice while others say it smells like Play Doh. I find that my lipstick smells kind of sweet, vanilla-y and coconut-y.

I'm going to work with this a bit more and see if I can make this work. I will update you guys if my opinion on this changes at all.

By the way, some of you may have noticed, a few days ago I changed my blog profile pic. Thought it was time for a change =) It's just a picture of me doing a bit of cam whoring before heading off to a Christmas party lol

Beauty and a Budget presents 12 Days of Christmas

Christmas is arriving so fast! I'm sure many of you are finding it difficult to fit in blogging, or reading blogs, etc. in this busy time of year. You're all probably freaking out and panicking about finding the perfect gift for a special someone.

But I hope you all can take some time to relax and enjoy the holidays and visit Dawna on her blog Beauty and a Budget. I know this is very last minute, but she is spreading some Christmas cheer with her 12 Days of Christmas giveaway, the giveaway ends on the 8th December 2010, so you only have a small window of opportunity left.

One of the things I love most about this time of year is Christmas decorations being put up all over the city, in shop windows, on the streets, on houses... Just looks amazing and beautiful. This year, my Christmas wish would be...to be able to spend the Christmas holidays with my boyfriend one year, hopefully soon. We've been together for over 3.5 years, and I've spent all past 3 Christmas' without him as he travels overseas at the end of every year with his family or other reasons. Hope he'll stay here one year.

Hope your holidays are filled with love and joy. Only 17 more sleeps!