Hello beautiful people!


Ready for the weekend? Of course you are! (wink, wink).
Today's post is a long overdue one, I have been planning to show you what makeup goodies I got for my birthday and Christmas. I know, I know what are you gonna say, but please, could you cut this girl some slack? Would you? Thank you!

Right off the bat, let me just say that this is gonna be a big beauty HAUL. If you have been reading me for a while now, you must know these type of articles I enjoy the most. It is not in my character to brag about these things, so if you do not like these kind of posts (but, let's face it, you do!), I am inviting you to access your free will and exit my page. I consider myself a very lucky girl to have in my life such amazing people that understand and supply my beauty madness.

Now let's dig into the goodies, I know you want to see them!

For a long time, I have been wanting a Bobbi Brown shimmering brick, but I was keep holding myself back from buying one, until my birthday in October when I decided to splurge a "little". It was such a special occasion, plus I had a 20% for their Friends & Family event (SCORE!!!). All my fellow beauty addicts out there know what I am talking about. So, I picked up this beauty - "Bobbi To Glow Shimmering Brick Palette", (you saw it also on my Instagram) which includes three of their most popular shimmer bricks: Gold Shimmer Brick, Bronze Shimmer Brick and Wild Rose Shimmer Brick. Isn't it gorgeous?

In 2016, I was all about the glow and I found myself buying highlighters and blushes more than lipsticks, so I just couldn't pass this adorable set "Glow For It" from Sephora Favorites collection. I was happy that they restocked it just on time for me to purchase it. I love everything in this set.

Continuing on the glowing trend, I really wanted the M.A.C. "Sweet Peach" Face Compact from their Nutcracker Sweet Holiday collection, but it was sold out everywhere. Somehow, Santa found out about my wish and brought it to me. I was so happy when I found it under the tree.

Every year for my birthday, I treat myself with the "Give Me More Lip" set from Sephora Favorites collection, but for 2016 I was very disappointed with the selection they offered, so in order to satisfy my lipstick addict needs, I opted for this beautiful lip set "Light it Up" - lipstick + lip mattifier set from Smashbox. Lippies for days!!!

Santa (who apparently knows me so well) also brought me this cute "Melted Merry Kissmas The Ultimate Liquified Lipstick" lip set from Too Faced. Could I ask for more?

My dear friend Maddie pampered me for my birthday and Christmas with so many amazing sweets, she got me my first Anastasia Beverly Hills liquid lipstick in the shade "Crush", spoiled me with gorgeous accessories, Lush products and many more.

You know how Sephora gives you a birthday gift every year? For my birthday, I received these cute minis from Marc Jacobs. Did you see how adorable is the lipstick?

I wanted to try something new for my hair so this set "Spread Cheer and Perfect Hair" from Living Proof was just what I needed. It comes with a full size dry shampoo and a mini shampoo and mini conditioner.

Also, I got this Urban Decay eyeshadow in "Midnight Cowboy" as a freebie for my birthday from ULTA..

I hope you enjoyed my beauty HAUL and I thank you if you stayed until the end of this post.
If you want me to review for you any of these products, please let me know in the comment section down below.


Yours,
Rally

Hello everybody!


This season is all about nudes, whether you wear them on your eyes, lips or nails. I couldn't let this beauty trend go unnoticed. You know me as a huge lipstick lover, so I found another lipstick junkie just like me and we joined our creativity and ideas in this beauty collaboration to present our choices for nude lips. Although I love bright colors and I own mostly colorful lip products, I was very happy to find in my lipstick collection a few nice and tempting nudes to show you.

There are many ways to wear a nude. Even though we might consider as nudes - whites, pinks, yellows, beiges and browns, the beauty industry has proven us that with all these innovative technologies, there is more than the “classic” nude color and they invite us to play with a variety of shades that go against what we might originally consider nude. You might wanna take into consideration the blushing nudes - rosy sheer pinks or lush coral tints. And the innovation does not stop here.

I think women of all age and skin types can wear with confidence the “nude” trend. Simple, elegant, subtle, yet attention-grabbing, nude lipsticks and lip glosses are great for both day and night and are perfect for a dramatic eye or fresh-faced look.  
This season dare to wear nude, because nude is the way to go.

Let's see now my choices for the "Blushing Nudes - Lips edition". With a price range between $5 and $25 these products are  perfect for any woman out there who loves to have her lips ready to shine in a glamorous, elegant and subtle way. 

• Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in ”Nylon Nude”

•   NYX Black Label Lipstick in ”Heiress”

 

• MUA Lip Boom in ”OK.COM”

• Nars Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in ”Frivolous”

• Too Faced Glamour Gloss in ”Barely Legal”

• Laura Mercier Lip Glace in ”Bare Naked”

 

• Buxom Lip Gloss in ”White Russian”

I hope you do like my picks for this Lip Edition of the Blushing Nudes. Now, you definitely need to check out my beautiful and talented beauty blogger colleague from this challenge, Jessica - ”The Beauty Delicacy”. Here is a preview of her post.

Yours,
Rally