And I’m back! While I had every intention of taking a break during Christmas, I did end up taking a much longer break than I anticipated (those who follow me on Instagram will know what went down). But I’m here again in a brand new year to talk about things that happened last year. Yep, it’s the 2018 round up. And I can’t think of a better place to start than with what I got for Christmas.
I’ll start with the family first. Because we do things a little differently to other families. I’m one of 7 people in my family. And with 3 of us living in a different part of the state, we have found it much easier to go down the Secret Santa route for our gift giving. This year, my Older Sister was my Kris Kringle and she got me quite a few goodies.
First of all, she got me the AUSTRALIS MIXOLOGIST LIP PALETTE. This is actually something that I have deeply considered buying myself on a few occasions because I love Australis lip products (stay tuned for next week) and the idea of custom making my own shades is something that is very appealing to me.
The next thing I got gifted was THE BALM ALTERNATIVE ROCK VOL. 2 PALETTE. Now, while I don’t actually have that much experience with The Balm products (though I do love The Mary-Lou Manizer) It looks to be a very versatile palette. Not only does it have 6 easy to wear eyeshadows, it also comes with a bronzer, a blush and a highlighter. This makes this palette ideal for travel.
Getting into the more kitschy gifts, sister also got me this amazing Garfield pajama shirt. I’m a Garfield fan from way back and this goes perfectly with the two Garfield coffee mugs my younger sister got me last year.
The final present I got from my older sister are these beautiful hand made resin earrings. My sister hand makes and sells her own jewelry (you can find her on Facebook and Instagram) and she knows that I can only wear studs so these are very special to me.
In a surprise twist, my younger sister ended up getting everyone in the family gifts as well. And knowing my love of candles, she got me the BUTTERCUP DEER VANILLA AND MINT CANDLE from Dusk. This candle smells AMAZING! I usually don’t like vanilla candles but the mint adds a freshness to it and it’s a truly unique scent. Unfortunately, because this was a Christmas scent, it isn’t available all year round. But if you are lucky enough to spot it, I highly recommend it.
Finally, The Boyfriend got me a few new goodies. First of all are these adorable Fox bowls from SASS & BELLE. I’m as big a fox fan as I am a cat fan and these are just too cute. One of these will be used for snacks but the other I’m currently using as a jewelry holder on my brand new desk that he also got me (the desk is the Scandi desk from Kmart).
The last present is probably the coolest gift he has ever gotten me. I got a proper Hollywood style makeup mirror. This thing is beautiful! It’s a huge mirror that can either be freestanding or mounted (it’s currently freestanding on my desk) and it comes with LED light bulbs that can be adjusted to the right amount of brightness.
And that is everything that I got for Christmas. I feel totally spoiled and grateful to everyone in my family and I hope that you all had a great Christmas too! Here’s to 2019!
Cheers and love
Emmie xo