Nail Of the Day + My Black Friday Haul.

Hello everyone! And welcome to any new subscribers. *waves.* 

How was everyone's(in the US) Black Friday and Cyber Monday?

Any crazy stories? Do you go Black Friday shopping?

Tell me your crazy stories.

And do you have any special shopping days in your country?

I thought I'd do a NOTD since I haven't done one in a while, mostly because I change out my polish like it's going out of style....aka: I'm not the best manicurist. haha.

I used this combo and thought I had to share this, it's so pretty and great for fall.

This was what it looked like the second day. Isn't it gorgeous? I had intended only glittering the accent nail, but I thought it was too pretty and glittered the whole hand. haha.

It reminds me of fall and Thanksgiving with the brown and gold together. 

I thinking I just might take this off since it's chipped now, and re-do it. I love this combo so much.

Normally I have chips galore, even with Seche Vite top coat. 

I actually only used Sally Hansen's 4-in-1 complete care as a top coat and it lasted for days! yay.

I had some minor chipping, but nothing too noticeable to make me change it out completely. 

I used Essie's Golden Nuggets.

A fine gold glitter in a clear base, as a top accent coat.

And NARS' Bad Influence. 

It dries darker on the nail, my pictures are accurate color. It looks really nice alone, or spiced up with an accent top coat. 

And......my Black Friday Haul!

BBW-Not all of it is shown, the Gift Bags are not pictured, but their contents are mostly there.

Now, my Black Friday experience. 

My Black Friday came a little early, it was more like Black Thursday.

We wanted to goto Toys-R-Us and pick up a little trampoline for our daughter since she's in gymnastics and she loves the trampoline. They had a little one on sale for $50 and I thought we'd just go, get in, and check out. HA. HA.HA.

We went and made it a little early and I totally underestimated how big of a crowd there would be. I thought for sure, since it opened at 10pm on Thanksgiving Day that everyone would be at home getting ready for all the midnight sales or already at stores like Best Buy.

Mmmm no. People were wrapped around the whole store and back to the front doors. My husband and I decided we'd just come back after we hit good 'Ol Walmart.

That was crazy too. We normally go Black Friday shopping, but never in my life have I seen a place so packed in all my Black Friday years. LOL.

That being said, we've never spent more than one Black Friday in the same state.....we move ALOT. 

We've been here for three years now, and this year was pretty crazy....

We swung back by Toys-R-Us and I sent my husband to check it out.

Ay, ay, ay.

They estimated his wait time to check out as 2.5 hours, and that was before he actually got to the trampoline.

We threw in the towel. No trampoline. Hmmph. 

BUT, he did get a good story to tell.

A lady ran her cart into another lady because she wasn't paying attention and then proceeded to cuss the lady she hit like it was her fault. The lady called the other lady out and they got into a fight and the cops kicked the lady and her husband out or they were going to be arrested for threatening violence. Ha. Toys-R-Us....

After all that, we decided it would be a good idea to hit the mall up for some Bath & Body Works.

We waited, and waited, and waited. The crown was huge and it was past opening time. The crowd got restless and decided it'd be a good idea to open the doors themselves. 

I'm pretty sure every cop in our town was there.The stun gun was brought out and used....the K-9's were there....it was a fun time. 

My husband and I saw that they were letting people in at a near store so we snuck off and got in while everyone else was waiting for the main entrance. hehe.

BBW wasn't packed when we first got there so I did what I do best. I shopped and found some awesome deals.

By my picture, you probably think that I spent an arm and a leg. Nope. I actually spent about $80 and got about $500 worth for FREE.

On Black Friday, BBW will let you stack coupons. I am a coupon Queen. I stacked coupons on top of already awesome deals. 

Thank you, Thank you. :0)

I've been trying to share my awesome deals with you guys, so whenever I come across a deal, I will be sure to post about it.

And that was our Black Friday.

How was yours?

XO

Cyber Monday Deals

How was everyone's Black Friday? I know some of my readers are not from the US, so I'll explain what Black Friday is...

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, stores will open extremely early and give really great deals to try to get themselves back into the "black."

It can get crazy, very crazy. LOL. 

I have a story to tell, BUT, I'm going to post some Cyber Monday Deals right now. :-)

*Bath &Body Works: Today Only, you can get 25% off your purchase with CYBER2011

*Birchbox: Today Only. Splurge a little, Get a lot. 

Spend $50 get 50 points + 50 points = 100 points ( $10 value on BB)

Spend $100 get 100 points + 150 points= 250 points ( $25 value on BB)

and so on...

Plus, BB has free shipping on $25 purchases until Dec.31. No code needed.

*MAC Cosmetics: Get FREE overnight shipping with any purchase. Use code CYBER 

*June Jacobs: 40% purchase with code BIGSALE11

*Sephora: With a $25 purchase, receive a mystery bag with 5 deluxe and travel size samples. Use code MYSTERY

Free shipping with $25 purchase use code SHIPNOW

With $25 purchase receive a YSL beauty compact mirror with code LUXEFRIDAY

Free iPhone chic sleeve with any purchase online use code MOBILE

*Abercrombie & Fitch: Take an additional 40% off entire purchase plush FREE shipping. Use code 15440

*Old Navy/Gap/Banana Republic: 30% off with code HUGECYBER

*Smashbox: 20% off entire purchase with code SBXFF11

*Julep Maven: Get your Holiday glow on gift set. Buy 1 for $25, Buy 2 for $22 each, Buy 3 or more for $15 each.

This comes with JULEP GLOW ON-Age defining hand brightener, JULEP FACIAL FOR HANDS-glycolic hand scrub, JULEP nail file, JULEP nail color (holiday red), and JULEP base coat.

Use code CYBERMONDAY

*American Eagle: 25% off plus FREE shipping. Use code 49827101

*Clarisonic: 20% off skin care pairs & gift bundles! Use Code CYBER20

And don't forget to shop through www.ebates.com . Over 500 stores have double cash back today! 

XO

Sephora Haul & Gift guide

Yeah, I can't stay away from Sephora....heh....heh...

I stumbled upon some great deals and some great gift ideas for the Holidays. 

Here we go!

My goods.

You always get an option to get three free samples from Sephora.

I chose Givenchy Play-Eau de toilette and I'm pretty sure that's Justin Timberlake on the package...

It says it's "WOODY FRESH" with Bergamot, Bitter Orange, Grapefruit, Amyris Wood, Coffee Flower Accord Vetyver.

I also chose Juicy Couture- Couture Couture

I don't have the notes readily available on this one...but you can actually get this at TJ Maxx for a really great price. I know Target and Walmart also sell this...I'm pretty sure.

My last choice was Versace-Versus

I don't have the notes for this either...I can't really tell ya what it smells like either since I just sprayed D&G and it's lingering...lol. 

Getting samples is a great way to test perfumes to see if you like them before you buy them, so be on the look out for samples! 

I got this Dolce & Gabbana- Light Blue travel spray for FREE! 

It's a full size travel spray. It's still available and I just used this code again and it still works.

LIGHTBLUE

*You must spend at least $35 in order to get this*

This is .25fl oz. and runs for about $30 alone, so it's a great deal!

Tarte for True Blood Palette

Look at that gorgeous packaging!

This would be an awesome gift for the ultimate Trubie

It's on sale right now for $36 at Sephora and it's normally $52 and is a $331 value!

It has a little secret compartment that says, "OPEN AFTER DARK."

I totally forgot to open it. Oops!

It has a full size emphasEYES aqua gel eyeliner, a little eye primer, and a sample of Lights, Camera, Lashes! mascara.

Look at all the eyeshadows! Gorgeous.

The colors include: Dawn, The Light, Bayou, Charmer, Werewolf, Fairy,

Moss, Telepath, Glamour Me, Waitress, Dusk, Legend, The True Death, Stake, Nocturnal,

V, and Immortal

This is so gorgeous in person, I wasn't expecting it to looks as nice as it did.

Close up

 Pictures still are not capturing how gorgeous this palette is.

Okay, I have Bieber Fever and I'm not afraid to admit it.

*blushes*

I got a sample of JB's Someday in one of my Sephora hauls and loved it. I didn't want to spend the money on a full size perfume so I found this: Someday: hair mist.

5fl oz for $20.

I also have the Bauble Bar bracelet that JB wears. *tehe-BFFS*

You can pick that up for $20 at www.baublebar.com

This would be a perfect gift set for the Little Lady in your life....or, your Lady, she could be like me...I'm not ashamed. lol. 

Sephora has some great gifts available for the Holidays!

And no, I'm not getting paid by Sephora! LOL...although, as much as I rave about them, I should. haha.

And if you go through Ebates.com you can get 8% cash back! 

XO

Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals

Clarisonic is having a Cyber Monday deal: 20% off skin care pairs & gift bundles. 

Use coupon code CYBER20

This deal won't happen again anytime soon.

American Eagle is having a HUGE deal right now! Take an additional 40% of your purchase.

Use code 72429831 

Bath & Body Works is having a deal if you spend $40 you'll get this awesome bag filled with tons of goodies for $20.

This is available right NOW online. You cannot use more than one discount code and you have to use a code to get this bag....BUT, if you actually go to the store on Black Friday, you CAN use as many coupons as long as you qualify for each coupon. No limit! So save your coupons and bring 'em with you!! 

Sephora is having a 10 for $10 each on Black Friday.

*Tarte- multiplEYE primer and lights, camera, lashes! Duo-(orig. $30)

*Korres-Guava all butter moisture therapy pack-(orig. $22)

*Josie Maran-Argan color stick-(orig. $22)

*Stila-Glitz and Glam palette & lip glaze-(orig. $76)

*Buxom-Welcome to the party mascara-(orig. $33)

*Bare Minerals-All decked out-(orig. $44)

*The Art of Shaving-Sandalwood 4 elements of a perfect shave-(orig. $25)

*Sephora Collection-travel brush set (orig. $30)

*Tokidoki-Cromatico -eyeshadow palette-choose from 5 shades-(orig. $25)

*Kat Von D-Adora Fragrance-(orig. $55)

GAP is starting their Black Friday today with 60% off everything online & in stores!

Make sure you check out www.ebates.com for double the savings! It's FREE! You get paid to shop!

XO

NARS eyeshadow duo swatches-Bysance & Island Fever

Look what I got in the mail yesterday! My NARS eyeshadow duos! Yay!

Okay, enough exclamation points.

A couple posts back I mentioned that Sephora was having a super awesome deal on NARS eyeshadow duos-for $10, well, I snatched those up real quick.

They still have them posted on their website, but they are out of stock. :0(

But, keep checking back, you never know...they might come back.

And the VIB sale is coming up in a couple days ( NOV.10-14) so if it comes back in stock you could save an extra 20%. And of course I'm going to say go through a website like www.ebates.com and earn 4% cash back on your purchase.

* No, I do not recieve any compansation, I just love Ebates-I do have a link you can join under me, but I've never posted it*

Okay, Let the swatching begin.

The lovely packaging.

I love their packaging, but it gets dirty faaast.

Bysance & Island Fever

Bysance

When I first saw this I thought of LA Lakers. haha.

Marigold/Iris

When I swatched Bysance, I immediatly noticed the shadows were so smooth/creamy/buttery feeling. They just glidded right on my arm. I didn't use a primer. The gold color is really pigmented. The Iris color is pigmented, but you might need to layer it on for a deeper color, if need be.

Island Fever.

So pretty in person.

The grey shade has some pink and silver glitter in it. It's not huge glitter, if you weren't paying attention, you might not even notice it. It's very subtle. It's gorgeous.

They both are very shimmery.

I just did very quick swatches, forgive me, I feel like I'm dying. lol. I've been sick all week. hmmph.

Once again, I didn't use a primer.

This swatch doesn't do this duo any justice. It is gorgeous in person.

The shadows are so silky smooth and glide right on and blend out so effortlessly.

For $10 these duos are a steal, with the discount and cash back....it's robbery. LOL. If you can get your hands on these, I defenatly say go for it.

Did you pick these up? Do you already have them? What do you think?

XO

Clinique Bonus Time!

It's time to "Pick your Pretty" at Clinique. 

Clinique is having a deal where you spend $21.50 and receive a 7 piece bonus set! Awesome deal, and you get to customize it to your taste. Even better. And if that wasn't enough, if you purchase through Ebates.com ( It's totally free) you'll get 6% cash back. 

Your first options will be Skin Care:

*7 day Scrub Cream Rinse-off Formula mini-for all skin types. 1oz.

*Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief mini-.5oz

*Rinse-off Foaming Cleanser mini-1.7oz

Next options are for your face:

*Super balanced Powder Makeup SPF 15-mini w/brush-.12oz

*Fresh Bloom all over Colour mini in Almond Blossom-.06oz

Next option is Lids:

*Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo Mini in Frosted Blossom & Deep Purple-.07oz

*Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo Mini in Daybreak & Velvet-.07oz

Next up is Eyeliner:

*Quickliner for eyes mini in-Black/Brown-.01oz

*Quickliner for eyes mini in-Dark Chocolate-.01oz

Now for the lash options:

*High Impact Mascara mini in Black.-.12oz

*High Lengths Mascara mini in Black-.17oz

*Lash Doubling Mascara mini in Black-.12oz

On to the Lips:

*Different Lipstick mini in Raspberry Glace.-.14oz

*Different Lipstick mini in Tenderheart.-.14oz

*Long Last Lipstick mini in Bamboo Pink.-.14oz

*Long Last Lipstick mini in All Heart.-.14oz

You also get a Silver cosmetic bag to hold all your goodies.

A pretty sweet deal, especially with the Holidays coming up. 

XO

It's that time of year again-Sephora Friends & Family sale!

Today starts off the Sephora Friends & Family sale!

Woo Hoo!

Just follow this link and enter your email address to get your 20% one time use code and use it between today until 11/2. *One code per email-Up to five emails per computer*

www.sephora.com/friends

And don't forget to go through a site like www.ebates.com to get 4% cash back.

And Sephora has a couple NARS nail polishes on sale for $8 each($17 value) and eyeshadows California and Night Sun are still on sale for $8 ($23 value) if you didn't get a chance to pick those up yet.

They are gorgeous and would make great Christmas gifts. ;0)

XO

Let me know what you got or what's on your wishlist.

I think I'm going to pick up a Clarisonic and those nail polishes, maybe a gift set or two. haha.

The Guy Who Died But Didn't Really Die-TheBalm and the Beautiful swatches.

Look what I got my hands on, The Balm and the Beautiful palette. Omg. I LOVE this palette. <3

I love TheBalm's packaging, and I love all the clever names they came up with. 

The palette in all its glory. Ahhhhhh. lol.

The Oil Tycoon-The Estranged Mom-The Supermodel-The Bad Boy.

Another close up of all the beautiful colors.

The Southern Belle-The Mother in law-The guy who died but didn't really die-The Mistress

Second Row: The Step Brother-The Coma Patient-The Police Man-The Brain Surgeon 

The Neighbor-The Stock Broker-The Basket Case-The Older Woman

And lipstain/blush in The Drama Queen and The Perfect Man and lipgloss in The Evil Twin.

The Oil Tycoon-The Estranged Mom-The Supermodel-The Bad Boy.

The Southern Belle-The Mother in law-The guy who died but didn't really die-The Mistress

The Drama Queen-The Perfect Man -The Evil Twin

                              The Step Brother-The Coma Patient-The Police Man-The Brain Surgeon

  All the shadows are super pigmented, I used this palette for a look today and they had awesome staying power and no creasing, I did use a primer. 

I found this palette at TJ MAXX for $19.99, so if you get a chance go check it out, this is an incredible deal. I don't think this palette has even been released yet. It's also an exact dupe of the Muppets palette TheBalm has just released. 

I'm super excited that I found this and at TJ MAXX of all places, I love that place. LOL. 

You should be able to pick this up at Sephora for $44.50 once it's released if you can't find it at TJ's. 

                                                                                XO

My Sephora haul *Picture heavy*

My Sephora package came. Yay! 

All my goodies.

Half of what I got was free. F-R-E-E, my favorite word. Ahhh. I love it. 

My free perfume samples in Gucci by Gucci Sport and Issey Miyake L'EAU D'ISSEY Florale.

The Gucci is 2ml and the other one is 1ml. 

If I'm going to get a perfume sample, I love getting them in the vials rather than the little towelette. ( I'm talking to you Taylor Swift! I got my Wonderstruck sample and it's a towelette and I have a sinus infection and can't really give a review and I opened it a little...hopefully it doesn't dry out before I get my senses back. ha)  I think in order to truly see if you like something you have to try it a few times. 

Both of these perfumes smell really good ( as much as I can tell), and I should say cologne because the Gucci one is for a man.

The other one is floral, and normally I don't really like floral scents too much, but this has a light floral scent and I can tolerate it. Floral scents normally give me a headache, so if you have that same problem, this perfume might be okay for you too if you're interested. 

I give them a thumbs up. 

I got a sample of this in my August Birchbox, the original kind, and I loved it.

I have combination to oily skin and found this light version, so I bought a travel sized one to try it out. 

I swatched it and the texture of the light feels like lotion. I'm curious to see how this will work compared to the original. The original feels like a smooth silicon and it wasn't heavy at all. 

All of my freebies. :-)

My Yves Saint Laurent mascara sample. (I posted the code for this a couple posts back)

I can NOT wait to try this. This mascara is supposed to give you the false eyelash look and believe me I need  all the help I can get for my poor little lashes. lol. 

This is a 3ml sample, not too bad, not too bad at all. It's a $15 value. 

I have a ton of mascaras to try before I can test this, look for those reviews in the near future.

I picked up this Dior Diorshow mascara in black. I've tried and reviewed D&G's volumizing mascara and LOVED it and wanted to compare it with Dior. 

Have you tried this mascara out yet? What are your thoughts on it? Worth the money? Did you love it or hate it? Let me know. 

I'll be doing a review on this, but like I said, I have a TON of mascara to go through before I get to this...eek...remind me to lay off the mascara purchases. ha.

My $8 NARS eyeshadows!! Yay. I'm so glad I found these little gems on the website...

and the deal is still available! Go check it out!

The packaging on NARS eyeshadows, and NARS in general, is so cute. I love the little mirrors. 

California and Night Sun.

Close up of California.

Close up of Night Sun.

Note: This has ALOT of chunky glitter in it. My camera couldn't pick up the glitter at all. 

It's a very pretty shadow. 

If you hate glitter, you could still get this as the glitter falls off pretty easily. You have to pack it on if you want the glitter to stay on. 

Swatch of Night Sun. It's pretty sheer. 

Swatch of California. 

This swatch looked better on my camera, sorry it's blurry. This is a VERY pigmented shadow. It's a lovely copper color. 

And last but not least, my two year old daughter wanted to help swatch. LOL. This is what was left over on my finger....SUPER pigmented.

XO