Ready, Set, Unwrap!!...
Before I get stuck in to the excitement and the gifts I have to say a huge thank you to Aisling from Total Make Up Addict for organising this great Irish blogger event, i really had so much fun participating and I'm absolutely dying to find out if Seana from Innocent Illusion liked the present I sent her!
My Secret Santa package arrived on friday and being the big child that I am i had to open it almost straight away! I mean I had great intentions about leaving it until today but they lasted about 5 minutes... approximately 4 minutes longer than I thought they would last to be fair. My Secret Santa was Yvonne from One For The Wish List. Myself and Yvonne have never met and we hadn't even been following each other on Twitter so I don't know how she did it but she really got my presents spot on! They are so me! We had a budget of €20 and Yvonne picked me out some great treats, I really couldn't have done better myself. There were two main reasons that I couldn't but take part in this Secret Santa, the first being to get to know even more Irish bloggers, we really have a great little community and some really talented people. The second was to try something new, i was hoping that my Secret Santa would send me something that they loved and maybe I hadn't tried and thats exactly what Yvonne done, all while sending me something that is very very me.
So here is what I unwrapped! Some yummy Green & Blacks chocolates... I've a crazy sweet tooth and try to buy organic as much as possible, but have never tried this chocolate before so it was the perfect sweet treat!
Next Yvonne sent me this gorgeous little L'Oreal eyeshadow quad for sultry brown smokey eyes in shade E4 Marron Glacé. My eye make up either consists of a slick of eyeliner or brown and gold tones so this smokey palette is perfect for me. The colours are gorgeous, you can barely see the first shade, its a shimmer, ivory highlighter and I love the depth of colour in the darker tones. I never use the applicators that come with eyeshadows, I'm a definite brush girl, but i was very impressed when i noticed this one had an angled end to help achieve that dark smokey look and get right into the lash line. I can't wait to try new looks with this over the Christmas. I'll definately be posting the results to Instagram.
So they are my gorgeous gifts from my Secret Santa, I want to say a huge thank you to Yvonne for all the thought and effort she put into my gifts and i hope you all pop on over to her blog. For my Secret Santa gift I sent Seana the Khloé Kardazzle palette from Cloud10 Beauty here. I'm a huge Kardashian fan and I love the Khloé palette, I think its tones are perfectly matched to Irish skin, plus Cloud10 is a great Irish company! I really hope Seana likes her present! Oh fun fact, I just found out that my Secret Santa Yvonnes Secret Santa was Seana! What are the odds with so many bloggers taking part! Thats what you call a little Secret Santa Circle!
Before I go guys, I just want to let you know about my giveaway. As part of My Ultimate Gift Guide with the Ilac Centre I have a €40 Korkys voucher to give away. You can enter the giveaway at the end of my gift guide post here. Good Luck guys! I hope you all have a great Christmas!
Zee xxx
