After Christmas Shopping Extravaganzas

I feel like this may be my only outlet in which I can discuss these shopping hauls without being yelled at for being a shopaholic.

With all my new Christmas money I decided I needed to do some serious shopping. I only picked up a few things in the grand scheme of things. But here are my reviews thus far.

A) Max Factor 2000 Calorie Extreme - In love. I would love to try the original I just cannot find it anywhere. But this is so much better than Cover Girl Lash Blast. I like the big rubber brushes as long as they provide good results. The formula comes out clean ie. no clumps and goop. When applied it lifts, curls, separates and makes you look like you have massive lashes that are not clumped together. I hate lashes that just look like you globbed on mascara rather than sort of giving volume, curl and length to your lashes. I'm into a somewhat more realistic look I suppose in that way and I love this stuff. I seriously bought out my hometown drug store in preparation for them to no longer be making it. I got three bottles, 2 in Extreme Blackout and 1 in Black Velvet. I'm about to leave for Cancun so I also got their Stretch and Separate water proof to try there and see. I'll let you know about that.

B) Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure nail polishes. I got Commander in Chic which is a grayish mauve color and Clear'd For Takeoff which is just clear. I got the clear for my mom because she only uses clear on her nails which are so nice and strong that they look fake. I had been watching some old lollipop26 reviews and went looking for a color sort of like what I got in Commander in Chic but it's a little darker than I wanted. I really like Sally Hansen in general, they nail polishes are good for your nails and really nice. I like the consistency of these a lot and the applicator brush. The brush is a little flatter than normal nail polish brushes are so it fans and covers more area but is also all over easier to apply and goes on much smoother than those other brushes. The color came out just the way it looks in the bottle and has pretty much no chipping besides a little bit I picked at myself. I am really hard on nails so that is a huge plus for me.

C) Sally Hansen Complete Care Lip Therapy. I haven't really been using it long enough to give a true review of it I think. I don't think it is quite the miracle it claims to be and it also stings a little which leads me to believe it has a plumper in it too rather than just being moisturizing. So if you are planning on running out and buying, keep that in mind. My lips feel softer though, and they were pretty chapped before I started it, so maybe this will be a good omen.

I also got some sweaters from Anne Taylor Loft that I am liking. I was thrilled when I purchased online and now I'm just okay with them. I wish I was still thrilled but I'm not really. I need to learn not to impulse buy off of email discount offers.

I am off to Cancun for a week or so. I most likely will not be able to blog from there. And then I won't be home in California but back into reality so I will be blogging from reality when I return.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!