This year, my friends and I decided to celebrate my birthday as well as Halloween last Friday, the actual day of my birthday - even though I was allowed to open my birthday gift two days before my birthday (post to come)! We made vegetarian sushis and drank all night, it was fun!
You may remember that last year I dressed up as Pikachu for Halloween, but this year I went for something less original - and complicated - my Nautical Doll costume that I received from Costume Discounters this summer.
I don't have a close-up of my makeup because, as always, I did not have the time to take proper pictures, but I just did a heavy dark blue smokey eye with red lips.
Benefit The POREfessional | NYC Loose Translucent Face Powder - Translucent* | Physicians Formula Bronze Booster Glow-Boosting Pressed Bronzer - Medium to Dark | It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye - Neutral Medium | Annabelle Mineral Powder Blush - Au Naturel | Annabelle Studio Mono Eyeshadow - B-Ray and Graffiti | MAC Eye Pencil - Ebony* | Marcelle Xtension Plus Mascara | Wet n Wild Color Icon Liner Brow & Eye Pencil | GOSH Velvet Touch Lipstick - Tutti Frutti
Steph as a thug, Yanick as a monk and Ariane as an alien
my boyfriend the DJ was supposed to be a ventripotent but he was not able to properly inflate his costume!
*These products are NOT cruelty-free Lyrics are from Surprise Surprise by Billy Talent
My prize from Karen's 200th Post Giveaway: I was absolutely thrilled to win this amazingly generous giveaway! The main prize was two MAC lipsticks of my choice, but Karen also included some of her favorite products!
MAC Glaze Lipstick in Hue (soft pale pink)
MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Shy Girl (creamy neutral coral beige)
Barry M Nail Paint in Vivid Purple
Barry M Nail Paint in Peach Melba
GOSH Nail Lacquer in Holographic
Essence Colour & Go Quick Drying Nail Polish
Hue (top), Shy Girl (bottom)
Thank you so much Karen, I'm totally over the moon!
Erotica books from Greenleaf Book Group: I was sent two books from Craig Odanovich: The Black Widow Trainer and Captured Prey. I've been really into erotica books lately - not, it's not porn! - so I was happy to receive the opportunity to read and review these two books.
Join the Black Widow Trainer in her sultry world of steamy, heart-pounding adventure.
Bored with tedium of her passionless marriage, Misty's life explodes after a weekend of mind-blowing sex with the man of her dreams. Exploring the physical limits of her newfound desire, she combines the lure of her honed, disciplined body with cunning business acumen and redefines herself as the Black Widow Trainer, a high-price personal trainer/escort.
Negotiating an open relationship with her husband is the easiest part of her career move. Adjusting to the whims and demands of her well-heeled and imaginative clients, however, requires Misty to expand the limits of her sensual being.
The genre-busting novel features a cast of original, gritty characters, including an Alaskan sea captain, a pint-size satyr, and a genderbending woman, Misty's fantastic sexcapades in exotic locations around the world are hot enough to fire up anyone's sex life.
After enjoying a brief but sultry respite in Argentina with her best friend Gabriella, Misty--the high-price personal trainer with a unique, controversial clause in her contract--embarks to the United States to meet her next trainee. What she finds under the hot Texas sun shocks and captivates her, and she ends up caught in a wrenching dilemma that causes her to choose between love and career.
As she sorts out her feelings for an intriguingly handsome cowboy and his conniving, cowardly employer, Misty's sexual appetite and lust for adventure take her from honky-tonks to bustling Copacabana Beach festivals--and land her in the crosshairs of a scheming DC politician hell-bent on taking down an opponent in an upcoming election.
Captured Prey is populated with a new set of impossible-to-forget characters, plus some key favorites from the first book. As always, Misty's blend of wiliness, sensuality, and wide-eyed innocence helps her charm everyone she meets. Surprises await at every turn in this seductive, action-packed follow-up.
Coupon from Save.ca for a free Kinder Surprise Egg
Samples of Zanta 150 Maximum Strength and a $2.50 mail-in rebate from LivingWell.ca
Samples from SPAresource: Go here to tell the people over at SPAresource why you love their products and they will send you a free sample to try (I actually got 5!). This is for Canadian residents only.
I received a 0.24 fl.oz - 7 ml sample of each of these:
Amber Vanilla Body Lotion
Vanilla Grapefruit Body Lotion
Moisturize Foot Cream (I didn't even know they had foot cream!)
Orange Blossom Deep Nourishment Body Cream
Coconut Hand Cream
October 2010 issue of Fashion:I was excited to participe in their Big Giveaway, but it's sadly not open to Quebec residents (as always) -_-
My gift as a new member from VoguePassion.net :VoguePassion.net is a website where you can buy makeup brands like MAC and Clinique at a super low cost. Click here to get your free giftand a 10% off your next purchase (I got L'Oréal Bijou Facets Precious Effect Nail Colour in B. Angelic).
My prize from Brittany's giveaway : I won the new Lady Speed Stick Stainguard Antiperspirant/Deodorant. Thanks Brittany!
My prize from Laure's giveaway : I won this super cute bird cage necklace from Mimischkä (take a look at her shop here). Thanks Laure for having this giveaway and thanks Mylène for giving away some of your creations!
Samples from Bioré: I received:
Bioré Refresh Daily Recharging Daily Cleansing Cloths with green tea (1 pre-moistened cloth)
