Showing posts with label blogmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogmas. Show all posts
When I was 16 I went through my first major break up and at the time it was devastating as I guess every first break up is; but my ass took it way too hard. I stopped going to school. I was too depressed to do anything, even get out of bed. I just couldn't understand why I wasn't enough (so glad I got over this set back in my 30's). And after we broke up my ex gave me the coldest shoulder. I mean, ok, I was a little psycho back then with no remorse but still! This dude hurt me. It's been almost 20 years and he still won't talk to me lmao!
During that time I did my first self reflection. Learned about rebuilding myself and knowing myself better. I rented a ton of movies that I still watch every winter. I got more serious about blogging every single day... literally. Back when Xanga and LiveJournal ruled the blogging world. I learned to love myself regardless of what he or anyone else thought about me.
So this time of year reminds me of the sadness I endured but also the obsession with rebuilding and getting to know myself.
Movies
| Serendipity
It also made me super obsessed with trying Serendipity (a very real place in NYC). My mom actually went and tried it FOR me, brought me back some Hot Chocolate mixes and a cookbook! In 2009 when I got married in Vegas I finally got to try it and OMG their Frozen Hot Chocolate? AMAZING. I love it. I'm sad to hear they closed down the Vegas location. I went every year for my birthday after that!
| Bring it On
I mean, I don't think I need to say much about why I love Bring it On. But this is definitely one of my favorite parts lmao. I still think they shoulda beat they asses!
| Next Friday
Well, here go my ghetto showing. My brother got tired of hearing me watch sappy rom-com's so he made me sit down and watch Next Friday. I can't remember if we were high at the time or not but I do remember I could NOT stop laughing. Even when I watch it now (also 19 years later) I still crack up at the same parts.
DaeDae and Baby D always got me rolling. How he talks about how she got them bootleg snacks. My cousin use to throw that scene at me every time I got excited about snacks lmao.
Reads
These have nothing to do with being 16 or my first breakup lol. I was a serious book buchlogger in 2009 up until I did my Disney College Program in 2011. Working 16hrs a day gave me no time to read. Let alone sleep. But in those years I found a lot of favorites.
I miss my book blogging days because I'd come across so many awesome reads. I miss the feeling of falling in love with a book. There's only one book I try to read every year (which has now become a Netflix original)! The rest are books I'm hoping to get to this December!
| Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
I honestly had ZERO idea what I was getting into when I picked this one up. I don't think I got this for review, but I did get the second one for review.
I fell in love with both Dash and Lily; mostly Lily. I loved the idea of "meeting someone" in a book store. And the secrecy of who they were was really cute. I haven't watched the show yet but I plan to, hopefully BEFORE Christmas.
ON MY TBR
| In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
I read Hazel & Josh's Guide to Not Dating a year or two ago? And absolutely loved it! I admit I haven't picked up any of this author's reads since then but there was no way I was going to pass this one up! It's currently what I'm reading/listening to on audiobook. Thanks Scribd!
| The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
I haven't finished reading this series, I'm not really sure why besides the last few years have been really bad in terms of reading. I'm trying my best to do a better job of playing catch up but Dec has made it a bit difficult.
| A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire
I have this unrealistic expectation of Gregory Maguire books; I know I'll love them, but this is like, the highest fantasy I've ever read and I tend to get confused or you know, the book is just so damn thick it's intimidating. I'm doing this one on audio (yes thanks to Scribd) as well and the first chapter was in a whole different language??
| Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella
I'm not even going to express my love for Sophie's work. I wasn't a big fan of Confessions of a Shopaholic which is weird since I love me some good retail therapy but I did fall in love with I've Got Your Number.
Winter is my favorite time of year to just stay in bed and bundle up watching movies or reading books. I wish I had a reading chair, maybe that's something I'll look into for 2021!
2020 hasn't been the jam for most people; I guess this is our version of The Great Depression. I've been away from home since 2013. That's the last Christmas I spent with my family and the last time I saw my dad. I was really hoping to go home for the holidays this year, be around family. Because in the light of losing my dad I realize just how important your own family and support system is. My friends and my cousins have always without judgement or question had my back since day 1. And I'm so lucky to know some of these friends for 30-something years. Nothing compares to them, that, or our bond.
And with people trying to step in claiming they're my support system when they don't or don't even care to get to know me; it's really put a lot of things in perspective. But toxic narcs will always be toxic narcs and that's fine. I'm 100% fine sitting here with my girls, my snacks and my movies.
What are some of your favorite movies or reads for winter?
This year I decided to step outside of my “comfort zone” and get your typical green tree. As much as I wanted a white tree I couldn't find one that was at least 6" and affordable at the time we were looking for one. We got rid of our last one when we moved (no elevator here at the new place so a lot had to go).
This year's color theme was navy blue and bronze/burlap. I was heavy debating on navy blue and ice blue but most of the ice blue ornaments I found weren't icy enough. The only problem with this is that at night the navy blue ornaments kind of blend into the tree. But during the day it doesn't. Still, the tree itself came out really pretty. I really like how my husband uses ribbon, I suck at placing garland so the fact he uses ribbon gives it something extra without looking like a hot mess. Maybe next year I'll go around fairy-fy the tree lights.
I won't say that the tree is complete since it's missing some of my traditional ornaments; but also that I have no idea where they are. I know I have some in some of my vanity bins but I'll have to find them through the week so I can put them up before Christmas!
We usually pick a few special ornaments that match the theme of our tree, those we always keep. Here's a few from this year's theme.
Anyone else secretly (or not so secretly) glad that 2020 is almost finally over? It's getting colder here in Texas and it's really cold. I'm not too much of a fan of winter or cold winter at all. It messes with my eczema and it hurts, literally. The pandemic is starting to weigh on my subconscious and it’s making me easily irritated.
Cold winters + being stuck in Texas is not making me a happy person. I’m in desperate need of change and several vacations.
READ
I finished reading YOU and Crenshaw. I also read a bunch of picture books with/to Tums since she's becoming more aware/curious about reading and books. Audiobooks have been a really nice thing now that I'm a busy mama, except when I get too sucked in and I get mad if ANYONE in the house makes ANY kind of noise lol.
I'm trying to work my way through my NetGalley TBR as well as my Dec TBR, so, this is gonna be... interesting.
WATCHED
| You on Netflix
Started watching YOU on Netflix since my cousin wouldn't stop bugging me to. The show is a bit different than the book and I'm mad the Peach they casted is super cute cause I hated her in the book!
| Emily in Paris on Netflix
This is one a lot of people are talking about and I love all things Parisian! Plus a good friend I just reconnected with was also binge watching it. So far it's cute, in a she's so fuckin American kind of way. Emily gets on my nerves and so does Sylvie. The office guys are probably the best thing about the show oh and Mindy. I freakin love Mindy.
| Love Life on HBO Max
Kindaaaa the reason that really pushed me to get HBO Max (and FRIENDS, come on!). I'm like 2 or 3 episodes in and it's so... weird. It's basically like every episode is a "chapter" of a relationship. The concept is interesting, but where the heck do all these people find these huge lofts in NYC? Seriously?
| Great Greek Myths: The Illid on Amazon Prime
I love Greek Mythology and I was totally sucked into the first season of this series so of course I had to start the second season... esp since it dealt a bit with Troy. I'm always disappointed to realize that Athena or Aphrodite were behind some of the things I hated. And it had very little to actually do with Paris himself. However, I am still going to blame him cause wtf Paris? Seriously?
DID
| Digital Coloring Books
I discovered DIGITAL COLORING BOOKS. And I've been having way too much fun with them. They're not AS fun as physical books but playing with texture and easy shading is fun. It has its pros and cons; but I love seeing what other people come up with. I'm convinced everyone on this app knows how to draw and it makes me want to learn even more.
| Procreate
I recently got an iPad to learn how to draw. I know, so extreme right? I ended up getting the iPad Air which in my opinion is super big for my small hands. I wish there was something between an Air and a Mini.
| Christmas Shopping
I FINISHED MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. EARLY. For the first time ever. Super exciting. Now I just have to ship it. But at least it's all done!
We also got our Christmas tree and I opted for your basic green instead of my usual white. But I did get a mini pink tree for the bedroom! It's super cute.
I also got everyone (including the cat) an advent calendar this year. I got myself a popcorn one I saw that Paige had last year, Tums a Disney book collection on from Aldi -- I saw it on Amazon for $30 but it was at Aldi for $10 so, Bubba got a Funko DBZ one and Sophie got the kitty one from Trader Joe's.
| Other
I also got my Amazon Vine back; I got to review 2 sets of Animal Crossing Amiibo cards so I finally got most of my dream villagers!
Bubba made me a lot of Mickey strawberry pancakes and omg I could really go for one right now!
| Shopping
Sometimes I really hate posting unedited photos, but I uploaded these at like 3AM for future me lol. So, thanks past me.
VIP MAC members got SUPER early access to their holiday collection this year which was nice! Wish they'd do this every year. I picked up a few things but they didn't have their usual pigment set for the holidays and the mini lippies weren't really shades I'd wear. I did get an eyeshadow since it's been awhile since they've released a red one! And I also got a lip stick in my usual dark purple type of shade. It's not as dark as I had hoped it would be though and the formula isn't matte so I can't really build it up like I'd like.
Anthropologie joined the Afterpay fam and so I made a small haul with them. Even with Afterpay some of their shit is STILL expensive! I got a set of cute soap bars. I'm a fan of fancy soap bars. I'm just sad that there are 2 I want that aren't part of this collection but I thought this was a better deal. PLUS they're made in France! And I got this lip balm from Winky Lux that has been on my wish list FOREVER for no reason at all other than it's glittery. The shade changes color as you wear it. I didn't really believe that until I swatched it on my hand and an hour later it was this bright pink color.
I'm a sucker for any lip balm honestly. And if you've been here awhile you know I haul lip balm during the holidays like crazy. I'm esp a sucker for cotton candy and sugar cookie lip balms. Softlips has discontinued my favorite sugar cookie one by them years ago. It was my Winter go to for sooo long. I'm still bummed about it and no other can compare but yet I still search! There's a few new interesting flavors that came out this year, so I'm pretty excited about that!
Made my holiday scents order with Zeep Bath. I love their wax melts! Plus they last for such a long time and the throw is perfect.
| Thanksgiving
This was the first Thanksgiving Bubba didn't go to his parents house for; we stayed home and made Thanksgiving ourselves. I've attempted this a few times when I live on my own and everything came out just okay.
Bubba really out did himself with the turkey for sure. It was perfect. He did roasted veggies from a Hello Fresh recipe we had earlier that week that I loved. He also made mashed potatoes, stuffing and a mac and cheese bake.
I got to use my early Christmas gift: a Kitchenaid (YAY) to make "Texas Roadhouse" like bread. It was so fun! I had meant to make the candied yams but Bubba ended up using his cast iron for that instead.
November is always such a weird month for me. And being somewhere where it's COLD doesn't really help the seasonal depression or whatever weird struggle it is I have with November. I just know it didn't really impact me when I was in Florida like it does when I'm in Cali or Texas.
Speaking of, it's getting freakin cold here in Texas and I'm already over it. At least I won't be tempted to "brave the cold" to go to holiday events and get up irritated cause I get cold super easy. Aiming to spend the holidays in Florida next year!
How did your November go?
Hellooooooooooo last month of 2020.
Anyone else feel like 2020 was like 5 freakin years long? I know it's not just me. And at this point the whole lock down and up and down is starting to weigh on my subconscious. Not so much the whole not being able to go out-ish but more like the inability to travel, to feel like breathing fresh air is safe anymore, the closure of the activities we look forward to the most during this time of year. The constant paranoia every time I cough or sneeze or don't feel well. The constant worry if the people in my husband's family have been staying safe and won't pass something to the baby.
It's more of the feeling more trapped than usual.
I have a bunch of goals for this month that may seem over the top... but if you've been here for awhile, you know that all my monthly goals are usually super over the top lol.
And before you ask, I'm not sure if I'm going to do the traditional blogmas but I will try to post more this month. There's a bunch of recaps, food posts and reviews I need to post that I somehow just never got around to. I miss the days I'd be super inspired and psyched to do VLOGmas, that feels like forever ago. I don't know what happened since those days... oh yeah I moved to TX and struggled with Postpartum Depression. This shit just won't let go.
December Goals;
I wish I knew how to do those cool all in one images for stuff like this, I feel like the format I use is sort of sloppy.
Whomp!
This is the Christmas list I sent my fiance; I didn't include the stuff off my list he already got me.
I just realized though — most of the things on my wish list is makeup... and food. I wanted to incorp more skincare items since I acquired a mysterious scar on my forehead that makes it look like someone tried to bite into it. I also wanted to incorp more house things.
I need to revamp my apartment and my life, basically.
Whomp!
This is the Christmas list I sent my fiance; I didn't include the stuff off my list he already got me.
I just realized though — most of the things on my wish list is makeup... and food. I wanted to incorp more skincare items since I acquired a mysterious scar on my forehead that makes it look like someone tried to bite into it. I also wanted to incorp more house things.
I need to revamp my apartment and my life, basically.
Okay, I kiiiiiiiiiiiinda might had forgot it's blogmas/vlogmas... sooo we're just gonna wing this.
Whoops.
I really had no idea or any set plans on WHAT to do or feature for blogmas; we had an upcoming trip but we cancelled it recently which sucks but life happens and sometimes there's no way around that. The most you can do is plan better next time and clear your calendar for those plans.
December is always such a struggle month between various bills, renewals, holidays, freakin Christmas. It was easy when I spent the holidays alone and always planned to work on that day anyway... family holidays have always been a bit of a struggle for me.
Christmas has never really been a big holiday growing up; my mom had set traditions that she made sure we knew how important they were but majority of the time she spent Christmas Eve/Day working. So the "celebration" part and the "family" part had never really resonated with me.
Now that I'm building my own family and the fact that Bubba has such a huge close family is a bit overwhelming to me. It's not that bad but sometimes it still makes me a little uncomfortable, at least the thought does but once I get there they make feel comfortable enough to forget that part. For that, I'll always be thankful.
We have a few Christmas themed stuff we want to do around the Dallas/Fort Worth area this month; I'm hoping to get a few different type of photos for my blogs. But I'm so awkward in front of the camera sometimes.
We also have some wedding and Baby Lo prepping to get done... actually a lot of planning and prepping is in our very close future lol.
Here's to December: The things I'll discover, learn, experience and hopefully find a few new favorite things!
Christmas time definitely has me a lot to be excited about --- there's just something so magical in the air during this time. All the lights, Peppermint and Gingerbread flavored everything, all the colors, all the cute holiday gift sets to view in the stores, all the decorations put up everywhere!
I was hoping to be a little bit more prepared for Vlog and Blogmas this year and yet I wasn't, I'm SLIGHTLY disappointed in myself but not by too much. I just don't really like scrambling to figure out content for THAT EXACT DAY. I use to be so much better/more organized when it came to blogging. Whatever did happen to those days?!
I've been adjusting to the cold weather here in Texas; I've grown so use to 90* year round weather from living in Florida for the last years that adjusting to a cold winter again after that long is a pretty hard transition! It was snowing in Austin a few nights ago but so far no snow here in DFW! Sucks! I'm waiting on it! It snowed last year, the weekend AFTER I went home. Other than that the fact I've had a cold since October that seems to never be going away and just increasing and decreasing has been rather annoying. So I've been coughing my nights away and feeling drained during the day.
Still, I won't let it stop me from enjoying as much of a real winter and a real Christmas as much as I can!
I still have yet to decide to bake anything this holiday season and while I've filled up my Pinterest boards with loads of idea's I haven't still decided on one particular one to try out just yet. I mean I've decided on one, so hopefully next week I'll get to attempt it!
I've also got to do something about my kitchen set up because I still have the Halloween runner on the table and that's just gotta go! It's just getting all the bits and bobs off that table (that shouldn't even be there to begin with) that's part of the problem. Ugh.
I've decided go cut down on the things I have going into 2018 because it's just all starting to drive me nuts, then again I say this pretty much twice a year. So we'll see how that goes. But I'm really hoping to tidy up my place a lot more before Christmas and New Year's gets here! Having a dizzy cat who tacks cat litter everywhere certainly doesn't help but I need to see what I can find to help her keep that litter off her tiny little paws.
There's not very many adventures planned this month sadly like there was last year but it's okay, adjusting to this weather and to other things are a little bit more important to me at the moment and I'll make up for it next winter when I hope to be more prepared for 40* - 30* days! Thankfully my mom sent me some cute winter clothes she had found and Bubba got me some fleece pj's I had wanted from Target yesterday when he went to grab me some stuff. And he also got me this really cute Grumpy Care Bears fleece poncho with a hood! I'm pretty obsessed with it already! I just threw it in the wash so I don't have pictures.
Speaking of, I need to make it into a habit of taking more photos with my actual cameras and less with my phone (which I've also been saying for years...) just because the iPhone photo quality is starting to bother me a bit. Sometimes it's really nice and clear and other times it's blurry af. I don't know why that is but sometimes it just is. So yeah, I need to make it a point to start using my actual camera.
I'm 18 books behind on my goal of reading 36 books this month, whomp. I highly doubt I'll be able to catch that up by much but I could try. I borrowed some shorter Middle Grade books from the library from a series I wasn't aware was still being made and Bubba let me open one of the Middle Grade books he got me for Christmas called The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris so those are definitely going to go on my TBR pile for this month.
What are some of your plans this month?
Nick spotted Hello Kitty x SoftLips set at Target in the mini gift giving isle in the Christmas section and I thought it was really cute. So we split it up between me and his younger sister.
These are the 3 I got.
[ Sweet Cupcake - Pretty Passion Fruit - Smart Apple ]
The packaging is so cute I can't deal! I seriously felt bad about opening these up but I was SO curious to see what they tasted like!
I opted to open Sweet Cupcake first. Seriously, how flippin cute is this packaging!
I read on SoftLips Facebook page that they have no plans to go back to their stick balm format for awhile and everything from here on out is going to be in this cube format.
Which... let's be honest it's cute but it takes up a lot of space. And if you have a small purse like I do, it gets kind of annoying trying to find a place to comfortably place this guy. I also noticed when I pulled it out of the packaging that the plastic dome on top was a little loose. I don't know if that's something typical with this product as this is the first I've opened of these.
There isn't a way to twist it securely closed, which baffled me as I attempted again and again. They click closed. You'll see what I mean...
Now, I'm still under the impression I opened this completely wrong but I don't know how else to open it without breaking the thing. Is this right? Am I suppose to get the smooth side up?! I felt like it was suppose to be something like EOS where you twist it open and closed. If this is indeed the right way, what an odd place to put the product and how would I get the rest down in the dome? I really hope you don't expect me to scoop it out.
Alright, let's talk actual product.
Sweet Cupcake has a faint (not super strong like the Lip Smacker Tsum Tsum balm) scent of sweet vanilla. It almost reminded me of Sweet Cream ice cream from Cold Stones... if I had to compare it to something. The product, just like all other SoftLips products leaves a slight tingle on your lips and a minty after-feeling. The taste is about as faint as the smell. So don't expect a strong scent/smell like you would with MAC products.
I personally prefer the stronger scent/taste to my lip products but regardless this does get the job done. It's hydrating, tingles the lips and as a pleasant scent and taste.
I just can't get over the product placement.
Someone tell me I opened it wrong.
It's definitely a peach when it comes to photographing!
Yesterday Nick and I went to run some errands... though I don't remember --- oh! Hair dye and Sprint lol. It was getting pretty crowded so going to the mall was out of the question (even if Macy's had 300 walk-in kicks and various other stores had 200). We headed over to the movie theater to see if anything was playing --- aka --- if Star Wars was done being sold out.
Speaking of...
Then came home and ended my night with a box of my favorite salted caramels in the world.
Happy graduation to me!
Now to wait a whole year for the next movie.
[ was not anticipating for this to happen today ]
Can we just take a moment to look at how much the price of the movie ticket is?
For someone who's lived on Disney property for the last two years I am amazed.
The theater was kinda half empty the whole time. I guess a lot more people than I thought saw it on opening day.
The movie was amazing. Even though I hadn't watched 1, 2 or 3 beforehand. Or ever really. Which you don't really need to in order to follow what's going on. In fact if you've never watched Star Wars before, period I think you'd be fine jumping into this.
There is a cast of all brand new characters that continue on from where the first Star Wars movies left off. But like I said, you'd still be okay if you've never seen them. They embark on new journey's and they dabble into a bit of the history of Star Wars so they catch you up.
But for those of us who are well aware of the basis of the story, there are A LOT of surprises that made me almost burst into tears. Well one scene did and I felt like such a baby for it cause it was so random lol! There are twists and turns for both new viewers and old which I really liked!
Somewhere during the movie I had one of those fairy tale moments where you realize you'd marry and protect the person you're with. The fact that Nick totally supports my love for Star Wars and StormTroopers, Macarons (a new Macaron place opened up across from the theater), and a bunch of other things is really a sweet gesture. And I guess it shows how many messed up people I've dated if I don't think the nice things he's doing for me is normal. But he's always taking care of me and trying to do things he know will cheer me up.
Also, I feel bad for dissing the new droid and not giving him a chance prior to this movie and also the Troopers (sorry baes). The new droid is actually really freakin adorable he doesn't remind me at all of R2, he stands alone as his own type of droid. And the new Troopers, I didn't even noticed they had Donald Duck heads while watching the movie but omgosh you see SO many of them. I think that's what excited me the most --- ALL THE TROOPERS.
Speaking of...
They had this guy walking around outside the theater with an escort. There was only one of him but I thought it was pretty festive and awesome they had him there. People did the classic Trooper picture pose with him. I never know what pictures to take with the Troopers since I get so dreamy eyed and star struck. They're not into the idea of selfies either.
Then came home and ended my night with a box of my favorite salted caramels in the world.
Happy graduation to me!
Now to wait a whole year for the next movie.
I was sorting through my Julep stuff (and it was about time that I did) and pulled out all my doubles and decided to put them up for sale. I don't have a swap wish list because I'm not that in the know when it comes to Juelp (...yet!) so for now I'm only selling.
Everything is BNIB!
Shipping is $3 flat rate!
- Oxygen Brightening Nail Treatment $8
- Julep Nail Polish $8
Bianca (x2), Fifi, Joanne, London, Aubrey
- Julep Plié Wand $12
If you're interested in any of these products email me at hazearella [at] hotmail [dot] com!
I discovered ColourPop on Instagram randomly.
One of those you follow a person and it leads to another person to another... and another... and eventually I ended up on someone's account dedicated to swatching various different types of products. One look at the pigmentation and quality of ColourPop and I was hooked! All that shimmer! All that glitter! Their lippies swatched pretty nicely too. I was in love. In utter complete love.
Black Friday rolls by.
I don't think I have to even continue that sentence or thought.
I spend hours debating on what I want to purchase. Something holiday-ish? Or something I'd actually use? Had I had enough funds I would had just bought it all! But I surprisingly only ended up with two products. I know, I'm still in shock myself!
I decided on the lippie set Kitty. I had another one that I was about to ship home but had second thoughts on it due to a really bright red I would never had dared to wear. This set contained two colors that were similar but still all colors I would happily wear. I was hoping for a more deep purple shade, but I'm sure I can make that one in the middle work! I finally got around to swatching these on myself last night and I'm blown away by not only the feel and pigmentation but the staying power. I was doing dishes and they still wouldn't wash off! Holy crap! Can I finally sip on my Starbucks straw and not have to deal with that icky lipstick lip stain?! We shall find out!
This is where the choice making got tricky.
Monday's in Malibu contain colors I'm normally drawn to and colors I would wear on a daily basis. BUT this isn't a holiday set, which sort of threw me off. But I am happy with the set I did pick. Swatched these last night as well and holy wow, just... wow.
So. Much. Shimmer.
This kitty meme came to mind. No joke. My eyes were wide and everything.
Anyway...
As you can see by the dip in the corner of the pots where I clearly swatched... yes, it bothers me. Just like adding a meme to this post sort of did because it threw off the images, but I'm learning to deal.
The shadows are incredibly SOFT. Like, stick your finger in it with too much pressure and it will sink. Imagine the pots of shadow is like memory foam. Except, it doesn't exactly bounce back. With that said --- your pots won't be perfect the whole time you'll be showing them love. Sorry. And yes, I'm still trying to think of a way around this. But because of it, they have a base to shadow consistency which is really really nice. And buttery. And a little bit cooling. It makes the shimmer and glitter that much more bolder and the base color underneath it doesn't get rubbed away either. It's so hard to explain but so awesome.
I'm incredibly impressed with my first purchase. Not only were the products shipped nice and snug in their designer box but the quality of the products blew me away too. I really feel like I got my money's worth with this order!
The downside?
Now I'm a little obsessed... and I want more.
I apologize in advanced bank account. But you'll get over it.
I think I was too excited to had found these, but whatever!
I'm pretty obsessed with TsumTsum, the game and the app. I mean, it's Disney. Letsjustbereal. Shout out to Caelon for starting this madness lol!
I guess I should had taken a pic of the whole display... but I was too excited.
The Tsum Tsum Lip Smacker in Marshmallow Pop* also comes in several other characters: Minnie (Strawberry), Winnie The Pooh (Honey), Stitch (Blueberry) and I think there might be one or two more but my store didn't have them. Micky comes in Marshmallow Pop. I wasn't a fan of the other flavors or characters so I went with Mickey. He's my favorite boss anyway.
The packaging is really cute even if it leaves him heavy headed. But you can stack them on top of each other which is pretty cool.
What surprised me the most about it was the fact that there is so little product! The packaging takes over like 80% of the thing. At .26oz it has .01oz more product than an EOS lip balm. Now that's surprising!
Marshmallow Pop is interesting. As soon as I unscrewed it I could immediately smell the powdery vanilla marshmallow scent. The product is smooth and buttery and glides nicely on the lips. Also, it totally tastes like vanilla marshmallows. I had to resist licking my lips... but it didn't work. I regret nothing. The staying power is pretty decent for a Lip Smacker product. It stayed on the rest of the night through dinner and my bubble bath until I brushed my teeth before bed.
If all the other characters/flavors are this true to taste I'm kinda regretting not grabbing them all! Overall I am a fan of this product but that might be a biased opinion since I worked for Disney, I'm obsessed with Disney and I'm obsessed with products that actually taste like what they say they're suppose to taste like.
Still, they make a cute stocking stuffer too!
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