THANKFUL NOVEMBER AND A LITTLE IPSY

Hi friends! It’s been a few days since my last post… Sorry to be missing in action, all I can I say is that thanksgiving got the best of me. But, in a good way. I was able to get some much needed down time and spend some quality time with family and friends. Plus, I have a very busy week ahead of me at work, so I purposely took it slow this weekend.

Did I mention that I made my very first turkey? I did, I did, and it was a success! Anyway, I hope you’ve had a great long weekend and a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I can’t help but to mention how thankful I am, God really has been so good to me. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful husband, a loving and hard-working mother, an amazing family, and great friends. I love my job, and I love the fact that my “idea” of a blog actually became a reality this year. Even the fact that you’re reading this right now, thank you! Thank you for allowing me to have an outlet for my girly-ness and for my love for Miami. Really, THANK YOU! I appreciate each of you more than you know.

So, back to business, or fun, or today’s post, or whatever you want to call it… Today, I’d like to tell you about ipsy.

Just a couple of months ago I had subscribed to a monthly beauty box called Birchbox. At first, I thought it was so much fun to get these monthly beauty packages. But, as the months went on, I became less and less impressed with their sample sized products, I felt like I should be getting them for free. Needless to say, I ditched Birchbox, did a little research, and found a similar service… This one is definitely worth the price.

It’s called ipsy.com, and for just $10, subscribers receive a monthly collectible make-up bag with 4-5 deluxe-size samples or full-size beauty products. Totally awesome! Here’s what I got my first month. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

1. Bare Minerals – Marvelous Moxie Lip Gloss (Dare Devil)
2. Nailtini Nail Polish – Millionaire
3. Meet Matt(e) – Matte Eyeshadow (Matt Batali)
4. Starlet Eyeliner – Black
5. Benefit – They’re Real Mascara

Loved: Nailtini glitter nail polish (For a fun and festive look, paint a coat over a dark oxblood colored polish. Hope you like it, I definitely recommend subscribing!)