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Saturday 10 March 2012

Beauty Swap-USA Style!

Hello everyone!
This post is so exciting! A few weeks ago i met a lovely go on twitter (twitter link) called Jessie! She lives over in America and we thought it would be really fun if we would do a beauty swap with each other as there are so many brands which are available just over there and vice versa! We sent each other info about what types of products we liked and from that we went shopping for each other, which i absolutely LOVED doing! We both sent each other our surprise packages in the post last week and i was thrilled to see that the postman delivered mine today. 


 I have got to say i was completely blown away when i opened the box. Jessie had made such an effort it was beautifully packaged as can be seen from this photo i took quickly because i was so excited to see the goodies inside!

The first thing i noticed and loved was that she had wrapped everything into little packages....it felt like Christmas! As i started to unwrap everything i was completely gobsmacked, i couldn't believe the items Jessie had picked, it was like she knew everything i like and that she had known me forever! I was squealing with excitement as i opened everything i just couldn't believe what i was seeing!


So lets show you what i got :D! 


Isn't it amazing!!
I will be doing individual reviews as i use them all but for now i will show you each of the pieces i received!

First up, the main product i told Jessie i would really like to try was an EOS lipbalm, as i had seen lots of beauty bloggers rave about them and they are near on impossible to find here in the UK and are usually really expensive when you do! To my surprise and my utter excitement Jessie got me 5 of them! I received the Summer Fruits, Lemon, Mint,Honeysuckle and Strawberry Sorbet flavours! The look and smell incredible! 






Next up i received a mini Slatkin candle. The scent is mint chocolate, which i didn't actually tell Jessie but it actually is one of my absolute favourite scents/smells so i was so happy when i unwrapped it! I just want to eat this as it smells so good!
                                                                                                  

When i told Jessie the things i did and didn't like in products, one of the things i mentioned was that i loved girly and bright colours, so i absolutely loved the next products when i unwrapped these lovely Orly nail varnishes. She sent me the shades " Star Spangled" "Flamingo" and " Show Girl" ( in that order in the photos!)  which are so girly and colours which i would have definitely picked  if i was shopping for myself! I can not wait to try these as i have recently read good things about Orly products in general!


I also mentioned to Jessie that covergirl is a brand which gets mentioned a lot in the UK but is particularly hard to get hold of so she kindly sent me one of their eyeshadow sets! The set is called " Urban Basics" which is a set of gorgeous neutral colours, which is personally the colours i use mostly on my eyes so this set was perfect for me!



In addition to the EOS lip balms that i received Jessie also sent me their hand lotion! I did not realise that they even did this to be honest but it smells so good so i can't wait to try it!

NYX is a brand recently i have heard a lot about especially as a lot of bloggers bought their products at IMATS and i have been looking into purchasing some items from them so i was mega excited to see that Jessie sent me 3 of their products! I received an eye shadow in the shade "skin tight" which is the most perfect golden shimmery shade, a stick blush in the shade " pink poppy" and the product which i am particularly excited about which is the eye shadow base!I haven't heard really anything about this actual product but this type of product in general is something i have been wanting to purchase for a long time so this has come at the perfect time! 



The final two lots of products are the ones which i was most surprised to receive! i can't believe that Jessie went to the effort to send me them it is amazing!
First up is the Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 Hour Eyeshadow in the shade " Fierce and Tangy" which is a gorgeous orange/golden shade which i think is gonna look so good for a summer eye look or equally god food an eye look for a night out!According to other bloggers these are apparently similar in consistency to the MAC Painpots, although personally i haven't tried these so could not say for sure! These are currently unavailable within the UK so to receive this is so exciting i literally can not wait to use this!



 Lastly and possibly the products which i probably let out the biggest squeal for was not one but two of the brand new Revlon Lip Butters! If you follow me on twitter (Kbeyoutiful) then you know i have been going mad about trying to get some of these from boots but after a bit of a fiasco with their website they are still currently unavailable to buy which left me a little disheartened so imagine my surprise when i opened these! I can not begin to write my excitement to receive these it is so incredible. Jessie kindly sent me two shades, " Strawberry Shortcake" and "Berry Smoothie" which honestly is two of the shades i wanted to buy for myself! The packaging for these are absolutely stunning... So stylish! 








Aren't they all beautiful products! Full reviews to come of all of these! Jessie sent me a lovely letter aswell which i won't show but it was so sweet! I will add a link if to this blog post if Jessie writes a post or a video about what i sent her! I feel so guilty as i don't think my package was nowhere near as exciting as what she sent me so i am so sorry Jessie! She is such a lovely person and the best part about this whole experience is that i feel i genuinely have made a friend through this and she is somebody i can see being very special to me!

I hope you guys liked reading this! I don't want it to come across as bragging in any way because it completely isn't meant to be i am honestly just so excited about it all! 

Have you done a swap before? Would it be something that interests you? What products would you like to recieve!As always let me know!

Love Kristina x

P.s. Jessie's blog address is http://jessiemariem.blogspot.com/ go check it out!!!! 




22 comments:

  1. Wow! This is so generous!
    Some amazing products. I can't wait till the lip butters come out in the UK!

    Makeup for Biochemists

    xx

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    1. thankyou! yes she was so so generous!
      Apparently the lip butters are available in store as of today :)!Highly recommend them!

      xx

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  2. What a great package, she sent you some gorgeous things. I've been to get some of those eos lip balms too, always hearing great things about them. Can't wait to see your reviews on all this stuff. I think these swaps are a great idea, I'm always seeing things I want to try but can never get hold of them because they're only available in the US :) xx

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    1. The EOS lip balms taste so good!!

      Thankyou for enjoying the post! xx

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    2. Yes the EOS lipbalms are so good!

      Glad you enjoyed the blog post!xx

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  3. wow! such an amazing swap! Would love to see what you sent as well :) I realllly want to do a blogswap but don't know where to find someone to swap with
    xxx

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    1. Glad you liked the post1 head over to jessie blog and you will be able to see what i sent her :D! If you have twitter suggest on there that you would like to do a swap and someone might get in touch with you! That is exactly what i did :D! xx

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  4. I'm so glad you liked everything!!
    My post is up now =] http://jessiemariem.blogspot.com/2012/03/beauty-swap-uk.html

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  5. What a great swap, I wish I could smell that candle, sounds like something I would love. xx

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    1. The candle smells so good! too scared to light it because i don't want to use it all up at once haha! xx

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  6. This is such a lovely and unique idea. It's so nice to see a post like this as it's so unique to all the other same old ones.

    Charlotte x

    what-charlotte-did.blogspot.com

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    1. Oh i am so glad you enjoyed it!! Thankyou!! xx

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  7. what a great idea :) I love the look of these products! i recently won a eos lip balm in a giveaway and i love it :D

    www.myladyboudoir.blogspot.com (from @sammycx on twitter) xo

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  8. What an AMAZING idea! I'd love to do this, i've wanted to try the eos lipbalms too, soo many people are saying such good things about them and i can't believe she got you the revlon lip butters too! Sooo jealous. I might tweet and see if anyone wants to do this with me! xxx

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    1. Yes i was a very lucky girl! So glad you liked the post! yes definitely tweet about it!!xx

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  9. I agree. The packaging is adorbs! I'm glad you ended up enjoying everything, especially the mint candle! Jessie was really nice to send you all that. Very nice bunch of goodies!

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    1. Yes she was so sweet to send it all! Glad you enjoyed reading the post hun! xxx

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  10. What a cool idea :) xx

    I've Tagged You in My Blog Post Get To Know Me http://ohhsoglam.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/tag-get-to-know-me.html Hope You Join in :) xx

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    1. Oh yes i just read it!Will try to answer the questions in a post soon! xx

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  11. would you do another beauty swap? Id love to do one :] xx

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