FAMILY HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS 2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Every year my husband and I decorate the outside of our house with blue lights for Christmas. When I was a little girl my family couldn't afford to decorate our house for Christmas. So we would drive around our local neighborhoods in West Virginia to look at Christmas lights. There was one house in particular that I loved to see each year. It was decorated all in blue, with a nativity scene out front and music would play softly in the background. It was really beautiful and I always dreamed of one day decorating my house just like that one. Now while my house isn't as elaborately decorated as the one from my childhood, we still manage to be creative in our own way.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and that you all have a blessed Holiday season.

Our three boys waiting to see Santa to get their picture
taken with him - you're never to young for Santa Claus!

Our Christmas Eve Turkey

Our Christmas Eve Dinner

Our two nieces enjoying the holiday meal with us.

Here are some more pictures of the decorations around our house and a few more of the outside of the house as well. Please be safe and enjoy the Holiday Season!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2012

Just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas! This year we decided to spend our holidays at home, relaxing with the kids and enjoying our time with each other. Whether you spend your holidays at home or you are traveling to visit your family, here's hoping that you all have a safe and blessed time. 

CHANEL SPRING 2013 MAKEUP COLLECTION - PRINTEMPS PRECIEUX DE CHANEL

PRINTEMPS PRECIEUX DE CHANEL

This is all the information that I have at this time for the CHANEL SPRING 2013 COLLECTION - PRINTEMPS PRECIEUX DE CHANEL. I will continue to update this post as more information becomes available. According to my sources this collection is due to start shipping out to all stores, counters and boutiques on December 3rd however it will not be available until late December / early January.

POUDRE SIGNEE DE CHANEL ILLUMINATING FACE POWDER - $68.00 USD

SOFT PEACH BEIGE

JOUES CONTRASTE POWDER BLUSH - $43.00 USD

FRIVOLE - LUMINOUS APRICOT

LES OMBRES QUADRA EYE SHADOW - $58.00 USD

RAFFINEMENT - RICH MAUVE, PEARLY PINK BEIGE, SHIMMERING LILAC, DEEP EGGPLANT

STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF LONG LASTING EYELINER - $30.00 USD

ORB ROSE - LIGHT ROSY BEIGE (limited edition)

BERYL - LILAC

SANTAL - BROWN (limited edition)

ROUGE ALLURE LUMINOUS INTENSE LIP COLOUR - $34.00

FANTASQUE - SOFT ROSE (limited edition)

PRECIEUSE - PEACHY BEIGE (limited edition)

ENVOUTANTE - SHIMMERING VIOLET PLUM

CAPTIVANTE - COPPER BROWN

ROUGE DOUBLE INTENSITE ULTRA WEAR LIP COLOUR - $34.00

ROSE PEARL - SHIMMERING WARM ROSE (repromote)

ROUGE ALLURE VELVET LUMINOUS MATTE LIP COLOUR - $34.00 USD

L'ECLATANTE - VIBRANT PINK

LA FAVORITE - CORAL

ROUGE ALLURE EXTRAIT DE GLOSS - $32.00 USD
PURE SHINE INTENSE COLOUR LONG WEAR

MERVEILLE - LILAC ROSEWOOD

ATTIRANCE - COPPERY BEIGE (limited edition)

LE CRAYON LEVRES PRECISION LIP DEFINER - $29.00

RUBELLITE - VIBRANT PINK

PALISSANDRE - REFINED BROWN

LE VERNIS NAIL COLOUR - $27.00

EMPRISE - NATURAL ROSY BEIGE

FRACAS - VIBRANT PINK

 

ACCESSOIRE - DEEP RED BROWN

CHANEL VARIATION EYESHADOW QUAD SWATCHES

THE NEW COLOUR COLLECTION FOR EYES
Eyes speak volumes with elegant eyeshadow harmonies, created to accentuate the dramatic new lash look of LE VOLUME DE CHANEL Mascara. Offered in coral, plum and brown expressions.

CHANEL LES 4 OMBRES QUADRA VARIATION EYE SHADOW consists of a light rose, a silver-grey, a deep purple, and a light shimmering plum. This quad is part of the LES EXPRESSIONS DE CHANEL collection (you can read more about it HERE). It currently retails for $58.00 and can be purchased on the Chanel.com website, at Chanel counters, or at Chanel Boutiques. You can see from my swatches below that with little to no effort on my part when swatching the eyeshadows they were extremely pigmented and seemed to have excellent color pay-off with a velvety smooth texture. Variation will be part of Chanel's permanent line of eyeshadow quads so there is no need to rush out and purchase this right away, however, the colors are too beautiful to not have this in your collection.

ALLURE HOLIDAY BEAUTY BOX - STILL AVAILABLE

Attention Allure Beauty Enthusiasts: (you can Subscribe Here) it's time for the Allure Holiday Beauty Box! On sale November 23rd, this box of goodies (you can get Yours Here) is still available. I've ordered the Allure Beauty Boxes before and I have always found a lot of great useful items. Many of the items I share with family and friends but some of the products are just too amazing to part with. The Beauty Boxes tend to sell out within the first few days so you might want to hurry and get yours while you still can.

The cost is $29.99 plus $10.00 shipping / handling and keep in mind that $5.00 from each purchase will be donated to the Laura Mercier Ovarian Cancer fund. Also, there is a max limit of no more than 5 per purchase. Here is a list of everything that you can expect to receive with your Beauty Box:

69 FLEUR DE LOTUS CHANEL JOUES CONTRASTE POWDER BLUSH - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

CHANEL JOUES CONTRASTE POWDER BLUSH in #69 FLEUR DE LOTUS is a delicate peachy coral blush. I bought this near the end of the Nordstrom's Anniversary sale back in August but I haven't had time to post about it until now. I did however, post earlier about the whole collection which you can check out here: CHANEL FLEUR DE LOTUS collection. Even if you missed out on this collection back in July / August it is still available on the Nordstrom.com website.