Aya's presents and my haul

So before we even knew Aya was going to come visit the states, I wanted to do a swap with her because I was dying to get one of the Jill Stuart blush palettes that Fuz had hauled.  It was just so pretty and girly! lol!!  Once Aya found out that she was going to visit, I told her to just bring the palette with her [I could wait and be a good girl!] because shipping made no since when we could just meet up!! Yay!

Isn't the bag itself cute?!

I asked her to bring one of the hair sweeper to the side thing a mabobs because my Marukai is lame and doesn't carry them :p  I just recently used the hair thingy even though I've had it for a few weeks...I kept forgeting to open it!  She got me palette 06 Fresh Apricot.

Umm hello...gorgeous?! 

I love the colors!  I haven't even used it yet...it's too pretty to use!  The brush is super soft!

And of course this crazy girl threw in all of these extras!  I got spoiled!!

I am dyingggg to use these palettes!!  Canmake and Kirakira!!

My VERY small haul from Sephora: Apple Promegranate [?] Body Scrub because I am obsessed with them ever since I used the sample I got from Tia...love!  A Sephora sharpener...my sharpeners ate up my MUFE aqua eyes pencil...not that I love it that much anyways but still!!  People said this was acutally good..it fits regular size and larger pencils...we shall see...and then I got a Sephora Black eye kohl pencil.  I really wanted to retractable one but they didn't have any more in black :[

As if Aya's presents were not enough...she insisted on getting me the Benefit Girl's Night In package.  All I did was drive her around!!  I love it Aya!!  Thank you!!  Now I can try the creaseless shadows :]

Okay...enough hauls...no more till I hit pan on five products!!

aya visits!!

*picture heavy!!

I am FINALLY blogging about Aya's visit...which was a few weeks ago lol.  I got to meet Irodori since she was here on a little vacation.  She was staying REALLY close by..and I mean like...10-15 minutes so you know we had to meet up!!  I always imagined her to be taller, but she was this cute, little Japanese girl with a HUGE personality!  I absoulutely love her!!

Andy and I took her around and first we hit up Melody's Makeup Outlet store since the CCO was out of the way.  She did DAMAGE to that store!!

Andy was our personal photographer for the day :]

Swatching...

more swatching..

Yes...she IS holding a basket for all her goodies!

Then we hit up Santa Monica.  We had to grab some food since we were hungry and we ate at this cute Italian restaurant on 3rd St. Promenade.  This sweetie treated us to lunch...and we all ordered the same Chicken pasta plate! LOL!!  It was freaken good!!

Then we hit up Sephora...which was pretty big compared to some other ones I've been to.  My hauls will be posted soon!!

Here she is getting foundation tested!

This is me trying to find ANOTHER black eye pencil...the MUA suggested their Sephora Kohl pencils, and I've heard some good things so I was interested...and for the price I was in love!  More about that laterrrrr

It was getting chilly, and before we went to Venice Beach [about 5 mins down PCH], we ran into Forever21 and she grabbed a jacket :]  and some other cute things of course :]

It was chilly!!  There were potheads everywhere!!  It smelled of pot and hippies...yum.

Look as this crazy guy on roller blades playing a guitar!!  He wanted a tip from Andy since he got snapped but we had no cash :p

How cute is this?!  Her very own store at Venice Beach!

There were tattoo parlors galore!  I really want one, and Aya has some really cool ones!!  But still...I'm too scared!  

I am so very glad that I got to meet this crazy, fun gal!!  I can't wait for her to come back and when I come to Japan we are going to rock the streets!!  I hope you had as much fun as I did!!  Thanks for the goodies that I absolutely loveeee!!!

I'll post next on my small haul at Sephora and the goodies Aya brought from Japan just for me!!  This was before I said I would haul anymore before hitting pan on five products!!  Yes..I am going to take that challenge with you Katie!!  Hopefully I can do it...LOL!!  Are there any rules on what is included/excluded? :p

collective haul

I have been super lazy and I just keep postponing all my posts. I don't really have a reason except for...I'm always out out out :p Well...anyways, here's some stuff I actually got through makeupalley. I was really hesitant for swapping on there since I've been hearing a lot of horror stories, but I was extra careful and messaged with the lovely ladies quite a few times before sealing the deal. Here's a picture of the things I got; a lot of extras were included but I probably either won't be using those or...I totally forgot to take a picture. Yay! My first MAC shadestick in Royal Hue. The next post will have me wearing it as a base. I did a purple look for my six months :] More on that later :]


Here is what I got from Aya-san [irodori]!! YAY!! She even threw in an extra palette!! We e-mailed back and forth quite a bit, but not so much anymore. She's a busy gal!! Basically, I bought her US items and in return she sent me items from Japan :] YAY!!

I went to Japan twice and fell in love with their connecty earrings since I have two holes on each side plus one in my cartilege on one ear. I told her about them and she got me some cute star earrings!! I'm wearing them as we speak :]

The boyfriend took me on a shopping trip to Brea mall and he said I could get whatever as long as it wasn't makeup. Boo hoo! Well...not really since I have a ton of it anyways. I'm really trying to save up for that Hello Kitty MAC release that's up in the air. Anyways, I got this super cute thin black belt with stars and a trendy vest at Metropark. There's a better picture below.

Charlotte Russe was having a brown bag sale [anything you fit in the bag was 25% off]. I just thought this shirt was cool and got some panties along with it but...those are for my eyes only :p

I love my vest! I forgot to take a picture of the black hat that I got at Metropark as well. It's just one of those black hats...kind of like the one Fergie wears in her Big Girls Don't Cry MV.

I love love love my new Betsey Johnson bag!! It's my favorite item from the shopping trip. I've been eyeing the bag every time I went to the mall and it was $90 and I told myself ughh I don't need another bag especially in white. They just get dirty so fast! Well...it must have been my lucky day because this bag was marked down to $60! SO I FINALLY got it! Got a cool looking sword necklace and a couple of cheap sunglasses that are from Love 21...that Forever 21 accessories store. I love my boyfriend and gosh...this was a fun collective haul :] More pictures will be coming soon when I get the chance to upload them on a host site :]