I must have been a good girl!

I know it's a bit late to still keep talking about Christmas after all it's long gone now ( sad but true). As of yesterday life is back to normal, festive celebrations are over and I can get back to doing what I love doing best, blogging!

One of my new years resolutions is to blog more often, every other day to be precise and make at least two videos a week. 2010 is the first year I've made any resolutions so we'll see how it goes.

Anyway onto the good stuff, what Santa bought me this year. I must have been really good this year as I was spoilt rotten. Here are a few things I got apart from the usual gift vouchers and socks.

Introducing my new love, the Vitello Lux by Miu Miu, a gorgeous reddy brown shoulder bag. I searched high and low for this handbag, I went to every city and surfed every website to find this baby.

I finally found what I was looking for the weekend before Christmas in Leeds and it was love at first sight.
I love the battered leather effect it has which I think will help it to age well and the gorgeous bow details on each side. I haven't used any other bag since I got this one, it is perfect, just the right size and can be casual or smart =LOVE.

Another non-makeup item I got this year which I love and mean a lot to me are these cute earrings.

When I graduated this year my parents gave me a lovely Monica Vinader gold ring with square tigers eye stone set in it which I treasure and wear every day. I was so happy when I opened this box as my wonderful grandma had bought me the matching earrings!!

Onto the good stuff -

Christmas Makeup!

Nothing makes me happier than makeup, again sad but true and the sight of a few black and white Space NK bags under the tree had me desperate to rip them open.

Firstly your probably wondering whats in the big yellow box, well my naughty grandma also got me this lovely gift set as well as the earrings!

Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps, I have never seen or tried this before but on first impressions it is not what I would personally go for but it is pleasant. I love the bottle though, gorgeous dressing table ornament, it has glass love birds on the lid.

Onto eyeshadows, I received two duos this year, both are lovely and have colours I don't already have in my collection.

This is Nars's Eurydice duo from their winter collection, a lovely deep plum with blue glitter running through it, really unusual and beautiful. It is paired with a dark grey with silver reflects, perfect for a smokey eye which I'm really getting into at the moment.

I also was kindly sent this Hourglass duo as a Christmas present from a great website for hard to find, high end cosmetics, Zuneta, it is the net-a-porter of makeup.

This Visionaire duo in Prism is gorgeous and again consists of colours I would never have chosen but am so glad I have. The pigmentation on these are fab and so soft.

Swatches of both

Nars Eurydice above and Hourglass Prism below

The next item probably has to be my favourite gift this year, I remember seeing the Sonia Kashuk Faubourg Saint Honore set in Space NK a few months ago and falling in love. The quality is amazing and there were a few brushes that I had to have but the 120 pounds price tag put me off.

Luckily Hel, who bought it for me was able to get it just before Christmas in the winter sale for half price. The leather case is a lovely lilac, perfect for travelling and the brushes are amazing, especially the mini foundation brush and fluffy eyeshadow brush.

Personally I think Sonia Kashuk's brushes are great quality and would use them over my Mac any day so if you are interested in trying some Space NK is having a great winter sale with her brushes starting at just four pounds, bargain, click here to see.

Another item from Space NK I was desperate to try was their By Terry special edition Or de Rose which is basically the same as Baume de Rose but with a gorgeous addition.

I was so surprised when I found this in my stocking, what a fabulous gift. As you can see above it is the same milky pinky white formula as the infamous Baume de Rose but with luxurious 24carat rose gold particles running through it.

Nothing says glamour like a spot of gold, I knew By Terry was a high-end brand but putting real gold in lip balm is amazing while at the same time a little ridiculous but hey I'm not complaining.

The particles create a lovely subtle shimmer to the lips which looks amazing when applied over a pale nude or pink lipstick.

Here it is alone on the lips.

Illamasqua was feeling particularly festive this year and kindly sent me some products for Christmas. I was so excited opening this parcel, I really like a lot of their products but don't buy as much as I'd like to as I don't live near a store that sells them.

Sonnet lipstick - a gorgeous pale peach matte lipstick, not at all moisturising so best applied with Vaseline underneath and looks gorgeous with Mac's Florabundance or Feelin' Dreamy lipgloss.

Unrequited powder blusher - a really pretty bright barbie pink blush, looks lovely alone blended well or with a lilac toned blush on top such as Smashbox Flush, the combo is gorgeous.

Snap nail polish - a colour I would have never chosen but I actually love and looked perfect around Christmas/New Year time. A deep grey with subtle shimmer.

Lewd volume mascara - not the best mascara to be honest, didn't do much for my eyelashes but I found that applied alone to the lower lashes it really bought out my blue eyes as it's a deep blue colour. Using a lighter shade other than black, say brown or blue underneath always makes eyes appear bigger, just a little tip.

Swatches

Sonnet lipstick, Unrequinted and YSL 142.

Lily knows how much I love my YSL lippies and gave this to me on Christmas morning. It is the Rouge Pur in number 142, a lovely natural peach. It isn't as nude as I usually go for but actually looks really natural and pretty on the lips.

Last but not least is this gorgeous nail polish I got given by Hele.

Not the best photo but this polish is lovely, the perfect bright barbie pink and I love the name, Hot Pants. I've always wanted a Rococo polish but I've never really been a big spender on polishes so I'm so grateful I got given one to try.

They are from Space NK and are great for gifts, they come in this gorgeous box and have some lovely colours.

Sorry for the long post but I didn't want to do it in parts. Well done if you got all the way through.

Hope you all had a fab Christmas/New year and got everything you wanted from Santa!

xxx