Honey, I'M HOME!

I'm fresh back from New York and 'so totes' in the mood for Christmas. A bit of snow and I'm suddenly all festive!! Yes, it snowed in the Big Apple and yes, I did everything on my cliched list of "things to do in New York" - You can tell by my increased use of exclamation marks (as if I could use any more) that I'm having an awesome holiday season so far and I HOPE YOU ARE TOO!

But before I get too excited and start shouting about Christmas, back to the topic at hand. Definitely a jam-packed but wonderful first-time-in-New-York - here's a little snapshot of what I got up to...

What on earth am I doing? Read on, dear reader, read on!

Clockwise from top left:

Standard New York Skyline, the Empire State Building at night.
Being all 'Home Alone' at The Plaza
Twirling around in Central Park on a snowy day
Going to see The Knicks at Madison Square Garden (I bought a giant foam finger and a Knicks cap too!)
Making new pals in the snow..
The legendary Xmas tree at The Rockefeller Centre.

And, as is custom with all my holiday posts, of course I'm going to tell you about the beauty buys I found!

Much to the pain of Mr FV, I spent a good hour running around the beauty aisles in Duane Reade - a popular New York drugstore chain and I came across some stuff which wasn't available in the UK. That's right people - we're looking at an exclusive here!!

Voila! To add to my Maybelline Babylips collection, I picked up this Dr Rescue version which is medicated with Menthol to sooth sore lips. (Perfect for my wind-chapped lips, New York was friggin cold!)

The Dr Rescue Range is an extended range from the popular original Baby Lips collection and also comes in various colours - mine is Peach Kiss which is a light beige shade on my lips. Mwah, take that winter lips!

I also got two Maybelline Dream Bouncy blushers - mainly because they sounded FUN! Also - when you touch them, you find out they ARE fun. They're squidgy, like memory foam - it's such a shame that the Dream Bouncy Blush is better applied with a brush rather than your fingers, I couldn't resist poking it.

They apply like a powder, but have the gleam and glow of a cream blush. Great for anyone who isn't very good at applying liquid or thick cream blushers!

Oh - and this Jordana Color Tint Blush stick - only 2 dollars!!

Its a blendable cream stick which is easily striped onto cheeks for a healthy looking "just went for a jog in Central Park" flush.

I'm really liking cream blush at the moment, I find it just looks a bit perkier and bit more glowy? (though for more thoughts on Glow, see here)

I'll be doing a review on these soon, so you can see how they look on the face!

Oh - and one more Maybelline special (hey, you just have to stock up on Maybelline when you're in New York!) - I found this lovely Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick. It's light and sheer, like a lip balm but with better packaging- I just wish I'd bought more colours!

And if you follow me on Instagram, you'll see that I also bought a load of clothes, a necklace and a new handbag - but this has been a long enough post! I'll spare your eyes and save that for a fashion post after Xmas. (assuming I still fit into them all!)

And there's the New York adventure round-up done! Complete. Finito.

Back to normal posting but stay tuned -as I approach my one-year blog anniversary, I'll be planning some sort of reader giveaway! Can I get an oh yeahhhhhh?

I'm so ridiculously excited and happy that it's Christmas but most of all - I hope you are too! Christmas is the one time of the year where JOY should rule supreme (along with merriness and a lotta mulled wine.) Oh and presents ;)

Happy holidays to you all.

xXXXx

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