Spa-ces: January 2012

Happy Chinese New Year!

This year, we celebrate the year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese Zodiac. Not just any dragon, the black water dragon. To find out if you are a dragon sign in the Chinese Zodiac see dates below:

16 February 1904 – 3 February 1905: Wood Dragon

3 February 1916 – 22 January 1917: Fire Dragon

23 January 1928 – 9 February 1929: Earth Dragon

8 February 1940 – 26 January 1941: Metal Dragon

27 January 1952 – 13 February 1953: Water Dragon

13 February 1964 – 1 February 1965: Wood Dragon

31 January 1976 – 17 February 1977: Fire Dragon

17 February 1988 – 5 February 1989: Earth Dragon

5 February 2000 – 23 January 2001: Metal Dragon

23 January 2012 – 9 February 2013: Water Dragon

10 February 2024 – 28 January 2025: Wood Dragon

If one of these dates falls on your birthday year. Congrats, this is your year! According to the chinese Zodiac; the dragons were considered to be the free spirits of the Chinese Zodiac signs. It is the 5 sign in the Zodiac cycle. The characteristics of the dragon are: Innovated, enterprising, flexible, self-assured, brave, passionate, conceited, tactless, scrutinizing, unanticipated, quick-tempered. What does this year mean for you? It's suppose to be very lucky. You can look forward to a year of flamboyance, new beginnings, and good fortune!

To the windooow...to the wall!

I am obsessed with this wall art decals!! I am going to be ordering these for our house. My problem though is, that there are SO many different art decals to choose from!!! SO, here are a few (and I use that term "few" VERY loosely. lol) of my faves out of the thousands of choices I have come across.

Master bedroom

Spare Bedroom

Kitchen

Kids Bedroom

Entrance

eBay!

WOW-ZA! I think I am addicted to shopping on ebay. I never realized that ebay was as great as it is, for shopping for beauty related supplies! The past week or 2 I have placed 5 orders on ebay! :o I ordered a nail display rack, orange wood sticks, mani soak bowls, 60 false lashes, and 180 eyeshadow palette!! I can't wait to see all my purchases, when they make their way to me! Everything is coming from Hong Kong, so it is estimated to take about 2 weeks average to get these items. But they are all from different supplies. So it will be interesting to see who comes out on top with shipping and what not. I will report back with feedback on each ebayer. So you will know for future reference, who is a real good ebayer and if they're service out shines others.

So here's the list of the items I ordered off ebay, along with the names of the sellers I am dealing with:

1. Seller: "newkitty1116"
Item ordered: Nail display stand with 64 nail display sticks (see image below)
Order Date: August 12, 2011
Shipment Date: August 15, 2011

Item ordered:
100 Nail art orange wood sticks (see image below)
Order Date: August 14, 2011
Shipment Date: August 16, 2011

2. Seller: "tamanala"
Item ordered: 1 set of 2 purple manicure soaking bowls
Order Date: August 17, 2011
Shipment Date: August 19, 2011

3. Seller: "tomtop_auction"
Item ordered: 180 eyeshadow palette
Order Date: August 19, 2011
Shipment Date: August 20, 2011

4. Seller: "onexshop"
Item ordered: 60 pair variety false lashes
Order Date: August 26, 2011
Shipment Date: August 28, 2011

"Reflections" in the office space.

So, a few weeks back I was shopping for some wedding stuff at Winners. When I saw this gorgeous mirror that I thought would look PERFECT in my office. And it matched my office colour scheme to the "T". But, since I only budgeted for the wedding stuff I was on the hunt for I had to pass...:( I was thinking to myself. If the mirror is gone by the time I have the budget for it. It just wasn't meant to be. BUT, when I do go back and it is still there. It's meant to be. Because as we all know, if you are a familiar shopper with Winners. Things do not last long there. So, when you see something there and you like it, it's a MUST that you snatch it right there and then!

So anyway, I went back there today with the Hubby. Hoping that this mirror would still be there, and the all mighty hubby could be the one to carry it out for me when I purchase it. lol ;) So, when I went back to Winners today, after 2 weeks of seeing this mirror there. I Bee-lined it over to the housing section, to see if MY mirror was still there...And sure enough...IT WAS!!!! YAY, so I got my perfect dream mirror for my dream office! So I wanted to share another successful purchase of mine, with all of you!! So once I get this mirror up, along with the perfect picture frames and shelving. It's going to look SUPERB! Once I get my hubby to properly mount this beauty up on my wall, I will post a picture! And I will make sure, once my office is finally finished, I will share my pictures with you all! So stay tuned! ;)

E.L.F me!

Yay!! Today was a great day, it started off great and continued on. Only because I received my order I made with E.L.F.! I ordered 19 products from their website. And it took them 2 weeks before sipping out my order...that wasn't very impressive to me. BUT, I did end up receiving my package 1 week after they finally shipped out my order. So if they would've shipped it right after I placed my order. It would've been only 1 week before seeing my stuff. But it is ALL here now!!! ^_^ I will definitely do an update on all the makeup and products I received in this order. So you know what's good, what's not, if it's worth saving or if it's worth spending the extra cash instead.

Below I have a few photos of all the makeup/products I ordered. The packaging was well done I must say. The makeup came in a small box, stuffed with paper filler around the pile of makeup, which was put inside an E.L.F. bag. As you will see in my first photo below. And the photo under that one shows all my makeup laid out nicely, so you can see it all. And below those photos, I have the break down of all of the products. Enjoy!