Secret Santa 2016 – My gift

Hello lovelies,

Happy Monday!  So I am supposed to be on holiday already but I couldn’t go without 2 more posts.  Today I am showing you my AMAZING secret santa gift and tomorrow I will show you a new Essence collection.  Then I will be on holiday till 2 Jan.  Although, I might be back with some other random stuff in between.

Earlier this year I signed up for the Polished Secret Santa.  At the time it felt like extreme torture to have so much time to plan and wait but in the end it was a blessing.  It’s amazing how quickly the time goes by when you’re waiting for international deliveries 😛 Finally the time arrived for us to send (and receive) our packages.  We had a group video chat to open our packages together but that didn’t go super well.  In the end we all opened our amazing packages and oooh’d and aaaah’d together.  I hit the jackpot.  My secret santa was Renita and she blew my mind.  Let me show you what I got.

 

Isn’t it the most beautiful package?  I so wish I took a photo of it before I opened it.  Renita needs to professional gift wrapping!  My package arrived wrapped in pink paper.  The it was wrapped like a santa suit.  THEN I ended up with this beautiful glittery pink box!  When I opened the lid I had bubble wrap ( I LOVE bubble wrap) and pink tinsel!!! Then I saw this.  Beautifully individually wrapped gifts.

 

And because that wasn’t beautiful enough, there was another layer of gifts.  Individually wrapped, beautiful little packages.  I can’t even describe how beautiful it looked before I even opened a single thing.  I was already blown away.  Then I opened it…….

 

I am g0ing to show you a ton of photos with all my goodies because this all deserves close ups.  First off, speckled eggs and a 5 Star chocolate.  2 of my favourites! Also, a pair of unicorn socks!  I can’t even deal.  How flipping cute are those?  love love love love love

 

Then it gets even better.  Those little unicorn earrings are the best!  I adore the rainbows and hearts too.  The bottom roll of tape is a silver glitter striping tape and the top is silver chevron tape.  Those hand creams though!  I can’t decide which one is my favourite because they both smell amazing and feel soooooo good!  I am torn between using them every moment and saving them because they’re so amazing.

 

These are all the polishes from my stash.  I am going to start on the right hand side.  The Essence – Wild white ways is one of my favourite whites.  With Sinful Colors being so scarce this is my next go to white.  The Essence XXXl volume gel look topcoat is a favourite.  I really don’t like it as a topcoat thought (it never seems to dry on me) but I use this all the time for decals and on my mani mat.  it is the perfect ‘clear coat’ for that and I always try to keep an extra bottle around.  Then I have 2 polishes which I am unsure of the brand but the top one is called ‘Sweet Revenge’ and is a beautiful light pink base with a ton of pink glitter in all shapes and sizes.  The bottom one is called ‘Unicorn droppings’.  Can you think of a more perfect polish and name?  This is a white base with holo glitter and matte pink, green, yellow, blue and red glitter.  I am obsessed!  Then I got Morgan Taylor – Seal the deal and Morgan Taylor – Invitation only.  Invitation only has been on my wishlist for a while now and if I had known about Seal the deal it would probably have been right at the top of my Morgan Taylor wishlist.  Both of these are incredibly beautiful.  Then I got Avon Speed dry – Swift sherbet.  I am really excited to try this peachy, pastel orange polish.  It’s a beautiful summer colour.  Then I got Catrice – My big green wedding. It’s a super glittery green which I think dries to a texture.  It’s ridiculously beautiful and I can’t wait to use it.  Last up is Maybelline Color Show – Teal reveal.  How gorgeous is that? It’s a glitter topper with light blue, light green and holo glitter in a clear base.  I can’t wait to swatch it!

An OPI usb drive!!!!!  Come on!  How amazing is that.  I also got these 2 cute little macaron holders filled with nail jewels and a sponge holder with replacement sponges.  I am have been dying to try it out – we all know how much I love gradients – and now I have one!!!

A close up of the nail jewels.  One has little bows (I LOOOOVE BOWS) and the other has the most beautifull little shapes with shiny.  I am obsessed with the unusual shape of these and the added bling just makes it even more beautiful!

Ok, by this time I was a giggling mess of excitement.  First of all, I don’t know what the official name for it is but that little tube top right has something I have been hunting for for the longest time.  I’m sure you’ve seen that ‘brown glass’ technique done with a specific type of almost cellophane like paper.  Well, this is it!!!!!  I also got tip guides in the cutest shapes, some really cute christmas stickers and a little pot of round, matte glitter in a mix of neon colours.  I am obsessed with everything here.  I need to show you guys my collection of loose glitter type pots.  Keep an eye in IG and I will try to create some order in my chaos.

And because I don’t already have enough awesome I got 4 – FOUR!!! – wheels of nail decorations.  The bottom left is a beautiful shiny diamanté type rhinestone, above that is rhinestones in different colours and shapes (how did she know everything I wanted?!?!).  Top right is a stud type thingy I haven’t seen before but I am in love.  They are different colours and shapes but they all have a gold or silver border. It is so beautiful and the ideas are endless!  Bottom right is a wheel of little stars, hearts, different shapes in the most unique colours and finishes.  Be still my beating heart!

Last but certainly not least, I go these holo vinyls.  Isn’t that holo just ah-mazing? I could stare at that for hours!  I can’t tell you which one is my favourite because I love them all!  How do I even choose which to use first?

I can’t believe how incredibly lucky, spoilt and blessed I am.  This is the second year that my secret santa just knocked it out of the park.  Way to set the bar guys! Renita, I can’t even begin to describe how much I love each and every thing in my box and much I appreciate it.  Thank you thank you thank you!  I am SO spoilt.  Guess what I will be doing during my holiday? 😀 😀 😀

Thanks for reading,