If Jen Can Cook, So Can You!

LOL! I'm not going to lie, I was spoiled! Before I got married, I always had home cooked meals from my mama. I wasn't home much, since I was spending time with the bf at the time, so I failed to watch her. Now, I've noticed myself submerged in my mom's culinary skills. I always watch her when I come over. I call her while I'm cooking and I ask for tips!

When we were engaged, I realized I had to buckle down on the culinary skills. So, I started little things here and there. Now, my cooking skills have improved to the tee! I still have plenty to learn, so if any of you cooking mamas out there have some recipes to share, please do! As for Sunday night, I decided to make sushi. Everytime me and the husby go out for sushi, we always stare at it and realize that we can make it at home! I'm allergic to fish, which totally sucks, because I would love to make some fish sushi. DAMMIT! Anyways, I made shrimp tempura rolls for me and the husby. My rolls had shrimp tempura, mango (the resturant we go to puts mangos in the sushi we order, sooo good!), and cucumber slivers.



I was amazed! It was very easy to make, but it was pretty time consuming! Not bad for my first time, eh? Me and Husby enjoyed our sushi rolls! dYUM! Then, food coma... BLEGH!

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Enough about that! So I'm sure that you all heard about MAC's Holiday Collections! 25% OFF! Say WAH? MAC never has sales. They sure proved me wrong! So, I put the MAC exclusive, Charming Garnet set on my Christmas list for the husby. He went Christmas shopping for me by himself today and when he came back, he said, "Go ahead and order your set, they didn't have it at the mall" LOL! Awwww, he went to MAC alone! LOL! I'm so amazed, because it hates going there with me. You should see his face, it's that "Poor guy!" look. HAHA! Sooo! I hopped on the computer and placed an order for these two babies! WOO! Free shipping too, SCORE! I wasn't supposed to buy anything for myself, but geez! MAC + Sale ... UHH I couldn't pass it up. Have a lovely day!

HELLO KITTY + MAC COLLABO!

Eeeeks! So everyone has been sooo anxious about this collection. I'll bet you anything that it'll be SOLD OUT once it hits online sales. As I was doing my daily, I found this on Temptalia's page! Check her out, she has the skinny on everything beauty! If you want to read up on this collection and upcoming launches, check those sites out!

Her source came from WWD also! So check them out too!

Photo credit to WWD and Temptalia! Enjoy... and please wipe that drool off your face =)

OooOH! Launch date is FEB. 10TH! (online)... no worries about being broke for this collection, don't you remember that it's tax return season? PUAHAHA!

Sephora Package Arrived!

OoOokay, so here's my little Sephora haul! This is the last of my makeup purchases until I complete my Christmas shopping, and then, I'll reward myself! PUAHA! Let's begin!

I only bought two things! Yes, two things! I'm a good girl. Everyone raves about NARS Orgasm, so I wanted this DUO bad! Then! Since my mini shu uemera eyelash curler was a complete bust, I returned that sucker back! To replace the shu, I wanted DiorShow mascara. But since I placed the order online, I found a pretty sweet deal. For the same price as DiorShow, I was able to get the DiorShow Essentials DUO, which came with DiorShow and a mini eye cream! Then, of course, in the promo box, I entered "BEAUTYBOX" and received this mini train case with 15 samples! WOOT WOOT! I'm a sample whore, I know!! Oh yeah, and since my Sephora card reached 100 pts, I got a deluxe sample of UD 24/7 liner.

Well the good thing about samples is that I can do comparison reviews: (Be on the lookout for these posts)

• Bare Escentuals PrimeTime vs. Prep + Prime vs. Smashbox Photo Finish
• UD 24/7 Liner vs. MAC Fluidline vs. MAC Powerpoint
• Clinique All About Eyes vs. Juice Beauty Eye Cream vs. Dior Hydration Creme
  

Now the bad thing about samples, it's just a tease!!!! It makes you want it in the full size! GAH! Like Armani Diamonds, OH MY GAH! That smells soooo good. The husby liked it too! But he said I have to finish my Coco Chanel Mademoiselle first. Bummer! Oh well, I love that perfume!

This weekend, I'm looking forward to doing more Christmas shopping. I really want to get a lot of it done early! The husby is a bit hard to shop for, GAH! Hopefully some ideas will come up soon! I have a couple, but I really want to get him something goOooOoOod! OoOooh and I cannot wait till next week. A short week at work, WOOO! FINALLY!
Oh yeah, I also ordered Mandom, so if you've tried it, let me know what you think?

MAC Collection: METAL URGE

MAN! Another collection are you serious? GAH!! I need to Christmas shop forreal, BUT! I really do want to try the Powerplum liquidlast liner! Anyone tried MAC's LiquidLast? I've only tried their pencils and fluidline.