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Temptalia Asks You - What gifts did you get this holiday?
What gifts did you get this holiday? Did you get everything you wanted this year? Did you have a favorite gift? (Hey, we already asked what you’re giving, what the holidays mean, and now it’s time to play with new goodies!)
I received some clothes, tons of scarves, a south sea pearl set, and checks from relatives (guess where those are going…). I have a few more gifts from my boyfriend’s family, but I won’t be visiting his family until the 29th. It’s like a second Christmas, ha! Hope everybody has a lovely (and safe) holiday.
P.S. – Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and happy holidays to those who don’t!
Beautywise I got Fendi Palazzo that I have been dying for since I first smelled it and a lovely blue OPI varnish. My son and man knows how to please me 🙂
Aww! 🙂 How darling!
my family doesn’t celebrate christmas but I got a pair of Seven For All Mankind jeans from my sister and $100 from my dad.
Do you celebrate any of the winter holidays?
Are Seven jeans really that much better than normal jeans? I have always wondered!
we don’t celebrate x’mas too but my family enjoys the holidays being together, going shopping. i did receive a new years gift, a mac traincase and my first pigments. i was so blown away because i never told anyone i was that into mac and i finally get to try out pigments, oh boy, they are so vibrant, now i know what all the fuss is about. i think this is a start of a new investment.
Oh, wow, now that’s a gift, Victoria! What pigments did you get?
i got kitchmas and pink mauve. normally, i hate pink e/s because it changes color on me but the pigments are just so vibrant. i used deep truth at the crease and crystal avalanche as a highlight, oh my goodness, i am miss fairy godess.
Awesome, I hope you love them! I adore Pink Mauve 🙂 The combo sounds delightful, Victoria!
For Christmas I got MAC gift certificats from both my friends and family. I’m so easy to buy presents for. Hee hee!
Yay! Any clue how you’re going to spend them yet?
so far, my dad and stepmom got me a new laptop (which i needed!!), and my mom got me some nice stationary and gift cards. in a few hours the rest of my mom’s fam is coming over, so we’ll see what goes down theN!!!
Aww!! How awesome 😀 I still have my second Christmas with my boyfriend’s family to look forward to next Saturday, myself.
I got a Laptop, laptop bag, eternity diamond bracelet, bath and body product, some perfume, and yes of course some mac makeup.
Oooh, la la! That bracelet sounds lovely. What perfume did you get?
I got tons of kitschy penguin-related stuff, a cookbook, HP5 on DVD, a new set of cookware (it’s really nifty Rachael Ray stuff), some baking pans, a nice set of makeup brushes (I have a fair amount of brushes, but the set was nice and has face brushes that I didn’t have), the MAC cool pigment set, Parrot, Reflects Transparent Teal, a set of perfume from Bath and Body Works, a NARS double-ended lip gloss, Moulin Rouge! and Bend it Like Beckham. (This is from many different people; I promise I’m not too spoiled!)
My favorite gifts are probably the cookware set (it’s very nice and it’ll take up less space than the 2 sets my roommate and I have at the moment) and the NARS lip gloss because it’s from my boyfriend 🙂
Wow, that was rambly and long, haha.
Are you a penguin buff? I used to really be into anything that had to do with camels, lol. I received camel children books one Christmas because of it!
Looks like you got lots of fun makeup 😀 I love the Indian Red/Moon Fleet (or something) gloss by NARS.
I got money, perfume, random beauty products, mary poppins, chocolate (yum) AND $450 in MAC vouchers aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
And they’re not open boxing day.. it’s killing me!!!
Wowwww, you have sooo much MAC gift cards! Any idea what you’re going to use them on yet?
A buffer brush, maybe a powder to set my foundation and some more blushers.. and other than that, I don’t know! I’ll be a kid in a candy store.. maybe some lipsticks, because I love the one I just got!!
yay, buffer brush 😀
lol! have fun!
I don’t celebrate Christmas but I do get a lot of gifts 🙂 So far I got a whole load of books including Atonement (going to start on this right away) and some from Terry Brook’s Shannara series (I am a big sci-fi/fantasy fan and everyone knows it!).
Make up: I got some MAC products (fluidlines and lipstick), Laura Mercier blush and lip stain – which looks fab and of course Smashbox Soft Lights (which I LOVE.
Perfume: Burberry, Stella and Euphoria.
DVDs: LOST, CSI, Scrubs
Quite happy with everything so far 🙂
Hey Tonee! Do you celebrate any other winter holiday?
What lip stain? I am on the hunt for good ones 🙂
No, I don’t celebrate any other winter holiday!
LM Lip stain in Mulberry – it’s a gorgeous deep red shade and is very moisturizing. Highly recommended 🙂
Man, you must get sick of all the holiday well-wishing then, lol!
I will definitely check it out!! I have been dying for a great stain.
I was totally spoiled this Christmas 🙂
I received –
Sex and the City dvd’s season 5 and 6
My sewing room painted hot pink with purple trim (value about 1,500$), after Christmas we are putting in new flooring and hitting IKEA for two tables, and a nice chair, which will complete the gift.
I recived a new lap top a month early, but as a joke they wrapped it up and gave it to me again 🙂 heheheh its the new yellow dell.
Cannibal Holocaust and Edward Scissorhands
A silver neckless that says “Vegan” from PETA
A yellow messanger bag also from PETA that shows a picture of a baby chicken and the caption reads “I am not a nugget”
my Mom knitted me a scarf (she hasn’t knitted for twenty years maybe and I have been bugging her to teach me so this is a pretty big deal and I am realy excited)
A soy candle in green tea scent
Several face products from my favorite line
new slippers
a speaker system for my Ipod Nano
a bunch of sewing supplies (two pin cusions, cute pins, a large cutting mat and much more)
five or six crafty sewing type books
books
this funny pair of glasses you wear when you cut onions so you don’t cry (I do all the cooking and detest cutting onions so this is a total crackup)
deep sigh, its hard being a princess 🙂 LOL
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and its been really fun reading what everyone has received for Christmas!!!
Oh, yes, Tanya, I think you are indeed a princess this year, utterly spoiled 🙂 But deservedly so!
I’m so envious of your sewing room! I need a huge room dedicated to beauty… honestly! With amazing light, yes *envisions*
Congrats on all of the amazing gifts!
Love the onion glasses, lol!
My husband picked out for me the Fresh Winter Picnic eye palette. 🙂 I haven’t tried their eye shadows before – very silky smooth, less color payoff than some MAC fans might like, but I really like it!
happy holidays everyone!
Ohh, sounds pretty, Carrie! I’ll have to look into it 🙂
I got a bunch of clothes[that fit!!!] a holiday 06 palette that i got early. A curling & flat iron. VS dream angels perfum body wash & lotion. earring, 2 bath sets, pj bottoms & a pj set. A new robe.And a gold & opal watch & bracelet set, with little crystal accents.
Yay!! I got a suit and a pair of pants, and both were ordered online from etailers I’ve never bought from, so I was QUITE happy when they fit, too! I do need to lose a couple pounds for the pants to fit *perfectly*, but ’tis the holidays and thus weight gain is… inevitable, lol.
The watch/bracelet set sounds gorgeous!
I got 2 coats, 2 ipod radios, 1 barnes and noble gift certificate, one AmEx gift certificate, and a digial camera.
Ohh, coats, love them 😀
Nice gifts, Dee!
Yeah the bracelet is fierce!!! thanks to my mom :)…
perfumes: Lancome – Hypnose & Emporio Armani – Diamonds..both smells great!
🙂
Ohh, nice perfumes!
Merry Christmas my dear!! Christmas here is now for the little ones (well toddler mostly) and watching him open the presents with a smile on his face is enough of a Christmas present for me. But I did get a MAC giftcard!! YAYAYAY!!
You too, hun!! 🙂 Awww, that’s so great! I still try to make sure my parents get their share of things to open! My sister always make out like a bandit!
Yay, MAC giftcard!
sounds like you got a lot of good things for Christmas
for me I got a lump o’ coal in my stocking (bc my bf is oh so silly), french jasmine & rose fragrance beads (smells divine), french vanilla candle & a stand to go with it, 50 of the best excuses & lies (bc I suck at lying lol) I Am Legend book (watched the movie recently good movie), Post Secret book, Lindt chocolate (best chocolate ever) and my favorite thing in the world now a logitech dock for my ipod
Hey Monica! Awww, coal, lol! Sounds like you got some lovely gifts yourself 😀
Oooo…I love the Post Secret books!
They are fun, aren’t they?
I’m in LOVE with the NARS Night Flight shadow my sister gave me for Christmas. I applied it as an eyeliner with a wet brush and it applied like a dream. My first time getting into NARS and I’m not disappointed. 🙂
Hey Niki! What a great gift, it’s a nice shadow 🙂
Also I got new boots, black wedges(love them cause they can be dressed up or dressed down), 2 Forever 21 gift cards, an AmEx gift card(can’t wait to go shopping especially since my birthday is in 2 days :p), Victoria’s Secret Angels perfume gift set, undies from VS Pink, $100 from my aunt, and some other stuff I just can’t remember at the moment. But it was a fantastic Christmas especially since I wasn’t expecting anything.
I got some clothes from Forever 21 myself 🙂 Looks like you had a great Christmas!