My first swap

So as you all know I participated in my first swap and I loved every second of it...have just realised i am crap at taking pics lol cut off a bottle of polish!

I swapped with Kim and she was amazing I got so many brands that I cannot for the life of me get here and if I can its mega expensive, she also got my waaay to many for what we agreed but it is much appreciated and I couldn't thank her enough :)

So heres what I got

4 nail art stippers in turquoise, black, gold glitter and red

Wet n Wild in Wild Card Invitation
Misa in Hand Spun Silk
Colour Club in Tangerine Scream
Nina Ultra Pro in Purple Xing
Sinful Colours in Nail Junkie

OPI!!! My first ever bottles I got...

OPI Glacier Bay Blues ( i am wearing this one now and loving it :)
OPI Romeo & Juliet
OPI Ink

and my new favourite brand China Glaze :)

I got
Emerald Sparkle
Flying Dragon
Ruby Pumps
and another bottle of For Audrey (loving it!)

Kim also sent me a little tub of mango cuticle gel and it smells good enough to eat :)

Thankyou again Kim I love everything you sent!

Shel xo

Avon Calling

I treated myself to some Avon goodies as one of the ladies in work has started selling it, heres what I got!

Top row L to R - Bench Watch (was only a tenner!), Glossy Delight Lip Juice in Succulent Peach, Ultra Colour Rich Lipgloss in Pout, Grow Potion (for my nails apparently works in 5 days and makes nails healthier), glazewear lipgloss in clear and glimmerstick for eyes in majestic plum (this comes out black though)
Bottom row L to R - Peeling and brittleness solver, speed dry nail polish in rose amour and a little nail buffer/file keyrin
I also got a water bottle with the insert that you can freeze, its in the freezer at the minute hence no piccy of it lol

This lil lot came to £35.25 which is quite reasonable considering what I got and that includes the watch :)

thats it for this post

Shel xo

Ebay Haul (last part)

Heres the last lot of my ebay stash I bought, these took a lot longer than the rest of the stuff for some reason but they are here now :)

4 sizes of pearls

Special FX foil art set, have already tried this and love, expect some look with it soon :)

Have another few posts to do today and that should be me back up to date then yay!

Shel xo

An Award ... For Me?

I was awarded by the lovely Sana Choi thank you girly, heart you very much :)

The rules are:

-Give this award to 10 sweet and friendly bloggers

-Make a post about the award including the picture above

-In your post, mention the person who gave it to you

-Put the award on your blog

-Let your nomiated 10 know you've awarded them by leaving a comment

Now I have to pick 10 peeps :)

1- Louise
2-Jackie S
3-Tennille
4- Smaira
5- Hannah
6-Jessica
7-Tiffany
8-Dana
9-Nikki
10-Sabra Rose

Have fun and pass it on :)

Shel xo

(ps will do more proper posts tonight, am too lazy to go get memory card from camera right now!)

Poll

Hey all,

I have stuck a wee poll up on the left hand side to see what guys are interested in seeing more of please answer will help me out a lot :)

Shel xo

Barry M Lip

So heres a little swatch of the first Barry M lip paint I bought which is Shade 136 and according to the website is called Golden Bronze

Swatched on my hand its a tan/nudey colour with a very shimmery bronze colour mixed in depening on the way the light shines on this it can look from brown to gold
Apologies now you are about to see a craptastic pic of my face -
Yes, thats cold sore, yes thats bad skin but I cant help it its that womanly time :(

be back soon with more swatches and stuff

Shel xo

New Blog outlets to contact me -

Ok, so some of you may already know but I have hooked myself up with an email address specifically for this blog so I am not mixing up all my personal stuff with my blog stuff etc etc etc...

my email address for here is ifitshinesitsmines dot googlemail dot com

While I was at it, I also decided to open a formspring account just for fun to see how that plays out, I have of people getting nasty questions etc and if that happens I will be taking it down

my user name for formspring is ifitshines

And you all already know about my twitter but its feeling left out so my twitter username is irishenchanted

Feel free to drop by any one of those at any time for a chit chat or if you have a question or whatever :) I am online the majority of my time at home so you'll find I will get back to you pretty quickly :)

Shel xo

(edited to add - I have put a formspring question box on the left hand side so you don't actually need to go to the site)

A Storm In A Teacup by Lucy Cavendish

Blurb - Samantha Smythe has to look after the children, run the house, cook dinner, clear up, be good to her husband, entertain friends, and still find the energy to perform her conjugal rights.She’s beginning to feel invisible, undervalued and fed up. When the chance to stay in a gorgeous chocolate box of a holiday cottage beckons she grasps it with both hands and with a car packed full of luggage and fractious children she heads for the Devon coast. But with no Sky TV and swimming pool and intermittently soggy weather can the calm and happy holiday she’s been hoping for be achieved? Samantha is sure that their lovely beach break is not supposed to be about sulks and rows and everyone wanting to do different things.Where are the cosy cream teas and the rockpooling?And why is her husband so keen to spend most of his holiday in London (where she secretly wants to be…)?Is it possible that he’s finding his relaxation far closer to home?

About the Author - Lucy Cavendish has spent most of her life working in journalism for the Evening Standard, the Sunday Telegraph, the Observer ,the Guardian and The Mail. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband Michael and their four children. This is her third novel.

What I thought - Loved it as it was an easy summery read and was exactly what I was looking for :) Would definately recommend as a beach/holiday read for anyone.

Book I am reading Now - Old School Ties by Kate Harrison (expect a review soon)

Shel xo

3 days!

I wish I was going here to this peaceful tranquil place (i dont even know where it is) but instead my little room will feel like this until Monday after the week I have had.

I am going to go into a rant here but lets just say I have had a very bad week and I hope never to have a repeat of it

I will be working on a heap of posts tomorrow so stay tuned please

Thankyou
Shel xo

Another Fun I found

Just found this tag on Joyce's blog and thought I would play along aswell, if nothing else it just means you guys will learn a bit more about me :)

Here goes

Questions:
1.What is your name?
-Michelle, known as Shel by most

2.When is your birthday?
-December 22, 1983

3.How tall are you?
- 5" yes i'm a titch I know :)

4.Do you have any siblings?
- 3 brothers 2 sisters (one in heaven)

5.Do you have any pets?
- Have a dog back home but here no not yet

6.What is your favorite color?
- Purple or Blue

7.What is your favourite song?
-Here without you by 3 Doors Down

8.What is your favorite restaurant?
- Jimmy Chungs (chinese food)

9.What is your favorite drink?
- Diet Coke

10.What is your favorite gum?
- Wrigleys Extra

11.What is your favorite snack?
- Pretzels

12.What is your favorite dessert?
-Good old Ice cream and jelly

13.What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
- Mint Chocolate Chip

14.What is your favorite movie?
-dirty dancing

15.What is your favorite TV show?
- I have recently become obsessed with gossip girl and have started watching from season 1

16.When did you get into makeup?
- A few years ago just, i was a tomboy in school and didnt really bother with it at all, it was only really when i hit my late teens and started going out did i bother

17.How did you get into doing videos on youtube?
-Hmmm dont think this one is applicable to me just yet....maybe soon?

18.If you won a million dollars, what would you buy first?
-Definately 2 houses, 1 for me and 1 for my mammy.

19.What side of the bed do you sleep on?
-the right side

20.What is your dream car?
- Anything sporty

21.If you could take a spontaneous trip somewhere, where would it be?
- Disneyworld

22.If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
-America

23.What is your favorite day of the week and why?
-Sunday - its the most chilled out day

24.What is your favorite holiday and why?
-Christmas! I am a big kid that still believes in Santa, and also I have the build up to my birthday at Christmas too :_)

25.Name three sites online that you love or visit frequently?
-Blogger, Facebook and Bloglines

26.If you could have one famous person as a sibling who would you choose?
-Kim Kardashian

27.Do you have any piercings or tattoos?
-2 holes in each ear and 2 tattoos

28.Money or love?
- love

29.Things you cant leave the house without?
-Keys, phone, book and ipod

30.What are your turn-offs in a guy?
-Someone quite cocky

31.What superhero power would you want to have?
- A power to reduce peoples emotions, to calm things down (like Jasper from twilight series)

32.Are you a morning person?
-I am definately a morning person

33.What is your favorite book?
-Twilight Series and the Harry Potter Series

34.Do you sing randomly?
- When I am on my own,I never sing in front of people

35.Left or right-handed?
-Lefty and proud :)

36.Anything in particular you wear everyday?
-Something confortable

37.Where were you born and raised
- Born in Derry and raisedf there too, only moved away 6 months ago

38.What did you look like as a baby?
- Gorgeous hehe!

39.What countries do you want to visit?
-Europe and Asia

40.What does your purse/bag look like?
-Pauls Boutique, Black and White zebra stripe with pink decor

41.What is the color of your ipod?
-Silver with Barbie stickers on the back :).

42.What is the last song that was playing on your ipod?
-Whatya want from me, Adam Lambert.

43.What kind of phone do you have?
-A berty wee Samsung, hopefully getting an iphone soon

44.Do you have any bad habits?
- I crack my knuckles

45.Do you have a twitter?
-Yes its "irishenchanted" follow me please!

46.A random fact about you
-I can write backwards, I was always able to do it don't know how I figured it out!

There you go, hope you have learned somethings about me! Please do this aswell if you fancy it and let me know you have so I can nosey :)

Shel xo