Pink Haired Princess

Hi folks, how are you all? I hadn't planned such a break between posts, there's just not been enough hours in the day and I seem to only have HUGE, time-consuming posts coming up, that require a lot of editing and writing. I've definitely come out of my blog slump (for now anyway). I'm just trying to get back to blogging about my favourite things and being a bit less structured and a bit more 'me'. Haha, so with that, I bring you...Christmas presents! Not kidding. I did say, I'd end up getting through my backlog of posts 'out of season', but hey, it's my blog, I can do what I want, when I want, right?  It's a nice random mix of things that I wouldn't otherwise get an opportunity to show you, but I'll warn you it is picture heavy!

I've kept my nose out of MAC as much as I could this year. My collection had grown so much in a such a short time that it was getting out of hand. I've always purchased the limited edition ranges and tend not to buy anything else in between. However with multiple launches once a month, it was still easy to spend a fortune and with what feels like constant price increases, I just couldn't afford to buy everything I wanted, each time. If I completely ignore the new launches and don't go looking for swatches and things online then I manage to avoid being sucked in.  I've done well as you'll have noticed, the MAC hauls have been much more sporadic, until I heard of this collection. It's inspired by Marilyn Monroe and as she is my ultimate idol and has been since I was a little girl, there was no way I wanted to miss it.  I'd had a lot on at the beginning of this month and managed to miss it's launch on MAC, where it sold out very quickly and so t...