Happy Holidays from MakeupWithTea

I hope your holidays were just about everything you've wanted it to be! I've never realized how hard it was to keep up a blog during the holidays while working too. It's quite a feat. To all those bloggers that can do that, you have amazing time management skills. Maybe this year I'll have better luck keeping up posts while on the holidays. Well anyway, I wanted to write a few things in this article. The first is a Thank You to my readers who have really kept up on reading my blog. I love you guys! Second is to reflect on the past year. Third is to let you know about further upcoming posts. If you're curious, read on. :)

The Happy List (100th Post Giveaway Ideas)

*Insert apology about super-long hiatus here*. I've been procrastinating because I wasn't sure what my 100th post should be about. I think it's quite a milestone since this is my first year blogging. I thought I'd share this really cool post over with Camie @ Wild-Spirit. I'm not sure if it's still going on, but she put together things that make people happy. You can ahead and put your link over there if you decide to add yours too! I found this to be really therapeutic after a long and busy week.

This or That?

It's been awhile since I've done tags. This one was unique and looked really fun to do! Thank you so much to these lovely ladies who tagged me. I was tagged by these lovely ladies: Tiffany @ TiffanyInMakeupLand and Jackie @ FiveTwoCertified.  

Blog Hop With Her & Nicole

Hi Everyone!
This week, I'm co-hosting Rikita's Lovely Blog Hop! Blog hops are a great way to discover other bloggers! Feel free to join in!

-Lynn

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Welcome to A Lovely Blog Hop, where each Thursday we have the grand opportunity to meet and connect with lovely new bloggers, such as myself! Now you have something to do and somewhere to go on Thursdays!

 Enjoy!

In Other News ...

Source: Roostblog.com & TheChalkBoardMag.com

Next week is fashion week and that means a ton of events in NYC. I'm really excited for this one in particular: A Night For Green Beauty. They will be showcasing some of my favorite organic and environment friendly brands. I'm really excited to see some of my favorites like Ilia while trying out others as well. I also want to see their new lip pencils, especially Karma Chameleon. Plus, not to mention, there will be a ton of other high end organic beauty stuff there. I can imagine it's like going to a Spirit Beauty Lounge store. 

Gifts & Things (I Love Lately)

Hello everyone!

I'm pretty excited to share with you a couple gifts I received over the past few weeks. Some are birthday gifts while others are PR gifts. I guess this is my version of the July Favorites this month. So hope you enjoy!

A Sister's Haul

Many of you probably don't know this, but I have younger sister who has recently gotten into makeup lipsticks. I've decided to interview her for this haul of hers. (I must note here that while my style tends to softer pinks and pastels, my sister's style tends to be more bold and adventurous - something I can admire from afar.) For example, she's trying to build up her lipstick collection so that she has "all the essential colors." What does this mean? She says, "Unlike, you, sis, I don't want the same color in every other brand." Ouch. She wants to expand her lipstick collection so that she has one distinctive color in the whole lipstick rainbow. That means one nude, one brown, one perfect red, one workable violet, one black, one blush, and one workable pink. I don't think I could ever do this. First off, I'd never wear black unless my Halloween costume needed it. 

Ariel Compact Now Available

Photo from Sephora.com

Hi Guys!

I have some pretty good news! For those of you that have been waiting for this compact to come out, it's finally out on Sephora's website. If you've been eyeing this, now is a great time to get it because it's probably going to sell out and end up on Ebay for $300.

Birthday Gifts & Haul

Hi Guys!

Hope you had an awesome 4th of July! I just wanted to share with you some recent gifts & a small birthday haul I had recently. It's been a little while since I let myself buy some things. (Okay, well it felt like a while.) I've decided to post only makeup/ beauty products I've received. Anyway here are some of the things I got.

Introducing Efoxcity

Hi Guys!

Recently, I was contacted by Efoxcity to introduce you guys to them. At first I was suspicious that it may have been spam or even a scam. But through online reviews, they appear to be a pretty legit site. So I'm happy to introduce you guys to them. Efoxcity is an online shopping mall featuring celebrity dresses and discount homecoming dresses. I've taken a look at their website and have to say that it looks very tempting. Their style is definitely appealing to the girly side of me. And their prices are similar to those of Forever 21. 

Liebster Award Part II

Very recently, I've received quite a few Liebster Awards from several bloggers. I'd like to kindly accept this award and give many thanks to Charlotte @ The Beauty Bucket, Ashleigh @ Ashleigh Small & Her Wild Adventures, Becca @ Bec Does Beauty and Sierra @ Stylishly Sierra.

It's The Little Things

Once in awhile, when life takes you through a whirlwind of craziness, it's important to just take a moment and pause. These past few months, I've been busy with almost every aspect of my life. But, it's a great kind of busy. The kind that of busy that keeps me up late at night because I'm so busy typing up the next post. Either that or I'm working or spending time with people.

With the start of my blog, the days seem shorter, the hours fewer. That's why it's so important to just take a step back and examine everything. Every tiny detail. That's where all the goodies in life are. It's the little things that me smile. To be honest, it's been hard taking a step back lately. This year is almost half way over. And, well tomorrow, I'll be turning a whole year older.

Latest Beauty Haul

Over the past few months, I've accumulated quite a few new stuff. I've been venturing with different brush brands, trying to see which ones are better than others before I buy an entire set from a brand. Here I've decided to get some Too Faced Brushes. I needed some high quality brushes that I could take traveling with me and this one seems like the best option so far. The bristles are oh so soft. Can't wait to do a review on this one as well. The other brush is Japonesque Flat Eye Brush is 219. I honestly wasn't really liking the Mac one that I had. So I decided to give this one a go. I'm pretty excited because I've never tried Japonesque before but I've heard good things.

Let's Stay Connected, Shall We?

Hi There!

I hope you're having a fine morning. The other night, I had a nightmare GFC (Google Reader) had already gone down and that I had lost nearly half of all my readers. Thankfully, it was just that - a nightmare. Instead, GFC (Google Reader) will close down on July 1st, 2013. The date is set. Are you ready?

If you're reading my posts via Google Reader or the Blogger Feed, then past July 1st, you may not see my posts anymore. To stay connected, you can choose from many different reader feeds such as Pulse, which is ideal if you're not just read blogs, but other news sites and magazines. Then there are others such as Feedly and Flipboard. But my ultimate favorite is Bloglovin.

May Wish List

1.) Nars Lip Pencil in Lodhi - There's something so gorgeous about the way this one swatches that I almost took it home during the Sephora F&F sale. But it had to stay. I promised myself no more lip products unless I really really really wanted them.

2.) Ilia Lip Pencil in Karma Chameleon - I've seen some swatches floating on the blogosphere about this one. It's like Shell Shock's counterpart but more opaque. I think the opacity is what Shell Shock was lacking and so this one is probably what I'm looking for. Plus I don't really have a pinkish coral opaque lip product ... yet.

April Empties

It's the end of the month again, and that means ... April Empties!

The first is Spa Technologies Marine Repair Cream. I received a sample of this from my spring Yuzen Box. The lotion is very light and sinks into the skin very easily. It's got a very faint stickiness to it that goes away eventually. It smells like lotion and herbal good-for-you stuff.

TAG: The Procrastinating Beauty Blogger Post

Thanks BluChiffon for tagging me in this awesome post! I'll do my best to answer it!

The Rules:

1. Thank the Tagger, and link them in the post.

2. State that this tag was created by The Beau Bow

3. Copy and paste the rules.

4. Tag some more beauty bloggers, and link them to the post.

5. Title this the Procrastinating Beauty Blogger Post so bloggers know what the post is about.

6. Have fun! :)

The Balm Haul

During April Fools Day, TheBalm launched their new website and with that, an additional 50% off their entire website. Unfortunately, their site crashed within hours of launching. I was one of the lucky ones able to order that day. This is what I've picked up.

Goodies from the P.I

There's nothing like getting goodies at a duty free price. My dad came home from the P.I and brought me and my sister makeup. He let us choose one. I chose the package of lipstick because well, I just can't say no to six different lipsticks. The other was a YSL makeup set, which, I'm probably going to end up using as well. Lol.

March Empties

Last month, I've really been working to try and finish as much as I could. (Well don't we all every month?) I'm proud to say I did finish a bunch of stuff - most of them cleansers.

1.) Benefit Speed Brow Gel:
So quick and fast to use, this helps make brows look fuller and darker. (Really helpful with lighter spots.)

2.) Lush's Buche de Noel:
This was a seasonal cleanser that I really liked. It has a similar consistency to AOBS and worked really well as a cleanser/exfoliator.