Unboxing! Open An Oyster, LLC!

Wow! I can't believe how quickly these came! Brittany of Open An Oyster, LLC opened my tray Thursday night and sent out my winning pearls Friday morning! I received them yesterday.

Aren't they pretty?

Here's a link to the video I recorded of my unboxing. Please have a look HERE!

This purple one is my favorite!

Here's pictures from the Unboxing as well!

The company will hopefully be expanding and will be looking for hostesses to host their online opening parties soon. I’ll definitely be posting the info once it becomes available.

Don’t forget to check out their Facebook page to see one of their live openings!

 Thanks again goes out to Brittany and her team from Open An Oyster, LLC! I will be ordering one of the pendants for my beautiful lavender pearl asap!

 

I won! Open An Oyster, LLC

Lately people on Facebook have been sharing these live video streams of people opening up oysters to reveal their pearls. Have you seen them? They are so addicting!

One of the companies Open An Oyster, LLC is my favorite one to watch! I've been following them for the last month or so on their Facebook.  They have live openings every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Anyway, this last Monday they had an amazing audience of over 13,000 people watching, including myself, and ended up giving away 7 tray openings because they had so many people join in. Happily, I ended up being one of the winners!

They sell the individual oysters on their website ($25 per oyster to be opened live on the live stream) or your can purchase tray of 4 oysters for $100 and you get the 5th one free! If you decide you'd like to open the oysters your self you can also purchase them online for $20 each (plus shipping).

One of the pluses to having them open the oysters live on Facebook is if by the slim chance there isn't a pearl once the oyster is opened, they will open up a new one! Which I think is pretty awesome. There is no guarantee that if you don't end up finding a pearl in the ones that are shipped you. They've only found 3 oysters without the pearl live during the openings and this is a pretty rare occurrence. They've opened over 7,000 so far!

Anyway, here's a link to the now recorded live opening of my 5 oysters! You can see my oysters at about the 7:30 minute mark.

I've screen shot the section from Brittany (the owner of Open An Oyster, LLC) opening my oysters and they are posted below.

These are the five oysters she will be opening :)

Here's the first one!

It is a golden cream! Size 7.52 mm

Isn't it pretty!?

Here's the 2nd one!

It's a gold 7.21 mm

So pretty!

Here's the 3rd one!

It's a lovely peach! Sized 7.49 mm

It looks so shiny!

Here's the 4th one!

It's a purple one!! So excited! It's 7.06mm

I was hoping for one of these violet beauties!

Here's the 5th and last one!

It's a lovely peach/pink one! And it's the biggest of the bunch, 7.65mm

Here are my lovely pearls!

Thank you so very much Brittany

I can not WAIT to get my oysters! I'll be posting an unboxing video when I get them and also will post pictures in a new blog post once they arrive.

Open an Oyster, LLC also sells pendants and necklaces that their pearls fit in to. They are sterling silver coated or sterling. Please check out the shop section of their website.

I plan on ordering the Lotus pendant for my lovely lavender pearl!

Thank you so very much Brittany! I love my pearls and can't wait to get them.

The company will hopefully be expanding and will be looking for hostesses to host their online opening parties soon. I'll definitely be posting the info once it becomes available.

Don't forget to check out their Facebook page to see one of their live openings!

Quick Tip! Use Elmer's Glue on cuticles!

Did you know you can save a ton of time and heart ache when painting your nails with just an awesome little trick I learned? All you need it Elmer's Glue (like what you used in elementary school) and a small brush!

You remember painting your fingertips or the palm of your hand right? And how after it dried you'd peel it off? That was one of the best things to do in Art time!

Well now you can relive your childhood and get a perfect manicure in the process. All you have to do is trace the outline of your nails with Elmer's Glue before you paint them. I like using a concealer brush like the Elf Concealer Brush.

You let the Elmer's Glue dry completely (it goes clear) before painting your nails like usual. Then after your nails are dry comes the fun part! You get to peel off the Elmer's Glue!

I like using a pair of needle nose tweezers, it's super easy!

Afterwards, you have a damn near perfect manicure. Love it!

Polish used is Rainbow Honey's Heisenberg.

New Mirror Nail Polish by Born Pretty!

https://www.facebook.com/kandeejohnson/videos/10153662793831662/

Not sure if you all have seen this video being shared on Facebook, but I have officially found a company that sells it!  Born Pretty has not only the gorgeous silver/platinum version available, but the also have a gold version as well!

They also have this gorgeous Mirror nail polish and these amazing Chrome Pigment Glitters. Here's a link to a video about the gorgeous powdered silver and gold nail art pigments:

Here's a link to the Mirror nail Polish video:

New! Sephora + Disney Compacts! Coming September 15th!

Exciting news! Sephora has paired up with Disney again and will be releasing SIX new Disney Princess Themed Compacts on September 15th*!  This is after the highly successful release of the three compacts they collaborated on in 2012 (pictured below).

The First 2012 Collection

This year it seems they've upped the ante and are releasing six new beautiful compacts; Aurora, Belle, Ariel, Cinderella, Elsa & Anna, and Snow White.

  

They are rumored to be released September 15th, 2015 and will be available until May 2016 then gone FOREVER according to Trendmood on Instagram. These will supposedly be available at the Downtown Anaheim Disney Store, the Sephora Disney Store in Downtown Anaheim and Online at Sephora. They will be $32 each until they are sold out.

     

I hope to get all six, which ones will you be getting? I'll be posting an update once they are officially released.

*Date subject to change!

Early Release! Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks!

Are you anxiously awaiting the official launch of the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice? Wait no longer! You can go to this special link and get a Pumpkin Spice Latte FanPass! The password is PUMPKIN of course!

Enjoy!

New Erin Condren Carry-All Clutches!

Hey guys! What a crazy launch day! I hope you all were able to get the goodies you wanted! 

On top of all the fabulous new LifePlanners and accessories, they also updated the Carry-All Clutch. Here are the new ones to match some of the new covers!

carry-all clutch -dream big - $32 (Front and Back)

 

carry-all clutch - adventure begins - $32 (Front and Back)

 

carry-all clutch - paint it plaid - $32 (Front only shown)

    

carry-all clutch - geodes - $32 (Front only shown)

   

carry-all clutch - braided hues - $32 (Front only shown)

 

I personally have two of the Carry-All Clutches, one for every day and one as a back up. I really like them and have quite a bit stuffed in it. I have my Erin Condren LifePlanner, two of the Erin Condren Deluxe Notebooks, and a couple pens. I'll be posting up a "How I Use It" video on YouTube in the next few days. I'll share the link here of course!

Don't forget about the LifePlanner Launch Contest Erin Condren is hosting right now on their Facebook page. And please use my Referral Link to get $10 OFF your very first order.