My first swap with my great friend in the USA,Amanda !

This post is as the title suggests,all about a swap I did recently with a lady I have become such great friends with through youtube,Amanda.She is very similar to me in alot of ways as we seem to have the same taste in things we like to do and styles/colours of makeup.She does wonderful videos along the same lines as mine,so if you are interested in mine you will love hers! Go and take a look at her channel www.youtube.com/user/xoxoamandakisses to find videos on crafting,cooking,makeup,fashion and hauls(She loves those as she has a little thing for shopping!) etc... Also she has a blog www.amandaxoxokisses.blogspot.com

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our swap from the shopping to the wrapping and to the excitement of waiting for the package to arrive.We are definitely going to do another one and I have suggested next year now so I can make a start on everything as I have far too much makeup(Well by my standards anyway,probably not as much as others and certainly not as much as Amanda,go check out her makeup collection vids to see what I mean!) Hopefully I will be able to pick up some great things for her over the Christmas/New year sale period.

We both made videos of the things that we sent each other and they are on youtube for you all to see.I have pulled afew things out of the lots that she sent me to show on here but if you watch the videos you will see everything.


First of all is two rings,a big green square cut stone ring and a pearl cluster dangly ring,love them : )

Next is a gorgeous pair of earrings with blue cameo designs on them and cute ribbon bows and pearls.Also a great pen that looks like a lipstick! Never seen those anywhere here before and I asked Amanda to send me one as I had seen one in a previous swap video she did.

Next is a Maybelline Lash Stylist mascara.It is very unique as the wand is more of a plastic comb as in a traditional hair comb type of thing.You may not be able to see very well though in the picture I'm afraid! ( Oh the stress of cameras!)

Amanda sent me some brands that we don't get here in the U.K and this is one of them,Physicians Formula.This is a lovely cream eyeshadow set in Purple/Berry shades

These are something I asked Amanda for again and they are Dr Pepper lip balms! We get these soft drink flavoured ones over here now but more in a traditional stick shape and never Dr Pepper.I love Dr Pepper so asked if she could get me some as I know they are easy to get in the USA,I also asked for the can shape as they are so cute and I will definitely save the packaging after I am finished with the balm.

The next two things I have used every day since I got them.A L'Oreal HIP blendable blush cream and a Revlon colorstay lip duo.We can't get HIP here so I was excited to try something and this blush is great and I love the cream idea.The lipstick is wonderful too and something I have never tried.You put the darker coat on and that stays put all day(How often do you get that?) Once that is dried you put on the metallic gloss coat that you can reapply over the course of the day to change the tone of the lipstick.Amanda get me more PLEASE!!!!

Lastly out of the things I have shown is a really gorgeous Pink/Coral Revlon lipstick in the shade Silver City Pink.And the most lovely shade of Pink/Coral Wetshine lipgloss called Clearly Coral by Maybelline.

I love everything I received,so a big thank you goes out to the wonderful Amanda x