Mac Brushes + Burberry Gift Card + Burberry/Hermes samples

I thought that a friend of mine lied to me and that he looked down on me.  That upset me, so I decided to get 2 more Mac eye shadow brushes.  I had wanted the 224 and the 239 (that's for putting colour onto your lids), but the 239 wasn't available.  So I got the 275 instead.

Burberry mailed me a $50 gift card because they cancelled my eye shadow order twice.  I will eventually be purchasing an Earthy Tone blusher with that because I only have 1 blusher (the Dior Rosy Glow) and I want to try a darker colour.  Burberry did give me 3 samples of the Burberry Body perfume and 3 samples of the sheer velvet foundation.  Also, previously Hermes sent me a sample of the Jour de Hermes and Voyage d'Hermes perfumes.  I will probably give them away.

La Prairie Platinum Gift Bag

I was very excited today when I received a La Prairie gift with purchase about their platinum collection.  La Prairie from Saks Fifth Avenue in Boston sent it to me so I could try the platinum collection since their anti-aging line was not working for me.  It came in a very lovely crescent silver makeup bag with crocodile detailing.  It includes the Cellular Cream Platinum Rare (5 ml), Cellular Serum Platinum Rare (5 ml), and the Cellular Eye Cream Platinum Rare (3 ml).

I will give the actual products away because I really enjoy giving presents, but I collect makeup bags so I must keep that :)  I also received a brochure about and sample of the new cellular mineral face exfoliator.  I'll have to decant it somewhere.  Exfoliators only need to be used 1-3 times a week based on your skin type, so they last for ages.  Currently I own the La Prairie Essential Exfoliator which is purplish with seeds and the Aveda Tourmaline exfoliator which I've only used a few times.

Brushes and Eyeshadows from Mac

I've decided to purchase a few products from Mac.  Previously, I preferred to get makeup from "classic" brands like Dior, Chanel, and YSL because of the allure of their elegant reputation.....But now I've decided to tread on unknown territory!

Mac 217 blending brush: I'll be using this for my crease.
I have 2 eye shadow brushes from Dior, from before they redid their brushes.  (I also use their foundation brush, blusher brush, and kabuki brush.)

I've also decided to get the Mac eyeshadows Espresso and Woodwinked :)  They're some of the bestsellers, so they should be fabulous!