We're Moving!

Hello my dear readers! So sorry for my silence lately on my blog. My husband and I are in the process of moving to a house and the house needs quite a bit of work before we move. We are currently in the process of painting the entire interior of the house as well as replacing all the light fixtures. Once we are done with that the house will need to be deep cleaned before moving. So please bear with me as my postings will probably be rather sporadic this month. Thanks everyone!

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Meow Cosmetics Simple Pleasures

Here is the second part of the Meow Cosmetics Pleasures Collection. So far I've really loved all the colors in both the Guilty and Simple Pleasures and when it comes out again (probably next year) I will definitely snag the rest of the colors. The Simple Pleasures collection consists of softer, more muted colors than the Guilty Pleasures collection and for those that like more neutral colors this is the collection for you! All of them are satin finish low shimmer shadows with no glitter. Enjoy!

Cuddles - shimmery medium aqua


Barefoot - soft shimmery baby pink


Rainy Days - silvered cornflower blue. This one looks really similar to the color of dress my bridesmaids wore for my wedding. =) The picture shows it more purple than it actually is in real life.

Making Love - beautiful taupe with hints of lavender and pink. This one is a hard color to describe but it's absolutely gorgeous!


Silence - gorgeous bright aquamarine. Reminds me of the color of the ocean in Cancun. Much brighter in person than in the picture.


Chick Flicks - medium bubble gum pink

5 out of 5 Glittery Bubbles


**All products were purchased by me with my own money. I was not compensated in any way, shape or form for this review. All opinions are my own.

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Makeup No-Buy Update

I just thought I'd update everyone on how my no-buy is going. So far it's been almost 2 weeks (will be 2 weeks on Friday) and I can honestly say that I really have not been tempted to break it even after seeing some AMAZING deals and sales from several makeup companies. With that being said, I noticed that I switched from buying makeup to buying Heartsy deals and Indie perfumes.

So I am going to extend my makeup no-buy to include bath and body, Heartsy, Etsy, Artfire, etc. as well as extend the date to October 1, 2011. My main reason for doing so is because I am in the process of starting a business and I need to invest more money in it if I want it to be successful. I am very excited about my new business and once I am ready I will share it with all of you (particularly since it does involve skincare)!

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Meow Cosmetics Guilty Pleasures Collections

I really cannot resist Meow Cosmetics especially when they have a sale AND a limited edition/limited time only collection. I'm actually a bit newer to the Meow Cosmetics line of eye shadows but after having purchased their Friday the 13th collection (yes yes I haven't swatched them or even opened them yet...bad blogger), I was totally hooked. If I could I would have ordered the entire collections of both the Guilty and Simple Pleasures but unfortunately my wallet couldn't afford it so I ordered  shades from each collection.

The Guilty Pleasures Collection consists mostly of vivid/rich jewel toned shades that are absolutely gorgeous! There were actually a couple other shades I also wanted to snag but I resigned myself to just 6 for the time being. Maybe next year I can get the rest of them... ;)

E-shopping - violet with a silvery sheen

Those Heels - bold burgundy red shimmer


Retail Therapy - very vivid teal with gold shimmer

One Night Stand - deep dark blue with a slight gold sheen


Midnight Feast - rich dark eggplant purple with a blue base and a slight rose sheen


Sick Days - light periwinkle blue with an aqua sheen

Don't ask me to pick a favorite out of these because I love them all. =) All these shadows are silky smooth and very blendable. The only one that caused me a bit of trouble was Midnight Feast. The blue base does separate from the main color which did make it harder to get an even swatch but it wasn't terrible. Overall I love this collection! Simple Pleasures coming soon!

5 out of 5 Glittery Bubbles


**All products were purchased by me with my own money. I was not compensated in any way, shape or form for this review. All opinions are my own.

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Sweet Treats Bath and Body Giveaway WINNER!

 Hey everyone! I just thought I'd announce the winner of my Sweet Treats Bath and Body Giveaway! I entered all valid entries into an Excel spreadsheet and then used random.org to generate a number. So here's the number that random.org generated:

And the winner of my Sweet Treats Giveaway is....

Congratulations Lana Herrera!!!!! You have 48 hours to email me your mailing address or else another winner will be chosen. Please email me at glittersandbubblesblog@gmail.com. Thank you everyone for participating!!!

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Persephone Minerals Part Deux

Hello again Persephone Minerals! I loved the first order I received from Victoria and I placed another order with her about a month later. I purchased her Sailor Senshi Mars collection as well as a Mix n Match any 6 Senshi colors. I really do want to try her other collections eventually but for now am sticking with the Senshi collections. These are all swatched over Hi-Fi High Impact Shadow Fix so that I could capture the awesomeness of these shadows. Enjoy!

Mars Crystal Power - gorgeous peachy pink with strong gold duochrome and loaded with pink and gold glitter

Princess Mars - salmon pink with pink glitters. This has a strong orange base

Sailor Mars - dark red with red glitters

Mars Flame Sniper - brown based orangey red with red and gold holographic glitter

Mercury Aqua Rhapsody - medium cornflower blue with green iridescent glitter. In the jar it looks similar to Fyrinnae's Curiouser and Curiouser except less glittery.


Eternal Sailor Moon - light gold duochrome with iridescent pink and green glitter


Sailor Mercury - dusty cornflower blue with aqua and green iridescent shimmer. There isn't really a big difference between this and Mercury Aqua Rhapsody in my opinion. The biggest differences is this shade is darker and isn't as glittery as Mercury Aqua Rhapsody

Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss - medium bubble gum pink with iridescent green glitter

Chibi USA - light shimmery bubble gum pink with silver and pink iridescent glitter. The picture shows it to be slightly darker than Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss but it's actually lighter. I think the shimmery-ness of the shadow throws the color off slightly in the picture.

Pink Sugar Heart Attack - bright magenta with gold and purple glitter

Rei - deep dark purple with gold, dark blue and red shimmer. Almost missed this one on accident which is why it got swatched all by its lonesome....xD

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One Hand Washes The Other

My OHWTO goodies!

I've heard so many great things about this company from some of my other beauty blogger friends so I had to try them out! Becca is the owner of One Hand Washes The Other (OHWTO) and she's very active on her FB page as well as many other MMU pages so even though I've never really interacted with her I sort of feel like I know her. =) She's in the process of moving right now so not all of her items are available in her artfire shop. I was lucky enough to get in on her last restock before she shuts down her shop completely for her big move.

My haul =)

I ended up ordering 3 solid scents in Carnivale, Viva La Juicy and Amazing, 1 5mL perfume oil in Besos del Sol, 2 lip butters in Mango Creme and Lychee Green Tea and of course her famous Black Magic creme soap. I placed my order on June 1 and received it on June 6 so TAT was less than a week. However, I know this isn't normal for her since she usually makes her products as orders come in so TAT is normally around 10-14 business days. She is stocking her products for now till she closes shop for her move.

My invoice and sample were in this pretty little envelope

I really loved the way she packages everything! Becca obviously puts a lot of time and care into her orders. One thing I was rather disappointed about was my Black Magic creme soap was missing from my order.  =( That was one of the main reason why I order and it wasn't there...so sad. I contacted Becca about it and she is going to include the soap in the small order I placed yesterday. =)

Now on to the products I received.  All the solid scents and the lip butters were shrink wrapped which I always like to see. These didn't really have easy perforations to pull them off though and I ended up with a deep cut on my thumb trying to cut one of them off (totally my fault though in being clumsy...lol). I also received a sample of Peppermint lip butter in a little clam shell.

My cute little sample

I'm going to start with the lip balm scents. To me these lip balms do taste the same as they smell which is ok I suppose although I am not a fan of eating them by any means...lol. They have a really lovely silky smooth feeling when applied and the glide on very easily. They seem to melt just enough when they touch your lips which is awesome because there's nothing worse than a lip balm that doesn't glide on your lips when applied. These lip butters have a shine finish when applied so my hubby is not interested in using them at all...lol (I'm trying to find a lip balm he'll actually wear).

Mango Creme - This lip butter at first smelled more like creme than anything else. It's a fairly sweet scent and I really only smelled the mango when it was applied on my lips. If you're not a fan of marshmallow/creme scents I don't recommend.

Lychee Green Tea - This lip butter also smelled more like Green Tea than Lychee. I think I sort of expected the lip butters to smell more like the first thing listed (Lychee and Mango) rather than the last thing listed (Green Tea and Creme). 

Peppermint - I think I actually like this simple scented one the best. The peppermint is clean and sweet without being overpowering.

Now for the scents. This is my first foray into solid scents. I really liked how they seemed to melt onto my skin when applied. It was a tad greasy at first but this soaked in fairly quickly.

Carnivale - In the tube, I smell mostly the lemon snow cones and vanilla ice cream. I do catch a hint of the orange soda but I can't really catch the cotton candy. Wet on my skin, the lemon snow cones and the orange soda are the most prominent scent notes. After it dries down, the lemon and orange fade into the background and the cotton candy and vanilla ice cream take center stage. By the end of the day all that's left is a light lingering scent of sweet vanilla ice cream. =) This scent lasted on me a good 6 hours without reapplying.


Viva La Juicy -In the tube, the strongest notes I smell are the Jasmine and Gardenia. I can also pick up the vanilla, amber and sandalwood. Wet on my skin, the prominent scent notes are mandarins and vanilla with hints of the florals and sandalwood. Dried down, it smells exactly the same as it smells in the tube. By the end of the day, the final lingering scent is vanilla with a hint of florals.

Amazing - In the tube, it smells mostly of rose with lemon mixed in. Wet on my skin, the cinnamon smell becomes more prominent which warms the smell of  the rose and lemon quite a bit. Dried down, it goes back to smelling pretty much exactly the same as it does in the tube.

Besos Del Sol - In the bottle, the most prominent notes are Jasmine and Gardenia with a hint of coconut. Wet on my skin, the Jasmine and Gardenia are still very prominent but the white grapefruit and coconut as well as a hint of amber begin to surface more. Dried down, the creaminess of the coconut and vanilla become more obvious above the white floral of Gardenia.

This is the first time I've really gotten into Indie company made perfumes and I can see a new addiction growing...=P I already placed and received another order from OHWTO which included 3 more scents as well as the famous Black Magic soaps in cream and bar form...I can tell you now...I am in LOVE with Black Magic! I'll review the soaps and the other perfumes I received once I get the chance to wear the new perfumes for a couple days. =)

5 out of 5 Glittery Bubbles

**All products were purchased by me with my own money. I was not compensated in any way shape or form for this review. All opinions are my own. Remember, everyone has a different sense of smell and what I smelled and how I described the scents may not be the same as how you would smell or describe them.

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