Quite Cute MAC Collection - Nail Polish Dupe? Sister?

Quite Cute

This collection reminds me of Easter. I'm not a fan of the purple lipstick / lip gloss. I don't understand ...who in their right mind would seriously wear it out and about other than working at a MAC counter or on the runway?

Here are a few pictures I took at the counter. I did not see too many people hanging around trying to get their hands on this collection. I didn't get much...but here is my haul.

I took a short trip to Santa Monica not to long ago and I got a sneak peek of the collection and I instantly fell in love with the purple polish. I don't have a powder purple so it was a must. The other two shades I'm sure I have a few of so I passed on them.

During the week I went to TARGET and I ran into this Essie shade.

"Nice is nice" - Essie / "Little girl type" - MAC Cosmetics

13.5 ml vs 10ml - Essie is not only cheaper $7.74 compared to MAC who retails at $14, but you also get more polish.

I should have flipped the picture below to keep Essie on the Left but its too late for that haha.

Here are a few comparisons of the two shades:

I think the Essie polish is slightly darker than the other. Not too much so I wouldn't say it wasn't a dupe, but maybe we should call it a sister polish lol.

Either way this shade is perfect for spring and will compliment all skin tones. I love it!

Did you pick up anything from the new collection?

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*Latina Kisses*

-Sonia

Birthday Weekend - Time flies

Happy Birthday Emma and Bubba!

It took me a while to upload these photos so I am sure this will be a long post. Have a seat haha. Over the weekend Jude and I went to my moms house for a double birthday party. My twin sister Christina's two kids, Emily and Mikey, turned a year older and we couldn't wait to celebrate.

My sister goes all out when she has a party. This party was last minute and was put together in two days. I was so surprised! Sleeping Beauty and Spiderman was there to entertain the children.

Birthday girl Emily aka Emma was dressed just like her favorite princess. I don't know why but I thought the characters that go to parties just stand there and take pictures. This entertainer (the princess) busted out a huge parachute that I remembered from elementary school! I was so excited for them haha.

Not only did she come ready for games, she also painted faces!

There were about 20 kids waiting to get painted.

Flowers, rainbows, butterflies, hearts, stars, and glitter faces all of the yard.

I was checking out her makeup? MAC? Haha just kidding.

The backyard is huge so there was even a bounce house.

Jude loved bouncing around with all of his cousins. He was calling my name to make sure that I saw how high he was jumping it was so cute.

OMG the sweets were endless...these cupcakes were so yummy.

As soon as the top came off of these babies they were gone! They were chocolate with fudge in the middle, and cream cheese icing on the top.

Wouldn't be a party with out themed cakes!

Jude and his daddy sharing lunch.

Say Cheese!

Birthday Kisses.

Time to hit the Pinata!

Birthday boy Mikey was up first...he did so well. The following pictures were all out of order but there were 4 different pinatas for the kids to share.

GO JUDE!

My god daughter Denise...

...Princess Emily.

Spiderman arrived and shocked all the kids.

He was so funny. He was flippin around on the floor and also made balloon animals for the kids.

Jude with my youngest sister, Marina, and his balloon sword lol.

Jude got a balloon gun and hat too.

(Jude is in H&M from head to toe if anyone was wondering)

My mom, Me, Spiderman, my twin Christina, and younger sister Marina.

We have tons of memories in this backyard. Its awesome to think that we now are sharing that yard with our children. I love my family ;)

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I know that I have not been posting as much as I used to, but I am trying to get used to the new schedule we have here at my new place. I hope you enjoyed this personal post.

*Latina Kisses*

-Sonia

Downtown L.A. - "Shopping"

Alley Cats

Everyone in SoCal knows or has heard of the districts in Downtown Los Angeles. There is a shopping area for everything you can think of:

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Toys District

Flowers District

Fabric District

Fashion District

Jewelry District

Carly called me earlier in the day and suggested a trip to the alleys for beads, eyelashes, hot dogs, and random products. B was non stop about her friend's birthday gift...so we had to stop at any stand/store that had Hello Kitty in it. She bought tshirts, wallet, nail polish, and a cute trash can.

Ive never seen so much fake makeup in my life. The bunk M.A.C. had really cute packaging but I knew it was all as fake as Britney Spear's hair.

The thing to look for is the label on the back or bottom of the product. The faces are usually white, clear, or gray. M.A.C. has a black label. There are are so many things down to the way the eyeshadow is pressed into the palettes. Open your eyes chicas!

There was so many nail products! Above are jars of foils and glitters for acrylic nails and also nail pens. Below are the ever so popular crackle style nail polishes in different colors for $5.

Jude was being a good sport, and I rewarded him with a bubble gun. It got everywhere and Carly wanted to kill herself because she didn't want her UGGS to get messed up.

I almost died when I saw that Tutti Frutti had Guava flavor frozen yogurt! It was so refreshing on such a great day. Later that day it rained men when I was on my way home so it was perfect timing.

I don't think I am sexy in the slightest...I just thought this was funny haha. I did buy these shirts, 2 for $10. A couple of weeks before my friend Crystal bought Jude the Muno shirt (red). They had Yo Gabba Gabba dolls too! On our way back to the car we came across a store that had tons of great stuff for $1 and no tax! Eyelashes, makeup, nail polish, flowers for your hair, accessories and TONS of rings!

I had to hold myself back and took home these 3 bad boys. If you are friends with me on Facebook, you would know I have been over doing it with eye lashes. I placed my second order on ebay and then when I saw this display I almost died.

I got a few of each of these styles at $1 a pc which is amazing. I love Red Cherry Lashes, but after IMATS last year I have special spot on my face for Miss Adoro Lashes too. Haha.

Years ago, Carly and I went to a Mark Ryden Exhibit ( he is one of my favorite artists).

This is one of his pieces.

Carly saw this and thought I would like it so I had to have it!

OMG okay so you cant go to "Alley" without something fake...intentional or not...but I saw this and I thought it was RALPH by Ralph Lauren. I got tricked ahaha.

She told me it was $12 and I was sold! Then she was saying Alpha and I looked at the bottle and I was cracking up. Oh well it smells the same.

I wore this scent years ago and every time I smell it, it brings back memories.

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It was a good, it was a super way...to spend time together

- The Fresh Beat Band

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We had a great day. Since I moved away I haven't had that much time with Carly and B and I hope that will change soon. They are so much fun to be around and I know you all love them too.

Also on the calendar...Palm Springs this week!! I will make sure that we go live on BlogTv and take plenty of pictures.