Happy new year to all my Glossies!

I wish you all a wonderful and prosperous 2010 filled with love and beauty.

My new year’s celebration was pretty lowkey.  We went to church around sunset for a prayer and praise service, which was spirit-filled and blessed.  This left us time to eat and hang out with the family @ Chez P&G.  The TM aka Mr. Touch-A-Lot was in his element and had loads of fun playing and laughing.

I want to thank all of the readers who stop by Pumps and Gloss on a regular basis.  Thank you for the kind comments.  All visits are definitely appreciated and welcomed.  Also a special thank to all the bloggers who show the site love, via blog roll and/or leaving comments.  Thank you *huggles huggles*

For the new year, Pumps and Gloss will be doing more contests, returning to more substantive posts and more fun all around.  There are some surprises up the sleeves…cannot wait to unveil.

Here is my NOTNY – nails of the new year

Wet n Wild Gilded over Arissa Just Peachy

I’ve been tagged by Miss.Stephanie.

1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.

3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.

4. Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are My Random Facts:

1. Loves vegetarian black bean soup.
2. Does not like the CNN.
3. Thinks the upcoming Musiq Soulchild album is gooder than good!
4. Saw the Boston Celtics at the Fleet Center when they kinda sucked. Now they are defending their NBA crown and yes, I am bitter.
5. Can be found in Macy’s kids dept looking for infant boy clothes.
6. Has never been inside a L’Occitaine
7. Loves D&G Pinapple …. Best Pineapple soda pop in the world!

I have tagged The 2 spirited writers of  Rants of a Wild Child, Mami’s Time Out,Beauty And The Cleat, 12th Planet, The Journey of Ms. Devereaux, Ms. Cuppycakes.  Cannot wait to learn new things about my fellow bloggers.

Mix Maven

Today was the first snowfall and, of course, I was bitter because last week the temps were in the high 60s and low 70s, plus I had an early morning appointment.   So to make my day go better, I decided to use one of my Nouba eye shadows, #61 (will post swatches).  Since, I have been obsessing on pink e/s, I wanted to get back to the purples, which are my favorite e/s colors….but purple is not even my favorite color! *Go figure*

(All products are MAC unless stated)

Face

• MSF Dark
• NYX Concealer in Nutmeg

Eyes

• Matte Gel
• L’Oreal De-Crease Base
• Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Prenup
• Nouba Single e/s  61 on lid
• Ben Nye Amethyst
• Glamour Check e/s
• Purely Cosmetics Cream To Powder in Brown
• Tan side from the L’Oreal Hip Duo Adventurous (highlighter)
• L’Oreal Naturale Mascara in Black
• Duel Edge Eye Liner (Black Funk/Punk Blue) Black side only

Cheeks

Warmed MSF

Lips

• She-Boom lip gelee
• Urband Decay Sparkler Pen – Flare

In other News:

Urban Decay is having a Friends and Family sale from 11-10-2008 to 11-18-2008. The coupon code is FFH30 The discount is 30% off…woo hoo! So stock up for yourself and/or for holiday gifts.

Still working on finding a Wordpress theme that I love that really works well.  I am thinking ‘how hard can this be’, but I think I am getting close.

Happy Haulin’,

Mix Maven

Please excuse the mess.  We are making some changes to the site that we hope will make the site better for you, the readers.  So over the next few days, you may see different things, but please bare with us.

I want to give a HUGE SHOUT OUT to my favorite tech support guy (actually he is the Software Developing Genius!!), Mr. Maven.  He helped me get a lot of the changes rolling.  *Kiss*Kiss*Hug*Hug*

I am also working on a Holiday contest, so look out for that.

Thank you for all of your support.

Mix Maven

Recently, I was tagged by Anjela of Blaq Vixen Beauty, a blog I love to read.  When I was informed that I was nominated, I was quite pleased that someone thought of the Pumps and Gloss blog.  Thank you Anjela, I am loving your new layout!

Here are the rules:

Here are some of my favorite blogs

• Clumps of Mascara – I love how she celebrates dupes and colors and looks that some women of color shy away from.
• Grace Magazine – I love her unique take on fashion and beauty.
• Socialite Dreams – I love reading about her beauty journey.
• The Clotheshorse – She has impeccable taste!
• The Trendsetter – Like her emphasis on the curvy lady.
• TriniGourmet - Mr. Maven is a Trini, so TriniGourmet gives me great dinner ideas…I love that!
• YummieBitez – Her swatches alone keep me coming back for more.

Ladies, keep up the great work you do!!

Do subscribe to each of them!!!

Mix Maven