Quite pathetic beauty x-mas gift haul this year...

...but the quality is even better!

I never ask for beauty products for Christmas since I rather buy them myself and I don't really think it's nice to ask my parents/sister/boyfriend to buy me makeup since all know I have enough (and maybe bit too much) already. It's just something I rather buy for myself to get exactly what I want.

The only makeup gift I got this year - I already said it in a previous post - was Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Edition palette from my boyfriend's parents. Either they did an excellent guessing at Debenhams or they put my boyfriend's sister to buy something for me (I've never met her so she wouldn't have known what I have beforehands anyway). My boyfriend swore he didn't tell them what brand or what palette to get me so they did well for buying this one since I don't have it and I've been wanting it or Naked2 palette anyway.

I already did a look with this palette - exactly two but forgot to take pics of the other one - and will post it after this one.

Then I got the cutest lip balm from my sister. It is a lip balm inside an owl. AN OWL! How cute are they?!

The lip balm is strawberry scented. Doubt it does the trick but I will carry it around just because it's so adorable!

I got also a gift card to a beauty store from my sister and it took me few trips to few different stores before I found the one I've been wanting for awhile - Versace's Versus perfume. I got the gift set with perfume and body lotion with over 10€ cheaper than what the perfume alone sells for.

I've had a sample of Versus for some time and I really wanted to buy the real thing but perfumes are so expensive. So now when I'm about to run out of my favourite perfume Alien by Thierry Mugler I thought I could spend the gift card to this one.

"Versus is pure energy. "- stated Donatella Versace. Her wish is to dedicate this fragrance to strong-willed women who have courage for new challenges. This intense fragrance is based on strong contrasts, from romantic to very rough femininity.
This composition is taking us through various moods of femininity, from punk to melodic notes, from gentleness to roughness.
Top notes of Versace Versus introduce kumquat, star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito) and lemon; a heart is composed of orange blossom, stephanotis and Centifolia rose, while a base finishes with musk, patchouli and ambrette seed.

 Quoted from Fragrantica.com

It's quite weird that I like this one since it's far cry from my strong vanilla-scented fave perfumes. But maybe it's a time I wear something totally different.

Those were my beauty-related gifts this year - I got mainly stuff for home like duvet covers, pans, plates etc which I asked for.

Did you get anything beauty-related for Christmas?