TL;DR: my match Crazy_Overlord is freaking awesomesauce and thanks to her I have the most fabulous and distracting nails ever!

UPDATE #1: I just got the most gorgeous and glittery card in the mail. The fact that my match took the time to send a card just to send a personalized message (since everything was ordered online) means a lot. Thanks again for being so thoughtful (:

UPDATE #2: Package #3 came in the mail today! And once again I am blown away by my Santa's generosity. I'm going to have to watch many many youtube tutorials to figure out how to use all these nail brushes and stickers and I can't wait to experiment with everything! I still haven't figured out what to do with the shiny paper things but they're freaking awesome and are fun to look at haha (: I also can't wait to try the cool looking bottle of blue/pink nail polish in the package and I also LOVE the designs on the new nail stamping plate I got. I've said it so many times before by I can't thank you enough Crazy_Overlord.

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I got the first package last week and honestly I was pretty confused when I opened it up to find a bunch of candy. I was wondering why I received another snacks exchange present and then eventually figured it must have been my 100th exchange extravaganza package filled with 100 lollipops. But when I excitedly dug into the candies and styrofoam peanuts I pulled out a bottle of nail polish. And then another bottle. And then another one.

Turns out, I received my makeup exchange package earlier than expected! My santa more than doubled my nail polish collection, and every single bottle she sent was either a color/trend I already loved or wanted to try.

After freaking out over them, I realized there was more in the box - I also got a nail stamping kit and a set of stamping plates. I spent the weekend trying to learn how to use them (first attempt was a major failure, and then I realized there was a plastic cover on top of the plates you were supposed to take off first :P) and I think I got the hang of it now. Thanks for introducing me to nail stamping and giving me the chance to try something new I never would have on my own!

I'm just absolutely blown away by your kindness and generosity. Thanks for taking the time to message me to find out what I liked or to keep me updated; I feel so lucky to have a match who's been so thoughtful about everything! I can't believe there's another package coming because this is already too much. I suppose I should also thank you for distracting me from finals too, because instead of studying I spent the weekend before my last exam doing my nails (I probably didn't do too hot but damn if I didn't have the coolest nails in the room that day!). I'm also going to add that my nails are distracting my students at work too - I had one kid stop me in the middle of a lesson to tell me she liked the "drawings" on my nails and to ask if we could switch fingers sometime.

I could probably go on and on forever about how excited and happy I am, but I'm just gonna wrap it up here. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH CRAZY_OVERLORD :D :D