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Currently and SMASHbooking

I haven't posted a "Currently" since June

So,this week I decided to create a "Currently" page on

my smashbook

I have a massive amount of Making Memories Rub-ons

(circa 2003 *good to know they still work!)

So, here's a Fall edition of my CURRENTLYs :)

Listening: Boyce Ave. Covers on YouTube (SOOO GOOD)

Eating: These ensaymadas from Red Ribbon my dad brought home from Cali

Drinking: My new FAVE Tea!

Yogi Organic Tea's :)

Wearing: Oh geez, my outfits are so boring these days!

I live in Yoga clothes ALL day!

I recently bought a cute a cute workout/yoga tank @ Target

looks like this but in purple

(cuz it was on sale & they didn't have PINK one @ the store)

I'm starting Zumba classes next week (excited for that!)

Feeling: Uninspired lately :( Sad!

Weather: Definitely starting to feel the chicago FALL start to creep in again

we've had a warm FALL for Chicago recently but this week we got some rain

Wanting: One of these floor armoires

I told my parents it's what I wanted for Christmas :)

My jewelry is all over the place! I figured this should fit all my stuff!

& all my bedroom furniture is black.

Needing: To get my car fixed! I don't know what's wrong with it :( Tear!

Car problems always leave me poor!

Thinking: About the holidays, I want to give & make handmade presents this year!

What should I make though? Oy vey! I feel overwhelmed already.

Obsessing: You mean besides NAIL crap right?!

cuz you guys already know all about that!

Gah! Seriously been crazy over make up! I don't even use that much make up

But I've been watching some YouTube Videos of  Make Up Guru's

& let me tell you...they are very good enablers! LOL

So I organized my SMALL stash yesterday

Enjoying: READING!!!!!! The Library is my new fave place :)

 I've been reading A LOT lately

I'm just finishing up the 1st 3 books in the Vampire Academy series

by Richelle Mead

It's VERY exciting! Which I like in books I hate slow dragging books

That's about it for now.

PLEASE Share your thoughts and ideas

for handmade x-mas presents with me!

xoxo ivyPINK
 

Spooky Spider Nails

I wanted to quickly share with you 

what my nails look like for Halloween :)

This is before I added any extra "blingage"

I added a lil bit of silver striper around the edges of the web

and then I added some clear glitter on the web

 to finished the look :)

It's a lil bit more sparkly in person :)

I used the Bundle Monster plate B13

and the base color is Ulta's Lil Black Dress (which has a micro silver glitter)

I LOVE this color for a black!!!

I found a dupe by Sinful colors it's called Secret Admirer

*which BTW is on sale this week @ Walgreens for $.99

I stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-dri in Silver Sweep

***SERIOUSLY the BEST silver polish to use with the stamping plates!

way better than the konad polish the color is so crisp & bibrant!

I'm in search of a good gold to stamp with any ideas? let me know!

Hope you guys have a wonderful Halloween weekend

xoxo ivyPINK

Ballet Shoes

I LOVE ballet/ballet like shoes

to wear around the house :)

They are super comfy!

I found this deal online for FREE Capezio

Ballet shoes, & I just paid for shipping

I got my shoes on Monday

There wasn't an option to pick a color

BUT, they sent me a PINK one!

sooo cute! :)

It's a soft pink canvas similar to this

That's all for today:)

Happy hump day

xoxo ivyPINK

Halloween Nails

I had so much FUN painting these!

I used my cousin as my hand model :)

Here's a close up & the plates I used

and I didn't notice but my witch picture came out a lil burred

but that was plate number: B13 & Ijust hand painted a white dot as the moon

I didn't have any orange when I did this

so I blended yellow gloss & yellow glitter with red

here's the colors

I just sponged on the color applied layers

I used opal elgance over the orange sponged color

before stamping the images :)

I have one more Halloween nail look to share

I'll post in on thursday in case you guys are going

 to any halloween parties this weekend!

 

xoxo ivyPINK

Birthday Talk

Officially it's MONDAY already as I'm typing this

but earlier today we celebrated my 29th BIRTHDAY!

29?!? FOR REALS?!? :(

I have to say that this is one of the most low key birthdays

I've had in a LONG LONG time & it was GREAT!

I went to church this morning

(Me & my cousin Abigail waiting in front of the tree outside church

we ALWAYS wait for our family to re-group by this tree)

& I went out to lunch w/ my mom,

cousin,god father & grandma

 *my dad is out of town this weekend

It was his birthday also the 22nd :(

We ate @ Bob Chinns

I ordered the King Crab Tacos

(it came w/ 2 tacos & I ordered 1 steamed & 1 fried)

This meal was only $19.99 & it also came with a bowl of soup

I ordered the GUMBO (which is one of my faves)

a 16 oz Mai Tai a specialty drink @ Bob Chinns!

and dessert (Flan) Freaking DEAL!!!!

& they sang me Happy Birthday & brought me a pumpkin pie

After lunch I walked next door to

SUPERDAWGS

I couldn't resist! I picked up a hotdawg for dinner :)

On the way home my grandmother wanted to stop by ROSS

they opened a TON of stores in IL FINALLY!

I always go to ROSS whenever I go to CA or TX

I'm sooooo happy there's finally one 6 min from my house :)

BOY am I glad we stopped by look at what I found

Crafty related: SUPER CUTE KI puffies 3 in each set

only $2.99! They we're $3.98 @ J's for just 1!

and I also got these:

It was the LAST 2 Color Club Nail Polish sets!

Back to BOHOis CC's Fall 2011 release (normally $48)

I got the WHOLE SET for $7.99!!!! freaking deal!!!!

I also bought Foiled cuz I think it'll work well with the stamping plates

Speaking of nail stuff...It's also Mani Monday!!!

I wanted to share my birthday mani :)

I went with a PINK monochromatic theme

Here's the Polishes I used

Here's the numbers for the different plates I used

I have a super cute halloween nails to share with you guys

this week! check back tomorrow or wed! :)

Hope you guys had a great weekend

xoxo ivyPINK

Snow Leopard Nails

First let me share my "inspiration" with you

Really though I just wanted an excuse

to use Concrete Evidence :)

Which just might be my new fave color

I'm so in to "greys" right now :)

Here it is..... my new fave design

I stamped with $1.00  $.50 (on sale this week) Wet & Wild in black

It stamps REALLY well & the black is very pigmented

I used the konad plate M57

and  wn & silver polish to color in the spots

I just used a toothpick :)

I got an email from my aunt of her Fall nails design &

I wanted to share it w/ you guys it turned out so cute :)

She used the Bundle Monster 04 and 05 plates

Hope you like it!!!!

If you guys have Konad or Bundle Monster

and want me to use a specific plates (if I have it)

for future Mani Mondays

Let me know in comments below :)

xoxo ivyPINK

Crafty Haul

SOOOOOO something new from me to share

with you guys today......

I FILMED a VLOG instead of a regular post :)

It's a CRAFTY HAUL video :)

& sorry in advance I have a cold & sound a lil stuffy

It was so much faster doing this video

 than if I we're to take a pic of all these items!

Let me know what you guys think & then maybe I'll

do more videos in the future of other Hauls, DIYs, etc. :)

Happy Sunday

xoxo ivyPINK 

 

October Birchbox 2011

YESSSS! It's BIRCHBOX open box time again :)

This months theme is Prep & Finish

I've recently started trying AHAVA products & I ordered

the AHAVA Mud Mask last month (I'm in LOVE with it!!!)

 & I received a free sample of

this Mineral foot cream with my order & I really liked it

The scent is light & fresh

I'm glad to see it was also in this months box :)

Ahava Mineral Foot Cream 4.2 oz-$26

Now, I don't really use anything for my eyebrows normally

But this months box came with an

Anastasia Beverly Hills Clear Brown Gel-.28 oz-$21

I'm looking forward to trying it out

It's suppose to keep your brows in place without Flaking or stickiness

Next up is this 

Number 4 Hair Lumiere D'hiver Reconstructing Masque 5.1 oz-$58

I'm excited to try this because who couldn't use

a lil help to strengthen & add gloss to your hair :)

It also smells awesome!

Then there's the Sunday Riley Modern Skincare

 Juno Transformative Lipid Serum 30ml-$125

It's suppose to replenish,firm & protect your skin

I've never heard of this before But I definitely look forward to trying it out

This is the other FAVORITE item I got in my box

It's made by Tea Forte which is a favorite Tea brand of mine

*Citrus Mint is my FAVORITE flavor*

I'm so happy to see they are now making these

Minteas $2.99 per tin :)

It comes in these yummy flavors Lime Mojito,Matcha Chai,

Lemongrass Yuzu,Ginger Pear and Cocoa Mate

It tastes delicious!!! Very refreshing and the best part...

it's only 1 calorie per mint!!! woot woot :)

I LOVE it!!!!

That's all for my box this month :)

I was really hoping my box had the Laura Geller Spackle

I really wanted to try this tinted primer

I've been usng the smashbox primer for years & wanted to try something new

If any of you guys get this in your box let me know what you think about it :)

If you are interested in knowing more info about Birchbox

or want to try Birchbox email or message me so I can

send you an invite :)

CLICK here to view previous months boxes

xoxo ivyPINK

Fall Nails

Although it certainly looks like FALL outside

It definitely doesn't feel like it is, for us chicagoans anyway

it's 77 degrees out today! (but I'm not complaining)

 
Inspired by the leaves I painted my nails

with this rich gold base color Richelle from Zoya

The image is from Bundle Monster plate 212

 reminded me of leaves

It is stamped with Konad Princess Chocolate

and over the weekend my sassy grandma was attending a wedding

and she wanted her nails painted as well :)

 
I used Konad plate M56

The white is Konad polish & the red is

Wocka Wocka from the OPI Muppets set

She's coming over again today to get a "casino" themed

design because shes going on a casino field trip tomorrow

shes the cutest grandma :)

Have a fabulous week

xoxo ivyPINK

 

 

Nail Polish Haul

I LOVE a great deal

Who doesn't right?

So, I wanted to share a great nail polish haul deal

I found this week at Ulta (in Glendale Heights, IL)

Ulta redesigned their polish bottles

Therefore they put all the old bottle design on clearance

for only $2.00 they are normally $5.00 each

They look like this:

 
If you are an Ulta rewards member you probably received a

$5.00 off $10 purchase this month

You can use that coupon towards these polishes

therefore each bottle will only be $1.00!

If you are not a rewards member you can print out a

$3.50 off $10 purchase HERE valid til 10/22/11

I'm not sure if all Ulta's have these polishes avilable or not

I went to the one closest to my house & they had ALL the colors available

I bought Sweet Heart,Flamingo,Fuschiamania,MintCondition

The Jungle Look,Envy,Femme Fatale,Set the nude,Concrete evidence

and Lil Black Dress

These colors are ALL CURRENT colors available in their new polish bottles

so it's not retired or discontinued.

I'm tempted to go back & use the $3.50 off coupon

which is still a good deal at $1.30 per bottle.

Just an FYI according to the All Lacquered Up Blog TRUE GREY

is the in color for fall/winter 2011 & ULTA's concrete evidence

made it on the list :)

Next up are these super cute OPI Muppets set

Yesterday I got a "birthday" certificate from Cosmoprof in the mail

for $5 so i used it for this setThese are the colors in the set:

wocka wocka

designer...de better

warm & fozzie

excuse moi! <-----this is my FAVE

(It's a dark pink glitter)

These mini's retail for $12.50

Last got these polishes from Mark

 
I really only wanted "Sol Mojito" (nice light mint color) & "Industrial" (light grey)

But each came in a different set

Sol Mojito came with Tango & Industrial came with Steel Plum 

That's all for my Nail Polish Haul :)

 I have a fall mani to share with you tomorrow

so make sure to check back for Mani Mondays post :)

 

xoxo ivyPINK