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Holiday Nails

The holiday parties are coming up

and todays nails is a cute design for a festive look :)

Here's the polishes I used

First I applied one coat of the whirlwind white (insta-dri)

and then I applied Essie Pure pearlfection (for a shimmer finish)
Then I used that red (which has no name or brand I've had it 4ever

that's probably why it works so well with the stamping tool it's now super thick!

for the stripes I used the BM20 plate

and the bow is stamped with Ulta Envy with Konad M56 plate

I just used a silver stripper below the bow

and applied holographic glitter to give it some blingage :)

My hand is getting so dry with this weather! ugh yuck :(

I ran out of my favorite lotion which is the Khiels Ultimate hand salve

I've used it for years & It's my  F A V O R I T E

I LOVE it!

You know when you apply lotion & then you wash your hands

& you can feel your lotion wash off?

Well, this lotion doesn't do that! It's amazing :)

But recently I ordered this jack black lip balm (i'm obsessed w/ it!)

It's my new must have!

& then I saw this set that came with a hand lotion

so, for a few bucks more I ordered the set instead

& I must say I LOVE it too!!!! :)

It keeps your hands feeling soft & moisturized

but NOT sticky! I HATE sticky/slimy/wet/oily hand lotion!

(talk about picky right)

If you guys have tried either of these or know of a hand lotion that's better

 let me know what you think!

Hope you liked the nails

xoxo ivyPINK

December Daily Day 8-9

Hello & Happy friday!

This week went by so quickly!!!

Here's the other page of day 8

I left the journaling tag lose so it flips on the ring as well

I'll be adding some thickers once I mount the picture

 I was pretty surprised to see snow this morning

It wasn't much but our whole neighborhood was covered in white

So I made a 1st snowfall page

I found a cute let it snow dress it up button

Tomorrow I'm going with my friend Krista to make some

"Pasteles" I've never seen/tasted one before

I heard we have "shifts" so I'm sure it'll be a busy day

BUT it would sure make for an interesting DD page lol :)

I hope you guys have a great weekend!

xoxo ivyPINK

CVS Drugstore Haul

You guys I have a confession

I'm addicted to shopping @ drugstores lol

I find the BEST deals ever!!!

specially on make up & with my new found love for make up

It's a thrifty shoppers dream :)

SO here's the video I told you guys I made that I had to film like 3 times!

I bought all this stuff at CVS pretty much all the items are 75% off

and is a SUPER deal! They just started on their markdowns

so go NOW while theres still a LOT to chose from!

BTW I'm in LOVE with the physicians formula gel liners :)

Oh & dont forget you can use manufacturers coupons with any of your purchase

and also if you have any CVS Extrabucks

I used my coupons & extrabucks & for all this I paid like $22.00

K hope you guys liked the Haul

Happy Shopping!

xoxo ivyPINK 

December Daily Day 3-8

Whoa I cant believe how easily I fell behind

I should've brought my DD with me when I went away for the weekend

BUT, I'm all caught up again!

One thing I hate is having to wait to insert my pictures :(

I wish my mini printer didn't die on me

BUT I'm happy with my Instagrams anyway so the pics will

at least still looked uniformed.

Here's DAY 3

Usually one of my group of friends has a "thanksgiving"

gathering around thanksgiving, but this year they planned it a lil later

I haven't gone for the last few years so I FINALLY went this year

because I really missed everyone :)

Day 4

I spent a couple days with my godmother whose birthday was on the 4th

The large snowflake die cut is on an acetate sheet

& I journaled at the lil strip on the bottom

Day 5

I LOVED this "numbers" page Trisha included in our swap

I'm using it for a "casino" page because I finally went to the new casino

built in Chicago & I saved the ticket left from my loss lol

The picture of our unlucky machine will go on top

Day 6

I took a picture of the 1st batch of presents I wrapped

underneath the tree :)

I used the same fabric that I covered my album with on the heart

Day 7

This was a fun day my mom & I went to CVS yesterday & came out

with a haul of beauty stocking stuffers

(I made a video for you guys & I accidentally deleted it :(

I was going to try to refilm again today)

I used the paper bag pocket to hold my receipts & a journaling tag

Day 8

I received my 1st xmas card in the mail today!

It's from a friend who designs & makes her own letterpress cards

so I always save her cards anyway

YIKES that's my cue that I need to start sending out my 

(STORE BOUGHT->insert gasp here)

Cards already!!!

& I'm about to leave to go to dinner with my family so

my Layout is not completed yet BUT I did add the 1st xmas card I

got in my book *i think I'll have enough space to add other cards I receive (maybe)

& thats all I have for now

sorry for the lateness!

xoxo ivyPINK

 

Luxeffects Mani Monday

Hi you guys I'm away for the weekend

and I shouldve thought about this before I left BUT I didn't bring my DD with me

so I owe you guys 3,4 & 5 which will be posted tuesday

On to Mani Monday

MY polish pick of the week are the ESSIE Luxeeffects

I'm ABSOLUTELY in LOVE with shine of the times

I definitely think this is one polish you have to have in your collection

The effect leaves you with holographic flecks

Heres a pic of how it looks like

I know its hard to tell on my pic

but heres a good review & comparison & you can see the details a LOT better

 

ok guys gtg

xoxo ivypink

December Daily Day 2

Did I ever tell you guys that I was doing a swap for December Daily?

I met some VERY SWEET ladies via Bloggy & twitterland!

My new crafty friends @jennyg & @trishacakes

Here's Jennys BLOG

(trisha doesn't have one)

I was waiting to post pics of what I got because Trisha

didn't receive Jennys box til today & I didnt want to spoil the surprise!

I was so excited when my mailman brought these to my door Saturday :)

I ripped it open & kept gasping! LOL

I was over joyed with crafty overload!

This is Trishas box

she even made us a Xmas cd to listen to while we craft

our lil hearts out!

AND she sent me SWEET MINT EOS lip balm!!!!

I've been in search for it every where!!!!!!

*Trish I'd like u to know I use it EVERYDAY! heehee :)

This is Jennys box

she cut a bunch of DD stuff with her silhouette

(which BTW I've been convinced I need it in my life!)

On Saturday I went to a crafty get together & one of the girls

had this shimmer spritz thingy & I spritz all of the numbers she sent me

I'm showing it to you in black because the other colors doesn't show well on camera

BUT you can definitely see the shine in person

She used this ink with rubbing alcohol from Stampin 'Up

HOLY shiz! it's my new obsession lol

YOU guys need this in your life if you don't have it already

cuz you guys know how much I LOVE to bling/shine EVERYTHING! heehee

So, for my DAY 2 LO....

I used some Martha tape on the edge of acetate

& also the snowflakes & number jen sent me

& on the other side of the page is a snowflake cut out

jen also sent me from the Kerri Bradford DD silhouette kit
I spritzed these with the shimmer & let me tell you...

It is soooooo pretty :)

That's my day 2!

Happy F R I D A Y woot woot

xoxo ivyPINK

December Daily Day 1

Here's my layout for DDs day 1
I'm taking an easy peasy approach for this project ;) I really don't want to spend more than 30 min to put a page/LO together so I know my embellishing will be simple..... 

I will post the pages again once I have the pics & journaling
For now I'll just share the layouts with you ;)

   I'm also still creating my album cover
So I'll have a separate post for that ;)

K Happy Dec 1st

xoxo ivyPINK