Bay Blue Snake

So the other day I was shopping at Nordstrom Rack and looking around at the shoe section.  I so love some of the shoes there, but I could never find one that fit perfectly.  I've seen some pretty good pairs of heels, that still cost mighty amounts of money (oh my!) One day One day! lol

I've seen this pair of heels before and I fell in love but wasn't sure if I could pull it off.  The color is so different from my wardrobe, my personality, my everything lol.  I'm also not so into that reptile looking products, so this was weird that I actually liked this pair of heels.  These are from Mr. Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump's shoe collection.  I didn't see it on her website, so I'm thinking its from an older collection, but who cares right?


Ivanka Trump Bay Blue Snake Heels

 

 I Love love the color.  It has a turqouise color to it in my opinion. The heel size isn't so high, so perfect for anyday outing without my feet failing on me.  I felt comfortable in it, however it was a bit small for my wide feet (thanks to my mama).  The price was alright, still a little pricey but I guess it is from the Trump family so it doesn't matter.  Like last time I didn't buy it.  Maybe the third times the charm?? We shall see.

Have you tried Heels from Ivanka Trump? 

Should I get these? Help a girl out!! 

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Wishlist: Balenciaga

So lately with the help of friends and our lems for anything beautiful, I've been lemming for handbags.  High end bags that is.  I don't own any very expensive bags, just because they are expensive and I didn't really get into collecting purses or even using them until recently.  I love my wristlet, but many times I do need a purse.

After chatting with my friends, we came up with a few name brand bags that we would ultimately love to purchase one day, though it may take long to save up for it, I think eventually I want to get at least one of them.

This week's wanted item is:  Balenciaga Handbags

My Favorites:

Classic - First

Classic - Papyrus Velo 

Argent Fonce City Silver

Papyrus Giant Rose Gold Town

Papyrus Giant Silver Envelope

One of my Favorites - Black Papier A4

Whew!! That's a lot of handbags to go through.  There are definitely more that I like, but these are my favorites so far.  I think Balenciaga bags are beautiful, unique, and would be great to have.  Now if only I can convince the Man to get one. *fingerscrossed*

I'll be posting more of my Wanted Items periodically on the blog. Watch out for more.  In the mean time, tell me what are you wanting at the moment.

Do you like Balenciaga?

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Simple Wedding FOTD

Quick Face of the Day look for you guys!  The Man and I recently went to a wedding of a friend of ours.  I was running around town doing tons of errands, so I didn't really have much time to glam myself up.  So this is the simple look I came up with.

Simple Wedding FOTD

Sorry, I don't remember what I used on my face, I could guess but I may be wrong, so I won't list anything.  I decided just to do a quick one eye color look, so I went with a deep maroon/purple look, I think I used a cream color from my Revlon palette to get it that color.  As for cheeks I love rosy pink cheeks, so MAC Instant Chic was used here as it is a lighter rose pink.  For lips I am probably 95% sure that I used MAC Bare slimshine for the look.  That's one of my all time favorite lippie, too bad its discontinued.  That's about it! I didn't have much time to do my hair so straight it is.

Hope you like! Its simple to create as I was using only minimal colors.

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I've already downloaded some images that I like and will be utilizing them for my blog.  I hope to have that up soon.  The site has tons, I mean tons of photos to sift through.  There were so many that I liked especially the creative artsy photos.  They also had great photos for any businesses to use especially for beauty, cosmetics, and makeup.  I also liked the fact that most photos are affordable (at less than $1) or Free which is always nice.  Fotolia is great for us bloggers as it gives us great images to use and showcase in our blogs.

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Target Clearance

This past weekend I went to Target and found tons of deals.  I wasn't able to find what I needed in the deals and clearance racks, so I didn't grab anything.  However that doesn't mean that you can't either.

Target Clearance

Shoes and more shoes!

What I saw on clearance?

~ Shoes - heels, flats, sandals, 30-50% off
~ Nail polish - Sally Hansen and Maybelline nail polishes 15-30% off
~ Sonia Kashuk - spring sets on sale 15%
~ Health & Beauty - various items on sale including John Frieda sets

I love shopping at Target; I love it even more shopping for clearance items and saving me a whole lot of money.  I found heels for less than $10, even though they had none in my size (What a bummer!) The nail polishes were marked down to $2 each when they run at least $1-2 more at retail.  I'll have to go back and see what's left and some items.

Have you seen any Clearance items at your Target? 

What did you get?

**News**  I'll be doing a awesome giveaway sometime next week! Stay tuned! Follow my blog/twitter for quick updates on when it will be posted. You'll get to go shopping! **

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You do Groupon?

If you are an avid Grouponer like I am, you'll love this deal as this is great for grouponers and makeup lovers.

Groupon has an awesome deal right now in which you can get 

$35 worth of ELF Mineral Makeup for just $15.  

via Krazy Coupon Lady

This coupon is National, so doesn't matter what city you are in, you can buy the coupon and purchase the item off of ELF Cosmetics.  This is only for the mineral makeup, so if you want other items the coupon will not work.

Some info:

• Expires Jan 6, 2012
• Limit 1 per person, may buy multiple as gifts.
• Limit 1 per order. Not valid until 7/7/11. Online only.
• Extra fees for shipping
• Valid for mineral makeup only

Go here for details

Have you used ELF's Mineral Makeup? Tell me about it!

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Happy 4th of July

Happy July 4th!

I hope everyone is having an awesome time with BBQ dinners, friends, family, and fun fireworks to watch.  Be safe and have fun! I'm enjoying my time with the people I love and eating good.  

School is almost over, just little over 2 weeks left, so then I can get back to blogging for some time hopefully on a regular basis.  I have a few giveaways coming up and reviews, so stay tuned for those.

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