TRESemme Color Protection Shampoo & Conditioner BzzAgent Campaign

Last month picture-my haircolor fading

Just colored my hair the day before 5-09-11 (just waking up from a nap-still have my sleepy face on)

TRESemme Color Protection Shampoo and Conditioner 15fl oz each and 10 coupons

This is the my third campaign for BzzAgent. I received everything from BzzAgent because I am a BzzAgent. Please visit their website at www.BzzAgent.com.  You wont regret it.

I color my own hair. I have been coloring my hair since 9th grade. A few years ago, I actually paid to have hi-lites done on my hair. That lasted a while. After realizing that spending over $100.00 every 4 month was breaking me, I decided to just color my hair one color and be happy. I usually stick to Loreal Feria hair color or Garnier Nutresse hair color because I always have had great results with them.

I am super excited to try out this new shampoo and conditioner I was sent. Let me talk about the shampoo first. It's a clear formula and smells like apples. It says its a unique blend of green tea, rosemary and sunflower. It is suppose to gently clean hair without stripping its vibrancy.

The conditioner is a thick white formula with the same fragrant blends. It is suppose to help lock in your color,sealing the cuticle to protect color longer while helping condition and detangle. Each are valued at $4.49. That is a great price compared to the shampoo and conditioner I was using to protect my hair color. TRESemme Color Revitalize Shampoo & Conditioner helps retain color for up to 40 washes.

I cant wait to start using this tonight. I usually wash my hair every other day, but I may start doing it every day to see if my hair color stays protected. I will post pictures weekly to show changes. If I notice a big change in color I will post pictures more frequently. Let me know your experience with TRESemme.

                                                                                   xoxo
                                                                               Christina

Fever and Dreams

I was able to do this design right before I got sick. I thought it would be cute for mothers day or a day of shopping. The thumb and index finger are from konad and the others are from bundle monster. I love the shoes. Its actually a full image plate but i just stamped one shoe. If you want to know what plates i used comment below.

Being sick on mothers day weekend is not what I was hoping for at all. I did mention to my friend that a great mothers day gift would be to just have a whole weekend to myself. But this is not what I hoped for. I'm sick and alone. My son and frank are doing guy stuff in the garage. I'm here on the couch watching Meet the Parents.

I was telling Frank that I always have the same dream when I have a fever. I remember when I was a little girl I always dreamt that cemented stick figures would try to run me over with big concrete wheels;and I would get chased around with big syringes. I hated that dream.  Now i dream that my arms and legs are covered in concrete and I am trying to lift them up. It's weird. Frank tells me he doesn't remember any of his dreams. He was sick too but cant tell me what he dreamt. Do you have the same dreams every time you get the fever?

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                                                                              Christina

My Second Favorite Fast Dry Nail Top Coat

This is today's manicure. I used a color by Borghese which I bought from Ross a few month ago. It was only $1.99. I have seen them at Walgreen's for over $5.00.  To stamp, I used Emotion by China Glaze. I love the way this color looks when I use it to stamp.This is one nail polish that I would highly recommend when doing stamping nail art.  I used BM plate220.  The pattern is a nail tip design which is slanted. I did both hands with it. I think I did it wrong on all the fingers except the pinkie. That was the only one that looked good. I had a few free hours tonight while my husband took my son to get a haircut. I decided to paint my nails again. This time I used this yellow color by Sinful Colors.Its called Unicorn. The color looks so pretty. I did have to apply 3 coats to get a smooth finish. It still looks a little bit streaky but not to noticeable. I did not want to apply it to thick because I did not want it to take forever to dry. I was going to stamp a design,but I love the way it looks that I decided to leave it as it is.

I am running out of my favorite fast dry nail polish which is Seche Vite. Its a little pricey, so I only get it when its on sale. I have a Nail Magic Fast Dry Nail polish that was just sitting on my table. I decided to use that today. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised to find that it works really good. Its almost as good as the Sech Vit (not sure if I am spelling that right). The dry time was quick. I really like it. After I use the Seche Vite and give it a few minutes to dry; my nails feel really smooth and slick. With the Nail Magic my nails felt smoothe too but not as slick. That is the only difference that I notice between the two polishes. I hope that makes scence. You can find this at your local Sally's Beauty Supply. I think I got it free when I bought the Nail Magic Base coat. Let me know whats your favorite fast dry nail polish.Thanks for stopping by.

xoxo

Christina

China Glaze Crackle

 Today before Alex and I met up with our friends for lunch, I made a quick stop at Sally's. I didn't think I was going to buy anything  so I didn't bother to grab my coupon before I left the house.  Oh i sure wish I had. When i got there their whole display of Crackle Nail Polish was full.  I could not believe it. Ive been going weekly to check out there displays but they were always empty. I called my sister and asked her which colors she wanted. We both picked the white one. I also bought the grey one for me and the pink one for her. I decided to do this quick manicure using the grey crackle color.  As a base color, I used Sally Hansen White Out. I applied the crackle color on the tips and used BM-210 and stamped this little image. I'm not sure what exactly is suppose to be, but it was the only small one that would fit my nail. I could probably add a little rhinestone to give it a little shine. For now I will leave it as it is.

China Glaze & Bundle Monster Manicures

Cha Cha Cha

Senorita Bonita

For Aubrey BM plate 223

Purple Panic (neon) BMplate223

BM plate 24

Purple Panic w/o top coat

The first full design I did I used BM plate 24. I used China Glaze Cha Cha Cha and Senorita Bonita. These have to be my new favorite colors. I believe they are from the Island Escape collection. I love the colors. They remind me of grape and sour apple candies by Jolly Ranchers. I used the black nail polish from Konad. Today I painted my nails Purple Panic (neon). The color is matte until you apply a top coat. I think it looks pretty either way. I really want to try out as many designs as I can so my manicures are different in each hand. On the left hand I used BM plate 23. The pattern is a hexagon full image design.  I liked the way For Aubrey looked on the nails. I tried using the black but I thought it was a little to dark for the bright pink. The Cha Cha Cha and Senorita Bonita did not work well at all. I used white by Sally Hansen Xtreme Color and that worked well. On my right hand,I used the same plate. I liked the design.It was simple and looked good with the pink and black. The only one that actually looked right was the thumb. I think I press the stamper too hard and it smears the image. On my other fingernails they were a little too short. I still like it though.
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                                                                               Christina

Konad & Bundle Monster Storage

1" binder-Walmart $.97

Pencil Holder $.87-Walmart

Baseball card holders

Waffle shelve liners

This is my way to store my Konad and Bundle Monster image plates. I bought a 1 inch binder from walmart for $.97.  I already had the baseball card holders because I also use them to store my coupons in my coupon binder. I originally put the plates in the sleeves then realized how easily they would slip out when I carried the binder the wrong way.  I remembered how Frank uses waffle shelve liners to prevent his tools from slipping.  I went to Ross today and found a thick roll of the liner in the kitchen department. The price was $5.99.  I know that Target sells them for a dollar less for a much smaller roll. I thought this was a good price so I bought it.  When I got home I unrolled a small section and measured the plate to the liner and cut a long strip out. I cut  the liner to the width of the plate. It took me less than fifteen minutes to put the plates and liners in their own individual slots. Now if I do happen to grab my binder by the wrong end,maybe only a few will slip out. 
With the extra liner that was not used, i put them under the cushions of my couch so they wouldn't slip any more. My husband would get agitated every time he would get off the couch and the cushion would end up on the floor.  Let me know how you store your image plates. I would love to know. Check out my
YouTube video if you get a chance.
                                                                                xoxo
                                                                             Christina

A Lil Bit of Cleaning and A Lil Bit of Bundle Monster

BM-208 with blue film protector

removing the blue film

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 If you saw my video on YouTube, I mentioned a missing Bundle Monster image plate. I received my plates last Thursday and today is Monday and it already came in. I tell you, the people at Bundle Monster sure do provide excellent customer service. If you order the plates don't forget to take off the blue film on top of each image plate. I have tried a few images and they came out great. I am hoping to post new designs daily. My computer is working now so I may start posting more videos on YouTube also. If you are reading this and are also a subscriber to my YouTube Channel, I just want to say Thank You so much for hanging in there with me.

Now the "fun" part. Mondays are my usual  days to clean my house in detail. I went to Target and bought these Lysol Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaners. I have been seeing the commercial for these cleaners for a while now. They say that the restroom smells fresh after every flush.  I hope that's true. What I like about these cleaners is that they are not like the ones my mom used to use a long time ago. You probably know which ones I am talking about. My mom always got them from the Dollar General. They were oval shaped and looked like crystals. They smelled awful. I couldn't stand them. These Lysol ones are oval as well but feel more like a bar of soap. The price was $2.99 for a 2 pack.  I had a coupon for $.75 cents off. It was a little pricey but I really wanted to try this. I will let you know if it was a good buy or if I just flushed money down the toilet!!! lol
                                                                                                  xoxox
                                                                                                  Christina

My new Netbook

Today was a great day.  Alex and I didn't do much except stay home.  Since he wont start school until he is 6yrs old (winter birthday) I teach him "school" in our living room. I bought him different learning books from
walmart,walgreens, and the dollar general. I like them alot because they teach him how to write,matching,connect the dot and other cool things. So that's all we did. We watched Iron Man a few times. Yeah it was a good  day for the both of us. I cant believe how much he is growing.
Frank came home after Alex and I finished dinner. He came home with a surprise for me. That hardly happens but when it does you better believe that its a good surprise. He bought me a netbook. I have been wanting one for a while now. I love it. I will post a picture in a later post because I am just getting to know my new lil purple machine. So far so good. Thanks for stopping by:)
                                                                             xoxo
                                                                           Christina

2011 Bundle Monster Plates!!!

Yay!!!! I woke up this morning at 5:00am and made my purchase for the New Bundle Monster Nail Art Image Plates. These new plates are suppose to be wider to fit the nails. Unlike the older plates that did not cover the whole nail plate. The design all look pretty too. I can not wait to get them. My natural now, so I will post pictures on fake nails once I get them in. Thanks for stopping by.

                                                                                             xoxox
                                                                                             Christina

Fun With Alex

Silly Alex and momma

Yikes---There was a spider on me while I was taking this picture.

 Sometimes I find myself saying things to my son and feel like he's not really paying attention. A few days ago, we went to the grocery store and told him to pick 4 small snack size packages of chips. I wanted him to hurry up and focus on which ones he wanted so I could hurry back home and do some cleaning. I told him that we could have a picnic after the library soon and to hurry up. Tuesday morning came, which is our usual day to go to the library for story time. I had our books in the bag, he had his shoes on and back pack ready. I had my shoes on and purse in hand. Then he said," Mom don't forget about the picnic".  I'm the type of person that goes by a schedule. I feel like my day is ruined if something doesn't go as planned. I looked at his little face and remembered what I had told him at the grocery store. I had completely forgot. My Alex didn't! I put my purse down, washed my hands and made us some sandwiches. I found one of my nieces old Pocahontas lunch boxes and put our sandwiches, chips and drinks in there. I grabbed a blanket and off we were. After story time, we found a nice spot under a huge tree and spread the blanket out. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch together. I'm so glad he reminded me about our picnic. I'm also glad that I just went with the flow and enjoyed my son!

My new haircut

I was finally able to get my haircut today. I so badly wanted to grow out my hair. I wanted to be able to curl it,braid it, and just do different things with it. Unfortunately, long hair ages me. I didn't cut it as short as I usually do. I actually love this cut. It suppose to be a stacked cut,but I don't see any stackness to it. I still love it though. Note to self:" Christina, you look better with short hair". I need to go back and read this once I try to grow out my hair again:)

xoxox
Christina

Tres Leches-Cake Recipe

Bake Cake as directed on box



slide a knife around sides of cake



poke holes with a straw

small can of evaporated milk-I accidentally grabbed the big can
Nestle Media Crema and Sweetened Condensed Milk

Mix the milks in a bowl

pour over on top of cake

let is settle for 30 minutes/refrigerate over night

top with whipped creme and favorite fruit-Enjoy!!

This is my most favorite cake to make. It's a very dangerous cake to have in the house. I can eat this whole cake by myself without any problems!! That is why I only make it for birthdays that are not celebrated at my house. I always bake it and take it..........and leave it.
Tres Leches which means "three milks" is so simple to make but oh so yummy and moist. I love baking cakes. I always use a box cake mix. I'm sure there are some people that prefer to use "from scratch" recipes but I prefer to use Pillsbury cake mixes. I love how they bake and the moisture of them.
To make this cake, all you need is a box of yellow cake mix, small can of evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and crema media. Nestle Crema Media can be found in the Latin foods isle. After baking the cake as directed in the box, let it rest for about 5 minutes. Gently slide a butter knife around the edges to make sure the cake is not stuck to the sides. Then take a straw and poke holes all over the cake about a 1/2 inch apart. Grab a mixing bowl and combine the three milks and slowly pour over the entire cake. After about 30 minutes cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator for at least 3 hours or over night. I choose to store it over night just to make sure all the milks have been absorbed. Afterwards frost with whipped creme and top with your favorite fruit. I always use strawberry's, but you can use peaches, kiwi, pineapple or all of the above.
I promise you will love this cake and so will your guest. Give it a try and let me know if you like it. If you have already made this cake but use a different recipe let me know also.
                                              
                                                                                       xoxo
                                                                                      Christina

Sally Hansen Simple Spa Wax

As Seen in Allure magazine April 2011

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Wax before melted

Melted Wax-I moved the bottom to the top and top to the bottom

Wax applied to small section-No wax strips needed!!!

It pulled out a lot of hairs!!

This is what I used to do my lip--I promise I am not as hairy as Chubaka

I have been seeing a lot of ads for the Sally Hansen Simple Spa Wax Warmer Kit. I have been using a product called Moom. I bought it at Marshall's for $9.00. It came with a big roll of reusable wax strips.  I only waxed my upper lip and nothing else. Since I was the only one using waxing,I did not mind reusing the strips.  There were a few things that I liked about it. The price was great for it. The reusable strips were great too. All you had to do was rinse them with warm water and let air dry. The container was small and easy to store. The things I did not like about it was that I had to wax sometimes the beginning of the week and end of the week. I'm not Chubaka or anything but the strips sometimes would not pull all the hairs out. I also did not like having to get out of the shower then walking to the kitchen to warm the wax up. I like to have a little privacy and I would get embarrassed when Frank would see me warming up the wax. After seeing the advertisement for the Sally Hansen wax, I knew I had to have it. I searched Target and nothing. CVS and Walgreen's nothing. Finally I went to WalMart and there it was. It cost $20.00---yikes!! I could not believe I payed that. But being a one income family, I figured it would pay it self off after 2 waxes. The instructions said it takes 25 minutes to warm up after you plug it in. I don't know if it was because this was my first time using it, but mine took about 40 minutes. It did not melt completely,but i just moved it around till I was able to get to the melted part. Application was easy. The instructions stated that using talcum powder helped with making sure all the oils were off your face. I applied the wax over the powder in small sections. It really did not hurt at all. The most painful spots were in the middle section of the upper lip. That was a little painful. It removed so much more hair that the Moom wax. This wax system doesn't even require waxing strips which is awesome. All you do is apply the wax, let it cool of for a few seconds, then pull. Easy!! I love this.I think this is totally worth it. I totally like this because you can just plug it in before you shower and wax as soon as you get out. No more going to the kitchen with wax in hand:)
               
                                                                                 xoxo
                                                                           Christina