Valentine's Girls Night

If you are single on Valentine's day, gather a group of your single girlfriends and throw a fabulous girls night in! Come up with a great theme and give all party guests recommendations to help out.

Our party ideas:

Throw a pink themed dessert and cocktail party. Make all decorations pink and ask everyone to bring a dessert that incorporates the color pink. As the host take care of the drinks with pink champagne or a speciality cocktail and the decor with pink flowers, napkins, balloons and other fun items you can find at any party store.

Pink drink ideas:

Bacardi pink squeeze - 1 1/2 oz Bacardi light rum and pink lemonade - pour rum into glass with ice and fill with pink lemonade

A classic vodka on the rocks with grapefruit juice - garnish with a lime and sugared rim

Pink dessert ideas:

Raspberry frozen yogurt with pink and white sprinkles - pick up a pint of froyo from your favorite local spot and purchase sprinkles from your local grocery store

Purchase pink macaroons - macaroons are "the new cupcake"

Pink raspberry marshmallows (homemade) - click here for the recipe

Sweet Valentine's Day: Homemade Edition

Don't blow all of your money on Valentine's day sweets when you can make equally good and cute sweets for a quarter of the price. Check out our ideas below (all under $8)!

White Chocolate Strawberries:
Dip strawberries in melted white chocolate and freeze. Below is the red and white result that anyone would love.
Pink Iced Sugar Cookie:
Bake sugar cookies following package instructions. Let cool and top with pink icing.

Pink, White and Red Candy:
Purchase an adorable Valentine's themed box, tin or bags from the $1 bucket at Target and fill with pink, white and red m&ms, skittles, or other candy.

More of our ideas to come!

Never Soggy Cereal

We came across an amazing product that we had to share - Obol. This bowl has two sections, an upper area for your cereal and lower reservoir for your milk. You can scoop the cereal and then the milk for a perfect bite every time. Obol can always be used for milk and cookies, soup and crackers and chips and salsa.

We always like a good amount of milk with each bite of cereal and now have found a great way to make that happen. How neat are these?!

Click here to learn more or to purchase.

What is your favorite way to eat your cereal? Do you like a lot of milk or a little? Let us know under "comments".

The Wedge

The wedge is definitely IN for spring/summer. Everywhere we look we see different variations of wedge sandals and each one seems to be cuter than the next. We are a big fan of the wedge because you can go sky high without your feet throbbing. Check out some of our favorites below.

Sam Edelman Josie - $165 (Click here)

BCBG Walter - $59.99 (Click here)

Diane von Furstenberg - $298 (Click here)

MICHAEL Michael Kors - $175 (Click here)

Tory Burch Flip Flop Wedge - $55 (Click here)

Kelsi Dagger 'Nadeen' Wedge Sandal - $79.95 (Click here)

Designer Coffee Cup Sleeves

Yes, you read the title of this post correctly - designer coffee cup sleeves. High end fashion houses like Jimmy Choo and Hermes have designed coffee cup sleeves.

Honestly, who in their right mind needs a $165 croc-effect leather coffee sleeve? Apparently, designers at Jimmy Choo think so... their sleeve is pictured below.


Check out the ridiculousness on sale now at netaporter.com or by clicking here.

Best Dressed Golden Globes

Our pick for best dressed at the Golden Globes is hands down Angelina Jolie.

She wore a silky white Atelier Versace gown with a bright red neckline detailing matching her red clutch and red lipstick.

Who do you think was best dressed? Let us know under "comments".

The Right Way to Apply Perfume

You may never think about how you apply your perfume and you just spritz away. However, there is a "right" way to apply your favorite scent.

* Do not apply perfume on top of any scented lotion or oil. This will alter the smell of your perfume.

* Rubbing your wrists together crushes perfume by breaking down the small fragrance molecules. This gives you poor wear and wrong proportions of different notes.

* Don't use more than a single spritz if you are using eau de parfum that's in an atomizer. Body mists and eau de toilettes are more dilute, making them better for all over spritzing.