Heart-Shaped Balloons

Geronimo Balloons Valentine’s Day from hak lonh on Vimeo.

In the spirit of Valentines Day approaching, here’s a video by Geronimo Balloons featuring her new giant heart balloons, created specifically for the holiday.

Macaroons & Makeup

People love combinations of their favorite things, and I’m no exception. I recently read on NOTCOT that Laduree, is releasing a cosmetics line. Laduree is a French bakery known for their macaroons. Images of their cosmetics line have been released and consist of lip colors, blushes and and foundations. How pretty are they?

[Images via Fashion Press]

The Perfect Cardigan for Leather

Maybe it’s because I just got back from Hawai’i and I’m still thinking about the gorgeous water there, but I love this Benson Waterfall Cardi from StyleMint. Here’s a cute video they have that teaches you how to wear it for three different looks.

In Palm Springs

Stay: Movie Colony Hotel

Perks: – Breakfast every morning until 11, happy hour every evening at 5
- Walking distance to downtown Palm Springs
- You still get to experience modern design on a budget

Do: Walk around downtown Palm Springs. Go to the street fair that happens every Thursday night.

Visit the Spa Resort. You can use their amenities like the steam room and mineral bath for $40.

Eat

Pit Stop: Crazy Coyote Tacos - (when you’re hungry before you get to Palm Springs) I got the giant carne asada taco.

Lunch: Woody’s Burgers and Beer - Some of the best burgers I ever had. We got the slider trio: Jalapeno, Hawaiian and Portobello burgers. You get to choose which 3 sliders you want.

Dinner: Purple Palm at the Colony Palm Hotel

Margaritas: Las Casuelas Terraza

Brunch: Jake’s - The Chilaquiles and fish tacos are fantastic. Top it off with a white sangria.

Glitter Nail Parade

Recently, (well, actually always) I’ve been really into nail polish. I saw this pretty nail design AM did with an Essie polish - Marshmallow and a Deborah Lippmann polish – I Love the Nightlife that I recently tried to recreate. I’ve always used Essie and OPI but recently discovered Butter and Deborah Lippmann turning up on a lot of my daily reads. It’s fun to have some sparkle for the holidays. Here’s some glitter polishes I’ve had my eye on.

Stairway to Heaven, I Love the Nightlife & Glitter in the Air <3

Poketo’s Mini Designer Blind Box Chairs

I’ve always loved models of chairs like the Eames Molded Plastic chair – chairs that I can’t currently afford but would like to own some day. Poketo just released new models into their mini designer chair collection in blind boxes. Until I can purchase a real one, I’d love to start a collection out of these.

100 Layer Cake + Benefit Cosmetics Party

100 Layer Cake is my favorite wedding blog. Before you ask if I’m getting married soon, I’m not. I just like to read it for inspiration and party ideas (not all the decorations, color schemes and giant balloons have to be reserved for wedding celebrations!). Also, when I do plan on getting married, I can look back on everything I’ve bookmarked and know exactly what I want on my day.

Last night they held an event where Benefit Cosmetics gave the first 35 people to RSVP a free brow wax and makeup session. It was like a big slumber party, all the makeup artists were really sweet and they decorated and catered with a lot of my favorite things including tarts from Fruute and Geronimo Balloons.

After my makeup was done, I ended up getting the POREfessional, a balm that minimizes the appearance of your pores. It really works and is light on the skin.