prelude to mother's day brunch

I work on Saturday's in the Salon and what a busy, bustling day. I am grateful for my clients, and for the fabulous recipe's they share with me, like this one:

Sheryl's Mango Margarita's

2 cups of frozen diced mangos
1 cup of fresh lime juice
4oz of premium Tequila ( Cazadores for us)
2oz Grand Marnier
Servings 4

Tonight I decided to make a little dinner for one of favorite people in the whole world, My Mother.
She likes her margarita, for the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Did you know that Mango's are a great source of Antioxidants? Just an important side note.

 Did I mention I have been loving making pizza with this dough from Trader Joes? So easy I'll never buy frozen or even take out from Casa Bianca again. Well, let me think about that.

I used this great recipe from Katie Lee Joel's Cookbook for Pesto and garlic and added it to the dough, along with Olive Oil and fresh grated Parmesan and sliced roma tomatoes.

While the pizza was cooking started making this Salad below which is a little twist on a classic Greek Salad, just add watermelon, delicious and refreshing, recipe here.

 Wishing you a beautiful Sunday, and Happy Mother's day to you.


images: marthastewart,joythebaker

Madonna in May

Madonna wears those fishnets like no body else and still looks good! Love this controversial artist with her endless work in progress, her latest she discusses here in Interview Magazine, May 2010 with Gus Van Sant

Is Madonna still working out with Tracy Anderson? She is my inspiration.

I keep seeing really big statement crosses on everyone from the New Jersey Housewives to Madonna

 Love the soft tufts of lace that compliment her soft blonde waves, and those eyes, a makeup artist's dream


images: interviewmagazine

morning after hair

Love the look of care free wound up hair like this. A very 1960's style sexy, eyeliner, can be very  au courant try using brown instead of black. A pale, pouty, lip makes the look flawless. One of my favorite's Belle de Jour a pale, peachy, pink  from Jemma Kid What's in your make up bag?

image giambattistavalle

through the years

puppy love + inspirational collage of beauty

having fun in photo booth with my favorite apple genius Darrell

 Hello loves, have been busy working on some collages and pics to add to my website. Pictures shown here are just a sample collage of my years working with Sebastian and lots of make up imagery as well as my own inspirational, and personal work, and play, pics. I take apple computer classes often enough but sometimes the things I learn don't seem to stay in my instant recall once I leave the building. I Have been trying to export this collage via pages to my iphoto without any luck. This lovely lady has another great reason why I need an ipad with her novel idea of demonstrating Contouring and Highlighting here. I could think of a hundred excuses how I could utilize a new ipad for my Class demonstrations. Some examples: showing technique and images without so much paper waste, Scrolling through photo imagery. The ipad even has a key note app to make any presentation stellar . What do you think of the new ipad?

images: my own

smoking hot heels

that red sole gets me every time

Metallic shoes and especially a bootie, Love

haircutting in stilettos is a little much but  I'll save my feet for these later

I never get tired of this print, especially with leggings and tights in the fall

a sparkly shoe cinderella would love

Have a lovely weekend a few dreamy images from Christian Louboutin Fall/Winter Campaign add.
Getting ready for a busy day, with an impromptu photo shoot and hair galore. Have a lovely weekend.

happy earth day

Making a commitment to doing my part to making the world a better place to live has been a work in progress. It starts from the coffee I make in the morning, by choosing Fair Trade, over others.

 Later I use my coffee grounds for compost and even this couple can show you how to make your garden grow with compost, so there go my banana peels as well.

Using Beauty Products like these in larger sizes to cut back on plastic recycling and that support a cause

 I use this shampoo for the whole family

Supporting my local community with local Farmer's Markets and local businesses like these.

 Of course using this method of transportation is always preferable when I can.

come ride with me!

 images:  herbertoluna,flickr, paulmitchell,flickr,myown

downtown chic

There are so many great design blogs on the web and doing my research for this post I guess I am a bit late in the game about blogging about this genius design team. I heard about the show a year ago when I first started this blog. Now I am so impressed with all of the hoopla and glory that their towering homes in New York, and Zen style in Brazil display. With their 7 children it's no wonder the whimsical style has been blueprinted in their design. Watching the show and the glorious back drops remind me of the first time I ever stepped foot in the Hotel Delano in South Beach with it's luxury corner Rose bar  with it's sexy, dim, lighting, and glamourous chandeliers hanging overhead. The huge chess set out on the Veranda made me feel like a child stepping foot into a fairy tale. I may be an adult but deep inside I still want to have fun just like those 7 kids.

Look whats waiting for me at my local library, I can't wait!

images: sixxdesign, trendland