Coconuts do your hair good

For the longest time I've heard that coconut oil does wonders but I never wanted to spend $10 on a jar. Boy was I mistaken! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this stuff. Seriously I can't get enough of it. I use it on myself post shower, as eye makeup remover & on my hair as a deep conditioner. You can use it on your face but my face tends to get a little oily so I haven't taken that plunge yet. If I really love something I will pass the word along so guess what everybody, go out & get some coconut oil!!!

Spring has Sprung

The weather here in S.A has been pretty great lately. Spring has arrived!!! You know what that means Easter, baseball games oh & one more important thing FIESTA..... (look out for those posts in a few weeks) I love spring instead of turning on the oven I like to incorporate fresh fruit into anything & everything. I recently found a refreshing fruit salad recipe from Giada. It's made with sweet white wine & mint, sounds delicious right? It's the perfect recipe for spring & summer.

Win a luxury lipstain from IMAN Cosmetics!

At the beginning of March we had the opportunity to start working with an amazing company (maybe you've heard of them) IMAN Cosmetics. Its been such a pleasure working with them and trying all their products. Seriously, all the products they have are insane! In a good way of course. Since they are so generous, they have offered to give our readers a chance to win one of their luxury lipstains!! Were telling you ladies, they are sooo luxurious!

We are going to have the giveaway up for two weeks, ending on April 10 at 10 pm and we'll be picking 10 winners! 

All you have to do is:

1.) Follow IMAN Cosmetics on either Facebook or Twitter

2.) Go vist their website and tell us in a comment what color you like the best. 

** Don't forget to leave us your email address in the comment as well. 

P.S. IMAN Cosmetics is starting a Latina model search! If you want an extra entry tweet about it or post it on your Facebook, and don't forget to enter on April 3rd! 

Spring Nail Polish

Spring has finally sprung, and its time to bust out our brightest colors! We are big nail polish junkies, and spring wouldn't be the same without adding some fresh new colors to our already huge nail polish collections...here are some of our favs!

butter london- Trout Pout

Sonia Kashuk- Sugar Rush

L'OREAL- Pink Me Up

deborah lippmann- Mermaid's Dream

L'OREAL- Tweet Me

deborah lippmann- Girls just want to have Fun

American Apparel- Summer Peach

butter london- Slapper

essie- Mint Candy Apple

L'OREAL- Butterfly Kissess

REVLON- Coastal Surf

L'OREAL- Boozy Brunch

OPI- Did it on 'Em

Sonia Kashuk- Tango Mango

PS- Can we all agree on how awesome L'OREAL's nail polish colors are, i mean really?!

How to do a fishtail braid

You know what I love? That braids are still all the rage. Any kind of braid is popular. My favorite braid is the fishtail braid, I can finally say its my favorite because I FINALLY accomplished it. It took me a good few weeks to get it right. But since my hair is shorter I can't necessarily wear a fishtail as a ponytail. I recruited my little sister Emily for this hair tutorial, she has the Rapunzel hair. Instead I have to resort to mini fishtail braids in my hair. That's ok I love mini braids in hair they add just enough fun to any hairstyle. Don't ya think?

STEP 1. Start by separating hair into two sections

STEP 2. Take a back piece of hair from the right section
STEP 3. Bring it around the front of the right section

STEP 4. Join it with the left section

STEP 5. Take a back piece of hair from the left section of hair

STEP 6. Bring it around the front of the left section & join it with the right section of hair

STEP 7. Keep repeating STEPS 2-6 all the way down till you reach the end of your ponytail. As you cross each piece of hair make sure to pull the hair tightly so it doesn't come undone.
STEP 8. When you reach the end of the ponytail tie it off with a rubber band

If it's easier tie your hair with a rubber band first than start your braid like Emily did with her hair. Also if you have shorter hair like mine use this technique for a mini fishtail braid


If y'all have any new braided looks don't forget to share them here. I love learning new ways to do my hair

Going Bananas

When I first read this recipe from Ina Garten was delicious I quickly knew one thing, "MAKE IT LIBBY" Yup they were right this recipe is  just as delicious as they said. It's moist & light but full of so much banany (I just made that word up) flavor. The only hard part for me was waiting for the cake to cool so I could finally frost it. There's nothing I love more than cake straight out of the oven, seriously I think that might be my biggest weakness

How to make an Insect Brooch

I have been lusting after insect jewelry since the beginning of the year. I first saw this necklace from Topshop on Cheetah is the New Black, and then i saw this really awesome brooch the Man Repeller was sporting! I decided i would try to make something rather than spend a ton of money. I think my insect brooch came out pretty good, especially because it cost under $10 to make! I've been wearing it on my purse and it is quite the head turner! If you try this Good Luck!     

TXSC fun!

This past weekend we headed up to Austin for the Texas Style Council Conference! If these pictures aren't proof enough we had a blast! We met so many amazing people this weekend! It's always nice to meet other bloggers, especially ones we've been reading for a while! We even got some "Hey your The Style Dossier" those were so awesome! The weekend was jam packed, we barely had time to eat or sleep, but all in all we had an wonderful time! We wanna give a huge thanks to Indiana, Elissa and Linda for putting on a great conference!
These are just a few fun photos from our weekend... 

 Jessica and Natalie...these girls were so FUN!

The Poshmark girls are so fun, we've had so much fun with them these past couple of months!

Erica was a blast to hang out with!

We got to meet the gals from Electric Frenchie, they were the sweetest, plus they gave us some pretty awesome manicures!

We have a love affair with photobooths and this one was in a airstream....THE BEST!


We hope you guys have a fun filled St. Patty's Day tomorrow....don't forget your green!

Photos via Airstream Photobooth & Peter Tung Photography 

Stepped out in: Getting ready for TxSC

Guess what we're doing this weekend? We're heading over to TxSC!!!!!! Can you tell we're SUPER excited? So take one guess @ the plans we had all week, you guessed it SHOPPING. I mean come on we're heading to a conference with tons of fashion bloggers, us girls have to look our best. One little tip if you ever come shopping with us you need to love the word "cute" we use it religiously :)

This week has brought so many emotions, stress, excitement, nerves just about everything you can think of. We needed a little fun, can you tell? Katy got a little "leaf happy", one word Katy......payback!!

Posh Party Time!

This weekend we'll be headin' over to ATX to attend our very first bloggers conference. Aaaaah so exciting!!!! It's our very first TxSC & we're thrilled, nervous, stressed & pretty much everything in between.

One event that we're so excited about is the Poshmark Posh Party this Saturday night. We've already got our dresses lined up & we're ready to go. But wait there's great news, it's a VIRTUAL shopping party. That means even if you can't attend the party you can still join in the fun!

All you have to do is..

Download the free Poshmark app from iTunes store & join the virtual shopping party @ 8pm-10pm CST

Check out all the party dresses that the ladies @ TxSC are selling (since they are all fashion bloggers you know they will have some cute stuff)

Oh & did I mention you can sell some of your own items during the party too, pretty cool right?

We can't wait for this weekend! We hope y'all can join us via Poshmark :) Now excuse me while I go pack another suitcase.....

Going Green!

My nails are forever changing, and lately I've kind of been going through a design phase. One color just hasn't been doing it for me. Since St. Patricks Day is coming up I was thinking about what design I could do on my nails. Voila this is what I came up with! 

Stripes with a sort of gradient effect makes for delicious nails -- right? yes!

(P.S. Sorry for the messed up lines on the finished product, thats what happens when you don't allow proper drying time. I know y'all are smarter than me so I won't worry)

1. Paint your nails with the color you want in the middle of the stripes.

2. Put a strip of tape in the center of your nail (you may need to cut the tape to your liking)

3. Paint your nails with the lightest green on the top part of your nail. 

4. Paint the end of your nail with the darkest green. 

(give a good amount of time for them to dry then peel the tape off)

Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich

I don't know about y'all but I'm always looking for a new way to make a grilled cheese sandwich even better. We have a way that'll make you want to eat grilled cheese sandwiches all the time, ok it's really Ina Garten's way but who's keeping tab. This special sauce makes every sandwich sooo much better. Trust us we've put it on just about every sandwich you can think of, hey what can I say when I like something I stick with it.

a fun way to wear a headband

Every where I look everyone is wearing headbands. When did they become popular again? Really I don't care when they became fashionable again I just know I want to jump on that band wagon. Plus this "headband" look is so easy to pull off with EVERY hair length. Teasing your roots, pulling your hair back & slapping on a cute headband, who would pass up that hairstyle?

Step 1. Take your teasing brush & give your roots a good 'ol tease (if you have dry shampoo spray your roots w/ that first then tease, the volume will last longer) 

Step 2. Smooth over your roots just a little bit so it looks a little polished. Not to polished though, messy is still cute

Step 3. Take the bottom half of your hair & wrap into a loose bun

Step 4. Take your headband & place it on top of your head, make sure your volumized roots are peaking out from behind the headband

If this isn't the best way to wear the cutest headbands I don't know what is. Hmmm now where can I get a bright lime green headband?

Winner! Winner!

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Congratulations Megan, look our for an email and tweet from us :)