Pumpkin Crisp

October was such a CRAZY month, it practically flew by! November seems to be doing the exact same thing, but we won't let it fly by without sharing some brand new recipes, diy's and beauty secrets. The holiday season is right around the corner and we have some pretty great ideas. Plus come on who doesn't get excited about turkey, pumpkin pie, christmas cookies and tamales?

Since it's still a little over a week till Thanksgiving we have a dessert that will hold you over till then. It's our delicious pumpkin crisp. It tastes just like the holidays without spending a ton of time in the kitchen. You just throw all the ingredients together, bake and voila a tasty pumpkin crisp. Top it off with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon and heaven! This dessert might even be an option on turkey day. It has pumpkin filling, pecans, butter and nutmeg. It's just SCREAMS Thanksgiving!!!

Fresh FALL face by H.E.B

Fall is officially here, and with fall comes new makeup choices. We're well aware that in Texas it's still 88 degrees but just because it still feels hot doesn't mean our faces can't look fall like! This time of year we want to wear deep reds and purples on our lips, a great smokey eye and the perfect flushed cheeks. Lucky for you H.E.B carries everything you need. 

We compiled some of our favorite products from H.E.B that you can use to put your best (fall) face forward. 

We'll start with the eyes. L'oreal's color riche shadow quad in "stacked heels" has the perfect colors for fall. You can keep it light for the day if you want and build the intensity for a night out on the town. Also, purple compliments brown eyes perfectly. 

Coat your lashes with L'oreal voluminous mascara. Your lashes will be full and beautiful with no help from falsies. 

Move further down on your face to your cheeks. Use Physician's Formula multi colored blush in "blushing rose". It's SUCH a great color. It leaves your cheeks looking flushed, which is great because out in the cold your cheeks will naturally have a pink tint. This blush just helps out. No one wants to look like a clown right? Right! 

And now my favorite, lips! We are loving this Cover Girl jumbo gloss balm in "plum twist". This is the perfect wine color for your lips. It looks great on every skin tone and mouisterizes your lips for those chilly fall days. Plus, who doesn't love a color that reminds them of wine? 

This look is great for day or night so try it out all together or any item separately. All the products are great, an even greater that you can purchase them at your neighborhood H.E.B!

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Homemade Pumpkin Spice Syrup

Are we jumping the gun by posting a recipe for pumpkin spice syrup? No? OK good. We know in Texas its going to continue to be hot until October but we figure if Starbucks can start selling their pumpkin spice lattes than we can surely post about it. We think after Labor Day it should be mandatory that all the leaves change colors, the weather stay at a cool 60 degrees and nobody looks at us like we have two heads when we walk out of the house with a scarf on. Is that to much to ask? I think not. Surely mother nature can surely handle that. The holidays is our favorite time of year. Its snuggle weather (with our cats of course) so everyone wants to be inside. We are notorious hot chocolate makers so we thought of making this syrup to spice up any of our hot beverages. We are all about easy recipes, seriously the least amount of steps the better and this recipe delivers. Other homemade pumpkin spice syrup recipes call for you to blend the milk and canned pumpkin. Not this one! Plus you can keep it in your refrigerator for weeks and it will still be good! This syrup is great because you can use it with soooo many drinks, hot and cold. We've tried it with hot chocolate and regular hot coffee but you can surely have it with iced coffee or blended coffee's like frappacinos. Nothing says "fall" like a pumpkin spice beverage so make some syrup and go carve a pumpkin or something. Happy syrup making!

Soup Queen

One little known fact about me is I LOVE soup. I mean EVERY kind of soup. My all time favorite soup is this tomato basil soup. It's so good that I pretty much compare every tomato soup recipe to it. I haven't really been able to find a recipe that even comes close but this one is the next best thing if you ask me. Oh & did I mention that this roasted tomato soup recipe has grilled cheese croutons. I mean as if this soup wasn't good enough they add these amazing little croutons. It's the cherry on top of the sundae. Thank you so much grilled cheese fairy's!

IMAN Fall Look

Just the other day we got our first taste of fall her in San Antonio. So of course we broke out the cardigan's & made some nutella hot chocolate. Needless to say two days later the weather jumped back into the 90's, what a bummer!!! But while the weather was cooler it got me soooo excited for all the fun fall looks. I love to wear deep reds & violets in the fall. IMAN Cosmetics has a fabulous new palette just in time for fall. It's complete with blush, two eye shadow's & two lip color's. It's their new Adorned Kit. It's pretty much all I need for fall. I've been playing around with the eye shadow's & this is by far my favorite look. It's easy & subtle with a bit of drama, just what I love!

STEP 1. Prime your eyelids. Take the light purple eye shadow & apply all over your lid.
STEP 2. Take your black eye pencil & apply a thin line right on your upper lash line. It doesn't have to be a perfect line. I like to take a q-tip & soften the line up a bit.
STEP 3. Take the dark purple eye shadow & apply it right above your eye liner.
STEP 4. Take that exact same color & apply it right under your lower lash line.
STEP 5. Still using the same dark purple eye shadow apply it into your crease, blend well.
STEP 6. Curl your eye lashes & apply two coats of black mascara.

Pretty easy, hugh?

Hope everyone enjoys their IMAN Adorned Kit as much as we do!

Banana Bread Goodness

Does anybody else immediately think of fall or the holidays when they smell cinnamon? The smell of cinnamon reminds me of sitting around the table on Thanksgiving or all of us girls gathering in the kitchen baking cookies for Christmas. One cookie we make every year are snickerdoodles. That was actually the first cookie I could perfect so I like to think of it as "my cookie" my mom would probably agree too. Snickerdoodles always make me happy but this type of snickerdoodle makes it that much better. It's banana bread & snickerdoodles combined. If you love baking as much as I do I guarantee this cookie is worth it.

How to make your lipstick last longer

During the summer I rarely wear makeup & I pretty much don't touch my hair. Bronzer, lip gloss & sea salt spray are my best friends all summer long. Now that fall is right around the corner, I'm actually busting out my hair dryer & my red lipstick, aaaah I love fall! With all those bold lips making a comeback, I have some quick tips to get your lipstick to stay longer. Taking just a couple extra minutes is all it takes!

 STEP 1.  Take some concealer & apply it to your lips
STEP 2. Take your lip liner, a nude color or a color as close to your lipstick as possible, line & also fill in your lips. This will give the lipstick something to hold on to
STEP 3. Apply your lipstick
STEP 4. Grab a tissue & blot to remove any excess lipstick
STEP 5. Reapply your lipstick, to build up the color
STEP 6. Take a fluffy brush & dust a little bit of translucent powder on your lips & you're done!!

Fall 2012 Makeup Trend: Flushed Cheeks

Just thinking about fall gets me extremely excited. We finally get to break out our boots, our blazers maybe a scarf or two, but most of all, I get sooooo excited for all the new beauty trends. This fall it's all about flushed cheeks! Dick Page, Michael Kors lead makeup artist said, "It's how you look if you've been skiing, or in a hot tub or having very good sex", if that doesn't make you want to get flushed, i don't know what will! It's a really easy look to achieve & I learned a quick technique that makes it THAT much easier.

*I used a lipstain from IMAN, but any lipstick or gloss will work!  

Our favorite thanksgiving recipes...

Around this time all we can think about is food, food, food. That's not such a bad thing though, its actually kinda nice dreaming about pumpkin pie.

Since we're starting to put together our Thanksgiving  menu we thought we'd share some of our absolute favorite Thanksgiving recipes. These dishes are hands down the best Thanksgiving recipes you'll find. Every Thanksgiving we have the best food, we're pretty lucky to have some amazing cooks in our family. Every year we have a broccoli casserole (recipe is top secret) the minute it hits the table its gone! Don't worry we've included a version that's just as great. Trust us these Thanksgiving recipes are easy and delish! You're turkey will thank ya later for all these great side kicks....

Perfect Mashed Potatoes

Bacon Braised Green Beans

Smack Yo Mamma Mac and Cheese

Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots

Broccoli Cheese Casserole

Chorizo Corn Bread Stuffing

Herbed New Potatoes

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Apple Crumble Pie

Maple Cinnamon Pumpkin Pie

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*image courtesy of Country Living

Pie love...

If I could make every day "Pie Day" you better believe I would. There's just something about baking a pie that gets me all warm & fuzzy inside. Not to mention how it makes the house smell. I would bake a pie every day just to have the house smell amazing.

I found this great recipe from Better Homes & Gardens & it was fantastic! It's made with maple syrup, cinnamon & pumpkin. The flavors are perfection. They are warm & sweet all @ the same time. These ingredients add something extra special to pumpkin pie. It's the perfect fall pie. I think this dessert just might have to be a thanksgiving tradition!

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outfit in pieces

Happy Sunday! Today i bring you my outfit (from Friday) in pieces, courtesy of my iphone and camera+ (the most awesome app ever). We were running a ton of Halloween related errands, plus we went to Emily's very last homecoming game.....GO HORNETS! 

STRIPES!

I got this bag for $6 at Target, talk about a steal, i love the red!

My new "K" earrings

Rolled up jeans and some ankle boots

 My army vest layered over yellow stripes and girly-fied with my chunky jeweled necklace!

And......because you guys are AWESOME here is a sneak peek of whats to come this week!

I hope y'all enjoy what's left of the weekend!

pancakelicious

I am a lover of all things breakfast, add that with a love for fall and voila you get pumpkin pancakes. I am normally a little skeptical on things like pumpkin pie shakes and pumpkin pie blizzards, but i fiqured pumpkin pancakes would be worth a try! Boy was i right! They still taste like pancakes but with a hint of pumpkin, they are just delicious. I searched everywhere for a really good recipe, but i finally settled on this Martha Stewart recipe, i mean it is Martha Stewart after all.

PS- Libby hates pancakes, but she Loved these, if that doesn't say they're good, i don't know what will!

How To Do Flapper/1920's Hair

It's that time of year again....Halloween  is knockin' on our door. Yay!! Don't ya just love Halloween it's one night where you can be a kid again. Who am I kidding we don't need a holiday to act like a kid.
Buckle up cause we have some fun Halloween tutorials headed your way. I'm talkin' makeup, hair & a few diy's. This is what I love about having sisters Mandy does the makeup, I do the hair & Katy holds the camera. Its a family affair!

Flapper costumes are a "go to"costume for pretty much everyone. It's a classic! Here's a little 1920's inspired look just for you....

Step 1. Start by spraying a heat protectant all over your hair. You'll be using a lot of heat on your hair for this tutorial so make sure to protect it.
Step 2. Section off your hair with a clip. Start with the bottom section of hair.
Step 3. Take a 1 inch piece of hair & start wrapping it around the barrell of the curling iron. Wrap the hair away from your face. Make sure to wrap the hair tightly & as close to the root as possible. Hold the hair around the curling iron for about 30 seconds. Remember you want a tight curl.
Step 4. Curl all of your hair all the way to the top. Include your bangs if you have any.
Step 5.  Grab a few bobby pins & start pinning your hair under to create a bob. Bob's were huge back then. Set with hairspray.
Step 6. Voilà you're done! Happy Halloween

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The A-Z of The Style Dossier

Happy Sunday Folks, we were recently tagged by the lovely Nina Holland to do this fun A-Z post, so without futher adieu here it is......Oh and a BIG excited Hi to all our new followers, we are so glad y'all are here!

(we went to a wedding this weekend, and totally hogged the photobooth, as shown above)

In the hopes of not confusing any of you lovely friends, we have color coded our answers

Libby- pink Katy- blue Mandy- purple

A. Adjective to describe you: playful, entertaining!, sassy and witty,
B. Beauty essential: lipstick definitely lipstick, mine would be a lipstain or lipstick, generally anything beauty is essential for me but I think every girl needs blush!
C. Color choice for fall: emerald, mustard yellow, any shade of red
D. Dossier dig of the moment: structured bags, statement necklaces, metallic! (makeup wise and clothing wise)
E. Eatery we love: Luke's in S.A...its amazing, Firebowl, The Esquire Tavern(best fried pickles),
F. Favorite accessory: my gold watch...thanks kit & randa, my diamond studs and this statment necklace from buffalo exchange, Im definitely a necklace gal
G. Gold or silver: both, definitely both, what they said ;)
H. Happy Hour cocktail of choice: goldilocks: fyi these are deadly, a classic Margarita, Dos-arita!
I. Instruments we play: the flute for about 7 years, now my little sister plays my flute, the clarinet, and currently learning the keyboard, oye! I played the french horn but Im no Chuck Magione, and I know 3 songs on the guitar woo-hoo!!
J. Junk food: reese's pieces, big red, wendy's frosty's, snickers, twizzlers & pepsi, m&m's(any kind of course) Baby Ruth
K. Kill for: a trip to Paris, a big loot of Dannijo jewelry, Louboutin's, and some Chanel bags, a place on the island of Bora Bora, seriously have never seen anything more beautiful!
L. Lipstick color we love: cha cha cherry from revlon (isnt't that the cutest name), Matte Really Red from Revlon, Hot coral from Revlon!
M. Music station on Pandora: michael buble, he's my dream guy, I don't have a favorite per say but i'm currently listening to the Wilson Phillips station, The Strokes- It always puts me in the best mood!,
N. Nicknames: lib, liz, lizard, Kit, Kitty, Cat-y, Randa, Randy, Aranda, Mustard-haha! Dont ask
O. Odd habit: popping my toes (i know pretty gross), I have to rub my leg on my bed in order to fall asleep (i can't believe i just said that out loud)  I can never sleep with socks...like EVER!
P. Pie filling we love: apples & lots of em, PUMPKIN-all the way!, Pumpkin I'll eat that anytime of year
Q. Quote from a movie: if we named em' all it would be the length of Santa's naughty and nice list!
R. Recipe you turn to: my tomato basil soup, one word DELISH, my margarita recipe, they are good anytime!, well I'm no cook but I can make a mean chicken club sandwich,
S. Sisters are awesome because: you always have some one to have fun with :), you can slap em' anytime you want! (jk) because you have BFF's for life!, your closet gets 3 times larger ;)
T. Tv shows: pan am, boardwalk empire, modern family, 90210, New Girl, Glee, and so many more, we usually like all the same shows but Im in love with Dexter and Weeds
U. we were Unanimously Unsure about this one!
V. Vegetable you hate: beets...yuck, that's most for me, but beets and peas are not good, PEAS! who would be opposed to banishing those around the world, NOT ME!,
W. Winter activity we love: making tamales with my family (look out for this post around christmas), if we got snow, mine would be playing in the snow, but tamale making is fun, Tamales for sure!
X. Xtra info: i can't whistle or wink but i can do a great high five!<-- Lame!, "She's the Man" is my favorite movie, i seriously LOVE it!,  i CAN whistle, wink and high five and all at the same time ;)
Y. Yummy food we make: i make some mean spanish rice if i say so myself, i can make a mean cocktail, that's a fod group right?, Cereal anyone? 
Z. ZOE-ism we love: "i die!", "BA-NANAS!","Shutting it down!"

PS- we TAG anyone who wants to do this fun post!

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Leather Love

Soon we'll be in that transitional period, where it's not cold enough to wear a coat but it's cool enough for a jacket. We here in Texas are pretty much in that period until January....lame! Good News though, it's the perfect time for a leather jacket! They are not too heavy but just enough for those chilly winds! There are so many variations of leather jackets out there, but here are 3 that we are loving! 

One jacket is $10,000, (i bet you can't guess which one) it seems one of us is living in a fairytale thinking she can afford that! I hope she can though, cause then it is our right as sister's to borrow it!

We hope y'all are doing uber-tastic and enjoy hump day as much as us!

Hello Fall!

Since today is the 1st official day of FALL, 

we made a list of all the things that make FALL rock!

What are some of your reason's FALL will rock?