Holiday Styling Tips: Winter Wonderland

Winter is officially here by terms of the winter solstice!  So perfect time to share some tips on dressing for a winter wonderland with Jill from My Sweet Obsessions! Warm Layers: Lucky for us folks who are always cold turtlenecks are back in!  And they’re the perfect layering piece.  Layering a turtleneck under a chic…

Nailed It: Christmas Eve Mani

Christmas Eve will find you… For my Christmas mani this year I used a Jamberry wrap in Tannenbaum which recreates Christmas tree lights on a dark Christmas night.  So that means I needed to add an abstract Christmas tree using mark. Nailed It Gel Duo in Eggnog and Sugarplum.  With my fierce mark. Ready To…

What To Wear To The Office Party: mark. Hit The Spots Dress

    The office party is always troubling on planning what to wear, on one hand you want to be party on the other hand you want to be suitable for your colleges to still take you seriously come Monday morning. That’s where the mark. Hit The Spots Dress seems to be the perfect solution!…

Holiday Makeup: Sparkly Gold Eyeliner and Red Lips

Christmas season = red lip season!  Holiday makeup doesn’t have to be super involved to be festive, a little twist on the classic cat eye and a red lip are all you need! For this quick and easy holiday makeup look I started with Avon Extra Lasting Concealer, because lets be real, we need to…

Trending Tuesday: Holiday Sparkle

If the world of alicia was the internet, #sparkle would totally be trending!  I just can’t get enough glimmer and glam this time of year.  All I want to do is wear sequins and glitter and stare at sparkling Christmas lights!  Here’s what’s sparkly and has my attention! mark. Sparkle: The mark. Sparkle collection has…

Holiday Hostess: Movie Night With Guest Host Erica

Hi this is Erica from Erica’s Fashion & Beauty! Let’s plan a Holiday movie night! I LOVE movies and this is the perfect time of the year to dig out your fave Holiday movies! My friends and I used to have movie nights all the time when we were teens and it’s still something we…

12 YAYs! Of Christmas

The countdown to Christmas is on! I think I like the Christmas season as much as I like Christmas Day itself! Now that we’re officially in December it’s time to complete that Christmas bucket list and get all the tasks done in the the most spirited way! Here are my 12 yay’s of Christmas! 1….

Grandma Lucille’s Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:  3/4 cup Crisco 1 1/3 cups Sugar 2 Eggs 3 1/2 cups of Flour 1 tsp Baking Powder 3 Tbs Milk 2 tsp Vanilla 3/4 tsp Salt   Directions: Preheat oven to 375.  Cream shortening and sugar together.  Add eggs and vanilla and the milk, beat until fluffy.  Add flour, salt and baking powder….

Trending Tuesday: December Inspo

  Hello December! You’re the last so you have to be the best!  December I feel is the quickest month with the countdown to Christmas and all you have to get done, but before it’s here and gone here’s what’s inspiring me to make the most of the month: 1. Holiday Plaid With each new…