Sandra’s Lazy Sunday Potato Salad

Spending the holidays with your extended family and huddling in the kitchen means you have a unique opportunity to get a front row seat while beloved family recipes unfold. And none are more anticipated than Sandra’s Lazy Sunday potato salad. This southern style potato salad starts by putting your rinsed eggs straight from the fridge,…

Gluten Free Sugar Free Breakfast Cookies

INGREDIENTS   1 1/2 cups regular rolled oats 1 cup coconut flakes 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/4 cup of almond meal 1/2 cup mixed nuts, finely chopped 1/2 cup chopped medjool dates 1/2 cup golden raisins 3 ripe bananas, mashed 1/4 cup coconut oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract sea salt Preheat oven to 375 degrees Line baking sheet with parchment paper. In…

Ceiling Fan Makeover – Hangelier Clothes Hanger Chandelier

I recently moved into a new apartment and it’s lovely and somewhat modern except every room has a ceiling fan in it.  I’m making the third bedroom into my dressing room and the ceiling fan had to go.  My mission is, first, do no harm; second go for gorgeous and do it on the cheap….

Secrets to Perfect Gel Nails

Gel nail polishes use UVA light to harden and cure the polymer. It’s safe, easy and gives incredible results when done right.  In this post, I’ll give you the insider’s secrets and tips to getting the longest wear out of your gel nail polish system. How do the polishes dry so quickly? Gel nail polishes…

Working Girls Office and Desk Essentials Packing List

You spend most of your time at work, so be sure and make yourself comfortable by having these items on hand. Buy travel sizes and be discrete and unobtrusive with your personal stuff in the office with the use of closed containers, pouches, and zippered bags. I like to have a cute makeup bag I…

Girl’s Guide to Seadoo Essentials Packing List for Day Trip

Here’s my essentials list for a day on the lake on the Seadoo. I love our trips to the lake with our Seadoo Wake.  The whole feeling is: let’s escape!  But I noticed that by the time I got myself together on a Saturday morning I had always turned into a total grumpette and I couldn’t shake it…

The Complete Purse Essentials Packing List

What’s in your purse? I’ve compiled the ultimate purse packing list.  You don’t have to carry ALL of this at once unless you’re travelling heavy! Colgate has a wonderful folding toothbrush. Two caveats: Tums really means Gas-X, I just didn’t want to print this out with poot pills listed on here, I am a Southern Belle after…

Rachel Zoe Project Back to Back Episodes

So today is Sunday and I’ve literally managed to stay in my jammies and in the bed all day! I’m working on the computer, though, so it’s not like it’s really down time, but it’s so much more pleasant to work while …relaxing…? Not sure that makes any sense. But I’m just letting the tv…

Dove STYLE+care Invigorating Dry Shampoo

Smells great, works perfectly: I grew up in my mom’s salon and anything other than sparkling clean hair and scalp was unacceptable when styling hair, so the idea of a dry shampoo has always seemed icky to me…until.. I realized that about the time the ends of my hair get calm and the rest of…