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By Sami, on August 3rd, 2011
Remember the sea salt hair spray tutorial I posted a few weeks ago? New reader Caitie sent me a super sweet e-mail yesterday about the customizations she made to the spray, so I’m thrilled to share them with you! Here’s what Caitie had to say:
My hair is on the slightly thinner/average end of the spectrum, so it needed some help. I added a little more salt and opted for lavender oil for a scent, twisted it up for the first 15 minutes or so of drying.
Wears well after a top down drive into the office. :) Nice option to the smooth bob look!

Above is Caitie wearing the smooth bob look {left}, and how her hair looked after using the sea salt hair spray {right}. Doesn’t she have a ridiculously sweet smile?
I always love getting feedback from my readers, so if you ever try any of my recipes, please let me know! You could appear here, too. :)
By Sami, on July 29th, 2011
Okay, the creative team at kate spade new york has a great eye for art {and pretty much everything else!}. I’m loving every artist they’ve picked to represent 2011 as the “year of color.” Last month, I blogged about Grant Hamilton‘s colorful polaroid photography, and this month I fell in love with Miss Capricho when Felt & Wire announced kate spade’s fall artists. You may also recognize her work from Daily Candy {see below, left}. Her vibrant, whimsical watercolor and ink paintings are just incredibly inspiring to me. I need some for my walls!

Note: I’ve placed a pink stroke within these images to denote separate pieces.



See more of Miss Capricho’s work in her flickr gallery.
By Sami, on July 25th, 2011

Okay, lame headline again. Sorry! This is a cross-post from the Jennie Fresa Beauty Library blog. In light of my recent sunburn acquisition, I was in sore need of an exfoliation today. Here are a few of my favorites — found across the web — that are super easy to make at home. My focus for the Jennie Fresa post was on scrubs for feet, but you can use these for your body, too:
1. Gimme Some Suga, Scrub! from Poor & Pretty — you may remember my sugar scrub diy from last February. This sugar scrub is very easy to make and only requires two ingredients: raw cane sugar and a carrier oil {I prefer jojoba or safflower oil}. You can also add in Vitamin E oil for extra smoothness, but that’s entirely optional. Read the full instructions here. Image below.

2. Strawberry Hand and Foot Exfoliant from Spa Index — this is another super simple one, and you can find all of the ingredients at your local grocery store if you don’t already have them in your home. You just need strawberries, olive oil {or apricot oil, if you have it}, and coarse salt {Kosher or sea salt}. Read the full instructions here. Spa Index has tons of really great masks, scrubs, and other spa-at-home recipes. See all of them here.
3. DIY Salt Scrub from Everything Fabulous — coarse salt + oil + essential oils {optional, but definitely beneficial}. Easy as pie! Sasha makes this recipe simple, but also gives you tons of ways to customize it. Love! Read the full instructions here.
4. Homemade Foot Scrub from Soap Deli News — Rebecca’s blog always has great tutorials, ranging from categories like beauty, home improvement, organization… I could go on and on. This Homemade Foot Scrub recipe was shared by a guest blogger, and it contains four ingredients, all of which you can find at a grocery store. Read the full instructions here.
By Sami, on July 22nd, 2011

Aloe Vera 98% Moisturizing Gel by JASON Natural Products. Guess who got sunburn at the beach today? Me! :( I swear I used 50SPF sunscreen and applied it twice! Well, it’s inevitable with skin as pale as mine — I blame my mostly Scandinavian heritage. Anyway, I love JASON’s Aloe Vera Gel because it’s all-natural. It’s biodegradable, vegan, and free of parabens and other nasty chemicals they load in cosmetics to make them cheaper. It’s a bit more expensive, but worth every penny.
By Sami, on July 20th, 2011
I know, it’s a late post, but I love this dress so much, so I had to post about it! I call this my “woman bug dress.” It would be my “lady bug dress,” but Sani {who made me try on — and subsequently buy — the dress} told me that her mom calls lady bugs “woman bugs,” which I thought was ridiculously cute. Hence, woman bug dress.

Studded Flats: Rampage, Peonies Couture {can’t remember the price, no more than $20}. Woman Bug Dress: H&M, $15. Headband: ModCloth, free with my Yellow-So-Cute Coat.
In case you’re wondering about my awful roots, I’m having a hard time deciding if I want to just grow my hair out to be its natural color again, or if I want to try dying it with henna. Opinions?
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