Spring Looks at The Children’s Place

March 24, 2014 by 13 Comments

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It’s spring for real, and here are some flowers to prove it, if you don’t believe it based on my recent garden updates! These flowers were spotted around the Lake Lindero neighborhood in Agoura Hills.

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It is the perfect time to stock up on kids’ clothes for spring, too. I checked out the newest looks for spring at The Children’s Place last week, and aside from leaving there wishing I had a little girl to dress (and also that they made floral jeggings for adult women) I was so happy with the fashions I found.

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Durability is the most important quality to me when I am shopping for clothes for my boys. If you asked them directly, though, they would say comfort and “coolness” are also very important. So I stick with elastic waistbands for pants, and “cool” prints and styles for shirts. The Children’s Place is where I often shop for them, because the durability to affordability ratio is right up my alley.

I snatched up adorable plaid shorts, polo shirts, and khaki’s for my boys and I couldn’t resist this adorable outfit for my niece.

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There’s always a great sale at The Children’s Place, so it’s one of my first stops  at the Oaks mall, and now there is a store on Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana, too!

Happy spring! Here’s to not putting holes in the knees of the pants the first time they wear them…

I received store credit at The Children’s Place to facilitate this feature.

 

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Instantly Fabulous with Secret Extensions [Giveaway]

February 4, 2014 by 55 Comments

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(This is not all my hair. Shhh! It’s a secret. Read to bottom for giveaway.)

One of my favorite things to do lately, when I see friends, is to show up or receive guests wearing my new Secret Extensions extra hair. It looks like I’ve gotten extensions put it in, or for people I haven’t seen in a long time, like my hair got really long since they saw me last.

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And then I make them watch as I take the extensions out. It’s a remarkably simple maneuver – I just take off the invisible headband that is fitted on the bottom with hair that matches my own. Wearing the extensions is as easy as putting on a headband. And it looks so natural and fabulous.

(My kids, of course, had to try them, too. I didn’t get a photo, but trust me, on a boy it looks like the most fabulous mullet you can imagine. Here are my extensions taking a little rest:)

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It’s Secret Extensions, and it’s only $29.99!

Here’s how it works – the spectacular Helen Crutchfield, who was on hand at the event where I received a fantastic blowout and custom-shaped Secret Extensions – explains and shows you how:

Daisy Fuentes is the cover girl for Secret Extensions, and she has a video too:

The extensions I have are actually the double weft – you can pay extra to get double the thickness depending on the thickness of your hair.

To order, just go to the Secret Extensions website. For readers of this blog, you can get free shipping if you CLICK HERE and use the promo code “daisy.”

If you have a good stylist, bring the extensions to him or her and have them trimmed to fit the shape of your hair.

Secret Extensions also makes removable bangs (I KNOW!) and a funky ponytail extension that makes it look like you have a cute little up-do in a snap!

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The best news is that I am giving away a set of Secret Extensions here on this post! Just leave a comment below to let me know that you want to enter and make sure I have your contact information by using a real email address. Enter by 11:59 PM on Monday, February 10 – a random winner will be chosen from all qualified comments. No need for tweeting or sharing for extra entries (but I would love it if you’d share with friends who might like this post). The winner just has to tell Secret Extensions what color hair she has, and they will send her some new extra hair!

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Icential: the Wrap-around Ice Pack

January 2, 2014 by 14 Comments

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Our family is an active one – I like to take the boys on picnics, on hikes, to the beach, and other activities that sometimes require long car trips. We’re also fairly frugal so I often pack snacks for these trips or even entire meals.

My favorite picnic/snack hauler is a soft-sided cooler bag. It’s basically a large insulated bag that you can carry over your shoulder. I would put hard ice packs or sometimes zip top plastic bags full of ice cubes in it to keep the food and drinks cold.

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But then I met Icential, and I won’t be going back to that!

Icential Coolwraps are flexible sets of Gool+ Gel packs that you can wrap around your food or drinks, or attach together with Velcro to create larger cooling “blankets.”

We use the wraps most often to line the inside of our soft-sided cooler bag. But they are pretty handy for wrapping around your water bottle, or a bottle of white wine to keep chilled outside on the patio without a drippy mess.

The wraps come in pink or blue. We have both, which is fun, because I like to grab a pink one to wrap around my water bottle to keep it cold in the car.

A set of 2 Icential wraps is $19.95. You can order them from Amazon or directly from the company, which is based in Westlake Village! I wonder if they take walk-ins…

I received two free sets of Icential Cool Wraps to facilitate this feature.

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