Happy Weekend!

Good morning! What do you have planned for the weekend? Last night I had dinner with a few of my blogger faves: Ashlina, Cassie, Crissie, Morgan, and Tyler. Then this morning my boyfriend and I took my puppies for a coffee run and a walk in the park. Of course my phone was dead or I would have been Instagram-ing left and right! Tomorrow I'll be back in the city as my darling cousin is running the New York marathon for charity! I'm so excited to cheer her on and congratulate her when she crosses the finish line in Central Park. What are you up to? 

{Gwyneth Paltrow shot by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair}

Good morning! What do you have planned for the weekend? Last night I had dinner with a few of my blogger faves: Ashlina, Cassie, Crissie, Morgan, and Tyler. Then this morning my boyfriend and I took my puppies for a coffee run and a walk in the park. Of course my phone was dead or I would have been Instagram-ing left and right! Tomorrow I'll be back in the city as my darling cousin is running the New York marathon for charity! I'm so excited to cheer her on and congratulate her when she crosses the finish line in Central Park. What are you up to? 

{Gwyneth Paltrow shot by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair}

Merci, Misikko!

I was so flattered when the hair care site Misikko reached out and asked if I'd be willing to review one of their hair dryers on Design Darling. I've vented several times before that my hair is the bane of my existence so I was extremely excited to try to turn that around! Misikko generously gifted me their best-selling HANAair Professional Hair Dryer and surprised me with a host of other goodies including Bobbi Brown make-up brushes, an eyelash curler, and Paul Mitchell shampoo and leave-in conditioner. Christmas came early!

I'm no pro at blow drying (no seriously, I'm the girl who went to class with wet hair) but I loved the way this made my hair feel! They say it's something about ionic technology that conditions your hair and reduces static electricity (the enemy of anyone with frizzy hair), but all I know is my hair felt shiny and soft — a look I've never achieved without a hairdresser on hand. I've also always associated blow drying with an hour long commitment for my unruly mane but I seriously sailed through it in twenty minutes on the high setting. Finally the encouragement I needed to stop leaving the house with wet hair in the dead of winter refine my technique! ;) Thank you, Misikko!

I was so flattered when the hair care site Misikko reached out and asked if I'd be willing to review one of their hair dryers on Design Darling. I've vented several times before that my hair is the bane of my existence so I was extremely excited to try to turn that around! Misikko generously gifted me their best-selling HANAair Professional Hair Dryer and surprised me with a host of other goodies including Bobbi Brown make-up brushes, an eyelash curler, and Paul Mitchell shampoo and leave-in conditioner. Christmas came early!

I'm no pro at blow drying (no seriously, I'm the girl who went to class with wet hair) but I loved the way this made my hair feel! They say it's something about ionic technology that conditions your hair and reduces static electricity (the enemy of anyone with frizzy hair), but all I know is my hair felt shiny and soft — a look I've never achieved without a hairdresser on hand. I've also always associated blow drying with an hour long commitment for my unruly mane but I seriously sailed through it in twenty minutes on the high setting. Finally the encouragement I needed to stop leaving the house with wet hair in the dead of winter refine my technique! ;) Thank you, Misikko!

Get The Look {Elizabeth Bauer}

I know I'm not the only one who adored this Elizabeth Bauer interior featured in the pages of Lonny. The zebra wallpaper, pink lampshades, and lucite coffee table? Preppy perfection. Here's how to get the look chez vous:

Furbish rug, $165 / Ada & Darcy lampshade, $130

Arteriors screen, $1510 / Furbish leather pouf, $285

CB2 coffee table, $249 / Caitlin Wilson pillow, $50
Kelly Wearstler's Hue, $62

The key to this look is mixing patterns like fretwork, stripes, and zebra in a range of blues and pinks. I do my best to source items as inexpensively as possible but keep in mind that the bigger and more pricey pieces could be found on your local Craigslist. What do you think of this space? Is this a feature you'd like to see more often on Design Darling?

I know I'm not the only one who adored this Elizabeth Bauer interior featured in the pages of Lonny. The zebra wallpaper, pink lampshades, and lucite coffee table? Preppy perfection. Here's how to get the look chez vous:

Furbish rug, $165 / Ada & Darcy lampshade, $130

Arteriors screen, $1510 / Furbish leather pouf, $285

CB2 coffee table, $249 / Caitlin Wilson pillow, $50
Kelly Wearstler's Hue, $62

The key to this look is mixing patterns like fretwork, stripes, and zebra in a range of blues and pinks. I do my best to source items as inexpensively as possible but keep in mind that the bigger and more pricey pieces could be found on your local Craigslist. What do you think of this space? Is this a feature you'd like to see more often on Design Darling?