Regardless if you are making a hot chocolate for Santa on a Christmas Eve or for your family during holidays you will want to read this post and maybe learn and try some new ways of making this delicious drink.
My personal favorite hot chocolate mixes are lavender-dark hot chocolate where I use natural, dry lavender which gives that amazing scent and taste to your hot chocolate and peppermint hot chocolate where I use both crushed candy cane (I put a candy cane stick in a zip log bag and crush it to pieces with a hammer I usually use to soften meat, this process is also great to de-stress ;)) and fresh mint leaves which I use to decorate the drink but they also reveal beautiful mint aroma as they get in touch with liquid hot chocolate.
Ouu and if you are feeling extra adventures, you definitely want to try salty caramel hot chocolate.
In our kitchen here in Barcelona we have a breakfast counter where we have a cereal dispenser, Nespresso coffee machine, selection of teas and cocoa but during holidays I also add a hot chocolate ingredients and decorate them to make a festive hot chocolate counter.
On my counter I placed decorated jars with: colorful sprinkles, coconut, peanut butter and chocolate chips, peppermint candy, marshmallows, cinnamon and cream.
This makes also a great drink bar for parties, if you are organizing a grown up party you can add some rum or bailey's. ;)
All of the bellow hot chocolate mixes by SheKnows you can also make into a coffee by adding a shot of espresso to each variant.
Do you know of another great hot chocolate recipe? Share them in comments, I would love to try them! :)
Porter Winter 2014 | Photographer: Chris Colls | Stylist: Maya Zepinic
Hair: Eric Jamieson | Makeup: Fara Homidi | Model: Zuzanna Bijoch
While browsing through my Winter Escape +PORTER magazine issue I got inspired to share with you my fabulous ladies one of my favorite color match this season PINK + RED.
I was in love with it last season as well (remember my post Pretty in Pink), I wore pink cashmere cardigan over red A-line dress and tiny brown belt but this season Winter is announcing 70s inspired Spring with recognisable 70s cuts and color mixes.
This wonderful Porter Magazine editorial features red only in accessories but still strong enough to evoke this trendy and chic 70s vibe.
Try it yourself by matching heavy knits like wool or cashmere sweater or turtleneck with leather or lace, this texture contrast (even if it's head to toe powder pink) together with red accessories or just a red lipstick will give you this beautiful, romantic, Winter look.
For day wear go for brown or burgundy accessory to mix with powder pink and for the evening try bright red or even dramatic plum color.
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December is a perfect month to shine! When I say shine I mean shine like precious metals gold and silver. Thankfully, there is make up, clothing and shoes to make this happen, on top of your natural shine within of course! ;)
Even though I am not big on make up and never use layers off it, mostly I use strong lipstick and sometimes I try to (with more or less success) apply eyeliner, however this season I feel adventures so I might try gold as it looks better with my dark complexion. My favorite eye shadow for that is Mac Goldmine.
From Casadei to Jimmy Choo and Steve Madden everybody has done silver or gold stiletto pump this season so you have a lot of options to choose from on different price points starting from $50. Don't think of silver pumps as shoes you can only wear in this festive month, you can wear them both dressy and casual all year around. They look fabulous with little black dress as well as with your favorite distressed jeans.
As you know I am working as a buyer and curator for online fashion boutique Trendcy so I am bringing you a selection of my personal favorite Black Friday Sale deals which on Trendcy last until Cyber Monday, December 1st at midnight!
Some of these items are on my Xmass Wish list as well. My favorite designer when it comes to coctail dresses and joga wear is definitely Kate Almighty, she sold a bunch of these beautiful open back sequin dresses already.
Anna Sequin Dress, Before $250 | Sale price: $112.50
Alexia Ulibarri from Mexico is my favorite clothing designer with her ladylike but chic and young designs. The items I am eying for a while are sweater which can also be sweater dress, knitted dress with leather details and a cotton sweater with floral leather patches.
Grey cotton top with leather details: Before: $400 | Sale Price:$320
Knitted black and navy dress with leather patches: Before:$210 | Sale Price: $168
Bing Chunky Sweater: Before:$210 | Sale price: $168
First of all, I really don't like ponchos. When someone saids Poncho first thing I think off is not Sarah Jessica Parker wearing 1,400 Euro worth monogrammed Burberry poncho on 5th Avenue, but rather stereotypical short, fat, Mexican man having a siesta by the tree and wearing sandals, poncho and huge hat.
I like the notion of 'blanket coat' if worn with beautiful suede thigh high boots with jeans or decent lenght dress or a shirt as otherwise it may look very trashy.
Instead of full poncho, I went for more of a structured version with sleeves, leather piping and looks like more of a wrap coat like the one bellow.
Rag & Bone Fall 12'
Topshop | Deva Obre Coat | Topshop
Blanket coat looks great with thigh high boots, I prefer suade ones, black, grey or burgundy, preferably flat ones, especially if you decide to go with more expensive pair, you want to get maximum number of wears out of them and let's face it...heels hurt. :)
Stuart Weitzman
What's your pitch perfect Fall look? Write it in comments!
Last week on Thursday November 6th we ( Trendcy.com team) organized our second Sample Sale for designer trio - The Wandering Collective. As I wrote earlier this year I made a big career change and from working in global corporation Procter& Gamble for years I entered a fashion startup adventure, I became a part owner, buyer and curator of online fashion boutique site www.trendcy.com.
Trendcy sells mens and womens designer clothing, shoes and jewelry by hand-picked designers from all over the world. These designers are already well known in their local markets and we as Trendcy team provide them with global sales and marketing and PR services to grow their brand internationally.
After I perfected classic ham, cheese and spinach recipe it was time for me to try cupcake quiche which is not at all hard to make and it doesn't require a lot of ingredients. Read through my recipe and see some alternative ways you can make this delicious breakfast-brunch-dinner kind of meal.
My favorite quiche is the one with ham, cheese, spinach and mushrooms since my boyfriend doesn't like tomatoes but when he is away I add tomato and peepers (yellow, red or green).
I make quiche cupcakes when I have guests for breakfast or as a bite size dinner for just a two of us, I am actually just typing this post while my second batch is baking, I can already smell it.
Tonight I plan to serve it with fresh lettuce, tomato and cucumbers salad.
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