drybar: los angeles

You’ve seen these places in every major city. The popularity of blow dry bars started to gain traction about two years ago around the same time the global economy took a nose dive.   The  allure of a blow dry bar is two-fold.  Firstly, the concept is fairly simple. No cuts, no colour, just blow drying hair.  Secondly, it is cheaper to get your hair blow dried at a “blow dry bar” instead of a regular hair dresser (for the most part).  So when people feel the need to cut back and reduce expenses but are still looking for a bit of indulgence, an hour experience at a blow dry bar can be divine. 

One in particular caught my attention.  Drybar in Los Angeles has a great website, blog, and light, contemporary, interior design which I love.  The crew behind Drybar comes loaded with creative talents, bursting at the seams, most from different disciplines outside of hairdressing which is a great way to build a successful business strategy in my opinion. Not only did I want to write a little something on Drybar for its interior design, drybar also hosts events and parties in the salon- think birthday parties, brunches, bachelorettes.  What a fun idea.

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Ikea Wedding

Lo Bjurulf, Swedish stylist with Agent Bauer teamed up with Ikea to create some inspirational wedding scenes. And who says you have to spend a lot of money on a wedding or an event for it to look fabulous?  Below are some of my favourites from the portfolio of wedding scenes.  Each one is more romantic than the next. It’s hard to believe that Ikea products fit so well into a wedding scene.

rainbow cake

It rained early this morning in Toronto.   Thank goodness for rain as the humidity has been stiffling the past two weeks.   As the sun started to come out, I was hoping to see a rainbow cast across the sky.  Instead, I found a great rainbow cake on blog, raspberri cupcake.  Look how delicious it looks!  There is a recipe and description of the cake’s inspiration, cake how-to’s, a cake recipe and best practices on the raspberri cupcake blog if you are interested in giving it a shot.  Now I need to find a good reason to make a rainbow cake. 

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kitchen italia

Kitchen Italia looks delicious.  They have 100 types of fresh, homemade pasta and check out the design of the place!  The wood is very soothing.  Kitchen Italia is meant to be cheap, plentiful and innovative when it comes to pasta dishes.  Currently there are two outposts in London, one in Westfield and the other in Covent Garden. 

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cupcake in a jar

I have heard of hot chocolate in a jar, chicken soup mix in a jar, even chocolate chip cookie mix in a jar, but not this.   This is a very smart wedding guest gift- a cupcake in a jar!  That is a lot of goodness stuffed into a mason jar.  Who would have thought?  (via rp scissors)