Sunday, March 15, 2009

we HEART cheap chica's guide to style


we are swooning over Lilliana Vazquez’s fashion website The Cheap Chica’s Guide to Style.
she totally nails the concpet of just because you get it cheap doesn't mean you have to look cheap.
would love to see Lilliana and Nina Garcia co-write the ultimate Style Guide.


self love - part 2

in case you missed out on our latest ode to you.

loving me, loving you..

selflove
"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles." --Audrey Hepburn
As promised we are continuing to bring you the best and most luxurious ways to make you a better, happier, glamorous and more pampered you in 2009.


love your body

Tanning Back
We continue our self adoration project by embarking on a 30 day challenge of IntenSati classes at Equinox with Patricia Moreno. And for back up purposes, when the brutal NYC winter weather makes it too painful to venture out, we love our Piloxing DVD.

Of course, even when working out, we try to treat ourselves right. The ultimate motivator in working out, aside from an upcoming pilgrimage to Tulum, is the most spectacular gym bag of all time, the Nike Monika Gym Bag. We are so smitten we are dedicating a post just to her shortly.

And not all body beautification needs to come along with toil and sacrifice. To quote our friends at VitalJuiceDaily.com "While nothing replaces the benefits of diet and exercise, being bronzed can give you a boost. Make your faux glow a healthy one" we at CN faux it by using DermaGlow Self Tanner for Body and DermaGlow Self Tanner for Face


love your health
Blueprint Cleansing
OK, we always tout health and nutrition, but we have to admit when we go hedonistic too. And we did it big time, falling off the health wagon and heeding the siren call of the Shake Shack, and we also got our liquor-mojo back on during fashion week, hitting cocktails hard at after parties all across the city. So, in penance, we are up for another round of BluePrint Cleansing and a visit or two or three to SanaVita (why oh why don't they have a 30 day program???). We also recommend Liquiteria to replace our cocktail needs with a juicing fix.


love your friends
House Party
Alright, self love feels pretty good, but why not share the fabulous you with others too. So in our quest for more self love coupled cutting down on our bills from La Esquina, home entertaining fits the bill. CN has found the most novel and genius excuse to have a rip-roaring get together, www.houseparty.com. Forget charades and Pictionary, and check out this awesome website. It's FREE, ridiculously easy, and depending on what "party" you sign up for you receive a huge box of goodies and products to share with your guests. All you do is provide the snacks and drinks of course.
And when we say drinks we mean an ultra premium orange liqueur we have discovered. Combier Liqueur d'Orange. No, the fact that it is Orange has nothing to do with our devotion. It is simply our liqueur de jour and the one we have been featuring at our house soirees.

services and sites we HEART

SanaVita.org
PatriciaMoreno.com (Join her Satilife Facebook Group)
nikewomen.com
tulle.com (an an inexpensive alternative to anthropologie.com)

fashion treasures - shopflick and Stop Staring!

it has been a magical weekend as we have unearthed two absolute treasures, shopflick AND a line appropriately named Stop Staring!


shopflick is the youtube of the fashion world. A site that focuses on small label clothing, accessories and beauty products, with videos for each brand explaining the inspiration behind the collections, how to wear certain items, info on the brand and how the handmade pieces are actually crafted. We say GENIUS!

Stop Staring! founded in 1994 by designer Alicia Estrada, the collection featuring vintage-inspired dresses and retro-chic separates.

save the date shopflick will be featuring an exclusive deal next Friday, March 20th, on the Lolita and the Classic 30s dresses from Stop Staring! through our Private Sale:

Saturday, March 7, 2009

get GLAMOURous


source: cheap chicas guide to style


In honor of their 70th birthday, Glamour is running a special promotion…

Get a 1 year subscription to the mag for only $1.50…that’s how much it cost back in 1939 when the magazine was first published.  But act fast, this offer is only good through March 15th


Thursday, March 5, 2009

paella+lunch delivery = socarrat


Paella and Tapas Delivery 
  
Now you can get your beloved paella at work, thanks to Socarrat's lunchtime delivery, with an extra tapas box thrown on the menu to spice things up. Your daily "siestas" will make so much more sense now.  
  


 259 W. 19th St (between 7th and 8th Ave)
 212-462-1000 

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

tropichat.. a series of conversations with latin american filmmakers

dj arlene presents....a fresh iTunes playlist

if you harbor desires of being the coolest, hippest, in the know, worldly, cosmopolitan kind of person who like a certain dj arlene has the most coveted playlists ever, well here is your golden opportunity. for the record dj arlene is one of the coolest, hippest, in the know, worldly, cosmopolitan people we know.