Ring in the New Year

Ring in the New Year with the perfect cocktail ring. As you enter 2012 with new expectations and resolutions, you want to start with a new and better outlook on fashion. This is the time to refresh your wardrobe with something new.

Searching for the perfect addition to your jewelry collection? No problem. Since there will be many more parties and soirees to attend in the new year, you'll need a fancy but not over-the-top ring to bring some life to not only your jewelry box, but also to a party. That's why it is only right to "ring in the New Year" with this lovely gold BACCARAT Murmure Vermeil ring ($250 at Neiman Marcus). 

Text Kia Chenelle & Christy Greene

Image and Source Polyvore, Neiman Marcus

New Lashes for New Year's

Now that Christmas has come to fruition and the new year is just around the corner, it's time to revamp that beauty bag of yours. Where to start? With eyelashes...duh!

Even though the holidays are basically finished, there's no reason to pass on the great deal that is the beauty set. For your lovely lashes, we have found Givenchy's Phenomen'Eyes set, sold exclusively at Sephora.com. We're absolutely head-over-heels in love with it because the set not only includes the incredible Phenomen'Eyes mascara — which is seriously awesome for building volume — but it also comes with the moisturizing eye makeup remover.

The price you pay? $29.50 for a $35 value. Not too shabby. For more details, check out the set online at Sephora.com.


Text Lauryn Stone
Sources Sephora, Givenchy

Kate Spade: Planned Adulthood

In the spirit of recounting my holiday haul on the internet, let's talk about a both practical and pants-peeingly awesome gift I received from my ever intuitive boyfriend! A Kate Spade planner! This would make a fantastic winter solstice or late Christmas present, or perhaps you've got a lady friend with a wintery birthday. Maybe you have a ritual of buying yourself a new planner each year. No matter the case, Kate Spade planners are a fantastic gift for any woman and a great way to say: "Listen, you've got too much designer shit in your closet, so here's something potentially useful" or "Here's a fancy calendar; now please stop standing me up on our dinner dates". Fortunately I lie somewhere in-between the aforementioned categories so I'm the perfect candidate for a compact Kate Spade agenda!

Kate Spade planners come in nylon, canvas, and leather and are incredibly well made so they're certain to hold up all year. The brand, notoriously classic with just a hint of bubbly playfulness, offers yearly inserts that feature adorable hand sketches and doodles of champagne glasses and hearts and a myriad of other girly things. I personally can't function without a little space to unpack my brain and make lists but I hate the cluttered and unstylish look of scrap paper and tattered notebooks. The Kate Spade planner not only a more eco-conscious choice but you can keep it together in style! Pick one up to start off the new year with some semblance of order...and hey, just because you look like an adult doesn't mean you have to plan like one. Concert and parties on the 26th, bourbon tasting on the 28th, building a living room tent and drinking my weight in champagne?? I'm simply booked...

Text by Hannah Morris