Pumpkin-shaped Chocolate Cake: I haven’t actually tried this recipe (since I have zero backing skills) but I love that it’s just two bundt cakes put together with an ice cream cone as the stem.
GAP 1969 Leopard Jeggings: The Current/Elliot version has been all the rage in the blogosphere, and I like them, but I think this darker, more subtle version is a little more me and definitely more versatile.
LUSH Jacko Bath Bomb: This bath bomb doesn’t actually smell like pumpkin. However, the spicy clove bud and spearmint combo has a lot of gusto and I’m just a big fan of bath bombs in general.
I’m basically in love with this cocktail not only because it’s delicious but also because it has black smoked salt. Who even know black smoked salt existed? Not me.
Ingredients:
2 oz Ultimat vodka
1/2 oz blood orange simple syrup (steep blood oranges in a simple syrup)
juice of 1 key lime
black smoked salt
Directions:
Mix Ultimat vodka, blood orange simple syrup and key lime juice in a mixing tin
Add ice, shake and strain into a martini glass rimmed with black smoked salt
I just love Halloween…and, of course, I also love Halloween cocktails. Try out my favorite “Mad Eye Martini” recipe from Hpnotiq at your Halloween party this year. Who doesn’t love a good lychee martini?
The Mad Eye Martini
1/2 oz Hpnotiq Liquer (or Harmonie)
1 oz super premium vodka
2 oz lychee juice
pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker
shake
strain into a chilled martini glass
**for eyeball garnish**
1 canned, grade AA, lychee syrup, drained
1/4 tsp cherry, strawberry or raspberry preserves
1 blueberry
dry a lychee and fill with blueberry or raspberry preserves
place blueberry, blossom end facing out, into the cavity of the lychee
So this year for Halloween I decided to just conform and be the infamous Snooki from “Jersey Shore.” Yes, I know it was the most popular costume this year but people, I don’t buy costumes in a bag, ok? 100% real, honest effort went into my Snooki costume and I have to admit, it was a pretty big hit among the West Hollywood crowd (and at the West Hollywood Halloween Block Party). I mean, I think the test of a good costume is when people ask to take pictures with you…man, maybe I should panhandle down on Hollywood Blvd. with the randoms dressed as Michael Jackson and Spiderman, no? We’ll see.
To get that true “Jersey Shore” glow is no easy feat for a pale whitey like myself. I started by applying my go-to self-tanner, XenTan followed by Sally Hansen’s Salon Airbrush Legs in “Deep Glow,” aka the darkest shade they make. I have to say, I was a bit nervous about this product because it was either going to make or break my Snooki look. Well I say it MADE it. As I sprayed on the makeup, it was quite shocking to see how dark it was but being that I was trying to be the “Princess of Poughkeepsie,” it was working for me. I also didn’t melt any off through out the night and not gonna lie…I’m definitely going to pick up a bottle of this (in a MUCH lighter shade) to spray on the next time I have to go to a wedding or any other big event. It’s good stuff and came right off in the shower with just a little water and shower gel.
As for my face, I dusted a little of Benefit’s Hoola Bronzer onto my face for that extra tan since this bronzer is normally waaay too dark for my natural skin color. For my eyes, I tried out the Hard Candy Eye Tattoos I’d been saving for just the right night- and they’re purple leopard print to match my bra. My lipstick is Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in “Indluge.”
So this year for Halloween I decided to just conform and be the infamous Snooki from “Jersey Shore.” Yes, I know it was the most popular costume this year but people, I don’t buy costumes in a bag, ok? 100% real, honest effort went into my Snooki costume and I have to admit, it was a pretty big hit among the West Hollywood crowd (and at the West Hollywood Halloween Block Party). I mean, I think the test of a good costume is when people ask to take pictures with you…man, maybe I should panhandle down on Hollywood Blvd. with the randoms dressed as Michael Jackson and Spiderman, no? We’ll see.
To get that true “Jersey Shore” glow is no easy feat for a pale whitey like myself. I started by applying my go-to self-tanner, XenTan followed by Sally Hansen’s Salon Airbrush Legs in “Deep Glow,” aka the darkest shade they make. I have to say, I was a bit nervous about this product because it was either going to make or break my Snooki look. Well I say it MADE it. As I sprayed on the makeup, it was quite shocking to see how dark it was but being that I was trying to be the “Princess of Poughkeepsie,” it was working for me. I also didn’t melt any off through out the night and not gonna lie…I’m definitely going to pick up a bottle of this (in a MUCH lighter shade) to spray on the next time I have to go to a wedding or any other big event. It’s good stuff and came right off in the shower with just a little water and shower gel.
As for my face, I dusted a little of Benefit’s Hoola Bronzer onto my face for that extra tan since this bronzer is normally waaay too dark for my natural skin color. For my eyes, I tried out the Hard Candy Eye Tattoos I’d been saving for just the right night- and they’re purple leopard print to match my bra. My lipstick is Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in “Indluge.”
I’m basically in love with this cocktail not only because it’s delicious but also because it has black smoked salt. Who even know black smoked salt existed? Not me.
I just love Halloween…and, of course, I also love Halloween cocktails. Try out my favorite “Mad Eye Martini” recipe from 
