Purple Hair Don’t Care – The Best Hair Stylist in San Francisco

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Is purple hair at 30 OK?

Sure, why not!?! Nothing like spicing up Easter and showing up to family dinner with Easter pastel inspired hair, right?

(sorry Mom)

If you’ve been following along here you know that I live for a fun color on my head (minus that odd blue phase I went through – here) and anytime I’m ready to ditch the white blonde hair I call on to my girl + stylist McKenzie. Over the years McKenzie and I have been through short hair, long hair, white hair, dead hair – You name it – I’ve rolled into her chair with it or asked for it.

When Mckenzie isn’t solving my life problems and or dealing with my hangover she is behind the chair at the oh-so-chic Cameron James Salon on Union St in San Francisco + a Color Crew Team member for Madison Reed.

She’s a true professional and always down to bring my BIG ideas to life – while keeping my hair surprisingly healthy.

Update: This dress and the entire Victoria Beckham for Target collection is on sale!
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Looking for a stylist in San Francisco?

Book an appointment with McKenzie today for a color service and get a complimentary haircut!

You won’t regret it!

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What I Wore:

Dress: Victoria Beckham for Target, Women’s Orange One Shoulder Dress with Bow and Scallop Trim

Bag: Fendi, Monster Calfskin Leather Flap Wallet on a Chain

Shoes: Topshop (old). Love this new option here.

Bracelets: Miansai, Gold Screw Cuff + Saint Laurent Monogram Manchette Signature Cuff Bracelet

Sunglasses: Karen Walker, Betsy. Love this new version here.

HAIR BY MCKENZIE CUSICK

Book an appointment with McKenzie – Mention this post – And get a free haircut with any color service.

 

What I Ate: Sweet Almond Cake Recipe with My L.A. Chef + La Tourangelle

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Do I cook?

HARD NO!

But, do I have friends who can cook?

HELL YA!

So, for this post, I partnered with my friend Michael Gerbino, My L.A. Chef. In addition to being a homie and a fantastic travel buddy (traveling with a chef is THE best!), he is a talented private chef (check out our Easter ham spread here) and helped me to curate and execute a series of amazingly beautiful and delicious dishes with La Tourangelle.

These recipes are simple, seasonal and something anything fashionista can bust out of their kitchen! Check out recipe #1 below for The La Tourangelle Sweet Almond Cake. La Tourangelle handcrafts this Roasted Almond Oil in Woodland, California strictly following 150-year-old French tradition. La Tourangelle roasted almond oil adds a subtle almond taste to any dish and gives a fresh touch to your meal. The oil reveals subtle nuances when combined with other ingredients. Its delicate character makes it a good substitute for olive oil. When combined with any salad, fish or vegetable dish, almond oil helps to fashion a gourmet meal.

La Tourangelle Sweet Almond Cake

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  • Season blueberries with 1.5 tbs of sugar and let rest for 15 minutes
  • Preheat oven to 350 deg with the oven rack in the center
  • Grease a 9” cake pan with cooking spray
  • Place a round piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan
  • Zest the lemon and combine the zest with the flour
  • Juice the lemon and set aside
  • Beat the egg yolks with 1⁄2 cup of sugar with a hand mixer in a bowl on high for 3 min or until the yolks are thick and pale yellow
  • Reduce speed to medium and add almond oil and lemon juice until combined
  • Using a wooden spoon, stir in the flour until combined, small lumps are okay
  • Beat egg whites in a clean bowl with 1⁄2 tsp salt on high until foamy, then add 1⁄4 cup of sugar slowly while beating, continue beating until you reach soft peaks, about 3 min
  • Fold whites into the batter working in batches, until combined
  • Place the blueberries into the pan then, place batter on top.
  • Bake in oven for 35-45 min or until a toothpick placed in the center comes out clean
  • Let cool in the pan for 10 min, then remove, slice and enjoy!

Friday Forecast: Good American

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Am I a Good American?

…sometimes

Am I an American who knows her jeans?

Oh, hell yes.

I spent over ten years working at the Gap. During those ten years, I saw the good, the bad and the downright awful – here is a current PRIME example of awful.

According to Good American co-founder Khloe Kardashian, I’m a Good Waist. What’s in a Good Waist?

SEE BELOW

HIGH WAISTED. NATURAL BACK LIFT.
CORSET SLIMMING ELASTICITY.

These jeans are fu*king fantastic people. I am cheating on my Topshop Jamie’s in a real big way. I only have one pair and am dying for Khlomoney to release the Good Waist collection in white.

Khloe can you hear me?

Until then I’ll be shopping the current Good American collection below:

And no matter how GOOD you look and feel in your GOOD AMERICAN denim – always remember:

DON’T text YOUR EX

Friday Forecast: Design Your Own Bag With Mon Purse

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Do you want to design your own handbag?

I’m pretty sure that the answer to this is YES!

Always YES!!

Allow me to introduce you to Mon Purse. Founded in early 2014 by Lana Hopkins, CEO (and badass #GIRLBOSS + nice girl) – Mon Purse is an Australian based ‘design-your-own’ handbag and leather accessories brand that creates beautiful custom products, using the highest quality European leather. The company was born out of Hopkins’ inability to find the kind of handbag quality and design to satisfy her. She saw an opportunity to create a disruptive model to provide fully customizable leather handbags that target the affordable luxury handbag market. Using a state of the art 3D online bag builder, customers are able to select from over 10 billion different variations including leather color, texture, interior linings and premium hardware to design their dream bag or simply add a personal touch with monogramming and extra customization options.

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Design Your Own ‘TOTE BAG’?

This is the first bag I 100% designed from start to finish with Mon Purse’s 6 step process.

Step 1: Select a model – I went with the Tote Bag. This is the perfect work bag aka it is laptop friendly.

Step 2: Choose a leather – I went with the Animal Hair on the body with a grainy white leather shoulder strap and grainy white leather top handles.

Step 3: Select a lining – I went with orange suede.

Step 4: Select your metal detail color – I went with gold.

Step 5: Monogram – Always YES

Step 6: Finalise – Check

What do you think?

I added my Fendi Monster WOC for a little extra flare (above).

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This grainy leather envelope clutch with suede lining caught my eye at the Mon Purse Gallery pop-up shop in our San Francisco Bloomingdale’s. This stunning clutch boasts a sophisticated envelope design. You can personalize the clutch with your monogram in gold, silver, gunmetal, rose gold or blind emboss. I had my KatWalkSF logo hand painted on at the launch of the pop-up shop and could not be MORE pleased with how it turned out! I mean how did someone paint that by HAND!?!

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Shop more from the entire collection below:

 

Earth Day with Amour Vert

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Tees = Trees

I’ve shared my love and appreciation for local San Francisco brand, Amour Vert more than once here – and although I may be late to sharing this amazing initiative (Earth Day was April 22), I felt like this was blog worthy!

So…

If you didn’t already know, with every Amour Vert purchase of a tee, they will plant a tree in North America with their partner American Forest®  and they have already planted more than 130,000 trees. Amour Vert is deeply committed to making sustainable practices, ethical products and positive environmental impacts the gold standard for the fashion industry

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And for the third Earth day in a row, Amour Vert has launched a plant a tree campaign raising awareness about the danger of deforestation and the importance of reforestation. Reforestation projects plant trees in forests damaged or destroyed by fires, farm use, or urban use. They help provide wildlife and flora with a better habitat, as well as create stability for root systems and protect from soil erosion. With your help, they have planted over 135,000 trees in North America with their partner, American Forest®.

Now I know I am a little late to the game here…but I posted my #PlantATreeAV photo (yesterday) and still wanted to share this amazing campaign with you.

If you are in the Bay Area or Orange County stop by one of their stores or shop online!

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What I Wore:

Top: Amour Vert (c/o), Francoise Stripe Top

Skirt: ICI MAINTENANT (c/o), Vivid Embroidery

Shoes: Miss Selfridge, LUCIE Pointed Backless Court Shoes

Bag: Fendi, Monster Calfskin Leather Flap Wallet on a Chain

Sunglasses: Karen Walker, Number One