As most of you know, I spent the past four-days in New York City for the BlogHer conference. I had the most amazing time and yes, I will get to that soon, but first I must address something much more important.
Humidity and my hair.
New York summers are not my favorite. The streets smell of garbage, the air is hot, and sometimes breathing in tastes’ like maple syrup. The heat is stiff as it hovers between skyscrapers. The pavement burns through the soles of shoes and walking tends to be painful. To summarize, it can be really gross.
But anyway, back to my hair and the oh so humid big apple.
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If you haven’t noticed, there is a countdown going down on my blog. Look right yo.
I am very excited about that countdown because it means something exciting and new is coming to Chef’s Widow!!
Wanna know what???
Too bad bitches.
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Getting my Twiggy eye on
A few months back I had signed up to do a makeover with one of my favorite bloggers’ Girl’s Gone Child. She had recently started doing a feature on her blog called Gone Styled. Being a fan of Rebecca’s amazing & eclectic style I thought why not? I had always considered myself in the know regarding fashion but ever since we opened the restie I have most definitely let my style sense pass me by…
I knew I had some events coming up that would require a kick ass outfit so I went for it. I decided that I was looking for an outfit for the Cleveland International Film Festival Opening Night Gala, I would be blogging for the festival and thought it would be a perfect time to go gone styled. Rebecca went to work (and work she did, hours & hours were spent finding the perfect look) and the rest is history. Check out my spectacular mod makeover on Girls Gone Styled today:
(click on the pic above to view full makeover & enter a giveaway for a rockin' new bag)
Special thanks go out to some pretty amazing ladies:
~Rebecca Woolf, author, blogger, mother, fashionista extraordinaire! I had a blast and learned so much. Since the makeover I have put a lot more thought into what my outfits end up being. You rock it girl And that dress has become staple. I love love it.
~Josie Maran Cosmetics for all of the amazing makeup. I will be soon writing a post on how the JM lipstick has changed my life. Loves.
~Hair Thursday for the spectacular styling advice as well as the introduction to Moroccan oil. I am addicted!
**congrats jennkate on winning the creativity for kids make your own book kit. please email me chefswidow at gmail dot com and I will get it out today!
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. All opinions are 100% mine.
From birth to twelve months Biggie Smalls was in cloth diapers. Her bum was always soft and adorable and rash free. After a year our diaper service moved on so we started using traditional diapers. We used chlorine free diapers however no matter what Biggie always developed a diaper rash. I had never used anything on her bum before the rash and had no idea what I should use.
Cue… Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
The company had sent me a sample and I decided to go for it. Until I got the BBP I had been using another zinc based booty ointment that seemed to work allright. Biggie’s bum was especially bad when I started using BBP due to someone (not naming names) leaving her in her diaper for way too long. Within 24 hours her rash was gone and her baby bum was smooth once again.
Not only do I like the fact that Bordeux’s Butt Paste actually does what it promises to do, it is easy to apply and smells way better than other products in it’s category. A bonus for my way too sensitive nose.
Chef’s Widow gives Boudreaux’s Butt Paste an A for Ah-Maz-ing.
If you have a baby whose bum gets red every now and then I would recommend getting yourself a free sample of BBP. It’s the jam.
After not having the greatest time last year at the BlogHer conference, I was unsure about my return to this year’s event. Then I found out it was being held in NYC & I knew I had to go. I’m too in love with Manhattan not to. The only problem I could see in attending would be the expenses. The conference itself is $200, the hotel another $400, airfare could be up to $300, not to mention food & booze. I had to get a (blogher) sponsor. Last year I had met quite a few bloggers who had their entire trip paid for by a company sponsorship. In return for the sponsorship these bloggers handed out free samples, wrote about the company on their blogs, & used social media to promote #blogher & their sponsor together.
My search for a sponsor started simply. I had recently spoken to a local toy company, Creativity for Kids regarding an issue I was having with one of their products. My son had been given a Solar System kit and we ran out of clay (I think one color was missing). I called the company expecting nothing and was given everything. Their customer service was to die for. She assured me that she would send a replacement immediately and that she would tell the product testers of the fault. I was floored and in product love. I had (hopefully) found my BlogHer sponsor.
I did a little online research and found out that they are a local Cleveland company. I had always wanted to promote local but was unsure of how to do that on a national level. Creativity for Kids will allow me to do that. They are local but their toy kits are sold all over the country & they have also won multiple Dr. Toy awards. They are a rockin’ kids company that I am sure you are familiar with:
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