Saturday Surfing, March 17th, 2018

Chanel Le Vernis in Verde Pastello ($28)
Happy St. Paddy’s Day, my eco-friendly beer-loving charm baking buddy! great morning to you. My very first concern for you on this beautiful (albeit overcast) morning is this: are you using green? I am…sort of. I’m using a greenish blue Chanel, which I believe ought to completely count.

My second concern for you relates to brownies (yes, brownies), as well as I requirement your viewpoint on this. It’s extremely important.

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OK…are you ready?

OK, so, as you know, I’ve been tweaking my brownie recipe for months, slowly however certainly modifying it to produce what I hope will be the very best darned brownies in the city of Novato, as well as just when I believed I had my supreme go-to recipe figure out, something occurred to me last night…

WALNUTS.

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Toasted walnuts.

What if I toast the walnuts before adding them to the batter?

What do you think? next level perhaps…? would it be worth the effort?

If you have any type of experience in this area, lemme know. I’m believing that the oven will be on anyway, so it wouldn’t take that much much more time to toast a handful of walnuts in a pan.

I just may whip some up tonight.

These were from Connor’s birthday party. So far, I’ve discovered that I choose Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips to Tollhouse as well as Guittard chocolate chips, as well as I like the taste much better when I replace a third of the routine sugar in the recipe with brown sugar. I feel like the brown sugar provides them a caramel-y depth, so they aren’t just wonderful for the benefit of being sweet.

Alright…now that I’ve most likely teased your wonderful tooth (sorry!), exactly how about some light reading? right here are some things that made me go “Hmm…” this week.

If you ever discover yourself wondering what fragrance you ought to wear on any type of provided day during your menstrual cycle…here’s the guide you’ve been waiting for!

Apparently, bergamot notes, like the kind in Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Intense, can assist you chill-the-eff out when you’re PMS-ing.

MIND BLOWN!

Technically, leopards don’t have spots.

SAY WHAT?!

Yeah, according to this abridged history of the leopard print. “If you’re being a nerd,” states Craig Saffoe, curator of excellent Cats at the national Zoo in Washington, “leopards don’t truly have spots. They have what we phone call a rosette. Leopards have a rosette, cheetahs have areas all over, as well as jaguars have a rosette with a area inside.”

The newest pattern in perfumes: scents that are so subtle that they’re practically odorless, which pleads the question…why the heck would I wear perfume if I couldn’t odor it?

It’s a thing, though, as well as it’s called “no-perfume perfume.”

Actually, I get the charm of wanting a scent that doesn’t get all up in everyone’s face, however I likewise want to be able to odor my perfumes a little.

It takes time to transform Mandy Moore’s character in This Is us from a 25-year-old lady to a lady of 68, as well as part of the styling process includes her taking Advil early on filming days, since firmly pinning up her hair into a wig cap provides Mandy a headache. (I completely get this. I’ve had some tight updos with, like, a million bobby pins.)

Between the hair as well as the makeup, getting her into character takes three hours.

Serena Williams may be getting prepared to introduce a makeup line.

I still have house design on my mind, as well as the Pottery Barn Lily Pulizter collection is making me want to decrease whatever as well as promptly plan a tropical vacay. I’m loving it all, particularly the wallpaper, as well as I’m not even a wallpaper type of person!

My parents went to last Thursday to view Connor, so I holed myself up in my office as well as blogged like a maniac for a few hours, as well as this soothing white noise video of the noise of rain truly assisted me concentrate.

You’ve got the like I requirement to see me through.

Somebody please make these stuffed mushrooms for me.

I hope you do something fun today. As you know, this is the day when all of us are ? Irish.

I believe we’re gonna don our eco-friendly clothing as well as head as much as Petaluma for brunch.

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See you soon!

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen

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