A Little Peak Inside My World

Happy Tuesday, darlings! I'm so excited because I just found out my ReadyMade magazine feature is up and running. It's been on their site for over a month now...I had no idea...nobody told me about it. I was waiting for the print issue to come out but I haven't heard about that and I'm not sure if it's going to happen.

Anyway, after all this time {they acutally interviewed me over a year ago}and two photo shoots later, it's nice to see the final product come to fruition. Hope you all enjoy this little glimpse into my reality :)

Hope you're all having a fabulous week! xoxo

Image: via ReadyMade

Zara Goodness & We Have A Winner!!!

Loving the new Zara May 2010 lookbook. My fave...the adorable Miu Miu-ish romper 2nd from the top. Can't wait to get my hands on it and a few other babies when they hit stores next month.

And we have a winner in the wholearth beauty & bath giveaway! Without further ado the winner is.......

natwhat!

Congratulations on winning wholearth Natural Body Mist & Room Spray!

Just let me know which flavor you would like, Eco-Chic - a delicious, creamy lavender blend or Grateful Planet - a sweet juicy fruit treat, and I'll send it on it's way :)

Thanks so much to all those who entered! I'll be back soon with another giveaway.

Images: nitrolicious and zara

Saturday Stroll

Happy Saturday everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the weekend. I slept in and am trying to plan out the day. It's chock full of potential. I'm dreaming of taking a drive on over to the seaside for a leisurely romantic stroll. Sounds divine, doesn't it?

Have a wonderful day, darlings. And don't forget, you only have one more day to enter the wholearth beauty and bath giveaway. I have a sweet smelling treat all ready to come your way. And remember, if you've entered already you can tweet every day for extra entries. Good luck!!!
xoxo

Images: via studded hearts

Here At Last!

Well it's finally here and I couldn't be happier! The work day is ending and I'm ready to kick off the weekend! I got some good news regarding my friend. He is being released from the hospital now so I won't be spending my weekend in the hospital. I'll be visiting him of course but I think I'll also have some time to take some strolls, relax in a bath & I'll definitely get to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! Oh and don't forget to enter the wholearth beauty & bath giveaway. The contest closes this Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 11:59 PM (EST). Good luck to all! xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3, 4

Happy Earth Day & Giveaway!

Happy Earth Day everyone! Hope that you all have a wonderful day and that you all take a little time today to think about what you can do to help protect the planet.

There will be plenty of television shows, newspaper & magazine clippings and news blasts coming your way today chock full of great ideas of all of the little things you can do that will help make a huge difference for the future but I figured I'd give you my little list of 10 easy ways to greenify your life anyway :)

• 1 - Pay attention to how you use water. Turn the water off when you brush your teeth. Avoid washing small loads of laundry and wash your clothes in cold water.


• 2 - Turn down the heat.


• 3 - Carry cloth shopping bags.


• 4 - Leave your car at home. If you can bike or walk to work, use public transportation or car pool.


• 5 - Recycle and repurpose and choose things with the least amount of packaging.


• 6 - Plant a tree or start a garden.


• 7 - Stop using pesticides on your lawn.


• 8 - Buy organic and/or support a local organic farmer.


• 9 - Buy energy-saving, compact-fluorescent light bulbs and other energy efficient products.


• 10 - Donate money to your favorite green cause.

And while we're speaking green here I wanted to speak green beauty. I'm not sure if any of you know this, I haven't really mentioned it in a while, but one of the beauty product lines I helped develop is wholearth beauty and bath a luxurious line of eco chic bath & body products by green lifestyle guru Danny Seo.


wholearth beauty + bath by Danny Seo is an organic, eco-friendly line of products designed to inspire consumers to live a life of organic well-being in today's world. With sustainable style and a vision for the future, the entire line is made using only natural and certified organic ingredients. wholearth products are naturally luxurious, USDA approved organic and packaged with 100% post consumer recycled (PCR) materials!


The line consists of USDA certified organic body washes & lotions, body souffles, a 2-in-1 room & body mist and a very unique bamboo body scrub. This product looks like earth but foams up when you add water! The line also consists of the first ever USDA certified organic Perfume Spray which is available in 3 fragrances.


The great thing about the line is that each & every formula looks, feels and smells AMAZING, if I do say so myself :) They're not your typical crunchy organic/natural formulas. These products are truly luxurious and many beauty editors agree with me! You can check out what Elle & Teen Vogue as well as Danny himself have to say about the line.

You can also check out Danny's personal blog where he shares his brilliantly crafty tips on eco-friendly ideas for everyday living. He has also said some pretty nice things about me :) Hope you all check it out!

And in honor of Earth Day I decided to do a wholearth giveaway! One lucky winner will receive wholearth Natural Body Mist & Room Spray. It's available in 2 USDA certified organic fragrances, Eco-Chic, a creamy blend of lavender& Grateful Planet, a sweet treat of juicy fruit. The winner will get to choose the desired fragrance. Both fragrances are delectable and I promise that you'll want to keep spritzing not only yourself but all of your belongings with it!

So here's what you need to do to win:

1 - You must be a follower of The Alternative Wife to be eligible for this giveaway. If you're not a current follower, don't fret, new followers are absolutely welcome! Indicate in your comment how you follow. If your 'comment name/user id' differs from your profile id, please let me know what name you follow under.

2 - Visit the wholearth beauty & bath website and let me know which product you would be most interested in trying.

3 - Tell me what you plan on doing today to acknowledge Earth Day.

EXTRA ENTRIES:
Note: Please WRITE A SEPARATE COMMENT FOR EACH EXTRA ENTRY.

* Blog about this giveaway, linking to this giveaway post. Leave the URL in a comment.

* Become an Alternative Wife follower on Twitter @altdawn and give me your twitter ID in a comment.

* Tweet this: "I just entered @altdawn The Alternative Wife's Wholearth Beauty & Bath #giveaway! http://bit.ly/bHQKOU " Leave a comment with the tweet’s url so you can get a valid entry You can Tweet ONCE A DAY.

* Become a follower of wholearth beauty & bath by Danny Seo on Facebook

* Post the contest on your page linking back here.

You have from Thursday April 22, 2010 until Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 11:59 PM (EST) to comment and be entered for a chance to win. The winner will be chosen randomly.

Good luck to all!!!

Images: via weheartit and wholearth beauty & bath

Our Wedding - Out Of Towner Bags

Here's the final result of our OOT gift bags. As I mentioned before, we really wanted to offer our guests a real taste of NYC. All the contents below were packaged in a white I Heart NY bag. Here's what we stuffed the bags with:

• 2 bottles of our custom water bottles
• Apple (Big Apple theme :))
• NYC Taxi Treat Cookies
• Black & White Cookie (another NYC classic)
• NYC magnet
• NYC postcard
• Deck of NYC playing cards
• Mini bottle of Bacardi Big Apple rum
• Cracker Jacks, potato chips & pretzels
• Granola bars
• Swedish Fish, Peppermint Patties & Tootsie Pops
• Mini Hersheys chocolate with our custom wrapper & Hershey kisses packaged in a mini aqua chinese takeout container with our monogram label
• Bottle of Wholearth Body Wash (the Certified Organic brand I developed)
• Tourist info
• Personal note to thank out of towners for their time and effort in making it to our special day

It's amazing how much stuff we were able to cram in the bags. I'm really glad that we took the time and made the effort to put these together for our guests. They turned out to be a huge hit!

One Step Closer!

Sorry for the late post today. I started the day giving an 8am breakfast training of the Wholearth product line at the Rockefeller Center Anthropologie store and my day hasn't slowed down since! By the way, I have to mention that it was nearly impossible to control myself being in that store before regular business hours. Can anyone say PARADISE?!?!

I just have a second but I wanted to say how excited I am about the NY State Assembly passing the Marrigae Equality Bill last night! One house down, one more to go!

On another note, invitation shopping was very exciting last night. We were at Bloomies for over 2 hours! I'm happy to say that we've definitely narrowed down our search...we're just waiting for a few more paper options to come in from the designer. Once the swatches come in we'll finalize the design and hopefully we'll end up placing the order by the weekend. I can't believe how difficult this has been! I'm thilled to announce that the invitations will have a couple of aquamarine crystals so needless to say I'm a happy girl. Thank you darling for giving in :)

I'll be back soon with more details about the invitations and the never ending shoe search.

Image: found here

Introducing Wholearth Beauty & Bath!

I am so extremely excited to tell you all about the launch of a fabulous new line of eco chic bath & body products and fragrances that I worked on for well over a year now with the amazing green lifestyle guru Danny Seo!

wholearth beauty + bath by Danny Seo is an organic, eco-friendly line of products designed to inspire consumers to live a life of organic well-being in today's world. With sustainable style and a vision for the future, the entire line is made using only natural and certified organic ingredients. wholearth products are naturally luxurious, USDA approved organic and packaged with 100% post consumer recycled (PCR) materials!

The line consists of USDA certified organic body washes & lotions, body souffles, a 2-in-1 room & body mist and a very unique bamboo body scrub. This product looks like earth but foams up when you add water! We are also launching the first ever USDA certified organic Perfume Spray which will be available in 3 fragrances.

The great thing about the line is that each & every formula looks, feels and smells AMAZING, if I do say so myself :) They're not your typical crunchy organic/natural formulas. These products are truly luxurious and many beauty editors agree with me! The word is just starting to get out. You can check out what Elle & Teen Vogue as well as Danny himself have to say about the line.

Starting on Earth Day, April 22nd, Wholearth will be available at Anthropologie stores and on the Anthropologie website. The products also will be available for purchase on wholearthbeauty.com as well as additional retail outlets shortly!

You can also check out Danny's personal blog where he shares his brilliantly crafty tips on eco-friendly ideas for everyday living. He has also said some pretty nice things about me :)

Hope you all check it out!