I purchased violet syrup a while back to make a Cointreau Teese, my style icon Dita Von Teese’s signature cocktail (and my Instagram pic is one of my most popular… Dita herself liked it… happy dance). One day I was…
Classic Cocktail: Cointreau Sidecar
I have to admit, I used to be a sugary cocktail kinda girl. That was until I met my boyfriend, PET. He seems to have been a bartender in a past life (if you believe in that sort of thing……
Travel Cocktail Kit inspired by Cointreau and Dita Von Teese
Sometimes a Starlet just needs a cocktail. So I decided to create a cocktail kit for travel. This was inspired by a few collaborations that Dita Von Teese did with Cointreau for cocktail gift sets. These gift sets were so…
Summer Features
It’s so important to have goals. There is definitely something to putting your wishes out in the universe. In the past I’ve let seasons go by, wishing things would happen, but never really making an effort. A few summers ago…
Retro Recipe Redo: Iceberg Wedge Salad
My boyfriend and I have bonded over a mutual love of Mad Men. So for the mid-season finale I decided to make his favorite salad, the Iceberg Wedge Salad. I adapted this one from Giada De Laurentiis. I basically followed…
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a Margarita and Dita Von Tesse
What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo then with a classic Margarita or a Glamorous Margadita. Here is the Glamour Goddess herself, Dita Von Teese, with instructions on how to make this Starlet cocktail favorite… Happy Cinco de Mayo…
Lovely Links Mad Men Party Edition
The Mad Men premiere is Sunday! So I have devoted this week’s Lovely Links to ideas for Mad Men parties…. You know if Betty Draper was around today she’d be a fan of Martha Stewart The food and fashion at…
Jet Set Life: Travel like a Starlet
This time of year is the most popular travel time. So here are some essentials for Starlet travel… Suitcases There are so many rules and regulations about air travel nowadays, so it is important to keep that in mind when…
The Starlet’s Diet: Cocktail Time
No talk of a Starlet’s life would be complete without mentioning some lovely libations. I will say, although some Starlets of the past have had drinking problems, a true Starlet does not get drunk and sloppy. That would interfere with…
The Starlet’s Diet: Special Treats
Starring in the movie of your life can be difficult. Sometimes life is more of a drama than a comedy. Its times like that that a glamour girl needs to treat herself. There are also times when things are so…
