SHOP: Holiday Cheer

With the Holidays days away, we want you gearing up in style for all your festivities! Spread that Holiday Cheer in your new Gear…and party with friends & family.

All sweaters available at Urban Outfitters.

ITEM ALERT: TURBAN BEHAVIOR

Sport your own STYLE morning, noon or night!!!

SERVICE: The Babulous Blow

IF ONLY…IF ONLY…IF ONLY we could have someone come to our homes each and every morning to BLOW DRY our hair! For those of us who might be great with the ROLLERS, but just can’t get our hair STRAIGHT and sleek ourselves, “no matter how hard we try”…how about THIS for a revolutionary idea? The DRY BAR, has BLOWN into town and offers not only $35 blowouts, but ALSO drinks at Happy Hour on Thursdays to Saturdays from 5 to 9pm…great right before making the scene!  Also available, the “Brunch Blowout” on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 to 2pm.  The best  news?  NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY, but to be SURE of an opening at the EXACT time you’d like, book directly on its website. Hell, who WOULDN’T want to sip a glass of wine and savor the action while  while getting beautiful?  Not much magazine reading at this creative salon!

 The worst news?  They aren’t EVERYWHERE!  Will someone please wise up and open these ALL over the city, the entire United States, the whole damn world???? Pretty Please?!!!  (NOTE: At this writing, we did “hear” that Beverly Hills was next on its list of soon-to-open locations)

11677 San Vicente Boulevard in the Brentwood Gardens
www.thedrybar.com

SHOP: in the BUFF

This season is all about “less is more” and the new palette of platforms will have you strutting your stuff in the buff! No matter what your budget, we have scoured the stores to find the perfect nude shoe for you. From Burberry to Forever21, we’ve got you covered on the best and MOST BABULOUS this Spring.

Check out our affiliate’s selection of NUDIES and save %15 with your LiveLoveShopLA VIP Card!

Alexander Wang Eliza at Madison Los Angeles
Chloe Canvas Sandals at Diavolina
Elizabeth and James Suede Heels at Planet Blue

SIP/SAVOR: Impromptu Brunch

While many websites only focus on the NEW, we also and always want to call your attention to our PERSONAL FAVORITES, the TRIED and the TRUE.  We are talking about a store that’s, no doubt, one of EVERYONE’S favorites…TRADER JOE’S!

Here are some of the SECRET ITEMS that we find HERE and cannot LIVE without!

For an IMPROMpTU weekend BRUNCH without going crazy thinking about it…TOP the PITA BITE CRACKERS (which are usually SOLD OUT, hence the reason we buy dozens at a time!) with CREME FRAICHE a dab of PACIFIC SUPREME SALMON and a pinch of red onion! Serve plenty of PROSECO mixed with DIXIE PEACH juice OR bottles and bottles of super-chilled Cold MARQUES de CACERES, a Spanish ROSE (only $6.99). Luckily, the label is so cool; you won’t even “think” to hide it.

The big eaters will love the Lingonberry SCONES (that are best served TOASTED) and the TWO-BITE THREE CHEESE SOUFFLES.

BABULOUS Sundays at HOME are here to STAY!

SERVICE: The Skin Care QUEEN

UGH, it’s been a CRAZY couple of days, weeks, months, even years! Time to DE-STRESS.  Time to PAMPER and who better than YOURSELF?!

OK, so getting a WAX (at FANTASTIC prices!) may not be so relaxing, BUT having a luxurious FACIAL, complete with a FOOT MASSAGE to boot, is probably JUST the THING for letting go and forgetting about…well, you name it! Who EVEN cares!?

But probably the BEST thing about the whole, UNCOMPLICATED experience at RUTH’S SKIN CARE is finding about a little secret called LACTO.   And believe you, me, we’ve shared the secret with just about anyone who will listen.  We’ve been asked to send these little pots of MAGIC to friends and family all over the world!

WHY?  Well, that’s the million dollar question.  TRULY, Lacto is MIRACLE CREAM!  It works for just about EVERYTHING including Skin Flair Ups, Dermatitis and Eczema Attacks, After-Wax Precaution, Scabs, Rashes, Razor Cuts (even the GUYS swear by it!) and Zits (yes, Zits!),  And HARK, it’s good for each and EVERY member of your family, WHENEVER the occasion might arise. In our house, that’s just about every day!!!!!   Gee, why NOT try it…there’s a money-back GURANTEE! www.ruthskincare.com

At Melrose on the corner of La Cienega, RUTH’S is easy to RECOGNIZE.  Those signature white facial masks stare out at you from the window!!

This is a LIVELOVESHOP AFFILATE and one of OUR favorite places to detox.  Cardholders receive a 20% discount and should ask for EENA or AGGIE when booking.  TALK ABOUT BABULOUS!

323-655-5220

SERVICE: Let’s talk LUXE

Planning a WEDDING, a BAR-MITZVAH, a FAMILY REUNION? You have the venue, but need the PERFECT PLACE for the out-of-towners? Or maybe, you are just simply VISITING LA. How about one that’s in an ABSOLUTELY AWESOME location with a price that will blow your minds? Let’s talk LUXE Hotels.

Well, hold on to your hats!  We’ve got JUST THE PLACE!

The special rate STRICTLY for LiveLoveShopLA card holders is $189 INCLUDING overnight parking!  And in this day and age, that’s a REAL deal in our book!

Suggest to friends and family a stroll over to IL FORNAIO at the corner of Beverly Drive and Dayton Way for BREAKFAST; lunch at E. BALDI for some great celebrity sightings and a wild and crazy night at MASTRO’S upstairs…uh, we’ve actually spotted Brangelina and friends here having steaks and sizzling martinis before sneaking out on the patio for a quiet smoke, a real NO NO in this town!!!

Other LUXE locations, for those who aren’t fans of the hills in Beverly, include the more resort-like option on Sunset (where it meets the 405) and coming soon…DOWNTOWN Los Angeles, just across the street from THE STAPLES CENTER!

Unwind the best way WE know how, THE BABULOUS WAY!

SHOP: Hide & Seek

We’ve been in the “business of fashion” as we know it for over 25 years.  One of our favorite quotes is this…“There is NOTHING really ever NEW, just new INTERPRETATIONS.”  So it’s true, What goes around, does, INDEED, come around again, and USUALLY, much BETTER all around.

Let’s take CAMO, for instance.  It’s IN, it’s OUT.  Does anyone even bother throwing it out when it comes to closet cleaning?  Not us, that’s for SURE!

CAMO is a UNISEX thing.  Girls embrace it, guys love it! Moms like it for Back-To-School Options.  It’s a look that’s either considered CASUAL or CHIC, today far more than the latter.  It’s especially interesting when teamed with the unexpected…STRIPES and FLORALS and perhaps even TULLE.  In fact, this exciting way of MIXING and MATCHING patterns is what’s known as Tokyo-esque and TRES ESTRAORDINAIRE!

Camo goes hand in hand with CARGOS, but these modern-day fatigues are no longer just for battlefields. Perhaps the battlefields of LIFE, but that’s another story!

Be Brave. Be DARING, but above all, DARE to BE BABULOUS!!!!