Mini Fish Tacos & Patron Margaritas by Peter Callahan. Mel & Co. photo.
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Ooh, so pretty.
And the perfect thing to bring along with you if you’re visiting friends or relatives this summer (I brought one for Francesca’s mother when we went to their place for Memorial Day): it’s portable, chic, and goes with pretty much any decor style (that sea urchin-inspired dish is much more substantial than you’d imagine, and the soap smells like…well, the beach. Which is lovely).
When to bring a hostess gift? A bottle of wine is just fine if you’re heading over to someone’s place for a single meal, but if you’re staying beyond that it’s always nice to bring a small something (and if you’re staying for the weekend, definitely go for a gift).
all-time favorite perfume: nuits de noho.
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So I have some news that I’ve been waiting to share with you for awhile now, but no longer! I am over-the-moon excited to tell you that for the next year, I’m going to be joining the Dove Hair team as their Brand Ambassador.
I mean…Dove. Dove! Beyond the fact that their products have been a staple for me and my family for as long as I can remember, I’ve been struck for years (decades?) now by the company’s approach to real beauty and their commitment to building self-esteem in women of all ages. I remember seeing those ads featuring a lineup of real women years ago (I think it was right around the time I graduated from college) and thinking to myself how beautiful they were, and how cool it would be to appear in one. So to have the opportunity to work this closely with a company that I have such admiration for - it’s a dream come true.
So what does this brand ambassadorship mean? All sorts of awesome stuff: I’ll be testing out products and styles for you, providing my very best hair tricks and tips in posts and videos, working as a “real world” counterpoint to celebrity stylist Mark Townsend, and attending Dove events to provide on-the-go coverage (I’ve got one coming up in the Hamptons that I’m pretty psyched about), among other things.
Another exciting thing about being the Dove Hair Brand Ambassador is that I now have access to all sorts of fantastic Dove products…which means that you now have access to all sorts of fantastic Dove products. So to kick off the program, I’d like to give fifty readers (yes, fifty) the opportunity to try out two products that I’m completely obsessed with at the moment: the Nourishing Oil Care Detangler (I use this every single time I brush out my wet hair, and think it’s an absolute beach bag essential) and the Style+Care Frizz-Free Shine Cream-Serum, which is a lightweight frizz-fighter that you smooth onto your ends to break them up a bit and give them some lovely, healthy shine.
To win your very own full-sized version of both products, just comment below - anything goes, really, but I’d love to hear your very first Dove memory (everyone has one, right?). I’ll pick 50 winners at random one week from today. (Contest open to U.S. readers only; Tumblr followers, make sure you comment on the post on my main page.)
Thank you so much to DailyGlow.com for this morning’s awesome interview and coverage of the partnership!
Dove is a sponsor of Ramshackle Glam.
Click through for the interview on DailyGlow.com about my partnership with Dove Hair - SO excited!
(I have quite the giveaway coming up this afternoon, so stay tuned.)
Spotted at Francesca’s home: a wall filled with finds from her family’s world travels.
Tell me that doesn’t look like the best thing on the planet. That’s the brunch pizza at Gina La Fornarina, which I write about…oh, all the time…and it’s what I ate for my birthday brunch on Saturday, post-playground excursion. (If you go, the brunch pizza is no longer on the menu, but they’ll still make it for you if you ask nicely.)
Following an afternoon nap, we stopped over at my parents’ place for some wine before heading out to dinner at another one of my favorite spots, Trattoria Casa di Isacco (full review here).
What makes dinner at this place so fun is mostly the owner, Isacco, who runs between tables depositing little plates of delicious things (like this wild boar, which is UNBELIEVABLE rolled in soft bread with a little manchego).
For Memorial Day, we headed to the Jersey Shore to visit Francesca and her family.
This is some good beach food, right here. (Lightly toasted pita filled with avocado, tomato, hard cheddar, and salt.)
I needed a day like this one. Good for the soul and all. (Or it was good for mine, anyway: Indy was a little dubious about the whole sand-and-sea thing, as you can see in this picture. He’s also sort of petrified of grass. We’re working on it.)
Perfect summer dinner: grilled skirt steak sliced over arugula salad…
…and homemade ice cream in vintage apple bowls.
Elizabeth Arden’s Liquid Eyeliner in Brown and Lipstick Queen Saint Eden Lipstick.
Both of which I wore to the beach today in an effort to be all retro-glam…
and both of which stayed put through four hours of sand and sun, and one very big wipe-out.
No new JITH episode this Monday, due to the holiday, so here’s my favorite episode (so far) once again, in case you missed it the first time around.
Check out all the others here; we’ll be back with a new segment next Monday.