Have a fresh and clean weekend ya’ll!

Xx Michelle & Stephanie

Xx Michelle & Stephanie

Guest Contributor: Miss Cozy

Miss Cozy’s beauty tip of the week: Cold winter nights call for hot bubble baths, but this isn’t as perfect as it sounds. More bathing time is is a main contributor to itchiness and dry, chapped skin. All year round, but especially in winter, you should take tepid, not hot, baths. Reach for bath products featuring soothing ingredients, such as chamomile or eucalyptus, and only use all-natural soaps on underarms, hands, and feet. Limit your bath or shower to once a day (and less if possible), adding oils or mineral salts, preferably after you exercise so that you don’t breed bacteria through perspiration. Avoid scrubbing with washcloths and beaded exfoliaters during the winter months. Immediately after emerging from your bath, while still damp, put on your moisturizer to lock water into your skin.

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If you have the chance, try to stop by one of these great events this weekend:

Los Angeles, CA – Stop by the Malibu Food and Wine Festival this Sunday, December 5th where over 2,000 are anticipated at this food and wine enthusiasts event benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Many restaurants and wineries will be participating, including Chart House, Dukes Malibu, La Cachette Bistro, Moonshadows, Nate n Al at the Lakes, Cielo Malibu Estate, Oak Ridge Winery, Art+Farm Wine and Terlato Wines. Click here for more info.

Chicago, IL – As Hanukkah kicked off on December 1st, the Chicago Botanical Gardens in Glencoe is hosting a “Kosher-style” Hanukkah dinner buffet, on Sunday December 5th which will also include a concert featuring the Mawell Street Klezmer Band and the park’s Wonderland Express. Click here for more info.

Louisville, KY – Stop by the KaLightoscope Christmas at the Galt House to enjoy a landscape of larger-than-life, lighted holiday sculptures, a world-class dinner show, and arts and retail marketplace, a life-sized gingerbread village, imaginative Santa events and other amazing delightful goodies this Holiday season. Click here for more info.

Long Island, NY – This Friday, December 3rd through this Sunday, December 5th, enjoy The 15th Annual Dickens Festival in the Village of Port Jefferson. This event will include music, singers in period costume, street performers, a crafts fair and much more. Click here for more info.

Huntsville, Alabama – This year’s ‘Old Santa Shop’ features cottage arts & crafts for sale, holiday dessert sale, raffle for a porcelain doll, heritage arts & crafts demonstrations & Christmas music.  This Friday, December 3rd from 9am-2pm at Huntsville/Madison County Senior Center, 2200 Drake Avenue Huntsville.  For more info, call (256) 800-7030.

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Guest Contributor: Miss Cozy

Fall is officially here. That means $50 spa treatments, yes, but it means so much more for your beauty regimen too. It means slicked-back hair so the wind doesn’t catch those fly-aways, not as strong of a tan so berry lips and rosy cheeks it is. Time to start stocking up on lip and cheek stain for that natural look!

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If you have the chance, try to stop by one of these great events this weekend:

Long Island, New York – Summer is officially over, fall means warm apple pie and apple cider.. Perfect time for apple picking! The 21st Annual Long Island Apple Festival is this Sunday, September 19, 2010 @ Sherwood Jayne Farm. Enjoy a fun filled day of apple picking, apple cider, and a baking contest. (Please submit application for contest by Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 (amateurs only) – ( Form can be download here) Pies must be submitted no later than 11 a.m. on Sunday, September 19 – located @ Sherwood-Jayne Farm, 55 Old Post Road, East Setauket, NY – Click here for more info.

Missouri River – St. Charles, Missouri – You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy their authentic food, music and drinks @ the annual Missouri River Irish Fest. It’s held in September, which is half way to St. Patrick’s Day @ Frontier Park. The air will be filled with live Celtic music and vendors selling plenty of popular Irish goods. Stop by this weekend – Friday, September 17th from 6 pm til 10:30 pm, Saturday, September 18th from 10 am til 11 pm, and Sunday, September 19th from 10 am til 4 pm – For more info, click here .

Philadelphia, PA – Calling all artists.. Philly Fringe is an unfiltered festival where new and established artists present their work without stressing about the selection process. “Come one, come all..” Last year, 185 Philly Fringe shows were created by artists from around the region. This Saturday, September 18th 2010 marks the last day of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. Enjoy comedy, theater, dance, music, and other forms of art and expression. Click here for more info.

Washington DC - Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a fiesta at the Zoo this Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 11 am til 5 pm @ the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Enjoy a day filled with Hispanic and Latino music, costumed dancers, crafts, and Latin American authentic food. Click here for more info.

Denver, Colorado – Beer, BBQ and the outdoors?? Sounds like a commemoration of Summer.. This weekend, September 17th until September 19th 2010 from 11am until 10pm, the Appaloosa Grill and the Great Divide Beer Garden teamed up to offer a Beer Fest BBQ with live music, and will be hosted outside of the Great Divide’s beer garden. Click here for more info.

Wow, is it Fourth of July already? (Okay, it’s the 2nd, but still.) What would the weekend be without fireworks and festivals! With the assistance of Miss Cozy (check out CozyWallet.com for more swank ways to save money), we’ve constructed a list of the best places to watch the fireworks and other festive shindigs around the country…

Miss Cozy’s Beauty Tip of the Day: Put away cakey powder. To keep oily, shiny skin at bay, adjust your skin care. Use a mattifying lotion in the morning to absorb oil. Touch up with blotting papers during the day and make sure to use toner in the evening.

Miami, Florida – It’s July 4th weekend.. Of course Festivals and Fireworks are main priority! If you’re in Florida, check out the City of Homestead Concert and Fireworks – For those in southern Miami-Dade County, the Homestead Sports Complex is also hosting an Independence Day festival and fireworks show. The festival will feature a car show, rides, entertainment, food and music with a fireworks show at 9PM. For more, call the City of Homestead Department of Parks and Recreation at (305) 224-4570.

San Diego, California - San Diego Bay is the place to be on July 4^th when the 10th Annual Port of San Diego Big Bay Boom fills the sky with a spectacular pyrotechnic light show.  Four barges will be placed strategically in San Diego Bay off the shorelines of Shelter Island, Harbor Island, the North Embarcadero area and between Seaport Village and the Coronado Ferry Landing. The fireworks will be visible from all of the Port’s parks around the northern and central San Diego Bay area. These include Shelter Island, Harbor Island, Spanish Landing, Embarcadero Marina Parks North and South, Cesar Chavez Park, Coronado Tidelands Park and the Imperial Beach Pier.

Baltimore, Maryland – This Friday kicks off Moonstruck at the Little Italy Open Air Film Festival – The city’s grandest free outdoor movie series kicks off with this classic starring Cher and Nicholas Cage. Music starts at 7, the movie begins at 9, but get there early or you won’t have a spot to park your lawn chair. This is sure to be packed. The movie and music are free. Intersection of High and Stiles streets.

Little Rock, Arkansas – Most places and parks around Arkansas have firework displays this July 4^th weekend as well as plenty of BBQ’s and picnics.  This year, the place to be is Pops on the River. Bring chairs or blankets to Riverfront Park – gates open at 5:30 p.m. There will be music starting at 6:30 and fireworks launch at 9:30 p.m. The Arkansas symphony will be playing patriotic music to go along with the display. There’s not only a fireworks display to get excited about, there are other activities planned and a marketplace with cute stuff for sale.

Kansas City, Missouri – One thing is for sure – Kansas City knows how to do it up right when it comes to fireworks. With the 4th of July holiday right around the corner, it’s time to start figuring out which fireworks display to go and see. KC Riverfest – Held at Berkley Riverfront Park, this annual event not only has one of the best Fireworks displays in the Kansas City Metro that is choreographed to live music, but great entertainment and things to do for the whole family. Berkley Park on the River between the Broadway and Paseo bridges – Ongoing events July 3rd and 4th. Fireworks at 10:05pm, 4th of July – $6 or save $1 when booking online. Visit KC Riverfest.com

Seattle, Washington – The rarest of the rarest. On July 3rd through July 5th – Come taste over 130 world-class beers from more than 15 countries. “SIB IS AN OVER THE TOP BEER FESTIVAL celebrating the world’s most legendary brewing styles and the nations that made them famous. Come taste over 150 world-class beers from more than 15 countries.” The outdoor event is hosted in the grass of the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheater about 100 yards west of the Space Needle. Visit seattlebeerfest.com