Outfits for men winter-spring I recently was with a friend who is a transplant form Argentina to good old Illinois. At dinner he explained that he was having a hard time with the weather here as he never knew when to bring his big heavy winter puffer jacket now that it is approaching the end of winter. This is really due to the fact that the morning could feel freezing and the afternoon can be sunny and and quite tolerable. My response? Glad you asked! You see, here in the mid-west we need options with jackets and clothing. Here we are wearing a leather jacket form from Forever 21 Men (yes they have a men's section, and I LOVE it) I found this piece while I was traveling to New Orleans for a salon business conference. Anyway, the point here is that we will want at least two jackets. This one is a medium density, so it is great for those non freezing days that we experience. Alright, the second item we are wearing is a versatile henley long sleeve shirt that can be buttone......

  When it came time to buy a new fragrance for myself and my hubby we scheduled a trip to the Aroma Workshop in Chicago IL. It doubled as a birthday surprise experience for him that we all really enjoyed. We (My hubby, bestie, and I) decided long ago that when birthdays came around that we would make a memory or experience instead of standard gifts. I wanted to take a moment to walk you all through our journey in creating a signature scent... First the scent selection We sat down and were instructed to smell the aromas that were available and to pick out the top 10 that stood out. It was quite the experience and a bit overwhelming with the selection that was available to us but we kept on sniffing until we each came up with our top contenders. The Mixing Then what I will call the aroma mixologist, for lack of better words, mixed our scents together in a way that highlighted our top picks. He concocted a few different variations to highlight certain notes. The Result......