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Palm Trees, Ocean Breeze, Salty Air, and Sun Kissed Hair....  We've put together a list of packing prerequisites for your Spring adventure....

Thank you to all of my friends and family for your kind messages on my birthday!  They brightened my day!  Over the weekend the sun was out and the sound of bird chirps sweetened the air, which made for a gorgeous birthday weekend!  I began my birthday celebrations with my best friend, Sarah, and her sweet family!  We had a fun day laughing over lunch, and shopping for Spring.  

With all this sunshine and happiness it's a must for me to wear bright colors!  I'm obsessed with kimonos!   I picked up two beauties this week.  The first is from francesca's and the other is from forever 21!  Both are steals for under $50!  For my lunch date I chose this bright peach kimono.  I paired it with leggings, a long sleeve shirt and a pair of classy flats! 

On our way to lunch and shopping!

On Friday, my mom and I had a daughter, mom date.  We spent the morning getting pampered at the spa and then had high tea at the Capitol.  

On Saturday, we had a family celebration and we made our favorite salad from the Cheesecake Factory.  I will be posting the recipe soon.   

Hugs and Kisses,

Krystle

Let the party begin.....  this weekend we are celebrating a very lovely girl.  Krystle will be making a wish that her heart dreams, and blowing out candles on March 14!  In honor of her birthday, we put together a fun and pretty birthday guide.  This guide is filled with lovely gift ideas that you can give to all your bff's who have birthday's in the next few months.  All of these gifts are great options that every girl would really appreciate.  From a personalized $5 gift to a luxe $150 gift we have an option that fits your budget.  Take a peek and click the links to shop the gifts you love the most.   

Silk Blend Scarf • Nordstrom I Large Monday' Crossbody Bag • Kate Spade I 'Volupté' Tint-in-Oil • Yves Saint Laurent I Eau de Parfum Spray • Tory Burch I Stop And Smell The Roses' Bangle • Kate Spade I Mug • Chapter Indigo I Dream Big • Etsy

What is your favorite gift to give?

Hugs and Kisses,

Tiffany

There is a new hair trend taking over Hollywood and it's called, Babylights!  This upcoming trend is actually inspired by our childhood hair after it had been lightened by long carefree days spent in the sunshine.   Take a peek at a picture of you between the ages of 4-7.  You will probably notice that your hair was lighter at the ends and had fine subtle highlights at the roots with brighter highlights around your face.  This new multidimensional trend is achieved by a process similar to highlights, and the ombre technique.  However, the difference is in the amount of hair that is placed in each foil and the separation between the foils.  Since Babylights, uses only a little bit of hair with smaller separations between the foils it creates a much softer look then that of ombre or highlights.  This new technique creates a beautiful and natural-looking color.  

I'm loving this trend because it is more of an au natural inspired look.  There is so much to be said about a girl who feels confident in her skin.  Of course, we might want to throw on a bit of mascara, or a little blush when were feeling pale, or, even maybe we're feeling a bit wild and want to experiment with a fun bright eyeliner color.  That is all great but at the core the most important thing is for you to know that you are beautiful despite what products you are wearing on your face or in your hair.  You are beautiful just being uniquely you!  This is why this new technique is so neat.  Babylights is inspired from your childhood days of playing outside with friends and just being you.  My favorite thing about this trend is that you get to look through photographs of you as a kid and then take that photograph into your stylist.  Your stylist then can recreate your youthful hair days.  

The main focus of babylights should be the baby-fine highlights around your hairline and natural part, with a delicate graduation of color that is two shades lighter at your ends.  Because this process is a bit involved we advise you to make an appointment with your stylist and discuss what accent shades would work best for your complexion and hair color.  As a rule of thumb, usually golden tones are ideal for those with dark skin, while girls with olive undertones should explore neutral tones and cool tones work best against fair skin.  

Go ahead and call your salon beforehand and ask them if they offer the babylights technique.  Remember, to also bring along a picture of you between the ages 4-7 years old, this will help inspire your stylist.  Obivously, if you are like me and were a blondie as child and now are a brownie you will want to explain to the stylist that you don't want a dramatic change but natural babylights, as if your hair was kissed by the sun.  The majority of your hair color should still be your natural color with adding only delicately highlighted accents to your overall look.   

A huge bonus of baby lights is that it's super low maintaince.  Since the highlights are fine and delicate they should seemlessing blend into your natural hair color as it grows out.  It is important to make sure you are adding moisture into your hair after being highlighted.  I love Matrix hydrating and smoothing shampoo and cream rinse.  It infuses just the right amount moisture into your hair and works on controlling frizzies while adding a pretty soft shine. 

What do you think about babylights?  Let us know in the comments below.

Hugs and Kisses,

Tiifany

We are very excited to share with you, our lovely readers (rosebuds), the debut of our Editors' Letter.  Our monthly letters will give you a behind the scenes look at what we are excited about in the office; from new projects to the latest trends to our favorite tutorials.  At the beginning of each month, we will share our theme of the current "issue" and what it means to us.  We're thrilled to give you a sneak peak of what features are in store for you on therosietoes.com.

March is a significant month at Rosie Toes because it is Krystle's birthday month.   Krystle's nickname that our father gave her, is Krystle Katheleen " you're my dream" and we affectionately refer to her as dream girl!  This month is also really exciting because Disney is releasing a new version of Cinderella and it looks magical.  The celebration of "dream girl's" birthday plus the release of Cinderella has inspired this month's theme,  March Dreams.  We think the theme fits like a glass slipper.   We have so many fun collaborations in store for our rosebuds.  This month issue is filled with lots of whimsical, romantic and dreamy posts.  We have a birthday gift guide that is filled with fun and pretty gift ideas to give to your friend.  We have a new installment of "Belle of the Ball" etiquette guide for your date night with prince charming.  This month we're sharing our favorite scrumptious recipes for movie night.   For all you fashionista's we are sharing the new hair trend buzz in Hollywood.  This issue is also full of inspirational fitness posts to get you motivated and in shape for Spring Break plus a packing guide for your warm weather vacations!!