Category Archives: Wear This/Drink That

Tonight’s beauty and booze pairing features one of my favorite summertime flavors: Coconut! Get your skin in glowing shape with one of my favorite body scrubs so you can hit the beach with some Malibu. Cheers to coconut indulgence!

Wear This: LaLicious Coconut Cream Sugar Souffle Body Scrub

There is some silky, coconut oil infused magic in this tub. It smells delicious and leaves an illuminating sheen on your body after sloughing away dead skin cells with exfoliating cane sugar crystals. The all natural scrub also contains almond oil and vitamin e to leave your skin feeling extra nourished. LOVE it.

Drink That: Malibu Coconut Cargo

1 part Malibu Rum

1 part Vanilla Ice Cream

Cacao Powder

Shake without ice until fully emulsified and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Dust with cacao.

Let’s get real, vodka and lipstick are way better friends than diamonds. So, to celebrate a girl’s real besties (and yesterday’s launch of Three Olives’ Marilyn Monroe Strawberry vodka), I present this week’s beauty and cocktail pairing. Cheers!

Wear This: Love Goddess

One of my favorites from the MAC Marilyn Monroe collection, Love Goddess is a mid-tone pinkish red with a satin finish. I learned its origin during a recent class with Gregory Arlt (who I ADORED, by the way), MAC Makeup Director and designer of the collection. While spilling his red carpet beauty secrets, Arlt mentioned that this lip treat was inspired by a custom color he blended for Marilyn-esque knockout Christina Hendricks. The universally flattering strawberry shade looks best while sipping a matching martini. 😉

Drink That: The Marilyn

Three Olives’ latest flavor sensation combines the taste of strawberries with a hint of cream, in honor of the Hollywood icon. They also released an assortment of Marilyn inspired recipes including this sweet martini, aptly named The Marilyn:

2 parts Three Olives Marilyn Monroe Vodka

2 parts cranberry juice

Splash of half and half

Mix all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a strawberry.

New recurring feature alert! In the spirit of Martinis and Mascara, I’m going to spotlight a tried-and-true favorite beauty product of mine… along with a cocktail recipe inspired by that product, just for kicks. Since “Beauty and Booze” just didn’t sound right, I’m calling this one “Wear This/Drink That.” Cheers!

Wear This: Russian Red lipstick by MAC

One of those questions I’m often asked is “What’s the best red lipstick?” Trust me, I’ve tested just about every lipstick on the market, and the closest I’ve come to the perfect red is the cult classic Russian Red. It’s an intense bluish red (think Gwen Stefani on the red carpet), but not overly cool to the point where warm toned gals can’t pull it off. Russian Red’s highly pigmented formula glides on smooth stays put for hours with a matte finish. The universally flattering lipcolor also counteracts teeth yellowing and helps create the illusion of extra pearly whites.

Drink That: Russian Red Martini

1 oz Stoli Cranberry Vodka

1/2 oz Cointreau

3 oz POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice

Combine ingredients in a shaker and shake over ice.

Strain and serve straight up (in a chilled  martini glass, of course!)

*Please drink (and wear red lipstick) responsibly.

Fun Fact: Cointreau cover girl Dita von Teese is also an avid Russian Red fan.