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Congratulations Geri C. of Norcross, Georgia, you are the lucky winner of October’s Giveaway of the beautiful Red Zink Handbag. Enjoy!
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It’s the season of sharing, and we’ve got just the thing to share with you—an amazing recipe for Caramel Pecan Baked Brie with Kahlua. Unexpected and mouthwatering are the first words that come to mind when you lay your eyes on Amanda Henke’s (owner of Annie B’s Popcorn & Caramel) Caramel Pecan Baked Brie with Kahlua. What’s not to love about warm brie, melted caramel mixed with Kahlua and combined with the slight crunch of flavorful pecans? Perfect for a holiday cocktail party or a unique appetizer for New Year’s Eve. The best part is this recipe only requires a few ingredients and a super easy assembly.
If you’d like to share Amanda’s recipe for Caramel Pecan Baked Brie with Kahlua in your upcoming holiday features or segments, please contact frankie@hc-prgroup.com and include the credit information below along with a link back to Annie B’s blog.
Annie B’s has a 30 year tradition of making delicious handcrafted caramels and popcorn the old fashioned way. Annie B’s caramel is slow cooked in copper pots through small-batch cooking creating the most scrumptious caramels around.
Unexpected and mouthwatering are the first words that come to mind when you see Amanda Henke’s (owner of Annie B’s Popcorn & Caramel) Caramel Pecan Baked Brie with Kahlua. What’s not to love about warm brie, melted caramel mixed with Kahlua and combined with the slight crunch of flavorful pecans? It’s a little slice of heaven!
Whether you’re hosting a holiday cocktail party or want a unique appetizer for New Year’s Eve—you can and should build a party around this triumphant cracker topper. This recipe only requires a few ingredients and a super easy assembly. his is a festive showstopper to set alongside your crudités and party bites. Check out Amanda’s recipe below:
Recipe for Caramel Pecan Baked Brie with Kahlua
Ingredients:
1 refrigerated or homemade 9” pastry crust
1 – 13 to 17 ounce brie wheel
4 ounces Annie B’s Baking Caramel (1/4 block)
3 to 4 tablespoons Kahlua liqueur
1 cup
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
Crackers
Makes 1 baked brie.
Directions:
Leave pastry crust at room temperature until it unrolls easily. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat.
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Depending on size of brie wheel, you may need to roll pastry crust to a larger size. Roll from the center out so that crust is large enough to meet in the center when folded around cheese wheel.
Place pastry on prepared pan. Place unwrapped Brie wheel in center of pastry.
Melt caramel in the microwave in 15 second increments until melted and smooth. Stir in Kahlua until well combined. Fold in pecans. Spread on top of cheese wheel.
Bring up pastry over the top of the cheese wheel, pleating crust as you go. Beat egg and water in small bowl. Brush surface and sides with egg wash.
Bake for 20-30 minutes until pastry is golden brown. Let sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. Transfer to serving dish or platter and serve warm with mild flavored crackers.
Annie B’s has a 30 year tradition of making delicious handcrafted caramels and popcorn. Each individually wrapped caramel is made using simple, local ingredients like brown sugar, water, corn starch, butter, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk, inverted sugar and natural flavor. The result is absolutely scrumptious caramels. Annie B’s caramel is slow cooked in copper pots through small-batch cooking. Each piece is handcrafted with the exception of cutting and wrapping of the caramels. Annie B’s Caramels are all-natural and gluten-free. http://asweetasalt.com/2015/11/20/caramel-pecan-baked-brie-with-kahlua/
Link to full Q-tips tutorial on Pinterest: pinterest.com/pin/68729709850/
How-to steps:
Spread cheer this season with your very own DIY holiday card.
1. Start by picking a festive word and font. Print and cut out your word to use as a stencil.
2. Next, place your stencil on top of cut construction paper then dot glue inside the stencil, using a Q-tips cotton swab to spread the glue evenly.
3. Sprinkle glitter on top of glue and carefully remove the stencil, shaking off any excess glitter.
4. Finally, use a Q-tips Precision Tip or cotton swab to clean up the edges and it’s ready for delivery!
Link to Q-tips tutorial on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/pin/68729758743/
Next time you look down and see a dreaded scuff on your patent leather heels, try this style hack.
· Dip a Q-tips cotton swab in Vaseline and buff out scuff. Q-tips cotton swabs have a flexible stick so it’s strong enough to take on any scuffmark.
Pinterest post to go live this Wednesday, 12/16. Be sure to follow @Qtips!
How-to steps:
Need some last minute wrapping paper? Q-tips can help! All you need is some paint, hot glue, and Q-tips cotton swabs.
1. Take a Q-tips cotton swab, dip it in paint, then dot or draw on paper.
2. Repeat with multiple colors for beautiful and personalized gift wrap.
Q-tips cotton swabs are SRP: $3.29 for a 375-count pack and Q-tips Precision Tips are SRP: $3.29 for a 170-count pack. Q-tips can be found at Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Kroger and many other retailers nationwide.
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TV’s favorite Legal Analyst, Areva Martin (CNN, FOX, Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, The Doctors) and Shawn (Boyz II Men) & Sharonda Stockman Co-Hosted the Christmas Care Exchange & Toy Give-Away on Dec. 19 in Los Angeles. Thousands of great kids received toys and brunch and they had a great time! This Event benefited Special Needs Network & Micah’s Voice. Special friends like Emmy nominated actress, Patrika Darbo and local political leaders showed up to support the cause! This successful Event could not have been pulled off without the help of so many volunteers especially the fraternity and sorority girls from CSUN!
It’s not to late Give the gift of great skin this season with these amazing sets from KORRES.
Instantly brighten, smooth, and moisturize skin with KORRES Wild Rose Collection. First, uncover luminous skin with the dual-action Wild Rose Exfoliating Cleanser. Natural exfoliants rice grain, cherry stone, and sugar-citrus extracts blend with wild rose oil—a natural source of vitamin C that is clinically proven to improve skin’s overall radiance and texture with daily use, to leave skin cleansed and fresh while instantly brightening your complexion. After cleansing, apply Wild Rose Brightening 24-Hour Moisturiser to help repair the look of fine lines and skin discolorations. Imperata-cylindrica extract, derived from a desert plant, provides a full 24 hours of continuous hydration by regulating the moisture equilibrium of the skin. The result is a smoother, brighter complexion, naturally.
Soften and nourish skin with KORRES The Skin Soothers Nourishing Greek Yoghurt Collection. Greek Yoghurt Advanced Nourishing Sleeping Facial reveals softer skin by morning while Greek Yoghurt Moisturiser quenches dry skin throughout the day. Begin and end each day with the Greek Yoghurt Foaming Cream Cleanser to gently yet effectively wash away makeup and impurities while delivering a healthy dose of hydration and nourishment. Finally, soothe and cool skin while delivering a healthy dose of skin repairing proteins with Greek Yoghurt After Sun Cooling Gel.
Reveal your brightest skin yet with this one the go KORRES Wild Rose Travel Beauty in Bloom. Gently buff skin day and night the Wild Rose Brightening & Refining Buff Cleanser. Hydrate and restore radiance to dry skin with the Wild Rose 24-Hour Moisturising & Brightening Cream, and reveal brighter skin overnight with Wild Rose Advanced Brightening Sleeping Facial. Finally, immerse your senses and your skin in the velvety romantic essence of Japanese Rose Body Butter.
Designed to work with your skin”s nightly repair cycle, each one of these sleeping beauties in the KORRES Sleeping Beauties Overnight Treatment Trio is formulated to melt into skin while you sleep, delivering a continuous dose of intense hydration and potent, targeted active ingredients. You”ll see visible results after just one night. Get bright at night with Wild Rose + Vitamin C Advanced Brightening Sleeping Facial which works while you sleep to improve radiance while giving you smooth, petal-soft skin. Soothe while you slumber with Greek Yoghurt Advanced Nourishing Sleeping Facial, containing a rich Greek Yoghurt concentrate with two and half times more protein than regular yoghurt to calm and nourish skin. Lift while you drift with Black Pine Firming, Lifting & Antiwrinkle Night Cream, featuring a blend of eight unique active ingredients, five of which are patented to firm, lift & contour.
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A message from Butterfly Studios:
Butterfly Studio Salon Master Color Specialist/Loreal Professional artist Min Kim, in collaboration with Butterfly Studio Salon owner, Kattia Solano, introduces a new color trend to the market called Starlight Balayage.
Looking for extra glimmer this time of year? This new technique is a way to add a pop of shimmer to your hair without changing what you already like about it. Fight the winter blues by unleashing the star in you with the new winter balayage option that will light up your mane with a customizable, festive shimmer. For those that love more sparkle, that extra twinkle is achieved with a multi-star application. This technique is focused on parting & painting hair in the shape of a star – resulting in sparkly low maintenance color for the holidays and beyond. This technique can easily be adjusted to fit the level of shine (brightness/attention) you want to bring to your face or part. Keep it simple and subdued with one star at your face and/or part.
Whether you want to illuminate your favorite facial feature, create a face frame/frame the face, or show off a fabulous hair part – this technique can be easy customized for your preference and the hand-painted, free-hand sweeps of color can be as natural or pronounced as you wish. Butterfly Studio Salon highly recommends it for someone who hasn’t had color as it’s a comfortable place to start for the first time and an easy introduction to highlights. You can always go bolder later, or play with a look that fades to give just the ends more boldness. There’s so many ways to brighten up!
On the lighter hair example: This take on the Starlight Starbright technique includes multiple star patterned and pointed applications to achieve a more noticeable twinkle on the hair. The results are super low maintenance but just as dazzling. It’s another great way to balayage the winter blues away!
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