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Culinary Kids Food Festival

February 22, 2014 By denise 6 Comments

I entered a contest hosted by Nichol Perez and won four tickets to the culinary kids food festival at the New York Botanical Gardens. The festival ran from February 17-23. The New York Botanical Garden is located at Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10458. It turned out to be a wonderful day to enjoy this festival as the weather in New York had finally warmed up.

I was so happy to attend this event and see all of the wonderful stations that were available for the kids to learn about food, plants and other fun activities. They was also a 1pm food demonstration.

They were five distinctive stations for kids to learn about different things.

1. The Tip-Top Pickle Shop
At the Tip-Top Pickle Shop we learned about the science and cooking behind food preservation. Experimented in chemistry kitchen to test acids and bases, and take home a recipe to make your own pickles at home.

2. Cheesemonger’s Shop
Learn about the fascinating process of cheese making and sample fresh cheeses you help to make. Learn about the animals behind the scenes and the plants they like to eat, and take an up-close look at the smallest cheesemakers of all—bacteria!

2.The Bakery
Learn the art of bread-making from seed to loaf, and grind your own sample of flour to take home and use in your own recipes. We got to see all different types of breads and learn about the process.

4. Spice Adventures
Personally, this was the favorite one We got to learn about spices that are harvested around the world from plant parts for their powerful flavors, aromas, and colors.

5. Make A Seed Envelope
The kids got to make their own seed envelope. The process included folding your own fun seed packet to take home delicious basil seeds, and learn how to grow basil indoors as a tasty sprout, or outdoors in your summer garden.

Crayola Virtual Fashion Show

February 9, 2014 By denise 18 Comments

On Tuesday February 4, 2014, I was invited by Vera Sweeney and Audrey McClelland to attend an event with Crayola to launch their new Crayola Virtual Fashion Show product and application. This event was held in New York City at Dylan’s Candy Bar.

This Virtual Fashion Show was happening the same time as Fashion week in New York, which made it even more exciting. This product allows our young fashion designers to get creative and express their talents using the wide variety of Crayola products. The best part is that they get to view their own presentations. First, they color and create with their virtual kit, then you take a picture of your creation with your device. Using your Crayola Virtual Fashion Show app it transforms the design into a runway presentation. Your kids will be stunned and delighted when they see their creations on the screen. There faces just light up. [Read more…]

Allure Magazine/Maybelline NY Master Class

December 4, 2013 By denise Leave a Comment

On November 20, 2013, I was lucky enough to be invited to the Allure Magazine/Maybelline Master Class. This special event was hosted by Sophia Panych and the brand’s makeup artist Gabe Almodovar.

What did we learn? We learned about what were the Spring Trends. Not only did we get to learn about them but we got to try out some of the Maybelline’s long lasting makeup.

So what are the Spring Trends:

Orange Lipstick-This was recreated using Electric Orange and Vibrant Mandarin which just had the right look
Metallic Smokey Eyes-As seen by Gucci this involved using Tatoo metal in Gold Rush 65.
Artsy Eyes
Bronzed Skin
Bedazzled-This was going crazy with the jewels but it made an impression
White Shadow-Use a shimmery white shadow in the mix as to make it blend in.

Check out the December Issue of Allue
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