And the winner is...

Wildcats, we have some exciting news to share with you.  One of our very favorite bloggers, the talented and fabulous Bre, of BreBeauty, has honored us with a Stylish Blogger Award.  To say that we're thrilled would be an epic understatement.  We are beside ourselves.  Probably obnoxiously so. (Do I now sometimes make my friends and family refer to W&W as my award-winning blog?  Sure.  Am I proud of that?  No.  Well, maybe a little bit.)

In order to accept our award, we have to share with you seven random things about ourselves, and pass the award on to some of our favorite blogs.  Throughout the course of the day, we will post random facts about ourselves and at the end of the day, we'll share with you our favorite blogs.  We hope you enjoy!

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRE! We are so honored to be in your company!

It's time to lose your mind and let the crazy out

Last night, I received an email from my good friend Bre (of BreBeauty) urging me to watch and review Ke$ha's new video, Blow.

Wowowowowowowowow.

As usual, Bre was spot on; this video is ahhhhmazing and weird and on crack.

Unicorns. Muenster cheese. Rainbow guns. Shoot-outs. And best of all, pack member James Van der Beek. I don't think I could ask for more.

The sheer awesome-ness of video does the beg the question regarding Ke$ha's candidacy in the pack. I've avoided the topic because I'm so torn about the musical stylings of Ke-dollarsign-Ha.

Most pop stars come on the scene and they are so fresh and so clean, clean. And innocent. And probably only wearing tinted moisturizer and some clear mascara. I'm talking about Brit in Baby One More Time. And Christina in Genie in a Bottle. Its only after years of experience in the business that they start wearing body paint and glitter and singing about sex and dating Jake Gyllenhaal and breaking up with Jake Gyllenhaal and arriving on red carpets drunk.

Ke$ha skipped over the virginal newbie image and went straight for the edge. She's already hard. Already tainted. Already drunk.

This disruption of the circle of celebrity life bothered me at first. But I'm starting to warm to Ke$ha's effed up, glittery ways. She's not partying and drinking to escape the prison that is spotlight. She's partying and owning the spotlight. I respect it.

That, and her songs are just so damn catchy.

What are your thoughts? Should Ke$ha be in the pack? Should Vanderdouche be nominated for Pack secretary or something? And muenster cheese? Is it as awesome as they say?

GTL Thursdays: I'm so fresh I got a tanning bed in my house.

Confession: I don't actually have a tanning bed in my house. But Pauly D does. As does my friend's Aunt Lisa.

Confession: What I do have is a baller self-tanner. Or, as my college roommate used to call it, tan in a can.

I know what you're thinking: first,that self-tanners are crap and unnatural and unreliable, and second, Danielle is already brown--what does she need a tan in a can for?

Well, let me assure you that self-tanners have seriously evolved over the years. We no longer have to risk transforming into a streaky oompa loompa. Instead, we can successfully achieve a more subtle and natural healthy glow, or maybe a fresh-from-the-beach bronze. Let me also say that even ginzos like me--that is, people with an olive complexion--find their skin ashy and pale and depressed in February, and a little bronzer or tanner is the perfect pick-me-up.

Plus, it is a vital component of any respectable GTL.


In short: don't judge. Don't hate. And most importantly, don't knock it til you've tried it.

Recently, I took some self-tanning advice from one of my favorite bloggers, and newest member of the wolfpack, Breanna--of BreBeauty.com. After reading her review of the product, I bought Clarin's Self Tanning Instant Gel from Sephora.

As Bre promised, the results. were. amazing. Not streaky. Not orange. Not fake. Just healthy goodness.


You can read Bre's review of Clarin's here. While you are there, you'd be wise to check out Breanna's recent posts and archives. I particularly enjoy her "beauty don'ts"; her post about Seabreeze made me giggle. Just thinking about the blue/green astringent makes my face tingle with fear. (You know you used seabreeze in 1995. And you thought it was the bomb.) Anyway, I read Bre's blog every day. And I learn something every day. And then I usually tell all of my friends.

What do you guys think about self-tanners? Perfect pick-me-up for winter skin? Or Fake faux pas for Snooki wannabes?