Wednesday, October 21, 2009

For Chocolate Lovers...

I'm back from my wonderful trip to my hometown, Chicago. While I was there my family and friends threw me the best baby shower ever! Check out the cake (those are baby Chanel ballet booties!) that my BFF Azeeza had made:



If you're in the Chicago area and need a specialty cake made, definitely give Delush.Bakery a try. Not only was the chocolate cake pretty, it was pretty darned delicious too! People were saying that it was a chocolate lover's dream.

Speaking of chocolate, I had the pleasure of trying jane iredale - The Skincare Makeup's newest lip gloss set, ChocohoLICKS. Not only is the packaging adorable, but the glosses are just as great. These glosses contain extracts of rich cocoa and coffee seed. Plus, they're enriched with avocado and jojoba oils, which helps nourish the lips during the fall season. Although the glosses are primarily sheer, they do provide just a hint of color. What woman doesn't love chocolate and lip gloss? It's like the best of both worlds!


Truffle, Caramel, Strawberry Cream, and Chocolate Orange Glosses available at www.janeiredaledirect.com for $44

**One lucky reader will win a box of these super cute glosses (a $44 value) perfect for the chocoholic! Just leave a comment and a winner will be selected randomly and announced tomorrow.

42 comments:

Becky said...

I would love to try these glosses. They seem so luxe!

hiphopmuse said...

That cake is absolutely adorable! I love the packaging on that lip gloss, looks edible lol.

Anonymous said...

That cake it toooo darn cute!! And that lipgloss packaging is too...

Joyce said...

Lovely cake. I'd love to try the lip glosses.

Sio said...

OMG CHOCOLATE!! That cake looks delicious!

Dania said...

The cake looks amazing! You have a good friend! I'd love to try out those glosses as well. They look yummy!

Bailey said...

Welcome back! You were missed. The cake is beautiful and so is the lip gloss packaging. I would definitely give these a try.

mimieyes said...

Wow! the perfect cake for you. It looks amazing.
Hope you had a great time.

DSP said...

Are you going to start a blog for chic baby girls????? :-) Luv the cake.

Bechemel said...

That cake was beautiful. Would love to try those lip gloss. A girl can never have too many.

B said...

How gorgeous is that cake! Awww!!! That lipgloss is awesomeness!

Brown Girl Gumbo said...

Unfortunately a few water droplets got on it because it was raining in Chicago that day. It was really good though and I'm not a chocolate fan myself!

Rebee said...

I would love to try those glosses! I'm glad that you enjoyed ur baby shower!

Bam said...

The cake looks too pretty to eat. Gald you enjoyed yourself

Pigskin Loving Lady said...

My lips want that gloss!! ;-)

tallMocha said...

I'm a chocaholic! Chocolate on my lips? puuuuurfect

Memphis, TN said...

I would love to be the winner and love following you on twitter...

T said...

I'm not into the glosses so much, but I wanted to say THAT CAKE WAS SO CUTE! I mean super duper cute. I loved it. I hope you had fun at home.

I'm so excited for your new addition!!!

Brown Girl Gumbo said...

@T - I had a WONDERFUL time at home!! I didn't want to leave. I did manage to eat all of my favorite foods while I was there. The weather wasn't great until the last day, but that was to be expected.

I brought my coat just like you suggested! :-)

Carmesha said...

I love your cake! The lip glosses are beautiful, I would love to try!

Lee said...

Love the cake. It is gorgeous. I would also love to try those glosses.

Product Junkie Diva said...

BGG welcome back. Ok the cake is just adorable!
You know I am just flipping over those glosses.....too cute!!!!!
PJD

Barbara said...

Wow, beautiful cake! I wonder if she does ship orders. As for the glosses, they look just adorable!

- Barbara ;)

K-Bear said...

What a cute cake for our up and coming Baby Brown Girl! I love it. I wish I could have been there. The lip gloss sounds fabulous...chocolate anything is a winner in my book!

NATURAL in the making said...

That cake looks so YUMMY!!! would love to try it....

Nicole Rogers said...

I wasn't able to get a piece of the cake but I did enjoy one of the booties. lol I'm still on a sugar rush! Can't wait to see you again and your new addition!

Shana Janelle said...

awww the cake is too cute! What a great surprise for you. I would love to try the glosses - not usually a HUGE chocolate fan but those are drawing me in for some reason - I think its the packaging. Good luck to everyone!

Style, via Tia said...

These sound like they are wonderful!!

Unknown said...

Congrats! Having a baby is such a blessing!!

This gloss is so cute!

Angelica said...

I hope I win, I hope I win, I hope I win... :) Great blog!

Stacy said...

Would love to win!!!!

Miss Happiness said...
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Miss Happiness said...

That cake is beautiful and I would love to try those lip gloss. I hope you enjoy your time in Chicago.

Miss Mika said...

Hi there mommy to be!

Glad that you were able to enjoy such a wonderful baby shower in your home town. That cake is absolutely beautiful! Your friend is truly talented!

CurlyKye said...

Oh how I miss Chicago. My sis & mom have a bday coming up...maybe I'll get them one of those cakes to split because it definitely looks delish!!!!

I'd love to try the lipgloss set. *Crossing fingers*

K. Rock said...

I want to try them!!

Brown Girl Gumbo said...

@Miss Mika - I wish that my friend made that! No, she had it made for me at a bakery! ahahah

Anonymous said...

That cake is GORGEOUS!! Yummy yummy!

Brown Girl Gumbo said...

The winner is B!!! Congrats! Pls email me your mailing address. :-)

erica said...

i want, is it too late to win??

Unknown said...

Those lip glosses look delicious!

TG said...

Fabolous lip glosses are a must for this brown girl.