Pink of Perfection

It was a brutally hot day, and despite best efforts to the contrary, including a striped top and a crisp white circle skirt, our heroine was melting into the blacktop of the Brooklyn Flea. But lo, hark! Spotted in the distance was an oasis of sorts. There, tucked between the vintage tin signs and 1930s feed sacks was salvation: Brooklyn Soda Works. She felt too wilted in the punishing June heat to dilly dally with otherwise delightfully sounding flavor mash-ups like salty plum or jalapeno grapefruit. She needed pure refreshment, and fast. A cup of fizzy ginger lemonade was pulled from a rigged-up cooler keg combo (”How do they do that,” she wondered?) and placed before her. A few sweaty dollars seemed a small price to pay for such an expedient rescue mission. She sipped, she sighed, she was saved.

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“Live What You Love” letterpress print on etsy by hijirik

Chantelle Nicole Designs is offering a $40 gift certificate to one lucky Pink of Perfection reader to use in their shop of of sweet and lovely hand-stamped silver jewelry.  Enter to win by leaving a comment about what makes you feel your prettiest by Sunday, March 14, 12 midnight EST. One winner will be selected at random, but everyone else is free to use this 10% of coupon: POP10

In an effort to raise awareness of their cause, One Village Planet–Women’s Development Initiative is giving away a free 2-ounce jar of pure, deeply moisturizing shea butter that can be used to treat dry, chapped skin anywhere on the body. Proceeds from Just Shea are used to buy protective boots, gloves, and coats for the women in Ghana who harvest shea butter as their sole source of income — 30,000 of whom are fatally bitten by poisonous snakes each year. To enter to win, leave a comment about a random act of kindness you performed or that you were the recipient of by midnight EST, Friday, December 18th. US mailing addresses only. And for those who don’t want to take their chances, Just Shea is offering free shipping for the holidays.

And the winner is….

Congrats to Brooke!