Ever since we found out about Palo Santo, we've been interested in trying out similar incenses. We have smelled incense before and honestly didn't love them. Sometimes we find the scents overpower the room and make the space seem just too smoky. But since Palo Santo is technically classified as an incense and it doesn't do that, we are wanting to test out unique incenses. There are so many incense kits these days. You can see if sage is more your style or even test out diffe

Guys, Labor Day has come and gone. We loved Summer '18. It was a transitional point in our lives. We both are living in NYC now and we got to explore the all of the different neighborhoods together. But we are pretty excited that cooler weather is on the horizon! Fall to us means a few things, but one of those things is definitely PUMPKINS. We are wanting to count out desserts in our life and eat healthier. But come on? Everyone needs to splurge now and then. Especially with

Ritual : a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order Routine: a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program Lately, Darby and I have been thinking a lot about what it means to have a routine. We're worried about falling into a set of ways that can become mundane and hard to break — but at the same time, consistency can be nice. This lead me to ponder the idea of "ritual" versus "routine," and ultimatel

I recently got a projector and screen for my apartment!! *Squeals* I have seriously wanted one of these since I was in middle school. Just the idea of watching our favorite T.V. shows on such a big screen made me so happy! Almost everyday I would bring it up to my family that I thought it was the best idea. I would research and print out different projectors to show and review with them. We never ended up getting one. But those babies have still been in my head, which is why

We were introduced to this by someone burning this at work. I loved the smell and asked what it was. It was Palo Santo. Augusta smelled the scent recently and fell in love, too. It made us really consider buying it to make it our "apartment scent." You know when you go into someone's home and it just smells like them or it has it's own smell? We thought Palo Santo could possibly be ours. Now what is Palo Santo? They are wood sticks that have fallen from a fragrant Ecuadorian

If you are anything like us, you like to spend most of your weekends in your PJs having a lazy day. It's important for us to eat as many of our meals... from bed. While scrolling on Pinterest, as one does during a pajama day, we found a picture with quite the luxurious spread. You can totally have a tea party of one your next free weekend. We thought we could totally recreate that moment ourselves! You just need macaroons, cake, and fruit. We'll also highly recommend throwing

Iced lattes are great year around at least for the Labels and Lacquer girls. In the summertime, nothing beats an iced cold drink, which for us usually means a coffee. If you're trying to cut back on that daily $5 coffee expense— start making unique lattes at home. That way you can start a vacation fund so you can buy iced coffees somewhere tropical/exotic! Several of the recipes we found you probably already have the ingredients in your pantry. We'll admit there are few recip

My (Darby's) birthday is coming up. I'm a Leo baby and my birthday is happening on August 10th. When it comes to picking out desserts, the L & L girls take it very seriously. Being in New York, there are so many options of dessert places it's hard to narrow down your birthday treat selection. But you can use this guide to help you in case you are visiting the city for your b-day or if you already live here! Augusta decided early on she was going to get me the infamous funfett

We know what you're thinking — there's really no wrong way to combine pineapple, coconut and rum. And for the most part — we'd completely agree. But, in terms of consistency (and not taste) nailing the perfect slushy, but not too icy or chunky texture can be a little easier said than done. You don't have to own some super fancy blender to get the perfect piña colada, however, if you happen to have one — that probably doesn't hurt. Based on the research we've done it seems as

Doesn't watching a movie in the park sound like the perfect summer night? We thought so too! We did a little research and found there we several parks that screen movies all summer long for free. It is hard to find things to do in New York City for free. It seems very old school and nostalgic to us, sort-of like a drive in. The are various places in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island participating! We checked the list of parks that were screening movies and the mo