12 days of christmas

Expect twelve days of fashionable tips and neccesities for the long winter season over the next two weeks. French hens and turtle doves can only do so well on the runway.

on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me...

A honeysuckle flower.

Honeysuckle. Not just pink. According to Pantone Color Institute, the hot pinkish tone is the new turquoise. An optimistic and exotic color, honeysuckle is Pantone's Color of the Year for 2011. Once January comes around, avoid those winter blues with rosy pinks-err honeysuckles.

Bobbi Brown's Honeysuckle lipstick.

"The color says we need to be hopeful and think of things that can satisfy as many senses as we can." -Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone

Honeysuckle flowy dress.