Love, Lipstick & Cupcakes: Luisa's Pampering Party

Last Sunday a couple of my closest friends and I threw our friend Luisa a surprise "mommy shower". We didn't want this to be your typical baby shower with cheezy baby shower games, etc. Instead, we decided to keep it very simple and intimate and make this get together all about her. We knew that she had been having a few stressful weeks so we thought that a girl's day dedicated to her would be a great idea. We spent the first few hours at a fancy nail spa around the corner from where I live called Bollinger nails. After our manis and pedis, we headed over to my place for brunch. We set up a brunch bar with a bunch of carbs like bagels, croissants, and muffins. As well as sandwiches, fruit and mimosas (Luisa's was virgin of course...at least I hope it was). The rest of the day was spent making cute baby girl headbands, getting our make up done by a professional MUA, and meeting up with our guys for an early dinner.

Here we are getting our manis and pedis. Can we take a moment to admire the beautiful storefront of this nail salon???? The inside of the salon was even more beautiful.

Yes that is me in the middle picking out what color I wanted to get my nails done....decisions, decisions....

I decorated a small dessert table so that she could feel extra special.

Isn't it pretty?

The star of the dessert table were these yummy carrot cake cupcakes my husband and I baked from scratch the night before.

Because this was a mommy shower and not a baby shower, we filled up a basket with goodies for Luisa. She went home with a basket full of makeup, magazines, bath products, etc. etc. Lucky girl!

Here is the brunch bar we set up for Luisa.......talk about carb overload. Why do carbs have to be so damn good????

Of course, we had semi healthier options such as turkey & pesto sandwiches on croissant bread as well as chicken salad sandwiches on buns. Oh yeas and berries.... (but I think we ended up using those for the mimosas...hehehe).

I was going to make her a cheesecake but I ended up making a no-bake mexican "cheesecake" called "Pay de Carlota". Btw...isn't my friend's daughter so cute?!