Love the Airbrush Tans

I consider myself a modern woman. I am a self proclaimed Modern Single Momma, in fact. I love bookstores and yoga mats, Google and You Tube, my journal and my BlackBerry, playgrounds and social networks.

Being a modern woman I strive for that uncanny marriage between inner, spiritual beauty and outer, undeniable sex appeal. The British writer William Hazlitt once said,

“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.”

This week I am taking his order to keep the color in your cheeks as license to visit the tanning salon. Its been an incredibly gray August here in Oregon. It just doesn’t seem entering the Back to School season without a glowing bronze complexion.

If nature can’t give it to me, I know a place that can. I go to Bask in the Sun Tanning in Portland. I’ve been twice for an airbrush tan this summer already. (Its kinda like a Brazilian Wax, once you’ve had it, you love it and find miraculous ways to work it in to your monthly budget*). Stephanie who does the airbrushing at Bask is wonderful. I highly recommend a session or two in the Open Sun bed first because that seemed to help my airbrush tan last longer and give the best sun-kissed look.

I also want to warn you NOT to get a pedicure directly following your airbrush session. This is a no-brainer, but for women who rush around like I do, you might need the reminder. The last time I went in for an airbrush was right before my big trip to visit my Man in Moseley. I was getting all the necessary girly maintenance taken care of– wax, tan, pedicure, hair cut, hair color and I foolishly scheduled my pedicure for the same day as the tan, which wouldn’t have been a problem if the pedicure was in the morning and the tan in the afternoon (you should wait at least 12 hours before you shower or sweat after you get air-brushed). Needless to say soaking my feet in the bath and getting my calves massaged with warm soapy water and lotion did not serve the airbrush tan well at all. I panicked when I saw the results (it kidna looked like I had bronze bikeshorts on on because the color of my legs from my knees up was a dramatically darker color than from my knees down. If I had more time I would have called Bask and told them of my big mistake and I’m sure they would have rushed me back in their for an emergency repair. My plane was taking off in only a couple hours though so I had no choice but to pack more cute jeans in exchange for shorts and skirts, buck it up, and trust the man who said he was in love with me would not care about the mix-matched color of my legs.

At least the top half off me was glowing gorgeous with an all-over tan that rivaled Charlize Theron’s on the red carpet. (There is something to be said for feeling like a celebrity, even if its just from the waist up

Anyways, I can’t wait to make another appointment with Bask this month. This has been the rainiest August in Oregon on record for years and my skin color can testify to it. My Man from Moseley, is making a special trip out to Portland in September and the modern woman in me wants to make sure I’m sporting a delicious sun-goddess complexion as I tour him around all the bookshops and coffee houses around town. Who says one cannot wear birkonstocks with a fake tan? Not me.

Here is to feeling beautiful inside and out!

Information:
*Single Parents get special discount at Bask. Isn’t that awesome? Just mention Single Parent Specials or that you are a member of the iHeartSingleParents Social Network.
Visit Bask in the Sun Tanning on the web at www.BaskintheSunTanning.com
Call or walk- in to make an appointment 503 452 -0344 . 7117 SW Macadam, Portland OR 97219

Single Mom Gets Great Hair

Here’s is what every single mom dreams of: sexy, shower-and-go-highlights-do-the-rest hair.

Thanks to Alisa at Tiger Tiger Salon (who is a mother of triplets! and totally gets stylish no-fuss-dos) this single mom has a rockin new summer-worthy cut and color, and you can too (well, for all you Portlanders at least. Other web-based specials coming soon, so stay tuned no matter where you reside!)

Single Parent Specials subscribers can get $10 off cut and color services if you book with Alisa. Call the Salon today and don’t forget to mention SPS when you are in the chair! 503-282-1115 or email info@TigerTigerSalon.com

Live Your Happily Ever NOW

Single Parent Specials is about encouraging single parents to treat themselves to the life and style they deserve! It’s about getting single moms and dads out of the house to start living their happily ever now. It’s about inspiring single parents to take advantage of the fun events in their community, to get dressed up and go-out on the town, and connect to each other! However life unfolded to give you the single parent card, embrace it! Make the most of it! We’re here to encourage you to bring out the fun, sexy, joyful side of single parent life!

Contest: Win an i Heart Single Moms onsie or T-shirt!

We are launching our first newsletter this week and holding a contest to help us get the word out to single parents everywhere about the perks made just for them, made available by Single Parent Specials!

Its free for single parents to subscribe, and its full of fun, hip, valuable discounts from local and online boutiques. So what are you waiting for? Sign up and tell as many single parents as you can! The subscriber who forwards our newsletter to the most single parents, wins!

If you haven’t already done so, sign up…and start gathering your list of single parents. When the newsletter arrives in your inbox April 2, you’ll be ready to click the “share with a friend” button and that much closer to sporting your very own “i heart single parent” attire!

Thanks for your help in spreading the word! We are excited and I hope you are too!

Toddler Haute Couture with Free Shipping

When frilly, cliche-cute baby clothes won’t do, that’s where Snaps Couture comes in. For the style-savvy mom who wants her tots looking just as haute as she does, Snaps Couture have a wide variety of delicious onesies for baby boys and girls.

All Snaps Couture onesies are exclusively designed- you won’t find them anywhere else (you don’t want you little trend setter showing up at playgroup in the same outfit as another kid!).

Made of high-quality, comfy fabric in fashionable colors, Snaps Couture onesies are available in sizes 3 months – 24 months. We carry short AND long sleeve onesies, so your baby can be stylin’ no matter what the weather.

Single Parent Specials Subscribers get free shipping on their orders and also get in the drawing for a free custom designed onsie for their little one. Don’t miss out! The contest starts soon and all the info and promo codes will be in the first SPS newsletter, so make sure you’ve signed up to receive single parent perks delivered to your inbox.

Urban Mamas

We are so proud to be a Portlanders at the moment. We just discovered the Urban Mamas blog and are tre impressed!

Here is what they say on their site on the about page:
work. play. laugh. ask. vent. share. grow. learn. connect.

the way these mamas met embodies the very spirit of the urbanMamas community in Portland, Oregon. brought together by a yahoo group and eager to connect with other like-minded mamas, this core group of mamas found that they were often responding to one another’s posts on the group – meeting at mama nights out or at organized playdates at different playgrounds.

that was over three years ago, the genesis of this site. every day, we marvel at how much our community has grown.

Happy Valentines Day, Single P!

It may be contrary to popular belief, but did you know that single parents are the luckiest ducks of them all on Valentine’s Day?!

Why? Well, its simple: because we already know and get to experience the greatest love of all on a daily basis, and so we don’t need to beg, borrow, steal or settle for anything less than the very best!

When the timing is right to meet someone special and start the blended family thing, you are already way ahead of the game when it comes to understand how to give, recieve and share love.

If romance is what you are after on a day like today (and why not? romance is pretty great!) there are some cool single parent dating websites that might spark your interest. These are two we recommend…Check them out and don’t be afraid to send a flirtatious wink or two =)

Single Parent Love Life


Ask Me About My Kids

However you decide to spend you special day, know that the Single Parent Specials community thinks you are the greatest, and we are sending you the biggest box of virtual chocolates imaginable!

Toddlers of Single Parents REPRESENT!

Order one for your cutie at CafePress

Let’s Start a “Perks” Revolution!

Our dream is to sweep the nation with Single Parent Specials and start a “perks” revolution….How cool would it be if the “single parent discount” became as ubiquitous as the “senior discount!” Movies and Entertainment, Dining and Services, Shops and Events, all offering a discounted rate exclusively for single moms and single dads! We know you deserve it! And with your help we can make it happen! Lets get to it…Get the word out and sign up for the Single Parent Specials Newsletter and receive monthly perks delivered right to your inbox!

Single Parents Social Hour

Save the Date: February 15th at 6pm

Where: Bridgeport Brewery in the Pearl District

The i heart single parents Portland community is getting together for their first grown-ups only social hour! So line up a babysitter now and come grab a beer with us!