A favorite core memory of mine was my friend’s bachelorette party last summer. We stayed at this amazing Airbnb in Stillwater, MN and celebrated hard. We had a few spa treatments and the whole place – spa and bnb –…

I feel like brands have really upped their game in the acne breakout arena. Back in the 90s, Biore Pore Strips were all the rage for an emergency zit. Did they even work? I never had any luck. Teens now will never know the agony of a horrible breakout with…
In an effort to love my hair more, I’m trying to find easy ways to style it and make it cute. By easy, I mean literal wash-and-go styles. I typically heat style it straight or curly, but lately I don’t want to deal with it! I’ve been in the mood…
I’ve found myself reaching for a lot of the same things time and time again over the last couple months. A lot of these things are new to me and a couple have been in my life long term. All are worth sharing! I might review a few of these…
I was wandering around the mall today looking for some cropped jean jackets and other odds and ends to help complete a few of my summer outfits. I was also hoping to buy a new headband and thought I would have good luck at Ulta! Oh man, that place is…
My latest beauty obsession is this beautiful, putty-like cream blush that MAC came out with recently. I was visiting a friend in Madison, WI and when we went into the department store nearby, I saw a gorgeous display at the MAC counter. I bought Blush, Please that day. After I…
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Popping in for a real quick first impression review on a new jewelry line I’m loving! Jaclyn Hill, the YouTube makeup guru, just launched a line of fashion jewelry called Jaclyn Roxanne. I loved that there were choices for both white-look and yellow gold-look jewelry, and that they look like…
Can you tell my little sweetie is excited that Sephora is at Kohl’s now?! In the past several months, makeup has been a huge part of my self-care ritual. Let’s be honest though, when hasn’t it?! I have found lots of awesome products that I’m obsessed with that I think…
This time last year, I was on a total Fitglow Beauty Lip Serum binge, and you could hardly convince me to buy something that WASN’T that. I came thisclose to getting rid of a bunch of lipsticks in favor of only wearing lip serums ever again. In hindsight, thank gawd…
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