It's summertime, so that means sandals and fun colors of nail polish! When I was little, painting my nails was always a huge deal because I'd get to dive into the massive plastic bin of nail polish that my mom had collected over the years. It was something that was saved for special occasions or as a special treat after various accomplishments. When it was time to paint my nails, I'd take each of the bottles out one by one and arrange them by color, size, brand, and …
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5 Beauty Musts for May
It's been quite a while since I posted a monthly favorites video and I've had quite a few beauty faves accumulating. So, for today's post, I'm sharing five of my current beauty-related favorites! …
Review: Hask’s Superfruit Healthy Hair Collection
If I'm being honest, I'm super picky when it comes to taking care of my hair and the products that I use. Hask gave me the opportunity to switch up my routine and try out their Superfruit Healthy Hair Collection and I'm absolutely loving it! For some background, I don't put much time into my hair routine and most days I just get up, brush it and go. It's rare that I use heat or product on my hair at all (I literally don't own a straightener and I've used a blowdryer …
BITE Beauty Lip Lab
I'm a sucker for a fun lip product, so while I was in NYC I stopped by the BITE Lip Lab on Prince Street in SoHo to design my very own BITE lipstick. This location is the only BITE Lip Lab in the world and when designing your lipstick you get to pick four aspects: 1. The color (of course) 2. The texture/finish. 3. The scent 4. The style of lid. …
Why I Chopped Off My Hair
Surprise, I cut my hair! I've wanted to cut my hair for a pretty long time. It had just recently gotten to the point where it was starting to get stuck in car doors and to be a little too Rapunzel from Tangled for me... but all of this was completely intentional! (The length I mean... not the car doors part.) You may be wondering... why on earth would I grow my hair so long? …
Nordstrom Beauty Trend Show – Spring 2016
This past weekend, the weather in Chicago was absolutely gorgeous and I had the pleasure of attending my third Beauty Trend Show at Nordstrom on Michigan Avenue! It was awesome to see so many familiar faces both on and off the runway. I've only been to the Fall Beauty Trend Show in the past, so I loved getting to see the Spring side of things! I'm loving some of the trends this season and I've linked all the featured brands and products from the show in this post! …
Target Does It Again – derma e
Let's be honest here, I'm a bit of a Target junkie. I go in for one thing and then 20 minutes later I find myself in line to check out with three more things that I discovered while roaming around. There are a few sections that I always hit up whenever I set foot in Target: office supplies, the dollar section (I’ve found some great stationery there!), the women’s clothing section, and the beauty aisles. Whenever I walk through beauty, I’m always overwhelmed by the seemingly endless options when …
Pinrose GIVEAWAY
Hope you're all having a very merry Friday, lovelies! I'm incredibly excited to announce that I'm doing a fun giveaway for all of you this week on my Instagram! I've teamed up with one of my new favorite perfume brands, Pinrose, to give away not one, but two of their travel petal packs! Each set comes with two packets of each of the ten Pinrose scents (and they all smell AMAZING)! JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. I've talked about …
Influenster Homecoming VoxBox
I got a fun package in the mail on Thursday... an Influenster VoxBox! I got my very first VoxBox last spring and I opened up my #HCVoxBox (Homecoming VoxBox) to find some great goodies to try out! I've included more photos and mini reviews of each of the items below so you can decide if you'd like to try them out too! Kettle Brand Potato Chips - Jalapeño These were alright. I'm not a huge fan of jalapeño flavored things in general, but I shared them with my roommate and …
Nordstrom Fall Beauty Trend Show 2015
This weekend I got up very early (a bit too early for a Saturday at least) and I headed downtown to Nordstrom on Michigan Avenue for their Fall Beauty Trend Show! I attended last year as well and this year was filled with even more fantastic products (all listed and linked at the bottom of this post) and representatives and/or founders from all the companies featured in the show. Nordstrom's regional beauty director for the Midwest, Kelly Edwards, acted as emcee and host for the show and she was …