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Sephora VIB Holiday Sale Haul
When Sephora has their VIB Rouge/VIB/Beauty Insider sales I take advantage. Beauty products are so expensive so when I can get them on sale it’s a huge plus. When the Sephora sales roll around I like to restock on some items and sometimes (often) try out some new products too. Since I am in the thick of moving, renovations, furniture buying etc. I kept my haul to 5 items. Sure, I could’ve skipped the sale, but where’s the fun in that? I restocked on Caudalie Grape Water which I aways keep stocked. I bought the smaller size this time around. I also picked up another tube of my all-time favorite mascara, Diorshow…
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4 Easy Ways To Create A Rustic Look For Your Living Room
Pexels So what exactly can we define as a rustic look? In an interior design sense, a rustic look is intended to have a charming and natural quality to it; often relying on rough textures and a deliberately unfinished quality. A rustic design will use old wood, natural colours, beautifully messy textures and vintage feels. Such a design often relies upon giving already functional objects different uses. (Vases made out of vintage wine bottles for instance)! If you’re looking for some easy ways to create a rustic vibe in your living room, read on! Pexels Exposed brick Exposed brick is a gorgeously rustic look for any living room space.…
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Distressed Star Sweater
Are you a fan of star prints? I am and coincidentally if you caught my ootd on my Instagram stories yesterday you saw that I was wearing a multicolor star print blouse which will be on the blog later in the week. This top, however, is not multicolor but white with black stars (solid and hollow) and distressing at the neck and hemline. A cool spin on a star print sweater if you will. I wore this out to dinner for my mom’s birthday at the beginning of the month. I styled my new lob with beach waves (still perfecting it and will share on here soon), wore black pants,…
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Oversized Striped Button Up
Are the leaves still gorgeously vibrant on the trees where you live? Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees here after the frigid last few days, sadly. I wish fall didn’t go by so quickly! But I do have a bunch of fall photos left to share with you all so I can savor the oranges, red, and golds for a bit longer albeit through photos only. The first outfit from my fall photoshoot with Lauren was an oversized striped button up, cropped jeans, and faux suede flats. And by oversized, I mean really oversized. The sleeves are big and flowy and the length is tunic length. I front…
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Rose Gold Star Sneakers
Do you own a pair of Golden Goose sneakers? If you do, then more power to you, but I personally could never spend $500 on a pair of sneakers that purposely look dirty! Aside from the scuffed up/dirty details I do think the glitter, foiled, and/or star details are super cute. So I was thrilled when a bunch of different brands and retailers started making dupes and look-a-like versions for a fraction of the price. I recently saw that Steve Madden’s version has that dirtied up look, which I’m not in to, but if you are in to it and don’t want to shell out the hundreds of dollars Golden…
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Wide Brim Tan Hat
When I was younger I used to always say “I wish I was a hat person”. And then one day as I got older I decided I’m just going to make myself a hat person. So in the winters I started wearing cute beanies and in the summers I might throw on a baseball cap if I need some shade on my face. Perhaps a cute little fedora here and there. Well, I’m really in to hats now. Over the summer I wore my wide brim panama hat quite a bit. Now I have a wide brim felt hat in tan! I pre-ordered this hat back in September and was hoping…
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Book Review: The Six Gifts – Part 1: Secrets
When I first saw the title of this novel, The Six Gifts – Part 1: Secrets, I wondered what it could be about. A memoir? A self-help book? Fiction? So it is fiction and actually of the magical realism genre and I loved it! I definitely got hooked on the book and wanted to keep reading to see what would happen. Now I’m going to have to get my hands on the 2nd book to see what happens! So what is the book about? Keep reading to find out! The Six Gifts follows Olivia, a woman in her 50s, who after a difficult childhood has now been married for over 30…
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#fbf View from Angel Island
Happy Friday! I could use a vacation right about now, but that’s not happening so I’ll settle for a flashback Friday in the form of a photo from my vacation to San Francisco back in August. This is a view from Angel Island. How amazing would it be to live in one of those houses across the water? Okay, that’s about all the pretending I can do since there’s still a day of work to get through before the weekend!
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Linen Cardigan + Double O-Ring Belt
This is one of those weeks that I can’t decide if it’s going by quickly or slowly. Part of me is thinking “wow it’s already Thursday!” and part of me is like “How is it not Friday yet?” It’s been a really busy week at work with the end of the marking period approaching which means lots of grading. Add to that the stress of my renovations and moving and my life is very chaotic lately. But on to stress-free matters – my clothes! I got this light grey linen blend cardigan with front pockets late in the summer. It’s technically labeled as a duster, but it hits at mid-thigh…
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Creating A Home Office That Your Guests Can Still Use
There are many reasons why your home may require a Home Office, you may have just taken the plunge to become self-employed full-time. You may need to work from home because of emergencies occasionally. Or you may be working on a project where you need a little bit of space to be able to get it off the ground. Even though you will avoid a worker’s compensation clinic, by being self-employed and working from home, which is a positive, not all of us have a spare room to turn into a home office. And we do quite often need to use that room for other reasons, such as guests staying…
