Month: November 2022

You girls know how big of a fan I am of the smooth sleek hair look and my favorite styling tools from ghd are on sale for Black Friday! They are offering a discount up to 30% off sitewide now through 12/1 and will have special daily deals throughout the week. I really love their Platinum+ 1 Inch Styler and was recently sent the Max Styler to try. Both are great high quality heat styling tools I think are essential in my hair styling routine.

I have naturally frizzy thick strands of hair which is hard to tame and the added Florida humidity makes it challenging for my hair to look smooth. I’m all for getting extra help with heat tools and some smoothing/styling products. The ghd flat irons have been game changers.

The ghd Max Styler is their wide plate flat iron. The plates are 2 inches wide designed

The holidays are almost here so I’m sharing some gift guides for those in need of some inspiration! Starting the gifting season with a more budget-friendly roundup featuring Gifts $50 and Under. I think these are cute ideas anyone would love to find in their stocking!

Gift Ideas $25 and under

Perfume Discovery Set // Hot Chocolates // Mini Jelly Set // Buxom Duo // Mini Candle // Mug // Sugarfina Mailbox // Mask Set // MAC Lip Minis // Dae Hair Minis // Cozy Socks // Mask Set // Shower Gel Cracker // Note Pad // NARS duo // Pat McGrath Minis // Hat // Tarte Set

There are lots of great finds in the $25 and under range. Lots of mini candles, mini perfume sets, travel sized perfumes. I think the mini eyeshadow palettes from Tarte are super cute and great quality. I love the Mini Tartelette Palette

I’m thrilled to see more neutral eyeshadow colors out this year and I love the new Makeup By Mario Ethereal Eyes Eyeshadow Palette ($68, available at Sephora and Makeup By Mario). It has 12 new shades with a mix of mattes, sparkly toppers and one finely milled shimmer.

I like a good sparkle topper and think the sparkles work well when applied with fingers in a patting motion. I did experience a lot of sparkle fall out when applying it but it’s easy to clean up and throughout the day I didn’t have much fall out after.

The mattes are super smooth, easy to blend, pigmented and I love every single color. There’s one shimmer shade which is a dark brown with silver and brown toned shimmers. I think it makes for a nice soft smokey eye. All that said I don’t think this palette is for everyone. The

Sharing a roundup today of some Luxury Gift Ideas that will elevate the home! I think these are universally loved and will fit into anyone’s home regardless of style or taste. You can find all of these available at Nordstrom. They have lots of great gift ideas at every price point.

Room sprays are such a great way to refresh the home. They are a nice alternative to candles and I finally splurged on the Jo Malone Lime Basil and Mandarin Room Spray which is a classic fresh clean scent. It’s one I think is a signature Jo Malone scent so unique and lovely.

I’m a huge fan of Diptyque Room Sprays too. They have very good throw and the scents have a high quality feel to them. Baies is a classic blackcurrant and rose scent I think everyone will love but Gingembre is fun for the holiday season.

Westman Atelier has some beautiful sets this year. The Squeaky Clean Vault ($228, available at Westman Atelier and Bergdorf Goodman) is quite the splurge with six new shades of the Squeaky Clean Lip Liquid Balm, all exclusive to this set. Today I have a look + swatches.

The six colors include:

• Parla – sheer sparkling gold
• Biscuit – neutral cool beige
• Ma Biche – cherry red
• Lou Lou – plum brown
• Snowy – sheer sparkling white
• Rudey Nudey – perfect nude pink

The Squeaky Clean Lip Liquid Balms are smooth and non-sticky. They have a nice moisturizing feel with a natural glossy look. They adhere well to the lips though without feeling like they’ll slide off. Colors pull on the sheer side in terms of pigment for the lighter and neutral colors. Deeper bold shades have more color payoff.

Swatches:

Swatch comparisons of the lighter shades to other formulas.