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three week review - youth to the people

These last few weeks, I was able to test out Youth to the People skincare line. First of all, we all know minimal design on glass bottles are obviously the sexiest packaging your eyes have ever laid on. Can you say something like that about skin care packaging? I just did. I've heard countless amazing things about this brand, so I wanted to try it for myself. First - let me explain how my skin works before you jump to the review because we are all made different! The first 20 years of my life, my skin was borderline flawless {THANK GOODNESS FOR GOOD GENES...

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just a tiny story about me, myself and food

Earlier this week, Andrew and I were intrigued by the latest and hottest Netflix documentary What the Health , which is a mostly one-sided view on meat and highly processed foods Americans eat every day and how it is deadly affecting our health. Yes, there are dozens of documentaries like this, and yes, a lot of them are biased opinions. This one in particular really caught my attention, so I wrote a status on Facebook the night we watched it: "People are always poking fun when they find out I don't eat meat at the dinner table and assume I...

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sun dress vs birthday suit

  it has been wildly hot and humid in good ol' dallas texas lately. the month of june is not messing around and i've found it hard dressing somewhat modestly while beating the heat and came to realize nothing will suffice unless it involves being in my birthday suit and hugging a gallon of blue bell. not socially acceptable, you say? fine. trusty sun dresses'll do. ;) this last week my oldest sister visited texas as a pit stop with her family. homegirl is moving from pennsylvania to southern california with two babies under the age of four, so a three...

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shop sunday favorites

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 my obsession with florals is no secret. i rely on dresses every. single. summer! so i figure i'd attach the few favorites i weeded out from the giant sea of floral dresses in the internet world right now. some of these might even be fun for fourth of july weekend! you can shop each dress with their matching link numbers above. i've already purchased three of the ten i shared! don't tell my husband...  happy shopping! xoxo

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