Switching to clean beauty products requires a bit of an adjustment period as you search for clean products that will hold up to your old favorites. Often “clean” mascaras can’t…
The Most Appropriate Outfit Wear to a Funeral
Updated December 3, 2023 Every once in a while, someone asks me what to wear to a funeral. My answer is, it’s complicated. When someone passes away, the family and/or…
A Beginners Guide to Clean Beauty Products
Beginner’s Guide to Clean Beauty Products This is a guide to help you learn more about clean products and how to incorporate them into your skincare routine and lifestyle. This…
17 Genius Ways to Save Money on Makeup
This post was updated on January 24, 2022 I love trying new makeup and skincare products. The “holy grail” is out there, I just know it! So I am always…
6 Easy Tips to Get Your Diet Back On Track After The Holidays
We all stray from the path from time to time, especially during holidays, vacations, and other events where our normal routines are thrown off in some way—and of course, there’s…
How to Reduce Holiday Stress: 12 Tips
2021 update: so much has happened since I wrote this post in 2016. We hosted lavish large parties, and attended many parties through the holiday season at that time in…
5 Holiday Traditions to Start Now
One of my favorite things about the Holiday season is getting together with friends and family and creating meaningful traditions that we all look forward to each year. We are…
7 Tips For a Perfect Christmas Morning
I couldn’t wait for Brooke to get old enough to come knocking at our door on Christmas morning excited to open gifts and see whether Santa ate the cookies she…
Last Minute Thanksgiving Side Dishes with Kim Bailey
*This post was updated November 18, 2021. We are so sorry to share that Kim passed away in 2020. His thanksgiving recipes live on here- Most Holiday feasts are built…
True or Faux? Stylish Faux Suede and Leather
In recent years, we have embraced faux leather, and now faux suede. Faux suede has been around for a long time—it used to be called Ultra Suede, back in the…