Ashley Graham Gets “Real”

If you don’t know who Ashley Graham is, then you must be out of the loop. She is a fashion and lingerie model, a role model for women everywhere, and a woman who just so happens to be beautifully curvy. She is also one of three beautiful women featured in the upcoming swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated. This Nebraska native recently said that people needed to stop putting labels on curvy women. “You know, I don’t like to use the words ‘real women,’ honestly,” she said. “I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so […]

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Show Your Love Some Love

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and the time has come to really show your love some love. Despite the fact that some people think Valentine’s Day has become too commercialized with all the cards, flowers, chocolates, and heart-shaped gifts, Valentine’s Day is still a very romantic day! So I’ve compiled a short list of gifts that any woman would love to receive. Photo Source: Bloomingdale’s – (from L-R, clockwise) Deborah Lippmann Empire Collection Set, $24; Dior Addict Lip Glow, $33; Pandora Abundance of Love Ring, $45; Coach Mini Skinny Key Chain, $31.50; L’Agent by Agent Provocateur Demi Bra […]

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Winter Styles You’ll Want to Copy

The first and second big snows of 2016 have hit the East and I must say, I love it! I love the look of stylish winter coats, and like many other women, I try to incorporate the styles I see on the street into my own personal style. Right now, I toggle back and forth between my Harley Davidson coat and my grandfather’s railroad puffer jacket (which makes me feel like he’s always got his arms around me). But I also love the look of a classy coat, like these from Bloomingdale’s. Photo Source: Bloomingdale’s 1. SAM. Freestyle Down Jacket […]

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The Timeless Beauty of Adaline

“A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.” (Source: IMDb) Narrator: On December 31, 2014, a taxicab traveled through San Francisco, from Chinatown to Marin. The car carried a single passenger: a woman, her birth name Adaline Bowman, current alias Jennifer Larson. This is the first and last chapter of her story. (Source: IMDb) I recently watched The Age of Adaline, and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Like The Curious Case of […]

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Friday's Favorites: LUSH

If you’ve never heard of LUSH products, then you are missing out! Their products are made of all-natural ingredients, mixed with essential oils and spices, which make for some seriously luxurious hair, face, and body products. LUSH has shampoo bars, beard and facial care products for men, massage bars, conditioners, henna (hair color), body products like bath bombs, luxury bath melts, shower jellies and smoothies, body conditioners and body butters, massage bars and body tints, deodorants and dusting powders, face masks, toners, steamers, moisturizers, lip scrubs, balms and tints, toothy tabs, makeup, and perfumes. A few months ago, my husband […]

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