TGIF! Do I start off every Royal Round Up like that? It's a nice long weekend for me -- 6 days off to be exact and I'm so excited! I have a summer Friday today, took off on Monday because I thought I was going away and then off for 4th of July on Tuesday & Wednesday. I'm hoping to relax, get a lot of s…

Another month on Weight Watchers has come to a close ... and next month it's my 1 year anniversary. That is super crazy to think about because it feels like I just started this journey a little while ago. My progress this month was better than previous; I lost a few pounds and gained one back. I don't stress o…

Pinterest is a secret gem of blogging, creating, and everything that comes along with living an online life. I've been preaching Pinterest since it's creation in 2011; not to pat myself on the back, I'm pretty sure that I was one of the first people to be on Pinterest back in 2011. I remember like it was y…

This post is brought to you by Her Campus Media & Clarisonic. All opinions are my own I've been very lucky in the fact that I always had really nice skin; I've always taken care of it and I think I owe a lot of it to that. Since I was a tween, I was obsessed with using anti-acne products to keep my skin cl…

We are pretty much halfway through the year at this point and I'm so excited! I feel like I've been starting off all my Royal Round Up posts with that sort of language. Summer officially started this week, I had another article published on Popsugar and 4th of July vacation is just around the corner -- I'…

Happy OFFICIAL first day of Summer! It feels like it's been summer for a few months but it really only started to warm up within the past two weeks or so. As I've said countless times before, I'm excited about this summer and there's a lot I want to do. I won't ramble too much but I now present you…

I can't believe I never wrote a review on this book -- it was a really good one and it completely got lost in the shuffle! "The Woman Next Door" is such a typical suspense novel name and is written by Cass Green who also wrote 'In a Cottage in a Wood' . I can't remember if I read this book f…

Nowadays there are always new beauty products being released from all different brands -- heck, there are new brands popping up every day. It's almost too much to keep up with, to keep track of but it's also really exciting. With every launch comes a new innovation; brands are always coming up with something t…

This isn't the traditional manicure Monday because I'm not wearing any of these polishes at the moment (as I'm writing this I'm without any polish!) but these are my favorite summer colors. Thursday is the first day of summer so this week is dedicated to all things summertime! It's not my favorite …

TGIF! This week was super long and I'm so happy to have a summer Friday today. It's Thursday and I'm writing this and I'm so exhausted -- it's always Thursday nights that are the toughest because I'm coming down from the week and know that it's almost over. I have a busy weekend ahead of me…

There was a moment in time where I wasn't buying a ton of beauty products. I had taken a massive break after being consumed by my collection and I knew I didn't need any more items. I also was less than impressed with whatever was happening in the industry. However, with the end of winter and the start of new …

This was a book I got in a Book of the Month and one that I was a little skeptical about. " When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most of them are just ecstatic to have discovered that their baby monitors reach that far. It’s a r…

I feel like I usually don't play into super trendy fashion; I've always kind of walked to the beat of my own drum and would only participate in a trend if I liked it. There are people that will wear something only because it's trending but I don't put myself in that category. For example, a few years a…

I've been loving the Grease Collection from OPI and really want to get my hands on more shades, but for now, I want to talk about the 2nd shade that I purchased. I mentioned Frenchie Likes to Kiss in my last Grease OPI post  but when I tried it out, I solidified my love for it. I love a good lavender nail color an…

This was a very long week and I'm happy it's over. Everything just dragged on and there were some little things that really annoyed me but it's the weekend! Another reason the week sucked is because Kate Spade died. I wrote my post a few hours after I found out (and just posted it later that night) and I d…

I can't believe I never did a post on this book! I read it one sitting a few months ago so that is probably why but I figured with the premiere of The Bachelorette last week, what a better time to review! I was super excited about this book, called 'Bachelor Nation', and ordered it on the day it was relea…

I sit here blinking away tears and trying to get rid of the knot in my stomach but I simply cannot. The world lost a lot of color today in the form of Kate Spade, the founder, and mind behind my favorite brand. Spade took her own life and that in itself seems like a cruel joke. How could the vision behind such a color…