Vegan Dinner | New Rice Cooker!

I always find myself saying "You know you feel old when you get excited about a new appliance!"  I should start out by saying I am absolutely HORRIBLE at cooking rice. I don't know if I just can't figure it out, or if the rice-to-water ratio is just not right on the box! Either way, I finally decided to pick up my very own rice cooker! I found a recipe while stalking  reading the beautiful

Birchbox | December 2014

It's that time of the month!! Here is what I received in my December Birchbox!

Tarte Sweet Indulgences 3-in-1 Holiday Gift Collection | 2014

Talk about something beautiful that you really didn't need, but really really really wanted! When I saw this set on Instagram, I instantly went to the QVC website and ordered without hesitation. I mean really, just look at this. The set worth over $300, sold on QVC for a few days for around $59.

Birchbox VS. Ipsy | November 2014

It's my favorite time of the month! Both my Ipsy and Birchbox goodies came on the same day, which was even better. Here's a sneak peak at what came in my November box and bag!

Holiday Season Decor

I absolutely LOVE fall but I would be lying if I said I wasn't excited for Halloween to be over so I could bust out my holiday decor! We have a huge box full of decor that we can't find from our move so we went to get a few pieces to tide us over until that little booger is found! 

Maybelline "The Nudes" Palette | Quick Review

This Maybelline "The Nudes" Palette was talked about so much when it first came out earlier this summer, so I knew I wanted to pick it up and give it a try for myself. I did however

October Favorites!

Although I'm extremely bummed October is almost over, I'm ready to start decorating for Christmas! I do love everything about October though and boy oh boy have we had an amazing fall so far! 

Benefit "Cheeky Sweet Spot" Box o' Blushes

All hail Benefit and this absolutely amazing new 6 blush set. This is the first time Benefit has ever released something like this and I guarantee it won't stay in stock very long! I snagged the very last one at my local Ulta this afternoon.

Birchbox | October 2014

Happy Friday! I came home from work to find a pretty pink box waiting for me in my mailbox.  I know most people know about Birchbox, but until a few months ago I was not subscribed to their service. I have however been subscribed to ipsy for just over a year. I wanted to see what Birchbox was all about, even though I had heard reviews that it just fell short to ipsy.

Battle of the Drugstore Dry Shampoos!

You'd think that all dry shampoos are pretty similar right? Wrong! I've definitely tried my fair share of them, but here are my thoughts on these four shown!

IKEA "Alex Drawer" Dupe for HOW much!?!?

Ok girls. We've all seen them - The infamous Alex Drawers from IKEA that every beauty blogger raves about! I am fortunate enough to be about 15 minutes from an IKEA (I know, I know! So lucky!) but I still couldn't swallow the price tag for some drawers. 

A few days ago I was really thinking about taking the plunge and buying a set or two, but then I thought to type into Google "Alex Drawer Ikea Dupe" and I couldn't believe what popped up! 

First Halloween Decor / Halloween DIY?

This past weekend we stopped by Target, let's be honest, when are we not there? The Halloween section wasn't fully bumpin' yet, but we did manage to pick up a few goodies!

Ali Express Make-up Brush Review

We all know how important great make-up brushes are to the smooth and perfect application of all those products we love so much! That being said I was very interested in trying some brushes that are much more cost-friendly than most of the brushes out there. 

Fall Inspiration!

How. Is. It. September?! Today reached a high of 63 degrees and you best believe it, everyone is feelin' the fall vibes! Just wanted to get a smidge more in the zone and get ready for all the glorious things we dream about with fall!

Rimmel Stay Matte Lightweight Foundation

So I have to be honest, I was blessed with very good skin. I do occasionally get the "that-time-of-the-month" pimple, but that's about it. I have realized though, that I have a lot of un-even skin tones in my skin that can be easily fixed by a very light coverage foundation/bb cream/etc. I also tend to be on the normal/dry side. 

Coastal Scents: Revealed 2 Palette

I am SO excited to finally have my hands on this beautiful palette! After eyeing it online for a while, I finally decided to take the plunge and purchase it. Costal Scents was running a special that day (I receive their e-mails when they have deals on all of their palettes!) The original cost for this baby is $19.95, but they were having a sale and I snagged it for $12.95. Not much difference, but in my mind it made up for the shipping cost so it was a done deal! 

Anthropologie Inspired DIY!

We've officially been in our new place about two weeks and I knew as soon as we moved in that I wanted to create this DIY I had seen on youtube done by the one and only LaurDIY.  She had a bunch of bright neon colors incorporated in her strand, but I knew I wanted to keep mine pretty neutral.  I'm not 100% happy with how I have it set up right now, but I do absolutely love how it turned out!

June Favorites

Happy Sunday!

How is June almost over? I'm one of those people who count down the days left of winter, grasping onto any glisten of warm anything to keep me chugging through the snow. Now it's almost July and I'm wishing the days would slow down so that summer doesn't whiz by before I know it.

I've decided to jot down some of my favorites each month. I'm not sure what this might consist of; beauty, food, hair products, decor, randoms, etc. Knowing me they will probably just be a hodge podge of randoms! Here are my favorites for this month.

Calvin Klein Mascara

Happy Tuesday!

My birthday shopping sprees have unfortunately come to an end. (As they should, let's be honest.) However I am one for taking advantage of free birthday goodies. My boyfriend said I was one of "Those People" because most people don't ever go collect them. Not the case here!

Cheeky shopping trip!

I know everyone is guilty of it, but how long can the excuse of "It's my birthday!" really work? Although I think it's all subjective and we should wake up feeling like it's our birthday every morning, I used that excuse for my mini shopping spree today! (And it isn't even my birthday yet!) 

First Blog Post!

Hey guys!

My name is Elizabeth and welcome to my blog! I've been interested in blogging for a while now, but never really thought anything I had to say was interesting or that anyone else would ever want to read it. I still think that way, but I've decided to take the plunge into the blogging world anyway! 

This will probably end up being a word / photo vomit of everything I love and am interested in, inspiration, my favorite recipes and photos of my kitten, Binx. 

Please stick with me as I venture and figure this little thing out!

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