Secret Miracle Worker

++ GLAMGLOW Super-Mud Clearing Treatment++

For all you with not so perfect skin, like me, you needed this yesterday. 

Actually, last week. 

A couple weeks ago I took a trip to my local Sephora to buy a face mask hoping it would be the last step in my weekly process to getting pretty clear skin (aka as clear as my skin will get).

I was looking for something cheap-ish, but the skin artist who helped me told me I had to try a sample of this mask before I said no to the $69 price tag.

I took it home and used it that night after I washed my face with my Clearisonic and Origins face wash. 

It is a charcoal mask, and comes on looking like mud.. as it dries it made my skin feel a little tight and got a light grey color. 

The coolest, most official, but also a little gross, part of this mask is that while it's drying you can see these little holes opening up in the mask, which is just the product clearing out pores and absorbing oil. 

It was easy to take off, unlike some masks, and left my skin feeling refreshed.

Instantly, I saw no results, so I was not planning on purchasing. 

THEN, the miracle happened....

I woke up in the morning and ALL of my acne had gone away or decreased significantly. 

I felt like a babies butt, and didn't have to wear any time of make-up all day.

I didn't want to give in right away, and I was told by the skin artist to only use this 1x a week or as a spot treatment, so I knew I had to wait until the next week to make my final decision.

And the next week, the same thing happened again.

Even though $69 is a pretty penny for a girl like me, a little goes a long way and trust me, it is worth it. 

Food Do's

Since coming home from college for the summer I have been obsessed with all things food.
TBH, obsessed is a bit of an understatement..
But I mean seriously, who can blame me after nine months of the same d-hall food over and over.
All year I pinned hundreds thousands of beautiful looking food with recipes I was dying to try.
I have done a few of them, but usually I end up making my meals from random ingredients left around my house.
Here are a few of the noteworthy ones (and some meals out I just had to share pictures of).

++ The Best Kale Salad ++ 

DRESSING -->

1. Poor Honey Dijon dressing into a bowl (choose the amount based on how much dressing you need for the salad, since this is the primary ingredient)

2. Poor a smaller, but still significant amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the same bowl

3. Followed by the same amount, (or less, if you don't like the taste) of Red Wine Vinegar

4. Top of with some lemon juice

5. Mix until all liquids are blended together

SALAD -->

1. Take fresh kale and poor the amount you want into a bowl (I choose organic)

2. Take goat cheese and toss it into the bowl based on how much you desire

3. Cut up half a cucumber and cut the individual pieces into four, and throw those in

4. Choose a type of meat, I've done turkey, chicken, shrimp, and salmon

5. Poor the dressing and toss it all with a fork 

VOILA !! 

 ++ The Breakfast Club ++

(My mouth waters just looking at it)

1. Throw two eggs in the frying pan and cook them until the ends are a golden brown

2. Toast two pieces of whole wheat bread

3. Cut up an avocado ... Slice up 1/2 of it, and mash up the other half for different textures and place each half one piece of bread

4. Cut the sunny side up eggs in half and put one on each of the bread pieces

5. Add sea salt, pepper, and chile powder for flavor

6. Add fruit for a small side and here is the most fabulous breakfast.. it keeps you very full too! 

++ Suja Juices for Snacks ++

I, personally, could never survive a juice cleanse because my food is my other half.. but these Suja Juices are the most perfect snacks for a day spent running around. 

++ Ahi Carpaccio ++

Unfortunately, this is not my own work, but I know they have a decent amount of Cheesecake Factory's around the world and I just needed to share this with everyone. It is, legit, to die for. For a few days after my taste buds say a big "F YOU" to all other foods. It's just that good. 

Thursday Thoughts

The past few weeks I've been totally MIA, but first I was dealing with finals, then it was packing up my whole life into my little Jetta and unpacking it into room at home. It is way more challenging than you may think. 

Next on the list was to get my summer foundation.. one of my fav things to do to let my skin know it's finally summer. 

                                       SUMMER              SPRING//FALL           WINTER

Call me crazy, but I am a firm believer in switching foundations with the seasons. 

Why? I'll tell ya. 

Living towards the east coast, we experience some serious seasons. 

In the winter my skin may not see that beautiful sun for five months, meaning I have absolutely zero color to my skin and it gets that dull-ruddy look.. so not hot. So for winter I opt for the YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat foundation and it seriously is to die for. It provides amaze amounts of coverage which is really helpful for me since I wasn't one of those lucky people born with flawless skin. It is a thick foundation, which is why I keep it to the winter season.. I wouldn't want to walk around with my make-up falling down my face all summer. 

Since the spring and fall are generally the same where I'm from, I use the same foundations. Armani Silk Foundation is great for every type of skin, seeing as it was recommended to me by my Grandma. It truly feels like silk on my skin, so much that I continuously ask my boyfriend to feel my face when I'm wearing it, all while providing perfect coverage and being much lighter than the YSL. 

The foundation I just purchased for summer is the La Mer. It's the most pricey of the three but I don't think my skin could survive the summer without it. It is so extremely light I don't ever have to worry about sweating it off. The coverage isn't as intense as the YSL or Armani, but with some tinted moisturizer it does a hell of a job for the summer months. 

Although this is a pricey system I have going on here, it is so worth it, and my skin thanks me every season! 

Hair Answers

A little over a month ago during my spring break, I decided to do something fun and crazy with my hair. After looking at one million Pinterest ideas, I decided on a dramatic ombre. 

Dark and the top fading down to bleached blonde. 

The results were fab, and I was, and still am, absolutely in love with my head now. 

There was only one issue... and it was a BIG one. 

Every time I would shower, no matter what I did, my hair would dry rock hard.

Like literally, it looked/felt like straw you would see the cows eating in a farm. 

So not hot. 

I legit tried everything. I even splurged from my little college budget and bought fancy moisture surge shampoo, and had my mom send me everything she could possibly find to fix the problem, but nothing was working. I was completely lost. 

I ran out of my expensive yet useless bottles of shampoo/conditioner and decided to just get the cheap market stuff so I wouldn't have to spend any more money and I would just deal with my straw hair when I got home in a few weeks. And that's when a miracle happened. 

--> Suave Professionals Juicy Green Apple <-- 

This " cheap market stuff" literally saved my hair and basically my life. 

And heres what I did: 

1. First I lathered the TOP HALF ONLY of my hair with this delicious smelling shampoo and scrubbed it like a professional would. I didn't touch the bottom half, I just let it slowly drip down. 

2. Soaked the BOTTOM HALF ONLY of my hair in conditioner, and tied it in a low bun to let the conditioner soak. 

3. Continued on doing other shower things, like body washing and shaving. 

4. When I was all finished, I took out my bun and washed all the conditioner out. 

5. Put on my fav robe and towel wrap my hair while I moisturize. 

6. When finally done moisturizing (about 15 minutes), I take out my towel and squeeze two pumps of Moroccan Hair Oil in my hands and rub them together. I then rub my hands through the ends of my hair and done. 

I was absolutely in awe at the number this process did on my hair. I don't have to worry about cows chewing on my ends anymore, and my hair has seriously never been more shiny! 

I will be sticking to this stuff for a long time. 

Happy Shampooing

xx, T. 

What You NEED This Summer

I'm currently writing this while laying outside in the Courtyard in a bikini listening to my

 favorite cover songs (do yourself a favor and listen to this, this, and this), 

and fantasizing about all the fun I'm going to have this upcoming summer. 

I'm not going to lie, summer time has always confused me a little in the product department.

I learned the hard way that my fall/winter/spring make-up routine won't work in the hot summer days. 

But don't worry, my struggling has some positive too it, I can now help all those other girls struggling with what to buy this upcoming summer season. See! There's always positive. 

1. Summer is the season of showing skin, and this Fresh Body Polish will be the key ingredient to getting soft,  touchable skin. 

2. You've heard it before and you'll hear it again, you need Benetint in your make-up collection. It can double up as your cheek/lip stain, and it's light weight for summer. 

3. I was given this last year when getting ready for prom and it made my legs noticeable from a mile away. Put it on before a night out, and trust me, you will light up the place. 

4. This Josie Maran Bohemian Waves spray has some iffy reviews, but for me, it's the product I waited so long to find. Quick spray+scrunch, and I have the perfect just-out-of-the-ocean hair. 

5. These papers are life-changing. Since they're paper, they absorb some of the oils from your face, while dusting you with either blush, bronzer, or highlighter, depending on the color you choose. 

6. The Bobbi Brown Beach collection is everything you need with the perfect summer smell. It's all fabulous, but my personal picks are the body oil, and perfume. 

xx,T. 

A Little Inspiration...

This quote became my new computer background today. I don't know about all of you, but revamping my phone and computer background is super fun.. Weird? Oh, well. 

But really though, this quote speaks major wisdom. 

Wear red purple lipstick, buy some sundresses, flirt with boys. 

Cross your legs, don't burp in public, say please+thanks.

Don't EVER let a man undermine you. Who runs the world? Girls. 

And make sure you're working your A$$ off, and you can achieve anything. 

TOP PIECES - April 2014

1. These  Free People + Jeffrey Campbell boots are drop dead gorgeous. I needed them last week. 

2. Child of Wild Necklace that will literally make every outfit unreal. You're welcome.

3. Summer ready in Myee Kimono, and looks so fab as a dress.

4. Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black is about the best smelling creation from my most favorite people, MK&A. 

5. Spell Designs Mazzy Star Skirt comes in both nude, and black and adds feminine beauty to grunge.

6. My fav graphic tee brand Mate Vintage did the best job making a sweatshirt chic. 

7. We all know how I feel about Stone_Cold_Fox and the Bolas Dress is the best yet. 

8. These One Teaspoon Trashed Freebirds are every girls summer must-have jeans. 

Thursdays Thoughts

Can we just talk about laziness for like two secs?

I hate it.
But not in the way you might think.

I'm the first to admit I love my bed and I hate the gym.. but my goal in life isn't to be super muscular and fit. Tbh, I don't even care all that much about being toned. To stay somewhat skinny, I eat well, and that's how I choose to do things. Your way is a-ok too.
So that's not what I mean by lazy.
I mean talking about something you want so very bad, but doing nothing to get.

For example, my dream in life is to be a fashion designer, so here I am going to school majoring in fashion, taking three hour night classes that are absolutely not fun, but hopefully they'll get me closer to my goal.
In the meantime, I have a list of about 12,683 things I need right now, and to get that I work, and sell my old things on eBay, and by doing that I can slowly but surely remove some of those things from my need list.
See how that works?

My absolute pet peeve in life is when people say they really want something, but wont do anything about it. I also hate when girls say they want to be "a real housewife" when they're older. Like, boring.

Here are my tips on how to make each day as productive as possible:
       + Each morning make a list of things you could do that day
       + Underline the things that you absolutely have to do, and highlight the ones that you should do
       + First do the things that are underlined, and check them off (It brings a weird satisfaction)
       + If you have enough time to do some of the highlighted things, go for it. If you want to get back in
          bed, that is okay too, you did the necessities.

     And please do yourself a favor and get a planner! 
(I really think there should be a law that after a person enters high school they are required to keep an organizer)

My beautiful dog Tot's new haircut that makes her look more like a Chiwawa than a Yorkie

My new FAVORITE meal at the best new restaurant in Cleveland, Sweet Melissa's

That bagel has grilled salmon, fried egg, avocado, capers, and tomato. SO GOOD. 

Newest spring stable, found here. 

My guy and I at my sororities date party. 

Dress is this.

HELLO 2014

For the past two or three months I have been MIA, and trust me, I've missed this. But I mean.. college really wears ya out! Then a few days ago in my three hour long fashion class I was scrolling through my Pinterest, (like I said, every girl in a college lecture loves that thing) and I came across my favorite follower posting pins about blogging. In a three hour anything I am likely to get bored and lose focus so I started reading post after post about things people wish they knew when they started blogging, ideas for blog posts, and how to keep people interested. With that being said, I've decided I want to make this more of a lifestyle blog, because there's just so many things I want to share with the world! Fashion is my absolute passion, so don't be surprised if you still see a lot of that, but expect some other stuff too. That's fun, right? 

So here I am and I promise I am not going anywhere. 

Let's do a little recap of all my fav things that have happened in this beautiful new year. 

1. 

K.. so from previous posts you already know that the Olsen's are my absolute forever girl crush. I feel like I know them from the amount of stalking I do. When I heard Mary-Kate was engaged I was very happy for her, but not all that surprised since she's been dating that man for as long as I can remember. When I saw this ring though it was a different story. My friend texted it to me when I was in class one day and I literally screamed.. like people were starting at me. Although I don't think this would be my ring of choice, I don't think I have ever seen anything more elegant, classic, and all around beautiful than this ring. Absolutely perfect for my girl MK, so even though I may have been skeptical about this man before, he now has my approval (not that either of them care). 

2. 

Can we just take a second to throw it back to this years Oscars and just LOOK AT THIS DRESS. Ok so I'll be the first to say I've never really been obsessed with Kate Hudson. I mean she is beautiful and more talented than I'll ever be, but I mean fashion wise. But then as I was watching the Oscar pre-shows this year, she completely caught me off guard and made my jaw drop. Up to the point of seeing her, I was very disappointed with the fashion this year.. there didn't really seem to be anything to note worthy, and then BAM there's Kate. This dress screams sex without being inappropriate. It was easily my favorite of the night and moved Kate up to the top of my to-watch list! 

3.  

OIL PULLING. Have ya heard of it? If not, I strongly recommend researching ASAP. I first read about it on from my favorite blogger, FashionLush. (<--- seriously, go check her out), and I just had to try it. She goes on and on about the benefits of sticking this substance in your mouth, and swishing it around for 20 minutes, then spitting it out. Like sounds crazy, right? But I had to try it. I picked some up at Publix when I was in Florida for SB, and quickly realized that after the initial shock of a chunk of oil being in your mouth, it is really not bad and the 20 minutes goes by so fast. After my first few days when I realized I could keep this up, I did some more research, and literally there are too many to list. My favorites are: 

+ It whitens your teeth big time

+ Helps prevent bad breath

+ Has helped with some serious hangovers (I swear by it)

But for so many more, read about oil pulling here and here

4. 

Okay, lastly I have to talk about this book made by yet another one of my favorite bloggers, The Skinny Confidential. I had been seeing for months that this book was coming along, but honestly, I am not much of a book person so I wasn't thinking that much about it. Then it came out, and I decided to check it out on Amazon, and I just about died. At the time I was in Florida and my boyfriend was visiting his friends in Chicago. While I was sitting with my Grandma (who is my favorite lady ever, but that doesn't have anything to do with this story), he was out a bar and we were in a bit of a tiff. After reading the preview to this book I texted him and said, "Okay, fights over", something I would have never been caught dead doing before reading these few measly pages. It gave me this random confidence that made me think, why the eff am I wasting my time on this fight when I can be thinking about so many positive things. And just like that, I ordered the book. Now go and order it and tell me what ya think.