Wakey wakey my friends. It’s FriYAY! Are you ready for this? I am. As I said in my prior post, I’m so very tired of staying home all the time. I see so many people traveling and I’m NOT quite ready for that yet. We went to Rhode Island recently but we drove. Honestly, I dunno when I’m going to hop a plane but we’re planning Disney for my Birthday in the Fall (We go every year and I’m so so sad that we didn’t get the chance last year!), Paris, and possibly New Orleans as well.
I just wanna to do it all when I feel the safest though and right now with cases rising I’m not feeling so safe again!
I sure hope you’re having a great Summer but also, that you’re being safe. Take care of yourself, your family, and of course, others around you! I hope mentally you’re at your very best! And you’re keeping your mind and heart free from stress. I hope physically you’re drinking enough water and being active if possible.
Oddly this week I had some weird epiphany (Well, maybe not weird! It started with a friend being hurt over something and it rolled into a bigger thing across many different platforms I use!) to start unfollowing people across social platforms that didn’t support me. I spend so much time lifting people up, liking their content, commenting on their content, and they don’t return that at all. It’s sort of sad. Brands are particularly guilty of sucking all the likes and comments from a person but absolutely doing nothing in return. But also, people, creators, influencers, gurus, etc…, in general do this too and it sucks. This week I was like, ya know what, I think I really need to look at this situation. Am I bugging these people by following them? Maybe my comments are annoying? Would they miss me if I was gone? I finally concluded they probably wouldn’t even notice the lack of likes or comments from me at all and I couldn’t miss theirs since they never bothered liking my content anyway. So, yeah, mission “unfollow people that don’t support me as a person and a creator” was on like donkey kong. I think it sort of gives me more time to concentrate on people that do support me and enjoy what I do and I can have more time to enjoy their content and interact with them as they do me. I’ll readily admit it was harder with some people than it was with others. Because some people you start have this weird fuzzy line where you think of them as friends and in reality they are simply not that at all.
Am I making sense? Let me know ;-D
So yeah, my boyfriend is back in CA working and he’s been back every other weekend but obviously during the week it’s just me and sadly, my cook all the things mission has gone out the door. I was really enjoying those pandemic moments with him where I’d cook dinner every night. The panoramic made me into celebrity super chef. I was taking master classes online, I was reading food blogs, I was texting my best friend “How do you cook a turkey?” because Thanksgiving was scary (I never cooked one before!). I mean, I burn boiling water! I learned so much about cooking during lock down and I really had a great time with it. But when he left cooking for one person became less fun. Now I normally do a quinoa salad with grilled chicken most nights because it’s easy to make and I love it (I get that cheat meal in though! Chickie Nuggie Happy Meals are bomb dot com!) Sometimes I do milk and cereal in true frat boy living style. Muesli with cold milk, strawberries, and bananas just hits different after a long work day. But I recently discovered the Food Dolls and now I’m back to cooking again. I tried three different pasta bakes recently and ugh….so good! It’s just hard making it for one person though! I’m in love with these two ladies (they are sisters actually!). Their recipes are simple yet very tasty and easy to make! I made the Baked Feta Salmon on Monday and swoon! So good!
On to the beauty…or the skincare in this case!
This week I’m in love with….
Drum roll please!
Fleur & Bee Eyes Eyes Baby ($22) is slowly becoming my go to eye cream in the AM. I got a PR email about this recently and they offered me a sample but I don’t really like taking samples of skincare anymore so I went and purchased it myself on Amazon and it’s actually divine. I don’t recommend it for sensitive users because it does have a lavender fragrance. It’s quite thick, creamy, absorbs easily and seems to work great at depuffing my eyes and providing excellent hydrating. My under eye area looks so much more smoother using it.
Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Eye Cream ($39) is also really making me happy lately. You know I’m an absolutely h0r for anything Dr Jr Ceramidin. I was beyond excited that they went and added an eye cream to the collection. This is light but it hydrates very well! I’ll review soon as I only have it for a short time so more testing is required but so far so good!
Ok, alright, serious talk! If you don’t own Cheirosa ’71 Body Mist you need it. It’s pure caramel bliss! But…but….Brazilian Crush Cheirosa �40 Bom Dia Hair & Body Fragrance Mist…LIKE WOW! It smells so good. It’s sort of been my Summer weekend staple. It’s just sultry and delicious and oh la la I smell so pretty. YOU NEED IT!
And finally, Paula’s Choice Omega + Complex Cleansing Balm! AMAZING! Paula’s Choice is currently buy one item and get 15% off or buy two or more and get 20% off and please, please, go get yourself some of their cleansing balm. I can honestly say this is probably going to wipe out Farmacy for me. You know I love my Farmacy Cleansing Balm! But this stuff is soooooo good! Melts down to an oil, removes makeup so beautifully, and it never leaves my skin feeling tight or dry! You totally need it! Sephora.com also finally carries it!
And that’s this week’s love list!
I hope you’re doing well and staying well. I hope you have a great weekend. My boyfriend always says, “bella, find your calm” so, I hope if you’re struggling with something lately you find your calm and the peace within yourself. I hope you find courage to unfollow the people that aren’t supporting you. I hope you find new skincare and beauty to love. I hope you find the joy in the littlest things this weekend.
Please share your love list.
Happy Weekend friends!
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