Macys.com has 15% off most beauty with code ULTIMATE starting today and of course, nordstrom.com has to get in on the fun and price match the deal with free shipping!
Enjoy!
Ahh, a charming escape. Is that what it is being here in California these past few days? An escape? I’m working remotely and have been pressed hard in my day job lately (I’m sorry! The blog has been taking a back seat because of this!). I took on some new accounts and they are kicking my butt but somehow, someway being in California makes it so much easier to think a little clearer, my work flows better, and I don’t feel like things need to be done now, now, now. The days are a little longer here which makes me feel a lot less stressed about needing more hours in the day to get everything done. It also helps that I’m closer (sharing the same home office in fact) to the person I love. Just listening to him breathe at night as he sleeps is something you’d never think I’d miss so much but I did
Dewey Bunnell was right when he wrote, “Ventura Highway in the sunshine Where the days are longer The nights are stronger Than moonshine You’re gonna go, I know”
The days really are longer, the sun hits a little differently here. You know he wasn’t talking about 101 in that song right? He was just talking about the vibe here. The driving down the highway with the sun glaring in your eyes aesthetic that is California. I think the best way to describe it is by speeding down R44 with the mountains on one side and the gorgeous ocean on the other. It’s just a state of mind, a visual of California at its finest. I think Ventura Highway was the same for Dewey as describing Main Street, USA if that makes sense.
I love New York. I bleed it. I was bred here, I was born here, I was raised here. But sometimes California visits make me dread going home just a little bit. A charming escape if you will…
Speaking of charming escapes!
That reminds me of why I was inspired to write this post.
Kiko Charming Escape Silky Blush launched on ulta.com! You can snag them for 20% off using code 989305. These are from the Charming Escape Collection. There are four shades total and they give me NARS vibes for some reason or another. I ordered Tasty Peach and Rose Garden for myself! So I can think of drives down a highway somewhere in California and remind myself of charming escapes away from New York where days are longer 🙂
These radiant blushes contain olive oil giving them a moisturizing and weightless finish. They have a gorgeous embossed floral pattern. It’s very different for Kiko as they tend to go with more circle pans for their blushes.
Kiko Charming Escape Silky Blush is available now at Ulta.
I sort of hate admitting that I’m old enough to remember sticker collecting and how obsessed I was with it as a kid. I feel like the fine art of sticker collecting is lost on today’s youth. Can we start a bring sticker books and stickers back movement? I’d be up for that.
Somewhere, deep in the depths of my attic is a little purple crate filled with stickers. This is either testimony to the fact I might be a hoarder, I really loved stickers and love having them around for nostalgic purposes, or I really am convinced that I’ll make the stickers come back movement a thing, and if I do I’ll have plenty of awesome to back me up!
Stickers were just by jam back in the day. Scratch n’ Sniff ones, puffy ones, 3D ones, ones from the Sanrio store, ones you could buy on sheets, and of course, the Mercedes Benz of the sticker world, Lisa freaking Frank stickers! A true legend. I mean, if your sticker book contained Lisa Frank stickers you were a total IT girl in elementary school! Those perfectly awesome pop art stylized images of unicorns, dolphins, pandas, and other kawaii animals splashed across a loud, bold, bright background really were the stuff that dreams were made of.
I remember having sheets and sheets of the damn things!
I always sort of hate admitting I’m old enough to remember stuff like that. I’m one of those people that wants to be forever young and when you compare how I grew up to kids today I feel ancient. I didn’t have an iPhone, several gaming consoles, and Netflix growing up. I had a sticker book and Barbies. And it was freaking awesome.
The Orly x Lisa Frank launched at ulta.com and I have to say it gives me all the feels in the world and brings back so many feel good memories (and it’s 20% off with code 989305).
Wakey wakey! Sale on! Stila has a rather good deal today! Get 30% off stilacosmetics.com with code TEXT30.
Benefit Blushes are back on sale! 40% off regular size and 50% off minis plus free shipping on any order with FREESHIP.
Enjoy!