Friday Favorites | Lifestyle

Happy weekend! Today I'm sharing some Friday favorites! I seem to have lots of lifestyle favorites at the moment, while I'm slacking on doing my beauty favorites for 2016. Helpfully next week I will accomplish doing it because even though I said this last week it's already almost the 3rd week in January, bere late than never? I'm going to stow promising now. Let's get into my my Friday Favorites!

Favorite Read || I'm currently reading the Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. I really enjoyed The Cursed Child screenplay when I read it last summer, so I've been pretty excited about this one too.

Favorite Food || Well, this is actually a drink, but same category. Why I'm not calling this 'favorite drink', I don't really have an answer for. Anyways, my husband and I both have been super into juicing lately. I borrowed my brother in law's juicer and it makes the most amazing juice. It's definitely way better than store bought juice (and healthier!), and I was so amazed by how good and different it tastes from the store bought kind. My favorite so far is oranges and apples combined, or just oranges by themselves. I'm honestly not even a fan of orange juice, but this fresh homemade kind has definitely changed my mind.

Favorite on YouTube || I'm getting back into my fitness routine and have started working out again. I've been loving watching What's in my Gym and Yoga bag videos on YouTube. It's kind of addicting and my nosey-ness comes out like it does when I watch What's in my Purse videos. I don't know why but I've found them to be my source of entertainment on YouTube recently. I especially have loved the Yoga videos, and have enjoyed watching Yoga Essentials videos too. Maybe I'll do my own video someday!

Favorite on Netflix || I've finally gotten around to watching the new Gilmore Girls revival and since it's one of my favorite shows, I'm definitely enjoying it. When it first came on Netflix, I was in the middle of another series and I don't like stopping during a series so that's why it took me so long to watch it. I'm thinking about watching Shameless next, has anyone of you watched it?

Favorite Quote || I saw this the other day and loved it. It's short and cute, and is a reflection of my thoughts right now.

What are you current lifestyle favorites? Share them with me in the comments!

Friday Favorites | Current Lifestyle Favorites

I haven't been the best blogger lately, and I've been seriously slacking on my posts these last two weeks. But I do have a few posts and videos planned for after the New Years, so hopefully I can get my shit together. I also plan on doing my top 16 or 2106 next week after Christmas is over, hopefully in the form of a video, but my camera is saying 'unable to record' at the moment.  I'm going to try my best to fix it, but if I can't I'll definitely have my yearly Favorites up in a blog post instead. For now, I'm just going to share some current lifestyle favorites since I haven't done a Friday Favorites post in a while!

Favorite Recipe
I've been trying my best to eat healthier lately because I've been eating like utter crap for the past few months. I've been making taco salad for dinner and lunch and it's been one of my favorite recipes lately. Probably not the healthiest (because Doritos, man) but still healthier than a lot of things that I've been eating. For this I cook up some corn, black beans, and green chilies (ground turkey for hubby), and add in some taco seasoning while it's cooking. Put the mixture on top of some lettuce, add a bit of cheese, some chopped bell peppers, crushed Doritos, and toss is with some taco sauce. It's so freaking good.

I've also been drinking smoothies like crazy. My absolute favorite smoothie consists of a frozen banana, almond milk (use regular milk or which ever kind you like), 4-5 pitted dates, a spoonful of peanut butter, and some cinnamon. Also so freaking good.

Favorite on YouTube
I've been loving all of these 'boyfriend does my voice over tags'. They are hilarious! My favorite one so far has been fromCasey Holmes I told my husband that we should do it, and all that got me was a look that said 'are you crazy?'

Favorite purchase
I have been wanting to read the Law of Attraction for soooo long! Hubby bought me some books as an early Christmas gift and I cannot wait to read this. I definitely think that is is going to be an amazing book to read going into the new year.

Favorite Quote
This quote is truly amazing and really spoke to me.

So this is it for my current favorites! I hope every one has an amazing Christmas if they celebrate!

I'm linking up with Amanda from Meet @ the Barre and Lauren from Style Elixir

Friday Favorites | Lifestyle

Hi! How was your week? Anything exciting happen? Tell me about it!

I'm sharing some Friday Favorites again this week, and I was trying to do these every other week or just once a month but I've been a bit stumped on my blog lately. I can't seem to be creative and think of anything good to post. If you guys have any suggestions or particular things you want to see (beauty or lifestyle!) let me know in the comments!

Today I'm linking up with Heather from Life in Leggings and Lauren from Style Elixir

Favorite on Youtube || I started watching Alyse from the Raw Alignment  on Youtube and I'm completely obsessed. Anyone who is interested in a natural lifestyle then definitely check her out. She lives a very minimal lifestyle in Hawaii. She posts about fitness, natural products, minimalistic living, healthy food videos, etc. She also made a Facebook group called Raw Alignment Community which is totally awesome, and a place where people can chat about all the kind of stuff that I just listed. I know not everyone is into this kind of stuff, but her videos are really amazing and really informative and she has a great mindset and point of view on things!

Favorite Creation || Last weekend I made some smudge sticks with my best friend out of sage and it was super fun. It was our first time making them, and she got some fresh garden sage from someone local who grows it. They were easy to make, but I think I might have use too much string to wrap mine LOL. Now I have mine hanging out and drying out so I can burn them. 

Favorite Gift || I have been wanting some crystals for so long. I have some tiny ones (pictured above with the sage) but I was really wanting more chunks of crystals. My dad has always collected rocks and crystals so he gave me a few small ones that he had. I got two chunks of Amethyst, and another one that I believe is Citrine, but I'm not 100% sure.

Favorite Inspiration || I've been watching a ton of Halloween Makeup tutorials on Youtube and looking on Pinterest at them too. I kind of want to film some tutorials, would you guys be interested in seeing some? No promises, as I've been really lazy with filming lately, but it's definitely something I'm considering doing!

Favorite Quote || I'm finishing up with my favorite quote for this week. I really loved this one and found it super inspiring and beautiful!

What are your lifestyle favorites this week? Let me know in the comments! Have a great weekend!

Friday Favorites

Hello and happy weekend!

Today I'm sharing some Friday lifestyle favorites for this week. Nothing too excited has been going on, but I do have a few things to share for favorites. 

I'm linking up with Amanda from Meet @ the Barre

Favorite Purchase || Hubby kindly bought me two books that I've been looking forward to coming out for a while. I've been waiting for the new Nicholas Sparks book called Two by Two for so long. He's one of my all time favorite authors, I've read all his books! And the second book is the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Sectets. I own the illustrated version of the first book too. Since I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, these illustrated versions are a must have for me in my book collection. 

Favorite Inspiration || I joined a challenged on Instagram called the 28 day self love and care challenge. This was created by Sophie Gray who is a fitness instructor and holistic nutritionist, I've been following her for years and have always admired her. For this challenge, we get an email everyday stating what our task is, and then we can post about the task on Instagram to be entered to win prizes throughout the challenge. So far the tasks have been super simple, such as stating some daily gratitude, writing in our journal, or go outside for some fresh air. 

Favorite on YouTube || I've mentioned before that Kayln Nicholson is one of my favorite YouTubers. She did a video on how to start a healthy lifestyle that I really enjoyed. I've developed some not so healthy habits lately so this was some good advice and motivation. She's also doing a video a day for the whole month of October! 

Favorite Snack || I've been obsessed with eating yogurt with a chopped up banana in it. It's been a go to snack for me or part of my breakfast everyday. My favorite yogurt is the Wallaby organic Greek yogurt in the vanilla flavor, and the strawberry is amazing too. If you're a yogurt lover, definitely try these out. I don't buy these often because I try not to eat too much dairy, so these are a nice treat for me once in a while.

Favorite Moment || Last Sunday my husband and I went to our favorite bakery for breakfast and then we headed out to our property to check and see if there was any pretty changing leaves yet. We also were going to stop by an apple orchard and cider mill but they were super busy, so we did a huge grocery shop instead! It was a fun and nice Fall day. Hopefully this weekend we will make it to the cider mill. 

Do you have any lifestyle favorites this week? Share them with me in the comments! 

Friday Favorites | Hello June!

Hello! Today I'm doing another Friday Favorites post, and it's the first one of June! I feel super refreshed that it's a new month for some reason. We've had really nice weather lately, and summer is almost here!

I'm going to share some more lifestyle favorites again this week, like I have been for the past two weeks!

Favorite Recipe App || I use to be super into finding new recipes on Pinterest, until I found the Yummly app! It has so many great recipes, and what is awesome about this app is that is lets you customize your diet preferences (ingredient likes and dislikes, vegan, vegetarian, what kind of dishes you like, etc.). It also has an option to add the ingredients of the recipe to a grocery list, and then it makes a grocery list for you! 

Favorite Snack || Staying on the topic of food for a minute, my favorite snack had been these sunbutter cups from free2b. Sunbutter is similar to peanut or almond butter but made with sunflower seeds and no nuts. It's SO good paired with chocolate! These come in dark chocolate and lik chocolate, both are super good but I like the milk chocolate best!

Favorite YouTube Video || I'm a huge fan on Kayln Nicholson on YouTube, and I've been watching her for years. She recently did a video called 5 Ways to get Fit for Summer without a Gym She had some awesome tips in the video that I can't wait to try out. Her channel is just awesome in general, so check it out if you haven't already!

Favorite Accessory || One of my best friends Stephanie made me a beautiful beaded necklace. She was wearing one that she made for herself, and I loved it so much so she made me my own that is similar. It's awesome and looks so great casual or even with a simple black dress! I totally think she should make a ton and sell them on Etsy! 

Favorite Discovery || Has anyone heard of the website called MochiThings ?? I was introduced to this also by my friend Stephanie, after she got this super cute planner from them that came with this leather case/wallet. I totally want one now! They have so many cute things! 

I hope you all enjoyed my Friday Favorites post! I might do a Foodie Friday next week to switch things up a bit, but I'm not 100% sure yet! I hope you all enjoy your weekend!

I'm linking up with Lauren from Style Elixir and Amanda from Meet @ the Barre !