Friday Favorites | End of January

Hi! Remember me? No? I don't blame you. I don't think I've even gone this long without posting here on my blog. I think I will be doing a life update post soon explaining why I've been such a slacker lately. On a kind of positive note, I did film two videos and one of them was my beauty favorites for 2016. But on a not so positive note, after I was down filming I couldn't get my iMovie to work, and I ended up updating my computer software and then got myself into a big old computer mess. Needless to say, I was frustrated and have been ignoring the issues. I'm going to try to fix it this weekend or early next week so I can at least get the videos up that I filmed!

Back to today's post! I'm sharing some Friday Lifestyle Favorites (boring, I know!). So let's get into it.

Favorite on Netflix || I've been bing watching Shameless like crazy. I'm in season 2 right now and I'm really enjoying it. Although I did have an urge to rewatch Gossip Girl the other night, so that might have to be my next show.

Favorite Snack || I've been obsessed with eating date rolls. These are sooo good and I love the coconut sprinkles on the outside. Please excuse the stupid shadow in my picture of these, it was late and dark and when I tried to re take the picture it just didn't look as pretty being half empty.

Favorite Kitchen Item || Ok this is a kind of random and weird favorite to share, but my mother in law got me these awesome cutting boards and I'm slightly obsessed with them. The wooden part is made from bamboo and it has different plastic inserts that you pull out and can place on top of the bamboo. So it's basically a 5-in-1 cutting board and you can use the different colors or wooden part for different types of food!

Favorite Purchase || I bought a protein powder to put in my smoothies and it's the Garden of Life raw organic protein in the vanilla chai flavor. This stuff is awesome. It's all plant based and it's a very clean protein so there's no extra crap in it that a lot of protein powders have.

Favorite Quote || I absolutely love this simple yet powderful statement.

I hope you all enjoyed my Friday favorites! What lifestyle things have you been loving lately?

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

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 | End of July

Another week that flew by, and I cannot believe July is almost over!

I'm sharing a Friday Favorites today since I skipped two weeks in a row! Also, it's kind of weird that I did my monthly favorites yesterday, and today I'm doing a Friday Favorites. I guess I didn't think about sharing two favorites back to back, but I guess it's okay since the monthly favorites were beauty related and my Friday favorites are lifestyle ones. Ok, I'm a little sick of the word 'favorites' since I just typed it a million times, and will continue to type it 5 more times. 

And I have something exciting to share, which will be at the end of this post! 

Favorite Coffee Drink || I tried the new Coconut Milk Mocha Macchiato from Starbucks and it was soooo good. I know some people weren't interested in this because they don't like coconut milk in their coffee drinks, but I always get coconut milk in mine anyways because I don't drink regular milk. I really recommend giving this a try, it's freaking delicious! 

Favorite Recipe || I finally bought a spiralizer so I can make zucchini speghetti! I've been wanting one for so long! I'm honestly not a huge pasta person unless it's Mac and cheese. So I never make speghetti anymore, but it's sooo soo good with zucchini noodles instead of pasta. And a lot healthier too! I made it twice this week LOL! 

This is the spiralizer I purchased from bed bath and beyond. It's super easy to use, and affordable too. Unfortunately I didn't take a food photo. You can use any pasta sauce, I used some type of marinara. 

Favorite YouTuber || I've been watching a ton of videos from Laura's Nautral Life on YouTube. Her videos are awesome for anyone who's into more natural alternatives and products!

Favorite Netflix Show || I've been watching 'Skins' on Netflix. It's a British drama and I'm a little obsessed with everyone's accent. I was looking for a new show and this was recommend on someone's YouTube video of 'favorite Netflix shows' or something. It was a little hard to get into, but now I'm enjoying it. Has anyone watched this show? Let me know if you have! And also, someone please recommend me some more shows to watch!

Favorite Quote || You guys know I love to share my favorite quotes. Here's one for this week! 

I love this one a lot. Learning to embrace how I'm feeling, even if it's bad, it something I've been working on.

*Now for some news! Me and my husband are taking a vacation to California! We are leaving today so by the time you are reading this post, I'm probably already traveling. We will be gone from today until next Saturday the 6th.  This was a super last minute and spontaneous decision. I couldn't be more excited! My husband has been working a ton and hasn't had one day off since the end of June, so im happy he's able to take a vacation. We are visit some of hisfamily in LA for a few days and then we have some other plans in different cities. Definitely follow me on snapchat and my Instagram for lots of pictures!! I will be absent a little absent from my blog next week, but I do have a 'what's in my travel makeup bag + carry on bag' scheduled for when I'm gone. So expect a to see that video on Wednesday! I wasn't going to post at all, but since I schedule my videos in advance, I figured why not. I've always wanted to do travel type videos so now is my chance. I'll still be reading and commenting on your blogs while I'm away. I'm also going to be filming a lot and doing vlog style videos of our vacation, so expect to see that when I return! I'm skipping my July lifestyle post this month since I'll be traveling and I haven't had much going on at all until now!* 

Anyways, I hope you all have a great weekend!

I'm linking up with 

Amanda from Meet @ the Barre

Lauren from Style Elixir

Friday Favorites | Hello July

Happy weekend everyone! I skipped last weeks Friday Favorites post to do my June lifestyle post. It was a nice change, but I'm excited to share some weekly lifestyle favorite today. 

Favorite YouTube Video || I really enjoyed SarahBethYoga's video that she filmed on 5 Tips For Mindful Mornings. I am not a morning person. At all. And ever since I've been staying home, my night owl habits have gotten worse. I've been staying up ridiculously late, and sleeping in too much. It also doesn't help that hubby is on second shift (5pm to 330am), so I'm usually still up when he comes home around 4am and we've both been sleeping in. Back to the point- I really need to not sleep in so much and get up in the morning and utilize the day. This video had some great tips, and I can't wait to try them out. 

Favorite Essential Oils || I know I've been sharing a lot of oil favorites lately, but I can't help it- I'm obsessed! One of my good friends got me a Young Living oil kit for my birthday last week. It came with a diffuser too so I've been playing around with a ton of oils. My three favorites have been Purification, Stress Away, and Lemon. Purification and Stress Away have been my favorite ones to diffuse, and I like to add a few drops of lemon to each of them! Do you guys want me to do a post on my favorite oils and how I use them? Let me know!

Favorite Purchase || I shared this Lorac Light Source Illuminating Highlighter in Moonlight in a recent haul post. I am obsessed. It's so pretty, and I want all of the Lorac highlighters! This one is a bit softer than the ABH Glow Kit I've been raving about, and I'll have a review up in a few weeks! 

Favorite from Starbucks || Has anyone tried the new Granitas at Starbucks? They only sell them after 3pm (boo!!), and I loveee the Youthberry White Tea one! Youthberry is my all time favorite tea from Teavanna and this is is made with lemonade flavored shaved ice. It's so so good, and even if you aren't a tea drinker, give it a try because it doesn't really taste like tea. The Carmel espresso one is great too! 

Favorite Quote || I feel like I'm finding a quote for everything these days, but I love sharing them with you guys in these favorites posts.

What are some of your lifestyle favorites this week? Let me know in the comments! 

I'm linking up with 

Lauren from Style Elixir

Amanda from Meet @ the Barre