Happy Holidays! I’ve got a stocking full of cozy favorites to bring you this month!
Beauty + Skincare Favorites
Braun Silk Expert Pro5 IPL Hair Removal Device – This device is no joke. I’ve had it for about a year and it has really made a difference! I need to shave way less than I used to, and I’ve noticed my hair is definitely growing back thinner!
LATHER Yuzu Bergamot Conditioner – I had a sample of this conditioner on a trip to San Diego in 2022 and fell in love. I’ve repurchased it a few times, and I always notice my hair feels more moisturized and bouncy when I use it.
Handcraft Loves
KNITTING!!!!! – I posted about this last time, but my love has only grown stronger. I keep wanting to try harder and more complicated projects. I’m making my best friend a hat now and I’m so excited to give it to her!
Ceramic Gingerbread Houses – Oh boy, y’all. I got myself into one hell of a holiday DIY this year. I bought like 20 ceramic houses from Target and Joanns, sanded them all down, spray painted them with Rust-Oleum Warm Caramel spray paint, and now I’ve had to paint tiny little details on them to make them look like iced gingerbread houses. They’ve been SO much fun but also a ton of work. The photo above is what my mantle looks like with all of them now, they’re so stinkin’ cute! WORTH IT!
Fashion Finds
Awe Inspired Aphrodite Pendant – I’d been eyeing jewelry from Awe Inspired for months before I finally decided to take the plunge on their Aphrodite pendant. The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli is my all time favorite painting, and I love that the pendant captures the beauty of Venus emerging from the ocean, just like the painting!
Miscellaneous Obsessions
NaNoWriMo – November was National Novel Writing Month and this year I participated and “won!” That means I wrote 50,000 words in 30 days! It was both harder and easier than I expected it to be. Did I write an entire novel of coherent sentences? Absolutely not. Did I love every minute of it? You bet!
Reading Corner
I finally started reading Kingdom of Ash and it is seriously so good. It’s ripping my heart out! Like I said last post, I’m so not ready to be finished with all the Sarah J. Maas books yet. January can’t come soon enough for that new release!
Streaming Spotlight
I’ve been listening to a ton of the Bad on Paper podcast! I love Rebecca and Olivia’s banter, and it’s so great to hear other writers talk so passionately about their craft!
Feasting On
Sticky Toffee Pudding is our #1 Christmas dessert. If you’ve never made it, you need to do so ASAP, it’s the perfect cozy treat!
What are you loving lately?
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