Brand Focus: Lush

For most women, buying shoes or nail polish is the go-to retail addiction. For me, it’s Lush Cosmetics. I’m seriously hooked. Every time I walk into the store, I’m sniffing all of the products like an over-excited puppy. Something about …

Toxic Friendships

When I started high school, all I really wanted was a big group of girlfriends to go on loads of adventures with. This secret wish was quite contradictory from my personality of keeping a small, select group of people to …

Late Summer Lakeside

With the start of September looming ahead, my sisters and I decided to play tourists in our own town and drive up to the lake for the evening. I’d been feeling down lately, caught in a daily routine of work …

Textbook Economics

It doesn’t matter what your degree is in university or college. At one point or another, you’re guaranteed to have business and economics experience. For example, if you’ve missed a lecture because of sickness (or sleepiness), you’ll have to think …

Empties: Beauty + Bath Products

There’s something so satisfying about completely finishing a product. I’m guilty of buying a variety to alternate and never seem to get the bottom of anything. When I finally finish something, it’s a solo victory that’s short lived, because I’ve …

A Routine of Change

I remember a saying that goes something like “If you keep doing things the same way, you’ll end up with more of the same.” I’ve probably butchered it, but it’s somewhere in the realm of tactfully explaining redundancy. The point …

The First Step

After five days of nothing but work, sleep, and (tons of) food, I finally had an evening to myself. And as I’d promised myself earlier, it would be the first day of my new workout regime. I clearly wasn’t thinking …

Back on Track

Lately, I’ve been slacking with my fitness and I know we’ve all been there. The temptation to be lazy during the hottest days of summer caught me and I totally lost all motivation for the past couple weeks. I managed …

The One That Got Away

This morning I woke up with a song stuck in my head. I’m not sure why or how this happens, but every once in a while, my first thought of the day isn’t even my own – it’s the words …

10 Reasons to Date Me

Last night, I went for dinner with a friend and after getting through the topics of school, work and celebrity gossip, the conversation turned to dating, as it typically does. “Honestly, I don’t think you’ll ever get married or be in …