October 2017 Beauty & Lifestyle Favorites
October 2017 Beauty & Lifestyle Favorites

Anyone else feel like October was five days long and gone in a flash? Just me? I still managed to test out quite a few new products and decide on some new favorites despite feeling like we were just in September last week.  I discovered a new foundation...

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5 Ways to Use Die Cut Stickers
5 Ways to Use Die Cut Stickers

If you're even remotely into the planning community then you've probably heard about die cuts. They come as either cardstock pieces or stickers (this took me way too long to figure out) to add larger decoration to your planner, bullet journal, or traveler's notebook....

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My Favorite Traveler’s Notebook Supplies
My Favorite Traveler’s Notebook Supplies

Although I'm still traversing the confusing world of traveler's notebooks, I have found a few favorite shops for supplies that make things a whole lot easier to get started and to settle in. Here's all my favorite places. For the notebook itself Chic Sparrow is my top...

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On Growing Up
On Growing Up

Description: I've been visiting a lot of college friends lately and it has me feeling a whirlwind of emotions lately. It's great to see them again, but a lot of them are still doing the same things they were doing five years ago. Everyone seems stuck. No one is moving...

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IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce and Miracle Water Review
IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce and Miracle Water Review

Prepare yourselves for a rave guys, because I'm downright obsessed with It Cosmetics Miracle Water* and Secret Sauce*. Here's why. I've been using The Body Shop's Vitamin E Toner for about four years now and never found anything quite like it until Miracle Water...

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Makeup Things I Should Have Been Doing Ages Ago
Makeup Things I Should Have Been Doing Ages Ago

I'm a full-fledged grandma when it comes to most things. My bedtime, technology, and definitely adapting new makeup routines. I'm also very much the same person who proclaims, "Why haven't I been doing this the whole time?!" after discovering something everyone...

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The Lifers
The Lifers

We all have those products that we reach for without fail. Sure we occasionally dabble with new things, but we always come back to the lifers. These are mine. The tried and true products that have never let me down and despite wandering away from them in an effort to...

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KAYLA BENDA

Amateur potter. Cat enthusiast. Sad poetry writer.