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hi guys hope you're having a really good
start to your week I am really excited
to do a July favorites video this is one
of my favorite videos to do and you know
I really am looking forward to August
and all of the things that are going to
take place there but I had a bunch of
exciting things that I found this month
so let's get started
also I'm going to be sure to link
everything in the description below if
you want to do any shopping so
definitely check that out as well so
first I want to talk about this
traveling sweatshirt because I have been
looking for something that is cozy
something I can always put on on top of
anything I'm wearing especially if I'm
just around the house and stuff I really
needed a good sweatshirt for this
upcoming trip that I'm going on where
I'm gonna have like lots of campfire
time and stuff so I just want to wear
something that's a little bit cozy it's
been something that has been really good
if I'm a little bit chilly inside or if
it's like a chilly or summer night and I
think it'll be really good transitioning
into fall so this is actually like a
terry fabric so it's pretty light it's
not like a heavy thick sweatshirt at all
it just kind of feels like a long-sleeve
shirt but again it's just so cozy so
it's like a varsity cut you know one
thing I've really realized why I love it
so much is as a petite the sleeves
actually reach exactly where they're
supposed to they're not too long which
is usually the case or too short so it's
just been so extremely excited to have
this and I found so many ways to wear it
so far so a couple of ever Lane pieces I
want to talk about first of all the day
heals I've been wearing almost every day
this month you guys have probably
noticed if you watch these videos I've
been putting them with so many outfits
and talking about them a lot that's
because they are really comfortable and
they are casual to an extent for a heel
like they are still very dressed up and
they can dress up an outfit but they're
not too formal they're not like
stilettos or anything you can just wear
them and it just kind of preps up an
outfit a little bit so as far as comfort
a lot of people have been asking how
comfortable they are can you truly wear
them all day long well let me tell you
about like how they fit my foot so I
have a narrow foot and I got my true
size which is six and a half
would say that after about two or three
hours like I can notice that my feet are
a little sensitive in spots I do think
that these are a little bit roomy on me
which is good because I think it's good
for heels to be a little bit roomy
because your feet swell throughout the
day and you've got this cinched heel
which just pushes your heel and your
whole foot into the shoe a little bit
more so that's why I would suggest like
if you put them on and they feel a
little bit loose that's really what you
want but yeah I've been really happy
with ever lane and anytime I've had to
return or exchange it's been super easy
so no problems there I think heels or
shoes in general can be really tough to
nail on getting the size right on line
so this was pretty painless as far as
the returns and exchanges go so real
quick I just have to talk about how ever
Lane reintroduce their cropped tees I
had one white cropped tee that I got
from them last year and I wore it all
summer I wore it through the fall
through winter into spring and I'm so
happy that they restocked them because
I've had one t-shirt that I got for like
15 bucks and it lasted me all that time
so I've got a replacement white one and
I was saying that the fabrics a little
bit thicker this time around then the
one that I had it was more like the pima
stretch hat if you're familiar with ever
laying it the pima is like a lot thinner
so this one is a thicker one and then I
got the black one as well which is just
such another like classic color that I
can mix and match with different pieces
and I've been really happy with the
black one I love to wear cropped tees
especially these ones because they just
feel flattering to me they are really
great for if you wear high-waisted pants
I wear a lot of high-waisted pants and
so it just gives a really nice look and
balance to my outfit so next this month
I was introduced to a new brand which is
sisterhood and when I saw their brand I
just was like in love because it's
everything that I want my outfits to
look like but then it's also really
affordable they gave me a few pieces and
this was one of them so I wore this
piece in one of my videos from last week
so you guys can check
if you want to but I just really liked
this one in particular like I knew out
of all of the pieces that this was my
favorite this is the lolani blouse in
the color coffee polka
so polka dots would be why and I just
think that the color is very vintage and
beautiful I felt like the Polka Dot is
something that is still very organic
like instead of having a printed on dot
pattern this one is more like scattered
and just really unique I would say that
the fabric too is this almost textured
ruffle type and then of course the
buttons on here are something that all
of my sisterhood pieces do have which is
like this little dainty button so
definitely check that out on their
website to get more of a closer view of
that but overall this was the top that I
feel was an essential in my wardrobe
something I can always own that's one
thing that The Sisterhood brand does is
they want everything that they make to
be timeless so a lot of their pieces
actually look kind of like they're from
the 90s but you definitely could still
see yourself wearing them for you know
as long as you want to and for several
decades they've been so as I've
mentioned I have a vacation coming up
and it's actually like a family vacation
I didn't want anything that was like too
over-the-top but I still wanted to be
like the cool aunt
so I loved this one swimsuit that Jean
demas was wearing you know she's
obviously just so chic and put together
all the time and still very like classy
and feminine like I could go on but
honestly like she had this one bathing
suit on in her Instagram feed and I went
to go check it out like to see where to
find it like the brand and everything so
I found it it was Monday swimwear and I
got one but it took a while because when
she wore it it sold out so this is the
leopard Bahamas bathing suit and that is
from Monday swimwear and this was the
first time that I ever shopped from my
new swimwear they actually came
everything was really beautifully
packaged so it came in this beautiful
like white minimal reusable box that I
could have even the whole experience of
saying something like any day that
you're wearing a bikini on a Monday
a good day there's something like that
and so I was just really pleasantly
surprised by the whole experience with
that and that's pretty important to me
is like the brand experience
I liked that this was something that
kind of like you could pull up on your
hips a little bit I liked that it has
like the spaghetti straps and it was
really flattering up top I felt like
overall like this wasn't like I'm
wearing a leopard print it was kind of
still minimal and subtle this was
something that made me still feel like I
don't know put together and like I'm
excited to be on vacation so that's kind
of why I went with this and I'm super
happy with it I've also been talking
online with you guys about this swimsuit
because I shared it on my Instagram and
then some of you guys bought it too I
think overall a lot of people felt like
it has like good coverage on the butt
but you could still like make it look
just the way that you feel like it
flatters you the most and then also it's
got like cups and coverage and stuff so
I found one more swimsuit for my trip
and this is really like a fun thing to
wear too as far as one pieces go this is
having a lot of fun because it's got
these little ties on the top it is
really nice because it's got this like
scooped back which is really lovely I'm
working on my tan lines and they're all
over the place right now one thing that
was cool about this is that I don't have
to worry about these coming untied
because they're just an accessory but
they are sewn on so you can't like
remove the ties I mean you could
probably if you took it to the tailor or
just cut them off overall like this is
something that was kind of unique I felt
like the ties actually gave a little bit
more proportion to my body style and a
vertical stripe is really good for
petites as well especially if you feel
like you want to lengthen your torso at
all because this will definitely do that
with the vertical stripe one-piece
bathing suit because that's all about
the torso and making that look longer so
both of these bathing suits are actually
really good because they cover up the
butt really well which I feel like
there's so many bathing suits out there
right now that are just like this is the
season of the wedge and so it's been
kind of like challenging to find
something
that would be good around like family so
both of these ones did really well and I
think that I'm gonna have a lot of fun
so moving on to like beauty stuff I want
to start out with a cleanser that I've
been using which is this exfoliate
cleanser by Kate Somerville so I've used
Kay Somerville's products a lot in the
past like I've used her exfoliate which
is so amazing you just have it as a
scrub you put it on in the shower on
your back or your face and you do that
like once a week and that stuff is
amazing and I always keep that in my
shower
but the cleanser was really fun to try
so it's supposed to be able to still
have like the glowy effect but it
doesn't have drying effects at all like
some cleansers do it also has fruit
enzymes in it so that's gonna make it to
where your skin is just ready and
refreshed and ready to be able to like
absorb anything that is supposed to help
your face like any moisturizers or
toners that you put on next so that's
just something I've learned recently I
actually went and got a facial and that
was something really cool because she
was telling me about pumpkin enzymes and
how that just like opens up everything
and preps the skin so that's what this
cleanser has as well as like a pumpkin
enzyme as well as some other fruit
enzymes so yeah like anytime at skincare
always do your own research I'm not an
expert in that but I've loved Kate
Somerville's products and I've been
really happy with this one also a bit
about my skin is I have like more oily
skin and I still want to be like
cautious about wrinkles and stuff so
that's kind of where I'm at right now so
a toner that I've been using this is
really good this one is from the body
shop it's called British rose
it's petal soft gel toner and it
actually has real rose petals in it from
Britain so this has been really fun to
be able to just put on my skin after I
cleanse and before I put on moisturizers
and I always have a surprised whenever I
use a toner how much makeup and debris
is just still on my face any time that
I've ever cleanse my face and so having
a toner has just helped me a lot to like
balance my skin make sure that I'm
helping like any dark spots or anything
like that and this one has been very
cooling like it since it's a gel I'm
able to put it
cotton pad or whatever and like blot it
on my skin and it just kind of cools
things down so I've been really loving
that so far this next piece was actually
in my purse video so I can link that if
you guys want to find like what's in my
purse that was a fun video to put
together I've been loving this Burt's
Bees ultra conditioning lip balm so I've
always tried like Burt's Bees and
chapstick and everything and as someone
who has just ridiculously dry lips all
the time even in summer
I'm just really ticked off so I've been
using this one and I just love it so
much so I was supposed to be able to
have 4 hours of moisturization and I
think that's pretty true like obviously
just like any lip gloss or lip product
it's hard to keep stuff on your lips but
I would say that my lips have felt
moisturized for that long definitely I
have noticed a big difference
the kokum butter I've been learning a
little bit more about and that's been
really helpful too so as you guys might
know by now I have been on the search
for a better mascara I really liked the
glossy a one that I found last month for
like an everyday look but as someone who
really likes to have like a full mascara
look I was really happy esday actually
recommended this one so I tried it out
this is the Lancome monster baked
mascara and I was just like really
impressed because it does have just a
really big volumous voluminous look that
has been really fun and also I've been
looking for one that does not smudge
because I tried the better than sex one
and that was my only complaint with that
one is that I just smudged a lot and I
would tape a video and I get all like
heated talking about clothes and then
all of a sudden I've got all of this
smudges down here and that was not cool
so I was really happy with this one I
now only put on mascara on the top
lashes lashes not the bottom ones and
I've also been really happy throughout
my day putting this on like it doesn't
leave me with a tired look after a few
hours so I've been just so happy about
this and I can't share more pause
reviews and this like I am completely
obsessed with this mascara and I know
when it runs out I'm gonna buy some more
so finally I wanted to talk about
podcasts because there's one in
particular that I've been listening to
all month long which is the raw milk
podcast by beth kirby i've been
following along on her local milk blog
for a long time now and just her
beautiful photography has always caught
my eye and it's been really interesting
to learn more about her and her own
experience while she's been doing all of
us and her podcast has really opened my
eyes to a lot of that stuff so she's
been interviewing a new person every
single time about creative
entrepreneurship and so that's been
really interesting because i feel like a
lot of creatives they have the same
struggles and the same battles of you
know different things like a work-life
balance or just feeling motivated or
getting past a certain writer's block
and aside from all the logistic stuff so
she really breaks all that down and
talks about those issues with these
people and it's just been really great
and inspirational it's been just like
something chilled to listen to at the
same time even though it's about like
business and entrepreneurship like those
podcasts sometimes get really intense
and i'm not always like ready to listen
to an entrepreneur podcast but this one
has been like more low-key and laid-back
and fun to listen to and relatable i've
just been enjoying that so much Zak's
been listening to it too and it's just
been really encouraging and
inspirational all together I like to
listen to it too like while I'm trail
running it's been really fun to just
think about that and like what she's
talking about then like how exhausted I
feel so listening to podcast has been
something I've been doing lately while
I've been exercising also she's been
talking a lot about different things
like Instagram YouTube different social
media and blogging and so I think of a
lot of people on this channel who watch
this like you guys have your own
Instagram and YouTube accounts and stuff
and so it's been fun to like listen to
it for that too and just think about
those things because that's definitely
her ballgame yeah it's been really
inspirational ok guys I hope that you
have
an amazing July so far and I just really
am excited about what August holds but
it was fun to be able to talk about all
the things that really helped my life
and I hope that if you pick up any of
these things that you really love them
too and I'll see you guys on Wednesday
bye