Post Tagged with: "Little Luxuries"

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Lavender Bath Soak

Lavender Bath Soak

Long soaks in the bathtub are both stress-relieving and relaxing, but I very rarely take the time to unplug and unwind in a bath. This quick, easy DIY bath soak is just the thing to up my self-care routine. I’m feeling more relaxed already 🙂 Ingredients: makes enough for 2-3 […]

May 14, 2014 × 0 comments

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Three Things: Tea (or Coffee) Mugs

Three Things: Tea (or Coffee) Mugs

Cup and Saucer from La Maison Angelina This is my all-time favorite tea cup and saucer, both because of it’s elegant simplicity and the wonderful memories of a family trip to the City of Light years ago. Another souvenir! I admit that I dragged the hub to a zillion Starbucks […]

May 5, 2014 × 0 comments

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Instant Pick-Me-Up: Red Lips and Tips

Instant Pick-Me-Up: Red Lips and Tips

IMHO, there is nothing, nothing* quite like a red lip and/or red nails to instantly elevate a look. Sweatshirts and a baseball cap suddenly look intentional and pulled together (rather than thrown on 2 seconds before dashing out the door). A few faves: Chanel “Dragon” OPI “Big Apple Red“ Nars “Dragon Girl” […]

April 18, 2014 × 2 comments

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Book: Total Yoga

Book: Total Yoga

Now, yoga – or rather the way my body hums after doing yoga – is one of my 10 Random Joyful Things, but I didn’t always feel this way. I admit, I used to think of yoga as “easy” and “a nice way to stretch, but not really exercise.” After a […]

April 2, 2014 × 4 comments

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Little Luxuries: Olive Oil Soap

Little Luxuries: Olive Oil Soap

To me, Little Luxuries are those small things that don’t cost a fortune – or anything! – but that never fail to bring a bit more shiny, happy Joy and Sunshine to my day 🙂 Ever since the fragrance of my go-to lavender soap changed – Don’t you hate when your favorites […]

March 19, 2014 × 2 comments

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Three Things: Tea

Three Things: Tea

Two Leaves Tea Company Orange Sencha Green Tea (I buy this in bulk from Amazon.) While out shopping and chatting with one of my closest friends, I commented on how teeny-tiny most nice tea cups are. Here’s the quick version of the convo: Me: “They only hold like six ounces of […]

March 5, 2014 × 4 comments

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Soft, Smooth Skin in 3 Quick & Easy Steps

Soft, Smooth Skin in 3 Quick & Easy Steps

I’m a huge fan of using natural oils as beauty products! They’re usually hypoallergenic, fairly inexpensive, and readily available in organic form. Plus, I think of it as going straight to the source, rather than spending tons of money on products made with only minute amounts* of the beneficial ingredients. Here […]

February 19, 2014 × 4 comments

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10 Random Joyful Things

10 Random Joyful Things

I adore this photograph of pink flowers against a blue sky. (Plus, I love flowering trees :-)) It’s easy to get so caught up in destructive “I’ll be happy when…” type of thinking that we neglect to notice the teeny tiny wonderful, joyful things that are already all around us […]

January 27, 2014 × 4 comments

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Little Luxuries: Perfume! On a Tray!

Little Luxuries: Perfume! On a Tray!

To me, Little Luxuries are those small things that don’t cost a fortune – or anything! – but that never fail to bring a bit more shiny, happy Joy and Sunshine to my day 🙂 Before I can tell you the story about this beautiful silver tray with gorgeous tortoise handles, I […]

December 5, 2013 × 2 comments

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Little Luxuries: Honey Lemon Candies and Tea

Little Luxuries: Honey Lemon Candies and Tea

To me, Little Luxuries are those small things that don’t cost a fortune – or anything! – but that never fail to bring a bit more shiny, happy Joy and Sunshine to my day 🙂 Go Naturally Organic Honey Lemon Candies & Tea Forte Lemon Sorbetti Organic Green Tea I love the scent and […]

November 6, 2013 × 0 comments

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Little Luxuries: Kate Spade Compact Mirror

Little Luxuries: Kate Spade Compact Mirror

Kate Spade Compact Mirror (available here and here) I really like the classic preppy quirkiness* of Kate Spade New York houseware and gifts. I really, really like the fact that the little beauty pictured above is engraved with the perfectly apropos “hello sunshine” 🙂 *Case in point: how cute is it […]

October 23, 2013 × 0 comments

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Interior Decor Book: Romantic Style

Interior Decor Book: Romantic Style

Romantic Style My interior design/decor style definitely skews towards modern minimalism: open spaces with few furnishings; color in small doses; practically bare counters and tabletops. While this book was a completely out-of-character purchase for me, something about the utter super feminine prettiness all up and through the pages just makes […]

October 4, 2013 × 2 comments