Before the summer officially leaves us, I figured I should take a break from tiny house building to bust out my favorite sandals & play with some gel polish. There's something about blue-green polish that makes me into a total ...
Doesn't it seem like every woman between the age of 15 and 50 has a necklace with a bird on it? Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not hating on animal jewelry. In fact, in ancient B&B history, I had ...
The challenge of building a capsule wardrobe is simultaneously alluring and frightening. The idea of a capsule wardrobe, for those who don't know, is using a set number of garments and accessories for an entire season (or if you have commitment ...
Normally, when a high end cosmetic brand like Anastasia Beverly Hills releases a major eyeshadow palette, I can easily walk by it without being tempted. I have a few palettes, and I use maybe 60% of the shades included, so I ...
The title of this post pretty much says it all! I'm nostalgic for the good ol' days when we would post lists of things that were too deeply discounted not to mention. Instead of wasting your time droning on and ...
If you haven't been on Instagram in the last six months, you are likely unaware that sheet masks are the new... regular masks, and they've been elevated to "beauty must-have" by editors and confidently buzzed participants of Girls' Night Ins around ...
Here's a little bonus for B&B's friends in the parts of the world that aren't aflame with summer heat right now. The Lemon Collection is a site full of cozy knits leggings, socks, and comfy lounge gear. Now through July 23, ...
Here's a personal question: would you ever wear secondhand cosmetics? I have to cautiously admit that I am not... totally... grossed out by it? I mean, it's not like secondhand cosmetics are found at the bottom of a purse at Value Village and ...
The moment I saw that it was going to be pushing 80°F this week was the same moment I realized that I didn't have any flat sandals. I mean, that's a lie. I have sandals; one pair is covered in mirrored ...
Here I come with my Colourpop review, weeks after people decided they were oversaturated with this super-hyped brand. I swear 90% of the Colourpop reviews that I read are mostly exclamation points. People freak out about this brand! Not only is there ...
Today marks the first day of Shopbop's 3 day sale-sale. (That's "a sale on sale items," for people who are new to the #brokelife vocabulary.) They're allowing you to take 25% off of everything in their sale section, including new arrivals, ...
Nothing in the beauty world scares me more than eyeshadow. Especially dark eyeshadow like those involved in the creation of a classic smokey eye. My eyes are slightly hooded and have a tendency to look at little bit intense when they're all the ...
Let's not get too wordy about this because the Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale is a feeding frenzy for cheapies like us. Luckily, there are thousands of products in the sale with all sizes available from dozens of brands, so the chances ...
That means OFRA Cosmetics liquid lipsticks for less than $10. ($9.97, but still.) It's been a long time since I've hit up a flash sale site - remember those? AKA Pretty much the only place young, middle-class women shopped in ...
The gap between fashionable toddler and fashionable old lady have finally been closed. You can now wear 100% matchy-matchy and it's not only acceptable, it's fashionable. I'm someone who can't wear a blue shirt with jeans without feeling like I'm committing some sort ...
Bedrooms are quite possibly my favorite room in a house. They are soft and comfy but also really expressive and personal. As soon as I came across this celebration of faded earth tones and earth plants, I couldn't help myself ...
It seems like, no matter what season it is, my lips are at risk of becoming chapped. It's partially due to the fact that the weather is so hugely unpredictable that it can be dry as hell in the middle ...
At the end of my 20s, two goals have emerged with a new, fiery importance: keeping my skin in really good shape and always smelling good. The skin part makes sense because I'm dealing with dumb fine lines and wrinkles ...
Technically, there was no "Epic Bralettes, Round One," but there was a post documenting how I fell deeply in love with the wire-free life which I attribute only partially to Ilana Glazer's constantly visible cage bra in Broad City. The lingerie lust was ...
Like everything else in my life, I am perpetually late to the beauty party. In fact, it's so consistent that I can almost predict when I will finally understand how to use something based on the time it gets released. ...