Casual Work Environment Outfit - Stripes and A Blazer

I put this outfit together for a casual day at work. The striped top and colored blazer add interest while still looking out together. I find that nice fitting dark jeans make the look work appropriate. 

Top - target

Blazer - JC Penney 

Jeans - American Eagle

Shoes - Tory Burch from Nordstrom 

Bracelette - Alex & Ani

New Products - Eclos

I found these bad boys at ulta on a buy one get one free sale this weekend. I have been looking for an inexpensive face wash and have been contemplating trying the oil cleansing method. So these two products really peaked my interest! 

I have never seen this brand before but it is made by Freeman. Both of these products work with my very sensitive skin with no breakout or sensitivity issues at all. 

These products won me over just reading the boxes. They are free of the following nasty ingredients:

-parabens

-sulfates

-synthetic fragrances  

-synthetic dyes

-mineral oil

-petroleum

These products are also full of healthy ingredients for your skin! Here is a picture of the side of each box, showing off it's positive ingredients. 

So far the cleansing oil is a sure fire favorite for me! Just put one pump onto your hands, rub the oil directly into the skin (over makeup.) It dissolves anything you currently have on your face so that you can rinse off the oil and you will be left with a smooth fresh and hydrated face! I totally recommend checking this line out and this week at ulta is bogo free! One of the best deals that will probably be on these products!

Let me know if you currently use or have tried anything from this line!

A Journey to Self Employment

I saw this graphic on a friends twitter and instantly heard the song playing in my head. If you are not familiar with this particular song then you should look it up on youtube! I am not a huge country music fan, but these words resonate with me. 

Time is the most precious resource that we have, even more precious than money or any possession you may have.  Life is a one shot deal. Everyone gets one run to do as they please. 

Through most of my adult life I feel like I have been wishing for something different or something better. I have never had a fulfilling job that I enjoyed for longer than six months. (I have held jobs for much longer, but lost almost all interest in less than half a year) Graduating college in 2009 and trying to find a job was one of the more difficult times in my life. Although I started a job this December that I am very grateful for, I still feel like I have not found my calling or true passion. I am almost 27, and this scares me. I realize that I may not be destined to do AMAZING things, but it would be very nice to have an occupation that I don't stare at the clock all day waiting for time to tick away. I feel especially conflicted wishing away the minutes because I know there will be a time in my life where I will look back and wish that I had just a few of those seconds back.

I think a good amount of people around my age are also in this state of almost constant confusion. Being lost, wandering around life looking for meaningful or even just steady employment. Does anyone else feel this way? 

I want to make a change. I read that making goals public is a great way to keep yourself accountable for actually fulfilling the goals. Well here's my goal: be self employed by the time I turn thirty. I want the kind if control that being self employed will allow me to have. This gives me exactly three years and one month to transition from a corporate drone to a self employed freedom lover. 

I am going to give monthly updates on this blog along with the usual things that I talk about! Feel free to offer any advice you have! 

Vacation Adventures and Relaxing

Sometimes all you need to get a fresh perspective is a few days out in the middle of no where relaxing with your family! Every summer my family takes a vacation to a lake in Oklahoma. The area that we stay is very sparsely populated. We spend time at the lake, sitting outside sipping tea and hanging out by the pool.

Taking a few days to yourself for your mental sanity is very important especially when you live a fast paced modern life. I always feel like my summer vacation realigns my perspective and revitalizes me in a way nothing else can. The nature and time away from my cubicle brings about a carefree feeling that I hope to be able to feel every day. 

How do you relax? Do you have any secrets for staying relaxed and happy after get always?

What I Wore.. OOTD

I work in a casual work environment.. This means I can wear pretty much anything I want to wear as long as I look half way acceptable. I am going to start a new series of posts showing the simple inexpensive work outfits that I put together. Here is my first one. 

Shirt: New York & Co.

Skirt: Target

Belt: Target

Shoes: Payless ShoeSource

Toenail Polish: Zoya

Sister Time Fun Event

Everything changes once you move out of your parents house. You are off on your own to pave your own trail and start your own life. For myself and my sister that also means working more than 40 hours per week with rather unique and sometimes totally opposite schedules. This weekend I got to spend some time with my sister, who also happens to be my best friend and it was wonderfully fun! We are lucky enough to live decently near each other and our schedules finally matched up so that we could spend some time together. We hung out and chatted, went on a little costco shopping trip, hit up ulta, had a tasty lunch at chipotle, then filmed some videos at my house. It's so refreshing and fun getting to hang out with my sister. She has such a unique sense of humor and I always enjoy getting to be around her. I hope the stars align again soon so that we can have another sister day in the future!

My family members are the most important people in the world to me, and I am so very lucky to have such a positive and hillarious family! I always make sure to take advantage of any opportunity that I have to spend time with my family and you should too! 

I will be posting our YouTube videos this week so keep an eye out for them :-)

Entering the Natural World

I have decided to make a change in my beauty life... I'm going to products that are as natural as possible!! My plan is to gently fade out my commercialized chemical filled products and replace them with natural skin safe ingredients! This should bring about lots of natural product reviews and thoughts. The process began with switching over my shampoo, conditioner and leave in products and has been a huge success so far! Stay tuned for my journey to the natural side of beauty! 

Along with this change I have recently been changing my food intake as well. I am trying my best to cut out processed foods and stay away from things with too many questionable ingredients. I have cut out fast food already and the chance was very easy for me since I rarely ate it anyway! I do not drink pop or coffee and mainly drink water and tea. I have been purposely eating more fruits and veggies as well! So far I feel as if I am noticing a difference in my energy level and mood which is wonderful! I believe that the fuel that you put into your body has a large impact on your health, emotions and physical looks! I want to be eating the best food possible while still on a budget.. Costco is my best friend for bulk fruits and veggies :-) I will soon be sharing some recipes and tips if you would like to join in my health journey! 

<3

Aubrey