happy skin, happy hair

Clean living has become a recent love of mine. Here are two little DIYs that have made me feel fresh and healthy. 1. Beachy Hair Spray What you need 1 spray bottle 1 cup of hot water 1/2 tblsp of nice smelling hair gel 1 tblsp of coconut oil 1/2 tblsp of salt I had …

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Lovely Time

My maymester class has ended and I slept in till 10:30 today. I feel like a new woman. This is my week off and I'm thrilled to catch up on some reading and maybe Game of Thrones too. I'm also finally getting some work done on my etsy shop, so hopefully there will be some …

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Thrift Store Finds

I went thrift store shopping last week with my mom (not that that's anything new), and I decided to share some of my finds with you all. I got these things from Park Avenue Thrift. And while we're on the subject, here's a thrift store shopping tip for you: if you are thrifting on a …

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Summer Reading List

Ah, summer break. Bright, warm, relaxing, and very very short. For me at least. My maymester class began today. History of the English Language. Not a terrible class, but 2 and a half hours a day for 5 days a week for the next three weeks is not exactly how I hoped to spend the …

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The Birthday List

Here are a few things that a travel-loving, somewhat-hippie English major would like to receive for her 22nd birthday. 1. Little silver rings for the middle and pointer fingers. Stacked, wavy, flower, leaf 2. The perfect adventuring backpack for Europe or Australia or downtown Atlanta. Beautiful leather, stripey, leather and cognac, little triangles 3. An …

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Revisions and the writing process (and also banana bread)

re·vise  (r-vz) tr.v. re·vised, re·vis·ing, re·vis·es 1. To prepare a newly edited version 2. To reconsider and change or modify   I am revising my story for class. I will revise my story for class tomorrow. I should have revised my story for class yesterday. I need to revise my resume. I am in the process of revising my cover letter …

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Movies and Feelings and Family

I love movies that make me feel things and actors who make want to be related to them. This is a post about that. 1. Ok so there's this movie that I have been wanting to see for AGES, but pretty much everyone I know went to see it without me, so I decided to …

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Cooking and stuff

So a lot of times, I'm a really good cook. Other times I ruin cookies and use chicken that's gone bad and put too much garlic salt in pasta. However, most of the time I'm kind of a baller in the kitchen. One such time was this past Sunday, the Super Bowl. Now for some …

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Friday Favorites

1. I'm going to see Bon Iver tonight!!!! I'm so excited. Justin Vernon, I'm coming for you. 2. Have you seen the Les Miserables trailer??? The sister and I seriously watch it everyday. It's so good. 3. The Euros have started! Now, I'm not going to pretend that I sit around and watch soccer all …

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Friday Favorites: Birthday List edition

Soooo my birthday is a mere 3 weeks away, so  I thought I would put together a little list of products I love that would make great gifts for a girl on her 21st birthday. 1. Hunger Games inspired bracelet. Love it. And/Or a MOCKINGJAY PIN! 2. Bumper stickers. I know I'm a huge dork, …

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