May Favorites

Hey guys! I decided that since the month of May has just ended, I would do a 'May Favorites' blog post containing my favoritest faves from this month!! Basically just the stuff that I have been consistently loving throughout the month of May! 

I've seen this post before - but I love the idea of sharing my favorites for each month. It'll be cool to look back on this every month to see how my favorites have evolved.

So, today I'm sharing with you a few of my favorites for the month of May.

Beauty

Starting off with a favorite brow product of the month, the Milani EasyBrow pencil. If you've been on my blog, you would have noticed that I have used this product in every single makeup look i've done - as well as using it everyday in real life. I don't need much for my brows since they're already so thick, but I like going in with this Milani pencil to fill them in! It's great and pretty cheap ($5)!



My next fave is the pop! goes the shadow in champagne. It's soooo beautiful and I've been wearing it everyday since I got it in my April ipsy. 

My e.l.f. contouring blush and bronzing duo (in the shade st. lucia) has been a favorite in May - this was SO inexpensive ($3) and I love it for that perfect summer glow. 

Next up is a favorite nail polish - Essie "Lapis of Luxury", a really gorgeous periwinkle-esque blue color that I have been wearing throughout May and into June! I got this awhile ago, but forgot about it until I organized my polishes and voila, it became a new and improved favorite!

Skin

For skin, I have one favorite. This Australian Gold spray gel with bronzer has been a favorite to help me get a little color back in my skin while also protecting my skin!

Accessories

These "Metal Top Cat Eye Sunglasses" from ASOS which were only $11 dollars and are so incredibly cute. I love that they have a slight tortoise pattern around the lens with that cool gold around the edge! The ones linked are the same glasses, except in a different color as I think mine might be sold out!

Forever 21's Knotted Polka Dot Headwrap in blue which I had been loving wearing in the month of May. 



Fashion

My one singular fashion favorite of May is my Nasty Gal Vix Robe. I love this robe so much. It's light and pretty and perfect for spring. I've been wearing it constantly!

Random

My favorite movie of May was X-Men: Days of Future Past! I've been a fan of the X-Men movies ever since they came out and this movie blended together the first three films with the new 'First Class' series of films. I loved seeing the casts of the two series interact. It as AMAZING!

Another favorite is the show, The Good Wife. For the past three weeks, I've been watching this non-stop. The first four seasons are on hulu plus and so I've been binging! It's amazing and I totally recommend it!

I've also been loving Ben and Jerry's Pint Cozy! On spring break, my family and I went to the original Ben and Jerry's factory in Vermont and there, we went on a tour, tasted some yummy ice cream, and browsed the gift shop. There, I saw this adorable and completely practical Pint Cozy so I just had to purchase it. Since then, I have been using it every single time I eat ice cream, because it doesn't make your hands go all cold! 




That's it for my May favorites! I hope you all enjoyed this!
I'm off to eat some ice cream using my cozy!

xo Emily

I LOVE AMERICA!

Hello everyone! 

I hope you all have had a good week so far, hopefully enjoying the nice weather!

My week and weekend have been absolutely fantastic. Over the weekend my sister moved to Washington D.C. and I came with her, helping her move into her new (amazing) apartment and get all settled in. 

D.C. is one of my favorite places. It's incredibly beautiful, historic, and I feel just a bit more patriotic as I walk down the street with the Washington Monument looming in the distance. Making the trip from New York to D.C., I appreciate the Capital even more. Everything in Washington is insanely clean. I mean it. It's spotless and I have never been so happy to see a sidewalk free of Starbucks napkins and assorted bits of trash more than now. The D.C. metro is the penthouse suite at the Four Seasons in comparison to the Motel 6 rooms that are the New York's Subway in this comparison. (I still love New York but the subway and the cleanliness leaves something to be desired)

In addition to swooning over the metro, I explored D.C.( albeit mostly as a tourist) since it had been years since I'd last been. We arrived on Saturday night, moved my sisters things into her apartment and then conked out. On Sunday, we moved my sisters roommate into the apartment and then lounged around until we went out for dinner at Boundary Stone, a local place with some good food. I had the honey hot wings which were absolutely delicious!

After dinner, me and my sister walked down the National Mall to look at the monuments, which were lit up and looked stunning in the dark.

A view of the Lincoln Memorial from the WWII Memorial

One of my favorite monuments ever is the World War II Memorial which is kind of mind-blowing to be near. First off, it's absolutely gorgeous. It has a huge fountain in the middle with steps where you can sit surrounding it. Around it are towers (50 of them each with a name of state on it. At the top of the towers are huge ribboned wreaths. (festive!) 

I always have to get a picture in front of my state for obvious reasons. 

Missouri Pride!!!!

Here is my picture from like 5 years ago haha!!
From there, we walked to the Lincoln Memorial and standing on the steps of the Memorial looking at the World War II Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the Capitol in the distance, was truly beautiful.

Lincoln

The next day my sister and I did a lot of walking and a lot of touristy things (when on vacay right?) and we started with breakfast at The Diner which was delicious. From there, we went to The American History Museum where I got to swoon over the first ladies' dresses.

Michelle's inauguration dress....she's so beautiful

Then we walked from the Museum to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial which sits at the top of the Tidal Basin. There were paddle boats at the Basin as well which was so cool. (We almost got one but then remembered we would have to put a little effort into paddling)

Had to get a shot in front of it..... I'm wearing a top from Francesca's, a long cardigan from Forever 21, and capris. 

Our final stop was the White House which I literally am unable to resist visiting because it's the most MAGICAL place on earth. 

It's SO beautiful..... I can't believe it's real.

Of course I had to get pictures on both sides. 

Here's the actual West Wing [SHRIEKS], I was hoping to catch a glimpse of Barack or Jed Bartlet but alas, I did not. Most people don't actually know that this is the West Wing and as my sister said, "This is the actual exciting part!!". I agree! 

That's it for the pictures but let me just say I had a WONDERFUL time visiting D.C. again and I encourage everyone and their mother, neighbor, brother, and cousin to sometime visit D.C. I'm going back this summer to see my sister and I am already looking forward to it.

Have a wonderful day, all!

xo

Emily