Fri{YAY} Favorites : Blogger Edition

So this week I am going to show y'all a few of my favorite bloggers and maybe even throw a Vlogger in there too
  * Vlogger- Video Blogger - One who records a video blog. Mostly via YouTube
   A vlog or video blog is a blog (short for weblog) which uses video as the primary content 

Alright lets get started, in no particular here are just a few of my favorite bloggers that I read on the daily (and then read some of the old stuff because its just great content)

The Daily Tay   - Oh my gosh is she funny! From her blog to her snap stories she produces great content every day! Everything from just life stories like her Holiday Mom post from this past December to all of her wedding planning details. Oh and Harlow her amazingly adorable Vizsla, a breed I have never heard of until I started reading her blog and OH EM GEE I want one!! 

Taylor also has her own line of t shirts which can be found here  or here  and I am dying to get my hands on a few of them... so mom if you are reading this here they are and my birthday is next week! 

my personal favorite and also proceeds of this shirt goes to help shelter dogs!!

Tay if you are reading this, which you probably are not since I haven't reached the level you have (not even close), keep doing what you are doing girl, if you are ever in Jacksonville I will show you around! 

Next on my top list of favorite bloggers is Sarah over at Venus Trapped in Mars. By day she has a 9-5 job and at night she becomes a total wino and blogger. She is a successful blogger with a full time job and tow adorable pups, basically what I'm trying to achieve. I've got the pups and I am working on the balance of the other two. 

Sarah's blog and snap story give me state side travel envy, just this month shes been to like 4 different places, some for work and some for play. Her blogs will be the ones I read over and over if I ever get to go to Nashville or Dallas to find out all the hot spots for the best food and local experiences. 

Also she is an avid lover of sports like my self, and sells some funny shirts to prove it. Shes also got some Holiday themed ones but these are my favorite

This shirt you can pick colors to closely match your team! 

She also does a lot of posts that help new bloggers like myself find out niche and gives some tips and trick here and there. Not to mention she sells beautiful blog templates here, which one day I will cave and buy so my blog looks and feel legit. 

Here are a few other blogs I have just recently come across and am loving as well 

Helene In Between  - want to learn how to make you blog better go no future she is your girl!

Hello Alley  - A fellow Jax local and giver of major closet envy, Alley posts are full of beautiful clothes, shoes, make up, and her adorable dog sneaks in here and there too. 

Now to the Vloggers! 

These ladies and gents help me pass the time on my lunch break at work or while im torturing myself on some cardio machine in the gym   

Marissa Lace one of the most beautiful people inside and out has been though hell and back but she never ceases to amaze and inspire me with her happiness. I have found my love for make-up, podcasts and crystals through her videos. She is on just about every other social media outlet as well and has some of the best content. Her apartment is basically Pinterest IRL which she does cooking videos from Pinterest too and inspired me to cook some yummy little treats. 

If I am having a bad day I re-watch Marissa and pretend I am hanging out with my best-friend.  

 

Sarah Belle  another beautiful girl with great hair and makeup always! Her videos will give you major closet goals. Her style is great and she seems like she would be a big ball of fun. A fellow sorority girl like myself shes bubbly and up beat and will turn your frown upside down with her hilarious drunk Q & A's and tell it like it is videos. 

Nikki Blacketter - Where do I start. She is how I found Marissa videos and inspired me to always work on myself and go for what I want. This chick is bad-ass, shes sponsored by a few different fitness brands and a bikini competitor. Her workouts are simple but intense. She hysterical and has a life a dream of, getting paid to work out... YES PLEASE. Im a mini gym rat and J is too so seeing Nikki balance it all lets me know I can get fit and get the body I want but still enjoy pancakes and nachos every now and then. Oh and her lululemon collection is a girls dream!!

So with the weekend right around the corner take some time for yourself and check out some of these Vloggers and Bloggers I promise you wont be disappointed, I am sorry a head of time for the lack of productiveness to follow after discovering these gems. 

I will leave you with a preview of J and I's engagement session by Rob Futrell in St. Augustine 

Weekend Wanderings

Wedding makeup and other details

Say Hi to our new baby girl Zoey

Hello all! 

This was the best weekend we have had in a very long time, well at least it was for me. 

We got a good amount of wedding stuff done this weekend and a good thing too because we are 54 short days away from "I Do"

Saturday I ventured down to our little outdoor mall here in Jacksonville to get some last minute Valentines gifts for J and brave the makeup lovers paradise Ulta to get some good makeup for my wedding. My usual e.l.f products from target just aren't going to cut it for the big day. 

I follow a couple of makeup/beauty Vloggers on Youtube so before I went in I watched a few of their "get ready" videos and a popular brand among them all was ItCosmetics and Urban Decay (which I have already loved for a while now). My favorite beauty/lifestyle vlogger Marissa Lace swears by the stuff and although we have never met, I trust her like I trust my best friend. 

Now I am not one to splurge on make up often, if ever, but I do ask for some of the more pricey products for Christmas.. like my Urban Decay Smoked pallet from this year or my Naked original from last. But its my wedding and I want to look perfect so this weekend for the first time ever I SPLURGED on makeup and I am so happy I did. 

Here is a list of the things that I bought and a link so you can add them to your makeup bag if they aren't already there:

1. ItCosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ cream  - it really does look so natural and #flawless 

2. ItCosmetics travel brushes - I have make up brushes that I use and love but they have needed replacing for a while now. 

3. ItCosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye - with these late nights of wedding planning and the constant worry of forgetting something on the big day my under eye bags/circles are darker than ever.   

4. Urban Decay De-slick Setting Spray for Oily skin

5. Urban Decay 24/7 Velvet Eye Pencil  - in black

6. Urban Decay Cannonball waterproof mascara 

I know you are thinking "Ashlynn that's only 6 things how did you 'Splurge'?", well my friends those six things didn't come cheap and there is a reason because they are BOMB and make you look On Fleek as the kids say. 

This morning before work I decided I would actually do my makeup, more than just some powder and eyeliner, and I am loving the way my skin looks today! The difference from my old makeup is so drastic and the color works perfect, I might need darker for my wedding but I will just add a bit of tinted moisturizer to it when the time comes. 

Anyway back to my awesome skin and new love of CC+ Cream. I put a small pea size amount on my fingers rubbed them together and dabbed on my fave to blend with my brushes. Wow a little bit of this goes a looonngg way, that tiny pea size amount covered my entire face and neck!  

Then I went in with an even tinier amount of the under eye concealer, we're talking just a dot the size of a pen tip, and it looks like I have gotten nothing but a perfect nights sleep for a week, I look awake and refreshed which is needed on a Monday morning.

Also it being Valentines weekend I had lots of delicious adventures planned for J and I. Saturday night I cooked individual Beef Wellingtons, you can find that recipe here, I am sorry for the lack of pictures they were so delicious and got devoured before I even remembered.  

Sunday morning I made breakfast with mimosas and then we went for our cake tasting at a local bakery... 

We got our cake & cupcakes for the wedding and an amazing price from Sweet by Holly, yep the same one from Food Networks Cupcake Wars! We picked two of our favorite flavors and let me tell you that was very very hard to do but we narrowed it down to Plain Jane and Chocolate Mousse. I am so excited!!! 

J also bought me my wedding band on Sunday and it is simple and elegant and beautiful I do not want to wait 54 days to wear it! There is a local jewelry store up here called Beards, best costumer service I have ever had at a jewelry store. They pulled every gold band in the store for us me to try on and I of course picked one of the first bands I tried on. 

But mine is Yellow Gold 

As you can see we had a busy fun filled Valentines weekend, I hope yours was just as wonderful! 

If anyone has any more makeup I should try let me know in the comments! 

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