SO, you've met my brow girl. Next up, my hair girl. I worked at a hair salon in high school, and have had a natural interest in color/cuts/styling for as long as I can remember. I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination when it comes to hair and beauty products, but I am pretty darn good at tracking one down, so I'm going to share mine with you. Meet Lauren Bartholet at Salon 11. Hair genius. I adore her. I've used her as my hair stylist for as long as I can remember. Yes, even while I was in college... Yes, even when I lived in New Orleans, I drove back to Jackson to have her do my hair. I was one of her very first clients out of hair school, and in my nearly 12 years of using her, she has never steered me wrong. She's ... VIEW POST
Microblading
Whew, I mentioned this post and have received quite a few messages asking about my experience with microblading. So, I'm spilling all the details on it and introducing you to my girl, Raegan Smith -- aka The Lash and Brow Gal. I had my eyebrows microbladed by Raegan back in April of this year. I wouldn't say my eyebrows were super thin before, but I did fill them in daily, and anything to simplify my daily beauty routine is a plus in my book. (I'll include my before and afters below.) I don't know a lot about brows, but I DO know who to trust with taking care of mine. Eyebrows are a key feature to shaping your face, so I highly recommend going to someone that really knows what they're doing. If you want my two cents, if you live in ... VIEW POST
Pumpkin Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Every time Fall comes around, this is the first thing I want to whip up! My mom has made this for years, and it's one of the biggest hits in our family cookbook. Let me start by saying, this isn't something that has a strong pumpkin flavor. Tyler isn't a big fan of pumpkin flavored anything, and he really enjoys this... Our whole house does, actually. Which is why I could only photograph half of the cake, because the other side is gone, ha. But the fact that it isn't super "pumpkiny" makes it a great thing to take to fall parties and events because it seems mostly everyone can enjoy it! And can you EVER go wrong with homemade cream cheese frosting? Fair warning, if you've never made it before.... it's very dangerous once you know how ... VIEW POST
Baby Raborn #3
Whew! It's been a hot minute since I've made my way over here. I tell you, only I would start a blog and find out two and a half weeks later I am pregnant, ha! Needless to say, I had to take a little breather and focus on keeping my people alive. (Well, and myself for that matter.) It's been a crazy, sleepy, 12 weeks full of lots of naps and take-out, but we couldn't be more excited to be adding another little one to our family! Tyler and I have always wanted a lot of kids (I think Tyler would have ten), and we're thrilled the Lord has blessed us with another peanut! #GiveMeAllTheBabies Now that I am no longer likely to be found sleeping while standing up, I hope to make my way back over to this space a bit more. Thank you for hanging in ... VIEW POST
Staying Organized With Your Spouse
As our family and business have grown, I've found it has become more difficult to keep Tyler and I synced as far as our calendars/needed groceries/etc. I've heard many wives/moms ask about this over the years so I figured I would share what has worked well for us. We've done a good bit of trial and error, and have finally found a system that seems to be working really well for us. I'll start by saying, Tyler primarily keeps up with his calendar digitally, and I am very visual and need everything written out. So, we have a combination of those two styles to keep things organized. I'll start with the Calendar app that comes on our iPhones. We both use Gmail Calendars that are synced into the app. My calendar is then synced with his ... VIEW POST