I seriously wish I had this when I was thinking of gift ideas last year! These are some options for gifts for yourself or for someone else. Some are items I complete LOVE like the Clarins Oil Serum for nighttime anti aging and the Vita Liberata tanning lotion with the mitt. I actually JUST found out about the Vita lotion when I was in KC for my friends wedding. She had it and I loved that I didn't have to apply it, sleep in it, then shower the next day. It literally works as lotion and automatically turn your skin darker using the mitt. No shower needed and lasts for 7 days! It is absolutely what I need during this time of year. Hope you find something you like! 1. MAC 'Prep + Prime' Fix+ Fi

This sweater is the comfiest thing ever!! It's perfect to wear with leggings or jeans because it covers the back and is pretty long. I can even wear this outfit this week because it's almost 60 in Chicago which is unheard of. I love it. Now excuse me as I got try to lose all the Thanksgiving food weight.. Wearing: Sweater | Pants | Shoes (similar) | Sunglasses (similar) Photography by Stephen Cheong Leen xoxo ela

Video process of how I painted my cabinets!

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving I wanted to still share a post this week so I decided to share a Black Friday Sale post today! The best time of year, obviously!!! This is when I buy my Christmas presents because why pay full price for something when you can get it on sale. I found the best sales for this week- see them all below! AMAZON!!! They have a 'deal of the day' each day and have so many sales on all their electronics and clothes, etc! (I'll be posting in a week or so about their great electronic gifts too so stay tuned for that!) GILT & GILT CITY: up to 95% off select items (11/23 -11/25) starting with 90 items discounted by 90% at 4 p.m. EST on Thanksgiving Day (better eat early!). O

Can't believe it's Thanksgiving week!! I CANNOT wait to make some cheesy corn and pulled pork sandwiches. All because of my first BBQ experience in Kansas City for my friends wedding a couple weeks ago. It was so good!! This outfit can totally be worn for Thanksgiving with the family too. I have a secret to tell and I actually wear fleece leggings under these faux leather leggings. I get so cold so easily! I don't know how I'm from Chicago and still live here... :) These shoes are one of the ones I chose from Call It Spring when they decided to send me a couple pairs. I did not think that such a big brand would send me items so soon! I started this blog as an outlet and something fun to focu

Usually holiday dresses are a little more elegant and can be a little more covered up based on where you live. I tried to pick some that I genuinely would wear and I tried to pick some that you may like too! Normally I wear a sequined long sleeve All Saints dress that I got for a major discount. Unfortunately it's not on their website anymore because I bought it in 2013 but this is a similar one. What are you doing for the holidays? xoxx ela

It's hard this time of year because some days its freezing and some days you can get away with a jacket like this. It's such an easy look for this time of year and can totally be worn for Thanksgiving too. Speaking of.. I am going to be making a Portillo's Chopped Salad for my works pot luck this week, would you like to see a recipe of it on my blog? Let me know! Also this jacket is on sale here for $50 off and then use code VETERAN for an extra 20% off!! I just love sales. I'll also be posting an ultimate gift guide for the holidays and I've spent so much time on it. That'll be posting in the next few weeks! Wearing: Dress (similar)| Jacket | Bag (similar)| Sunglasses (similar) | Shoes Phot

Here's Part 1 of our Spain trip from this past October. We had so much footage that this took me forever haha. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I had taken photos from day 1 to day 14 AND videotaped the entire process for you guys but all my photos AND videos got deleted of this.. I'M SORRY!! I'm more upset than you are! I had my follow up appointment recently so I got some photos of that for you guys. The idea that I should get my eyebrows microbladed only started after I got them tinted (click here for that post.) I was obsessed with the fact that I could wake up, not have to fill in my eyebrows, and go throughout my day not worrying about wiping them off with my hands by rubbing my face, etc. I made an appointment at Skyn Studio in Chicago because I did my research and checked out their before and after pics on their

Back from an amazing wedding week in Kansas City for my best friends wedding! She asked me to videotape her wedding since she didn't get a videographer and I got as much footage as I could since I stood up in it too as a bridesmaid. Here's the link to check it out! My first ever wedding montage. :) On to this outfit! I've had this navy blue hat for years! It's still a staple in my fall wardrobe and even winter because I always need my head to be warm. :) Paired with my All Saints jacket that was one of my big splurges in life. These are also one of the pairs of shoes that Call It Spring gifted to me and I LOVE all their shoes because they are so affordable. It's a subcomany of Aldo which are

My best friend wanted me to film her wedding (while standing up in it) so I got as much footage as I could! Congrats to Kate and Sam <3

We had originally booked a South Africa trip for this past June for my friends wedding and had bought the airline tickets but when the wedding was called off, we got a refund, which is the long story short. We were shocked we got offered a full refund since airlines don't do that but that allowed us to now do TWO different trips for the year instead of just that one. We chose to do Punta Cana in June (post about that here and vlog about that here) and then Spain in October. We bought the trip via Gate 1 Travel which pretty much booked our airfare, hotel, and trains all for us and we paid one price for it all. We also got the opportunity to fly premium economy on Air France which I had never