June Favorites

I know you've all been waiting for this day...my June favorites blog post! Well here we go! This is a post where I show some products or generally anything that I'm into and would recommend to my readers!

Blogilates

 

I'm not sure if anyone has heard of this girl but she is pretty amazing. Her name is Cassey Ho and she started out teaching Pilates while in school, started a yoga clothing business and decided to do a farewell video for her students that turned into what is now known as POP Pilates. She has a YouTube channel where she does all kinds of work outs that are usually 10-15 minutes but man, do they work you out! I like these work outs because as I said, they are short and they really get you sweating and feeling sore and when that happens I feel I'm actually getting something out of the work out. I don't think you will regret how you feel after one of her work outs! She's also super peppy and makes the work outs fun. I love that she is sweating and seems to be hurting as well, it makes it more real!  You have to check out her YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/blogilates), she also has another channel (www.youtube.com/blogilatesTV) where she shows you how to eat clean or make healthy meals. She is on Instagram (@blogilates) and twitter (@blogilates) as well. Check her out! She has a blog also where she writes and keeps up with her work out clothing store. www.blogilates.com

Essie Deep Conditioning Cuticle Oil

 

I have a problem and I always have...I bite at the skin around my nails and I have the worst cuticles ever. Lately my hands haven't been the greatest because I'm constantly cleaning bottles but I've been using the cuticle oil and its wonderful. I try to use it two times a day and also put on some hand cream to help my poor, dry hands. This oil is in the perfect package...it's almost like a pen. All you need to do is push down onto your cuticle and the right amount of oil will come out and hydrate your cuticles. I'm sure if you use this as much as I do your nails and cuticles will look amazing but as I said, I'm washing bottles so for me when I put this on its more of a hydration for my cuticles. No matter what though it is hands down the best cuticle oil I've ever found.

GHD Flat Iron

This is a high dollar item and I apologize but I am so excited for this purchase. I've heard many good things about this flat iron and of course a lot of hair stylists use it so I knew it had to be good. I think I was a senior in high school when I bought my first Chi Iron thanks to my best friend. She worked at a salon and knew about all the good hair products. I would actually spend the night at her house and she would straighten my hair because she had a Chi and I didn't. I finally got one and I used that thing till it died last month. A sad day...sad because now the Chi is being mass produced and they are not as good as they used to be. Sure they are still $100 and that's not a bad price but they don't hold up like they used to. I've read many reviews that say they don't get as hot as the old ones and they definitely don't last as long. Enter the GHD. This baby retails for $185. Not cheap. And for my husband that can't stand spending that much money, he didn't understand why I would want to spend that much money on a flat iron. I basically laid out a proposal to him in order to get this. I explained that while the Chi is cheaper it would die faster so why not invest in a better flat iron that would last longer? Makes perfect sense to me! I found my GHD at Ulta (thank goodness for Ulta!) and they had a coupon for 20% off so of course I had to use that and buy it. I mainly straighten my hair and this thing is amazing. I'm very glad I paid the money because I have a feeling this product will last me awhile, plus it has a two year warranty in case something does go wrong.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Polish

I'm a big fan of nail polish. I love OPI and Essie but find they can be expensive so when I found Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear nail polish I fell in love. My hands are in water a lot from washing bottles, as I've said, and nail polish doesn't last most of the time but let me tell ya this nail polish is great! I apply a base coat, a couple coats of whatever color I may be into at the moment and a top coat. I'm sure the top coat helps a lot as well but this nail polish lasts a few days longer than the normal stuff I would try plus it's usually only about $2.50 a bottle.

Goodwill

This one is about the whole store, yes, the Goodwill store. I never really went to Goodwill much but now that I'm not working and bringing in an income I try to find deals wherever I can. I had a friend go with me a few times and helped me figure out the whole browsing the store thing and it helped a lot. Yes, I go through every shirt but I've found a lot of name brand shirts that have been great! I got some nice maternity clothes while I was pregnant too. I buy some of the kids clothes from there also. They grow so fast and may wear an outfit once or twice so it's nice to buy second hand knowing I didn't waste a lot of money. I've found some really nice tshirts and polo shirts for Isaac. He isn't big into buying new clothes but if I buy something for him he usually wears it. I've also found some nice shirts in the sale section at Old Navy for around $5...sorry for the Old Navy plug in the Goodwill portion...maybe this should be about deals that I've found. Either way, check out Goodwill or even Old Navy's sale section. Heck, check out every places' sale sections! It's never hard to find a good deal!

Be sure to check these items out and come back in July to check out what I'm into that month!

*I have not been compensated for mentioning any of these products or websites. These are all my own opinions. I really enjoy using this stuff, that's all!