Gold Dust & Sugar Lust

Am I the very last person on God's green earth to hear about dry brushing? I sure hope not. I read about it someplace and I started it about three weeks ago. It totally works. Let me tell you all about it… Before you get in the shower (I actually do it while the water's getting hot) you take a dry brush (it's literally a dry brush and you can get them any place-- here and here are a few) and you start brushing your skin. Start at your feet and make all of your brushstrokes go in the direction of your heart and you start at the tops your feet and then move to your legs, onto your arms, on your abs (skip the chest part – – ouch!), on your bum and as much of your back as you can reach. It is supposed to slough off the dead skin cells, remove toxins, improve skin tone and quality and just overall wake everything up. This last thing it does for sure. I step into the shower invigorated and ready to go. Too bad all I'm doing is standing around putting soap on myself. But still. The weird thing is that it's supposed to help your skin tone improve over time but already I can feel a change in my skin texture (a little). And also, it feels like my body lotion just sinks in (soaks in?) easier. I don't know if that makes sense but I will literally do or try anything someone suggests regarding beauty. I'm pretty sure the article I read about dry brushing talked about preventing cellulite so admittedly that was my motivation but you should try it. It feels pretty amazing. And summer is a'coming- I need all the help I can get to get ready! Thanks for stopping by sweet friends! Xoxo -Jen and Michelle

PS- here is a link to Shape magazines write up on dry brushing.

PSS- That Mason Pearson brush in the picture is the 💣. It's crazy how (1) expensive yet (2) worth it these brushes are. I love mine. It's gentle and the bristles sort of massage your scalp when you are brushing it. Love love love!

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful dinner I had last Saturday night with a group of friends in Laguna Beach (and sorry for just getting around to telling you about it now but oye what a week!) First of all, the weather was ahhmazing...just like summer (why do I hear every phrase that has the word "summer" in it in Olaf's voice?) Everyone was out and about on the cute little streets and the air was infused with that energy, like "How are we lucky enough to get these temps in March?" It was a low key dinner with a few couples (at a cute place called Lumberyard, for you locals!) and I really wanted to wear this tassel necklace I got from CAbi, which is one of those necklaces that you can wear like 10 different ways (It's a pendant! It's a bracelet! It's a necklace! --except I am that person that can't figure any of it out.) Its that pretty sparkly that you see on the one side and then a gold almost filigree on the other (and you can wear it either way) Since it can be 90 degrees and I'm freezing, I was perfectly comfortable in this sweater with my cute shorts. Before we left our house, I tried on a pair of strappy sandals and then some pointy heels and I don't know- it was too much of something... toe? leg? I don't know but the little booties seemed just right! Let me also say that I have been watching hair tutorials on YouTube (I know! The exciting life I lead) and I decided to try a little beachy wave here... Not as great as the video (completely NOT YouTube's fault) but I really loved how it turned out! Hope you all have an amazing weekend and we sure appreciate you stopping by- xoxo Michelle

Shorts (old but similar here ) Top (here) Boots (I got mine at a little boutique in Laguna around Christmas, but these are super cute and so are these - they are suede like mine are) Pendant (its from CAbi but here are other similar long pendants here and here and here)