I took a glance at the sale today, not so much because I wanted to buy something (since I have pleeenty of Everlane). But more because I wanted to see how much excess STUFF Everlane wanted to get rid of, and boy do they have a lot. A bit too much for an “ethical” brand if you ask me, but ok you didn’t and I should put my judgements aside. Especially since I’m about to list a couple of recommended items here (and don’t want to seem too hypocritical >.< lol). Well as much as I’ve been disappointed with Everlane and I’m unsure of my future with them, I have to admit they make some good thi ..read more

  What better time to review my holiday dress than the week of Christmas? Like I mentioned in my “What I Bought in November” post, I hadn’t planned on purchasing a holiday dress. But I’ve been following the instagram of the founder of Hill House Home, Nell Diamond, and somehow got suckered into purchasing the Nesli Nap Dress while looking at her baby content (she just had twins). I originally was somewhat enamored with the dress when I got it, but since then the sheen has worn off. And I haven’t worn it since trying it on when I first got it (and took these photos). I’m going to be hones ..read more

  When we first moved into our new house last October, I knew I wanted a rug for a spacious living room area. In the past I’ve purchased rugs from Ikea and Target, but I always end up donating them or dumping them because I was moving (to a smaller space) or they were too dirty to clean. So this time around I wanted something that would last and something that I could clean. I first heard of Ruggable through a friend who was an early adopter of the brand. She is very picky and very clean so I knew if this rug brand was good enough for her it would more than good enough for me. If you hav ..read more

I don’t tally my wears anymore (I used to do it with the StyleBook App though I might start again in 2021 just to see where things stand). But having done the exercise for almost 2 years straight I have a pretty good feel for what are my most worn items and how many times I’ve actually worn them (my big takeaway from those 2 years of tracking is that when estimating, you probably haven’t worn them as many times as you think you did). Anyway I thought I would do a quick post about my 6 most worn items for 2020, a year of staying at home and a transitioning style. They are (in no particular ord ..read more

Pics from a family field trip to the sunflower fields in Waimanalo   Hello! It’s been awhile. How are you all doing? Good I hope and somewhat cheery this holiday season. We’re doing fine here and have settled into Hawaii life. I’m actually really liking it here and it has gotten me into thinking about moving back, but we’ll see. My husband still has a job in Cali and wants to live there. Plus our whole life is there too. It’d be a huge undertaking to uproot our lives and settle back here. For now I’ll just enjoy being back in my hometown during the holidays and then some.   I find ..read more

via   Now I’m no stranger to washable silk pillowcases. I first purchased and reviewed the original Slip silk pillowcase over two years ago and an Amazon dupe for the Slip silk pillowcase (tl;dr of the two reviews: I thought the Slip silk pillowcase was worth its $79 price tag (ok now I see it retails for $89) while the Amazon dupe, which sounded the same on paper, was not the same and I thought it was worth getting the original). If you want to see all the benefits of a silk pillowcase, refer to my review of the original Slip pillowcase (and I really do stand by those benefits). Oh and ..read more

  So the idea for this post is all thanks to Andrea, who asked me what the differences were between the Only Child Cove pants and the Linenfox Ocean pants. You can find my full Linenfox Linen Wide Leg Culottes Review here and my Only Child Cove Pants review here. So first off let’s address the elephant in the room. The biggest difference between the two pants are of course the price. Currently the Only Child Cove pants sell for $225 while the Linenfox Ocean Pants sell for $84.27. I think if you can afford it, purchasing slow fashion from a domestic maker is the way to go. We have so litt ..read more

  I first heard about U Beauty (a women-owned, POC brand) through Jennifer Fisher’s Instagram, though I’ve known about Tina since her BagSnob days (one of the OG bag blogs). I’ve trusted JF before when she led me to Augustinus Bader (I talk about that in my Augustinus Bader Rich Cream review), so I thought I’d take a chance with this U Beauty Resurfacing Compound on her recommendation. Since my skin tends to be so finicky I started with a free sample when U Beauty first launched (just in case it gave my skin a rash at least I wouldn’t have had to pay for it). That actually lasted me awhi ..read more

via   *I purchased these towels using credit earned through my referral link. Thank you to all those who support this blog by purchasing through my links since it allows me to purchase more items to review. Since I talked about these Quince Turkish Spa Bath Towels in my last two posts (My Fairly Curated Gift Guide and What I Bought in November), I figured I’d bump up my review of them. Because you guys, these are some really great towels. I’m not a bath towel aficionado, but I’ve had more than my fair share of buying them due to running our Airstream business in the past. We had 10 Airst ..read more

  So I know most of you guys use Rakuten or something similar to get cash back for online shopping, so this post is for the handful of you guys that don’t use it. Plus isn’t Cyber Monday the perfect time to talk about it (especially since for many retailers Rakuten has a larger than usual cash back percentage today)? Anyway Rakuten (and other cashback sites) are a little like affiliate networks where they get a commission when you purchase something through their link, except they give that commission back to you. I’ve been a member of Ebates (which was what Rakuten used to be) since I d ..read more