This Christmas, I gave in abundance to friends, family, and coworkers, which resulted in not one but two blog posts to cover all the gift-giving. As the second installment, this blog post will cover all non-relatives. Dive in and enjoy!

As is customary on my blog, I’m sharing what I gave everyone on my Christmas list this year. Unlike every other year, I have chosen to break up my post into a couple of installments in the interest of keeping my Christmas gift round-ups an enjoyable length. This first installment covers what I gave my family. Enjoy!

The Black Friday sales of 2019 started long before Black Friday, and were unabashedly epic this year. Brands were giving 30, 40, and 50% off site-wide. I shopped a record number of 15 sales (yes, 15, and yes, my wallet is feeling the burn). Without further ado, let’s get into my 2019 Black Friday splurge-athon:

At 29 years old, I’m in the final stage of being what I consider “ready” to move out. My nest egg is about $5K short of my goal, and I’m itching to find my own space and build a home that’s all mine. I’ve waited long enough for it, and I’m finally surfing for more than just clothes or shoes – I’m surfing to carve out my own personal retreat. Here are some of the elements on my “future apartment” mood board.

Since 2016, I’ve documented what I gave/received for Christmas on my blog, starting with my now retired Buzzedforbeauty.blogspot.com blog. It’s tradition that I do these posts every year, but last year, I was missing bits and bobs from the content I wanted to put together, so my post never went up. 🙄However, I think (in the spirit of the holidays), I should show you guys what I gave, even if it is incomplete. Here it is for your viewing pleasure: Continue reading →

August’s Ipsy Glam Bag fell flat for me until I realized I had *finally* received a Huda Beauty product. I still share my spoiler alerts with my old coworkers and I saw that they were getting Huda Beauty products that I was missing out on. Continually getting snubbed by Ipsy was really starting to get old. So when I saw this I felt immensely gratified.