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Fantastic Lash | Current Best Mascara

Paula’s Choice Fantastic Lash is my new fave mascara. Great length, separation, and thickness, in that order. You can really build this up without many coats, which is super ideal for daily use and my under-2-minutes morning makeup routine. But you can add more layers later and it doesn’t get chunky or clumpy. Perfect for…

Denali | Feel Good Friday 111116

Who rescued who? Denali was sick this week—and that turned me into a crazy hypochondriac mom who was certain she had cancer—but she is on the mend and healthy and I am so incredibly grateful. Despite her skittishness and other issues, she’s an incredibly easy dog. And she is SO full of personality … Grateful…

Obsession: 100% Recycled Down from Patagonia

100% Recycled Down! How cool is this?? Patagonia has created their signature jackets and vests with recycled down. It’s a mix of 600-fill-power goose and duck down reclaimed from used items (mostly quilts and pillows), which is cleaned, sorted and resurrected. It offers identical performance benefits to virgin down. As if I wasn’t obsessed with…

VOTE 2016

Vote. Vote for the president. But more important, read your ballot pamphlet (California’s looks more like a phone book). Vote on the propositions and state ballot initiatives that impact your day to day life. Vote on the city council that sets the tone for where you live, and your congressional representation. Because even in a…

File: Ambition

I take being a female and boss in the corporate world seriously. Here are two incredibly different but equally important articles: Women Entrepreneurs: #WhatWeNeedtoSucceed link: en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2016/11/01/a-letter-to-the-next-president-on-behalf-of-women-entrepreneurs   Director Level, what it takes to make it to this level

My Three Favorite Yoga Teachers in O.C.

If you can’t Thug Yoga in Aspen, then you gotta do other yoga in O.C. As Jessica Biel once said in response to how she maintained her banging bod, “I do a lot of yoga.” So like any good faux-celeb… I do a lot of yoga. Remember when I finally found Ekam Yoga? There, I…

Fancy For Everything (Go Try Some GBG on Today!)

GracedbyGrit Delicious tank tops are perfect for everything. Obviously flattering for working out, they go beyond. This is me wearing the Delicious tank ($46, but 20% off w/ my code PRODEAL229 = $36.80) in red. To work. Which I do at least once a week (in royal, white, and navy, also) under a blazer, sweater,…

Graced By Grit in My ‘Hood (Newport Beach Peninsula)

Hiiiiii GracedByGrit! This Friday and Saturday, come join the makers of my favorite athletic/wear-for-everything tank tops for a lil pop-up shop at 15th Street Surf + Supply. You’ll be able to try things on, which I think is important in this brand because I’ve flitted between all the sizes depending on how I want them…