summer 2020

Late summer skincare refresh

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summer skincare refresh

Elemis Superfood Glow

I have been blowing through my skin care products this summer; so when Elemis sent me their Superfood Glow cleanser and primer, I was thrilled! Summer is a heavy skin care season due to all the outside activities, sun, water activities, and wind! If you are like me, you are outside more during the summer months, than any other season, exposing your skin to the elements. This means we all need extra skin care, and extra protection!

I am in love with the Elemis Superfood AHA Glow Cleansing Butter. It not only purifies and removes makeup and daily pollutants, it has a slight pumpkin scent! Love a pumpkin scent during the late summer months as we start to transition to a fall schedule with school starting; and we start eyeing fall merchandise for our wardrobes! One more cool thing about the Elemis Superfood AHA Glow Cleansing Butter, if you leave it on for ten minutes, it doubles as a mask! Love that! It’s a cleanser and mask in one jar!!

Are you wearing makeup this summer? Yeah, me neither. I only put on makeup about once a week. That’s why I am thankful for this Elemis Superfood Glow Priming Moisturiser. You can wear it alone, without makeup, or use it as a primer for makeup. It adds just the right amount of luminosity. Love!

Shop my favorite skin care products from Elemis online:

I hope you love this skin care collection by Elemis as much as I do!

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

Cathy

*thank you to Elemis for partnering on this post. all products featured in this post are c/o Elemis. all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Fun day at the Zoo

 in Travel  tagged family / outfits / san francisco / staycation / summer 2020 by

San Francisco Zoo

Zoo day! We were so excited when we heard the San Francisco Zoo was allowed to re-open. It’s a great place to go with the family; and since it is outdoors, it is very safe.

The SF Zoo has tons of safety protocols in place, which made it a fun, relaxing way to get out of the house while staying safe.

The Zoo now offers online reservations so they can limit how many people enter the zoo at one time. This is great because it leaves a lot of space between visitors. I felt like I was taking a VIP tour of the zoo! You know I love me some VIP treatment!

In addition to spaced out visitors and easy reservations, everyone wears a mask. The zoo also roped off high touch areas in order to remind visitors to visit touchless. We felt really safe, and enjoyed the private walk-through of the zoo. Did I mention we felt like we had VIP treatment? Oh yeah, it was like that.

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We took about three hours to wander through the SF Zoo and visit all the animals. The hippo even came out of the water for us! He started by playing with a giant ball. Then, he splashed and swam around. After he was done swimming, he climbed out of the pool and ate some grass. It was amazing! I have been visiting the San Francisco Zoo since I was a small child, and this was the first time I saw the hippo so active. I guess he was happy to see guests returning to the Zoo to visit him!

Then we saw this guy taking a morning nap on an old keg. I guess he partied a little too hard the night before. LOL

I dressed comfortably for the occasion; knowing I would be doing a lot of walking. I cannot even tell you how amazing it felt to put on an outfit and go somewhere. Let alone wear jeans! Who knew jeans could feel so good?

wearing: mask / blue and gold earrings / black and white top / black handbag / gold chain cuff / gold and blue cuff / black belt / jeans / summer nail polish / white sneakers /

The zebra and I had the same color palette in mind that day.

It was a really fun day at the zoo! If you are local, and are looking for something safe to do, this is your activity! Visit SFZoo.org and book your reservations! If you aren’t local, be sure to visit our zoo when you visit us. It’s a relaxing day outside, and the animals will be excited to have visitors again!

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

Cathy

National Lipstick Day 2020

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Happy National Lipstick Day 2020! Although many of us are running around town wearing masks, we still need lipstick for video conference calls. After all, without lipstick, I look washed out online; don’t you? Plus, there is something about putting on lipstick before a video conference call that offers a sense of normalcy in all this.

National Lipstick Day is a great day to take advantage of sales, gifts-with-purchase, and other fun deals offered only on this special day. I love national days!

There are three really fun, online events for National Lipstick Day happening today. I hope you check them out, and enjoy them with me! Without further ado, here are the top three National Lipstick Day online events worth checking out:

Ulta: You can save up to 50% off your purchase, plus there are some free gifts popping up on the site! Love that! You can check out their dedicated National Lipstick Day page here.

MAC Lipsticks: Who doesn’t love MAC Lipstick? You can score 30% off your favorite color, plus snag a free gift. My favorite color is here. You can check out the whole event online here.

Sephora: Fun lipstick deals at Sephora! Check out the event here.

I’m grabbing some deals at MAC! Which deals do you plan to snap up?

Happy shopping!

XOXO
Cathy

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