Featured: "gloss" bkr bottle & "holiday" bkr bottle ℅ Finals are approaching at an alarming rate and I'm still in disbelief with how fast this semester flew by! Isn't it crazy how the end of the semester has such a tendency to sneak up on us so quickly? One of my key "life hacks" for staying on top of everything, staying healthy, and feeling good during stressful and busy times like finals week is... hydration! I'm always carrying a water bottle around with me (seriously, ask …
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Ganging Up for Good with Secret & Teen Vogue
One of my favorite things about being a Teen Vogue Ambassador is having the opportunity to be a voice for some of the amazing brands and campaigns that Teen Vogue Works with. Many of you have probably already heard of the Mean Stinks Campaign by Secret. If you have, then you already know how awesome its efforts are! But let me tell you a little bit more... Secret decided to bring a focus to the problem of girl-on-girl bullying, because as they've pointed out, it's different. In this day and …
#BowtifulTeenVogue Back-to-School Trunk Party Recap
This weekend, I hosted a Back to School Saturday (#BTSS) Trunk Party for Teen Vogue! It was so much fun having friends over to catch up and go through all of the fun items that Teen Vogue and my sponsors sent us! Each guest left the event with a hefty goody bag and prizes from the raffles that we did for the bigger items. There was everything from makeup to clothes to purses to jewelry and more! Everyone also got to take a copy of the September issue of Teen Vogue home with them! This was one …
Feels Like Fall – SOREL Campus Style
Hey lovelies, happy Friday! I'm very excited to be teaming up with SOREL and Teen Vogue for today's post to share my favorite pair of boots from their fall line and to let you know all about the #SORELstyleCONTEST that's going on right now. SOREL is such an iconic brand and their boots are absolute classics. I remember having a pair of their snow boots when I was a toddler that I absolutely adored and that were passed onto my younger sister years later. The craftsmanship of their boots is …
Gearing Up For College with Office Depot
One of my favorite things about going back to school is getting new school supplies for the year! I've loved this tradition ever since I was very little and even in college I still love getting to pick out fun new notebooks, pens, planners, pencils, highlighters, etc. for my classes for the semester. Office Depot was super sweet and sent me to one of their stores this year to pick out some fun back to school goodies to get ready for back to school and #GearUpForCollege! Office Depot had tons …
My Kind of Town – Country Classics Giveaway
I'm very excited to announce that for today's post I've teamed up with one of my favorite North Shore boutiques to give away one of their exclusively designed Lilly Pulitzer Chicago-themed Murfee Scarves on my Instagram! (Details for how to enter will be at the bottom of this post.) I've been going to Country Classics since I was in high school and I've purchased numerous Lilly items there for special occasions like homecoming, baccalaureate, etc. They have a huge selection of Lilly and they've …
Classy & Clean with Pottery Barn Dorm
As most of you are well aware, I really enjoy bright colors, especially in decorating! (However, if you weren't aware, check out my colorful freshman and sophomore dorm room posts.) I also absolutely love white interior design!!! There's something so fresh and clean about all white, or at least primarily white, decor. When it comes to decorating, the icing on the cake for me is throwing in some gold metallic accents and colorful elements to keep the space bright and fun! When decorating smaller …
Summer Lashes with Physicians Formula
Hey lovelies! Today I'm sharing one of my new favorite summer makeup must-haves with all of you. Read on to find out how you can get full lashes for the summer without wearing falsies!When I was in high school, I had to wear false eyelashes regularly for dance competitions and they were probably my least favorite thing about competition days. I could never wait to pull the furry lashes off of my eyelids at the end of the day and it would be such an incredibly weird sensation every time I …
Wrapped In Memories – Project Repat
Recently, I did a massive round of spring cleaning and I realized just how many t shirts I had from various activities and events I've been involved in so far in my lifetime. I found shirts from grade school, summer reading programs, dance studios, high school, homecomings and spirit weeks, dance team, sorority events, dance recitals, and college tees. The sheer amount of t-shirts I owned, and rarely wore, was honestly astonishing and I had no clue what I would do with them, until I heard about …
Chicago Caffeine Crawl
This morning, I got up early for a fun mini adventure that touched on two of my favorite things: coffee and the city of Chicago. My friend Ola and I ventured out with The LAB team and fellow tea and coffee lovers for the first ever caffeine crawl around Chicago and it was such a blast! I had so much fun live tweeting and snapping all of our stops! Check out my tweets here and follow me on Snapchat at bowtifullife to see the "My Story" coverage of the crawl! We were in Session 1 - Route 2 which …