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Wanderlust Wednesday: California’s Spectacular 17-Mile Drive
Just the mention of California’s coastal 17-Mile Drive is guaranteed to bring gasps and huge smiles from anyone who’s experienced it (myself included since I am originally from the Bay Area). As one of America’s most scenic drives, the route meanders along the Monterey Peninsula passing through an area commonly known as Pebble Beach. Much of this idyllic wind-sculpted forested community hugs the stunning Pacific coastline with its rugged cliffs dotted with ocean-sprayed outcroppings. Though there are five entrance gates (Pacific Grove Gate, Country Club Gate, S.F.B Morse Gate, Highway 1 Gate & Carmel Gate), coming in from either the Pacific Grove or Carmel sides is highly recommended for the…
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A Change Is Coming To Glam Budget Beauty
When I decided to start a beauty blog in March 2016, I knew absolutely nothing about blogging, blogging platforms, webhosts, designing a website, choosing a name for the blog, obtaining a domain name, etc. After some research and learning some blogging basics, Glam Budget Beauty was born using Blogger, a free blogging platform from Google. As I continued blogging throughout 2016, I learned about the WordPress blogging platform and I switched to the free version until I learned that my blog posts were not mine and WordPress (as well as Blogger) could remove any of my blog posts at any time, so I researched webhosts and found Blue Host, moved…
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Wardrobe Wednesday: Fall Wardrobe Essentials 2022
One of my most popular blog posts each year is my Fall Wardrobe Essentials, so today I’m posting an updated list for 2022. I publish a post like this every year around this time, and while our fall wardrobe essentials don’t change a lot from year to year, sometimes you want to update it with fresh, new fall wardrobe essentials, and as always, you should consider your personal style as well as your lifestyle and your fall wardrobe needs when reading this list. My fall wardrobe essentials may not be the same as yours, but this should be a good starting point for most of you, so here is my…
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Maintain Your Skin Monday: DIY Coffee Body Scrub with Coconut Oil
Summer is over and fall is here (and winter is just around the corner) and that means cooler weather, less humidity and drier skin and this DIY coffee body scrub with coconut oil will exfoliate and moisturize your skin while providing the skin with beneficial antioxidants from the coffee and coconut oil, it smells amazing and it’s super easy to make! Here’s what you will need: Ingredients: 1 Cup Ground Organic Coffee 1 Cup Organic Sugar (I like turbinado sugar. It’s more of a course sugar and great for exfoliating the skin) 1/2 Cup Organic Coconut Oil 1/2 Tablespoon Cinnamon (optional) 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract (optional) Directions: Melt coconut oil…
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What You Need To Know Wednesday: How to Avoid Becoming A Victim Of A Violent Crime
Violent crime (and crime in general) is definitely on the rise everywhere. It doesn’t matter where you live or how safe you feel your community is, a violent crime can happen anywhere and at any time, so I did some research on how to protect yourself from being a victim of a violent crime and listed below are some tips that I feel are necessary for all of us to know to protect ourselves: In Your Car Always have your car key or car FOB in your hand ready to use before entering your car. Carry your cell phone with you in the car. When entering or exiting your car,…
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Maintain Your Skin Monday: My Updated AM & PM Skincare Routines For Fall
My skincare routines are geared around three things: hydration, moisturization and exfoliation every day of the year and most everything I use comes from the drugstore (a few products come from Trader Joe’s and are drugstore priced). You can find really good skincare without breaking the bank, so after some trial and error over the years, I have created skincare routines for fall (and winter) that work for my skin, and everything is affordable too! So, before we dive into my updated skincare routines, my skin is mature (I am 59 yrs. old) and dry to very dry (depending on the time of year), so the skincare products I use…
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Wellness Wednesday: 5 Facts About Fats
When it comes to fats, people typically categorize them in the following way: proteins are good, carbs are bad, and fats make people fat. The truth is that fats get a bad rap, mostly due to related health effects caused by an abundance of unhealthy saturated fats and trans fats. In reality, we need fats to survive. So, here are five facts about fats in a healthy diet: 1. Fats = Energy There are two ways in which the human body can acquire fat to use as energy. The body can create its own fats to be stored for future use, or the fats can be consumed. In the earlier…
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Maintain Your Skin Monday: Comper Smarkin 4-in-1 Beauty Device Review
The Comper Smarkin 4-in-1 Beauty Device is a skincare treatment device that you link to an app on your smart phone. While you can operate it manually just by pressing the buttons on the device, with the app, you can set up a treatment program and the app automatically transitions the device between the different modes. It also keeps track of the treatments and reminds you when it is time to use the device again, so it is easy to keep up with a regime. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. First, what does the Comper Smarkin 4-in-1 device do? According to the website this device gives you “Professional…
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What You Need To Know Wednesday: Walmart’s Mega Beauty Event 2022
Move over Ulta and Sephora! You are not the only beauty retailers with beauty events going on! Get ready because Walmart’s Mega Beauty Event is almost here! Starting Saturday September 3rd, you can shop hundreds of beauty rollbacks and savings, so here’s what’s going to be on sale each week during the month of September… September 3rd – 9th: Hair Care, Hair Color, Hair Tools & Hair Accessories September 10th -16th: Cosmetics, Nails & Beauty Accessories September 17th – 23rd: Skin Care (including skin care tools) September 24th – 30th: Final Deals & Prestige Beauty I shop for pretty much all of my beauty, skin care and hair care products…
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Makeup Monday: Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty Fall Event 2022
Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty Fall Event started yesterday August 28th both in-store and online and runs through Saturday, September 17th! Each day two to three top shelf products will be discounted up to 50% on items like highlighters, mascaras, glosses, eye shadow palettes and even skincare, so here’s the list of everything that will be on sale each day (excluding yesterday’s sale items): Monday August 29: Elemis Dynamic Resurfacing Facial Pads, $30 (regularly $60) Nudestix Select Kits, $13.50 – $22.50 (regularly $27 – $45) Tarte Shape Tape Glow Wand, $14.50 (regularly $29) *Online Only, Diamond + Platinum Exclusive* 50% off Benefit Product (not yet revealed), *Diamond + Platinum Exclusive*…