I was really interested in giving Pacifica a try, since they are more natural in the makeup department. They have so many products from skincare to makeup to perfume. I have bought a few of… More
Bloggers Spotlight with BestieTalks
Here is this months Blogger Spotlight, BestieTalks . They are best friends that run a blog together by long distance! How cool is that! Basically I sent out a tweet on twitter, asking who would like to be part of blogger spotlight by answering some questions for us to get to know them better.
* Can you tell us a little about yourself and your blog?
We are long-distance besties who created BestieTalks as a platform for us to have the ability to share our love for writing, travel, love and adventures. Our blog is something that connects us even though we are states apart. We live separate lives but are always connected and BestieTalks is proof of what we can do together..even when we aren’t together! Having a blog with my Bestie is like a grown up version of us sharing a secret journal.. except its visible to the entire world!
*What inspired you to start your blog?
We wanted a way to stay connected while enjoying something we do, writing. A blog seemed like the perfect outlet and something we can both be a part of while being thousand miles apart. (See above answer too.)
*What inspires you to keep moving forward with your blog?
Honestly, we inspire each other! We both live busy lives and have high expectations for ourselves. We have gotten great feed back on our blog and that is so inspiring in itself. Our future inspires us!
*What is one piece of advice youwould give to someone wanting to start their very own blog?
Keep going! Even if it feels at times like no one is reading your blog but you.. thats ok! Remember why you started and keep going because it makes you happy! Don’t give up…persistence always brings results!
Well I hope you enjoyed meeting our Blogger Spotlight! If you would like to be include in a Bloggers Spotlight, please feel free to message me!
December Goals
Here are some are some of my goals for the month of December. November wasn’t that successful for goals that I had in mind so I am hoping that December will be better.
No spend
Well last month for November did not work out, We didn’t really stick to it at all. I’m a bit disappointed by this. So for the month of December, I’m hoping to do better and have a no spend month on unneeded items.
Blogging
I had everything planned out but didn’t stick to it. Why, I don’t know. Life. By the time I get home from work, I’m tired and hungry. I make my dinner, hop in my bed and turn on my heating blanket to watch my YouTube videos. This month I’m going to try to work on blog post while watching my YouTube videos , hopefully this helps me stay on track.
Art
Honestly I haven’t really created much of anything in awhile. I have a few ideas but it’s just a matter of sitting down and starting.
Makeup
I haven’t played around with eyeshadow looks much in November, even though I got the Jacklyn Hill palette and the Boss Mood palette from Morphe. Those puppies are like butter. I think there was only one or two shades that haven’t really impressed me so far.
Daily Journaling
I really should get back into doing my planning/daily journaling, I was doing so well until the last few months I got out of the habit. Lately I’ve been feeling unorganized because of this. So I’m taking this as a sign to start back up.
November Blogger Spotlight
Here is this months Blogger Spotlight, Rakhi who runs not one but two blogs rakhijayashankar and jayashankarrakhi. Basically I sent out a tweet on twitter, asking who would like to be part of blogger spotlight by answering some questions for us to get to know them better.
1. I am a mother of four – one is my husband. That would be the prime thing I would like to tell about myself right now. Because I am a full time mother and part time blogger.
I have two blogs.
A. Outset- https://rakhijayashankar.blogspot.in
This is a book review blog. It was selected among the top 50 book review blogs in India.
B. Scrutiny- https://jayashankarrakhi.wordpress.com
This is my personal blog where I talk about anything and everything.
I am a published author too.
2. While I was hunting for publisher for my book, one of the publisher asked me to write a review of their book. That’s when I started Outset. Once it got clicked, I wanted to write about my thoughts on various subjects, which made me start Scrutiny
3. My three favourite bloggers would be
Tomichan Matheikal, Gary Waynerchuk and Mostly Sane. All three have inspired me with their unique thoughts and ideas and how they project themselves.
4. Books are my lifeline. I will keep reading books till the last breath and as long as I read the books, I keep blogging.
5. Don’t start a blog for fame or other perks. Only start them if you really have a love for words and literature.
I hope you enjoyed reading about this months blogger spotlight!
Memory Planning Hual
A while back I made a few trips to Joann’s and bought some new sticker books and a memory planner. The memory planner was something I have been wrestling around with the idea of buying for a bit now. They were having a sale and there was a coupon that you could combine together. So I felt it was worth the money since I only paid about $12-14 for the memory planner, normally $34-$40. I am happy that I finally went and bought it.
I find it fun and like the idea to write down memories of events that happened that day, week or month. The memory planner is undated which is nice, if i happen to forget to write in it for a month or so, because of life, I can pick right back up were I left off. I also like the idea of having a template already done and all you have to do is fill in the blank spaces, compared to scrapbooking. Which I have tried but felt so lost and over whelmed by it.
November Goals
Its a new month and here are my November goals!
Surpass Octobers views
Honestly ever since I had let my domain expire in march I have been struggling with views. I was roughly getting anywhere between 500- 1500 views a month. Now I barely get 100-200. Which is insane. Since buying a domain again, my hope is that I get back where I was last year and earlier this year.
No Spend November
Alright we did this last year so we could move from downtown Milwaukee to the suburbs and we need to do this again this year. Well, we don’t need to but I want to. Our bank account would like it and I would like new car tires and a washer/dryer combo by tax time. Yes, we could use our taxes for that but we don’t want to use all of it on that. We would like to save a good deal of it and maybe even put a nice chunk down on our car to speed up the payments. We are already paying it off six months early, because we do split payments. Plus we have a trip coming up in January/February.
Journal/tarot/plan Daily
Just being more consistent with everything. I hardly did anything in September but October was better, 2 out of 4 weeks. But November needs to be better. Period.
Read the books I have and stop buying new ones
Easy enough to understand. I keep buying new ones and not finishing the ones I have. I need to stop. Please someone stop me.
One blog post a week min
Some months I’m really good at blogging and keeping up and some months not so much. I try to stay two weeks, ideally a month ahead but life happens.
More Consistent with @bloggingbeesrt
In case you didn’t know I run Bloggingbeesrt on twitter, which is a RT account. Basically you tag or mention Bloggingbeesrt and I RT you. Very simple. I am still fine tuning daily threads, so please bear with me. I do run it my self.
Workout
So for October I was planning to a thirty day workout challenge and didn’t. I got a really bad chest cold at that time and I’m still dealing with the cough but there “nothing” wrong with me. Um okay, bye Felicia.
I would love to hear what your goals are!
October- What I’m loving
I thought I would share with you some of the items I have been enjoying for the month of October!
Candles
I bought so many fall smelling candles from Bath and Body Works I can’t even begin to pick and choose which ones are my favorites but I do really liking Evening Hearth (can’t find on the web site), Autumn woods & Sweater Weather.
New shoes
Who doesn’t love new shoes because I know I do. I got 2 new pairs of Champion Gusto from Payless when they had a BOGO sale. I picked the Grey jersey/ coral and Turquoise/black. In total with tax I only paid $39. Not bad for 2 pairs. I love the Turquoise pair, its such a fun color!
New phone
For the last few months now I have been wanting to upgrade my Iphone 7. Well we finally did it! I upgraded to the new iPhone XS and picked the gold color and my husband picked out the space gray. I. LOVE. IT. The camera is awesome. Its a little odd not having a home button and keeps throwing me off but I’ll live.
Skincare & Haircare
For hair I have been reaching for Evo Salty Dog Salt Spray and Not Your Mothers Girl Powder Volumizing Hair Powder. I really like this combo together with Design.Me Hair Fab.Me which is a 18 in 1 leave in treatment. Hask Chia Seed Volumizing Dry Shampoo is a favorite dry shampoo of mine and will be buying a third bottle soon. It leaves little to none white residue when applying. Garnier Fructis Deconstructed Pixie Play has been a staple of mine for the last four years since I went pixie. It does not make your hair greasy, unless you use too much. It is a must for me.
Right now for skincare I’m loving the aloe, herbs and rosewater facial spray from Mario Badescu. It smalls so good! I use this in the morning before I put any primer on for my makeup and after I take off all my makeup at night before I apply my moisturizer. I have been using to set my makeup too! Neutrogena Healthy Skin Glow Sheers I like on days that I don’t really want to wear makeup but want to wear a little something.
