The Link Up: The Fun, Easy Beach Reads Em Took On Her Spring Break Vacation, Caitlin’s Biodegradable Gift Idea, And A Bikini Line Razor That Won’t Give You Razor Burn

Happy Sunday everyone. We are excited to person Emily backmost from her outpouring interruption abrogation truthful we tin vicariously unrecorded done her stories! We besides privation to marque definite you saw Julie and Velinda’s uncover this week. It’s beautiful, welcoming, and thankfully not the past 1 you’ll spot from them this year. Shall we nexus up??

This week’s location tour via The Design Files is simply a Mediterranean-inspired location by artist, Gemma Leslie and her partner, Mike Chambers. It’s a happy, inviting location that is intelligibly filled with beloved treasures from their lives. This location feels similar a hug erstwhile looking astatine it:)

From Emily: The 2 books I’ve work (so far) connected our outpouring interruption travel (both were hard to enactment down) and what is adjacent successful my cue. Like successful design, I americium picky but not snobby erstwhile it comes to what I work and planned mostly fun, easy-to-fly-through books for this trip. I person a batch to archer you but basically, the archetypal 4 days of our travel were truthful action-packed that I hardly read – lone erstwhile going to bed, but I couldn’t get Daisy Jones and the Six (Kindle and Local) retired of my head. Admittedly successful the mediate of it, I was frustrated with the penning format (very documentarian, with each the exposition told from 10 antithetic characters). At times it felt a spot muddy to wade done and I was like, “move it on already!!!” but the writer Taylor Jenkins Reid indispensable beryllium doing thing close due to the fact that I couldn’t hold to get to it each night. I LOVED her different book, Malibu Rising (Kindle and Local) truthful much, but little so The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Kindle and Local). And to beryllium just I didn’t decorativeness it truthful possibly it paid disconnected and I deliberation I’ll prime it backmost up adjacent week. I americium VERY excited to spot the series present connected Amazon due to the fact that I definite did autumn successful emotion with the satellite and the characters (it’s acceptable successful the 70s astir a stone set making its mode to the top, with a batch of precise quality problems that spell on with that clip successful that manufacture – i.e. addiction, fame, the patriarchy, feminism, ego, and of course, LOVE). After that, I switched to Twice successful a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren (Kindle and Local). Fun information – they are 2 women/best friends named Christina and Lauren. I’ve work astir each of their rom-coms and mostly thoroughly enjoyed them. I flew done this successful 2 days and it was precisely what I was successful the temper for – a coming-of-age teen emotion story, revisited 14 years aboriginal with immoderate household play and capable layers to support it from feeling wholly basic. It’s similar speechmaking Sweet Home Alabama – you cognize what is going to hap and that cognition is really truthful comforting.

As you know, I started speechmaking rom-com fabrication during the pandemic which perfectly helped with my regular situational anxiousness – it’s my affectional comfortableness food. This 1 was 1 of their amended ones though it took maine 10 pages to get hooked (sometimes I’m hooked connected leafage 2). Now connected time 7 of our travel (with 2 days near – penning this connected Wednesday) I’m 20 pages into The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Kindle and Local), which I’m fearful mightiness support maine up, truthful the caller Jojo Moyes book, Someone Else’s Shoes (Kindle and Local) and Ali Hazelwood’s Below Zero (Kindle) arsenic backups. Who americium I kidding, The Candy House mightiness beryllium little of a bully formation work and volition decorativeness it erstwhile I’m location (it’s already a tiny spot unsettling). All hail the convenience of the kindle erstwhile traveling:)

From Ryann: This is the perfect crewneck sweatshirt. I person it successful a fewer colors and it’s 1 of those pieces that I find myself gravitating toward each time (to beryllium just I americium decidedly into utilitarian basics arsenic of precocious – astir apt due to the fact that of each this rain!). But I bash emotion it (I sized up for an oversized look) and deterioration with leggings oregon jeans and sneakers for a precise laid-back but pulled-together look.

From Mallory: Summer is close astir the country truthful I deliberation this is an due clip to bring up the bikini enactment conversation. I’m personally a shaver due to the fact that I don’t emotion having hairsbreadth down determination (for maine personally, wholly chill if you’re successful different campy :)) but shaving perpetually successful the summertime brings up immoderate razor pain issues that I besides don’t love. ENTER MY RAZOR BURN SOLUTION. I heard about this wet/dry trimmer on TikTok and for $30 I was surely acceptable to effort it out. Not gonna prevarication I deliberation it’s going to alteration my beingness successful the coming months. It works GREAT. The three-blade strategy gets the bulk of the hairsbreadth outta determination but it doesnt springiness you razor pain due to the fact that it’s not a CRAZY adjacent shave. Plus I emotion that you tin shave adust with virtually nary product, truthful if you person a spontaneous excavation infinitesimal you tin get that bikini enactment acceptable to stone without having to afloat instrumentality a shower. Now I’m inactive readying to bash a razor shave erstwhile successful a portion due to the fact that it volition beryllium a smoother/closer shave, but this volition beryllium a large mode to support the hairsbreadth down without perpetually irritating the tegument down there. Highly recommend!!

From Caitlin: It’s been a infinitesimal since I’ve fallen successful emotion with a candle, but I americium SO EXCITED astir these “plant the box” scented candles. There are 8 antithetic scents (running the gamut from Lavender to Tomato), but my favorites are the Fresh Cut Grass and Sweet Sunflower. The champion part: the boxes they travel successful are biodegradable and filled with seeds, truthful you tin really turn the works that the candle is based on! I’m going to effort the Siam Poppy scent adjacent – I can’t hold to turn immoderate Flanders poppies connected my balcony this spring:) (This would beryllium a truly large acquisition for Mother’s Day, too! It’s a slam dunk for anyone who loves candles oregon gardening…or both. Just thing to support successful caput if you’re trying to get your gifts done aboriginal this year!)

From Albie: I don’t cognize if it’s due to the fact that I’m getting person to 40, however, I consciousness similar I’ve been learning truthful overmuch much astir my body, and particularly my skin…which successful word triggered a full skincare journey that I’m presently on. One of my fave caller finds and facial tegument attraction tools is this cryo ball. I permission it successful my mini skincare fridge truthful it stays bully & cold, and usage it each morning. Y’all… it feels truthful bully connected my skin! Bonus: it’s owned by a achromatic woman! And without adjacent realizing it, galore of the different items successful my facial skincare arsenal are black-owned, which means they were created with melanin successful mind. I emotion that for me. 

From Jess: When I was talking to my dada this past week, helium asked wherever I bought the sweatpants I got him for Christmas due to the fact that helium wanted to bargain more. If you person anyone successful your beingness that is hard to store for past you cognize the question of axenic daze and excitement that went done my body. I DID IT!!!! I got him a acquisition helium really loved!! He says they are the best-fitting sweatpants he’s ever worn but besides are truthful comfy that helium doesn’t privation to alteration into his PJs. Y’all helium bought TWO much pairs (dark gray and navy) and the antheral is peculiar astir his clothes. I truly person to convey Brian and his acquisition guide from this past year. He talked them up truthful I thought I would effort to acquisition my dada a brace of “cool but casual sweatpants.” So here’s different rave reappraisal if you are stumped for a acquisition for your dada oregon a idiosyncratic successful your life. Oh, and they travel successful gangly sizes too!

Before we permission you, we, of course, request to speech astir the astir caller wide shooting that happened successful Nashville, TN this past week sidesplitting 6 people. It’s unimaginable to america that anyone who lives successful the US feels bully that these shootings proceed to happen. Clearly, a gross understatement. And yet there is simply a recorded video interview of an existent Tennessee congressman saying quote, “It’s a horrible, horrible situation, and we’re not going to hole it.” He says much but it doesn’t get immoderate better. The extortion of our guns implicit our lives has to stop. Giving up is not an option. Sensible weapon laws HAVE to beryllium enactment into place. No 1 is saying guns can’t beryllium but our lives, and particularly our kids’ lives, are conscionable much important, aren’t they? What an unbelievable condemnation to person to write. Please telephone your reps. Here is the authoritative telephone list. Also, wage attraction to erstwhile your section and authorities elections are. Google it due to the fact that it matters.

Opening Image Credits: Design by Velinda Hellen Design | Lead Designer: Julie Rose | Contractor: McLeod Construction, Inc. | Styling by Emily Bowser | Photos by Sara Ligorria-Tramp | From: A Kitchen Makeover That Focused On Small Changes For A BIG Impact (Julie And Velinda Did It Again!)

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