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Happy Cyber Monday!

Some people love Black Friday, but Cyber Monday has always been my favorite because of two magical words: free shipping!

I’ve scoured through all the sale and am rounding up my favorites here! **I’ll continue to update this post as sales go live!

Amazon: deals all week with new deals being added every five minutes:

Great gifts:

LOFT: 50% off everything + free shipping with code CYBERMONDAY

Shop my favorite picks here:

Pottery Barn: up to 30% off + free shipping with JOLLY

Home essentials

Chicwish: 25% off with code BLCK25 + free shipping

My picks:

Ulta: $10 off $50 with CYBERMON16 with lots of special prices + free shipping with $35+

My sale picks:

Vera Bradley: 50% off sale styles + free shipping

Francesca’s: 30% off site wide, up to 50% off select items + free shipping $50+

Kendra Scott: 20% off everything + free shipping with SALE20

Other notable sales: Nordstrom Rack = up to 75% off + free shipping, Forever21 = 21% off + free shipping with code CYBER21, Macy’s = take an extra 20% off + free shipping at $25+ with code CYBER, Adorabelles = 30% off everything + free shipping at $25+ with cybermonday, SheIn = 40% off $55+, 45% off $105+ & free expedited shipping, Charming Charlie = best selling handbags just $25, BOGO free sale jewelry, other deals + free shipping, Fossil = 25% off everything + free 2-day shipping with GIFT25.

Gift Guide: Beauty Gifts Under $50

We’re two days away from Thanksgiving which means the holiday shopping season is almost here!  {Pretty sure I’m still scarred from last year.}  I like to start shopping now so that I can order online, ship it to myself, wrap it and then ship it out to my various family and friends.  While lots of people wait until Black Friday or Cyber Monday to shop, I like to get my orders in before things start selling out and take advantage of the pre-Black Friday sales.

Today, I’m sharing some of my favorite under $50 beauty items; I’ve included a pretty good variety of price points so some of these can be stocking stuffers or be put into a basket of goodies while others are just really great deals!  I’ll talk about some of them below, but simply click the item in the collage to shop.

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Event Recap: World of Vera Bradley at Macy’s

Last weekend I hosted a World of Vera Bradley launch party at Macy’s Tuttle Crossing in Columbus, Ohio.  There are nine Macy’s locations throughout the country that have these mini Vera Bradley shops set up within the handbag department; Lexington friends, Fayette is one of the locations!  There are a ton of great new offerings this season so I wanted to share some of those as well as what a World of Vera Bradley looks like with you all today.

World of Vera Bradley at Macy's
featured: leather duffle + plaid tote + scottie dog scarf
How dreamy is that duffel? I love that it has the classic shape that I associate with Vera Bradley’s signature travel pieces but is more structured since it’s constructed out of the high quality leather the company has added to its line.  The new plaid print is absolutely gorgeous {styled a bag in the print in this post} and reminds me so much of the well known Burberry plaid.

Event Recap: World of Vera Bradley at Macy's
featured: puffin sweater + navy buffalo check vest + abalone stone necklace {on gold chain} + vera bradley: sagebrush satchel c/o + matte lipstick + foundation + eyebrows + nail polish
For our launch party, we had a DJ as well as a fun photo booth station where everyone could share the reasons that they love to be a girl.  Columbus is about a three hour drive from Louisville so while I didn’t have time to explore the whole city, I did do my research beforehand and picked out a donut shop to stop at to celebrate National Donut Day.

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IG Roundup

What Nicole Wore: IG RoundupI can’t believe that October is already here! Fall came out of nowhere and hit me in the face this week {seriously, it was in the mid 50’s this week!} so I’m going to get to start wearing my fall clothes. I’m really, really excited about some of the upcoming fall content that’s going to be here over the next month.

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This also happens to be a great weekend to shop sales so if you’re starting to panic about not having enough fall clothing — I’ve got you covered!

IG Roundup
featured in this photo: layered top c/o {old, similar ON SALE} + pink plaid blanket scarf {similar} + black skinny jeans + leather flats + mini leather crossbody + nail polish

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Unboxing: the Fab Fit Fun Fall Box

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Today’s post is a little less style and a little more life so I hope y’all enjoy. I wanted to share the new Fab Fit Fun box that recently launched for fall.  Fab Fit Fun is a quarterly subscription box but unlike many other subscription boxes you receive full size products and the box covers a wide variety of interests such as, beauty, fashion, health, and home.  Each box has at least $200 of goodies inside + costs $49.99 {promo code coming at you down below!}

The company reached out to me towards the end of summer and let me try their summer box {which was awesome}, but this fall box is loaded with items that I’m so excited to try and share with you!

Unboxing the Fab Fit Fun Fall Box
Fab Fit Fun, Fall 2016 box {all items c/o} features: coloring book and pencils {$14 value} + Modcloth Loch and Key Blanket Scarf {$34.99 value} + The Created Co. To-Go Coffee Mug {$19 value} + Mullein & Sparrow Mini French Lavender Body Oil {$18 value} + The BrowGal Eyebrow Gel {$20 value} + Spongellé Body Wash Infused Buffer {$16 value} + Pure Cosmetics Nude Collection Eyeshadow Palette {$50 value} + Toesox Toeless Fitness Socks {$18 value} + Skin Laundry Restoring Night Serum {$50 value} + BONUS ITEMS!

Take $10 off + get all of these items for just $39.99 with code NICOLEWORE!

Unboxing the Fab Fit Fun Fall Box

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