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March Madness & Magazines: Life Lately & Monday Musings

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks both professionally and personally. I’ve tried a couple times now to sit down and write about real life for Friday Favorites and admittedly kept putting it off. Honestly, I didn’t feel like I had a grasp on my feelings and I haaaaate putting pen to paper, metaphorically speaking, before I’ve fully grasped on everything. Keep reading today’s Monday Musings for more behind the scenes and some personal talk.

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Lifestyle blogger, What Nicole Wore, shares a life update for March in her Monday Musings. Check out her favorite beauty new arrivals, and real talk about self care during difficult times. // top knot for medium length hair, turquoise tassel earrings, bell sleeve sweater, urban decay naked palette, purple lipstick, colourpop panda
featured | bell sleeve striped sweater + urban decay: naked palette + urban decay: disco stick highlighting stick c/o + colourpop cosmetics: ultra satin lip {in panda}

March Madness & Magazines: Life Lately & Monday Musings | Wakeup and Makeup

I’ve gotten a TON of new makeup in the past month or so and in an effort to prepare for a big beauty post, I’ve been digging through old favorites and working my way through a ton of new products. I’m due to write a “new beauty” type post to review some new items, but I’ve been thinking about writing a post about destashing and some of the products I haven’t loved. What do y’all think?

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How to Impact Young Women: Being Active as a Sorority Alumna

Happy Monday! Today’s post is a little different than my usual, but in honor of it being International Badge Day for sorority women, I wanted to talk about why I’m actively involved with my sorority, Sigma Kappa, as an alumna & how grateful I am for the opportunity to impact young women. Bonus: I’m showing off an outfit that’s appropriate badge attire too {for my non Greek friends, that just means its business meeting appropriate!}

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Southern fashion and beauty blogger, What Nicole Wore, shares how being engaged with your sorority after college can impact young women and the benefits of volunteering. // sigma kappa badge, international badge day, sorority formal meeting outfit, how to rock mustard yellow, work wear blouse
featured | pleated cuff blouse + black plaid skirt {old, similar} + dillards: mary jane block heel c/o {also available in nude} + baublebar: piñata tassel earrings c/o {on sale, save 25% off all Baublebar with FF25} + sugarfix by baublebar: bold beaded statement necklace c/o {comes in more colors} + leopard calf hair clutch {under $50} + fenty beauty: foundation + colourpop: element of surprise shadow palette {under $20!} + urban decay: disco stick highlighter c/o + urban decay: vice lipstick c/o {in backtalk}

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3 Ways to Embrace Hygge in Your Home Office

Winter blues are real, but they can get pretty intense if you work from home. I’ve been making a conscious effort to practice self-care & to embrace hygge in my home office. I’m hoping to have a full home office reveal further down the road; I’m still in the very early stages of getting things set up.

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So let’s start with the elephant in the room; what’s hygge? Hygge is defined as a quality of coziness and comfortable living that brings about a feeling of contentment or well being. The concept of hygge comes from Danish culture.

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Millennial lifestyle blogger, What Nicole Wore, shares 3 ways to practice self care and embrace hygge while working from home with Gordmans. [sponsored] // tips for working from home, hygge home decor, affordable furniture for first home, productivity and self care tips
featured | gordmans: gold and lack side table c/o {under $25!} + gordmans: 2018 planner c/o + gordmans: sticky note set c/o + faux fur ottoman {similar} + papermate: felt tip pens + ‘week of’ notepad {similar} + clipboard portfolio + vineyard vines: shep shirt c/o + loft: skinny jeans
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Don’t You Love Fridays? My Latest Favorites

And just like that, it’s Friday! I can’t get over how quickly this week flew by, especially since January felt like it was approximately 25 years long.  It was the first week in awhile that I really felt like I GSD on the front end up blogging and I’m feeling really excited about what’s to come this month for What Nicole Wore.  Keep reading to see what I’ve been up to and my latest favorites!

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Style blogger, What Nicole Wore, shares her latest favorites, the highs and lows of the week, plus ideas of what to do this weekend! // casual outfit ideas, weekend outfits, gameday outfits for women, shop local ky, topshop cardigan dupe
wearing | cats meowside tee c/o shop local ky {limited edition} + cardigan c/o {just $25} + dark rinse jeans {on sale} + vera bradley: sagebrush satchel c/o {on sale, available in more colors} + sugarfix by baublebar: pom pom tassel earrings c/o {all sugarfix 20% off this week!} + kendra scott: elisa necklace + marble popsocket + ray ban: mirrored clubmaster + colourpop: lippie stix {in poppin’}

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How I Want to Grow This Year & Holiday Snaps

Happy 2018! Last week, I took the week off to enjoy time with my family and also reflect on the year. To be entirely honest, I’ve felt burnt out in multiple aspects of my life the past few months and so sorting through that and setting goals for the New Year was pretty high on my agenda. While I’m not big on traditional resolutions, I do try to sit down each year and make myself a list of goals. I wanted to share those here today, in case any of you have been dealing similar situations and also to help hold myself accountable. Some of my friends choose a word for the year & if you made me choose one, I would say my word for 2018 is GROW.

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Feeling lost on how to grow as a person? Learn five areas to focus your personal growth journey on and how implement change! // packed party disco tumbler, sweater weather outfits, cute winter outfits, otk boots under $100
featured | embellished sweater c/o + lily of france: bralette c/o + distressed knee slit jeans c/o + over the knee boots c/o {old, similar} + kendra scott: etta necklace + rebecca minkoff: love crossbody c/o the outlet shoppes of the bluegrass {ON SALE} + packed party: disco tumbler c/o + mac cosmetics: lipstick + opi products: nail polish c/o

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