Ah, it’s the holiday season and it wouldn’t be that time of year without something going a little haywire, would it? I think we’ve all had that “oops” realization that you missed picking up an important gift, or maybe plans changed in the eleventh hour and now you need to find a last-minute gift… stat!​​​​​​​

In the spirit of embracing those last-minute panicky gift moments, I thought I’d put a twist on my annual beauty gift guide. I’ve hand-selected each beauty item (yes, I’ve tried EVERYTHING on this list!), plus I’m including all the details of exactly when you need to order online to receive it in time to place it under the tree, cool as a cucumber of course!

So if you’re ready to knock out the rest of your holiday list, or if you’re just shopping for yourself, I hope these beauty gift ideas will have you hitting check out, then kicking back your feet and relaxing with a cup of cocoa in no time!

Traditions; we all have them. The holidays often bring about time to celebrate family traditions and the opportunity to make new ones. As newer homeowners, we have slowly added new traditions every holiday season, and have also incorporated some of what I grew up with, too.

In many households, holiday traditions revolve around the kitchen. In our family, it’s no different. The kitchen has always been a gathering space where the grandmas, moms, aunts, and cousins share treasured recipes and have a good time while preparing the meal for everyone to enjoy. When it came my time to determine what type of traditions I wanted to carry on, creating and preserving family recipes was at the top of my list!

With the holiday season nearly upon us, I’m excited to partner with Albert Lee Appliance to share some of my treasured family recipes. Additionally, I’ll be highlighting some of the great features from the GE Profile appliances that help make holiday cooking and baking easier than ever! 

We were flying home from Boston when I realized I had made a critical mistake: I’d lost my earbuds. Placed into a coat pocket, they probably fell out at some point during our travels. Without a backup pair, it was remedied by a cheap pair in-flight that sufficed, but ended up getting tangled up in the passenger next to me and yanked out a few times when said passenger fell asleep. Oh, the joys of air travel.

Disclosure: Thanks to Best Buy for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own!

But what if that could be different?

After my travel mishap, I started looking into wireless earbud options that could cancel out background noise, hold a charge for a several hour long flight, and wouldn’t take up much space in my bag or require a special charging adapter. That’s when I discovered JLab Audio’s new line up of JBuds, available at Best Buy. Boasting the title of #1 best-selling true wireless earbud for less than $100, they claimed to offer great sound, high-quality fit, and comfort. 

But do they deliver? Today, I thought I’d share my thoughts in this JBuds review, and how they have helped improve my everyday work and travel!