what i’m loving right now.

Ellovi body butter & lip butter.

Hi my name is Gracie, and I have an extreme obsession love for all skin moisturizers. I’ve never met a body lotion I didn’t like, but I was especially excited to accept a sample of Ellovi body butter when I learned that it’s all-natural, handmade, and includes just six ingredients. Made from macadamia nut, coconut, marula nut, hemp seed, and shea, there are no synthetic ingredients, preservatives, parabens, or other secret ingredients in Ellovi.

Ellovi body butter and lip butter

Their lip butter also has just six ingredients - Hawaiian coconut, sunflower, hemp, macadamia, Ghanaian marula, and shea.

Both butters smell amazing, and they feel incredible on my skin and lips.

 

Madecasse toasted coconut dark chocolate.

Not much explanation necessary here. If you see this in stores, get it. Trust me. If not, you can order it on the Madecasse website.

Madecasse Toasted Coconut Dark Chocolate

 

UV Sriracha vodka.

That’s right, sriracha really can add flavor to anything and everything. Rachel and I used UV sriracha vodka to make “Srirachaberry Margaritas” (with raspberries instead of strawberries) before going out, and it was the perfect way to kick off the night!

UV Sriracha Vodka

 

 

this meal combo…

This isn’t anything new or revolutionary, just a meal that I’ve been loving and eating just about every day for either breakfast or lunch.

It’s pretty simple – just a combination of soft boiled eggs, sweet potato, and avocado. It’s so filling and delicious!

Soft Boiled Eggs, Sweet Potato, Avocado

 

Liquiteria.

In case you didn’t notice, cold-pressed juice is like, really in right now. Especially in NYC, at least. I’ve tried a handful of juice brands, and Liquiteria is definitely one of my new favorites. I had a discount code so grabbed their Level One Cleanse the other day, and I loved it. I drank the juice in additional to my normal (slightly smaller) meals, and it left me feeling really energized throughout the day. I didn’t even need my afternoon coffee fix!

(Oh, and I also like how Liquiteria’s juice 6-pack is the most inexpensive I’ve found yet.)

Liquiteria cold-pressed juice cleanse\

 

Arrojo PrIMP working spray.

I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with hairspray. Since I add waves to my hair often, hairspray is a necessity. But even with my (then) favorite brand – one spray too many left my hair feeling and looking crunchy. So when I got the suggestion to try Arrojo’s PrIMP working spray, I figured it was worth a try.

Arrojo PrIMP working spray

The verdict: it’s the hairspray I’ve been looking for all my life! It’s super light but still holds my hairstyle in place. Best of all is that it still allows you to switch up your hairstyle if you want to do different shapes and styles (it was actually created for that purpose for photo shoots). It also smells amazing and works well with heat tools.

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What are you loving right now?

a good hair day, every day {with suave gold-natural infusions}.

I know you’ve had them too…those days where your hair is just exactly how God intended it to be. Shiny and bouncy, but still with that hint of “oh, I just woke up like this!”

I’ve really found that the key to having a good hair day every day isn’t about your hair cut or how you style it – it’s more about the products you use to keep your hair as healthy as possible. I’ve recently tried Suave’s new line of Gold-Natural Infusions, and they really make my hair look and feel amazing.

Gracie Gordon

With natural-infused ingredients like moisturizing macadamia oil and spray, thickening awaphui ginger, Moroccan oil for shine and Keratin for smoothing - Suave® Gold Naturals can help you get the “Goodness” back in your hair to have a good hair day, every day.

Some of the new products include Awapuhi Natural Infusion, Macadamia Moroccan Infusion, Shine Keratin Infusion, Macadamia Spray Moroccan Infusion, and Moroccan Argan Styling Oil.

Suave Professionals & Walgreens

Suave® Gold-Natural Infusions is putting the goodness back into your hair so you look good, feel beautiful and radiate goodness outward into the world.

Suave and Walgreens want to help spread the goodness by providing fun and easy ways to pass it on so they are offering Buy $6 worth of Suave® Natural Infusion and get 2,000 balance reward points!

Suave Professionals & Walgreens

Disclosure: please note that I was compensated for this post. All opinions herein are my own.

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What’s your #1 secret for having a good hair day?

 

 

a wednesday in the life.

Might as well keep this “day in the life” thing going, right?

Yesterday was another great day. On Wednesdays (and Fridays) I don’t work my real estate job, so I have more freedom in my schedule. And that looked a little bit like…

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8am – wake up, drink coffee, spend time with God.

9am – post blog, catch up on emails, write to Ayanda.

Children's Cup

10am – watch Wendy Williams, eat breakfast.

(green smoothie, 2 fried eggs, slice of brown rice bread)

green smoothie, eggs, brown rice bread

10:30am – 12:30pm – work on Speakable orders to be shipped by the end of the week.

Speakable necklaces

12:45pm – head downtown for a last minute hair touchup at Arrojo.

(If you’re in NYC and are looking for a hair colorist, shoot me an email at gracie(at)girlmeetslife(dot)com. I’ve got the girl for you!)

blonde highlights

4pm – get home, eat a super late lunch, and start making a treat for my Community Group girls. Recipe to come!

No Bake White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

5pm – 7pm – work on some upcoming blog posts, prep for company.

7:30 – 10pm – one of my favorite parts of the week! My Community Group took place at my apartment last night, and it was perfect. We chatted about life, enjoyed some treats, and played games. I love these girls!

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What did your Wednesday look like? Anything special/exciting happen?