I hope you all sang the song while reading the title, and if you didn’t shame on you! And if you don’t know the song the title comes from, shame on you some more! Go watch the Sound of Music right now! lol I’m serious but I’m not, watch it after you finish reading this post 🙂
Style & Beauty Favs
Very Good Girl Perfume – This perfume has become my signature scent! I love it so much! I actually have 3 Good Girl perfumes – The original Good Girl (black bottle), Very Good Girl (red bottle) and Good Girl Blush Elixir (pink and black bottle). I smelled the Good Girl Blush Elixir at Ulta on my birthday and I loved it, so you know I had to ask for it for Christmas because no one is spending over $170 on some perfume! That would not be very luxe for less of me. But surprisingly my parents got me both Good Girl Blush Elixir and Very Good Girl. I didn’t think I would like VGG as much as the elixir but it has top notes of Lychee and it literally smells like a Lychee Martini in a bottle! I get compliments everytime I wear it. Definitely making it my signature.
Blue Oversized Fluffy Bucket Hat – Y’all! This hat is the hat of the season! It looks so good and I love how oversized it is. It’s also very fluffy and I feel like it’s a great transitional piece for people like me who are trying to get more into stand-out fashion pieces. Also, it’s only $20 on Amazon and comes in so many different colors. I’m debating getting it in pink too!
Summer Fridays Dream Lip Oil – Now y’all honestly idk why I added this one to the list because it’s not a favorite just yet. It’s a cute lip oil and definitely convenient because I can just through it in my purse and go, but I feel like it’s not moisturizing enough. I have to keep applying it to my lips more often than other lip products I have like the Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm, now that one! That’s def a staple, the Dream Oil is cute but maybe won’t be repurchasing.
Topicals Faded Serum – I’ve loved using this serum on my dark spots since about 2021 and It’ll continue to be a staple in my skincare routine. I’ve recently been breaking out this month and I’m not entirely sure why…I think it may be the sugar I’m eating (y’all pray for me) but because of this I’ve been using the Faded serum more often.
Fenty Gloss Bomb in Hot Chocolit – This is a staple lippie for me that I will always come back to. They could never make me hate her!
Health & Wellness
Romans 8:5-6 – If you didn’t know, Romans is my favorite book in the Bible. Reading it literally opened up my eyes to the true meaning of what it means to be a Christian, that we are not just believers in Christ, but followers of Christ and keepers of His commandments. We all know this Christian walk down the narrow path is not easy, especially in a world filled with temptation, but we have to remind ourselves that when temptation comes that we are not led by the flesh but by the spirit, and through the spirit we find not death, but life and peace. Christ brings life and peace.
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 23 – So your girl is officially a runna! Well more like a jogger….well…more like a walker/jogger. One of my goals last year was to begin running and I did start! I bought Hokas and everything but every time I ran in them my feet would hurt and I got discouraged and stopped training. This year though, I decided I want to run a marathon…well…more like run/jog/walk a marathon, so I started training for my first 5k! I bought these shoes because they provide arch support and they’re good for feet that over-protonate, which mine do. If you’re thinking about getting running shoes, I recommend getting fitted for some or at least doing a foot scan to see which kind of feet you have (flat, over-protonation, etc.) I went to Fleet Feet in Decatur to do my scan.
Brussel Sprouts – Shout out to my squad sistaaa Alyssa who made these bomb Brussel Sprouts for dinner one night I went to her house! Those Brussel Sprouts blessed my stomach, and since then I have loved Brussels! I’ll post the recipe one day on the blog, but until then season your Brussels as you normally would and then drizzle on some honey and pop them into the air fryer or oven for a bit and they will taste so good! They’ll have this glaze on them and won’t taste like those Brussels they used to feed us back in ’99.
Media
Throne – “So we join Heaven, and the Angels, singing round the throne. That you, you are, holy.” One of my sistas at church told me about this song early in January and I have been playing it the entire month, no joke. In a world filled with self-exaltation, let us not forget to look to the throne, where our savior sits in glory. And give Him all the praise and honor that he is due. Also, Jordan’s voice is highly anointed. God knew exactly who to give this song to.
Iron Flame – My book club read Fourth Wing in November, the 1st in this series and I loved it! So I decided to read the 2nd and I was not at all disappointed. I love the twist and turns of the storyline and how I literally do not see anything coming at all. And y’all! So this book does have some spicy scenes in it but I have been skipping them! Which I am so proud of myself for because Lord knows I need to for my own mind, but also because reading spicy scenes and watching shows with spicy scenes in them definitely propel lust within me. So to mitigate that, I’ve decided I’m going to start skipping the spicy scenes in books. I love to read way too much to give fiction books up so this is the compromise. We’ll see how it goes, but so far so good.
One of Them Days – Now I did not think that I would like this movie as much as I did, but then I realized that I like Keke Palmer, I like SZA, and I love Issa Rae….so this move was perfect for me. I would definitely watch it again! It was actually funny. If you don’t watch films or shows with cursing in them I would not recommend, just an fyi!
January was filled with so many amazing finds, and I loved sharing my favorites with you! From must-have fashion pieces to beauty essentials and little lifestyle upgrades, these are the things that made my month extra special. If you’re interested in trying any of them yourself, I’ve linked everything throughout the post so you can easily shop my favorites. Let me know in the comments what you loved this month or if you end up grabbing anything from my list—I’d love to hear your thoughts! Here’s to discovering even more gems in February! 💖✨