Q: What do you do? A: I founded an ethical fashion brand, Trades of Hope. Trades of Hope sells fair trade fashion + home accessories made by women who are facing poverty. However, the women we partner with don’t want charity but an opportunity. They have faced oppression, hunger, and desperation; but with a dignified […]

Happy New Year, 2019! I am so excited to be starting up FREE Monthly wallpapers again! (If you have been following for a while and remember when I did this for every month in 2015, you’re the real deal.) I don’t know what it was, but I just felt a little nudging in my bones […]

Let’s end 2018 with some fun, shall we?! I’m a 3w4 on the Enneagram — so all my feelings and reflecting is heightened around the end of the year. With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, I wanted to bring that reflection to our Instagram stories! So, I made these 2018 New Year Instagram […]

Click to watch my 6 minute 2018 Recap Video: My 2018 was my favorite journey around the sun yet! That’s why I wanted to create this 2018 Recap: Year of Checking Off Bucket List Items! It includes trips to 7 countries (Scotland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Haiti, England, Uganda, and Kenya), plus 2 trips to New […]

Click to watch video: It’s the happiest time of the year, and I have had a blast planning out what I’m going to give my friends and family. When you know what to get someone, gift giving is a rush. However, when you don’t know what your loved ones would like, it can be super […]

I founded Trades of Hope to create jobs in developing countries and empower women in poverty to have hope and dignity. When women in developing countries have jobs, they are a lot less vulnerable to being trafficked — another reason I LOVE Trades of Hope and our fair trade accessories. This passion has led me […]

 I grew up with acne, and I used to think that skincare was a retail ploy to get people to spend hundreds of dollars a year on products for their skin that don’t work. Well, now I’m a huge believer! It totally works. (Or I’m just another fool putting placebo goop on my face […]

I was looking into getting my tiny eyebrows microbladed, but holy guacamole it’s expensive! I want luscious brows when I wake up, but I don’t want it that bad. Then I found out about tinting your eyebrows at home with BEARD DYE. I kid you not. It costs about $8 (for the box of dye), I had […]

While I didn’t receive a direct invitation from HRH Prince Harry and newly-Duchess Meghan, I did have a whirlwind of fun joining 100,000 others outside of Windsor Castle to accompany the couple on their historical day. (And while I somehow wasn’t invited to their intimate reception, I did get photos of the beautiful newlyweds. In one, Harry […]

Bring snacks. If you’re asleep on the plane while they’re passing out dinner or breakfast, they’ll just skip you! And you’ll be hungry (on top of jet lagged). I usually go for trail mixes (with chocolate!) and dried (probably sugary) fruit. Your suite case matters. It is a game changer on traveling days and throughout your trip! […]