Since I shop all day every day (no really, I do), occasionally, I like to come up with ways to make it feel more exciting. I love shopping as much as or more than the next person, but even the things you love can start to feel boring every so often. That's where challenges like this one come into play. To spice things up, I gave myself two hours this week to see how many rich-looking items I could find from Nordstrom with a $300 budget in mind. And not to brag, but I hit it out of the park. Fr...

In the past two years, discreet sex toys have garnered all of the hype. From personal massagers that fit in your palm and effortlessly make it through TSA to the LILY 3 and Rose Toy, its clear that discreet sex toys for more private women is the latest in pleasure trends. Glass sex toys, on the other hand, further elevate this trend and make room for the more eclectic bae.With gorgeous designs, sustainability due to its glass makeup and safer modalities as its easier to clean than its bacteri...

Wintry fragrances always run the risk of being a bit too holiday heavy. Too many notes like cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla can make you smell like a cookie exchange rather than a serious person. There's one note, in particular, that can make you smell like the inside of a snow globe if it's done wrong: pine. Pine scents can get a bad rep for being too holiday-centric. It makes sense. When we think of pine trees, we often think of everything they're associated with. That means Christmas trees,...

I have a bit of a picky nose when it comes to fragrances. In my early days as a beauty editor, I spent a lot of time sampling every perfume I could get my hands on to figure out my fragrance MO. The conclusion I came to was, yes, I'm very selective. While some designer scents were nice and I wouldn't mind catching a whiff of them while out, I often found that I wouldn't actually wear a lot of them myself. That all changed once I caught a sniff of a few key Tory Burch perfumes.I was first drawn ...