Friday, May 27, 2016

Outfit Post//Travel: Palm Springs

Hi loves! How has everyone's week been? Jeff and I had the honor of going to Palm Springs last weekend to host my braid bar at the Bloguettes Instagram Camp. It was SO much fun. We left AZ Friday and right when I got there we were greeted by the cutest girls with the Bloguettes. I braided some one of their hair to get some promo photos and we went up to our room. The camp was hosted at The Saguaro which is where we stayed as well. Let me tell you...everywhere at that hotel is a "perfect" IG photo. Bright colorful backgrounds, palm trees and a retro feel. It was magical and had a old hollywood feel to it. On Friday night we went to a Happy Hour with all of the Sponsors, VIPs and Bloguettes that was hosted at Mr. Lyons. The food was amazing and so was the drinks. We got to meet so many inspirational entrepreneurs and creatives. It made me so honored that I was apart of it. After happy hour, Jeff and I went to dinner. We both had never been to Palm Springs so we wanted to explore downtown a little and find a fun place to eat down there. We ended up going to Matchbox. The pizza and sangria were to die for. YUM!

Saturday was the big day for the Instagram Camp. There was a amazing turn out and the Bloguettes seriously thought of everything imaginable. For lunch a few of the other sponsors and I went and got tacos at the hotel restaurant/bar El Hefe. They were delicious. After connecting {and braiding SO many gorgeous girls} Jeff graciously helped me carry all my stuff back to the car. I changed into something a little more comfortable and we headed down to the pool bar for drinks. While I was braiding all day, Jeff went and played a round of golf. He had always wanted to play in Palm Springs so I was super excited that we both got to have a very productive trip :) For dinner Saturday night we went back downtown but this time we went to a popular mexican restaurant in the area Las Casuelas. The food was delicious and the Margaritas were probably some of the best I have ever had {and I have tried many :) }

Overall we had such an amazing time. I'm so lucky that Magnolia Styling is doing to well and I cannot tell you how many awesome people and opportunities have come from it. Here are some photos from the weekend! Jeff and I are going to be traveling some more in the next month so make sure to follow me on IG if you don't already: @alyssamaywilson @magnoliastyling












floral dress Forever21, black dress Pitaya, Swimsuit lululemon
xoxo,
Alyssa

Friday, May 13, 2016

Outfit Post// FRI-YAY

It is almost the weekend! How was everyone's week? Here are some snaps from one of my outfits this week. I have been loving this easy breezy tank dress from Pitaya. It is so easy to throw on and perfect  for those days when you don't really feel like getting ready, but you want to look put together.




xoxo,
Alyssa

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

My Beauty Tea// GIVEAWAY

I am so excited to announce this giveaway with My Beauty Tea. If you have been following along for a while, you know that I love their tea. They just revamped their packaging too and it is even more adorable now! The prize is $75 worth of products on My Beauty Tea's website! Woohoo! All the details to enter are below.









Here is the rafflecopter link: a Rafflecopter giveaway



xoxo,
Alyssa

Thursday, May 5, 2016

My New Obsession// How I Stay Organized

Anyone that has a small business, plus works a normal job knows how hard it is to stay on top of all our "to-do" lists. Emails, clients, editing etc. can get extremely overwhelming at times! My life feels WAY more organized now that I use my Erin Condren Life Planner. I have always been searching for "planner peace" {that feeling you get when you basically have your life together haha!} and now that I have my EC planner it is my go-to spot for everything in my life. I have all my important dates, tasks and photoshoots all written down in one place and they are easy to get to. Along with the basic planning, I love getting to decorate it and it is almost therapeutic for me each week, sitting down and getting to plan. {Plus I'm kind of addicted to watching planner videos on YouTube haha!}

There are two three different types of EC planners; Vertical, Horizontal and Hourly. I use the Vertical one and honestly I have never been happier with the layout of a planner until this one. I am pretty picky on how I like things laid out and this one is super simple and has every feature I love. Here are some other AMAZING Erin Condren goodies that they graciously sent me a few weeks ago. If you are interested in getting a planner use my link for $10 off! {click here}








*water bottle via everythingdecorated.com
xoxo,
Alyssa