Outfit Round Up W/ Links

Hi babes wanted to share my recent outfits and links to shop the look!  Been so happy I’ve been back on the grind and creating looks! I’m hoping for more consistency! And let me know if you like this style of blog or should I dedicate a blog for each outfit. *disclosure some links are adlinks which means I can earn a small commission is link is used to shop 💖*

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Wardrobe Must Haves: Denim- Save Or Splurge

Hi babes! I’ve really wanted to get back into fashion and traditional blogging even though I’m not sure if others like it any more but I miss it! I know the key is to keep these short and simple.

So lately I’ve been talking fashion and also done a few interviews for other blogs, and the number one question is always what are wardrobe staples and what to spend your money on?

Well always you want good classic items: classic items are timeless items that will always be in style and an essential. The most classic item is a good pair of denim, I think in the ages of fast fashion people don’t think about classic items anymore and just kind of think they can always replace it, but it’s always good to have items that will be there regardless of the trends.. now I know denim changes but once you find a style and fit you love you wear it constantly. Denim is a classic item and you find yourself wearing them multiple times so you wouldn’t want to sacrifice quality. Just think of how many times you wash and wear you don’t want something that will be in shreds a few wears later.

Lately i have been getting back to basics and really searching for good classic items I don’t mind splurging on.

So you tell me do you splurge or save on denim? 

I love denim and usually buy them every chance I get but I find myself wanting a good quality pair that will last me and I will get multiple uses out of. I have recently just got a roundup of some denim I want to try. Of course Retailers like Zara, Abercrombie, revolve, Nordstrom, Levi’s etc have great brand or is a great brand for quality jeans. So I decided to do a round up of my wish list and I do plan on purchasing a pair of more expensive jeans and do the test if it is worth it or should I continue to buy my $30 fashion nova jeans or whatever it may be. Not saying they are great jeans but I find myself purchasing them all the time.

Below I shared a few I’m eyeing and hope to purchase some soon and do a rewrite! I hope you enjoy these fashion post! Let me know what you splurge or save on!

Fav Hair Care Round Up

Hey babes! I’m back to like the whole “traditional” blogging who remembers those days? I miss it so we going back to the OG days! I wanted to come on and do my fav hair care items and products! Now now let me tell you! I’m no way great at doing hair but I can do a little bit! I honestly just love a good curl but I do go to the hair salon and get my hue done but if I’m doing it myself I will use a few products that help me out!

I usually just get my product from target, in no way do I know about salon grade products so I just stick with what I know. OGX is my fav and the line by Tiraji P is great! It is at target and makes my hair feel like salon done!

I usually go with moisturizing shampoos or for thick hair. I have very dry scalp so I have to do extra! For styling I use my Revlon Dryer Brush to dry my hair and it’s a total game changer!!! You need it in your life! Cuts down on drying and makes it straight enough for styling! I have thick course hair and it is a game changer! I don’t know how to properly do blow outs so this helps so much!

Then I just go for a soft curl using my hot tools curling iron! I love using these product even if I’m wearing a wig, weave or my extensions these are my go to products!

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Mommy Monday’s: Patience

Hey babes! So I’m apologize I missed two Monday’s since starting this series and whew life has been busy. Even being a stay at home mom you are busy! People like to talk down on being a stay at home mom but that is the toughest job of them all. I also run my business SHOPACHAUNTAL so I have my hands full. But today I want to talk about patience. Patience is the one thing I learned that you need as a parent. Well you need patience in life but I mean paaaattiiiennnceeeee for being a mom. There are times you have to understand that raising a little one is tough and it is an every day and ongoing thing. You can’t just teach them once and then boom everything is right. They will forget things or take longer to learn things so you can’t get upset when they aren’t learning something or take too long to learn. Also right now I’m in the toddler phase so just because she’s older I have to know she’s still not going to grasp the concept of things because she still is a baby. Even though so many things happen in the day I try not to get up and understand that he we might go through the same thing multiple times. Just know you will get through it and eventually they will know all the things they need to know so don’t try to rush their process of growing and learning and understand you will go through it multiple times. 

Now I even say have patience with fits, tantrums etc. we as adults have to understand we even get frustrated when we can’t do something so just imagine now being able to even say what’s wrong or do something. That’s how toddlers feel so they express it with fits or tantrums. I do let her know hey this is not okay but you have to allow them to feel the way they feel or they will never learn about emotions or feelings. I know some days are better than others and some day just seem like tantrum city. Just find ways to ease yourself as well and that will help with your tolerance for things. I know sometimes we can snap but I try to tell myself hey one day she will get it and each day we are working on it but she’s still growing and until she can fully communicate we will go through some issues. But just know moms you are enough  and you are doing everything you can! You are your child’s greatest partner and safety net and they adore you! 

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Mommy Monday’s: Mom Guilt

Okay babes.. let’s have a chat now this is for anyone doesn’t have to be moms.. but since I am a new mommy I’m sure others can relate or if you are expecting in planning to conceive.. I don’t want this to scare you at all! I decided to start a meeting series... Mommy Monday’s where each Monday I share a new mommy post whether it’s how I’m feeling or what I’m going through or even to stuff I want to do for myself or little mom self care moments anything but it’s going to be specifically about mom stuff! So be expecting them each Monday!! Super excited and also let me know what else we should cover in mommy Monday’s... okay so this first topic is mom guilt and boy can we all relate!! Something so small can even give you mom guilt. Well mine rn is feeling bad for even asking for help or feeling like you can’t even complain that you are tired cause you are a mom. I mean we all know how exhausting this can be but people are like “you decided to have one so deal with it!” Well listen hunny... everyone needs a break! If you feel you need a break... please please take one! Ask for help even if it’s so you can run to the store alone or get one load of laundry done with not interruptions. And I mean easier said than done because we all feel like we don’t want to interrupt anyone else’s life for something that’s my responsibility. I mean at I right that’s what it totally feels like so that’s why we just keep to ourselves and tough it out.. well don’t feel bad! Your mental health and state is the most important so you can be the best mommy you can be! I’m currently dealing with an 19mo old and boy oh boy does no one ever really prepare you and well tbh they can’t.. every single child is different but you’re not alone even though they are all different a mom has experienced it in one point and time. Tantrums.. we are dealing with tantrums and sensitivity to being told what to do... I feel drained I’m exhausted. But patience is key! Take it at your pace don’t try to compare your child to anyone else around or near their age! Every child grows and learns at their own pace. Now I know it’s tough cause hey I’m a blogger myself but I know following bloggers and influencers can change your judgement on things, I find myself doing the same! But hey I’m here to be real with you guys and let you know it’s not easy in the slightest bit, but so rewarding how? Because you created a life. Remember that hunn, you created life. You are helping this little life grow and teach them right from wrong and will be there for every milestone they have. You are appreciated mom even if you feel like you are wearing so many hats! Take time for yourself and know it’s okay to do things for yourself and to still put yourself first with out doing it selfishly. I know motherhood is tough to navigate and sometimes feel like that’s all you become, but try your best to not lose yourself you deserve the world as you are the heart of keeping your family together! It’s tough and I know the standards of how women are looked but find your happiness as well! There are so many things we can go on about but I want to let you know you are not alone and I feel guilty all the time for even wanting to ask for help or to even complain in the slightest bit. Okay babes that all I have for this intro to mommy Monday’s! What are ways you feel guilty? Comment down below so we can chat! 

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My Toddler Favs

Hey babes! Wanted to come on and just say hi and share my current things I love for Audri! We are entering toddler phase and boy am I exhausted. She’s runs through the house day in and day out! But she is so amazing and is growing so fast I’m trying to cherish my moments with her!

We don’t have a long list of favorites but I do pretty much get everything from target! I love getting her clothes from there and her eating items. We are really just going with the flow and trying new things. In no way am I trying to be the perfect mom. I’m trying to be organized and schedule oriented but sometimes it just doesn’t work that way, I also have to tell myself she is still so small and don’t really understand what I’m telling her. But man oh man it’s tough. Tantrum city and I’m sure you all can agree. We know it’s probably more tough moments but seeing them so happy outweighs it all!

First is food! We love all the little food purée pouches, she eats those so much but they have fruit mixes and real food mixes, she is still learning about eating real food which we love, we do eggs, she loves meat. But she doesn’t eat enough just yet.

Next we have toys she has a ton of toys but her favs are her little kitchen, now of course we know babies love everything but their toys lol but her fave toys are her kitchen and her shopping cart

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Then we go into clothes we pretty much keep her in her onsies but she is now able to fit into her big girl clothes, I love love love finding her cut gems from Amazon!!! I mean we know Amazon has cute stuff but I love finding her cut fashionable outfits! But once she is older I would love to get her clothes from maybe H&M and Zara so she can appreciate the fashions more lol! But for now I try to find what I can in target, but I’m so over these crazy colors and patterns they have for babies! Where are the neutral clothes! But for now I try my best. There are cute boutiques that have amazing trendy clothes but I don’t want to spend much because she’s still growing so fast!

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Best Picture Editing Apps

Hi babes! First blog of 2021 and can I say wow we all had a surprise glimpse of what 2021 may be lol but I’m very optimistic. So I wanted to share my fav apps I use for editing pictures and making my Instagram feed cute! I also use a lot of these apps for my online store Shop ACHAUNTAL I pretty much run all my businesses from here, I even write my blogs via phone. I mean we all use our phones for so much, there are some who still want to create via computer and honestly I miss it too, you can only do so much with your phone but what you can do it can take you far! So don’t think you need fancy items to help you create. Utilize what you have now until you get to the next step.

So I’m just going to go down the line of my most used apps

1. VSCO- probably the most popular app around today, I’ve used this for years and it has changed over the years but with this one there are basic editing things such as sharpness, saturation, contrast etc. there are also filters that come with or that you can purchase for the perfect aesthetic look. You can browse their filter store and purchase in app. My fave thing about this app is once you edit, you can copy and past the edit to the next picture for a very cohesive look. This one is beginner friendly and easy to navigate. My fave filter I use is A4 and I just adjust it and adjust the contrast and exposure. This app is FREE, has in app purchases if you want

2. LIGHTROOM- now Lightroom is very very popular amongst the content creators. Is a product of Adobe so if you are familiar you know Adobe products are much more advance for editing and if you have time you can sit for hours to mess around with all the effects. I used this one as well but I use it mostly for presets. Now presets are just filters that are already created and I’ve purchased a few from fellow creators or Etsy! You can creat your own presets by editing a picture in depth and once again copying and pasting the edits on all your pictures. I tend to edit in VSCO first then go into Lightroom and add presets if I want more of a cohesive style from a preset I have. I’m fairly new to Lightroom but have many ways you can edit your pictures. This app is FREE. Can purchase presets if you want.

3. STORYLUXE- now we are getting into apps for making Instagram storys more inviting and aesthetically pleasing! I love story luxe they have cute templates you can use for stories or just for your pictures. You can purchase different templates in the app I use this app especially for my brand story’s I want them to be very aesthetic and cute! I have a few examples below 

4. UNFOLD- this is another great app for story editing or just great templates for cool pictures! I love making stories just as pleasing as my feed! Can purchase different templates in the app

5. TEZZA APP- newer app I just recently downloaded it but it is all about the aesthetic, there’s is more in app purchases if you want the good stuff but the free stuff is great! Has really great templates for blogs, stories or feed!

I hope you all enjoyed a round up of my fav apps and the examples! I hope you download some and give it a go especially if you love picture editing! These can be used for ranges of businesses from bloggers to photographers! Let me know which apps are your fav! I love to try new apps!

2020.. What a blessing in disguise

Hey babes! Back with another post and I just wanted to write my last blog post of 2020, I have just been spending time with family these last few weeks. Which has been so nice. I just wanted to do a little recap of 2020 and just share my experience. 2020 has been such a crazy and unexpected year. We started off the year with such expectations it was going to be better than 2019 and whew don’t we wish we appreciated 2019 more lol. But at the beginning of the year I started my business venture and I was so excited! Not knowing a full force pandemic was going to happen but I’m so excited it happened. I’m glad I just took the leap and did what I said I wanted to do for years. Ever since I was in highschool. But we can go more into business ventures later. So fast forward to March boom we are 12 days in and they issue a stay at home order not knowing it would last more than 2 weeks. God has a way of showing us so much and for me to be able to be home was a blessing and be safe with my daughter! I did end up catching covid when they opened the world again way too fast but I’m so grateful I survived it was rough but God knows how to bring tour faith and appreciation out of every situation. So later in the year I did decide to leave my job as they said my business venture was a conflict of interest and knowing we are in a pandemic and things are uncertain I did decide to leave and I felt that was the right thing to do, ever since the pandemic I have not wanted for anything and I can say that’s nothing but God. Yes there has been hard days and struggles but to say I still had a roof over my head and my daughter 100% taken care of. Just being able to spend so much time with my daughter and watch her grow was my greatest blessing as to last year I had a small maternity leave. Faith is always tested in such hard situations but I feel mine had grown so much stronger. I know this year has been tough on everyone and millions have struggled and lost so much but I wanted to take this time to be grateful and one thing I learned this year is to be grateful, live in the moment and understand you can’t plan anything, and to throw the “it could never be me” mentality out the window. Because this year it was me. Things I could have never imagine happen, happened to me. So I’m very optimistic about the new year! I know we are still entering a new year in a pandemic and we don’t know how long it can last. I hope you all had time to reflect on this year and see that greatest blessing in the midst of such a hard time 🤎

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2020 Home• Kitchen Gift Guide

Well hello there! Welcome back to my blog! We you are probably here because yourself or family/ friends are into all things home and kitchen! Well I am too! As I got older those things brought so much happiness to me. I mean when you come home you want to come home to something that makes you happy and you do all your cooking or relaxing here. I mean also who doesn’t want their home nicely decorated?! Home decor has been an obsession of mine for so long even when you get I just knew I wanted nice decor for my place and make it my own! Well I curated a gift guide for all things home and kitchen and ideas you can use to get that special someone the perfect gift! Home/ Kitchen are very universal gifts so they are always good go to when you don’t know a personal gift to get someone! Hope you all enjoy! Stay safe babes!

2020 Men’s Gift Guide • Amazon

Hey babes! Wow!! This holiday season is passing us by! Truth be told I’m such a last minute gift buyer and you know the one challenging thing is buying gifts for the men of the family! I mean unless you really know what they want it’s hard to try and guess the perfect gift for them! I always struggle and I guess it sometimes seems they are much more hard to please than us ladies I mean we get happy with just a bath bomb lol so I was searching on Amazon for universal gifts for men that you can’t go wrong with! I think honestly they will be grateful for anything we get them but it’s still give major anxiety so I just found a few that can help ease your frustration. What I love about Amazon is they have so many variety of brands and most offer prime or super fast shipping in time for your holiday events! 

5 Packing Tips To use When Moving

Hi babes! Okay so the one thing everyone hates is moving! I’m currently moving and have been trying to do things differently to make my life so much easier! Getting organized and having a game plan before starting to pack is a great idea! I’ve partnered up to help bring you all some tips to make your packing life easier! So let’s start with these tips! Hope you all enjoy!

Use Hangers For Your Clothes

I am not sure why people go through the trouble of packing all of their clothes in boxes. If your clothes are still hanging up, use hangers to transport them! All you need to do is put them through a trash bag and put a rubber band around them, holding them together in place. If they are not hanging up, don’t unpack them out of your dresser. Your moving company can move your dresser with clothes in them, so make it easier on yourself by NOT unpacking your clothes. If you want to go through and get rid of your old clothes, that’s the only reason to unpack them at all.

Get Rid Of Your Junk Before Packing

Before you start packing, streamline things and get rid of your junk BEFORE you pack. This way, you do not have to get rid of it after-the-fact. Not sure what to do with all of that junk? Check out Junk Queen TX for a dumpster rental in Collin County. Junk Queen TX is a local company who actually cares about its neighbors! They live and operate out of Collin County, TX, and they say that their roots run as deep as cattle ranching in TX. They offer fair-low pricing, 5-star service (they are actually responsive!!), and of course, deep respect for their customers. They can help you with clean-outs, getting rid of things like old furniture, appliances, mattresses, and it’s so easy to rent a dumpster using them. They say, “We utilize oversized vehicles for expedient removals, thus what other junk removal companies call a load is not as large as one of our trucks. Our larger trucks hold 3 to 4 loads at a time. We provide you with a supreme customer service experience and compassion that is second to none. Our hauling team is sensitive to customer concerns on every removal including hoarding clean outs, and estate clearances. Our prices are among the lowest compared to them, our specials the very best, go to the pricing section on our website for great removal pricing, and our hauling trucks are amongst the largest.” Junk Queen TX is the best when it comes to getting rid of your junk. Just make sure to do it before you start the packing process!

Label Your Boxes Properly

This isn’t Deal or No Deal. You want to know what’s in each and every box. Get a batch of markers – good ones – and label every box on both sides with the following information.

-What room each box belongs in (where it is going in your new home!)

-The contents of your box (ie. toiletries, underwear, dog toys, books, whatever!).

-Whether it is fragile or not (ie. mirrors, trinkets, etc.)

-What side needs to be up

Trust me, you will be so thankful that you did this when it comes down to it on moving day!

Assemble A Team

Okay, so you might think that I am talking about people when I mean team, but that’s not what I’m getting at. Your team can also be assembled of bubble wrap, packing tape, crushed paper, packing peanuts, scissors, markers, and more. Basically anything that you need to make your packing job a success! Get your supplies early (I recommend ordering them off of Amazon to make it a breeze) and organize them in your packing zone - or take them room to room. Either way.

Play Tetris 

Never been good at Tetris? Don’t worry: there’s no time limit in this particular game. When you’re packing, you should leave no spaces in your boxes. Space gives your possessions more room to rattle around and potentially break. Space also increases the risk of crushing. Make use of every available nook and cranny by using packing materials or soft objects like your clothes to fill spaces between bigger, more rigid items. Packing really is a game - a puzzle - and you have to get creative with it. 

Thank you guys for reading! Hope you all found some of these tips helpful! Remember to shop local this year year and use all small businesses!

2020 Beauty Gift Guide

Hey babes! Back with another gift guide! I’ve been loving these and I forgive why not share a few. I know how tough it is to try to find the right gift, I mean heck I get anxiety just thinking about gifting cause you want to find the perfect one. Well I always over think it but truly if you are getting for the ones you love they will be grateful for whatever you get them. But I literally break it down so much and then I just realize I’m over thinking way too much! So I put together this gift guide for my beauty gals. This is always easy for me cause I mean who doesn’t love a little self care or a makeup. So I picked a few things I though would be a great gift for her. Hopefully this year I won’t wait til last minute to get gifts! 

I added a mixture of makeup, hair and skincare. Just anything beauty related, I mean I know half of us don’t really go any where anymore due to the pandemic but we still try to feel normal right? But I mean I have no idea when the last time I just put on makeup for the heck of it. So I figured this could be a little pick me up or also just getting some good skin care in has been a great focus over all since we have no been getting glam. And I mean our hair always needs to look nice right? Well a girl can dream, I’ve been sitting home looking like a total bum but it’s okay with some of these freak products a girl can clean up nice!

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2020 Toy Gift Guide

Hi babes! Back with another post!

 Was just going around looking at toys and getting ideas of toys for my mini and I’m so lost! But of course Amazon has amazing ideas and you can search tops toys for any age group! So I decided to share some of my fave I found but of course there’s so much to choose from! I definitely want to get into educational toys but with a mix of fun because Audri is growing so fast but I want her to be able to learn as well! But I mean I don’t want to pressure the idea so I want her to have fun as well! What do you guys do when looking for toys?

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