1. coconut has grown on me over the years and I am not full on obsessed, so of course this yummy coconut cake sounds AH-mazing

2. The glitter guide shows a super fun DIY outdoor game for you and your gal pals!

3. I’m really really in love with this transition into fall outfit…thoughts?

4. have any questions for me? ask them here!

5. Joules is becoming my new favorite classy brand, I snagged this dress the other day and it fits PERFECTLY and is on sale!

xoxo, Ally

   
   Excuse the quality of these photos as my 9 year old brother was instructed by me to take them at the pool because rest break is the perfect opportunity to whip out a post all about hair for the pool! {thank you public pool for having free wifi, you rock} I’ve been obsessed with pulling my hair back like this when I’m in the water because not only does it keep it off your back {we all know how sweaty and uncomfy that can get!} but it also looks super fab and like you spent a ton of time on it! Now let me mention it is a litttllleeee tricky and took me a few sloppy tries to master but I think I have it down. Basically you look like a fool for a good five minutes as you

 1) flip over your hair {standing and just leaning over works wonders} 

2) grab the hair closet to your neck and French braid up towards the top of your head just like you would any French braid {be careful not to grab huge chucks unless you want it all falling out pretty fast} 

3) when you get to your desired height, wrap it into a pony or a bun to really show off the braid! 

I seriously am in love with this style and another benefit is after wearing it at the pool, I get home and touch up the top layer of my hair with a curling wand and the underneath is perfectly wavy for the night #love. 

Hope you enjoy this fab look as much as I do! Have a great rest of your summer!

xoxo, Ally 

so I adore blogging with all of my heart and one of the reasons I started was to have a creative outlet that allowed me to talk about things that make me happy or things that I just simply enjoy talking about and hoping you all can follow along with my witty words and funny phrases. so I decided every monday I would grace you all with a post of something I just love talking about, so onto the first one!

So I’m the biggest scaredy cat on the face of the earth. like the one that is constantly looking outside the shower curtain to make sure no one is in the room even though i was alone the second i stepped into the shower. which brings me into why i enjoy baths so so SO much more. Now it all started when I was little and baths were the routine way of washing up. as a toddler I adored my mom washing my hair as i made her “smoothies” which were I’m sure quite a delicious mix of every bottle of shampoo we had sitting out plus running water for extra bubbles. it was truly the time of my life. (i was a pretty easily entertained kid)  As I grew up I still wasn’t a huge fan of showers. I actually refused them for quite a large period of my life convincing my parents I was completely fine washing my hair in the bath all by myself which they found very frustrating and would beg me to shower, which i usually never did.

don’t worry, i shower now. But the love of baths has still remained in my life. I try to make sure I have one at least once a week because me time is highly important for any busy gal. although I usually end up having two or three a week during the summer because nothing and I mean nothing feels better after a long day at the pool. (hard life i know;)) LUSH has been my savior for about the past 3 years or so once i found out about it. I am seriously obsessed and 100% recommend grabbing a few goodies for yourself on their website or a store near you!

hope you liked this little rant of mine! relax and take a bath!

xo, Ally