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Friday, June 14, 2019

Friday Favorites and One Awful Product

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What a week it has been. I am tired from it all, but still feeling all sorts of amazingness regarding my girls first dance recital. Seriously, the cutest thing ever. I plan to post more pictures soon once we get a few of the professional ones back. You may have seen a bunch on my IG.

ONE. Several weeks ago when we were in California, I bought myself a J Crew skirt and I finally wore it to the girls recital. They had asked me daily to wear it, but the weather wasn't good enough on work days. But I finally wore it and I LOVED it. I got tons of compliments on it. I bought this one. And it is currently half off.
J Crew Stripped Cotton-Linen Midi Skirt

Worn here:

TWO. Speaking of skirts, I bought another new one this week. Since I loved the J Crew skirt above, I knew I needed to add a few more to my collection. I found this one at Nordstrom and it should arrive this weekend. Once I get it, I will do a try on session on IG.
BP. Tie Belt Stripe Midi Skirt

THREE. Funnies for the week.
This isn't quite true as my family are Warriors fans, but I still thought it was quite funny when I saw it.


Think of all those times you put soda in your water cup. I know you did.

FOUR. I usually don't post about my dislikes in a Friday Favorite post, but this one needs to be documented and hopefully I can spare someone else my pain. I went to Target before my Graeagle trip and we bought the girls Blue Lizard Sunscreen which is just AMAZING. But then we bought some Pacifica sunscreen. I guess we must have not looked closely at it, but we bought bronzing sunscreen. I saw the SPF 50 and heard good things about Pacifica, but this stuff is AWFUL.

We used this product once while we were gone and then I promptly returned it to Target. Thank you Target for taking this stuff back. We put it on and it smelled liked burnt coconut. Then it had a bronzing color to it which was nice in the sun. I looked shimmery and "tan". But that is where it stops. As I wore it, it stayed on the arm of the chair I was using. It dyed my swim suit and it took three washes to get it off my suit and it dyed my body. I scrubbed my skin raw trying to get this stuff off. This was after sitting in the sun for a couple of hours and swimming. It stained the towels we were using and I had to take two showers to get it off. And the worst part....I got a severe burn on my shoulders and upper back. I lathered that stuff on my shoulders and I burnt so bad and now I am peeling. Don't use this stuff.
Pacifica Bronzing Butter Sunscreen

I am linking up with AprilA Little Bit of EverythingMeet @ the Barre and Becky.

Have a great weekend!

24 comments :

  1. I do love that skirt and pic at the recital with the girlies! So sorry about the sunscreen, good of you to warn people. I hope you have a super sweet weekend!

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    1. I know if my dermatologist saw my skin after that burn, she wouldn't be happy. I totally wanted to warn people on this stuff. I love the girls recital and I can't stop singing their performance song!

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  2. That skirt looks fabulous on you! I like the shoes you paired it with! Can't wait to see more of the girls dance recitals! I miss those days.

    Amanda @ Cupcake N Dreams

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    1. Thank you so much. Those are Tommy Hilfigure shoes. I got them at Nordstrom Rack last year. I can't wait for their photos. I keep checking the website, so I can order them!

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  3. Oh my goodness, thanks for the PSA on the sunscreen. That sounds awful. And that skirt looks great on you!

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    1. You are very welcome. I don't want anyone experiencing what we did. Ugh. And thank you so much. I LOVE that skirt.

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  4. I love that colorful stripe skirt.
    It took me a second for tha toilet meme - but then I literally BUSTED out at work looking at it :)

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    1. Me too. It is sooo summery and festive. Haha. I am sooo glad that I could make you laugh today!!!

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  5. Oh no re: the sunscreen! That stuff sounds awful - thanks for letting us know! Love that skirt on you!

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    1. It is soooo awful. Don't use it!!! And thank you so much!

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  6. OMG - We are so disappointed that the Warriors lost last night! I'm originally from the Bay Area so we're Golden State fans.

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    1. I am soooo sad that the Warriors lost last night. We were soooo hoping they owuld win. My husband is from the Bay Area as well and we also live sooo close to there so we are huge SF (all sports) fans.

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  7. Crazy about the sunscreen! I got a JCrew skirt recently too and love it. I love the ones you got!

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    1. It was awful stuff. Ugh. I also wrote a review online too. Oh I need to see which J Crew skirt you got!!!

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  8. Oh no, thanks for the warning on that sunscreen! I love both of those skirts! I am on a spending moratorium because I have to write a hella large check next Friday for my house! Have a great weekend!

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  9. That J Crew skirt is gorgeous, and I'm always a sucker for seersucker (pun intended!) But seriously...how crazy about that sunscreen?! I've never heard of it, but I'll be staying far away from it now, regardless. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Hahaha. Me too!!! It is awful. I was actually talking to my dad about it yesterday and just how bad it is. So glad that I can save others from the pain we had.

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  10. Good to know about the sunscreen! We're always trying out new suncare products.

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  11. Your skirts are so cute! I have never found a pacfica product that I liked. I tried a few when I was pregnant and trashed them all.

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    1. I was going to trash that sunscreen, but Target took it back. They are awful. Ugh. And thank you for the skirts comment!

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  12. That skirt is so cute! In the one that you picked up from Nordstrom also looks really cute. So sorry to hear about the sunscreen! But thank you for the heads up. I can always appreciate an honest opinion about something.

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