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What an Amazing Moment… I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday #sponsored

June 30th, 2016 by Karen 28 Comments

"So, are the shrimp appetizers ready?"
“Are the shrimp appetizers ready?”

As a participant in the Dove Clinical Protection Amazing Moments campaign, I received compensation in exchange for creating this post. Although the post is sponsored, all opinions are my own. @Dove #DovePartner #SimplyStylist #sponsored

Thank goodness for waterproof mascara, because every single time I watch this video from Dove, I get super emo.

Part of the reason — and I still can’t believe this is real — is that my 10-year wedding anniversary is coming up (first week in July!), and this short film is about a young lady named Louisa and her proposal story with her fiancé Rob.

All of us have amazing moments in our lives, and some of them seem almost impossibly unexpected and unreal. In this short film by Dove, a real woman named Louisa surprises the love of her life with a marriage proposal and puts Dove Clinical Protection Antiperspirant to the test.

When I watch it my insides turn to goo. It also brings back memories of my wedding day…

I know that everyone says this, but for reals! — it seems like it was yesterday. El Hub and I got married on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, which is where his family is from. It was at a resort on the North Shore called Turtle Bay, and I’ll never forget how nervous I was about everything going smoothly because we decided to do the planning ourselves instead of hiring a wedding planner (note to self: it was MUCH harder than I expected).

On the actual day, literally as I was getting my hair and makeup done, I was also on the phone making sure the musician got paid and that the caterers were remembering to put the toppers on the wedding cake — basically handling all of those little last-minute wedding details — and this was going on right up until the instant I put on my shoes and my veil!

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Categories: Dove, Sponsored Post

Kinda Stoked About…

March 27th, 2014 by Karen 20 Comments







GET IN MAH BELLY

I’m, uh, kinda stoked about these pistachio macarons from Laduree. I tried to restrain myself (I really did!) but had to sneak a couple bites before busting out the camera (the lid is covering the ones I nom’d).

Macarons are easily among my top 10 cookies of all time. I could have ’em for breakfast, lunch and dinner, OM NOM NOM!

I’m also pretty stoked about showering tonight with one of these new body washes by Dove…

New from Dove…

  • Crème Mousse Deep Moisture Body Wash ($6.69): With notes of pink mimosa and pomegranate, this rich, pearlescent cream body wash also doubles as a shaving cream
  • Crème Mousse Gentle Exfoliating Body Wash ($6.69): Designed to smooth away dull, dry skin, this body wash has a white floral scent with notes of magnolia and white jasmine
  • Crème Mousse Sensitive Skin Body Wash ($6.69): Unscented and hypoallergenic for sensitive skin
  • Purely Pampering Pistachio Cream with Magnolia Body Wash ($6.49): Pamper yourself with this lush, moisturizing body wash and its calming scent of rich musk, magnolia and pistachio cream
  • Purely Pampering Pistachio Cream with Magnolia Beauty Bar ($3.79): Has the same relaxing scent as the body wash but in Dove’s classic moisturizing bar soap form
New launches from Dove!

They’re available now at grocery stores, drugstores and online, if you’re interested. 🙂

Your nephew says hi, by the way. He’s very pleased with himself right meow because I tried to do a cute little photo shoot with the Dove bottles and a white bath robe, but that quickly went south when he left his black, gray and orange tabby hair ALL OVER THE PLACE.

Oh, hai!

And then because Tabs is Tabs, he took off with part of the robe.

Sigh…

“This belongs to me.”
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