Weekly Roundup 5/17-5/23

Whew, between our visit to St. George and Braun traveling I feel like I haven’t caught up yet.. but, finally I had my home-helper start and I already feel a major sense of relief. So if you’re debating hiring someone, I totally recommend it. Despite the crazy taxi I managed to be this week (except…sorry about your game bud…) I rounded up all of the best things from the week for you!

Top Three Questions:

1. What are the best summer sandals?

Man, this was a hard one! I seriously have so many favorite shoes but it totally depends on what you’re wanting to do..

These sandals (first picture) were a new find for me this year, and they are soooo comfortable! All of the shoes from the middle picture are linked HERE.. You can’t go wrong with any of them, plus there’s a discount code on this post for you to save 15% on your order! Lastly, as you know these shop sols shoes are something I wear super frequently. I recently got the pink color too and they are so dang cute. Code TARATHUESON works on their whole site.

If you don’t love any of those.. DSW is having a HUGE shoe sale today only you’ll want to check out!

2. What is your favorite self-tanner?

Now that summer is coming and it’s officially shoulder and leg season… no one wants to look ghostly haha! I’ve gotten this question no less than 3842993 times in the past week (okay.. maybe that was an exaggeration – but it was a lot!). I love this for my face. I get the dark drops and only use 2-4 of them.. when I got the light or medium I was using a good 10-20. It’s the best bang for your buck for sure. The exfoliator it comes with smells so dang good. This is what I use on my body, if it’s available I prefer it. However right now it’s waitlist only (you can order it and when it becomes available they ship asap).. I do like this watermelon one too! It’s basically 50% off/BOGO free.

3. What is your favorite bra?

I’ve gotten this one a bunch lately. I’ve been loving these ones for the past year. I have both the lace and the plain. I get the nude color or light pink. It’s without a doubt the comfiest bra I’ve ever worn. Highly recommend using their size chart. They usually have a 20% off your first order pop up on the screen so use a new email if you need to haha! Sometimes they run a 20% off orders over $100+ too.

Daily Snaps

I try my best to put allll of my OOTDs and other things I talk about in this area of the website.. Here are some from the week.. tap each picture to go to it!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Stanley is restocking June 7th! You can text STANLEY to +1-801-3287 to be notified when they launch! ALSO their flip straw collection restocked this week and a few things are still available. I know you all LOVE the 40oz above but for kids, the straw is the way to go. Same with the beach – no one wants sand going down their open top in the ones above. I definitely grabbed a few sizes of the flip top.. 22, 30, 40, 64…… haha! The 64oz will be perfect at the beach or by the pool when I’m going for most of the day.

June 14th.. I can’t tell you anything yet but MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Last time I worked with Shine Cosmetics I designed GOALS and BLOOM lipgloss and they’re still really the only lip color I use on the daily. They’re the prettiest neutrals! Did you know I designed them!? You can use code TARA on their site any time for 10% off.

In case you missed it…

Backcountry is having a huge 50% off sale – I did a post on my favorite summer items HERE.

This weeks Tech Tuesday was cellphone accessories INCLUDING a car mount that works with a Loopy Case!! I’ve been trying to find one since like… 2014. No joke. Find all the details HERE.

Emery and I compiled all of our curly hair faves for you HERE. Trust us here.

Did a run down on my current favorite product swaps to clean, earth friendly products HERE. Can we talk about the chapsticks tho!? My fave.


I did take some time this week to get in some workouts and get my hair done, plus updated my mani on the way to date night because Braun snuck home for the weekend. Hallelujah. That’s a wrap on this week, we’ve got some good stuff lined up for next! Head over to IG to tell me on my most recent post your highlight of the week, what you did today or if you’re local I’d love to hear your recommendations for new places!