{"id":4,"date":"2020-12-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/?p=4"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:46:07","slug":"2020-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/30\/2020-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4\" class=\"elementor elementor-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a34780 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a34780\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24cec6e1\" data-id=\"24cec6e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e00cf6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e00cf6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Comforts<\/h2>\n<p>Today I want to share with you a few\u00a0 of my favorite things&#8230; these are my tried and true. The tested, the staples, the things I go back to over and over again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are anything like me, there are days when we just want consistency, these days have increased lately, in my opinion, as the world around us changes without our choosing, while our work situations are constantly in flux. As a person who usually thrives on new experiences, 2020 was a year where I can genuinely look back and see a shift in what I would consider &#8216;comforts&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Did I try new recipes? Yes. Did I try new activities? YES. Did I meet new people (at a distance)? YES. But when I came home I wanted something to be familiar.<\/p>\n<p>When I want my cozy, comfy feeling&#8230; these are the products I turn to&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>This list contains affiliate links.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23b50f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23b50f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2532fe\" data-id=\"e2532fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc82a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc82a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Food<\/h2>\n<p>My all time<b> favorite snack<\/b> (okay yes, I eat too many\u00a0 Frito&#8217;s&#8230; but lets talk about actual nutritional snack that I can without hesitation recommend).\u00a0 After almost a decade of searching for a protein shake with a good protein to carb ratio, good taste and no nasty ingredients&#8230; I found the holy grail!\u00a0 OWYN.\u00a0 Only What You Need comes in many flavors.\u00a0 The three I like the most are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0764GPB51\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0764GPB51&amp;linkId=abf47b02b8364db69628f13aae019a32\">Chocolate<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> &#8211; This is by far the best chocolate protein shake I&#8217;ve ever tasted.\u00a0 It isn&#8217;t chalky and doesn&#8217;t have a weird after taste.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0764FGC6S\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0764FGC6S&amp;linkId=a3fa238d3222c3d5d675c26534f31ce0\">Coffee<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> &#8211; I will say this one has caffeine in it and gives me a buzz.\u00a0 I typically only drink it if I&#8217;m working out or going on a hike!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B078T2H985\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B078T2H985&amp;linkId=67f1cc184e802b3bfef66baf9d0000d6\">Vanilla<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> &#8211; Okay. So my absolute go-to favorite is the vanilla.\u00a0 Its smooth, its tasty without messing up the rest of your meal or can be just a snack.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/snacks-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Snacks\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/snacks-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/snacks.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-692a6b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"692a6b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d11a8c\" data-id=\"6d11a8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c052c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c052c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Beauty<\/h2>\n<p><b>Favorite Daily Beauty Products.\u00a0<\/b> Never does a lady reveal her actual age, and it is never too soon to begin a skin-care routine or just in general use products that are cost effective but make you feel great!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most recently I started a new practice of &#8216;icing&#8217; my skin each day which has been a game changer.\u00a0 Otherwise I am fortune to have a sweet friend that owns her own day spa in nearby Charlotte, NC (you can check her out here:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.truesthetics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.truesthetics.com\/<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Typically however, I use products that can be purchased on Amazon.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been trying to keep it simple lately.\u00a0 Here are my top favorite every day beauty products:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">1. Everyday Soap:\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001E0ZQAY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B001E0ZQAY&amp;linkId=31728733e0f2f1a8309d44ea6ff1eea4\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Grandpa&#8217;s Witch Hazel Bar Soap<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 The smell of this is light and natural, it is gentle on my sensitive skin but also makes me feel clean and refreshed!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">2. Makeup Applicators:\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01F36JEXE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01F36JEXE&amp;linkId=9acc395be6709136b5f083430ffc76f9\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Makeup Sponges<\/span><\/a>. I used to buy much more expensive ones but found that these are the best value and work wonderfully. It also makes it so I change it out more frequently.\u00a0 Although I will say in the current environment, I haven&#8217;t been wearing much makeup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">3. Facial Cleanser:\u00a0 After I use a makeup wipe I have found that the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B016LBICJW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B016LBICJW&amp;linkId=2fe9c8a886cd6d283482d7118fa0ad21\"><span style=\"color: black;\">TruSkin Vitamin C Cleanser<\/span><\/a>\u00a0works best to calm the skin, soften it and make it feel completely free of makeup from the day!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">4.Daily Serum: This\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01I7BJD9C\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01I7BJD9C&amp;linkId=3560b7986f6ded1332bee04c7665b3af\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Hyaluronic Acid Serum<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is the best I&#8217;ve found on the internet thus far.\u00a0 It has no scent (which is important to me), it goes on and absorbs quickly.\u00a0 I use it day and night for my face and down my neck.\u00a0 When I&#8217;m not wearing makeup for the day, I simply apply this and that&#8217;s it!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">5. Dry Shampoo: My all time favorite (years and years of experience) dry shampoo:<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01CYDXMVE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B01CYDXMVE&amp;linkId=196fba3072db082ffddc627522b45727\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0BATISTE!<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 The influencer that originally opened my eyes to this (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/leighannsays\">LeighAnnSays<\/a>), still swears by it but also recently suggested something different.\u00a0 If I try it and have good results, Ill let you know in my hair post :-p<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">Eventually I will do a post about additional products, pampering days, makeup and yes, my hair.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-322 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/beautyfavorites-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"Beauty\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/beautyfavorites-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/beautyfavorites.jpg 447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #7a7a7a;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be48c86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be48c86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a133f4f\" data-id=\"a133f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45139cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45139cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Home<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Home Stuff.&nbsp;<\/strong>Currently, my home has also become my work space and my workout space.&nbsp; It was alarming how quickly I wanted to make improvements, move furniture, continuously clean and&#8230; honestly MOVE after spending so so much time in just one place.&nbsp; That being said, I am overwhelmingly thankful that my position can be done from home, over video.&nbsp; For all of you out there that aren&#8217;t afforded this, we APPRECIATE YOU.&nbsp; I know I am so thankful for the people that are making the world tick &#8211; either at the grocery, the doctors or at the distribution warehouses that are literally making the world go around right now.&nbsp; THANK YOU.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For those of that are at home&#8230; I did find a handful of things that have helped me and I hope they can help you too!&nbsp;<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<h4>A kneeling chair.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>Okay so I know there are all the jokes about those of us that had standing desks in the office.&nbsp; We apparently don&#8217;t stop talking about our standing desks.&nbsp; *que <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TreyNKennedy\">Trey Kennedy<\/a> skits here*&#8230; well at home without my standing desk, and after getting a blister on my wrist from poor posture I was ready for something different.&nbsp; My &#8216;day&#8217; job requires quite an amount of time in front of a computer and I needed something that would reinforce good posture without taking up a ton of space.&nbsp; SOOO I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07XQYTYCW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B07XQYTYCW&amp;linkId=80febec402b7a3051622c28c8606d2ed\">this kneeling chair.&nbsp;<\/a> I would probably rather stand because I do like to move around, however it is a good alternative and has made these past 10 months much better!<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<h4>Trash cans.<\/h4>\n<p>Yes people&#8230; this blog is meant to be for those of us that are real.&nbsp; We all need a decent trash can in our life.&nbsp; Specifically, as a dog owner, I&#8217;ve always appreciated trash cans with a lid that closes and doesn&#8217;t open easily.&nbsp; I&#8217;m sure some of you out there have dogs that know how to step on the lever and make these babies open&#8230; but if not, and you are looking for something that is big enough for the bathroom or office, closes and isn&#8217;t an eye sore&#8230; may I present to you this little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0013CB5QW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=brighteyedsmi-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B0013CB5QW&amp;linkId=9cabc68de400083dac179158420e6205\">SimpleHuman&nbsp;<\/a>Compact Trash Can! 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