Friday night is here again and I'm listening to Barstool Radio from this afternoon, watching The Social Network, and trying to figure out if I want to keep the Amazon Fire Tablet that I just bought.

My iPad mini has been going really slow and losing battery very quickly so I figured I'd buy the Fire tablet to compare. I'm not loving it so it may go back.

Does anyone have a Fire tablet? What do you think? Let me know below!

This week was decent -- we had a snowday on Wednesday, the first full day of Spring and I went to work for a few hours and finished the rest of the day here at home.



I also recently purchased the Pilates Pro Chair from QVC and have been working out on it every day since last Friday, and my goodness it is kicking my ass. My entire body is killing me -- I can barely lift my arms or find a comfortable position to sleep in.

I don't have much else to report, expect for that I uploaded a new Youtube video over the weekend. See it below and subscribe to my channel!

• How editors & influencers feel about wasteful packaging
• 1 in 4 people are always online
• The best new beauty products to try this month
• Read about Elana's first year as a full time writer
• Instagram is changing the feed back to chronological order, or something close to it

• Book Review Wednesday: Pretty Girls Dancing
• Spring Trends + Fashion & Beauty | 2018
• How I Store & Organize My Makeup | 2018

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Friday, I love you!

This week was short & long, rough & easy... it was a really weird week and it's over.

I said it this week to my coworkers but it's so sad how we are constantly waiting for it to be Friday. Is this what life is about? Just always waiting for the weekend? It's a very weird thing to think about and I'm a little sick of it... but I just cannot help it.

At least I'm aware of this though, right?

I had a few other thoughts this week too. There is so much I want to accomplish, so much I want to do and I have so many ideas but don't even know where to start. I almost feel like there are not enough hours in the day to process all my thoughts and wishes.

I think I may do a post on this within the next few weeks where I talk more deeply about my thoughts, ambitions, hopes, dreams, and actually list them out. I have them written down in my notebook but I feel like I need them spoken out into the universe to make them happen.

On another note...

I have quite the little weekend planned; I want to go to the mall to stop by Lush and get the Sleepy lotion as well as some of the Valentine's Day collection. I may also stop by Henri Bendel & Sephora. I'm really wanting to try the Sephora Collection Lip Stories lipstick.

I'm also going out with my family for my grandpa's birthday to our favorite restaurant and I cannot wait to indulge.

I just had to have this Kate Spade pillow! Utterly perfect for the bookworm in your life

Enough rambling, as usual -- here are my links!

• God bless Aly Raismanand all of the survivors 
• Influencer marketing is driving sales more than ever
• What it's like to work for a Branded Content Studio-- it seems very interesting
• The best ways to maximize your time as a blogger
• Minnie Mouse is partnering up with Coach and I'm pretty stoked about it 
• How fashion is helping print media & trust in journalists
• Create bedroom peace & organization with these tips

Here's what you missed on Royally Pink:

• Current Obsessions: Champagne Love
• Recipe Wednesday: Weight Watchers Mac & Cheese
• Brand Buzz: Alex & Ani Collection
• How to Protect Your Eyes from Bluelight

PS: Sign up for The Beaute Report -- the first edition is going out today!

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It was a short week but usually, that means it's all the more busy and stressful. I don't know when work got so busy but it has and it's interesting. My days go much faster and I feel more accomplished but it's definitely tiring.

I've spent the past few hours laying in bed, doing a whole lot of nothing as my Friday nights usually go, but I felt more drained and dead inside (LOL) than usual. However, Gilmore Girls marathons make those times much better and that's currently what I'm doing now.

In other TV news, Riverdale came back this week and I was super pumped. I finished binging the first season as well as catching up on the 2nd (I spent almost $20 on the episodes on Amazon Video because I just needed to finish) and it's my new addiction. The show is so unique, so fun, so dramatic and has that perfect CW twist.

I also tried to watch Black Mirror, made it through 4 episodes and just gave up. I don't understand it, the 5th episode was in complete black & white, and I just can't get into it. On that note, I discovered that I could watch Netflix on my television through one of the cable channels on Fios -- this is a game changer.

I need more Netflix recommendations so please leave them below!! There's so much to watch but yet, I don't want to watch any of them. Weird...

I wanted today to be the day I made a special announcement but I don't think that's going to happen the way I planned. I'm hoping that by Sunday/Monday I'll have everything complete but I can give a sneak peek as I've already mentioned it on social media.

I'm launching a new newsletter. I've been toying with the idea for a while, about launching a beauty-focused newsletter because there is another side to my beauty passion besides what you see on the blog. I also love newsletters, like The Newsette and theSkimm because it gives you snippets of the news you need without being overwhelming.

My Royally Pink newsletter kind of flopped because I felt like it was just a repeat of what was on the blog and it seemed redundant to rewrite information.

Please sign up for the newsletter here; I promise it's going to be different and give a unique perspective on the beauty industry.



All that aside, here are the links I loved this week:

• Rebecca Minkoff is skipping Fashion Week this year... very interesting
• I have a lot of feelings about the accusations against Aziz Ansari & this sums it up pretty well
• Are these the best beauty launches of 2018 so far??? 
• I love a good organization hack! 
• Soul Cycle + Milk Bar = delicious!
• How Lilly Pulitzer is using their app as a game changer