In honor of Shop Small Saturday, I want to talk about a favorite little shop in Charlotte, NC. City Art Works. Who doesn’t love finding a hidden gem. A place that you never knew existed, but once you did, you couldn’t imagine life with out it. I feel that way about the local Charlotte, NC …
My little family recently had a photo shoot hoping to get that perfect shot for our Christmas cards. I found a gem of a photographer in Megan Hitchens Photography. She has an incredible eye, and I love her esthetic. A big plus is that she also has small children, so she understands that kids are …
Up next on my tour of MLM beauty companies is Younique. I’d definitely heard of Younique before but never really investigated it. On a leisurely Facebook scroll, I saw that my friend Michelle Tyner had started selling it. She was posting pictures of her gorgeous self (I mean, she IS a real life model) wearing …
At Some Maintenance Required, we love to support local ladies doing big things. So when I found out that my dear friend Heather Love and her hubby Anthony Sanders had created a new skincare line, I was jonesing to try it. Blondie refers to the beauty that is Heather, and the Beast is Ant, lol! …
Hey ya’ll! Are you surviving Summer? It’s getting to that hot part where the sun is scorching and the humidity is high. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know that my family and I just spent a week on Hilton Head Island. All my kids wanted to do was go to the …
Motherhood, let’s face it, it can be such an isolating experience. Your life is dictated by the difficult schedule of the little dictators/people in your charge. It can be really tough to keep any sort of social life when you have kids, whether you stay at home or not. It’s super easy to get stuck …
We all have our happy place. The place that makes your heart smile the minute you get there. The place you go to escape the chaos that is mom life. For this product junkie, Woo Skincare & Cosmetics is that place. If you’re in Charlotte, you may already know about this little slice of beauty …
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Hair Breakage No, this isn’t a self-help psychological post. This is far more shallow, but important nonetheless. I’m talking about broken hair. We’ve all had times where our hair hasn’t felt its best. My hair is known to look like a cat has been chewing on it. I have salon clients express concern over the …
So, we are knee deep in the Southern Summer season. I know it gets hot all over the country, but nowhere is quite like the South. It gets hotter than Hades, as we say down here. High humidity, afternoon thunderstorms, and 100 plus degree days are the norm in my neck of the woods. What’s …