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My makeup tutorial on how to get a rested and refreshed look…
even after a long flight!
For complete details on products used, check out “What’s in my travel makeup bag?”
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The part of my job that doesn’t usually make it to Instagram 💻
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For every trip, travel guide and pretty photo you see, there’s a whole lot happening behind the scenes.
I’m constantly writing, researching, planning what’s next, running multiple businesses… and currently using AI to help build an entirely new website.
My AMD Ryzen AI-powered laptop has become the command center for all of it. I can have approximately 47 things happening at once (a conservative estimate), and it keeps up with the chaos.
Because ultimately, the goal is to spend a little less time behind the screen and a lot more time out experiencing the world. ✈️
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@AMD #ad #AMDPartner #AMDRyzenAIPower
Just a girl who wants both… luxury AND adventure. 🏔️✨
And Gardena Grödnerhof in Ortisei might be one of my favorite examples of exactly that!
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We spent our days exploring some of the most iconic sights in the Dolomites, then came back to the comforts of an incredible five-star hotel. Even traveling with a four-year-old, getting out and exploring felt surprisingly effortless.
A few things that made our stay so special:
📍 THE LOCATION: Right in the heart of Ortisei, a charming, walkable mountain town with easy access to Seceda, Alpe di Siusi, and some of the Dolomites’ most beautiful scenery.
🛏️ THE ROOMS: We stayed in the Chalet Seceda Suite, complete with a huge balcony, mountain views, a fireplace, and even our own private sauna!
🧸 FOR THE KIDS: A fantastic kids club, kid-sized robes and slippers, play areas, and thoughtful little details that make traveling as a family so much easier.
🧖🏼♀️ THE WELLNESS: A beautiful spa with an indoor pool, outdoor whirlpool, saunas, and plenty of ways to relax after a day in the mountains.
🍝 THE FOOD: Two restaurants, including Michelin-starred Anna Stuben, and an incredible breakfast spread (complete with a juicing room).
What made this hotel so special was how accessible the adventure felt. We could have these huge days exploring the mountains and come back to somewhere so comfortable, with incredible food, a beautiful spa, and everything we needed to relax.
It was the perfect way to end our time in the Dolomites!
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Save this one for your next trip to the Italian Alps! 🇮🇹
@gardenagroednerhof #gardenagrödnerhof @kiwicollection #carewhereyoustay #Dolomites #Ortisei
Our @tbaescapes Maldives trip is back for its third year — April 10–17, 2027! 🐠🌴
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There aren’t many trips I’d happily do over and over again, but this is definitely one of them.
We spend seven nights on our own private yacht with an incredible group of women, diving and snorkeling some of the most beautiful reefs in the Maldives, eating way too much good food, doing yoga, getting massages and basically living on (and in) the water for a week.
And you do NOT have to be a scuba diver to join us!
That’s one of my favorite things about this trip. You can pick whichever package sounds most like your ideal week:
🤿 Scuba: 12 dives + 2 spa treatments
🤿💆♀️ Scuba + Spa: 6 dives + 4 spa treatments
💆♀️ Spa: 8 spa treatments + no diving
Want more of either? You can add extra dives or spa treatments during the trip too.
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📍 Maldives
🗓 April 10–17, 2027
👯♀️ Private, all-female yacht charter
🐠 Incredible snorkeling
💆♀️ 300m² spa spread across two decks
🧘♀️ Daily yoga
🍽 All-inclusive dining
🌅 Sandbank sunsets + a moonlit beach BBQ
🛥 Just 20 women
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Some cabin categories are already SOLD OUT, and we don’t currently have another departure scheduled.
So if you’ve always wanted to go to the Maldives but the whole honeymoon-resort thing isn’t exactly your vibe… this is YOUR Maldives trip. 💙
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👇 Click the link below for the full itinerary, available cabins + pricing, or comment MALDIVES and I’ll send you all the details!
Turns out you can fit a lot of life into one year. 🤍
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Moving abroad with a four-year-old while running multiple businesses from the road has been equal parts incredible, chaotic, exhausting and unforgettable.
For the past six months, my AMD Ryzen AI-powered laptop has come along for all of it… from Cape Town to Europe and everywhere in between.
It’s lightweight enough to travel with me, powerful enough to keep up with my million open tabs, and the battery life has genuinely exceeded my expectations.
There are definitely easier ways to live 😂 But I wouldn’t trade this adventure for anything.
Here’s to building a life that makes sense to you!
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@AMD #ad #AMDPartner #AMDRyzenAIPower
We call them “cow wind chimes” 🐄🔔⛰️
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No trending audio could ever compete with this.
Just me and my little guy wandering around Lake Trübsee, surrounded by the happiest cows making their little mountain music.
Sound on for this one! 🤍
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📍 Lake Trübsee, Mt. Titlis, Switzerland
#LakeTrübsee #Engelberg #SwissAlps #SwitzerlandTravel #VisitSwitzerland
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I’m on hostelbookers mailing list, and just checked their travel blogger awards post and i’ve been quickly going through the list, looking for some awesome bloggers. Made my way to yours, saw this video, and got inspired!
Don’t you just hate those super long flights (24hrs or more), or the brutal long haul, bus rides (19hrs or more), and at the end of those trips, you now resemble a zombie, clothes all tattered and dirty, you’re missing flesh around the face, a few front teeth and even an eye ball, perhaps. Well folks, to get that rested look, I’d like to share with you my one and only travel make up tip that’ll you’ll ever need:
step 1 – take a big, as wide as you can bite on the passenger directly next to you. within seconds, this person will turn into a zombie and begin infecting the next person. the process will continue to repeat itself, until all passengers are now zombies. screw, looking rested. be a zombie.
adios.
Hi Lovely, where can I buy the HD makeup forever make up ? I want to try it. 🙂
Hey Kendra! You can get it at Sephora 🙂 http://www.sephora.com/hd-invisible-cover-foundation-P217905?SKUID=1097013&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=1097013&om_mmc=ppc-gg-pla