Tag: Accessories

Travel, Travel Products

Away Everywhere Bag Review + Packing Tips

Alyssa stands in the left of the frame, wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans, tan belt, and a green scarf. She is carrying the Everywhere Bag from Away on her left shoulder

Note: this is a review of the Original Everywhere Bag; Away has also released a slightly different version called the New Everywhere Bag. Both are available on the website at this time (it’s confusing I know). How much testing time is needed before a review of a product can be properly written? A month? Three …

Home Try On + In-Depth Style Reviews, Style, Travel, Travel Products, Travel Tips

Choosing the Right Jewelry for Travel, Featuring GLDN

Alyssa stands in a beam of sunshine, wearing a navy silk short sleeve dress, and a pendant necklace with two mini hoops in her right ear. She is pulling her hair out of the way and smiling downward

When we pack for a trip, we largely consider the essentials: IDs, cards, and currency. Medication. Clothing. Shoes. Toiletries. But we often leave one category for last, if we even consider it at all: Jewelry. Just because something is small doesn’t mean it should be an afterthought. The jewelry we choose to pack and wear …

Home Try On + In-Depth Style Reviews, Style

Luxury Without the Labels – Chic Accessories from Italic

Alyssa is standing in front of a brick building. She is wearing a grey sweater with off-white pants, black sunglasses, a light blue belt bag, and black boots. She has her right hand in her hair and it is windy.

Recently I shared how Italic was changing its business model from a membership-only service to an open marketplace. Product accessibility is great and all, but I wanted to dive in deeper today to talk about the quality of products available on the new Italic marketplace. This post was not sponsored but does contain gifted products …

Travel, Travel Products

Packing List Essentials: A Review of the Silk Travel Set from CALPAK

Alyssa wears the CALPAK silk eye mask

It’s no secret that our quality of sleep declines when we travel, and while we may not be able to rewire our brains to combat the “first-night effect” (let alone sleep well in an airplane’s ever-diminishing coach seat), there are a few products currently available on the market whose sole purpose is to help us …

Home Try On + In-Depth Style Reviews, Style, Travel, Travel Products

Home Try-On: Three Packable Straw Hats Under $100

Alyssa is wearing a white linen tee and light blue jeans and is holding a straw hat. The image is closely cropped on her hand and legs.

The Quest: Find a stunning hat for summer. The catch? It has to be able to bounce back after 24 hours of being crammed into my travel bag. For some background: I’ve never really been what you’d call a “hat person.” I don’t like losing my peripheral vision or having to deal with the awkward …

Destinations, Mexico, Packing Lists, Style, Travel

Traveling Light: A Packing List for Five Days in Mexico City

Alyssa walking down a street in mexico city wearing a white tank, rust skirt, and white sneakers

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I have a love-hate relationship with packing. I love planning outfit combinations and picturing all that I am going to do at a destination, but I don’t really love the actual packing part. I’ve made a great effort to consolidate all of my travel items to …

Beauty, Destinations, Louisiana, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, Travel Tips, USA

Day-Tripping: What It’s Like to Fly to New Orleans for the Day & My Essential Packing List

Alyssa standing in front of a sign that says No Parking

Sharing what it’s like to fly somewhere just for the day, and emptying out my purse to show you everything I packed.

Destinations, North Carolina, Packing Lists, Style, Travel, USA

Traveling Light: Winter Packing List for Asheville, North Carolina

standing in Asheville airport

A real-life packing list for five nights in Asheville, North Carolina (during the winter!)