ELEGANTLY ELLE

Happy Monday, I'm back to college after a great Thanksgiving break today. So, I figured it would be fun to share a few snippets from my day in a day in my life college post! 9am - I wake up pretty late, especially because my class is not until 11am. 11am - I started my morning off by getting ready and then going to my only class of the day. 1pm - After going to class...I went straight to meet my friend and get our nails done. I got a gel manicure and regular pedicure both in OPI "don't bossa nova me around" and these two colors are actually the same in gel and regular, which unfortunately not always the case. 2:30pm - After nails I ran a few more errands...I ran into Target because I had to get a snow brush because it's snowing like crazy in New York and I didn't have a snow brush at college with me! And of course because it's Target I had to look at all of the cute Christmas decor that's now out! Unfortunately, until I get back f...

I cannot believe how quickly the summer is going by! I'm excited to go back to college and just wrote out my shopping list and thought I would share it! I have always loved back to school shopping for clothes and school supplies and love buying items for my dorm now for college too! I buy most items for my dorm from either Target or Amazon. The only back to school shopping that I don’t like now that I am in college is shopping for textbooks! They are so expensive, luckily this semester I was able to rent all of my textbooks from Amazon and Chegg! This made my textbook shopping much cheaper and super easy! HydroFlask I just picked this HydroFlask up for school this year and am already obsessed! It keeps my water extremely cold and most importantly it doesn't sweat or have condensation on the outside of it. Throw Pillows I have been on the hunt for a couple new throw pillows for my bed this year and have so far found two from Target's Opalhouse collection...

This photo was taken a few weeks into my first semester of college outside of my dorm! Before leaving for your Freshman year of college, there are a few things that I think are important to do. It is important to feel like you are prepared before going to college and while some of these may be obvious I thought it would be a good idea to share what I would do if I was a Freshman again just starting college. VENMO Everyone I know uses Venmo to pay each other back for whatever! It's so handy because you don't have to have cash or change when you owe someone money and deposits directly into your checking account. It makes things like splitting an Uber with your friends much easier. Creating a Venmo account takes certain information that would be easier to set up while you're still home so that's why I recommend setting up before college. HAIR & BROWS If you are moving far away to college, you probably will not know who to go to for your hair and eyebrows ...

Well, I am officially starting my back to school series for this summer today, well this is more like back to college, but anyways... I thought that I should get this post up relatively early in July because of the fact that it took me all summer to get everything I need for my first year of college last summer. So, today I am sharing my Ultimate College Freshman Packing List! I am not kidding when I say I have been working on this list since at least February in order to be sure that I have thought of everything possible that you would need. Above is my Freshman dorm room during my second semester. I also created a blog post with my complete Freshman Dorm Room Tour  with photos, organization, and links to pretty much everything in my room! This list is designed for the most common college Freshman set up, where you have corridor style bathrooms, not for suite style, which is what I had for my Freshman year. However, if you are in a suite style room, you would need...

Now at the end of the semester it's getting super stressful so self-care is something that I feel like has not been very present in my life, especially after starting college. So, over spring break, when I actually was able to practice some self-care I decided that I really needed to put this into practice on more of daily basis. Here are some easy ways to help you de-stress these next couple weeks! MAKE LISTS This may not be the answer to everyone's stress, but when I am feeling overwhelmed and like I might forget something I really like to make a nice concise list either of everything I need to do or exactly what I need to study. Making lists really just helps me to empty my mind of everything I am worrying about, kind of like journaling. FACE MASK Don't forget about your skin these last few stressful weeks. Take the time to apply a face mask and relax for at least the ten minutes it take for your face mask to work. TAKE A WALK/WORKOUT If you're gett...

It's Finally Friday!! The spring semester is in full swing for this girl, however, spring break is in 7 days and counting, so things are looking up! Today I am sharing my college grocery staples, because at least at my school the food is not great and I mainly go to the dining hall for dinner. I am gluten-free, so everything on this list to the best of my knowledge is gluten-free! I do 99% of my grocery shopping at Wegmans and if you are from New York (other than NYC) you know how amazing this grocery store is! Above I am wearing my typical errands outfit, comfy and warm! Drinks - orange juice - cranberry juice - smart watr - k cups Fruit  - (for fruit I like to the prepared containers because this is a lot less work and there's not a lot of room to prepare fruit at college) - lemons - strawberries - raspberries - apples - pineapple Cheese/Meat - cheese - Chobani greek yogurt - turkey sandwich meat - all natural coffee creamer O...