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Staying Connected While Sheltering In Place

Beauty•Home•Lifestyle
This isolation period is really starting to get to me! I am actually starting to miss human interaction and staying connected. I always thought I could run off and live in isolation somewhere but I realize I need my connections to friends and family. Extra grateful for video chat right now so I can at least laugh and catch up with friends. I have had the same group of friends since middle school and I don’t think I’ve talked to them as much in the last 20 years as I have in the last 3 weeks. It is crazy...
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My California Shelter in Place Mom Survival Kit

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Our shelter in place is headed into week three but it feels like a year! Keeping Olivia busy and entertained while stuck in the house (it is raining here) has been tough. She is so used to daily outings that staying home feels like a punishment for her. I found this art kit at Maisonnette and it has been a great distraction! Shelter In Place Kit Other things in my quarantine kit are a good skincare routine–a mask a day keeps those stress wrinkles away. Cozy loungewear like this set from Joie and robe from Brooklinen. A few good...
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Dinosaur Easter Brunch Ideas

A few weeks ago, before the quarantine, I hosted a dinosaur brunch and egg hunt for Olivia and her...
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What to Pack for Lake Tahoe in the Winter

We never get snow here in Monterey, CA so when I saw Lake Tahoe was getting a snow storm...
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Lunar New Year Parade San Francisco
Gift Guides•Holiday•Holiday•Lifestyle

Chinese New Year Gift Ideas

Year of the Rat is almost here and I rounded up all the Chinese New Year gift ideas! We...
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Home•Lifestyle

SUPERFOOD HOT CHOCOLATE MIX

Superfood Hot Chocolate Mix INGREDIENTS ½ cup Cocoa Powder 2 tsp Cinnamon ½ cup coconut Sugar 2 tsp maca...
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At Home Green Eggs And Ham Party With Subway, Shamrock Farms And Netflix by popular California lifestyle blog, Haute Beauty Guide: image of a mom holding her little girl.
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At Home Green Eggs And Ham Party With Subway, Sham...

At Home Green Eggs And Ham Party sponsored by Subway, Shamrock Farms, And Netflix I remember reading Green Eggs...
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Mommy and Me at the Pumpkin Patch
Baby•Holiday•Lifestyle•Travel+Adventure

The 3 Best Pumpkin Patches in Monterey County

Wearing: Jacket: Burberry // Jeans: Rag + Bone  // booties: Vince Camuto // T-shirt: Jenni Kayne // bag: sold out...
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Dinner in Carmel with BelowDeck
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Dinner Date at Bonne Chance in Carmel By The Sea...

A few nights ago I had an invite for a once in a lifetime experience.  Vintage Property Management hosted...
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About Me

I started Haute Beauty Guide in 2008 as a way to stay in touch with my skincare clients between appointments. At first, I only covered skincare but HBG grew with me as my life evolved— from traveling around the world, heading back to college after taking a long break, buying our first home, to getting my first gray hair! Monterey is my home and I take the lifestyle here to heart.

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Books and cheese. All I need. 🤣 I’ve fully f Books and cheese. All I need. 🤣

I’ve fully fallen into the beauty of this novel. Spread over generations, the author weaves California history into the story beautifully. I love, love, love thinking about what Monterey/Salinas was like 100 or 200 years ago. If you want a story that sucks you in from the first page, hunt down this book, “In The Land Of Plenty” by  Mary Smathers. 
##californiagirl #californiadreaming #bookstoread
Snacks, a book and wine. Took a real day off last Snacks, a book and wine. Took a real day off last weekend and I’m still not over it.
Spa day at home! The new @coola skincare is perfec Spa day at home! The new @coola skincare is perfect for a little selfcare treatment. 
The Moon Mask is gorgeous. A super hydrating mask full of Vitamin C and hyaluronic acid the shimmering mask leaves my skin soft, plump, hydrated and glowing! 

I like to prep my skin with the new scrub for better absorption. Finish up with the Great Barrier Reef cream for all night hydration. 

Available now @coola 

#coolapartner #coolaskincare #spadayathome
I stepped away from all my responsibilities for 24 I stepped away from all my responsibilities for 24 hours and it was a dream.
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Most days I just do primer, concealer, and a bit of highlight but lately, I've been going all out. 
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@clarinsusa SOS Primer
@toofaced Born This Way Concealer
@ilmakiage foundation
@ctilburymakeup powder
@beccacosmetics highlighter
@givenchyofficial Lash Primer
@tooface Better Than Sex Mascara
@winky_lux Brow pencil
Sunshine and picnics for us! It is almost spring a Sunshine and picnics for us! It is almost spring and our weather is so nice lately. We took this @loveevery box outside to play with our favorite @littlespoon blends. Olivia still eats them as a "smoothie". I freeze them a little to make it a slushie and she loves them.
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I can't believe we are on the final Lovevery box! We started the subscription service a few weeks after Olivia was born and here we are on the 3-year-old box. It is crazy how fast the last three years went. This may just be Olivia's favorite box. The camper van and tent + the little people are too cute. Plus the counting pegs and box were a lot of fun. I didn't realize she could count to 10!
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Pop over to stories to see how we use Littlespoon to boost Olivia's nutrition and Lovevery to boost her imagination. Plus a few discount codes.

LS-DORAN to save $20 off your first order of Littlespoons

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