01/10/2019
(This feature was photographed at Le Politique, one of my favorite spots in Austin. I love the brasserie for a moody, romantic dinner by night and is the perfect spot for a business lunch by day. The french pastries in the patisserie are my favorite in the city.) This past holiday break felt long in all the best senses of the word. On most days I could not have accurately told you the day of the week or what was happening in the world. I spent so very little time on my laptop and my most pressing wardrobe decision usually centered around … 
My name is Jen Pinkston and I’m addicted to skincare products. If there’s a serum or a mask, you better believe I’m here for it. In 2017, I started aggressively tossing out any beauty products that contained, phthalates, parabens, or artificial fragrance and began experimenting with clean skincare products. In 2018, we published our first Clean Beauty Awards as an email newsletter which received such a great response that we turned it into a blog post. Since then, I’ve discovered even more great products that I love … 
This crazy holiday rush the last few weeks has had me (Lauren) dreaming about vacation, like a real one. But with not a one in site, I’m grasping at memories from my past. The last major vacation (and most dreamy ever) was to Scandinavia where Chase and I visited Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. It was one of those once in a lifetime vacations. There are so many things I could tell you I loved about that vacation but of course, I’m focusing on the topic of food. One of our unforgettable memories as we travelled through Scandi-land was the … 
I needed this post twelve months ago. We moved into Our Austin Casa December of 2017 with plenty of boxes and unpacking to do, but oddly enough very little in the way of furniture or rugs or decor or even art. We had moved three times in 18 months and had shed items in each of these categories with each new residence we took up in. It was intentional. Many things we had were items that we didn’t really love anymore or maybe had never really loved that much to begin with but had acquired when our budgets were much leaner and our taste … 
