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June 2025

The OMG-You've-Got-To-Try-This List: June 2025

Laurel:
1. The absolute chokehold these pens have on me is slightly embarrassing. I literally gasp sometimes when I write with them. They are so perfect.

2. + 3. I stumbled upon the cutest boutique when I was on vacation in North Carolina earlier this month and I treated myself to a few gorgeous easy-to-wear cozies and dresses. You've never met a tank top cozier or softer than this. You just haven't. And it comes in, like, 5 billion colors. And this dress makes me feel like the prettiest lady in all of the land!

4. I think I've already mentioned these matte gel pens, but I really really really like them so much. I thought initially "what's the big deal about a matte pen" and very quickly I understood the big deal about a matte pen after I did some fun lettering with a few of them. They are super fun and the colors are 10/10. 

5. I started using Innersense a few months ago and this shine oil stuff took the whole thing to the top! I've used the moroccan oil in the past and this is 10,000 times better for my fine hair. 

6. TikTok literally actually made me buy this mascara and I was astounded at its results. It makes my lashes look like extensions and I should know because I was an extension girlie for, like, a full decade. 

Mabby:
7. I basically wear this dress every. single. day. and it's amazing! I love prints, but I'm a "must be large print" kind of gal (I don't know why) and those are hard to find! This one is perfection!

8. Like dessert, only not. My kids and I cannot get enough of these bars.

9. The Plated Prisoner Series is my newest booktok obsession. Give me world building, give me fantasy, or give me death. Something like that.

Nancy
I’m really diggin' ClassPass (which most people already know about) 'cause I like getting to try out new studios and take a variety of classes. Also if I have a busy month coming up, I can easily lower my monthly fee so I don’t waste credits.

10. ALSO I am constantly obsessed with the LD itty bitty stickies (colorful and neutral). I love using them as individual to-do items and moving them around on my planner spread.

Jenn
11. Cape Charles, VA is my favorite vacation destination. So much so that my family rents a permanent camper spot and we park our camper there for the Summer! It's the smallest town, filled with the perfect cuteness you're picturing in your mind. This charcuterie board, perfect for poolside or glamping, is my current camping bestie. 

Some of these links are links that pay Laurel Denise a very small commission so that we can afford our almond milk lattes and, well, more pens. But we don't link to things we don't love. And we don't always make dollars from the links. Mostly just the Amazon ones. K'loveyou'byeeee.