Braunwyn Windham-Burke’s Black Leopard Print Sweater on Instagram Live

Real Housewives of Orange County Instagram Fashion 2020

While Braunwyn Windham-Burke covered all things sobriety and wellness on an Instagram Live recently with podcaster and former reality star @ItsAlexisHaines (née Neiers…if you know, you know ), we’re of course covering the super cute black leopard print sweater she was wearing. Which I think we can all unanimously agree (in a good way!) was definitely Pretty Wild.

Fashionably,

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We have to admit something. We don’t love “best of” lists—especially for 2020. We’re all about looking forward and moving onto the next and this year is going to be better than the last (it has to be). Of course, when it comes to beauty, it’s exciting to see what products are coming down the pipeline, especially the more affordable ones. So, we rounded up the best new drugstore beauty products for 2021 so you can get excited, too. Some of these are going to be your new everyday favorites.

Now, most of these aren’t out until January so if you can’t wait, you can still purchase a similar product below each. There’s something for everyone, too, including new curl-enhancing goodies, damage-repairing shampoo and conditioner, long-wearing eyeliner and peptide-infused serum. Most items are even priced at less than $10! You truly can’t beat that.

Read all about our favorites and stock up at the same time.

Our mission at STYLECASTER is to bring style to the people, and we only feature products we think you’ll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale.

Aveeno.

Aveeno Hair Sunflower Oil Blend Conditioner

Aveeno is taking its popular scalp-soothing shampoo and conditioner (you know, because of that oats) and adding a hydrating and softening sunflower oil blend. The pearlized washes smell like red currant, sugared peony and vanilla. Available January.

Buy: Aveeno Hair $8.99

Head & Shoulders

Head & Shoulders Clinical Dandruff Defense Dry Scalp Rescue

When scalp issues need a bit more help, Head & Shoulders Clinical Dandruff Defense Collection just might help. The shampoos and shampoo + conditioner 2-in-1s come in dry scalp rescue, advanced oil control and intensive itch relief with 1 percent selenium sulfide. Head & Shoulders is also launching Supreme Scalp Moisturizer with Hemp Seed Oil and Supreme Color Protect Shampoo & Conditioner (previously only at Target). Available January.

Buy: Head & Shoulders Clinical Strength $19

Maybelline.

Maybelline New York TattooStudio Smokey Gel Pencil

We can always count on Maybelline to pull out all the stops and this gel pencil is no different. The brand already launched the TattooStudio 36HR Longwear Brow Pencil and now, a blendable eyeliner that promises to last just as long. It’ll be available in all the shades you need for a sulty smokey eye: Smokey Black, Smokey Brown and Smokey Grey. Available January.

Buy: Maybelline New York TattooStudio $6.38

Olay.

Olay Collagen Peptide24 Serum

This fragrance-free serum contains Olay’s highest concentration of peptides yet. The collagen-infused line also includes cleanser, eye cream and moisturizer. The line just launched online and will be expanding into stores this January.

TRESemme.

TRESemmé Keratin Smooth Color Shampoo

TRESemmé is launching so many new collections in 2021, it’s hard to keep up! First up is the TRESemmé Pro Collection with damage protection, care for curls or an extra boost of moisture. There’s also Flawless Curls Collection featuring four curl-friendly styling products, as well as two newbies to the popular Effortless Styling Collection and four shades of the Gloss Collection. Available January. 

Herbal Essences.

Herbal Essences Honey & Vitamin B Conditioner

Two of Herbal Essences Bio:Renew Collections, Birch Bark Extract and Honey & Vitamin E, are getting revamped packaging and an updated formula in the new year. They’re still PETA-certified cruelty-free and meet the clean beauty standards of the Environmental Working Group (EWG). This conditioner is for quenching the thirstiest hair. Don’t want to wait? Shop the original formula now. Available January.

Buy: Sulfate Free Shampoo and Conditioner Kit $9.97

CoverGirl.

CoverGirl Lash Blast Clean Volume Mascara

Everyone’s fave Lash Blast mascara got a clean upgrade in November, but just in Target stores. Come January, you can grab it in all drugstore locations. It’s paraben and sulfate free and comes in an 80 percent recycled paper tube and packaging.

John Frieda.

John Frieda Hair Care Blue Crush Shampoo

John Frieda’s Violet Crush shampoo and conditioner is already a favorite for blondes and now brunettes can get in on the brass-busting action with Blue Crush Shampoo and Conditioner at CVS. In addition, there are two new frizz-fighters in the fam: Frizz Ease Dream Curls Curl Defining Shampoo And Conditioner And Curl Defining Creme Oil, both coming to Walmart. Available January.

Nexxus.

Nexxus Curl Define Ultra-8 Pre-Wash Treatement

Nexxus is launching two big collections in 2021: The Weightless Styling Collection with a “proteinlock” system and the Curl Define Collection. We’re especially excited about this pre-wash treatment that detangles, reduces breakage and hydrates even the most fragile curls. The line also includes sulfate-free shampoo, conditioner and leave-in conditioner. Available January.

Olay.

Olay Cleansing & Renewing Body Wash

Olay is coming for your face and body this year. The brand added retinol to its Body Wash and Rinse-Off Body Conditioner to gently renew the skin’s surface overnight. Available January.

Buy: Olay Body Wash $13.52

Pantene.

Pantene Miracle Rescue Deep Conditioning Treatment

If you’re already a fan of the Intense Rescue Shot, you’re going to love this new collection inspired by the best seller. The line works to repair damage from styling, hot tools, hair color, etc. Pantene is also rolling out the new Nutrient Blends Fragrance-Free Pure Clean & Clarify Collection (the first fragrance-free from the brand) and Nutrient Blends Sulfate-Free Hydrating Glow Collection with Baobab Essence. Available January.

Buy: Pantene Miracle Rescue $8.98

Simple Skincare.

Simple Skincare Instant Glow & Defend Wipes

These makeup removing wipes contain glycerin for moisture and niacinimde to brighten skin. Available January.

Buy: Simple Skincare $14.34

Four years ago, we sold our big house in Texas and moved 800 miles away to a small home in Nashville. As we sorted through our belongings, and packed up our life in Houston, we donated, purged, consigned, and sold.

I got rid of the dishes and linens and cookware and clothing I didn’t use or wear. All the stuff I didn’t like. 

But I saved – and transported to our new city – a few boxes filled with items I rarely used or wore. Because I liked them way too much. 

Those precious things I didn’t want to risk breaking or soiling or using up. 

Those Items I Saved for Special

Our set of fragile wine glasses with the delicate stems. When I sipped wine from one of them, I was transported to a romantic restaurant with white tablecloths and doting waiters. I used them when we had company. 

My cream-colored silk blouse that showed every speck of dirt and had to go to the dry cleaner. I only ever wore it on dinner dates with my husband.

The French-milled soaps and lavender lotions and fussy linen towels I’d received from girlfriends over the years. Those lived in the powder room, the bathroom designated for guests. 

My Special Memento from France 

Almost 30 years ago, I accompanied my husband on a business trip to Paris. We deposited our toddlers with his parents and took off on a 10-day journey – our first trip to Europe – without little people to clothe and feed and bathe.

I savored the cozy hotels with maid service, sidewalk cafes, chocolate croissants, and after-work window shopping along the Champs-Élysées. 

In a lovely garden boutique, among the floral work aprons and dried lavender bouquets and brimmed sun hats, I spotted a coffee cup and saucer. A twisting ribbon and bow, painted in the calmest shades of blue and green, unwound their way around both pieces of the set.

The dainty cup brought to mind a wicker chair on a sunny patio in the early morning sunshine. An imaginary – special – breakfast spot.

Bundled into my carry-on, that cup and saucer – and a little bit of Paris – travelled home with me. I placed my keepsake in our dining room cabinet, behind glass, on a shelf where it would be safe from little hands and accidental bumps.

There It Sat for Decades

When I did venture into the dining room, to dust or set the table with fancy plates for a holiday meal, I glossed over it. In plain sight, I barely noticed it. Oh, I suppose somewhere, in the back corner of my mind, the cup reminded me of that special trip and our one visit to Paris.

But it never crossed my mind to use it.

Until we moved into our new home in Nashville.

In this smaller space, with no extra dining room and limited shelves for decorative objects, my Paris cup and saucer went into the kitchen cupboard. Alongside the dishwasher-safe, easily-replaceable, so-what-if- they-break coffee mugs lined up and ready for morning coffee and afternoon tea. 

One day, I pulled on my bathrobe and stumbled toward the coffee pot. I opened the cupboard and hesitated. Instead of automatically reaching for a sturdy, practical mug, the lone cup and saucer caught my eye. 

Why in the World Have I Not Used This?

I smiled as I poured my coffee into that beautiful cup. My first sip tasted warm and sweet and smooth. Special. 

In 2021, I’m looking for special. It’s my word this year. I’ll slide into the red shoes that make me happy when I put them on my feet – even to the grocery store. Set a pretty table with napkins I need to iron – on a Tuesday. Use the salad bowl I love that I have to hand wash. Light the candles. Buy the peonies. Wear the bracelet. Make lists with the notepaper.

Because, isn’t each day on this earth – when we wake up healthy and happy and fine – a special day? 

If I had my life to live over, I would have burned the pink candle – sculpted like a rose – before it melted in storage.

Erma Bombeck

What’s your word for 2021? Do you save things for special or use them? Do you own a special something you only look at but never use? 

The holidays always seem to come around when thy bank account is low. It never fails, extra bills make their way into my mailbox around November. I’m not claiming this from a negative position, I’m actually a fairly positive human being. However, 2020 has hit me a bit harder and tested my positive nature.

Aside from Covid and stay-at-home pressures, I made some unfortunate decisions and owe a ton of money to the IRS, had some family emergencies come up too, bills stacked pretty high. So what shall I do? First, I will release my complaining, next… I enter problem solving.

Looking at the Options

I figure I have two choices. Not paying my bills on time and making people happy, or take some deep breaths, get creative, pay the bills, and yes, find a way to give those gifts. A giver at hear, I don’t like the option of not being able to give gifts, it’s a punch in the gut to me. I also don’t like the idea of not paying my bills.

In the end, I came up with some different ways to give gifts this year by stepping into my mindful space.

First, I started thinking back to the gifts I had received in the past. I could remember the teddy bear I got from my grandmother at age 4, the set of tires from an ex-wasbund, a couple of pieces of jewelry I do not wear.

But wait, why do I only remember a handful of gifts that I had been given over my 75 years? I was having the same memory issue with the gifts that I had given over the years.

What Was That All About?

I love giving gifts and receiving them too, but maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t about the gifts themselves. Maybe it is more about what a gift represents or the experience it gives or offers.

The most memorable gifts that I have given and received have been more about the gathering, the laughter, the time together. And they all translated into being happy and having that nice soft warm feeling floating around in me.

This year, I decided that I want to be more mindful with my gift giving. The ideas I came up with don’t cost too much, if any, money at all. Maybe my time, energy, creativity, and elbow grease but hey, when I am feeling good, I have enough energy for at least 10 people.

Here are some things I came up with.

Write a Letter

Yes, write a letter to the person and tell them how much they mean to you and what you love about them. Even if you tell them you love them every day, sitting down and writing it out is a whole new level of love and caring. It doesn’t have to be long. Just heartfelt. Nice, memorable paper will go a long way too.

Time

Give them some of your time. Figure out what works best for both of you and make it worth it. Maybe that is taking them somewhere they love or having a FaceTime on the computer or watching their favorite TV show or movie with them.

You give them the time, and they decide what to do with it. And keep your word. You can also create a gathering or time spent together around a theme. If you are taking a walk, make it a “name the plants” walk. Facetime? 10 things I appreciate about life, this is a great way to make screen time more personable.

Memory Video

There are some fun apps out there that will put together a little video for you off of your photos. If you need photos for your video, then ask people to share some with you. Maybe these are videos of the pets or some other thing the person likes.

Get 20-30 photos and have a go. There is usually music you can choose and a format and length. Don’t make it too long but do have fun.

Write a Poem

A fun poem for a young person is to write out their name vertically on a piece of paper and then write a sentence about them starting with each letter. Try out a few and then draw it out on a piece of nice paper.

For someone who loves poetry, try some haiku. I used to write haiku on strips of brown paper grocery bags with permanent ink, punch a hole at the top and tie a loop of yarn through it. Then on my walks or hikes I would hang one on bushes or trees to be found by random passersby.

The paper lasts a long time, and the ink doesn’t fade. You could create something like this for the person’s yard.

Something of Yours

Give away something you love very much and that the person you are gifting has mentioned. This is a great way to declutter your own space at the same time.

Monthly Surprise

Give them a large envelope with 12 small envelopes inside. Fill each of the small envelopes with a surprise they can enjoy each month. Think of the seasons and what the person likes to do. Maybe have coffee outside at a favorite café, movie night with popcorn, walk, hike, phone call, etc.

Cook Their Favorite Meal

Use the good china, not paper plates. Candles, cloth napkins, dim light. Or maybe it is barbeque or breakfast. You cook what they want even if you don’t really like it.

As you can see, the sky is the limit here. Take a few minutes to sit down, breathe and get into your creative zone. Who needs money anyway? Mindful giving is by far the best way to stay connected and create everlasting memories. Happy mindful gifting!

Have you tried mindful gift giving? What were some things you did for your favorite people when you were on a very low budget? Please share your creative ideas below!

Lisa Barlow’s Brown Fur Trim Leather Jacket

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1 Episode 6 Fashion

Gahhhh I’m obsessed with Lisa Barlow’s brown fur trim leather jacket look from last night’s Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. I love everything about it! And while the most important piece is sold out, I could stop myself from going crazy on Style Stealers for this super cool look.

I’ve gotta say, when I’m asked which current Real Housewife has my favorite fashion, as of late I always reply, Dorit Kemsley. However, I may now have to add an *for dressier style, as Lisa Barlow’s more casual looks are totally stealing my heart, and wallet.

The Realest Housewife,

Big Blonde Hair

Click Here to Shop her Givenchy Cropped Shearling Jacket 

Click Here to Shop her Bottega Veneta “The Pouch” Bag

Jeans by Moussy Vintage (Couldn’t find exact match)

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Originally posted at: Lisa Barlow’s Brown Fur Trim Leather Jacket