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My Favorite Cosmetic Bag Collection: Ellis James Designs

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 Calling all my beauty queens OR those who just need to be better organized in the beauty department (me lol). I am absolutely obsessed with these bags for not just traveling, but also just to use every day. I want to start by introducing the bag I received with my first collab I did with Ellis James Designs back in June.  If you are an OG follower on Instagram or have followed along since June, you've probably seen this post about the Tall Cosmetic Bag in black. When I received this bag, I IMMEDIATELY was feeling like I needed to be out with the old and bring in the new! My previous make up bag was from high school and was really beat up and stained. This new bag was a game changer and I could tell it was already better quality than my last one even brand new. I used this Tall Cosmetic Bag to travel a bit and of course, my bronzer cracks and powder is all over the bag. Does anyone else literally bust every single bronzer they get??? Anyways, I was freaking out because the ins...

Figure Out Your Finances

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Hey y'all, it's Val B! You know I absolutely love sharing any and every financial resource and tool I find. I did a June 2020 Finance & Economics Q&A on Instagram and you all blew me away with your questions. There were so many that I had to break it down into categories. The categories ended up being budgeting, saving while in college, when to hire a financial advisor, investing, and Excel tips and tricks. I shared with you all my Excel cheat sheet, but I just felt like I couldn't give personalized answers through my broad explanations. SOOOO I found this FREE website that allows you to calculate literally anything & everything finance related, Pigly.com!             Courtesy of Pigly https://pigly.com You could be looking to calculate how much compounding interest will make you over time. You could be looking to see how much you have to save each month to reach your goals or how to calculate what your monthly loan payment is going to be given ...