I am fresh off of an AMMMAAAAZZZIIINGGGG 30th birthday celebration! It was filled with so much love and light and partying, I posted the entire photo album here! I’ve been so burned out from party planning and just life, I tried to duck out on this month’s needs but decided to keep it going! So here are my absolute fave items this month!

Bath and Body Works candles – Could I just scream now???!!!! I posted about these on my Instagram page (IG: iamianthia) the other day because they are soooo good! I don’t know if Bath and Body Works literally went to the snowman for his flakes to put in the candle, or if they actually shaved pieces of pumpkin pie off of grandma’s cakes, but the scents that emanate from these 3-wick candles literally takes over the whole house! Not in an overpowering way either, the scents are so strong, but so gentle you literally get a dose of Christmas in your nostrils. I have them in Frosted Cranberry, Party Dress and Marshmallow Fireside in my room. We’re burning Welcome and Merry Cookie in rotation in the house! So good!!!!

Copper mug – I usually bypass the gizmos and gadgets sections on my favorite TV shows. You know, the ones that entice you to head to some website to buy some items at heavily discounted prices. But one day I was watching Wendy Williams and caught the “impulse buy” bug! These gorgeous, vintage-inspired, classy and beautiful copper mugs were featured and I fell in love! So chic, so simple, so Christmas! I quickly headed to her website to find the item (and the discount) and quickly purchased 3 of them! One for me and the other 2 I gifted. I picked them up the other day and can’t wait to drink the perfect egg nog mixture out of my new mug. Better yet, they were monogrammed with initials. They were selling so fast, I wasn’t able to get my “I” initial so I opted for “S” for my last name, Smith…or Superwoman! Find them here!

MAC Mineralize SkinFinish – The parties are coming out of the whazoo! And sometimes you won’t have prior warning or even enough time to get ready for the latest holiday party…but you for sure don’t want to miss it! When I have to get ready in a hurry and I can’t luxuriate for an hour putting on make up, I opt for a simple hack to my highlight. The mineralize skinfinish is amazing as a highlight powder even without the concealer underneath and adds a great lightening glow to the face. I keep it in my purse for an instant highlight to awaken my face!

This is December…end it with a bang!