Real Life with Royal + Reese

Couple of House Plants

Couple of House Plants

I would consider my taste simplistic, especially when it comes to my home. I like low lighting and calm. I like earthy tones. I love textures with ...

Homemade Halloween Costumes

To be honest, Halloween has never been my favorite holiday. My parents didn’t care to celebrate and we lived out in the middle of nowhere, so we di...

My Experience with the Bone Broth Diet

When I had heard that Tara, Royal + Reese's C.E.O., was doing the Bone Broth Diet, I had many questions, because I had never heard of it before. It...

Kait's Seasonal Starbucks Drinks

Tell me I’m wrong… but there is just something completely magical about when the warm, summer air begins to get a bit more crisp. When you finally ...

Postpartum...anxiety?

I talk a lot about the struggle of my long, excruciating labor story, because at the end of the pain, I had my beautiful baby girl. But what I don’...

Three Ways to Style Plaid

As you know, the first day of fall was yesterday: September 23, 2019. It’s that magical time when the leaves begin to turn those fiery autumn color...

I’m not good enough.

Do you want to hear a story? It’s probably one that you’ve heard before at least a thousand times. Ready? I’m not good enough. Want to hear anoth...

My New 'Normal'

I’m just going to say it, having a baby is wild. First of all, your body actually grows a little human for 9 (long) months. In the mentality of pre...

What Are Blue Light Glasses?

If you’re anything like me, you spend 97% of your day on some sort of device. On a normal week day, I wake up in the morning and immediately chec...

Overcoming Postpartum

From the moment we found out I was pregnant with her to the moment she was placed in my arms, we were happy, scared, excited, shocked, and every...

Best Self Tanner

Earlier this year, I had written a piece on why I chose to quit tanning. * Spoiler alert, it was because I had gotten so burnt in a tanning bed, I ...

Misconceptions of Working From Home

“So, you get to do whatever you want during the day?” The above question is one of the most common misconceptions I get about working from home. Ma...

R+R Favorite Fragrances

I used to sit on our bathroom counter and watch my dad shave his face for church every Sunday morning. Then, he’d put on some Obsession for Men c...