As the end of the year approaches, I have decided to take a look at the workhorse items in both my closet and my toiletry bag. This is the third and final installment, featuring my favorite makeup and hair products …
year in review
Year in Review | 6 Goals for 2026
My Year in Review I would like to say this year has flown by, but really, only the last three months have felt fast. While I’m blessedly out of the worst of it now, this year was a really hard …
My Favorite Things 2025: Skincare
As the end of the year approaches, I have decided to take a look at the workhorse items in both my closet and my toiletry bag. This is the second installment. Similar to the trend of counting your “empties,” inventorying …
My Favorite Things 2025: Closet
As the end of the year approaches, I have decided to take a look at the workhorse items in both my closet and my toiletry bag. This is the first installment. Similar to the trend of counting your “empties,” inventorying …
2023 Year in Review
2023 Year in Review. This year was strange, busy, wild, bleak, and joyful. Surprises at every turn. Grief, longing, and self discovery.
2023 Word: Joy
A reflection on 2022 and why I’m actively choosing joy in 2023.
12 Posts from 2021 You May Have Missed
12 Posts from 2021 + Year in Review Instead of doing a roundup on the top posts of the year (because those are usually posts that weren’t published this year!), I thought I would go back through the Archives and …
Most Loved Items of 2021
Most Loved Items of 2021 There’s nothing like a little self-reflection at the end of the year. Today, I’m reflecting on the year in fashion in order to figure out what I used and loved most. I have done this …
2021 Holistic Goals
2021 Holistic Goals While I have scorned the idea of New Year’s Resolutions for most of my adult life, I have typically written down a set of goals with the aim of improving my life in some way. I often …
Blog Year in Review 2020
Blog Year in Review 2020 In January, StyleWise/Leah Wise will be 8 years old! Throughout those 8 years, I’ve: To be honest, I started this blog without a real sense of longevity. There was no business strategy (because I never …
2019 State of the Blog Address
My state of the blog address for 2019.
My 7 Achievable Goals for the New Year
Happy New Year! Last year, I wrote a post on my 8 Achievable Goals for the New Year as an experiment. I had not, historically, lived up to my resolutions, either because they were too daunting or somewhat inane. But …










