About 

Realize Your Glow...through fashion & conscious living
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The mission of Jujubean Style is simple: to help women realize their glow. "What do you mean by glow," you ask? You know how people say pregnant women glow because they have a life growing inside of them? I believe that we're all growing a life inside of us...our own lives. We are all in the process of realizing the innate beauty of the person that we are and the person we are meant to be. Life is about allowing this person to unfold within us and grow stronger and brighter until we can't help but let it radiate from us.

"But I thought this is a style blog?" you say. A wise person - maybe you've heard of her, Oprah Winfrey - once said that when she was younger, she hoped to surround herself with beautiful things that reflected the person she was on the inside. In the same sense, I love making what I wear reflect who I am on the inside. I believe fashion and makeup can be a great form of self-expression that will help intensify that glow.

​So here you'll find: 1) lots of fashion and makeup finds and ideas to inspire your style, and 2) what I'm most passionate about, conversations about life - the messiness, the painfulness, the silliness, the joyfulness, and all the in-between. We're all on this planet together, finding our way on our own journeys that are somehow incredibly unique and yet fundamentally the same. We have a lot we can learn from each other, so we can all realize our glow and let it radiate out into the world!

 About the woman behind the words

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Hi there! It's me, Julie!

I used to think that I lived a pretty typical life. I was raised in a family with two parents, a sister, and a dog in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon. I went to a small private school run by nuns, graduated valedictorian from high school, went on to a big state university, and graduated with honors. Got a job, got married, got a dog, and had kids. It was pretty picture-perfect and by the book. But as you know, everyone has a story that hasn't been told yet. Which brings me to one of my favorite sayings:

“Everyone is going through something you know nothing about. Be kind always.”

Flash forward to today, and I write this as a single mom and half of a co-parenting team with two very rambunctious and very loving boys, a geriatric pug, a stressful job, a mortgage,  a tiny cluttered condo, feeling completely overwhelmed and uncertain for the future, but at the same time feeling hopeful that life is unfolding as it should. Don’t get me wrong – life can still bring me to my knees. But I’ve realized that it's a messy but beautiful journey, and continues to be one every day.

I'll be completely honest - being able to write here is therapeutic for me and hopefully of service to you. It’s my goal to make everything you read and see here my authentic self and my authentic voice - whether I'm gushing about a new pair of shoes I scored or whether I'm reflecting on a life lesson I learned. Sure, I may post some nice photographs taken by a professional (my friend and New Kids on the Block bestie, Jaime...yes, more on my love for NKOTB soon!), but you’ll still see the real me. You’ll hear my stories and my voice as I get to know it more and more each day. My hope is that we'll both inspire each other to find our style and realize our glow!

Hope you join me! 
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-- Love always, Julie
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