Realize Your Glow
Style & Conscious Living

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!

Knowing When to Walk Away

​05.07.18
There comes a time in life when you know you need to walk away. Whatever the situation is, you just know it. 

I'm a born optimist. One of my MOs is to always assume best intent. In whatever someone does. Even if they do something hurtful or isn't there for you. Always assume best intent. But when they consistently seem to let you down ...

Packing for My Disney Cruise Vacation -
​Part 1

04.24.18
Guess what! I'm going on vacation! Woohoo! I've felt like a chicken with my head cut off lately trying to prep for this thing, making sure everything at work is tied off, and still managing getting the kids fed and kept alive like mothers are supposed to.

<Sidenote: Disclaimer/Confession: The above picture is not my actual suitcase. My actual suitcase is bursting at the seams ...

5 Steps to Feeling Fear and Doing It Anyway

04.18.18
Two places I dread: malls and airports. Why, you ask? Because malls and airports are notorious for having escalators. Yes, I have an irrational fear of escalators. Wait, scratch the "irrational" part, because escalators are DEATH TRAPS.

​I mean, seriously, who decided it would be a good idea to make stairs MOVE, let alone METAL stairs ...

Eff this Crappy Weather!
​Winter to Spring Outfit Ideas

04.03.18
Raise your hand if you're sick of this crappy weather! Here in the Pacific Northwest, we head into the fall and winter knowing that the sun is going away for a good 8 months. We joke about how when the summer ends and the weather turns, you can kiss the sun goodbye. 

And right about now, we're all getting super anxious for the sun to return. We can see it's within reach. We revel at ...

On Feeling Lonely

03.26.18
Is it possible to have tons of friends and family around you, yet still feel lonely?

I think one of the most common human experiences is that of feeling lonely. Everyone feels lonely at one point or another. You could be a huge big-time celebrity, at the top of your game, with a million fans, a huge entourage, and people waiting on you hand and foot, and still feel lonely. You can have a husband, a gaggle of kids ...

Nordstrom Rack
​Vince Camuto Shoe Haul

03.21.18
Hey you fabulous person, you!

Yeah, I'm a little bubbly today. It was a sunny day in Seattle (until the rain and clouds rolled in), and I had a fun lunch with good friends and colleagues to see one of my dear friends off on a new adventure in life!

I'm a super sentimental person (yeah, I know this has nothing to do with shoes so far ...

"Who Am I?" How I Started Answering that Age Old Question

03.18.18
I sit here in the room at my parents' house that my mom has designated "the Julie room." Pictures from my childhood adorn the walls and the dressers. My Kindergarten photo, my high school graduation photo, my college sorority photo.

​What strikes me about these pictures is that at each stage in life, there were different things ...

My Favorites for Spring so Far!

03.15.18
As I got ready for the day the other morning, I found myself running around from one end of the condo to the other - feeding my post-multiple-teeth-extraction-surgery geriatric pug his special softened breakfast, throwing bagels in the toaster for the kiddos making sure to toast them for just the right amount of time (heaven forbid they're too burnt ...

Let's Be Real

03.14.18
Remember back in the day, we used to flip through magazines to see what the new trends are? We used to look at pictures of models on those pages and think, "Gosh, she's so perfect. Why can't I be perfect like that?" We blamed the media and fashion magazines for teaching us ...

Hi! It's me, Julie!

I'm a working mom in Seattle, Washington and 1/2 of a co-parenting team of two very rambunctious and very loving young boys. I love stupid sh*t that makes me laugh, and anything sappy that makes me cry. I'm a fashion and makeup junkie, incessant bargain shopper, chronic optimist, and fervent seeker of the truth about myself and the world around me. I'm so happy you stopped by! Let's connect!

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