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5 Reasons Why We’re Obsessed with Shay Mitchell’s Blog

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Wisconsin chapter.

Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell and her friend Michaela Blaney have a new blog called Amore and Vita—and it’s kind of everything. No, it’s not some stupid celebrity blog that’s really just a PR website selling T-shirts with One Direction’s faces on it. Amore and Vita is more along the lines of Lauren Conrad’s blog, but with more of a personal touch. Each week is organized into a theme, like Peppermint, Plaid, and Winter White! Here are some of the highlights:

The Fashion: Finally, a blog with gorgeous clothes worn by a celebrity that are ACTUALLY affordable for the everyday person. Her Nike sneaker boots are already on my Christmas list. Plus, you can directly shop all of her looks! 

The Food: Shay and Michaela enlist the help of nutritionists, professional bakers, and even Shay’s mom to come up with amazing recipes. And you know the recipes are good because they’ve been test-tasted by the two lovely ladies. Bonus: A lot of the recipes are modified so that they’re (somewhat) healthy!

Highlights include: Peppermint Macarons, The White Lady Cocktail, Pumpkin Spice Raisin and Walnut Muffins

The Wanderlust: The blog provides great travel destination recommendations from Aspen, Colorado to the French Riviera. They also have hotel recommendations and activity suggestions. Or, you can just oogle at the stunning, scenic images of Greece, Jamaica, etc.  It might even help you decide where you want to study abroad!

The Décor: Who doesn’t love a little DIY? From making festive bouquets to dorm room décor ideas, these ladies know their craft, featuring step-by-step guides. 

The Beauty: (My personal favorite) The best part about the beauty section is you get the inside scoop from professional makeup and nail artists. They provide easy tutorials and the beauty products are all relatively affordable and accessible. I’m totally trying out purple lipstick this winter.

And these are only the highlights! So what are you waiting for? Head over to webpage now! It’s the perfect study break.

Can’t get enough? Check out Shay Mitchell’s new vlog channel.

Madison is a senior at the University of Wisconsin pursuing a major in English Literature with minors in Entrepreneurship and Digital Media Studies. Post college, Madison plans to complete her dreams of being the next Anna Wintour. In her free time, Madison enjoys listening to Eric Hutchinson, eating dark chocolate, and FaceTiming her puppies back home. When she isn't online shopping, or watching YouTube bloggers (ie Fleur DeForce), Madison loves exploring the vast UW Campus and all it has to offer! She is very excited to take this next step in her collegiette career as Campus Correspondent and Editor-in-Chief for HC Wisco. On Wisconsin!