Welcome to As Told By! We’re Ashley and Shelby Dunn aka Ash and Shelbs. We’re sisters and we currently live in New York City but we were born and raised in Texas. Together we own As Told By, a lifestyle website focused on providing inspiration for your daily life while sharing a piece of ours.
Do You Know Your Enneagram Type? Have you guys heard of the enneagram test? By answering a series of questions you are assigned a number from 1 – 9 that is supposed to help determine your personality type. You can…
Next up in our neighborhood guide series is the Flatiron District. We love this area, especially for their vast variety of food options. The Flatiron District, named after the Flatiron Building, is one of our go to neighborhoods for shopping, photography,…
[one_half padding=”0 3px 0 0″][/one_half][one_half_last padding=”0 0 0 3px”][/one_half_last] We take red eye flights quite a bit, especially when traveling back to NYC from the West coast or flying from NYC to Europe. I’ve pretty much perfected my routine at…
New Products On My Radar [one_half padding=”0 3px 0 0px”][/one_half][one_half_last padding=”0 0px 0 3px”][/one_half_last] It is no surprise that Ashley and I are obsessed with all things beauty. Makeup, skincare, everything! Even though our backgrounds are in fashion, we spend…
Yes, You Should Buy It [one_third padding=”0 3px 0 0″][/one_third][one_third padding=”0 3px 0 3px”][/one_third][one_third_last padding=”0 0 0 3px”][/one_third_last] I first heard about “the amazon coat” as it has affectionately been nicknamed by New Yorkers back in December. I can’t recall…
Finding Your Perfect Fitness Routine Hey Y’all! I just want to start of this post by saying that I am in no way an expert on this topic. I just want to talk about my experience, and what I enjoy. …
[one_half padding=”0 3px 0 0″][/one_half][one_half_last padding=”0 0 0 3px”][/one_half_last] Oh, Times Square. Any New Yorker will tell you that they avoid this neighborhood like the plague. As one of the top tourist destinations in the city, it is obviously packed…
Music Is Happiness We get asked all the time about what music we are currently listening to, so I thought I would round it up in a post for you. Ash and I are both apple music users, not spotify.…
The Things That Work For Me Dealing with high stress issues at a job isn’t fun for anyone. Spending 8+ hours a day feeling anxious with high intensity pressure obviously isn’t healthy, but sometimes it cannot be avoided. Regardless, that…
In an effort to update all of our neighborhood guides, we are now headed over to the west side and one of our favorite neighborhoods, Chelsea. Now, Chelsea holds a very special place in Shelby’s heart. When she was just…
Add This Spot To Your Brunch Rotation When Kristen was in town for a girls weekend a couple weeks ago, in addition to the cookie class we took, we also grabbed brunch at Beauty and Essex on the Lower East…