Dresses for the Holiday Season

Hello everyone!
I know what you're probably thinking by the title "Isn't it a little early to start planning holiday party outfits?"
The answer is yes, but I'm a person who likes a head start, so I thought I would share with you.
Here we go!

 

 

This first dress is a new buy. It is a circle dress, with purple and brown spots on it. The dress also has long-sleeves. I really like this dress with light brown fake cowboy boots. This dress is from H&M.

 

 

This second dress has appeared on my blog before. This is a three-quarter black dress with leather trimmings. This dress I purchased at Belk.

The last dress is a navy blue sleeveless dress. I like to wear a mustard yellow sweater when I wear this one. It complements the dress very well. I also purchased this one at Belk, which I purchased a while a go, so I can no longer find it.

I hope you all enjoyed reading this and looking at my holiday dresses,
Bye!

OOTD - Layering Edition

Hello everyone!
Today's post is going to be a layering OOTD. It's getting pretty cold where I live. It didn't even make it to 60F today! Since its getting cold I thought I would do a layering OOTD.

I'm wearing a simple army green and gold sleeved jacket from Wet Seal. My scarf is a brown and white infinity one and I'm not sure where it's from. My black shirt is from Eddie Bauer. My jeans are my favourite Levi's. Lastly my brown combat boots are from Rampage.

Thanks for reading today's post,
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Where I've Been

Hello everyone!
Sorry to have disappeared on you all last week. I had a pretty stressful week. I don't want to go into too much detail because it's too personal. All I'm going to say about it is, doing cross country and having a hard biology class I didn't have any free time and I needed a break. Today is my last cross country meet for the season, so next week I will be back on track.

Since this post is pretty short I thought I'd tell you about what good has been happening in my life.

First off, I was initiated into National Honors Society. You get inducted for a having a weighted GPA of 3.75 or higher. Being in Nation Honors Society, I have to do 25+ hours of community service. Since I have to do community service I joined my school's Leo Club, which is a community service based club.

Above are the pictures from the event. The top one is me lighting my candle before we were formally inducted. The bottom one is me before the event in my dress. My dress has leather trim on it. It was from Belk. My red flats were from Wet Seal.

On Monday our spirit weeks started. We have two spirit weeks at my school. One for the big rivalry game, and one for homecoming. This week is for the big rivalry game. On Monday we had pajama day. For pajama day me and my friend wore onsies. I was a monster and she was a penguin.

My onesie was from Walmart and I am not sure where her's is from.

If you want to see what I'm up to when I'm not uploading on here, just follow my instagram (lifeattemptbykelsie) or my twitter(kelsiehere). If you have any suggestions on what you would like to see on here, just comment your ideas!

Thanks for reading, 
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Study Tips

Hello everyone!
Today's post is going to be on study tips. Now if you're like me and get bored studying or just don't like it I hope these help.

How and What I Study With
When preparing for a test my classes hand out study guides. My history teacher gives us a study guide at the beginning of each unit. I highly recommend using the study guides you're given to study.
Another thing I study with is the app quizlet. This app is really useful especially when trying to memorize vocab words.
Also to study I highlight notes I take in class, and review those.

Where I Study
I personally study in my room with music on. I recommend listening to acoustics, covers, and movie scores.
If you don't like to study in your room, you could always go to a local coffee shop, library, or book store.

How I Study in Class
If a teacher tells you something is important I recommend highlighting it, or putting a star next to it( I do both).
I also recommend writing down the random/trivial stuff your teacher says. You might see a question on it on a test.

Other Tips
Put your phone on night mode when studying, so you won't get distracted when you get a tweet notification or text.
Write your notes in different colors.
Go in and highlight your notes on what YOU need to know.
Rewrite your notes, or just the things you highlighted.
Study 15+ minutes every night per class.

Those are all the tips I have for you. Thanks for reading.
Bye!

Fall Outfit Ideas

Hello everyone!
Today's post is going to be about Fall outfit ideas. I felt like this would be a good time to talk about Fall outfits, since Fall started last Monday. Here we go!

 

 

This first outfit is a simple layering one. In this I am wearing a red flannel from JCPenney under a cream colored sweater with a raccoon on it from Kohl's(not available anymore). The jeans I am wearing are my all time favourite Levi's. Lastly my boots are just heeled Unlisted(not available anymore) ones.

 

 

This outfit is a simple tee and jeans. The shirt is a blue and whit baseball tee that reads We Are Young from American Eagle(link is for similar, not exact). The jeans are destroyed Hollister ones. And my shoes are black high-top Converses.

 

 

These were both simple fall outfits I thought I could share with you. Thanks for reading.

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Easy Everyday Makeup

Hello everyone!
Today's post is going to be about my easy everyday makeup routine. Most of these products are from the drugstore, so it is also a less expensive look to do.
Here we go:

 

These will be the products I use on my face for this look. I like to keep everyday makeup looks simple enough so I don't have to use too many brushes.

 

The concealer I used today is the Maybelline Fit Me concealer in 15.

 

I put the concealer on blemishes and under my eyes.

 

I blend the concealer in with my fingers. I prefer to use my fingers to blend it in because I feel like it doesn't cake up as much.

 

The foundation I used for this look was my Almay Clear Complexion one. This foundation is supposed to help heal breakouts.

 

Again I'm just using my hands to blend this in.

 

The next product I'm using is my Rimmel Stay Matte powder.

 

For this product I do recommend using a brush. I don't think it would be very easy to apply powder with hands.

 

The brush I'm using is a BareMinerals face brush.

 

Next up is mascara. This is the Maybelline Pumped Up! waterproof one in black. 

 

Then lastly I apply a lip product. The one I use in this look was the NYX butter gloss in Éclair.

 

I personally like all the butter glosses, but this is the one I chose for today.

 

 

This is the final look!

 

 

Thanks for reading!

Bye!

 

 

 

What I Wore for Picture Day

Hello everyone!
Today's post is about what I wore for picture day. I had picture day yesterday, and I know you can only see from bust up, but I still wanted my whole outfit to be on point.
This is what I wore.

 

 

The top is a graphic striped sweater from a brand called Crown and Ivory.

The jeans are my black Levi skinny jeans.

And my shoes were red flats from Wet Seal.

 

I personally love this outfit. It was very comfortable, and the top made a great picture day shirt.

 

That is all for this blog post. Thanks for reading!

Bye!

Cross Country Workouts

Hello everyone!
Today's post is about my cross county workouts. Now I don't have all the days workouts, but I have about half the week.

Now before we do any of our main things we do a warm up lap around the track which is 0.25 miles or a 400m jog. After we do that we do independent stretching for about 10 minutes, then we do dynamic stretching for however long the coaches feel like.

Mondays - most Mondays we usually do a time run. The time run we did this week was a 30 minute fartlek with 10 sprints. I personally did 3.5ish miles doing this.

Tuesdays - this is pre-meet day. So instead of doing a main workout we still did our regular warm up. Instead of just doing dynamic stretching until our coaches tell us to stop, we do a lap (400m) of dynamic stretching around the track. Then we did a mile long light jog in the grass in the middle of the track.

Wednesday - meet day! This week (as writing I have just finished this race) we had a flat meet in the gravel. I ran a 28:50 5k (high school meets are 5ks).  I have dropped 8mins since the start of the season.

Thursday & Friday - I currently cannot tell you what these workouts since these days have not occurred yet. I will post the workouts on instagram (lifeattemptbykelsie) when I find out.

So those are my cross country workouts Monday - Wednesday. If you want to find out more about these workouts I will make a more in depth 4-part post about it.

Thanks for reading!
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Back to School Organization

Hello everyone!
Today's post is going to be about back to school organization. Theses are ways that I stay organized and keep all my work organized.

 

This is a look at what my organization looks like. Everything is on my bed because that is where I study and do homework. I have a different binder for all of my classes. I also have tab dividers in all of my binders.

I'm going to start with how I keep my agenda organized. I highlight what lunch I will have to go to that day in pink or orange. If I'm going to an 'A' lunch then I highlight in orange. If I have to go to a 'B' lunch then I highlight it in pink. If I have something that has to get done that day then I highlight in yellow. I also box in thing that I have to do. My agenda is probably my most used back to school item because I put in homework assignments, test dates, blog uploads, when I need to take pictures and type posts, and when I need to do what chore.

Next up I'm going to talk about the way I organize my binders. My school is on the block schedule meaning we have four classes per semester and each semester is broke into three 6-week grading periods. For my classes I keep four tab dividers in each, and organize from oldest to newest per six weeks. Also for my binders I don't like to keep things in the side pockets unless its necessary. My history class (which is the binder shown above) my teacher gives us unit separators. This helps make it easier to find things that will be on the study guide. A quick way to keep it all in order is to put the date on all of the things you do in class.

Next up I'm going to talk about pencils. I lose all my pencils so fast no matter how many I start the year off with. A way that I feel like will help and keep all of them in one place will be by keeping a pencil pouch. I love having a pencil pouch because you can put pens, pencils, highlighters, pencil sharpeners, and colored pencils all in there! My pencil pouch is from Vera Bradley and its just a cosmetic case by her.

Some tips to be organized would be:

• keeping a different binder per class
• using highlighters (they're not just good for studying)
• keeping an agenda and numbering things by priority
• putting sticky notes on the front of that classes binder/notebook letting you know when a test or quiz is (see above)
• and keeping an organized and clean room

Keeping your room clean and organized might seem random, but it helps. When you have a clean room, you won't believe how much more organized you will feel.

Thank you for reading this unusually long post, I hope you enjoyed!
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Origins Super Spot Remover

Hello everyone!
For today's post I'm going to review Origins Super Spot Remover Acne Treatment Gel.
Now I have struggled with acne for a couple of years now, and I have tried multiple spot treatments. I was getting ready to give up and go back to the dermatologist to get Epiduo when my mom came across this while shopping at the mall. When she brought it home I thought well lets give this a chance. Looking back I'm glad I did. After about two weeks of using this I could notice a difference in my skin. This spot treatment also didn't dry my skin out really badly like other spot treatments I have used.
I use this product every night under my moisturizer. I would recommend using this product at night since it is a little thick. I would also recommend applying this with your fingers.
 I hope you enjoyed my first review.
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Fall Fashion Favourites

Hello everyone! Today's post is going to be about Fall fashion favourites. These items have been accumulated for over the past couple years, so not all are in stores anymore. :(
I will link to similar products though. :)

My first two favourites are these. A tangerine colored scarf from Old Navy and a grey sweater from Forever 21. I really like this scarf because its a heavier one, so on the cooler days it keeps me warm. This sweater is a favourite because its a light one, and its from Forever 21. Its really nice for the warmer Fall days.

The next favourite of mine is my England sweatshirt. I enjoy sweatshirts like this in general, but this is a favourite because it keeps me really warm. I usually pair this with a pair of Levi jeans and my tall mushroom colored boots.

My next favourite is just a plain black t-shirt. I got this one from Eddie Bauer. I love black t-shirts for the Fall because they just go with multiple things. I actually wore this outfit to school Friday and it turned out to be cuter than I expected.

Next up is my red flannel. This is the same one from my Back to School Haul I posted a few weeks ago. I wear this more than I thought I would. I love this because I can just toss it on over a t-shirt and it adds a little color to an outfit.

This next favourite is my army styled jacket from Wet Seal. I got this jacket last year and I wore it almost every other day! I really love this jacket because it adds a little extra with every outfit. This jacket is super light and great for layering as well.

To start with bottom favourites I have this black skirt. This skirt was also featured in my Back to School Haul. This is simply an every season must-have or favourite, so here it is!

Next up are Levi jeans. I love my Levi's. I think they are perfect for everyday. There are so many styles and shades to chose from. I wear the pair pictured above every other day during the Fall and Winter.

The last pant favourites are my black skinnies, these are also Levi's. I am already getting so much wear out of theses and it's just the start of the Autumn-ish season.

The first of my two shoe favouites are my brown combat boots. I'm pretty sure these are from Rampage. I really enjoy combat boots in the Fall because you can transition some sun dresses into the fall with a pair of combat boots and a cardigan. and they also look great with jeans and a sweater.

My last favourite is the newest item in my collection. These are my new black flats. They are fashioned after pointe ballet shoes, they are from the brand New Directions. I think these will be great for the Fall season because they will look great with boyfriend jeans and a t-shirt.

Those are my Fall fashion favourites. I hope you enjoyed.
Bye!

Life Update 9/4/14

Hi everyone!
Today I am going to be talking about life.
Since I have last updated you all I have been rediscovering old favourites. For example I have rejoined cross country. Which is why my last two Saturday posts have gone up late. Another rediscovery I've had is my love for Harry Potter. I have probably watched the third movie 15 times in the last month, crazy right?

I have also rediscovered my love for reading. Now I bet you're saying in your head "A 15 year old, enjoying reading?" It's a crazy but true statement. I know I posted about my summer reading a week or two ago, and I probably sounded like I didn't enjoy reading that much. False advertising *yikes*. To contradict that post though, I really enjoy reading. I normally stick to contemporary novels, but I have recently ordered #Girlboss. I'm really excited to read this and tell you all what I think about it.

Now back to running and cross country. I have always really enjoyed running. I did run for my middle school team in seventh grade, but I quit for silly reasons and haven't ran the past two school years. I am back to running now. For the first couple weeks(and currently) kept having to tell myself that I haven't ran the past two years like everyone else, it's ok not to be one of the fastest people. It's still hard to remember that, but I am getting better. Between my first and second meet my time went from 35 minutes to 31 minutes, and hopefully it will go down a minute or two next Saturday. Also after next Saturday(9/6) my posts should be going up on time.

Alright. I think that was enough of a life update. I will do one of these posts every month. I hope you enjoyed reading.
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Beauty Favourites

Hi everyone!
Today's post is going to be about my favourite beauty products from this past month.

This first product is Honey by Marc Jacobs perfume. If you would like to read more about this perfume I posted about it not too long ago under Signature Scents.

This next product was also on the post Signature Scents, and it is Twilight Woods by Bath and Bodyworks.

This product is a life and time saver. It is the Psssst! dry shampoo. This is an amazing dry shampoo. I have tried many before this and I think this might just be my favourite! It leaves your hair feeling very refreshed, and clean looking like you just washed it. If you don't want to hassle with it the next morning, you can put it in your hair the night before. I have also found that using this product the night before works better than using it the morning of.

Next up is a skin care product. It is the Clinique Acne Solutions clarifying lotion(toner). This is my favourite toner. I use it both morning and night and I can see a very clear difference in my acne issues. I will be posting an in-depth post about my skin care routine very soon.

My first makeup product is my Clinique Acne Solutions concealer. I love this concealer. It is a high coverage concealer, and not only is it high coverage it also helps heal current spots.

My last makeup favourite is this Origins CC cream. This CC cream has been a lifesaver recently since my foundations are all too light and I've not had the time to go and get some that matches my current skin tone. I would say this is a medium-light coverage product.

Those are my favourites, thanks for reading.
Bye!