Fall Favorites and College Visit - Kathleen

OMG I saw Thor: Ragnarok on Friday and it was amazing!!!

Hola my lovely readers!

Fall is in full swing now and I'm definitely feeling the cold! Coats are a necessity now in most of Illinois and I absolutely love it. I pulled my leather boots out and I'm wearing sweaters pretty much all the time now and it's soooo cozy!

As you may know, I visited Benedictine College last weekend. It was amazing, to say the least. We left at 6 AM on Friday morning, which was excruciating because I had to get up at 5 AM. I was going to try and drive all the way to the college in Atchison, Kansas which is about 5 hours away. We met lots of students and took a tour of the campus. I got to meet with the chairman of the Journalism/Mass Communications major I'm interested in, and he really helped me feel better about what I want to major in. The girl who took me to the building was so sweet; she offered to show me her freshman dorm! It was so cute and cozy, and both her and her roommate had their own walk-in-closet. My closet isn't that big, so I could literally bring my whole wardrobe! Later on, I met with my confirmation sponsor over lunch and she took me to see her art studio on campus. I attached some pictures below.

The older half of campus.

Atchison is a tiny town in Kansas, this is about 10 minutes out of downtown.

Earlier, I was talking about how cold it is here. Because of that, I'm going to do my fall favorites now instead of later because fall is very quickly turning into winter. I only have two things so it should be super quick!

First thing is the Biore Pore Unclogging Scrub. It "targets what clogs pores and clears away impurities leaving you with a healthy-looking complexion and noticeably softer, smoother skin after just one use." This does exactly what it says it does. I swear, this has saved my skin. During the summer, my skin is clearer. This could be because of a few reasons: I am working out more, spending more time outside, and less stressing out because of school. During the school year, my skin is usually much more spotty. Right now, my skin is just as clear as it is during the summer. I feel 100% confident going somewhere without makeup. I HIGHLY recommend this.

Last is the Makeup Revolution Flawless 3 Resurrection palette. Oh ma goodness. This palette has the prettiest nude colors. I think my favorite shades are Castle, Sublime, and New Dawn. The colors are very pigmented and there is soo little fall out. For $15, it's an amazing palette.

Thank you so much for reading! Comment down below any of your college plans or what you want to major in!

Kathleen

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My Makeup Essentials -Emma

So...The daunting task of writing an intro...

Hello everyone! I'm finally here with a new post! I've been getting super into makeup lately (yes, even more than before, for those who know me). I've been watching a lot of makeup tutorials on YouTube and just obsessing a bit. So I thought the perfect post would be to talk about my essential makeup products.

To clear things up before I start: I DO NOT wear makeup everyday, in fact most days I wear little to no makeup, maybe just some concealer under my eyes and some mascara. And nor does anyone else have to wear makeup to be beautiful. I wear makeup purely because I enjoy it and like trying new styles.

So there.

Anyway.

Starting in the order in which I would put on a full face of makeup...
I use the Maybelline Baby Skin Primer. I just recently started using this after seeing it on (you guessed it) YouTube. It really does work amazing though and I like the feeling of having a barrier between my skin and all the makeup I am about to put on. I have noticed a good amount of acne disappearing after using this for a few weeks.

This is my all time favorite foundation. I've tried sO many different foundations and BB Creams in the past (even $40 ones from Sephora) and nothing compares to this. And it's at an unbeatable price too, for those of you who are like me and are usually pretty broke.

It's full coverage, not oily at all. I use a brush to blend it out (which I will show later). I use the shade 120 for anyone who is wondering.

Yet another Maybelline product...
This is the everyday concealer I use. It works pretty darn well. My only complaint with this product is sometimes it doesn't come out very well onto the sponge and just doesn't cover enough. And it is a bit pricey for the size. But overall, it is one of the best drugstore concealers around.

I swear the Maybelline products will end soon! This is the powder I use. It's from the same collection as the foundation I use. This pressed powder is actually amazing. Some days I really just use this on my face and nothing else. It just smooths everything out and makes your face look much more natural when you're wearing foundation. I LOVE it!

This is the highligher/blush I use on days that I'm doing more light makeup. It has just enough glow, but isn't too glowy. It also gives a great amount of color on your cheeks. I like to take my highlighter brush and just swirl the two together so they combine (saw this from Summer McKeen on YouTube).

Next up: brows. I am a blonde, so doing my brows is a must. My eyebrows are basically non existent without this. I use the Maybelline (of course) Brow Define and Fill Duo. This works fantastically, even better than the Sephora brand pencil I used to use.

This is my absolute favorite makeup item at the moment, and probably the only high end product I will have in this post. This is the Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette. The colors are so vibrant, and the palette smells like peaches. I've only had this for about a week but have been using this constantly. It does run on the very high end of prices at $48. But I was lucky enough to get it with a coupon I had to save a few dollars.

I normally use a few different products for my eyelashes, but my favorite is this Loreal Voluminous Lash Paradise mascara. It really works like a dupe of the "Better Than Sex" mascara from Too Faced. So this saves you like, $14.

Lastly, I will show my favorite brushes. From left to right: Elf Foundation Brush, Luxe Cosmetics Foundation Brush (but I use this for bronzer/ contouring), Glamour Dolls Highlighter Brush (for highlighter and blush), and Elizabeth Mott Blending Brush (for eye shadow).

Thank for all so much for reading! I think this might be the longest blog post I have ever written... probably because I tend to rant about makeup...

Let me know if you'd like me to do a post on the Too Faced Sweet Peach pallet, because I would love to do a few tutorials.

Talk to you all soon!

-Emma

What's in My Beauty Drawer (Part #1) - Kathleen

Halloo!!!

How are you lovely readers?? I've had a GREAT day. I basically cleaned a whole room washed windows, washed the door frame in the sliding glass door, dusted, and I basically took a time-lapse of the whole process and it looks EPIC. I'm living the vlogger life without ACTUALLY posting it on YouTube. 😃

So when we got back from Ondessonk, my room was basically in shambles. I cleaned it up, but the drawers and everything remained jumbled up. So I just went through my drawers and decided I would do a What's in my Beauty Drawers like how people do What's in my Makeup Bag. I have two drawers so, in an effort to draw out the effect/write more blog posts, I decided to do two parts. This first part is my first drawer, which has the items that I use everyday. The second drawer will have face masks, lotions and other things that I use on more of a weekly basis. Lets get started!!

First I have my makeup bag. This is pretty much all my makeup. I don't have much but it's really all I need. I won't go into detail with this because I might do another post on that if this one is popular... The bag is from Contents by Allegro. I got it for my birthday a few years ago and I just think it is soo pretty.

This is my essentials bag. In this I have my Crest 3D White Travel Tooth Paste, Redken Sheer Straight 06 straightening gel, Alberto VO5 Conditioning Hairdressing, Loreal Straight Perfecting and Heat Protection Balm, Burt's Bees Ultra Moisturizing Lip Treatment with Kokum Butter, and then some other odds and ends such as deodorant, travel toothbrush and anti-itch cream.

In these three bags I have my hair ties and such. The one in the front has my regular ponytails and clear ponytails in them. The second one I really need to get rid of, but it has those ponytail holders that were really popular a few years ago. They were the ones that weren't supposed to make the dent in your hair.

These are my hair brushes. The black one I use when I'm blow drying my hair (which isn't often). The blue paddle brush I use just on an everyday basis. The pink comb is just for French braiding because then I can get a really good even line with the tip. The pink brush I take with me on camping trips or an overnight when I don't necessarily need it but want to have it.

Last but not least, this is my Spray Water Bottle, I just hang this on the end of the drawer and it's right there when I need it!

That's all that is in my top drawer, if you like this comment what you use every day!!

Thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a lovely week!

Kathleen

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Spring Favorites - Kathleen

Honestly, even though this is a spring favorites, these are probably going to be my summer favorites too.

Hi y'all!!

I know I said I would get back to you with those posts but that didn't happen. I'm so sorry.

On another note, I got a new phone! It's super cool and I have a pretty blue case for it. I also just got back from a really good swim-meet. For any of you swimmers out there, I took a whole 3 seconds off my fly. So I'm really happy!

So, today I'm doing a Spring Favorites. I would love to be able to do monthly favorites posts, but lets be honest, I'm a little homeschooled, junior in high school. I hardly have any money. So seasonal it goes. Lets do this!

So, I'm going to start on my one hair product. This is the Aussie Sprunch Light hold Hairspray. I really like this because it allows for a lot of movement while also keeping your hair relatively in place. I can spray it on, brush through it and its perfect. My hair remains soft, but not messy!

Moving on to skin care, I have recently fallen in love with Aveda's products. I've been using this Intensive Hydration Masque a lot lately. It really helps keep my skin hydrated, especially with all the extra chlorine. I think I like this because it hydrates more than it moisturizes. I feel like a lot of the time moisturizing so easily becomes oily.

Next up is my new cleanser, Aveda Botanical Kinetics Purifying Cream Cleanser. It does a little bit of moisturizing while cleansing and removing makeup. It really is a very simple, and works really well. I also feel very clean after using it, but I also feel lightly moisturized.

So a lot of you have seen my post on anxiety and that whole buiz. Basically that's often caused by stress. Well, this is the same scent as the Stress Relief line. The only difference is that it isn't labeled Stress Relief. This Bath and Body Works hand cream is way cheaper than the stress relief line, and honestly, it works so well!

These Chobani Flips are so good. They honestly keep me going through breakfast (at 6 am before drivers ed) and lunch (at noon) it isn't all that long, but I usually have a really light breakfast so I definitely need a snack. I think my favorite is probably the summer crush one. It has strawberry yogurt, ice cream cone crumbles, and some little white chocolate chips.

I think you guys have heard me rave about this product a lot so I will talk a little more about the brand. Formula 10.0.6 was founded in 1933 by a chemist. They are really good at helping young skin. I would honestly recommend this to any teen looking for a good face mask for a decent price.

OK last thing! This is obviously a little bit different from my normal beauty, nail polish, hair. This is Nivea's Post Shave Balm for Men. Now. You may have seen this on Pinterest, but this is an AMAZING thing. Seriously I use it right after I shave and it helps keep hair from growing back spiky AND it makes my skin look amazing and healthy. It really is a saver for me especially because I am swimming all the time and REALLY REALLY don't feel like shaving everywhere, every single day.

Thank you so much for reading, I hope this gives you some inspiration on things you could try out this summer. I will see you next post!

Kathleen

Fashion Roundup - Kathleen

Peeps are soooooo good... I can't believe people don't like them...

Hi everybody! Still spring break as I'm writing this because that's the only time I actually have to do this. But anyways, I really love watching Monthly Favorites videos on YouTube. So I thought I would do something like that here. There is one difference though. This is going to be like Fashion Favorites or something like that. Fashion Roundup/Favorites/Summer Style/Whatever. I don't know..... lets just go. You will figure it out as we go....

This intro sucks.

OK, so for clothes, I've been really loving maxi skirts. They are so great, and easy, and honestly, I think the look really flattering. I especially like the chiffon-y ones.

The one below is also really light and airy for every day... I love the buttons down the middle.

For more formal attire, midi skirts are so fun. So far, I've only really worn the black one I have, but I love the brighter, more colorful ones like these.

On the subject of dresses, I think these light, flowy pastel-y dresses are super cute because you can easily dress them up or down a little.

I honestly love wearing dresses, its so fun and I feel so cute and girly in them.

On to the more casual, everyday outfits, I REALLY just fell in love with off the shoulder tops. OMG. Their gorgeous. I just bought this plum one from Kohl's and I can't wait to wear it!! These are a few of my favorites.

So I really love those tops.

Two more things! Hair and Makeup.

For hair, I have been wanting to get a little bit of caramel-y blond in the tips of my hair. If you don't know, my hair is about to my shoulders right now.

I really like this, but I know taking care of died hair is difficult, and with swim team in the summer (which really isn't that intense, but still) I don't want to make the move without being totally sure.

Makeup, I really like to keep simple. I have natural, super long eyelashes, so I don't really worry about fake lashes. I rarely even do eyeliner... but these are a few looks I like.

So yeah, The boldest thing I would probably do is a brighter lip color. But I really just quite often put some lip gloss on.

I hope you enjoyed this post!! (Yes, that's Jess Conte, from Jess and Gabriel, I adore her) Comment down below what you have been loving lately and I will see you next weekend!

Kathleen

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Blogmas Day #13 - Kathleen

Hey lovelies! How are you? Tell me if you get sick of me asking how you are... I'm just trying to be a friend! *cries in the corner* 😢

So Christmas is like a week and 4 days away. That's so crazy exciting!!!! Now along with that fun, there is also the shopping to be done. So I thought I would give you a little help. I have a list of some of my favorite stores to shop at for Christmas. Let's get to it!

So for a beauty/makeup person (a.k.a. me) Lush and Ulta are two pretty good stores. You really couldn't go wrong. I also really like candles, but I feel like you know where I would get those so... yeah. Ulta just has so much variety, you really could go in there and find anything for the beauty guru in your life. Lush is a little bit different because people can be a bit fussy (also me) when it comes to bath's and skin care.

Number 2 is for the girl who loves clothes. Charming Charlie has everything you could ever need to pull off an outfit. If you need a necklace to go with a dress, or a bag that has to be this color, and this size, my instant advice would be to go to Charming Charlie. This store sells everything in all the colors.

The final two stores, are for the aunt who you never know what to buy for. A gift card to Starbucks and/or Target and a card is a pretty good, simple idea. I personally would never mind a gift card ever. There's something nicer about it. You get to touch it, and feel it, and smell it before you by it. Lets be honest, that is pretty important. Especially when you are buying candles. Does it sound like that is the only thing I buy? Probably... yikes.

So I hope you enjoyed this post! I will be back on Thursday with a very festive photography and quote post, so look forward to that and Emma's post tomorrow!

Kathleen

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Clothes and Beauty Haul - Kathleen

Hi lovely readers! How are you all? I hope you are all having a wonderful November so far!

I have a clothing haul for you today! It is pretty short, but I'm super excited about all the things I got! Lets get started!

We went into JCPenney's looking for some dresses, and after narrowing it down to 3 out of 10, I chose this one. I love this dress. It's amazing. It's a pencil dress, and fits just like it said it would. The glitter does shed like crazy, but I don't think I'm going to be wearing it so much that it will drive me crazy. The belt is black and has a gold buckle with some rhinestones. It zips up the back.

We then picked up this gold sweater. I has some glittery threads in it, but I don't think you can see it to well. It just is a nice sweater to go over anything that has sleeves a little short for the chilly winter weather.

While we were there, we went looking at the shoes for some black pumps. We found these, and I love them so much. They are super classy and cute at the same time. The low heels are comfortable without being kitten heels. They are a very soft, suede fabric. It's kind of funny, they look really big, but I swear, they are size sevens!

Please excuse my lovely closet backdrop, I need to find a white or black one. I am huge about getting cute clothes at not so expensive stores. So we went into Sears to look for some sweaters and tops. I found this really pretty blue sweater. It fits pretty snuggly around your middle. I have short arms so the sleeves are a bit long on me, but I find that super cozy, so I don't mind at all. You can't really wrap it around you, but I didn't get it for that. I really like it, the bright blue makes my ice look almost icy.

Oh my goodness this sweater. I can't even tell you! It's so soft, I could wear it to bed, but then the little pill-y bits would form. This top has a beautiful maroon-y mauve color in it. It's beautiful. It is a pretty boxy cut, and I love how the neck can be adjusted if you want it to be high, or low. It's great. The front is shorter than the back and that creates a little bit of an accent if you wear a white tank top with it.

Lets move onto beauty! I got this beauty blender by Real Techniques at Ulta, and I love it. Because it is a sponge, it kind of picks up the excess foundation, and then when you need it you can sort of squeeze it out. It creates a natural coverage. I wouldn't use this if I were doing a full coverage look, but just for everyday make-up, this is a total go to for me.

Please forgive me for letting my brushes get so dirty.. I know it looks nasty. Anyways, I absolutely love this brush, it is super soft and great for blending. This is Real Technique's Shading Brush. It picks up the product really nicely

Last thing! I stopped in White Barn/Bath and Body Works to look at all the Christmas items. It was super late, so I ended up just grabbing this one. Vanilla Bean Noel is super popular around this time of year I know, I didn't expect to like it because normally, the vanilla-y scents are way to sweet for me. But the mix with the sugar cookie was great! I love it!

Thanks so much for reading! If you want more posts like this comment down below. Subscribe to the email list for updates whenever a post goes up! Also, Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Kathleen

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