Happy Weekend y’all! We made it! What’s everyone doing for the long weekend? I am headed back to Atlanta (my home town) for the Alabama vs. Duke football game on Saturday! Roll Tide am I right?! I’m also looking forward to hanging out with some family and friends for the rest of the weekend – and then headed back to Tuscaloosa on Monday!

There are so many sales going on for Labor Day weekend & I wanted to make sure to share them with y’all so we could all save a little money!

Abercrombie: 50% off select styles

American Eagle: 25-60% off everything

Core Collection: 20% off everything (no code needed)

Dress Up: $14 striped tees, $15 espadrilles, $30 and below dresses, and more select markdowns

DSW: 25% off sandals, Get $10 DSW dollars with $50 purchase, and 4x points on everything

Express: 40% off everything

Forever 21: 30% off everything (CODE: LABORSLAY), Free Shipping over $30 (CODE: FREESHIP30), Free Express Shipping over $75 (CODE: EXPSHIP)

Francesca’s: Buy one get one 50% off all full priced items

Goodnight Macaroon: 40% off site wide + free shipping (CODE: LABORDAY19)

Loft: 40% off almost everything (CODE: LONGWEEKEND) and 40-60% off clearance

Macy’s: 25-50% off + Extra 10-20% off (CODE: WKND)

Nordstrom: Spend $150 Get $30, Spend $250 Get $60, Spend $400 Get $100 when you shop with your Nordstrom card

Old Navy: 25% off entire order & $5 leggings

Pink Lily: 25% off site wide (CODE: PARTY25)

Red Dress: 20% off site wide (CODE: OMG20)

The Styled Collection: 30% off all jewelry with (CODE: LABOR30)

Windsor: 20% off regular price items (CODE: LABORDAY20)

Hope you have the best long weekend & get to relax a bit! I know we all need it!

|| Olivia ||

Hello hello! I’m super excited for today’s blog post because I love sales – especially when they are on products that are RARELY discounted!

As many of you may have heard, Sephora is having a 20% off sale! They only do this about twice a year, so whenever it happens, I make sure to stock up on the items I love!

The sale ends Aug 27 (tomorrow) so act fast – I promise you it’s worth it!! The way I think about it is… I’m probably going to buy these items anyway, so instead of waiting a month and buying it full price, I might as way pick them up now and save some money!!

First and foremost – make sure to use code: SUMMERSAVE in order to get your discount! The two different discounts are as follows:

Rouge Status gets 20% off

VIB status gets 15% off

If you don’t know what these mean, basically it’s just part of Sephora’s rewards program. You can sign up for the rewards and then every time you make a purchase you get points, and your points determine your status!

Now that you know how it works, I want to share my absolute holy grail products with y’all! These are products that I use almost every single day! They are SO good. For reference, I have super dry skin and these products work so well for me – but if you’re oily check out Casey Holmes on for great choices for oily skin types. But if you have dryer skin let’s get into my favorites!

Skin Favorites

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Eye / Brow Favorites

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Lip Favorites

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Skincare Favorites

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For more info about why I love all of these products, check my Makeup highlight tab on my instagram @simplystylesisters

See y’all in the next blog!

|| Olivia ||

One thing I’ve always known about myself is that I’m an introvert. A full blown, shy individual, that’s awkward in social situations sometimes. Lately I’ve been thinking about why I’ve found it so interesting yet so incredibly challenging to be an introvert.

Introverts learn and respond very differently than extroverted people. As an introvert, I process information in my head instead of out loud. It takes time for me to take a concept in, understand it, and then respond in words with my thoughts. Often times, people want immediate responses and take silence to mean you don’t understand or didn’t like what they had to say. But in reality, I’m usually just taking it all in and trying to gather my own thoughts. A few semesters ago, I actually took a class in college that was only about 15 students. My professor’s teaching technique was more of a ask-and-respond style rather than a lecture. He quickly realized that no one in our class ever raised their hand to answer, and he was constantly trying to pull the answers from us. Although no one answered the questions, he could tell that we were fully engaged and listening! After we took a Myers Briggs personality test, he realized that the whole class was introverted. We were attentive, but we were processing the information in our heads instead of out our mouths.

As an introvert, and a planner, my mind works a mile a minute. By the time you’ve thought about what you’ll eat for breakfast, I’ve planned out my day – when I’ll blog, when to study, where we’ll go for dinner – and to be honest most of the time I have at least a rough skeleton mapped out as to what my entire week will look like. My mind works so hard and so fast that sometimes I find myself not listening to what people are saying – no I’m not zoning out – I’m just thinking 5 steps ahead of the last conversation we had planning out what different scenarios would look like or how it would unfold. I know. It sounds insane. But it happens in a split second. I don’t do it on purpose… that’s just how my mind works.

Being an introvert sometimes makes me socially awkward. I like to think of myself as a fairly personable individual, but there are definitely times when I feel myself standing awkwardly in a corner afraid to talk to normal human beings. Especially new people. It’s like I have to prepare what I am going to say because once I meet you my mind will go blank – and if you read the paragraph above you know that is a rare occassion. Once I meet you I’m totally fine – even loud and opinionated at times… but the initial walk up always gives me anxiety. 

And don’t even start to mention a public speaking event. These are a no go. An AVOID-AT-ALL-COSTS type of scenario. And if I can’t avoid it… you know I think about it for days. The most sleepless nights I’ve had, have been over future presentations and interviews. I know this is one of my weaknesses and I’m learning how to just embrace it!

Even when I’m recording Instagram stories or videos for my feed, I feel my introverted side rising to the surface. Maybe I’ll look away from the screen or forget my train of thought. My new strategy is to record the video and not rewatch it – LOL I find that I alwaysss end up deleting it if I watch the video over again.

Being an introvert definitely has it’s challenges. You’re pushed out of you comfort zone everyday, and sometimes you are very misunderstood. No I’m not quiet, I’m not avoiding your question, and I definitely don’t hate being around people. I’m just plainly introverted. I think differently and talk differently and worry about different things than you.

This part of my personality has led me to love fashion so much. Because when I’m having trouble explaining that I’m really a very easygoing, friendly, and approachable person, at least my outfit can express the words I can’t. 

|| Olivia ||