A Day in LA

As you probably know if you've read my older posts, I live in the sunny and beautiful Southern California. I love my home and the communities around it. It's so incredible to me how much of a variety of things and people there are around me. Today for fun, my family and I decided to go on a little day trip to Melrose Ave and The Grove. Here's a little sneak peak of my day.

Melrose Ave

I took this right by my car park and this little boutique is literally the cutest thing in the world.

For lunch we had some delicious rice balls from kawaba rice ball. Incase you were wondering, I ordered a Takana Rice Ball (gluten free and vegan).

As a fan of Justin Bieber, I couldn't resist adding this pic:)

 The Grove

The view from above of Nordstroms at the Grove.

Here's two pictures of me and my lovely sister enjoying our day!

I hope you enjoyed reading this post and don't forget to follow me on instagram @eliselemans and my twitter @lemanadee. Comment below if you'd like and let me know what places I should visit in LA. Btw I'm going to try and post every week at least once.

XoXo,

Elise

*disclamer* all photos are taken by me and my mom with a Canon rebel T3.

Coming Clean

At school. In my neighborhood. In front of my friends. With my parents.
These are all places that I am fake. I've lied about many things, experiences I never had even if I say I have. All these lies and cover ups are something that I feel I will live to regret.

It takes a lot of courage for me to write something like this because me, being as stubborn as I am don't like to expose or admit to my faults. It all has become too much now though and I feel like this is something I really need to take action on because I'm losing myself.

I feel like I'm becoming a world-class bitch. I used to be that girl in class who tried to brighten people's day. I used to be that girl that people would nominate as "kindest", "most likely to put a smile on your face", "sweetest". Back then it wasn't fake.

I've always had a trust issue. Not one thing significant or recognizable event caused me to lose faith in people but overtime watching how mean people can be or how easily people can turn against you made me lose it. I'm the kind of person that lets what people say about me really personally. I can't change that. I think that people find me open but in reality that's my aim. I say a lot about myself that isn't deep and personal. Incase you guys are reading this, Hey. Thank You. I love you and thank you for not judging me. These are the initials of everyone that I have been completely honest to. VS, TV, ...that's it.
Two. Two freaking people that I have been basically completely honest to. I'm so ashamed to say that I have only been completely honest to two people in my life.

Here's what I want from myself.
I want to be purely kind.
I want to be the person that anyone can go to to talk without being afraid of being judged.
I want to stop gossiping.
I want people to look up to me.
I want to stop telling lies.
I want to succeed.
I want to be loved by someone (either as a best friend or a lover) for being me.
I want to stop taking things for granted.
I want to stop being greedy and asking for things that I don't need.
I want to make someone proud.
I want to be loved by my family.
I want to work hard for something.

This post was inspired by Gabriella Lindley's youtube video called Honesty. I felt like I could relate. I Because of that I cried. Actually that's an under statement. I sobbed because it felt so real to me and it was clear that I needed to somehow start over and this is my first step.
XoXo,
lemanade<3

Rejection

At some point in your life, I am sure you have encountered rejection. Whether it be from a sports team, a crush, or any other situation, it happens. What people don't seem to understand is that it is okay and that its part of life.
Today I found out that a school club that I tried out for that I happened to be really passionate about didn't want me on their team. Was I disappointed? Hell yeah but being that this isn't the first time something like this happened, I was okay. I felt stronger than last time and thats a good thing. Not making this club this year is motivating me to focus more on school as well as write and keep up this blog.
To all the guys and girls out there that have faced rejection, I have faith in you! Believe in yourself and you can achieve anything. If you need any help with anything, feel free to comment below and I would be more than happy to kik or snapchat you. We need to spread positivity and I think that this platform I am trying to create of beauty, fashion, ponderable topics, and discovery will do just that.
~Lemanade