The Comfort of Clothing

Hey friends!Melissa recently visited me here in California and we had the best time together!! One thing that came up in conversation was how comfortable clothes are truly the best. You know, leggings, jeans, tees, and sweatshirts...those are the things we always reach for, again and again! And you know why? Because they are easy and we don't have to think about them once we put them on. Let's be honest: we are most comfortable in clothes that are cozy and feel good on, the ones you don't have to pull, tug, and adjust throughout the day. This does for undergarments, too!Think about how you feel in your favorite pair of jeans & sweatshirt. Relaxed, comfortable, confident, happy. Right? Right! Investing in pieces that are comfortable is always a good idea, because they are the ones that you wear 80% of the time. And let's make sure we talk about how comfortable still means cute! We are big believers that liking what you are wearing is important. Comfort & cute go hand in hand, in our opinion. There are SO many options out there of adorable clothes that can double as loungewear. Add your favorite pair of denim with an oversized tunic sweatshirt and you have yourself an outfit that carries you from brunch to happy hour.The comfort of clothing can be yours! Don't let tight jeans or an itchy sweater steal one more second of joy away from you...it's not worth it! One of best things I have done when de-cluttering is said goodbye to uncomfortable clothes. The majority of my closet is a collection of sweatshirts, tees, leggings, and jeans and I wouldn't have it any other way. The items in my closet currently are truly items that I love, ones that I reach for on repeat, and ones that make me feel like me. When adding something new to my closet, I really try to be intentional and think about if it's comfortable, when I will wear it, and what I will wear it with. If there are good answers to these questions, then it comes home with me! If not, it's a pass.What about you? How do you define comfort when it comes to clothes? Let us know!xo

WHAT I'M WEARING

top | denim | sunnies | shoes

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Clean Fragrance: Skylar Scent Club

I think the most asked question I get from you guys is...what is a good fragrance I can use that is not filled with toxic ingredients?I finally have a company that I love and trust and can't wait to share with you!Meet Skylar. I am such a fan because all of their products are non-toxic, hypoallergenic, vegan, cruelty-free, absent of parabens and phthalates + all packaging is 100% recyclable.Scents are so powerful and I think are one of the hardest things to change when entering into a nontoxic lifestyle. Isn't it crazy how a smell can remind you of a memory, a person, or even a specific place? Or it can just bring a sense of comfort. I used to just wear "perfume" on an evening dinner date, an event, or a special festivity, but I love Skylar scents because they are light and airy and perfect for wearing on the daily. P.S. it seems to just polish up a whole look (even though it's a scent). Agreed?Have you heard about the Skylar Scent Club?

The Benefits

The Scent Club is so exciting because you get a new scent delivered to your door each month, and it's the perfect opportunity to mix up your scent collection. Plus, they offer exclusive savings and access to a very engaged group of like-minded women in the Scent Club Facebook Group Page. Did I mention the scents are travel-sized, so they are so easy to pack on any of your adventures!

How it Works

1. Join! Enjoy new travel-sized scents delivered to your door.
2. Customize - skip, add, change, or cancel at any time.
3. Save - save 10% on everything Skylar.
4. Enjoy! Play with your scents for every mood or occasion.

The two scents they currently have are called Fresh Vibes and Sweet Incense. Fresh Vibes has a Mandarin zest with a touch of white ginger and sandalwood. It is so fresh and has a sense of embracing the new! It is perfect for the beginning of a new year. The best part? Skylar donates a portion of the proceeds from this fragrance to cure childhood cancer. Sweet Incense, on the other hand, is full of juniper berry, incense, and vanilla orchard. It is such a cozy and comforting combination that feels like what the bliss of a weekend would smell like. Proceeds from this scent are given to the International Justice Mission.Sweet Incense is my favorite scent even though I love both of them. It is such a warming smell and feels so feminine too!The final day and last chance for you to sign up for Scent Club in order to receive the Sweet Incense scent is on Sunday, February 23rd. Not to mention, they are so sweet to offer a code to get 50% off your first month. The code is 50LAURENKENNEDY. A customer service note that I love: one of the benefits of becoming a Scent Club member is that you can re-order past scents, given availability, by emailing us at hello@skylar.com.

Love All The Love

Valentine's Day is so soon! Team LSK loves all the love and we love that there is a holiday to celebrate it. No matter what your relationship status is: single, healing through a breakup, engaged, or married, Valentine's Day is something that can be celebrated and enjoyed with a joyful heart!To the single girls- look around at your family and friends, at yourself, and at your Creator on this day. See all the love there!? Hold on to it, savor, and thank God for it! Just because you are single doesn't mean you aren't loved!! You are so loved by so many and you have so much love to give. Celebrate that today however you want to: Galentine's Day dinner, self care, or a night in with your parents. Whatever you want to do, do that! Keep the faith and keep loving yourself well.To the girls in relationship- show your other half how much you care! This is such a fun day to do something special for him. Whether it be a gift, an experience, or even just a handwritten note, taking the opportunity to show your love is always a great idea. Give the love and receive the love today and thank God you two found each other; it something to celebrate! Don't feel pressured to go out if you don't want to, as some of the best nights are the ones spent in. Most importantly, enjoy your time together and take advantage of this day that gives you an excuse to love extra much!

Basics for Every Day

I have always been the type that creates a routine and becomes very loyal to it. I also don't tend to get tired of things easily; for instance, I could eat the same thing every day for lunch and be fully content. On that note, for a few years now, Shopbop has been by go-to online shopping location. It feels like a place I can trust (I always find what I am looking for!), the returns are easy peasy, the customer service is so commendable, and they offer so many things for any price point.I have realized as I have gotten older that every day basics are the most necessary pieces in my closet. Not to mention, they amplify what makes me feel more "me" in a put together yet comfortable kind of way (every day goal, right?).Let's get down to the basicsThis is the best cozy crew. And it comes in the most important neutrals!The cardigan that's flattering and will keep you warm!Probably my most worn piece is a good ol' pair of white sneakers.The perfect dress up shirt in my opinion; goes with jeans or pants!The pocket white tee is my go to.This is a solid white tee, too, sans pocket.The coziest classic teddy bear jacket.Golden hoops add the perfect touch to any outfit.The best tote to take anywhere, especially on errand day.A headband that goes with any look.My favorite blazer of all time.The perfect white long tee.The jeans I wear almost every day.My favorite throw on errand and/or beach dress.A classic black boot.My favorite fleece of all time.Happy shopping! Comment below on your favorite online shopping spot. xo

Necklace of Love + A Good Cause

Hey friends!Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend :) Today I am so excited to share about a jewelry brand that I absolutely adore: Leah Alexandra Jewelry. She creates the most beautiful, feminine, and dainty pieces, including the necklace I am wearing here: the Love Token necklace. This is truly the necklace of love and is to be worn as a sentiment of growing love. It is stamped with “+ qu’hier -que demain,” which is French for “I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow,” from a French poem.And it gets even better! Leah has so kindly offered to give you a discount code on any piece of jewelry you would like from the full-priced collection with the code LAUREN for 10% off. She is also going to be donating a portion of proceeds to my foundation, the Lauren Scruggs Kennedy Foundation. The mission of LSKF is to give hope, restore dignity, and ignite faith in women and girls with limb loss by working to provide beautiful prosthetic coverings for them.Thank you, Leah, for partnering with me in this way! Enjoy shopping, everyone, and I hope you find something beautiful that you love- a special piece of jewelry to add to your collection.xo Lo.

Weekend Uniform

You guys! J. Crew just launched a new collection, J. Crew Weekend, and it is the perfect collection of laidback, casual-cool, comfortably chic clothes to hang in all weekend long. When you are looking through your closet on a Saturday morning, in search of something cute and comfortable for that coffee run or farmer's market trip, these will be the clothes you reach for. Here are some of my favorites below & shop the whole collection here! 

Fleece

Leggings

Sneaks

Sweatshirt

Jacket

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Knowing Our True Names

Hey friends!New Q&A for you and a new must-read book! We recently had the opportunity to read Esther Fleece Allen's new book, Your New Name, and friends...it's incredible. It is full of faith-filled lines and encouraging words. Esther opens up about her personal story in a really raw, vulnerable, and powerful way and conveys the importance of knowing our true names- the ones God calls us. Keep reading to learn more about this valuable concept and amazing book!--LSK: We are so captivated by the concept of this book! Can you share what inspired you to write about naming?EFA: When reading through the book of Ruth [in the Bible] I saw how it was a story of three widows, one of who renamed herself in the middle of her grief. I realized there have been many times I have renamed myself during awful circumstances. Victim. Abused. Forgotten. Left behind. Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi [whose name means sweet] renamed herself to Mara [meaning bitter,] after her husband and sons die. Yet-- Naomi’s life didn’t end bitter. God challenged me to not rename myself in the middle of a storm. Naming is much more significant than labeling ourselves due to our circumstances, and I hope this book helps the reader throw off the labels that limit them and ask God for their new name.Hint: God’s names for us are more beautiful than our circumstances!LSK: You write beautifully about how we discover our new name in Christ and how this new name is given to us, not earned. Can you share about how God pursues us, adopts us, and names us?EFA: When God makes us his own, it comes with benefits [Psalm 103:2.]Our mutual friends [Michael and Lauren McAfee] recently adopted their daughter from China and chose the beautiful name Zion for their little girl. Not only did she become theirs instantly [and not out of her works or behavior,] she took on a new name and their name! So it is with us when God saves us. God does not foster us; he adopts us, and with it comes spiritual blessings like a new name, carrying His name, and more! Labels limit us to circumstances and seasons, but a new name stays with us forever. We won’t be called by our strengths or weakness in heaven, we will be identified as His children, and called by our new names!LSK: God's protection is an amazing gift from Him and you talk about how it is important to rely on His protection when the enemy comes knocking on our doors, trying to tempt us to doubt our new names. What does this look like and how can we be on our guard?EFA: In my first book, No More Faking Fine, I tell the difficult story of walking through stalking from my biological father. During these years I wrestled with the protection of God. I lamented a lot during these years. But as my faith was challenged, I discovered the protection we are offered in scripture is a spiritual one. I was thinking my life should receive a physical protection, and while that can and sometimes does happen– this is not a guarantee. If my name is hidden in God’s name, my spirit and soul are protected forever.I hope to give the reader some tips in Your New Name of how to fight off the lies of accusations that come at every single one of us. One thing that will surely help us fight off these attacks is knowing our new name.LSK: One of our favorite quotes from your book is on page 105 re: wrestling with God. You write, "Scripture rarely talks about struggling without also talking about persevering. Not only are we to hold on to our faith; there may be a new name for us on the other side." How essential are perseverance and endurance on our journey of faith with God?EFA: God is able to keep us in the faith. The book of Revelation speaks to us learning new names for God when we overcome. A lot hinges on us overcoming, so I dedicated a entire chapter to it! When we’re tempted to give up in the middle of the pain or when we’ve been misunderstood or mislabeled, Gods calls us to overcome until the very end.Many of us start well, but we need the courage and perseverance to end well, too. I look forward to learning new names for God in Heaven! There will always be more about God for us to learn. Not only will we be renamed, but we will learn more about His Names in the process. Whenever I’m tempted to give up, I remind myself that overcoming is less about me, and more about how He has already overcome, giving me the power and victory to do so also.LSK: Above all, is there one thing that you pray readers will take away with them and hold on to after reading your book?EFA: One of the biggest take-a-ways for me when writing Your New Name is the power we have to rename our offenders. After a season of lamenting the wrong that was done to me, renaming became a tool to help me forgive. I share a personal story of how I was able to re-name my biological father after years of neglect and torment. This forgiveness came not because I am great at forgiving (I’m not!) but because I believed my new names given by God, and attempted to live out of them. We have the power to rename and forgive others after we hear our new name. This will be a lifelong journey as we learn to become great forgivers, and live out of our new names!

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The Best Brand For Beautiful Everyday Jewelry

Have you been looking for bracelets and necklaces that you can wear everyday with everything? Consider the search over! Meet gorjana- the best brand for beautiful everyday jewelry.Founded in California, this West Coast jewelry brand has a collection of effortless, beautiful, versatile jewelry pieces from earrings to bracelets to necklaces to rings. If you haven't explored gorjana before, you must! Their pieces are ones to be treasured.

A Few Of My Favorite Things

This healing bracelet

This gold locket

This balance bracelet

This chain necklace

This chain bracelet

This everyday ring

These studs

These hoops

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The Beauty In Your Journey

You know that feeling when you read a good book and your whole soul fills up with hope and encouragement? Naturally after feeling like this you want to tell everyone about it! That is how we felt when reading Box of Butterflies by Roma Downey. It is an absolutely beautiful book including poems and art, but most importantly Roma's words about faith, God's grace and love, and the value of living a life dependent on and thankful for Him.There is one part toward the end that we felt so inclined to share, but be sure to pick up a copy to read the entire book. It is a treasure of a book, one that you will want to hold on to forever and loan to dear friends and family. On page 207, Roma writes an incredible passage comparing our journey here on earth to Dorthy's journey in The Wizard of Oz, stating that our "true home is within us. True home is in God." We can search the earth and think we need certain things to make us whole and make us feel at home, but who we truly need, God, is with us all along!"I hope that in this book you have begun to see the beauty in your journey. How it may have twisted and turned, and had ups and downs, but ultimately that you were never alone on the Yellow Brick Road. That even in the dark forest, God was preparing you. That even as you danced in Munchkinland, it was time to say thank you. That even though when you arrive back home and nothing has changed on the outside, you'll see that you've been changed on the inside. And that is all that matters. When we awaken fully to God, it's as if we finally remember that we are not merely caterpillars but that we are, in face, beautiful butterflies with wings to fly." -Roma Downey in Box of ButterfliesThank you, Roma for such beautiful, wise, love-filled words that encourage, inspire, and uplift us as the beauty in all of our journey unfolds, even after twists and turns and ups and downs.[show_shopthepost_widget id="3880691"] xo,Team LSK.