December Daily Challenges at a glance

Chelsea’s Christmas Kindness & Holiday Cheer daily challenge

The Random Acts of Christmas Kindness Calendar

I'm going to do this idea but with a different challenge each day of December that will make you happier, your earth better, or someone else's day brighter!

Brittany Clough’s 31 days of Challenges

DAYS::Challenges

1. day one: Number one advent challenge is to make plans today(doesn't have to be for today) to catch up with Someone over coffee, a dinner, or even the phone!
2. day two: Buy two people a coffee or tea to brighten up their day.
3. day three: Complete three acts of kindness today! It could be as small as holding a door open for someone or giving out a compliment
4. Day four:Smile at four strangers.
5. Day five Do/Eat/Say five things you are usually too scared or just don't usually do! [Try something new]
6. Day six: Help the earth out in six different ways today. That could be turning off lights, carpooling, recycling or bringing a cloth bag shopping.
7. Day seven: Support your community
8. Day eight:Give out eight honest compliments today.
9. Day nine: Option a) Give out 9 huge bear hugs... and mean them. Option b) Tell 9 people that you love/appreciate them and why. Option c) Do a mixture of those two for a total of nine.
10. Day ten: 10 dollars or 10 things Option a) donate either ten dollars to some type of charity Option B) Collect and Donate ten physical things like bringing 10 cans of food to the food bank. Option C) donate 10 different items to 10 different places, An old coat for a coat drive, a toy for a toy drive, items for Female Shelters/safe places, items for Homeless shelters etc. Option D) Do a combination of both of these things!
11. Day eleven: [Letting go] Make a list of 11 things or people that bring you down. Now the next step has two options depending on your style of action: A) burn the list to represent how it will not affect you anymore. B) write down a way of not letting them affect you anymore or a reason why you shouldn't let them affect you.
12. Day twelve: Buy a small bag of chocolate or candy canes and hand out twelve of them to strangers or friends...
13. day Thirteen: Spend thirteen minutes and start setting your New Years Resoltions.
14. Day fourteen:CLEANING TIME! Pick out 14 items (toys, clothing, shoes, a blanket, etc) and Donate them, give them away, recycle them or UPCYCLE them.
15. Day fifteen:Go for a 15 minute walk.
16. Day sixteen: Let sixteen people know what's awesome about them.
17. Day seventeen: List seventeen things you're thankful for in your life today
18. Day eighteen: Spend 180 minutes with friends and/or family today, undistracted from technology or work problems, etc.
19. Day 19: List 19 people/things that make you happy. Now, don't take those things for granted.
20. Day 20: Spend 20 minutes "you" time. Whether this be meditating, exercise, a bath or reading!
21. Day twenty one: Chose (2) things to go without for the next (1) day in an attempt to be healthier. For example give up coffee, Junk food, Drinking. Now after 1 day see if you can keep it up for the next 20 days! [i.e 21 days] but accept and forgive yourself if you don’t do the full 21 days.
22. Day 22: Learning Watch or read (2) articles/videos on (2) different things to educate yourself.
23. List 2-3 or if you can 23 things that you like about yourself. They can be things about your personality, traits/skills you worked hard to have, or actual physical things you like about yourself.
24. Day 24: Spend at least 20 minutes today on 4 things you have wanted to complete (aka cleaning a part of the house, wrapping presents, spending time with people or finishing that chapter you haven't had time for)
25. Day 25: Spend 25 hours with loved ones... just because on Christmas, 24 hours is simply not enough to appreciate all the people you want to appreciate
26. Day 26: [Smart choices] When you're headed up to the cash register try to take $26 worth of things out of your pile of things that you don't need. We often get so carried away on this day and then we end up buying a $20 shirt that we never wear for three years and that $20 could save a life or go towards your university or apartment rental.
27. Day 27: Instead of watching TV or on the computer for 27 minutes, do something else whether its reading, exercise or getting something done.
28. Day 28: Spend another 2-8 or a full 28 minutes working more on your New Years Resolutions and 2017 goals.
29. Day 29: Spend 29 minutes doing yoga/pilates/running/walking/hiking etc. You don’t have to do it all at once. Through out the day like every few hours you can always stop and take a quick yoga/streching break. Divide it up and make it fuN!
30. Day 30: [Make the most of time] Spend 30 minutes cleaning ( so your room/house/car is not going into the new year as a mess), 30 minutes organizing next year (so your brain is not going into the new year as a mess) and 30 minutes doing something incredibly fun!
31. Day 31: Instead of focusing on things you don't like about yourself or your life, I want you to write down 31 things/people that make you happy. Done? Good. Now your goal for the new year is to do those things/ appreciate those opportunities/spend more time with those people. You don't need to focus on changing the negative... you don't have to focus on the negative at all.

JANURARY 1st REFLECT

Think about the last 31 days and all the things you did. APPRECIATE WHAT DOING ALL OF THAT MEANT TO YOU. Did you notice any self growth, was it hard to do, was it fun, did you make memories, by completing these things did it make you Happy??? HOW DID YOU CHANGE?

*****ALL IDEAS BELONG TO Brittany Clough and were originally posted December 2013 on her page Miss Teen Fraser Valley World 2013*****

Do it December Kindness & life changing Daily challenges

Do it December Kindness & life changing Daily challenges

“The best way to Spread Holiday Cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” - ELF

I adore this quote. I love singing christmas carols and I really think that caroling brings contagious amounts of Holiday cheer. However I think we can also look at this quote metaphoricaly.

I beleive that the other best way to spread holiday cheer is to sing from your heart for all to hear.

I truly believe in Christmas magic and know that December Can be a magical time of year where anything and everything seems possible 

December often seems to bring out the very best of people. You see a lot of Christmas Kindness going around, where everyone seems to come together and help one another out. Whether it’s people spreading holiday cheer by drawing inspiration from the old tale of a Secret Santa handing out money to strangers. Or if someone makes the the lives of others better by giving their time to help people out, like volunteering at Soup Kitchens.

people also show generousity by literally giving back to their community through supporting local initiatives and events like Toy Drives, Christmas Hamper programs or by physically donating items to food banks and local shelters.

Of course there is also the gift of just giving someone a piece of yourself. Spending quality time with family,friends and loved ones and truly living in the moment, making life long memories together.

As Such I have taken this inspiration and want to challenge myself to try to Make the world a better place. Focusing on spreading Holiday Cheer through random acts of Kindness like the calendar I posted above. However I also came across a 31 day challenge created by Brittany Clough posted back in 2013 when She was Miss Teen Fraser Valley- World 2013

I'm going to do this idea but with a different challenge each day of December that will make you happier, your earth better, or someone else's day brighter! Brittany Clough

Thus I am re-posting and attempting to do both of these challenges! Wish me luck 

Happy Holidays

Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas 2016

CHEERFUL CHELSEA CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS

Well for the second year in a row I am attempting to share my December Holiday Adventures across my various Social Media platform. Last year clearly I abandoned Blogmas and focused just on uploading videos for Vlogmas.

This year I am changing how I do things and will not be live recording me opening all of my advent calendars every single day! On average I was spending 15-20 minutes filming myself opening my advent calendars. Add in Prep time including taking A HUGE AMOUNT OF BEFORE opening photos and the post video-time including taking photos after opening the advent calendars and of course putting all of the calendars away, and uploading everything.

This year I am going to keep it very simple and break it down into sections.
As such here is my general post plan across all platforms
 I will do what I call

1. BIG POSTS i.e  posts focusing on Pre-Post Christmas. That would include a giant overview and reviews of all the advents,  including each calendar individually breaking down the specifics where I got it/how much/compare of this year/last year, initial pre-opening thoughts & reviews of everything after   Christmas. 
2. Weekly Posts: Each week I will do a post specifically doing Hauls/reviews of the products I got from all of my Beauty advent calendars that week.  I will also post a weekly update on my reading list & what movies/t.v I watched! I will also upload Decorating updates 
3. Single posts: I will occasionally do posts like Hauls/Making crafts/trying store bought food etc that kind of thing  I may also record videos of me singing Christmas Carols. 
4. COOKING & Crafts. I want to post tutorials on the things I cook [Like posting the recipe/method/recording photos videos well making it/ and photo/video of finished product & trying it.] I want to a similar thing for any crafts I do.

Now for DAILY POSTS things are going to be a little bit more broken down and more platform specific as to what I post. 

• VLOGS [Video blog/diary] A clip or clips of what I did that day, or reflecting on my day 
• BLOGS [Written diary] breaking down my day/what I did/my advent things I got etc [i.e written diary]  I will also touch base on the different challenges I'm doing in December such as those focused on Random Acts of Kindness, self-growth, or daily photo challenges 
• PHOTOS OF THE DAY:                                                                                                                    A)  photos of the day [POTD] -challenges B) Advent [products] of the Day [AOTD]                   C) Outfit of the Day [OOTD]                 D)Makeup of the Day [MOTD]                                 E) Selfie of the Day #Selfie                      F) View of the day  [VOTD] [outside or in]                    G) Book of the day [BOTD] i.e  fave quote G)Movie of the Day [MOTD] screen shot/fave quote from one of the movies I watched 
• H) COLLAGE PIC of my day maybe lol versus all of those diff Of the day photos haven't decided yet. 

THESE WILL BE POSTED DAILY ON 

1. YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/user/bellz9113
2. INSTAGRAM @PrincessCece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
3. Facebook:Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas https://www.facebook.com/CeCeInDecember/
4. SNAPCHAT  @PrincessCece91
5. Blogger: Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas http://cheerfulchelseachristmas.blogspot.ca/...
6. WordPress:Cheerful Chelsea Celebrates Christmas  https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
7. Twitter @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
8. Reading updates: https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
9. Movie Diary: http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/list/cheerful-chelea-watches-christmas-movies/
10. Just a Pinch: @CeCe1991  http://www.justapinch.com/me/CeCe19...
11. All Recipes Chelsea C: http://allrecipes.com/cook/cececanc...
12. Makeup Alley: CeCe1991 https://www.makeupalley.com/p~CeCe1991

I will also be using hashtags #CeCe1991 #CeCeInDecember #ChelseaChristmas

Hopefully, that makes sense to everyone!! 

First Day of Vlogmas, Blogmas and kicking off the December Countdown on December 1st

On Tuesday December 1st I had a busy day of trying to get caught up with blogs, and vlogs which I didn't quite manage to achieve. 

None the less welcome my official recap of what happened on Tuesday December the 1st including showing you what I wore, what I did, and letting you see what I got in my advent calendars. 

Here is my Outfit of the Day [OOTD] 

I wore my red reindeer sweater from Walmart matched with my green headband & Christmas tree earrings from Claries. On Tuesday evenings I attend South Okanagan Toastmasters club 7791 weekly meetings. I started going to toastmasters last spring during my time as a BC Ambassador Candidate and officially joined the club in May where shortly after that I was elected onto the board of directors as Vice President of Communication. 

So I run the Club's Facebook page among other things. We are currently working hard to establish our club on social media and we've been trying different ways to connect with people. One of my favorite things to is to take meticulous notes of what happened at a meeting and taking a few photos so that the following Monday I post a little recap of what happened last Tuesday, as a way to give people insight to what happens at Toastmasters. I tend to focus on amusing anecdotes to share. 

This week we also launched our December Hashtag campaign which is going to be called #DidYouKnow or #DidYouKnowDecember where we will be posting facts about Toastmasters International as well as facts about our club. 

TIME TO OPEN ADVENT CALENDER'S 

On the Holiday Countdown after scratching game one I found a $20 icon so I'm not too sure exactly how you win whether it's needing 3 symbols, the back wasn't too clear on that because there were three important icons that meant you could win twice the prize shown or even win the entire

For the Gabz Collection Holiday Countdown which included a Charm bracelet set I was pretty sure I would logically get the Bracelet first but alas they tricked me by giving me a bead. 

For the Lindt Golden Bears calendar I received a Mini Lindt Solid Milk ball! Which was DELICIOUS

For the purdy's Advent I really thought I was getting a tiny solid chocolate bar but I bit into it and caramel started oozing into my mouth. Caramel isn't my favorite candy so naturally this chocolate was more of a bust for me personally. 

For my Kinder Surprise calendar  I got one of three mini Kinder Chocolate bars - which was HEAVENLY! 

 

Inside the first day of the 12 Days of Clinique was the Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion with the 1 in the box called Merry Moisture. 

For the first day of the Craft Crossing Calendar we were given one of the beers from the new Parallel 49 Brewing company  NEW collection. We were also told that we would find the 12 as promised Brand New beers some of which were exclusive to the Craft Crossing Calendar under all the odd days. With the 12 fan favorites could be found under all the even numbers! 

It must be said that the more you look at the Craft Crossing Calendar and in particular the stunning bottles it's clear how much time, effort, energy and work went into creating such a meticulously detailed and artistically pleasing collection and I AM SO HAPPY  I WENT ON A LIMB AND BOUGHT IT. I'm not a huge beer drinker but I feel in love with the artistic appeal. 

Anyway the first Beer was called Rock the Bells[which I choose not to sample in order to save this specialty Brew for a special occasion! It featured an elf, little man or dwarf ringing bells! The flavor is a Cranberry sour ale with recommendations to serve it between 8-10 degrees. Next along the side of the bottle there is a witty little quip that ties into the beer itself. "Sometimes the Holidays can be sour. And we aim to uphold that tradition with this sour  cranberry ale. It's nice and tart, crisp, and stuffed with cranberry flavour and a hint of brett. But unlike your Aunt Helen's Turkey, this won't leave a bad taste in your mouth! 

Next I have a confession to make. I went out and bought a cheap chocolate advent calendar for some Nostalgia. Mind you frozen wasn't really part of that plan but there wasn't much choice left! 

Alas the first day was under Olaf's belly and contained a chocolate head of Queen Elsa. Anyway Queen Elsa in her chocolate state tasted like childhood you guys... 

See more of my posts about my first day of Vlogmas/Blogmas and how I generally spent my First Day in December 

• YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7C52DJLD_Q
• First Advent Haul video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZljKaXFH664
• Instagram: OOTD https://www.instagram.com/p/-yCrBVQzgq/?taken-by=princesscece1991
• Blogger: 
• WordPress: 

My Blogmas/Vlogmas December 2015 Social media Links

• WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
• Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/
• YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg
• Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
• Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
• SnapChat: Princesscece91
• LetterBoxd: [Movie Diary] http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/
• GoodReads: [reading] https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
• AllReciipes: [My recipes & what I bake] http://allrecipes.com/cook/14832773/

Benefit Cosmetics Party Poppers 12 days song

The first advent calendar that really caught my eye and looked like a good price & was available at a store close to me was the Benefit Cosmetics  Party Poppers which includes 12 items to help you embrace the 12  days of Gorgeous. Benefit Cosmetics has always been a brand that has peeked my interest yet wasn't one I wasn't sure was worth the more expensive prices. I was once given a bottle of the PoreFessional Face Primer  and was very impressed with it. 

However I still felt clueless about trying the Benefits Cosmetics Brand because there was just such a HUGE variety in products each with a cost more than I could afford. 

This year I saved most of my money and decided to treat myself to the 2015 Benefit Beauty Advent calendar and familiarize myself with the Benefit line and get a better idea of what products I would use/need. 

I also like how this calendar sings and has a more New Years Eve type count down. Which is when I'm planning to have finished this calendar by [starting close to Christmas & ending in time for the ultimate party popper aka end of 2015

Since I really want this calendar to be a true surprise one, I decided not to look up any reviews nor search up on the products listed as included in the calendar. When I open these little boxes  I want to have truly unbiased views and impressions of the products. As well as using trial and error to get to know how best to use each of the products! 

Look for me doing a proper video review of the Calendar closer to when I actually start to open it, but for now enjoy the video I recorded of my calendar singing! 

Benefit Cosmetics

• website: https://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/party-poppers#BVRRContainer
• FacebooK: https://www.facebook.com/benefitcosmeticscanada/?fref=ts
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benefitcanada/

More posts about my Benefit Cosmetics Party Poppers 12 days of Gorgeous 2015 Advent Calendar 

1. WordPress: https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/benefit-cosmetics-party-poppers-2015-advent-calendar/
2. Blogger: http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/2015/12/benefit-cosmetics-party-poppers-12-days.html
3. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfw4fZyApPA
4. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/-0gOmGQzj8/?taken-by=princesscece1991

My Blogmas/Vlogmas December 2015 Social media Links

• WordPress: CeCe in December https://cecedecember.wordpress.com/
• Blogger: Chelsea in December http://cecedecember.blogspot.ca/
• YouTube: Bellz9113 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8tEclXCk1kgFw4ym5XEJYg
• Instagram: @princesscece1991 https://www.instagram.com/princesscece1991/
• Twitter: @PrincessCeCe91 https://twitter.com/PrincessCeCe91
• SnapChat: Princesscece91
• LetterBoxd: [Movie Diary] http://letterboxd.com/cece1991/
• GoodReads: [reading] https://www.goodreads.com/PrincessCeCe1991
• AllReciipes: [My recipes & what I bake] http://allrecipes.com/cook/14832773/

Clinique 12 Days of Clinique Advent calendar

This year I purchased 3 Beauty Advent calendars for myself, one of which is the Clinique 12 Days of Clinique Beauty Advent Calendar. 

I fell in love with this Calendar upon first seeing it on the Clinique Beauty Counter at the Bay in Penticton. By a stroke of luck I  happened to be shopping on the day they were holding the Clinique Beauty Gala. Which changed my over all experience purchasing the Advent Calendar. 

Since I was shopping just before the Gala was taking place I was offered the one day only exclusive deal where I was able to Purchase my Clinique 12 days of Clinique Advent Calendar for only $75.00 In comparison to having to purchase over $30.00 of products before you could buy the Calendar for the $75.00 on top of that. 

That wasn't my only bonus that day, I was given one of the Full size [think full sized shopping tote] special edition Clinique Gala Gift Bag. Which was large enough to fully fit my very sizable calendar. 

I was spoiled even more when I was also given another Clinique Bonus of Travel Sized Makeup Bag which falls in the same colour scheme as the Tote and Calendar. In side my Bonus Makeup bag was 6 different items including 4 travel sized items to go with their counter Full size products inside the Advent calendar.  I decided to add the Lipstick & the eyeshadow Palette as bonus items to extend my twelve days of Clinque and make it 14 days instead! 

Now for the Calendar itself. It is shaped liked a very big, very solid, and slightly heavy Purple and Pink box. 

When you open it you realize it's a trick box, and it has two compartments, with a shallow tray full of the first 6 days of clinique products fitting snugly over top of the deeper second box containing the last 6 items in the 12 days of Clinqiue. 

In case you haven't noticed or can't really tell these are VERY decently sized Products, ranging from Mid to full size! Also if you look even closer you can see that the items seemingly float upon the box and hover over the designated numbers of the 12 days of Clinique. 

Now you will notice I'm not really giving much away about the actual products, despite the fact that you can clearly see all of them! YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT to watch my daily Vlogmas videos or read my weekly product hauls & reviews, or if you're really patient come back to read my over all impression & review of the 12 days of Clinique - 2015 Clinique Holiday Advent calendar!

This year I purchased 3 Beauty Advent calendars for myself, one of which is the Clinique 12 Days of Clinique Beauty Advent Calendar. 

I fell in love with this Calendar upon first seeing it on the Clinique Beauty Counter at the Bay in Penticton. By a stroke of luck I  happened to be shopping on the day they were holding the Clinique Beauty Gala. Which changed my over all experience purchasing the Advent Calendar. 

Since I was shopping just before the Gala was taking place I was offered the one day only exclusive deal where I was able to Purchase my Clinique 12 days of Clinique Advent Calendar for only $75.00 In comparison to having to purchase over $30.00 of products before you could buy the Calendar for the $75.00 on top of that. 

That wasn't my only bonus that day, I was given one of the Full size [think full sized shopping tote] special edition Clinique Gala Gift Bag. Which was large enough to fully fit my very sizable calendar. 

I was spoiled even more when I was also given another Clinique Bonus of Travel Sized Makeup Bag which falls in the same colour scheme as the Tote and Calendar. In side my Bonus Makeup bag was 6 different items including 4 travel sized items to go with their counter Full size products inside the Advent calendar.  I decided to add the Lipstick & the eyeshadow Palette as bonus items to extend my twelve days of Clinque and make it 14 days instead! 

Now for the Calendar itself. It is shaped liked a very big, very solid, and slightly heavy Purple and Pink box. 

When you open it you realize it's a trick box, and it has two compartments, with a shallow tray full of the first 6 days of clinique products fitting snugly over top of the deeper second box containing the last 6 items in the 12 days of Clinqiue. 

In case you haven't noticed or can't really tell these are VERY decently sized Products, ranging from Mid to full size! Also if you look even closer you can see that the items seemingly float upon the box and hover over the designated numbers of the 12 days of Clinique. 

Now you will notice I'm not really giving much away about the actual products, despite the fact that you can clearly see all of them! YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT to watch my daily Vlogmas videos or read my weekly product hauls & reviews, or if you're really patient come back to read my over all impression & review of the 12 days of Clinique - 2015 Clinique Holiday Advent calendar!