Love Note To Self

After a bit of a hiatus in getting my life hustle on, going to Beauty school to get my Esthetician license, networking to pursue clients to build my freelance biz as a personal stylist and makeup artist, I thought I would kick off a blog post per an idea I got from a writer I…

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Perspective

Hello, hello! Happy Monday! Yes, House Of Vine is still here! I know it has been an insurmountable delay and I’m not about excuses, however with getting through my venture of taking a night course to become a certified makeup artist while working my demanding federal career in management by day, it really was a…

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Fear: Gotta Love It!

Step outside of your comfort zone… “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” Jack Canfield I just got Lasik procedure on my eyes two days ago. I hesitated at the thought for years and years because well I was scared of the negative ramifications would outweitgh the postive. Yet, finally being fed…

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Non-Factor Status

Low to no return on investment? Yet you came for me I did not send for you. Unfortunately I have no choice, you have been voted off the island! Buh bye. Why is it that the men also known as someone-you-dated-once and it is so over, continue to feel relevant in the now? As in…

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Working It!

It is not the what but the who!…Who inspires me? My grandmother, my mother, my sisters, my cousins, my aunts, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Diane Von Furstenburg, Marie Forleo, Danielle Laporte, all those womanpreneurs, stay at home moms, working moms and single working women. We all have a story that inspires each other to move…

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Have A Moment?

Aha moments… Could they be good? Could they be bad? Or could they just be what they be…a moment. So I am prompted to write about an aha moment and did not think I could come up with anything I would think anyone wants to hear about let alone ready about, however in the midst…

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Inspired by the Industry with Fashionista.com

Do you feel my glow? I am so super inspired by the “How to Make It in Fashion” conference hosted by Fashionista.com at the Line Hotel in Los Angeles this past weekend. I adore BCBGMaxAzria and have for the longest time, ever since my sister worked at the one in Palm Desert, California on El Paseo…

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Could It Be?…Bliss

I was not planning on posting today, at least not what I am about to speak on if anything at all. However I am called to write on this at this moment because it just really hit me hard in a good way today. A works in progress. So I ask myself, could it be…

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Society Rules Or More Like…Society Rules?

U don’t have to be one half of a couple to be living your best life. Tweet that! I find that society has made being single into being slightly weird. Especially if single after a certain age. I almost feel protected from that stigma because I was in fact married for 11 years and make…

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You Thought You Knew! 10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me

Quiet people have the loudest minds. Blogging Challenge Day 4! 10 things about me that I would like to share…   1. My favorite fruit is pineapple. Love it! Could eat it every day all day. 2. I adore my alone time…to think, not think, regenerate and just be. Ideas can spur from being at…

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