Intuitive Style

“To have style you have to know who you are.” ~Iris Apfel Thanks for the advice Iris. I like to have a stylish presence and look like I care about myself without overdoing it. I am low key with a love for fashion, be it haute couture, upscale or the fast fashion of HM or…

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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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The Barrio Way

It was Saturday night. I took the time to meet up with a friend and go check out this Pinup Art Show I found out about via FaceBook, no doubt. At a place I have never heard of, called La Bodega Gallery located on at the cross between Logan & Sampson Streets in the Barrio…

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Creating Personal Style

This week. Two prospective clients. Two different looks. One is business casual working girl taking it to evening chill. The other, a powerful CEO doing an interview for a women’s online magazine that focuses on women, wealth and their careers. The mood boards below represent the images compiled based on a questionnaire I send to…

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How To DIY: A Body Scrub

Something about making a valuable product for yourself by yourself and the fact that because you made it from your own hands, you know it is safe enough for your skin and  to even digest it, really makes it quite special and pretty cool. This could actually make a thoughtful Valentines Day gift since the…

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Leather Weather

I mean how many leather jackets does one need? I have a few ‘healthy’ obsessions, especially when it pertains to my clothes and sense of style, leather jackets being one of them. I think I have at least 8 of them in my closet right now! By the way, I am closet editing today but…

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Silver (And Faux Fur) Linings

Twinkle,Twinkle! I woke up like this! I wish it were that easy… Just a usual Sunday afternoon playing dress up and modeling on Adam’s Avenue in San Diego, California. A little something old, a little something new, nothing borrowed…yet. My inspired-by-the-holiday outfit. Vest: BCBG (old), alternate website shown here/ Skirt: June and Hudson, Nordstrom/ Sequin Camisole:…

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Candid About Candied Yams

Every holiday I am called on by the fam to make one of my better (if not best) dishes. Not only is it delish but I love to make it just as much as I love to eat it: Candied Yams. Also used interchangeably with sweet potatoes, although the color of yams is darker and…

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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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