CLICK HERE to read the article I wrote. CLICK HERE to watch my live stream of the event. CLICK HERE to watch me modeling!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016
My Dr. Dennis Gross Facial at Sephora
Now, I absolutely love Dr. Dennis Gross' products! I had the chance to receive a Dr. Dennis Gross facial here at Sephora and my skin felt fabulous. I can't lie and say that I am surprised with the results because this line has helped keep my skin clear and flawless for several, several months now. I am going to tell break down this facial to you guys!
Facial Steps
- Step one
- My face was steamed with the Pro Facial Steamer.
- Step two
- My face was washed with the All-in-One Cleanser with Toner.
- Step three
- I was triple- peeled!!!!! The Alpha Beta® Extra Strength Daily Peel , Alpha Beta® Medi-Spa Peel, and the Ferulic + Retinol Wrinkle Recovery Peel were applied to my skin.
- Step four
- The Clinical Concentrate Hydration Booster was then pressed into my skin.
- Step five
- I was in love with the Hyaluronic Marine Hydrating Modeling Mask . This was my first time using it and my skin felt so soft and hydrated after. I was told that this mask really seals in the moisture of your serums so it's best to use it after you apply your serums. Lastly, you don't need to rinse it, but it can be hard to get off the mask :(
- Step six
- I used the Hyaluronic Moisture Cushion.
- Step seven
- Finished with Dark Spot Sun Defense Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 50. Sunscreen is very important for all types of skin, especially if you have done any type of peel.
Disclaimer: This review is not sponsored.
Sending Love to Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry's supports The Black Lives Matter movement and I love it. CLICK HERE to read what they wrote.
Ask A Detroit Expert: Preparing For Fall Fashion
CLICK HERE to read the article that Evann, the lead blogger for Detroit Fashion News, was featured in!
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Becoming this Woman
This is the year 2016. Okay, I know, I am stating the obvious (trust me I am going to make a point here). As this year winds down I keep thinking of how far I have come. I also keep comparing myself to where I was a decade ago. For those who do not know, I turned twenty-four years old this August. Therefore, in the year 2006, I was about fourteen years old, and I was just starting high school.
So, flashback to 2006… hmmmmm….2006. I was definitely not confident then. I was coming out of middle school where I was (unfairly) deemed a totally loser smh. I was also thought of as ugly because I was not: white, on fleek (well that word wasn’t created then, it was on point back then lol), put together, thin, white-passing, beautiful by Eurocentric standards, long-haired and cool.
I said that I was unfairly deemed a loser because what people did not understand was that I was in a lot of pain and my awkwardness was just a way for me to get through the day… one day at a time. When I headed into high school I told myself that I wanted to be PERFECT. Possessing: PERFECT grades, PERFECT skin, PERFECT hair, PERFECT clothes, PERFECT relationships, and the PERFECT image was the standard … NOT an aspiration. Now, I will admit that I excelled in high school because I took my studies seriously. However, I developed a dangerous need for validation that I was more than enough … which led me to feel like I had to lose my amazing African curves and become a stick-figure and made me feel that I had to relax the strength out of my hair. Lastly, I was ALWAYS comparing myself to white or white-passing people. Back in my day there was no Lupita Nyong'o, Leslie Jones, or #BlackGirlMagic. Back then, white was right, and black was whack even though we through then that we lived in a post-racial society (even though we know that was never true). I think you guys pretty much get the point… I was a black girl who had not yet tapped into her #BlackExcellence and most of all did not realize that God loved her … and she was a Daughter of Zion.
Let’s jump to the present, 2016. I am only twenty-four years old yet I have: travelled to every continent, graduated from law school, pursuing my LLM, writer for Detroit Fashion News, a blogger, finished from Michigan State University in three years, have amazing friends (no bully friends here lol), forgave those who have hurt me, love my family, stood strong, confident, and have spoken my mind about social issues, and etc. lol. Most of all, I love how my relationship with God has just GROWN. In the year 2014, my walk with God went from routine to being real, I had to ACTUALLY trust him and he never failed me.
I know that I still have A LOT of growing to do, but I love the woman I am today. Honestly, I never thought that I would be this woman…ever. I am gorgeous, confident, honest, real, and full of #BlackGirlMagic. This woman embraces her culture and is unapologetically black (RIP Ali) no matter what the racists say. This woman is ME… a strong black woman... and I am not dreaming... to God be the glory!
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