When I first started writing about my retin-a micro and aczone regimen at the beginning of summer 2016, I was in the throes of the initial breakout caused by starting topical retinoids. I couldn’t go anywhere without makeup! Hyper-keratinized plugs and god-knows-what-else built up in my pores, and now the retinoid was forcing it out. My face […]
Before I even knew what blogging was, I took freelance modeling jobs helping photographers bring their visions to life. It was exciting (and just a little dangerous.) My friends thought I was so confident to be letting strangers photograph me in lingerie, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Modeling spurred my evolution, forcing me to […]
Between my past experience at tech startups and my current occupation working in digital marketing, I’m lucky to have picked up a few SEO tips that I’ve been able to leverage to grow my site even faster than some other fashion bloggers that started building their brand even before me. So many well-meaning people have asked […]
I came across Roxxsaurus’ Trippy Triple Vision Makeup Tutorial earlier this year and set my heart on doing it for Halloween. What really appealed to me about this look was that it didn’t require a bunch of special effects makeup or prosthetics. Instead, she made use of bronzers and eyeshadows that most people already have […]
Surrounded with serenity, I’m still so stressed out even my denim is frayed. Welcome to Zen In The Bu… 2 that is. Photos by Aura Elizabeth Photography Although I tried to plan every detail of my first trip to Europe, life laughed right in my face. A Category 5 Hurricane Irma locked in on Miami […]
She’s no more than a victim of her ancestors unfinished business. She’s the ghost that can’t cross over until she’s learned the ancient lessons that so many before her failed to finish. Fears and insecurities inherited from the mother; Obsessive focus, sexual energy, and bold defiance – a combination no woman should have to bear. […]
Welcome to my house of pain. I can’t stop projecting, rejecting, expecting – I keep not believing, grieving, dry heaving – Even if I was the problem all along, Could anyone stop me and tell me I’m wrong? I’m seduced by an old self: a mean girl with shit jokes, relationship-adverse, with just enough money […]
It began when I started remembering who I am. Waking up after a long sleep. Unable to differentiate from the dreams and nightmares. What was real and what picassoed the fake. My senses are on their tiptoes. They have forgotten how to stand and plant their feet. Trying to regain stability. Feel. Everything. Remember. It […]
