Summer is FINALLY here which means it’s time to share my Spring beauty faves! Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a proud skincare, beauty and makeup enthusiast. I LOVE spending hours researching new products, reading reviews on reddit, and watching Harper’s Bazaar beauty routines. As physical touch is my number one love language, doing my beauty/skin care practices is meditative and soothing for me. I’ve always enjoyed taking my time with my skincare/beauty routines. I hope this list can serve as a Spring 2022 Faves Let me start by acknowledging that I might have a slight skincare/beauty ..read more

Welcome to tomachimaria.com I’ve been thinking a lot about the little girl that I once was.  She. was. fearless.  She knew who she was and stood firmly in her self-assuredness. She tried new things and talked openly about the things that excited her. She marched through life with a big smile and no one could dissuade her.  That little girl is my hero. At some point between adolescence and adulthood I lost my childish essence.  I lost her.  I’m not sure if it was the insecurity that bubbled up during puberty, the perceived failures I felt in high school or the constant ..read more

Modelling Take 1: The Introduction I was ‘discovered’ by my current manager Dayna (love you!) at the mall when I was 17 years old. It was my freshman year of university and I was out shopping with some friends. The world of fashion had always captivated me and at the time it felt like the opportunity of a lifetime. Within a couple of weeks, I had met & signed with an agency, been casted in my first fashion show and was trying to balance school work and my social life.  For that first year and a half, I was happy. I was having fun meeting other models, going to castings and interacting ..read more