Hello Fashionistas! It's been a while since I've been on the site so I decided to start back blogging. It was my first love before I got into influencing more on my socials and I realized you can have the best of both worlds. So let's catch up, shall we? Last time, I was giving tips on how to shop while losing weight. I hope they have worked for you all. I still have clothes I can't seem to part with though lol. As for my weight loss journey, it has been going well for the most part. I finally made my goal weight of 185, and I've been maintaining it pretty well. Occasionally, I will eat some ..read more

Hey, Y'all!!! I'm back and I hope your week has been going great! My week has been going well so far. I'm trying to stay more positive these days. Today's blog will be geared toward my weight loss journey. Being a fashion blogger, of course, I love to shop for new clothes. But while losing weight, I can't buy a lot of things because I'm not at my goal weight. Right now, I'm currently trying to sell gently worn and new clothing that is too big for me right now and I refuse to make the same mistake. With online research and my personal experience, I will be giving yall some tips that would be he ..read more

Happy New Year fashionistas! 2022 is finally here and I'm so glad we finally made it to see a new year. I definitely have grown and evolved since 2021, but I have some more growing to do. This year is about bettering ourselves, setting realistic goals, and fulfilling our dreams. I'm striving every day to better myself and to not stress over the little things. If you're new here, Welcome to Just Being LaKedra. Just Being LaKedra is about showcasing budget-friendly fashion and giving tips on how to style and organize your fashion finds. My dream is to make this into my career one day. I love be ..read more

Happy New Year fashionistas! 2022 is finally here and I'm so glad we finally made it to see a new year. I definitely have grown and evolved since 2021, but I have some more growing to do. This year is about bettering ourselves, setting realistic goals, and fulfilling our dreams. I'm striving every day to better myself and to not stress over the little things. If you're new here, Welcome to Just Being LaKedra. Just Being LaKedra is about showcasing budget-friendly fashion and giving tips on how to style and organize your fashion finds. My dream is to make this into my career one day. I love be ..read more

Hey fashionistas! I hope all is well. I've decided to venture into doing beauty posts. If you follow me on IG, you will mostly see fashion, which is my first love. But, I do post some beauty from time to time. My favorite look is a natural beat. I love simplicity when it comes my makeup, but I will rock a smokey eye every once in a while. Today, it's all about my must-have beauty products. If y'all knew how much I've spent on makeup, you would be shocked. Over the years, I've learned so much about makeup and I have to admit I love this stuff!! I have a mixture of high-end and drugstore product ..read more

Hey fashionistas! It's your girl, Just Being LaKedra, back again with another Stylish Sunday look. It's definitely feeling like Fall here in Alabama and it's getting colder by the week! I'm excited because Fall is one of my favorite seasons and mainly because I have alot of Fall fashion. Let's get into this look, shall we?!!! So today's feature piece is @Target's, A New Day brand Trench Vest. Yall, I gifted this vest to my mom a few years ago and she never wore it. Sooo, I decided to get it back from her lol. She didn't mind and plus there's no point of wasting a good piece of clothing lol. Am ..read more

Hey yall!!! I hope all is well! If you're new here, welcome to Just Being LaKedra! I know it's been a while, but I'm working on more content to bring you. This blog is very important to me so I want to bring the best content for my readers so stay tuned! Today's #StylishSunday look will be a transitional style. Fall is approaching in a few days and I'm so excited to rock some new looks. This is one of my favorite seasons besides summer! I love incorporating my summer pieces into my fall styles and I look forward to bringing those to life. As you can see in the title, bronze is incorporated in ..read more

Today's blog will be showcasing my #OOTD and its also apart of #JBLStylishSummer series. #JBLStylishSummer is something I created to showcase my summer looks and give some tips. So, today I wanted to wear a color that really goes with this Alabama heat and that's RED. Red is one of those colors that really bring outs the sexiness for me and I love it! I don't own alot of it, but I'm about to start investing more in red pieces. I love the way it really pops on my melanin. So let's get into this look! Top The top I'm wearing is from Boohoo Curve. Boohoo is one of my favorite online stores and it ..read more

#StylishSunday. I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far even though it's coming to an close. The weekends definitely go by too fast for me and I'm sure yall too! It's still #JBLStylishSummer so I'm gonna keep bringing you the summer looks. Today's look is inspired by Normani's new single, Wild Side. Did I mention it's on repeat? So what better way to represent than wear some leopard print . If you're new to JBL, that's my favorite print. ,,Top The top I wore is part of a set from Fashion Nova. It came with a pair of matching shorts. If you've seen my Jamaica blog, it's the same set. I ..read more

Hey yall!!! I hope everything has been great and I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend! I just came back from Negril, Jamaica yesterday morning and I can say it was amazing! I've been to Jamaica before but in a different city, Ochos Rios. I had to attend a family reunion this time around. When I say, these family reunions aren't the average reunions. This family reunion actually happened to fall on my 2nd blog anniversary, which was July 2nd! I started my blog back in 2019 when I came back from Punta Cana and I can say it has been a ride! I've had many great opportunities since blogg ..read more