When I moved to Los Angeles back in 2019 I had so many plans for my new home. It took months to find a cute little ranch with chic modern fixtures, huge windows and a plush backyard but I was so happy when I finally did. The house had a great open concept living room, kitchen and dining room and so much natural light. I knew I wanted a space that was beautiful, functional, and comfortable but I wasn’t really sure how to approach the whole undertaking of designing an entire home, so I kept procrastinating and pushing everything back. Fast forward almost a full year later, in the midst of a gl ..read more

Okay, it’s official, I love retinol! For years I’ve gone back and forth on whether or not I liked retinols. I would try one out for a bit, then it would get lost in my drawer of endless products and then I would try something else! The ones that I’ve tried were either too harsh on my skin or not giving me the results I was looking for. So, I never really gave it a true chance, UNTIL… Last month, I decided to try out Olay’s new Retinol24 Collection! They have a night serum, night moisturizer, and night eye cream. I chose to try out their night serum and let me tell you, it’s a game changer ..read more

Moisturize. Moisturize. Moisturize! I can’t stress this enough. No matter your skin type, you need to moisturize. I have oily skin and I used to think that my skin would just replenish the moisture it lost when I cleansed my face. I quickly found out that was not the case. My face would feel dry, I’d get tiny bumps on my nose and forehead. The difference was clear once I started moisturizing and I’ve always made it a point to keep my skin supple and hydrated to ward off these unwanted skin concerns. Why do YOU need to moisturize? You may ask? When your skin is too dry or too oily, many commo ..read more

Memorial Day is here and what does that mean? Summer is right around the corner. There’s no stopping it (and who’d want to anyway?).  I always think of summer as a time to relax. Suns out, buns out? No? I mean, nothing really changes for most of us except maybe the weather, does it? Summer break kind of stopped for me after college and never came back. Thinking back to that time, I definitely could have made better use of those ‘free 3 or so months’. Anyway, enough nostalgia.  Generally speaking, most of us are at least taking long weekends and going on vacations, it’s festival sea ..read more

I’m on the hunt for new skincare. All. The. Time. My skin is very important to me and treating it right is a huge priority of mine. Over the years, that wasn’t always the case. I had a lot of bad habits that have started to haunt me now that I’m in my late 20s (whoa! does time really go by that fast?). I remember the all nighters in college, sleeping in my makeup and just generally making poor skin choices. Can you relate? You don’t have to tell me, you just need to decide you don’t want to be that person anymore and join me on the quest for the best skin care the world has to offer. Which b ..read more

, All black e’rything What’s the most important thing to you about travel? Mine is comfort. I hate uncomfortable plane rides. It’s bad enough you’re in a cramped seat for hours and hours. The seats, the food, turbulence might even spring up but at least you can control what you’re wearing and how comfortable that is. To help you with that and with holiday season fast approaching, I’ve compiled a few of my favorite travel outfits so you can be comfortable too. Don’t worry, they don’t break the bank As you know I travel a bit (haha) and I’ve come up with a travel uniform: 2 pieces sets (or mono ..read more

Okay, so who else has gifting anxiety?? Don’t get me wrong, I love gift shopping. I even think I like it more than getting gifts. But the scariest moment is that second right after I hand over my wrapped present and the person opens it. I’m always nervous that they won’t like it/ I got the wrong size/they’re just not excited, so I have gifting anxiety … don’t laugh. It’s a real thing! Well, I kind of just made it up, but low key I think it might actually be a legit thing! LOL But seriously every birthday, every holiday my excitement turns to dread when I have to decide what gifts to give to f ..read more

Who hates dry skin? Who also hates that feeling you start to get around 2pm when you’ve been wearing your make up all day and those quick mirror touch ups just aren’t capturing the dewey look you had that morning?? So this is me almost every day. I do a really good job of moisturizing my face, but our skin is constantly loosing hydration and the rate of water loss can increase by over 50 percent throughout the course of one day! Add that on top of a full face of makeup and I’m looking pretty thirsty at the end of the day…my skin, not me personally! So what do I do to avoid dry out? Recent ..read more

Morocco with Summersalt x Aurate x BumbleBFF Can’t get enough of the Morocco pics from this past month. It was such a blast to go with such amazing companies and a great group of Girl Bosses. Of course, getting to bring along my ‘Best Babe’ Kehinde Smith was an icing on the cake. We had such a blast and even ended up staying for almost a few week in Marrakech. (more photos and blog posts to come!) Summersalt – A super dope swimwear brand with so many awesome pieces that range from one pieces to bikinis to a new line of travel wear! Make sure you check them out The pink and yellow swimsui ..read more

Okay guys, serious question, who else suffers from the dreaded 3pm forehead shine? I cannot tell you how many mornings I’ve done my make up, left the house to run some errands and within hours my face is oily and gross. It’s definitely not the look I’m trying to achieve in my photos! Not to mention my makeup takes tiiiime…this look is not achieved in a few minutes and I don’t always have time for touch ups! LOL I tried a few different moisturizers to fix this and at my most frustrated, I just stopped using moisturizers all together, but my skin would feel really dry and irritated all day. Fi ..read more