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Last week I had the pleasure of joining the Kia USA family in Pasadena to celebrate their newest vehicle and official flagship, the 2020 Telluride. If you know me personally, you know I have an affinity for luxury vehicles as…

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It’s been almost 2 years since my very first review on a designer dupe, and since then I’ve been very lucky to grow a loyal readership of thousands from my continued reviews. I want to encourage you, my Baller family,…

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Whether through Instagram DM or during casual conversations with friends, I am always asked about how being an influencer affects my self-esteem. Does it make me more insecure? Does it empower me? Do I feel like I’m enough, or never…

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A few years ago when expensive skincare was still my addiction (Sephora, I’m looking at you), I was completely obsessed with both the Fresh Umbrian Clay Pore Purifying Face Exfoliator and the Aveda Botanical Kinetics Radiant Skin Refiner. Both scrubs have micro-fine exfoliating…

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One of my biggest long-term financial goals for the past 2 years was to build my credit for a new car, so I wanted to share my credit repair tips with my student readers as this may be a common…

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Since my partner Jun and I recently moved into our new home, our expenses have been through the roof. Christmas already zapped a lot of our money, so naturally we’ve decided to be a lot more conservative about celebrating Valentine’s Day. So…

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It’s been a non-stop ride of home improvement since we moved into our new home in November! Aside from painting the kitchen cabinets we’ve been doing tons of mundane things probably not worth sharing on the blog like changing out toilets,…

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Saving money is one of those things that we always talk about when it’s a few days before payday or moments after blowing that same check in one mall trip. It’s one of those ideas that come around every new…

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Although many bloggers prefer not to disclose their income, I thought that if I ever decided to share an income report that it would be during the earlier years of my blog, where growth tends to be more prominent (and…

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Ever since we placed our offer on our home months ago, I always knew that if and when we moved in that it would definitely need a modernized facelift. The house was built in 1993, so there’s well, uh, a lot to…

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