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  Happy Monday, I wanted to provide everyone with a message today about trusting the timing over your life . Everything happens for a reason and everything comes into you life for a reason. I know a lot of times and we look at one another and compare a level of success. I have that bad. I always looking at how old someone is and level success and compare it to mine. Like geez I am nowhere close to where I wanna be in life. Trust the time and stay in your lane. Your success story will happen in due time. You have to stay determined and work hard and what you wanna get. On level of success I was able to partner up with JORD Watches. That is one of the best things that I have accomplish this year. You have all the time in the world to reach your goal. The antidote is to learn, listen and work hard. Keep Reading its a Giveaway !! How did I style my JORD watch? So you know I am big fan of using the color wheels to help me pair my colors and other prints. I am a cool girl so I love to be …

Press Pause on Life Happy Wednesday! I am feeling so under pressure this week. Like I feel like I’m slowly drowning in it all. Life is really beating me up and I am not sure how much more I can take. I noticed myself getting teared up on small things, taking a moment in the bathroom to collect myself. Its all too much and it telling me that I need to slow down now !! I am rushing , forgetting, being clumsy and I becoming stressed out. Trying to meet deadlines, work, blog, health, finances, and life. Managing it all is so hard.  I need to breathe and to continue telling myself that its going to be alright. I am currently listening to some meditation music. I am slow calming down I can think a little clearer now. Awesome !! So I want to share some tips that I learn to help me slow down and pause life. How to slow down.. Be content with what you have Tell your Its okay to make mistakes- learning and growth is key Think about what is necessary Do one thing at a time Put your phone down Take a Day off Enjoy your …

Happy Tuesday, Honestly everyone this has been one of my favorite outfits I out together.  I got this tank dress from Forever 21.. Honestly I really got a thing for olive. I love wearing this color throughout the year all the time. Its my go to color. Since I was going to TRAP KARAOKE I wanted to be comfortable and poppin’ at the same time. Why not a tank dress. Walk right into Forever21 and found this dress. Yess .. this dress is great by itself. Now I think I mention awhile ago that I love art. So from time to time I use the color wheel to pair a lot a different color together. Red and green are consider complimentary colors from each other. The appear opposite ends of the wheel. Anywho when green and red are pair together the colors play with your eye in a good way.  So yeah red lipstick and pair of red rimless glasses. Perfect!! Since I planned to b on my feet for a long time, I need some birkenstock …oh wait I don’t have any money. lol I got are pair of steve madden shoes that resemble the birkenstock to save a few …

Happy Mothers Day Mom !! What can I say about my mom. Geez it is a lot. To simplify it a lot my mom is my everything. She is my friend, confidant, my educator, my everything. She watched me grow from 1lb infant (I was born premature) to what I am today, a woman. My mom tells me all the time that I amaze her,  but little does she know she amazes me everyday.  I hope when that day comes when I trade my individuality for motherhood that I can be just like her. Motherhood: Is the choice you make everyday. To put someone else happiness and well being ahead of your own. To teach the hard lessons. To do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is….  – Donna Ball Mom you are my gift from God. (Literally crying as I type this lol ). I appreciate you so much. Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there. Alayna

Happy Friday, I am so happy to be posting today. DAMN. I feel like I’ve been gone so long. Honestly I really can’t describe how I’ve been feeling lately. I just know that I was so uninspired. I had some many things going on it my head that I really just stepped back from everything.   You know I have this tendency for whatever reason that I get really trapped in my thoughts. Mostly sad and angry thoughts and those thoughts hold me hostage. I had to send myself a eviction notice. GET OUT YOUR FEELINGS and push though it all !! Time to get back to work. Somethings as being a reader myself, on others blogs and Instagram, we have the tendency to think that person life is so lit. But hell we all have our moments. We are human and its no perfect people. No matter how good your stories or newsfeed on Instagram look we just people and we go through shit. Since I needed to push myself back to work I decided to link up with  my blogger best friend Leah Vernon from Beauty and the Muse. We decided on a Spring theme look. This shoot …

Happy Friday!! Have you ever had a photoshoot and you wish you did more to prepare. When I first started taking pictures for my blog I would come with my outfit choice at the last minute. However,  the end result was good but it could have been better. The first photoshoot I had it was great.  I was so ready until the end. I felt sick. I had a throbbing headache and I felt nausea. I realized that I drink enough water and I did not get enough rest the night before. 1 : First and foremost drink lots of water.  Think of yourself as a grape… without water you dried up raisin. You need water to keep you going through you photoshoot 2 : Dress Rehearsal : Try on your clothes. Please make sure you try on your clothes prior to your photoshoot. I normally try on my clothes a week before and the day before the photoshoot. I want to make sure I love the outfit I’m in to kill the photoshoot. 3 : Get plenty of rest. You do not want to have shopping bag under your eyes or lack luster.  No!! So that is why I …

Happy Tuesday!!! This is special day for me !!! Its my birthday YAY!!! Honestly yall this year I was not that excited for my birthday. I caught myself thinking about all the things that I haven’t accomplished. I was comparing myself to others again.  Why do I put m myself through this torture. !! WHY !!!   I finally realized that I was forgetting to celebrate my life. The good Lord above have given me 27 years of life.  That is a a blessing. I get to be around the people I love another day. I get blog another day. I get another day to work at my goals. So see those are my blessing. Stop thinking about all the things you haven’t accomplish. Celebrate what you have done. You can not get to where you going if you always comparing yourself to other and what they do. Stay in your lane and focus on where you are trying to go! So Awesome God Thank you for my life !!! You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream !! – C.S Lewis Shop My Look:   Dress: Black Dress(XL)// Charlotte Russe (SIMILAR) Jacket: …

WEST CANFIELD HISTORIC DISTRICT Happy Friday!!! Omg I love this color combination so much. This is not your typical fall color combination. Normally people are going for more bold colors. Burgundy, Olive, and rust and such. But, I wanted to be a bit flirty with this shoot. Lol it is “cuffin season” right. Yeah I m try to catch somebody lol.  Anywho, these colors are so soft and cosy. First, I want to announce to the world I love cold shoulder anything. I love to show off my shoulder for some reason. I think this is so cute and flirty to me. OMG I think I am in love with my shoulder. Anything that shows off my sweater it is winning for me !! I got this cute sweater for Target.  You know Target has some cute stuff omg!!! . I find something in Target every time I step foot in the door. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK Shop My Look  Cold Shoulder Gray Sweater – Target (LINK) Plus Size Skinny Jeans – Forever 21 (Similar) Nude Studded Strappy Pointed Toe Pump-Charlotte Russe (Similar) Blush Purse Special Thanks to Richelle Marie who always slay the photo game !! (Photo credit: Richelle Marie …

BODY CONFIDENCE @ HEIDELBERG PROJECT Happy Friday! Women perception of their body are internalize and shaped by their friend’s appearance and the media. We have friends of all shapes and sizes and we often want what others have. In addition, we have do many media outlets and the fashion industry telling us what we should look like. But the average women is not small so who do we believe… No body!! Body confident starts with you. So I decided to team up with my blogging buddy, Leah Vernon. She is a fellow Detroit blogger with a blog called  Beauty and the Muse .  I decided to collab with Leah because of course she is Detroit blogger but she is unconventional. She doesn’t follow trends or play by the rules and that what i truly enjoy about her. She kept me on m toes. So we chatted at Biggby Coffee like we were friends for years and slayed our photos. It was such a joy working with her!! BOOST YOUR BODY CONFIDENCES 1) Stop fat shaming yourself. Don’t let your mind bully your body .You are your worst critics. Start looking at what your body can do instead of what it …