the blonde was fun while it lasted 🤭💆🏽♀️
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#hairtransformation #newhair #sewinweave
tapping into my DIY skills has made vacation prep less expensive & my favorite part 😌💅🏽✨
every product is listed in my storefront -
♡ NAIL PRODUCTS - “Nail Starter Kit”
♡ LASHES + SELF TANNER - “All Things Beauty”
30 minute hairstyles > 🎀 this 3-part pony was sooo cute, but not as easy as it looks 🥲 - I still feel like I had a slight bump & it wasn’t perfectly flat, but we tried!!
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#diyhairstyle #slickbackponytail #ponytailweave #ponytailextensions
they do say don’t ask a question if you aren’t ready for the answer 💀
calling all my nail techs to rate this set 💅🏽- personally, I give myself a 6.7/10 mainly because this took me 5 hours..my neck still hurts
BUILDER GEL NAILS
♡ Start with a clean, dehydrated nail
♡ Glue tips on (if applicable)
♡ Shape the tips and/or your natural nails
♡ Buff the tips
♡ Apply gel base coat & cure
♡ Apply “slip layer” of builder gel *DONT CURE*
♡ Apply a bead of builder gel on top of slip layer and apply this in a sweeping motion (YouTube University can further explain)
♡ Once builder gel is cured - reshape and buff
♡ Apply top coat and cure one last time or add designs!! (I’m a French girl through & through)
#nailsathome #buildergel #buildergelnails #diynails #diynailart
I will be dusting it off and trying again until I’m a pro - 🥲
WAXING TIPS:
♡ hard wax > soft wax - soft wax attaches to your skin & hair but hard wax attaches to the hair only!
♡ don’t warm it up in the microwave for too long, or it can burn your skin. 15-30 sec intervals!
♡ pull AWAY from the direction your hair grows
♡ tweeze the excess hair left over
♡ apply a light oil
make sure to clean your face prior to waxing! I like to wax with the shape that’s already the foundation, instead of making a new shape because that’s how you lose half an eyebrow…trust me 🥲
#eyebrowshaping #eyebrowwaxing #eyebrowtutorial #eyebrowstutorial
nothing fills my cup more than creativity ✨ - baking my own birthday cake is something the average person might dread, but MEEEE?! oh, I’m finna turn up 🤭 this was truly the best experience. Will I do this every year? NAH - but for this 25th year of life, I’m challenging myself.
I pray 25 brings -
♡ fulfillment
♡ the ability to bless others
♡ & a debt free me!!! (real shxt).
hopefully this inspires you to realize sometimes all you need is your own love of self to enjoy your birthday ( + a momma like mine 🥹)
#birthdayphotoshoot #birthdayphotography #motherdaughterlove #birthdaycake #editingtutorial
imagine the price if I didn’t DIY 😩
#birthdayprep #maintenanceroutine #nailappointment #goddessbraids #knotlessbraids #lipfiller
AIRPORT. 101 - for my anxious gworlsss
I’m someone who needs to prepare for almost every scenario - so making the airport less stressful is necessary.
Tips I love by:
Invest in TSA precheck - it’s $75 (it’s good for 5 years) OR you can just pay $100 for global entry AND precheck (this lasts 6 years)
Bring an empty bottle & re-fill at the airport (If you’re too bougie for this one I understand)
AMEX PERKS - Take advantage of them + any others you may have access too!
You can rent a car under 25 - you just will have to pay a fee (make sure you use a credit card because most companies will hold more money if you don’t)
Most of these are very common, but not everyone has the privilege of knowing these things - hopefully it helped you 🤍
DIY. NAILS. 💅🏽
this economy is not the vibe at alllll right now, so if I can save money doing something I genuinely enjoy - SIGN ME UP PARTNER 🤠
all of these products will be in my storefront!
with this investment I’ll be able to save time & money - plus if I don’t like my nails, I can be mad at MYSELF
#diy #diynails #nailsathome #buildergel
cornrows. 101. - w/ a dash of personality✨
I’ve always said if my main career doesn’t workout, becoming a cosmetologist is my plan E 💇🏽♀️ - s/o to my brother for always letting me braid his hair for extra practice - cornrows never came naturally to me but I love DIY’ing & learning how to do “hard” things 💅🏽
main cornrow tips:
• start with clean hair
• section hair in 3 pieces
• braid UNDER - hand!!
• when you’re braiding - the left and right pieces will swap turns being “the middle”
• add hair to each side
#braidstyles #brotherandsister #funnyvideo #cornrowstyles #howtocornrow
just. keep. swimming. 🐠
having this many “jobs” was not what 12 y/o me thought was going to happen, BUT here we are.
I’m extremely thankful to enjoy each stream of income I have - but let’s be real, how does one: pay rent, invest, live life, & eat from 1 paycheck?!?! I really PRAY to be able to get to that point. While I’m thankful for each one, ya girl is TIRED.
sometimes I do romanticize the ✨soft life✨….one day….
If you’re making it work off of one “job” - I APPLAUD YOU, truly. We all are just trying to do our best & I’ll never be one to “pretend” for the internet, but when I DOOOO pop out with a birkin & 5+ acres of land one day - please know I worked my A** OFF 🥲
#streamsofincome #workday #workinggirl