Life Of A Fashion Blogger

 Hello, fashion lovers, and Happy February to all of you. I hope that you are having a great start to your week. February is Black History Month and I feel that it's my duty as a Black fashion blogger to let you lovely people know about some amazing black-owned fashion designers and brands to let you guys know about. To start out this month of Black Owned fashion brands, Maisoneli is a brand that was introduced to me by the Instagram page, Black Owned Everything. This brand is a firm believer in craftsmanship, they spent hours understanding the skills and intricacies of traditional leather craftsmanship, thereby refining their skill set. They successfully translated their creativity and deep understanding of leather into developing stylish, functional, and sophisticated pieces under the Maison Eli line.  They sourced leather tanned with vegetable and fruit extracts. In its infancy, the brand focused solely on footwear for children. After quickly achieving success in that field...

  Greetings fashion lovers and welcome back to my blog, I hope that all of you had a great weekend and wore some stylish outfits of course.  I've been loving looking at Haute couture at the moment, maybe it's because it is so grand and beautiful beadwork, and let's be honest, none of us is going to wear these creations out to the grocery store to get a carton of milk or go to the post office. I saw a dress from Michael Cinco and immediately fell in love with his attention to detail and his stunning designs.  Michael Cinco aims to modernize fashion in a timeless manner allowing clients to express themselves freely, elegantly, and timelessly. Known to bring life to what was once unimaginable, every piece narrates a story. Inspired by art, opera music, and exotic cultures designed for generations of young, feminine, and independent women who aren’t afraid to push sartorial boundaries. Indian actress Aishwarya Rai wore a dress from his Spring/Summer 2020 collection to the Can...

 Hello, my fellow beauty lovers, I hope that all of you are doing fine this Thursday/Friday eve. I'm looking forward to this weekend just relaxing and turning off for a while.  As many of you lovely people know Charlotte Tilbury is one of my favorite beauty brands and I look forward to being able to buy some of her products in the near future. I was watching television one day and I saw that she had two new products in the Beautiful Skin collection and now I'm intrigued to try these two products for myself. The Beautiful Skin Concealer brightens, smooths, and lifts the look of your eyes and face with a hydrating concealer with medium buildable coverage and 16 Hour wear, and 10% active skincare ingredients.  You can also use it to conceal, correct, and contour for an instant face + eye lift effect. This is a science plus color radiant liquid concealer that brightens, smooths, and lifts the look of your complexion. Infused with hydrating hyaluronic acid, pore refining niaci...

 Fashion lovers, I am so glad to be here with you all again. I hope that all of you are doing well and had a great weekend.  KAAI is a handbag brand that was introduced to me while I was searching for a new handbag brand to blog about. KAAI was founded in 2017 in Antwerp, Belgium, by Ine Verhaert and Helga Meersmans who set out to reimagine the perfect work-life bag for the eclectic woman with exquisite style standards. Before, the duo spent a lot of time traveling around the world. Rushing from one meeting to the next during their corporate careers. Their main companions: a laptop, a mobile phone, lots of paperwork, and women’s essentials, all stuffed into their handbags. Desperately looking for a stylish bag to complement their active lifestyles, they knew they could do better. So they got a handle (pun intended) on their idea: creating a new bag concept for women on the go. Capturing the ongoing energy of the city and the ever-moving water of Antwerp, KAAI (meaning ‘the qua...

Happy Thursday/Friday eve beauty lovers, I hope that all of you are doing well and are ready to enjoy the weekend that you worked so hard for.  If you can give me a product that can lessen my makeup routine, you had me at hello. I've seen the Relevant Skin One And Done Everyday Cream all over the Thirteen Lune website, so I figured that it was about time to talk about this and do a beauty blog post about it. It's a 4-in-1 lightweight daily moisturizer with a Broad Spectrum SPF 40 that replaces daily sunscreen, moisturizer, serum, and primer. Made with a clean, mineral-based formula to suit all skin tones from the lightest to the darkest without leaving a white cast. It also combines zinc and titanium dioxide to provide broad-spectrum mineral sun protection against UVA/UVB rays. Formulated with Active Stress Defense technology to protect against 97% of UV radiation. This 4-in-One product is $38.00. https://relevantskin.com/products/one-done-everyday-cream https://thirteenlune.co...

  Hello again fashion friends, I hope that all of you are doing and had a great weekend. Let us all get through this week and scratch off all the goals that we have so that we can enjoy the weekend ahead.  When I pick out the outfit that I'm going to wear, I usually pick out my shoes first. Shoes are the focal point of the outfit, in my honest opinion. One day as I was on the internet, I saw a shoe brand that I'd never seen before so I went on their website and I fell in love with these vegan, ethical, and environmentally friendly shoes.   Huntd was established by Nadhisha Perera in 2015 after she quit her full-time corporate job. Her love for fashion and animals came to a head in September 2013 when she decided to no longer purchase anything made from an animal after watching a PETA x Stella McCartney video on the leather industry. This former leather designer bag lover found herself unable to look at leather the same way. and vowed never to purchase it again. In 20...

  Hello again beauty lovers on this Thursday/Friday eve, I hope that all of you are doing well, had a great work week, and are ready to enjoy your weekend.  I was on the Nordstrom website one day and I saw that Yves Saint Laurent has a new mascara, and of course, I wanted to know more and tell you lovely people about it. It's a couture mascara that delivers extreme buildable volume and an intense black finish. The oversized mascara brush and fragrance-free, paraben-free formula deliver buildable extreme black color with all-day long-lasting wear.  This mascara is formulated with nourishing Iris Extract, Lash Clash delivers 200% more volume with 24-hour smudge-proof wear for intense color from root to tip. The massive Double-Conical brush holds the extra formula to coat lashes with deep black pigment in just one coat. Achieve varying levels of intensity from one to five strokes with the buildable volume formula. Lash Clash is outfitted in sleek YSL packaging to become the ...

  Hello fashion lovelies, I hope that all of you are doing well and had a great week. Let us all get through the week and crush all the goals and dreams that we have on our To-Do Lists. I've been a huge fan of Able Clothing for a very long time, but most important than that, I love the meaning behind the brand itself. Able Clothing found themslves in the fashion industry, somewhat accidentally, when we began selling scarves that were handwoven by a few women in Ethiopia who were coming out of the commercial sex industry. Their mission was to provide sustainable jobs for these women so they could create a better future for themselves and their families. Over 4,000 scarves were purchased in two months, and we saw tangible proof that where you spend your money has the power to make a meaningful impact.  They have grown in their mission to empower women with the expansion of both their product categories and location of impact. They are clothing women from head to toe in thoughtfu...

  Well hello, beauty lovers, and Happy 2023 to all of you. I am so grateful to be back here with all of you again this Thursday/Friday eve, and I hope that all of you are ready to share in my love for beauty.  I have a deep love, okay obsession with neutral palettes, it's kinda unhealthy to be quite honest with you guys. So of course during my holiday break from blogging, I went on the Colourpop website and saw the Not A Box Of Chocolate Pressed Powder Eyeshadow palette and I just fell in love with all of the colors in the palette. This palette has 16 chocolatey shades like soft caramels and espresso hues in Matte, Metallic, Matte Sparkle and Pearlescent Glitter finishes. It also features their ultra-pigmented, blendable pressed formula that’s long-wearing, applies evenly, and feels super velvety. This palette is priced at $24.00.  https://colourpop.com/products/not-a-box-of-chocolates-pressed-powder-palette https://www.ulta.com/p/not-a-box-of-chocolates-pressed-powder-pa...

 Hello again Fashion Lovers, and Happy New Year I hope that all of you are doing well and ready to have a great start to your 2023 and your busy work week.  Forget Diamonds (Sorry Marilyn Monroe.) Shoes are a girl's best friend. You have to be a true fashionista (and very brave.) to wear a pair of platform shoes. They're a shoe that gives you so much height, and attention and will get you noticed. I can tell you guys that I don't think I'm that cool to pull off the platform trends on the Fall/Winter 2022-23 runways.  I saw these Versace Platforms in their Fall/Winter 2022 Ready-To-Wear Collection. These are on their website for $1.825.00. https://www.versace.com/us/en-us/women/shoes/aevitas/aevitas-pointy-platform-pumps-1lb8v/1007141-DVT51_1LB8V.html?cgid=132100#start=1 Boohoo, Lulus, Pretty Little Thing, Public Desire, ASOS, and DSW have more affordable options. https://us.boohoo.com/stiletto-platform-heels/FZZ24821.html https://www.lulus.com/products/dailyy-light-nude...