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Photo: Erica Djafroodi Strollers are not what they used to be when we were tiny tots. Baby products in general have come such a long way on every front: function, safety, convenience, and as a bonus.. style! I’ve always been in love with the Silver Cross brand. The royal family has…
Happy Diwali to those of you that are celebrating! I hope your holiday is filled with endless love & light!
I wanted to give you some makeup inspo with this festive glittery look! It’s also just perfect for winter and the holidays around the corner — I just love glitter and the colors are so warm, cozy, and chocolatey. Testing out some new products in this look as well like the new Huda Beauty Faux Filter foundation & Tarte Tartelette Toasted palette!
Enjoy!
Iya’s first international trip, y’all! This time last week I was cuddled up with my lovebug in the mountains of Whistler, British Columbia! BECCA Cosmetics invited me to celebrate the launch of their holiday palettes, the Aprés Ski Glow Collection, and they were so accommodating with me bringing my daughter along. Iya is just shy of four months old and is exclusively breast-fed so there’s no chance of us being separated any time soon, neither of us are ready! I already got sappy about it on Instagram, so I’ll spare you the dramatics but BECCA welcoming us with open arms truly meant a lot. I had all kinds of anxieties about becoming a mother in this industry, thinking I wouldn’t be able to travel anymore or really participate in things but so far even with the challenges, my work-life balance has been incredible. Gotta roll with the punches!
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Happy 100th day of life to my baby girl, Iya!
100 days ago we were in our post partum suite at the hospital bonding and just getting to know each other. I was pretty low-key about my pregnancy while I was pregnant because I just wanted to focus on being healthy and happy. Ever since giving birth I’ve been looking forward to sharing my story with you guys! 100 days of sleep deprivation is the reason for my delay lol!
I filmed a sit down video but it’s quite rambly (as usual) and almost an hour long, yikes! Here you’ll find the more organized, abridged, written version ha.
My labor & delivery story isn’t what I was expecting at all. I kept picturing a huge gush of water and a shriek of “the baby’s coming!!” following by frantic racing to the hospital like I always saw on TV but my experience was completely anti-climatic. Something clicked in my head when I hit 36 weeks – I started to feel anxious, nervous, unprepared, scared… all of the above. I was four weeks out from my due date (July 7th) and nothing was ready, our birthing class was scheduled to begin the following week, my maternity shoot the day after that, i had to wash all of baby’s things most of which I still had to buy, I needed to get waxed, get my nails done… and to top it all off I hadn’t had a pre-natal appointment in weeks! I had no idea what was going on with me or the baby, I didn’t know if she was in position, if I was dilated, nothing! I was just counting down the days to my appointment which was at 37 weeks…
Happy Monday!
I am SO happy to see the amazing feedback on this look as it was one of my favorites as well – THANK YOU!! I used a ton of Morphe products to create this look which is great because their products are so affordable, especially when I tend to use pricier complexion products – it’s great to have a high/low balance. I mentioned a blue shampoo in this video that’s keeping my blue-black hair on point, you can get it HERE.
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