Why you're allowed to let yourself go

Ever since I had my daughter - at 16 - I hear all the time, 'oh don't let yourself go', or I hear people talk about how someone else has 'let themselves go'. What's that supposed to do to our confidence and to our thought process subconsciously? Ah yes, tell us not to go up for that second plate of food, that it's not ok to leave the house without any makeup on, and to not wear sweat pants out to run errands in. What?!?! I love wearing sweat pants and I REALLY love not wearing makeup. 

Girls night! Our Pampering Party

Ah girls night! A time for us ladies to get together with our closest girlfriends, crowd around good food, good music, and catch up! I really love any reason to get together with my friends, but I  especially can't wait to see them when I've had one of those 'longest days weeks ever' kind of moments. It's definitely the busy season…it's the summer season, wedding season, and baby shower season (am I right?!), so I've been traveling a ton. An awesome girls night with amazing girls was definitely in order...from left to right, this is Karissa, myself, Sarah, and Whitney. Alexandra is here too, but behind the camera. 

A Collection Styled by me! Ahhh!

 I'm still screaming over this! I am so so excited to finally share with you a collection that I curated, all of the styles I love and wear. From picking out the outfits myself, to styling them, naming them, and hand writing out their packaging post cards, I'm beyond over joyed to give to you my #Glamistree collection. 

Weekend sunforgettable moments

See what I did there? ;) I know, I'm pretty smooth right. So this weekend we joined my FLAMA fam bam at Uforia fest in LA where we saw performances by Becky G., Kid Cudi, and others and it was a blast! I love festival season, I love festival crowds, the food, the dancing, and the fashion! Lets hold hands and frolic on the grass.

How to get sexy summer time legs!

What a title huh?! Not just summer time legs, but SEXY summer time legs ladies! So something I've been seeing floating around is this coffee grounds craze....coffee making your skin glow, coffee making your clothes cleaner, coffee disintegrating your cellulite....wait what?! Yes, scrubbing away cellulite with coffee grounds, sounds crazy but let me tell ya..

Festival Fashion!

It's festival season! With our Burning Man and Coachella, and the umpteen other festivals happening this summer I thought I'd share with you my all time staple festival fashions, and carry along must haves! Since I'm headed to Uforia Fest next month with my FLAMA fam bam (which I hope to see you at), here are some things that I will make sure to pack with me. Grab your satchel and let's do it!

The Beauty Of Confidence

As a woman, heck as a human, I have my fair share of insecurities. It's something we learn living in a society built on image and status, but it's also something we unwillingly accept from judgements passed on to us from others. Something I always try to teach my daughter is that the the one thing you can wear everyday, the one thing only you can give yourself, the most beautiful accessory, is confidence. "Confidence and being comfortable are things you can see on the outside when you feel them on the inside." - Carrie Underwood 

My nighttime skin care routine

So a few posts ago, I talked about my morning skin care routine, if you missed that click here, and today I share with you my night time skin care routine. When we sleep, our skin really gets to work healing and renewing so here are some products I use to make the most out of that process! Seems like a gazillion things to do but you'll thank me when people ask how your skin looks so glowy! 

My Beach Bag Essentials

Summer is upon us here in Los Angeles, thought it's usually warm and sunny, it's been especially warm lately and we've been finding ourselves at the beach or prowling for a pool to dip into a lot these days. Thought I'd share with you the things I pack with me each time, my beach bag essentials! You can pack this bag for the beach, to go pool side, or even for any time you hike or spend an extended period of time outside. These are just some of my must have items for my skin and lips to keep my protected, hydrated, and refreshed.

Best Frangrances For The Summer- My Faves

If you know me than you know I'm ALL about fragrances! I have about 20 perfumes at home, it's a problem I know.  Anything that makes my skin or hair smell divine, I'm all about. I always have at least 2 different perfumes with me at any given time. I also ALWAYS have a roller ball of some sort ON me ALL the time, just in case! haha. I've changed my sense of smell over the past few months, switched out my current faves, and today I'll share with you my favorite summer fragrances and why I love them so much!

How To Keep Your Skin Young

So being the mother of a 16 year old can make you feel really old. I mean I'm no spring chicken y'all! But I do a million different things to keep my skin looking and feeling youthful, radiant, and healthy. Here is my updated morning and night time skin care routines. Below is my fresh face with only ONE filter on it, I mean, it's as bare as it can get so I figured I'd help myself out with some lighting!

This takes about 3-4 minutes each day to complete and it's worth it! I mean hopefully my skin will look like this forever....or until I wake up looking like Freddie Kruger one day. You know what they say....Asian don't raisin...until one day, unexpectedly, we wake up looking 109!!!

DIY Peppermint Lavender Sugar Scrub

Sugar scrubs are an amazing way to exfoliate, hydrate, and calm your skin, but they can get pricey! Have no fear, Jess is here, and I'm gonna show you how you can make a variation of scrubs with what you already have in your kitchen! In under ten mintues, and less than ten bucks, if you have some of the ingredients already, you're set! Today we're making a peppermint lavender sugar scrub, oh la la. Read on!