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Recreate the Empire Fashion Looks for Less with ShopAtHome and Neiman Marcus

Recreate the Empire Fashion Looks for Less with ShopAtHome and Neiman Marcus

This post was sponsored by ShopAtHome.com, but my love for the Empire Fashion Style of Cookie Lyon’s is all my own. If you’re not watching the hit show Empire on Fox than I’m sad to say you’re seriously missing out. The TV Drama Empire is full of scandals, plot twist, drama, and a whole lot of amazing fashion given to us by Taraji P. Henson who comprises the roll of Cookie Lyon’s, a no-nonsense mama with a whole lotta business sense. During the first season of Empire. I found myself constantly lusting over several of  Cookie Lyon’s fashion choices. To…

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Staying Fresh into Fall and Beyond.

Staying Fresh into Fall and Beyond.

I participated in this campaign as a part of a sponsored post for Socialstars and Tide. All opinions are my own. #TideThat Fall has to be my absolute favorite season. Yea it’s pretty and all with the leaves changing colors, but I love it for the fashion. During the hotter months I normally in jeans and t-shirt due ridiculous schedule as a Ph.D. student and the fact that I’m not allowed to wear anything cute inside the lab, because lets face it cute summer attire is hazardous when it comes to chemicals like Hydrochloric Acid and the like. So Fall is…

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Keeping Your Kicks Fresh with Tide Pods

Keeping Your Kicks Fresh with Tide Pods

I got my kicks super white fresh with this sponsored post with SocialStars and Tide. These shoes are my absolute favorite and as always all my opinions are my own. #TideThat Summer is super hard for me and let me tell you it has nothing to do with the constant struggle of me keeping my thighs from having intimate conversations with each other when it’s super hot outside. That’s a topic for another day. Summer is hard for me because I work in a research lab and while everyone else is outside enjoying the dog days of summer in their…

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How to Incorporate the Pineapple Trend into Your Wardrobe

How to Incorporate the Pineapple Trend into Your Wardrobe

This post was sponsored by ShopatHome.com, but the love of Pineapples is all my own.   Every summer I fall in love with the pineapple trend. This summer the Pineapple trend took the world by storm with chic and modern pineapple apparel being found everywhere. Of course I wanted it all, but there’s this thing that I’m doing called being “Broke on Purpose”, which doesn’t allow me to spend my money as freely as I’d like. Since we’re living on a budget I always scour the internet for the best deals and if I can stack coupons or double the…

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I’m not Afraid to Rock my Legs

I’m not Afraid to Rock my Legs

I’ve got big legs. Actually, I’ve had them all my life. I remember being in elementary school and sitting Indian style on the floor with my friends trying to figure out why my legs looked so much bigger than theirs. At that age, I was unaware at how proportionally different African American bodies could be to that of Caucasians. This caused me to be self-conscious as I wanted small legs like theirs. I was at a school that was predominately caucasian and there weren’t many students I could self-identify with so I wanted to fit in as much as possible.  As…

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