how to find your passion

From an early age, children and teenagers are asked questions about their future. Where do you want to attend college? What do you want to study? What kind of career do you want to pursue? What will your fallback option be? How are you going to be secure financially? It can be.. intimidating. Scary. Hard to…

5 beauty items i can’t live without

To be honest, everything and anything that I know about makeup/beauty products is something I have learned from trial and error (ok, more likely something that my little sister, who does makeup flawlessly, taught me). But, as a Sephora VIB Rouge insider, it is safe to say I’ve done a pretty good amount of product sampling. In general, I…

when u say others have it worse

I will (and have) admit that I am not an easy person to love. I know that I am sometimes (ok, often) dramatic. I occasionally let the little things bother me. I get anxious easily and I let seemingly “small” issues take up too much space in my mind. I make rash decisions and often times drink…

an obituary for 2016

2016 was one of the most  challenging years of my life. It forced me grow as a person and literally pushed me out of my comfort zone multiple times. I lost a lot of people who I loved. I became distant with a lot of friends who I thought of as family. I lost myself…