Hello loves! It's been a few weeks since I've posted anything, and it's been an even longer amount of time since I've written/filmed anything remotely related to college/back to school time. But the new school year has recently started, so I figured now would be a perfect time to share with you all an affordable fashion haul. Everything you'll see in this video, I purchased from Target, Ross, and Rue 21 - all very affordable retailers. I hope you all enjoy and, as always, thanks so much for watching!  ...

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               This week has probably been one of the longest weeks of my life. It's my last week of work before moving back to Dekalb to finish my last year of school (senior year part 2). I'm planning on having out of town friends stay for a weekend, I've got last minute preparations for classes, and don't even get me started on the textbook buying process. I've also been procrastinating packing up everything I brought home for the summer, which isn't good at all. However, I decided that before I start packing,...

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               Hello loves! This week, I wanted to share with you guys a bit of news that many people will not give a second thought to, but something that I hold very close to my heart: Corbin Bleu is now married. RIP little 13 year old Shatece whose only dream was to grow up and marry her beloved Corbin Bleu. So long teenage Shatece who was unashamed to ask for a High School Musical themed birthday cake for her 16th birthday. Woe is me to the 17 year old Shatece who, when...

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               So it's no secret that I've definitely been MIA on my blog and my YouTube channel for quite some time and in this week's video, I'd like to explain why that's been the case. The transition from being at school and being motivated to write and film videos to being at home where I feel that I have to put a lot of my life and what I love on hold has really stressed me out and made me feel completely uninspired. Pepper in some anxiety, irrational thoughts, and a dash...

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               In this week's video, I want to share with you all my very first natural hair video! Since doing the big chop and shaving my head about three years ago, I've been addicted to natural hair videos on YouTube! Natural hair tutorials have saved my life. I would have no idea what products were good for my hair, how to figure out my hair porosity and hair texture, or what type of hair routines I should have without them. Although I'm currently wearing my hair in protective styles and probably will...

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               The past couple of weeks have been incredibly stressful with the end of the semester and finals, making preparations for the summer and for next semester, starting back at work over the summer, and, well, life in general. Needless to say, a girl just needed to #treatherself (but on a budget, though). I picked up a few things from Ulta, Target, and a couple other places to reward myself for getting through a long semester and to film my first ever haul video! I hope you enjoy and as always, thanks...

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               In this week's video, I decided that I'd share with you guys a personal manifesto of mine. I've come to understand in my personal growth journey that having a manifesto, or a statement of my beliefs, morals, goals and aspirations, is vital to my growth process.                I originally got the idea of writing a personal manifesto from an assignment I had in a Theatre class. Our assignment was to write a manifesto and share it with the class and I loved working on mine...

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               Last week, I filmed a video about a few things I've learned in my 22 years of life and this past week, I've really been dealing with one of the really big things in that video - comparison. Specifically, comparing myself to  people I look up to. Bear with me; this week's video was filmed a little spontaneously and is kind of all over the place. (I'll be sure to answer any comments, questions, or concerns.) I've realized that in comparing myself to other people, I start to get down on...

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               In this week's video, I wanted to share with you all some valuable lessons that I've learned in my 22 years of life. Just a quick disclaimer: I am in NO way an expert on life or adulthood (or anything really except the life story of High School Musical actor Corbin Bleu), but these are just some things that I've learned through experience and just might help you too. Be sure to comment on the video or head on over to any of my social media links with any comments, questions,...

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               A few years ago, I really started getting into any and all types of beauty videos. There was always something so fascinating about watching someone get ready for their work day or a special event. Getting ready in the morning, everything from applying my makeup to picking an outfit to driving to whatever the event is always made me excited to get there. So today, I wanted to share a “Get Ready With Me” video for you all!                The makeup I use in this...

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               I don't know about you guys, but I have been waiting for this semester for what feels like forever. I'm taking classes that I love, I'm meeting so many awesome people and I'm finally getting my butt off my couch and enjoying my college career. But I'm not going to lie, this semester has been crazy busy! While I enjoy my five classes (I'm not being sarcastic; I actually LOVE my classes), and I feel right at home with the organization I recently joined and heaven KNOWS how much I love...

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               Hello loves and Happy New Year! (This is a pretty late "Happy New Year", but you all get my point). In this week's video, I wanted to share with you all a personal list of mine that I created to remind myself of the things I need to keep track of this year. I wanted to hold myself accountable for certain things I want to make habits of mine of in 2016 (and for, you know, the rest of life). These are the changes that I think are worth making in...

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