Author: streetmadonna
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HOW I GOT MYSELF TO READ A BOOK A WEEK
Before I tell you the simple secret of how I got myself to read a book a week, let me tell you about my awesome new morning routine. On March 2, I started the “millionaire morning routine,” where I wake up “early” (around 7:15…that’s early for me), recall my dreams, meditate, jumpstart my energy by…
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HOW TO DYE SUEDE SHOES: RESTORING OLD PLATFORM VANS
Hi. It’s 10pm now and we just got ice cream from the new place that just opened up downstairs. I’m so full right now, but I’ll try my best to power through this blog post. ? So, a couple of weeks ago I found my 20-year-old platform Old Skool Vans in my mom’s attic. Yep,…
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DIY (PART 2): HOW TO PAINT LEATHER BOOTS
Hi! As you can see I’m still obsessed with transforming my Dr. Martens boots. If you read Part 1 on how to dye leather boots (here), then you already know that I felt that my last boots project came out too dark. I dyed cherry red Docs using an oxblood-colored dye and the resulting color…
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BIOTIN AND VITAMIN B5 FOR BEAUTIFUL HAIR AND SKIN
Hi, I hope you’ve been doing awesome. I wanted to write a quick beauty post to share a couple of my recent findings about my hair and skin, and what to do if biotin in your multivitamin or hair growth supplement is causing acne. Recently, when I was looking into silver-colored hair extensions (yeah, I…
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DIY (PART 1): HOW TO DYE LEATHER BOOTS
Hello! I’m sorry I have been away from the blog for the past month. Things were super busy in October, so thank you for coming back and checking in. As you can see, I have a different type of post today…a DIY! I scored some pre-owned cherry red 8-eye Doc Martens boots for $13, and…
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#TEAMPIXEL: CELEBRATION OF COLOR AND PRIDE
Hello, and happy last day of Pride Month (even though our awful president didn’t acknowledge June as LGBTQ Pride Month this year). I wanted to share the new Google Pixel commercial (“Our Colorful World”) that Lenny Mesina (@chumpchampion) edited, and that I had a chance to be a part of. It came out fantastic. I had…
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COLOR WALLS: FEELING THE BLUES
Hi, just a quick hello to share some of the shots that I took with my friend, @tazcatphoto at the color walls in downtown LA. We were having fun and testing the camera on the new Google Pixel phone. The shots came out pretty great. I know the “I may have forgotten my pants” look is…
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NOT GUILTY OF SKATER FASHION APPROPRIATION
Hello! So I wasn’t going to write a blog post about the last “skater-inspired” casual ootd that I posted on Instagram, but I started feeling like I had better write something about skate wear and the ongoing appropriation of skate culture in fashion. In case you weren’t aware, for the past couple of years the…