Fashion | Closet Clutter + Wardrobe Makeover

Hey Dolls!

Let's face it! Not only did I need a life makeover but my wardrobe and closet needs a major makeover as well. 

My poor wardrobe and closet has been neglected for the past 5 years.

For 5 years, I was overweight and wore a size 18 in jeans and XXL in shirts, so a lot of my clothes are way too big and I need to get rid of them, but at the same time it's hard to part with them. There a reminder of how far I've come and shows me where I started from. 

I hated shopping and trying on clothes. I was always uncomfortable going into a fitting room. For three years straight I didn't buy myself anything to wear and when I did buy myself something it was either a coverup or something black. 

For years I hid behind Black and Coverups.

{I cringle every time I look at this picture. Notice in

the picture I had on a coverup and a jacket at the same time}

No more hiding behind anything black, jackets or coverups.  

2017 was different I started embracing my new body and my weight loss. I started shopping (well twice I went shopping lol) and buying myself clothes. It felt good to try on something with confidence and actually leave the store with it. I started to feel good about my body but when I look at my closet and wardrobe I don't have the same feeling. 

Let's take a look into my closet. Brace yourself because it's horrible.

My closet consist of scarfs, Jackets and more Jackets, Black dresses, Black pants, Jeans and more Jeans I can not fit, a thousand of coverups, 1 fur vest, a couple of maternity dresses {I know, I know why do I still have maternity clothes in my closet} and 2 white button down shirts that are 2X. My wardrobe is very tiny and small. 

This is how I normally dress.

I'm either in a sweater, a t-shirt, jeans, workout pants or leggings. 

As you can see my closet and wardrobe needs a major revamping!

But that all will definitely change this year. As I am growing and blossoming into the woman I want to become so will my wardrobe and style. I want my style to reflect how I feel and my personality. I feel beautiful and amazing. I'm loud, fun, happy, and creative. I want my outer appearance to resemble my inner self. I now love myself and I want to love how I look. I dress like a tomboy and I'm far from a tomboy. I'm very girly and femine and I would love to see that reflect more in my closet and wardrobe.

After going through my closet I realize I need to get rid of all my size 16 and size 18 jeans/pants and all my XLarge and XXL shirts. They no longer serve no prusse to me and they must go! I need to get rid of all my coverups and jackets that I hid behind for years. I am no longer in hiding. 

I made a list and joited down things I love:

Off the shoulder shirts

Skirts

Dresses

Lace

Faux Fur

Peplum Tops
Denim
Floral

Heels

Purple

Leopard 

Red
Plaid
Booties/Ankle boots

Then I looked in my closet to see if I had any of these items. I had a bunch of dresses but they were all black. I have tons and tons of lace. I definitely plan to lay off purchasing anything with lace for a while. I have 1 off the shoulder top, 1 peach color faux fur and 1 peplum top in blue, which is actually a maternity top I wore when I was pregnant with my boys. I have 1 purple skirt and I own nothing red.

Things I plan to work on and slowly add to my wardrobe:

1. Adding color to my wardrobe- bright and fun colors

2. Jazzing up my leggings- not just wearing them with sweaters or tennis

3. Add more Denim- a skirt, a blue jean jacket, a blouse

4. Polka Dots- I notice I have a boat load of stripes but no polka dots

5. More Faux Fur

6. Colored pants- I've never own a pair of colored pants besides black

7. More Dresses- that are NOT black!

8. Mixing Prints- I've never mixed patterns or prints before 

9. More white, nudes, and creams- for years I avoided wearing white but last year I embraced wearing white for the first time...

...and it felt amazing!

Step 1: De-cluttering and removing almost everything from my closet.

This is only the beginning I still have to go through more clothes so wish me luck!

I would love to hear what are some things you would like to see more of in your wardrobe or style?

Natural Hair Journey | THE BIG CHOP

When I started to lose weight I thought since I'm shedding so much dead weight I might as well shed everything that was dead in my life.

I felt God was moving in my life and He was preparing me for my transformation.

I was becoming a new me.

A new woman and I wanted a fresh new start.

I prayed to God and thanked Him for all the positive changes He was making present in my life and I thanked Him for working on me and transforming me into a new and whole woman. I then said to myself that if I lost 20 pounds then I would do the BIG chop.

Well the 20 pounds melted off me quicker than I thought it would.  

As my confidence grew more and more. I was READY!

I felt in my heart that since my body was changing and my mindset was changing my hair needed a change too. I always wanted to try to go natural but in the past I worried about how would people preserve me or look at me. 

But in the past year I've learned more and more of what Keisha likes and more and more I'm becoming the woman I want to become.

June 6, 2017 is the day I did the BIG CHOP. It was a fresh new start. A new beginning for me on my journey.

I felt so liberated. I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders. I was 20 pounds lighter and I was natural. I grew a confidence I never knew I had. I began to smile and cry. I smiled like I never smiled before.

I felt naked. I had nothing to hid behind. I couldn't hide behind my wigs or weaves. What you saw was me. My eyes got brighter. My skin glowed. My smile got bigger.

 The Self Love I began to develop felt Amazing. 

Lifestyle | My 2017 Vision Board that changed my Life!

Last year my Mom held a vision board party in her home and it was life changing for me. When I was creating my vision board I thought about all the things I wanted to do and what I want to achieve and accomplish. I didn't want to leave anything out. I really wanted to plant my vision on this board and watch it come to pass little by little. I felt in my spirit this is my year and I WILL follow my dreams.

For years I was unhappy. I wasn't achieving any of my goals and I wasn't doing anything to achieve my dreams and goals. In fact after I got married I felt like I put my whole life on hold just to please a man. I stopped working, I stopped going to school, and I stopped doing things I enjoy like blogging and doing my makeup. I became miserable and invisible. I know I had to make a lot of changes. I knew I had to change my entire life. I was in an unhealthy and unhappy marriage, I had two small children, a part time job, no confidence or self love, and I was extremely overweight.

Here is the vision board I created:

1. Wake up early and Pray more

2. I wanted to make myself a priority. 

3. Work on my inner self and outer self

4. Lose weight and change my eating habits

5. Gain confidence and develop self love

6. Work on my fashion and style {because I definitely didn't have one}

7. Take my sons to Disneyland for the first time

8. Get my driver license and own my first car

9. Go back to school and become a teacher

10. Start my own business

11. Travel

I kept my vision board in my eyesight all last year and begin to work on things little by little.

I'm still working on my vision little by little.

I pray daily and spend more time with my Father, I make myself a priority now, and I definitely have worked on my inner self and outer self, I lost over 30 pounds and have made a drastic change in my eating. I've gained more than confidence and self love. I gained Happiness. I actually go shopping now and buy myself clothes. I got on a plane for the first time and traveled to DC. And last but not least I went back to school.

I haven't accomplished everything on my vision board but I definitely will!

Creating my vision board changed my Life!

A change I absolutely LOVE!