motivated to be motivated!

today me and richelle jean got extremely bored on this very cold and rainy day, that we decided that we should have a photoshoot! as her being my lovely model :) i took advantage to mess around with her hair and makeup and this was the outcome! i love my sister. and i love doing hair, and im super excited for this next upcoming week because me and Christian, my super COOL BOYFRIEND, are going to do a photoshoot for our portfolios and im excited to just experiment.

positive energy!

just a few little clips of amazingness.
i love this weather.

life goes on.

i haven't forgotten what it was like to lose someone so close to you, someone like Judy who was only 12 and so much alive. filled with life and dreams and a passion for Christ. i haven't forgotten what it was like to remember how much she wanted go and be with Christ, yet so eager to live her life for Him to the fullest. i haven't forgotten what it was like to write letters to her and have sleepovers every week. and talk about boys, our dogs and what we would do when we get older, or even talk about death. i remember when we would make movies about Titanic or even when we threw lady and our turtle a wedding with all my stuffed animals as our audience. i remember walking in that long path the week before she died pretending we were on a secret mission as spies from another country, and almost got chased down by stray dogs. and i remember getting sick with her that same week with the flu knowing ill get better soon, and thinking she would too. i remember her so vividly lying there in the hallway at church with her dad sick out of her mind thinking everything will be fine. i remember that next day when my mom was crying hysterically on the phone. and i remember thinking and feeling completely lost, confused, and overwhelmed. i never really knew what it was like to really turn to God until then. i never really thought God could do this now. right now, when we were just going to celebrate christmas, go on with new years...go to school and grow up... i remember thinking that....and feeling everything. and i remember that whole time, feeling so so completely helpless...hit with the reality that life will and always will be so fragile. and i remember sitting in my room, realizing that Christ is the reason i am here and he will and can take my life any second just like he did with my bestfriend. God is the only thing i need. all the troubles in this world, the pain, the joy are just bits and pieces God allows us to go through to press on and run the race stronger and faster than ever before. the things that burden me everyday are just reminders of the grace that abounds all the more. that year i am so grateful for, for growing me and saving me, and teaching me that life is so minuscule.

"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26

hairshows, fashion shows.

it has definitely been a busy year. and i love it. there were so many projects i was privileged to work on and i never blog about it, and this is just a snippet of whats been going on in my work life. im grateful for God for giving me this outlet to be creative, and i enjoy every bit of it.

firstly, this is a few photos i pulled out from LA FASHION WEEK, which is HUGE for runway. and i was privileged to be in charge of the hair for Bryan Hearns Collection, teaming with the amazing and beautiful Judith Ann Garcia, and Sarah Cavaretta.

Bryan Hearns and his Ladies :)

last year we got second place for our hairshow,
and we should have won this year but its ok! i had so much fun anyway...

ashley my AMAZING friend and hairstylist <3
felisha our little girl, and steph the other half of our simese-twin.

yeah im the ring-leader!

a little clip of our show: