Life and a Little Coffee

I have always been in love with fashion and beauty and everything girly. This blog along with my youtube channel serve as a sharing point for all the girly things I love in addition to the occurrences of my life which I choose to deal with after a cup of good coffee!

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Blackhead Removal Mask | Review

*OPEN ME FOR DETAILS* Honestly the pain of taking this blackhead mask off was so worth it! Thank you so much for watching and please be sure to subscribe so ...

So I tried out one of those blackhead removal masks. Click the link to check out my video and see how it all went!

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BIG Torrid Try On Haul! | Plus Size

*OPEN ME FOR DETAILS* Meant to Say Rebel Wilson, no idea how Rumor Willis got into the mix, this is what working on a giant project does to you haha! Thank y...

New Torrid Haul Video is up on my Youtube channel! You can check it out via this link :)

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Society Plus Try On Haul! | Plus Size Fashion

*OPEN ME FOR DETAILS* Society Plus literally made me a princess with their tutu! Thank you to Jessica and everyone at Society Plus for giving me a chance to ...

I had such a great experience working with Society Plus and being able to review some of their amazing pieces. Be sure to click on the link to checkout my haul! Also if you want to checkout some of these pieces yourself or any other clothes which Society+ offers you can use my affiliate link here: society-plus.com/#_a_lifeandcoffee

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Sometimes you just gotta shop!

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Makeup Tutorial Collab W/ Tianna Avila!

*OPEN ME FOR DETAILS* I had so much fun making this makeup tutorial and experimenting with colors I usually do not touch! Tiana was a doll to work with and s...

I had so much fun experimenting and coming up with this Valentine’s Day Look! Click the link to view the tutorial!

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Valentine's Day OOTD Feat. HouseofAmparo | Plus Size

This is one of my favorite more formal date night outfits. I love that while it has that classy, fancy feel it is still very much on the sexy side. Also I am...

I had a blast putting this Valentine’s Day OOTD together especially since I had a wonderful Collab partner in Veronica from House of Amparo! Be sure to check out the video in the link and also go and give her video and channel some love! 

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Makeup Haul | Sephora 2017

Don't forget to subscribe to be entered into my giveaway ending tonight at 11:59pm PST. Products: Kat Von D: Lock it foundation, Tattoo Liner, Everlasting li...

Finally went shopping for some new makeup. Check out my haul in the link!

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Husband Does My Voiceover! | Everyday Makeup Tutorial

Don't forget to subscribe to be entered to my GIVEAWAY! Products used: Primer: Arbonne Concealer: Urban Decay Foundation: Sephora Blush/Bronzer/Highlight/Eye...

My husband did my everyday makeup tutorial voiceover!

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Thank You Giveaway! | Ends February 1st

Thank you all so much for subscribing to my channel and for all of your wonderful support and comments. You all mean so much to me! Giveaway Information and ...

I am doing a giveaway to say thank you to all my subscribers!

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Dreams to reality

"Hard work pays off, no one gets anywhere just on pure luck." These are words my father often told me and still tells me to this day. Sometimes I doubted whether my hard work would pay off, whether I would ever discover what I was meant to do, whether my dreams would ever become a reality. Well as I sit here watching my hard work build something beyond what I could have imagined and though it may be small maybe tiny for some this is one of the greatest adventures and dreams of my life I see unfolding. And the funny part it I never in a lifetime thought this dream was a dream that could become reality. So I'll I can say now is that hard work will pay off, that dream you doubt becoming real it can. "A dream is a dream, but isn't reality a dream which we bring to life?"--Me

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I want this... but pizza tastes soo good!

This week honestly I did horrible as far as watching what I ate and making overall healthier decisions. However, there is a positive to this week. I dressed up and did my makeup and hair regularly which I have not achieved in quite some time. I am feeling so much better about myself, gaining more confidence in that I am beautiful not just within but outwards as well. And with that I feel motivated to continue this path towards better health. Food ohhh food how good it tastes... well junk food in particular. I want to change so bad but with change comes an end to the longest relationship I have had. But then again it isn't an end but just a shift to a healthier relationship. I keep falling, I know this. However as long as I get up and continue I know I will succeed.

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WINTER OOTD | PLUS SIZE

Thank you so much for watching! Links: Funnel Neck Coat is available in grey: http://www.torrid.com/product/funnel-neck-coat/10690848.html Over the Knee Boot...

Need ideas for a winter outfit? Check out my plus size winter OOTD featuring products from Torrid and Lane Bryant.

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Ready to celebrate my cousins graduation

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Huge Torrid Try-on Haul! | Plus-size Fashion

I went shopping at Torrid and found so many goodies!

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One step at a time

This is hard. Beyond hard actually it is borderline impossible. I read a statistic that said women who are morbidly obese have only 1 in 124 chance of reaching a normal weight and the odds of maintaining that weight are only around 5%. Add to that the stresses of everyday life and the deliciousness of food this journey has been by far the hardest thing I have ever been on. Through a horribly challenging quarter at school and the glory of holiday food I have gained ten pounds of the thirty I had originally lost. It sucks. But then there is the positive. I am still down twenty. I was able to lose thirty. The reality is I can do this. It going to be hard and I know I am going to shed some tears and indulge in a donut along the way but I can do this. 

I filmed a video for my youtube channel to announce a series in which I will post updates on my progress once a week. I have always been the type of person that hated disappointing others (yes not always a good thing), so I am going to use this little quirk of mine to help keep me on my path.

So, let’s do this one step at a time. Todays challenger? Choose water instead of soda.

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Video announcing a new series on my youtube channel to help motivate me to continue on my health journey.

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Running to Success

September 7, 2016, 

Safe to say august was not a good month on this weight loss journey. We ended up moving three weeks ahead of schedule. With the stress of moving and additionally having to move into my parents house, a place I literally ran from five years ago, let us just say that I was not in a place to say no to cake and french fries. Anyways, the whole ordeal just turned into August being an overall cheat month. 

However, I have finally managed to real myself in a bit (still struggling here and there) and have stayed within my calories of 1600 or going over only 100 at the most. What sucks though is that once you go back to eating those billion calories a day again is having to restart on that two week constant hunger you feel reducing the intake to 1/4 of a percent you were used to.

So comes my other dilemma. My fiancé has not reigned himself in at all! He has been eating full on like before we started this health journey, and it is to the point I want to strangle him (not literally) if he eats one more french fry in front of me! Why must the bad taste so damn good? Why is it so easy to eat cake but so hard to lose the pounds that cake causes?!! 

AHHHHHHHH!!!!! I JUST WANT TO EAT!!!!

Sorry, a tad bit hangry at the moment. On the positive I am 1.8lbs away from being down 30lbs. 30 FREAKING POUNDS!! Now the last time I was able to lose this much weight was when I lived in London for a few months and ate nothing but chicken simply because I didn't enjoy any of their other food (London is by far my favorite city in the world, the city, the culture, the country are amazing! But the food game seriously needs to be stepped up!). On a side note I should have reached this goal about a month ago but I am not going to kick myself down, yeah I may have pushed myself a month of course, but I am on this. I got this!

Also another milestone I reached this week and frankly I did not think I would reach so soon was that I jogged, and not just jogged but sprinted!! I started two-days ago taking my dogs Belle and Harley for a morning walk to finally start doing 10,000 steps a day minimum (achieved two-days so far!) and as we were walking the last length of the walk I decided what the heck lets see if I can do this. And I did it! Be in mind that it was only for about 300 feet in total but I did it and I didn’t feel that huge pain in my lungs or legs that I felt back at 356lbs. 

I know running and jogging is something so many take for granted or see it as a simple task but for me I honestly haven’t ran or jogged in over five years out of the pain I would feel from carrying so much weight. And being that running was something I used to love and do almost everyday it is indescribable the joy I felt in just running or jogging those few feet. 

They say the accomplishments on the journey to health will not only be found in the pounds lost but in things much simpler. Let me tell you being able to run, finally run that shows me truly how far I have come, and though I may want that donut or taco I will say no because no food will ever taste as good as healthy feels.