In the Fashion Savanna With Kristianna

I love it when my mom cooks :)

2012-02-26T17:03:00.003-05:00

Still enjoying my natural hurrr.

2012-02-26T17:03:00.001-05:00

MY BIG CHOP!

2012-02-19T15:55:00.001-05:00

A kick back kinda day.

2012-02-11T14:28:00.000-05:00

New hurrrrrr

2012-02-10T23:23:00.001-05:00

It was a good day!

2012-01-30T19:39:00.001-05:00

Today I was inspired,

2012-01-13T12:12:00.002-05:00

by americas next top model season 5, when Tyra broke out the Vaseline an black eyeliner..
Mine were a fail, but i liked them anyways.lol

Black is ALWAYS good ;)

2012-01-08T11:19:00.001-05:00

A Forever 21 Outfit

assorted Bracelets from Claires, forever 21, and of course Handed down :)

I was having another cute makeup day!

2012-01-06T17:49:00.001-05:00

Its my birthday!

2012-01-04T22:57:00.002-05:00

This day started horribly, at first I was gunna just stay in my bed a wait for it to be over, but then pple wudnt just leave me alone!lol
I ended up going to chilis after school, I'm really happy I got some fresh air..

I love going home, my home says me.

2012-01-02T13:10:00.001-05:00

I came down to celebrate new years literally at the last minute (were talking 10:30pm) with my friends an family since everything else fell straight through. So unfortunately I didn't get dressed up but I find myself feeling totally centered at the moment an that's a fair enough trade.

Golden.

2011-12-24T21:41:00.000-05:00

Blazer- Forever21

Necklace-Claires

Top- Joyce Leslie

Jeans-Wetseal

Boots- Easy Pickins

Bracelets- Forever 21 & Claires

Flower Pin- Handed down :)

Spunky!

2011-12-11T18:55:00.000-05:00

Hat- H&M
Jeans- Wetseal
Earrings- Claires
Top- Rainbow
Boots- Rainbow
Bracelet- Handed down:)
Necklace- Forever21
Lipstick- Revlon "Wild Orchid"

A good day for makeup!

2011-12-05T20:03:00.000-05:00

We were supposed to be taking a group picture today but not every came to school, long story short, i took my own picture! haha! take that :P

A good skin kinda day..

2011-12-05T00:30:00.001-05:00

Ever wake up some days an be like, DANG MY SKIN LOOKS GOOD!! :)

I could work for Rihanna..

2011-10-23T23:17:00.000-04:00

concidering the fact that Ive officially cut every hair style this girl has like EVER had.lol
This hair cutting curriculum cud be the hardest thus far... not much left to go really.
Tomorrow we start hair coloring, which is supposed to be even harder...

Maybe i should pray or something.

Week 4/ Pin Curls and Fingerwaves!

2011-09-16T20:12:00.000-04:00

Goin HARD In Beauty School

2011-09-10T22:10:00.000-04:00

Practicing our Twists

Learning Figure 6 & 8 Rolls

French Rolls

We had to Show everything we learned for a practical grade

Competition Time!

Jennifer Hudson: 'I Like Me the Way I Am'

2011-08-19T00:21:00.000-04:00

After the crazy year this girls had, she looks damn GOOD.

I think its time to cool it on the weight loss though..

Its 1am.

2011-08-16T01:46:00.000-04:00

Most would say i should definitely be SLEEP right now considering I have my beauty school orientation later today!!
I'm really excited and SUPER nervous.
I honestly hate coming into awkward dont know anybody type situations, but I guess it kinds something you just gotta get over right? UGH -__-
I think Ill reinvent myself as kristianna, which no one calls me here.
I love my name, but when i first started my job, one of the managers at the time decided my name was too long for her to say so she started calling me kris -__________-
Only my close family calls me that,
not anymore though,
its been over a year since i started and some people actually think my name is actually Kris, which wouldnt be bad if my name wasnt actually kristianna!
Then theres the kristopher thing...
Theres a small percentage of people at work that refer to me as kristopher, which i actually find amusing... but even then...
It would just be nice to have a group of people call me by my name,
although it now sound too long for me to even say in introduction.
How does that happen?
Introducing myself as Kris to avoid the confusion of "whos kristianna?"
Now my name just feels exhausting..
terrible.lol

ANYWAYS, I'm definitely gunna do a video on my first impressions..lol

It was a picture taking day!!

2011-08-06T23:20:00.000-04:00

Dress Game ON!

2011-08-03T19:59:00.001-04:00

Sooooo...

2011-08-02T18:59:00.000-04:00

I definitely made a tutorial on this look then i decided not to put it up =P

Flashback Fridays: Box Braids | Essence.com

2011-07-21T19:24:00.000-04:00

Flashback Fridays: Box Braids | Essence.com

Janet knew she was bad, I really loved this article :)

"Miss Keri" looks a Miss HOTMESS!

2011-07-16T16:42:00.001-04:00

That her u trynna work is not for you BooBoo!

SERIOUSLY.. where are my magazines!?

2011-07-13T02:27:00.000-04:00

Im currently in a fashion mag drought...
Ughhhhh... did i forget to pay the bill?

I had a really fun 4th of July!!

2011-07-06T20:42:00.000-04:00

I went to the beach with my cousins :D

Taylor Gang Or DIE!

2011-07-02T22:19:00.000-04:00

K.I.D.S

2011-06-28T12:42:00.000-04:00

I'm absolutely in LOVE with Mac Miller right now!!

His mixtape K.I.D.S (Kickin.Incredibly.Dope.Shit) has got to be the second best mixtape Ive every heard, right behind Wiz Khalifa's Kush an OJ mixtape.
Hes got a really fresh style, at the same time hes got a very old school feel abt him. For a white kid from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania hes doing the damn thang!!Cant wait to see what he comes up with in the future..

Like a bad habit.

2011-06-22T23:42:00.001-04:00

I'm starting to realize that everyone has that one person, (c'mon ladies, you know the one) that no matter how hard you try, no matter how loud your best friends nag, the distance, the amount of time, or determination, no matter how hard you verbally kick them in the face..

you will always forgive an temporarily forget.

Why do we do this to ourselves?
Of course everyone is different, i know that. But sometimes it seems as if we never EVER learn.

I guess the small dose of happiness we receive for the momentary lapse of judgement is what makes life worth living.

Brothas are a trip these days,
but hey,

they must be doing something right.

We fall for it everytime.

2011-06-10T20:59:00.002-04:00

Deola Sagoe

2011-06-09T02:01:00.001-04:00

I bumped into this designer while poking around on Essence.com
I absolutely SOLD on her fashions, especially her color blocked dress!!
And as soon as I can pronounce her name (which I'm positive is African) I will worship her :D

Gotta love her!

"Why do you keep changing your hair!?"

2011-06-07T02:54:00.001-04:00

The answer to that question is a cause for a lil honesty..
and honestly,
its because I'm simply not used to my hair yet,
I thought I was.
Don't get the game twisted though, I'm not refering to my shaved side look. I actually loved that I had enough courage to do that. I just miss my length. Soooooo BAD!
So yes, I'm going through an extreme experimental phase.
I'm trying new things ok! lol

All harms been done already, and yes, its been foul.

Jennifer Hudson Inspired Makeup!

2011-06-02T23:48:00.002-04:00

My Recreation :D

I'd say I did well..

Looking Upward..

2011-05-16T02:02:00.001-04:00

I'm embracing my new hair!

KEEP LIVING.

2011-02-27T16:22:00.000-05:00

So I finally got my first tattoo done, and it was actually quite breezy...
Ive been wanting to get a tattoo for the longest time but I kept waiting for those around me to either decide what they wanted, come up with the time or money.
Then I got tired of waiting, and went by myself.
The guy was like "how do you come in for your first tattoo with no support??"
For me it was much more about independence, to not always be relying on other people for every lil thing that I do. Every move I make.
So I choose the words 'Keep Living' as just a little reminder to do just that.
Whenever somethings getting me down, goes wrong, or I wake up in the morning and remember that I still live in this terrible place, I nearly shut down production on my entire life to dwell on the things i cannot change.
I know this is no way to live, and I have to continue to do me because life is short.
I got it done abt 2days ago, and ironically I just found out today, that one of the sexiest guys to ever grace the halls of my high school just passed away last night. I wasnt actually friends with him, kinda thought he was too beautiful to be my friend, but I used to watch him back when I was in school.
To make a long story short, hes gone now :(
I gotta make some changes; time is too precious.
My new tat services as a kind of motivation to keep it moving.

R.I.P Shawn.S

Coppering Vs. Expensive Pink

2011-02-14T21:24:00.002-05:00

So Ive been bouncing back in forth between the two MAC eye shadows since purchasing Coppering just recently.
LOVE THEMMMMMMMM.

But they are oddly similar...

This is Coppering.
And this picture truly does NOTHING, for how nice this color is. Perfect for the girl with red undertones, with just a lil golden touch. Its a lil hard to blend into other colors for some odd reason, but it certainly can be done.

This is Expensive Pink.
Pretty right?
It seems just a shade off from coppering, but it glides on just as easy.
Best blended with almost any shade of brown, this shadow kicks ass every time!

*Swatches up soon*

So whos the winner??
Expensive Pink of course!!!

Come on Sarah Jessica!!

2011-02-13T19:47:00.001-05:00

So I wasn't gunna go there, but it must be said..
Whos idea was it to put my girl Sarah Jessica Parker on the over of ELLE magazine (January 2011) lookin like somebodies great grandmother??? She simply looks worn out, in a "My life is over, been there done that, bought the t-shirt" kind of way. Totally unattractive in poor lighting, hair completely disheveled, and lack of makeup; I understand the "been through it all and Im still alive" concept, but this wasnt it.
Furthermore, who okay-ed the crotch shot!?!
Shes siting in this chair with these pleated shorts (which are cute, had she been standing) that draw attention straight to her cooka (Jersey Shore reference), a hot mess..
The whole thing just upsets me because Ive personally always thought of SJP as a youthful woman of style, and to see her like this only reminded me the 'ol girl is gettin up there in age and before you know it she'll be irrelevant.
Luckily ELLE did makeup for their total miss with a couple nice shots for her article tittled: ALL OF ME

I think its safe to say, shes still got it...

for now.

"Youve Been Blog Slacking!"

2010-11-21T01:28:00.001-05:00

This is true.

I can not tell a lie,
Ive been totally off my game lately.

School.
Work.
Life.

Its almost like theyve decided to all come together and beat the shit out of me.
That sounds a lil much right?

The PERFECT description.

On a lighter note, i now have something like a best friend now..
Cool ass dude name Garry. He also works like a crazy person along side me 5days a week 10-13 hours a night. Honestly im still trying to figure out how we got so close so fast, its funny how that happens; but im glad it did, Otherwise life would just be that much more horrible out here. Hes also my lil tour guide, showing me around and whats, what around here. Its because of him that im getting more and more independent an leaving the nest around here.
I got my monroe back too!
I also droped my math course because I work too much to study,
shhhh...i havent told anyone yet, dont exactly plan to tho.
Well hopefully it wont be too long until my next post,
later days :D

Can u say PAIDDDDDDD???

2010-10-10T21:24:00.000-04:00

Its nice to finally have money, but how much ive had to work for it seems hardly worth it..

Its hard out here for a pimp.

2010-09-30T11:44:00.000-04:00

Seriously, my feet feel like their abt to explode off my fucking body.

Last night was my first day of work,
which was actually alot of fun at first.

It basically felt like i was window shopping in the same store all day long or something, organizing clothes an helping costumers...

The mall closed at 10pm.

Tell me why i didnt come home til 1:30am.
AND MY MANAGER HAD TO TAKE ME.

not a good look AT ALL.

but i had no0o idea that it wud be like that.
I just got back from school where i cudnt focus on anything else but going to sleep, and i have to roll out at four today cuz i was 10mins late yesterday.. and do it all over again.

I didnt eat dinner, an had no time for breakfast.

And i dont kno if im going to beable to balance this..

Hip,hip, horray!!

2010-09-25T20:10:00.001-04:00

So I finally got a job!!!

I wont say where, but i bet you could guess..

it seems to be every youtube gurus favorite place to shop!! (nonmakeup)

Im like MEGA excited because Ive been looking for a job for so long, on top of recieving a lot of pressure from my family to start working, and tomorrow I'll officially be a woman on the move.lol

ok, that was a lil lame.. but watever, Im allowed! :D

So I get bored once ina while..

2010-09-22T19:02:00.000-04:00

An today, I decided to randomly make this shirt..lol
Its a lil bit of a slop job, Ill admit, but its been a while since Ive really made anything, so I gotta get my skills back up again. This was my first time making anything like this also, but Id say it came out alright.. any thoughts??

A lil piece of home.

2010-09-19T21:19:00.000-04:00

So one of my closest girls came all the way out to the HOOD,
Just to see me :D

I think sometimes you really dont know who your real friends are, or how much you value them until theyre gone. Like when it was time for her to go, I was really sad, like i really, REALLY didnt want her to leave me here. But this is where I live right?

So we were catching up on a lot of different things,
high school things..

Its like I dont mind hearing about the things going on back home,
but is it really healthy to dwell on the things going on so far away?
I wont lie, I often indulge in the high school drama, mostly because im here alone and a lil entertainment never hurt anyone right?lol

Horribleeeeeeeee.

ughh.

2010-09-18T22:39:00.000-04:00

So i sat down today and did an entire video for YT,
then my computer completely freaked on me,
now i have nothing -_-
I hate it when that happens..

Fohawk, vampire style.

2010-09-17T21:15:00.000-04:00

So heres my fohawk,

I'd say its a winner, wouldnt you?

Heres my matching makeup look :)

I was inspired my one of my favorite shows,

The Vampire Diaries!!

I was thinkin, of an old gothic style, thus random pearls?lol

DISSAPOINTMENT.

2010-09-05T19:27:00.000-04:00

So after all the hype about finally getting my 88 palette from BH cosmetics,

I couldnt be more let down -__-

Nice Packaging..

Pretty colors...

If only you could actually see them!

But i wont let this stop me, with the right base, I'll make it do what it do..

Yall Gone make me lose my mind..

2010-08-30T23:06:00.000-04:00

Such a stressful day...

and to top it off I missed my 88 palette in the mail today!!

Feeling Brand New Today..

2010-08-29T16:38:00.003-04:00

So late last night i FINALLY got my touch up done, after a 5month stretch. I think thats the longest Ive ever stretched a relaxer... better believe Ive paid the price of waiting =/
Between extreme shedding, breakage, and the overall texture of my hair changing (from wet hair summer styling) I think i'm in need of a hair cut, although I rather not. Ive been growing my layers and bangs out since January, I was eventually gunna go old school Brandy (long and sleek) but I might be starting all over.. Maybe thats just what I get for being less than nice to my hair all summer..

ANYWAYS

I thought u guys might like some Before and After Dr. Miracle type pics..

YIKES!

Just SHAMEFUL..

LOOKING GOOD ;)

Little Dakota's not so little anymore.

2010-08-28T16:02:00.001-04:00

To say the least, this girl is AMAZING. This is the August 2010 issue of Marie Claire and i was VERY satisfied. These days Dakota Fanning's just trying to break out of her "little girl mold" shes been forced to grow up in all these years. She was recently ina movie called The Runaways with Kristen Stewart, SO GOOD. I will say that is not for everyone since it displays Dakotas very first on screen kiss... with Kristen Stewart. How Awkward is that?? Especially since their also in twilight together.. talk about weirdness.lol

Overall I felt Marie Claire did a good job with her, placing her in really stand out outfits in a tasteful manor, because all though Dakota's growing up, shes not yet legal. We wouldn't want another Miley Cyrus situation now would we?

Summer, Summer, Summer Time!

2010-08-28T01:48:00.000-04:00

Welcome Love Muffins,

This is my very first blog entry (obviously right?) and I'm not gunna hide it,
I'm VERY excited.
I have so many ideas for this site, and so much to share with you guys, no matter if its makeup, fashion, or just pure entertainment. I'm totally ready to dig in.
From looking around, I know it'll be a while before I have a good number of followers, but I decided thats not gunna stop me.
Like I stated in my about me,
the idea for this came by simply looking at my surroundings. Ive recently moved to a new town, and although moving is no stranger to me, moving to a fashion free zone is. This place sometimes feels like where fashion comes to die. (harsh?) and I'm over it. This is the "Fashion Savanna" and I'm going to use this site to ultimately keep my creative juices flowing...

no matter what.