The Trendy Gal

Lately, my most popular DM question is, what is your makeup routine or what products do you use. I always find these DM’s hilarious because the truth is, I am no beauty expert. To be honest, I have only seen makeup as a way to cover my flaws or to feel put together. Actually, over the years, I have been able to build up the confidence to love my face bare. However, I know it takes time to feel good in your own skin so, I thought I would write a blog post so my makeup routine could have a permanent spot on the blog!

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Summer has officially been in full swing for me for about a few months now and towards the middle of summer, I find myself repeating the same outfits over and over again. It honestly can feel like a drag wearing the same thing over and over so I raided my closet to figure out how to spice up your casual summer looks!

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Happy Friday y’all! We made it through another week! Today on The Trendy Gal, I thought it would be fun and helpful to share my favorite swimsuits of the season this summer! Everything will be shopable and I will go into detail about sizing!

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I am so excited about this blog post and I know many of y’all are too! I’d never heard of the brand Agolde until I started blogging. A lot of bloggers love them so I was interested in buying a pair myself and seeing if they are worth the hype and today I will be answering all your Agolde denim shorts questions!

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,It’s no secret that chambray is a summer staple. I love to wear chambray as much as I can, however, sometimes I know it can be hard to figure out how to style a denim top so, I’m going to show you 3 cute ways to style chambray!

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Petitions

• Justice For Big Floyd
• Justice For Ahmaud
• Stand With Bre

Donate

• NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Legal Org. Fighting for racial injustice
• The American Civil Liberies Union: provides legal assistance where civil liberties are at risk
• Know Your Rights Camp: provides resources for black/brown communities

Books To Read

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Micheal Bennett

Movies To Watch

• 13th (Netflix)
• American Son (Netflix)
• Dear White People (Netflix)
• The Hate You Give (Hulu)
• When They See Us (Netflix)
• Just Mercy (Amazon etc.)

Podcasts

• 1619
• About Race
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Seeing White
• Pod For A Cause

I’m going to be honest, when I first saw the puff sleeve trend, I was not for it at all. When my mom was my age, puff sleeves were in and I was not about it. However, after purchasing two puff sleeve tops I was hooked! There are so many ways to wear a puff sleeve and today I am going to show you a few ways!

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I don’t know about y’all, but I have been living in lounge sets lately. Before quarantine, even if I was staying home,I always wore jeans or jean shorts. I would always dress up even if I had nowhere to go. However, since quarantine, I’ve found that it’s okay to be cozy at home and still be cute, today I am going to share this cutie set with you and show you how you can stay cozy and look cute at home!

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