Work, work, work, girl lemme see that twerk.

Lol, silly title. But I HAVE been working basically non-stop as of lately. I have had a few lazy days but except for that - I've been busy as ever. Fashion week was basically this week and last and I've been in demand as a model. I did get a invite to a designer's show but due to unfortunate circumstances couldn't attend.

This past Saturday I had a pretty amazing editorial shoot with a talented photographer from my area. DiAngela Payne. I got to wear some designs from designer, Emily Pollard -- who was recently featured on the latest season of Project Runaway.

I had a talented team to work with and that was really great. Normally for shoots -- I am usually doing my own hair and make-up which is tedious and time consuming (because I am a perfectionist). 

The make-up artist and I. lol We had matching scarves. Though the scarf belonged to the hair stylist! Bless her for that. lol

Overall the shoot was a hell of a lot of fun - and I can't wait to see the final photos from it. I'm sure I got more than a few usable shots. I am still learning and growing as a model!

I've been trying something new with my make-up routine. Because I'm started to get bored with the same old winged eye-liner and lipstick I do. I think I may just start wearing bold lashes, neutral eye-shadow with a big of a shimmer, and nude lips. I think with spring coming up that would work best with the trend of black and white I'm going to have so much fun with.

Some of the newest black and white items to grace my closet. I just need a pair of black and white beetle juice pants. Some black pumps. White jeans. A flowly black or white top. White dress. And few other items and I am ready! LOL I don't even really care for the other trends. The B&W one is my fave. 

Okay, short post. I'll post again possible tomorrow. Since it is Valentine's Day... adios.

A little fall never hurt anyone.

Well how do, blogger world. I haven't blogged in a months time so here goes a mini-post.

Anyways, it was nice fall day today - About 72 degrees which was a nice change from the previous colder weather. I decided, after working out, to take advantage of the rest of the remaining daylight - grabbed my little sis and set out on a trek to the nearby school playground. And here's the end result.

Back to blogging.

Well hello there blogger world. Some of you may remember be, and some of you may not. Regardless, I'm basically going to reintroduce myself. I used to go by Dei, some of you maybe allowed to call me that still but now I'd rather go by the name of which I was given - Chanel.

I'm currently 21, I live in Maryland and I am a freelance model --  basically enjoying my life while I can at the moment. The last time I ever wrote a blog post, was back in February of this year. I was going through so much and have been through so much in the past 9 months I've been away from the open blog world. I'll keep it short and simple. I was broke, depressed and going through a crappy relationship with a guy I know now cared nothing really about me. He cheated on me repeatedly and that played on a lot of my self-esteem. To this day, I can still openly admit it still does but, I can say I am free of his tyranny and I'm proud to be a single person slowly but surely finding out who I am in this world. Remember me now?

This was me a few months ago. Sad, confused and utterly in love. Typical problems for a girl, no?

And this is me now.. Still confused to the world. Still in love with the idiot. But, more me and more free!

 
The above is just one of many recent photos. I am more inclined to take photos of myself now. My self esteem is no longer... shattered. Still a bit cracked, but ultimately not shattered. I now have a total 4 tattoos and a septum piercing. My hair has gone from red, to blonde, to bangs, to wavy, to purple, to straight, to curly, to wavy, bangs and everything I can think of:

Just my looks from April til Now.

I love how versatile I can be now and I haven't stopped yet. I've bought so many clothes over the past months it doesn't even make any sense, and I could finally afford a new phone! I travelled a lot (mainly back and forth between D.C, home, NY, Baltimore and I went to Miami once.) Things, despite all the bad that has happened, has gotten a lot sweeter. And I bought this baby:

My name is Shio! Nice to meet you. I'm evil to my mommy. But I still wuv her.

 

 

I believe I definitely have a lot more to blog about now. Less to complain about, more fun to be had is now my motto. I'm a bit more open minded about things and my head is a lot clearer! And I'm glad to be back in the blogging world. I'm off now to go read blogs that I haven't read in months, discover new ones and just relax.