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Help Amber Fight Cancer #AmberStrong

My website is kind of like my online journal.  It’s where I share with you, my readers, what’s on my mind and what’s going on with my life and career.  But one thing that’s always as a struggle is...

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Healthy Snacking with Silk

My roommate has finally moved in and settled into our new apartment, and with her ever-cheerful Aussie accent and personality, she brought with her her love of snacking.  Well, more specifically, her...

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Building a Ballet Body

I’ve heard people say that ‘no one likes to work out’. That’s not true. I for one, like many others I know, love putting in work at the gym (less doing cardio, blech!).  On my quest to test out new...

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Crushing it at the Gym

My training schedule has been all over the place.  I’m still lifting and sprinting  (and now doing ballet) but I don’t have set times for anything because of my hectic work and audition schedule.  I...

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Weekend Decorating with the Parents

My parents came to visit this weekend!  In usual ‘my parent’ fashion, I got a call saying “We’re coming down tomorrow”.  I like LOVE my parents, so their random and rather unexpected visits are...

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Diet to Go

We’re in the throws of awards show season!  From the Emmy’s to the Grammy’s at the start of the year to the Imagen Awards and Oscar’s this weekend, this town has been in a frenzy.  I too have been in a...

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¡Feliz Dia de la Independencia!

Today’s Dominican Republic’s independence day (it’s also national strawberry day )! To all my compatriotas: celebrate safely, drink some Presidente and eat lots of good food. Dominicana de pura cepa!

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Stay Fabulous with Covergirl

Makeup aficionados rejoice! I had the pleasure of attending a special presentation by Covergirl this weekend to announce the launch of their newest product: 3 in 1 Outlast Stay Fabulous foundation; a...

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Throwback Thursday: 2009 . . . I was in a Music Video

You know what they say, there is a first time for everything folks.  A few years ago I was in a music video for (Lil’) Romeo’s group ‘College Boyzz’.  Yeah, Romeo, Master P’s son.  It was a fun day,...

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Treating a Strained Hamstring

I don’t know where it happened.  Could’ve been at the gym, stretching during ballet or at the track, but I’ve managed to strain my left hamstring.  I vote the track – sprinting is brutal! I consulted...

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Lozilu Mud Run

This Saturday I’ll be participating in my first mud run ever!  It should be . . . interesting . . . and fun.  I have never done an obstacle course, nor do I regularly run 3 miles (in mud or otherwise)....

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Tresemme Keratin Smooth

It’s always a challenge when I straighten out my hair.  My typical process takes 2 days for optimal results.  Day 1: wash and air dry in a braid or bun; Day 2: flat iron.  Whether or not my hair falls...

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Tuesday = Sprint Day

It’s Tuesday!  That means it’s sprinting day.  I have a love hate relationship with the track; it’s no secret that I hate cardio, but sprinting is A-okay (albeit physically draining)  in my book since...

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Track Workout

Since I recently touched on my sprint workout and sprinting biomechanics, I thought it’d be a good time to elaborate on exactly what it is I do when I hit the track and WHY. Sprinting helps in burning...

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Baseball

When you go to an L.A. Dodger’s baseball game on Jackie Robinson Day, it’s best to let the pictures do the talking. Thank you Don Julio Tequila!

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Mary Kay, Telenovela Style

Growing up I watched novelas (soap operas) religiously! For us, novela time was family time.  The drama, the death glares, the flawless makeup – NOTHING compares to the glamorous entertainment that is...

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Tresemme Keratin Smooth Giveaway!

A few weeks ago I shared my experience with a new line of hair products, Tresemme Keratin Smooth.  I’ve been using the Keratin Infusing Smoothing Serum and Heat Protection Shine Spray when I straighten...

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Talk, Thursday, Tonsils

Today is Thursday, I have tonsilitis, and 2 weeks ago I was invited as a VIP guest of ‘The Talk’ on CBS.  That makes this a recap post . . . or a Sesame Street Episode (brought you by the letter ‘T’)!!...

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Almond Crusted Chicken Breast with Roasted Green Beans

Cooking has always been a hobby of mine.  Being in the kitchen is kinda like my therapy, and the result is (almost) always delicious! I get in the kitchen and cook, cook, cook but forget that I have a...

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What’s Beautiful?

The most subjective question known to man: What’s Beautiful? In order to redefine what society has forced down our throats as the stereotypical idea of what it means to be feminine, Under Armour has...

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