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My name is alena, I’m a Jesus lovin', shoe obsessed, 20 something, small town girl from CT. Growing up, I've always had a love for beauty and fashion! My mom said I was 3 years old when I was adamant about choosing my own outfits, and when I was 5, I would yell at her if my ponytail wasn't perfect. She claims it was the start of ww3, but I say... just a future hairstylist/fashionista in-the-making. ;)
When I was about the age of 12, one of my friends introduced me to Blair Fowler on youtube. If you're a beauty guru OG, you’ll know she was the QUEEN back then. I watched a few of her videos and was absolutely hooked, and behold! my youtube channel, BeautyBeat19 was born. There I was, a pre-teen, teaching the world how to apply pink eyeshadow, filming hauls from all of my shopping trips and how to fold clothes! Haha! I think I wear less makeup now, than I did at 13!
Fast forward a couple years, fresh out of high school, I decided to go to cosmetology school. Remember those papers you would have to fill out on “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I always answered “hairdresser” and to this day my mom still has those papers!! I even drew blueprints of what my future salon would look like! I now work at a boutique salon 20 min from home and I absolutely love it.
On the days when I'm not working, I'm usually organizing something, trying my best to get a workout in or shopping. ;) I'm a sucker for a good deal. My go-to stores consist of Tj Maxx, Marshalls and Target! I love looking for high quality items for a bargain price!
My hope for this blog is for it to be a creative outlet for me to express my thoughts, share fashion tips, amazing finds, my fave recipes and so much more. Thanks for checking out this page. I look forward to sharing more with you. xx
welcome to my blog! this is my little outlet to express my fashion tastes, food reviews and all things beauty! if you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time! xx alena
