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9/30/2021 Camille Rose Naturals — now at Ulta! My hair has never smelled better, all thanks to Camille Rose Naturals 🌿💗 | #ad Now available in-stores & online at Ulta Beauty and Ulta.com 🌟 #CamilleRoseXUlta #MixedFreshToOrder HUGE thank you to Jaleesa & whole the social team at Camille Rose Naturals 😽💓 MY FAVS 🔌 CARAMEL COWASH: smells AMAZING, i literally want to eat it! 😹 pure caramel extracts blended with coconut & rosemary oil make it my ultimate conditioning treatment while also cleansing the hair 🥥🧡🍯 CURL MAKER: my everyday product for quick wash & go styling!! a curl defining jelly with aloe, castor seed oil, & vitamin E oil to create high sheen, enhanced texture, & flexible curls while keeping my hair in lock! 🔒💪🏾  6/1/2021 PRIDE 2021: LETTER FROM C
From the bottom of my queer heart, thank you for being an ally! Your support means so much to not only me, but to the entire LGBTQ+ community as well!
Here's to a month long celebration to commemorate and honor the Stonewall riots & those that fought for our rights before us. Be you. Be proud. xx C TORRES These past couple of months my hair has been on a journey! 😩 From platinum blonde & back to black 🤍➡️🖤 My hair needed some love to bring it back to life and I finally found some products that work for me by @evaprohair 🌱 #sponsored Back in October I completed a quiz on my hair care needs & goals and shortly after I received a hand-selected curated box for me to try out! 📦 My main concerns were dryness, frizziness, & hair loss, all likely due to lightening my hair throughout the Christmas season (which I started shooting for in September 😵) I’ve been using only their products on my hair for a few months now and have seen such a tremendous difference! 💪🏾 KEY PRODUCTS from my box: 🌱 E-Line Repair Mask — a SUPER moisturizing hair mask filled with hydrating oils and I know this is what really made my hair come back to life! I throw it on for about 10 minutes under low heat to really let in penetrate into the hair. Rinses out to reveal some soft ass hair. Love it. 🌱 HL Shampoo + HL Lotion — I use these in conjunction to help combat my fading hairline 🤣 I noticed some hair loss at the temples of my hair a while ago and since using both these products, my hairline has visibly grown in new baby hairs and appears overall thicker. Note to self: don’t bleach your hair 12 times in 4 months 🥲 No matter your hair or scalp needs, you can #TrustTheProfessionals   Meet SeSpring Skin. 100% vegan, cruelty free, fragrance free, & dye free. This brand has proven to me: clean products = clean skin! ✨ Thank you SeSpring for the products & sponsoring this post. 💙 If there’s something I don’t play about, it’s my skin! I’m pretty picky about what I put on my face, which is why I stay away from ingredients that aren’t necessary — especially in skincare! Finally, my super simple (yet effective) routine that shows instant overnight results. #HydrateandGetGlowing with these 3 simple steps: 1. Cleanse 2. Mist 3. Moisturize HERE’S THE DETAILS: 1. Cleanse — After trying so many cleansers over the years, I realized that my skin reacts the best when I alternate cleansers! I use a gel cleanser in the morning and an oil based cleanser at night to really help balance my oils & shine throughout the day. The Cleanse It Out Gel Cleanser ($14.99) is great for removing oil & dirt while lowering the presence of oils throughout the day. The Cleanse It Out Foaming Oil Cleanser ($19.99) is great for breaking down makeup without drying out the skin. Both cleansers leave the face feeling super smooth, radiant, and ready for a toner! 2. Mist (toner + essence) — After cleansing, my skin is usually ready to drink up anything I put on it, which is why I always reach for a hydrating toner! The 2-in-1 Moisture Lock Mist ($14.99) is a toner + essence hybrid that locks in moisture while calming the complexion! It also doubles as an excellent makeup refreshing mist! I usually spray this, wait a few seconds, pat it in with my fingers, then wait a minute before applying moisturizer. 3. Moisturize — Hydration is KEY to good skin health! Like my cleansers, I alternate frequently between a few moisturizers depending on how my skins feeling/looking! Let your skin talk to you, it’s usually pretty obvious what level of hydration your skin needs in that moment. My go-to’s from SeSpring are the So Rich Hydrating Gel ($24.99) and the So Rich Hydrating Cream ($24.99)! The gel is more lightweight and ideal for daytime, while the cream is the perfect night cream to load your skin up with hydration overnight! more KEY 🔑 products: 💧 Dreamy Glow Sleeping Mask ($19.99) — THIS is the oneeee! 🤩 an overnight maximum hydration mask that works while you sleep! wake up to the most radiant & glowing skin! 💧 So Polished Sugar Scrub ($14.99) — This exfoliant quickly buffs any dry spots, revealing soft & radiant skin! ✨ The sugar scrubs away dead skin, leaving it ready for the natural cleansing of lavender and tea tree extracts.  2/4/2019 CTXYZ ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!WE TURNED 1! 🥳
can you believe it’s been a year since we launched the site?! 👨🏾💻😭 we’ve grown the community over 10k followers since last february & have doubled traffic on the blog! 📈 i’m so excited to share this new content in 2019! 🙌🏾 so much in store for the future! this is only the beginning. 💫 #CTXYZ 🎈 INSTAGRAM.COM/CTORRES.XYZ 11/14/2018 HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS WITH JC PENNEY!Holiday season is here & I’m shopping early with the help of JC Penney! 🎁 I got the chance to head into my local JCP and pick out some gifts for my loved ones! These are some of my favorite picks, #AllAtJCP! Fragrances always make a wonderful gift! I picked out this scent by Versace my dad loves and gifted it alongside a light wash denim jacket by Arizona! 💙 JCP carries tons of baby lines, including one of my godson’s favorites — Carter’s (‘BLAST OFF’ sweats)! We paired the sweats with an out-of-this-world hoodie 💫 by Okie Dokie! 👶🏽 Watch sets are an easy gift that my friends always love. 🕑 JC Penney is dope because they have a bunch gift sets with tons of different combos and colorways, making it the perfect gift for anybody.
10/9/2018 AMBER ROSE SLUTWALK 2018 Saturday October 6th, 2018 -- the streets of Downtown LA were filled with hundreds of people for the 4th annual Amber Rose SlutWalk. The day was filled with moving speeches, live music performances, amazing sponsors and as expected, some watered-down advocacy. For this blog post, I've brought in a dear friend of mine that constantly educates me on the subject at hand. Check out the guest blog post & photo gallery below! PHOTOS BY: Dario Tejada [@d.vision_] & C Torres [@ctorres.xyz] GUEST BLOG POST WRITTEN BY: Mikaela [@missmikaela__] My experience at the Amber Rose Slutwalk 2018 was both gratifying and infuriating. I attended the march to advocate the rights of sex workers, more specifically non-cisgender sex works and sex workers of color. I did not go alone, for I sat in alongside with the Los Angeles chapter of Sex Workers Outreach Project. SWOP is a national grassroots social justice organization that dedicates its time to speaking up for sex worker communities regarding decriminalization, destigmatization, safety, education, and standing with other movements (i.e. BLM, LGBTQI+, trans liberation). It is run by current and past sex workers and I was fortunate enough to be alongside with them during the march. Our main objective was to cause a visual and audible disturbance to capture the attention of those attending. Instead of focusing on twerk competitions and selling lingerie, we wanted the people in the crowd, more specifically non-sex workers, to understand that human rights and social justice revolves around the advocating for decriminalizing sex work. It was upsetting in how many girls came up to me and my associates during the march asking us why sex worker rights matter; however, it did allow me to educate people on the importance of not shaming those who make money performing sexual services. I also challenged these women to drop the brand of “feminism” that Amber Rose and other people who participate in diluted, “free-the-nipple,’’ one-sided white feminism. True feminism is not about allowing Instagram to post female nipples. Real feminism is intersectional and highlights the histories of those groups who have been oppressed for so long. What SWOP-LA represents is giving reparations and opportunities to trans, Indigenous, Black, Xicanx, Southeast Asian, and other marginalized folks who have been victims of discrimination, criminalization, and Westernized nationalism. While I may not have been happy with the Slutwalk overall, I did feel that SWOP-LA and myself as an individual were able to educate people who were ignorant to these issues. 7/17/2018 1 Comment SAN DIEGO PRIDE! A weekend full of unity and love, located in the heart of SD. San Diego PRIDE Weekend at Balboa Park is one that I will never forget. A few weeks ago I attended LA Pride and left pretty much disappointed in the entire thing, so when it came time for SD Pride I wasn't sure what to expect! From the moment my lyft dropped me off (super easy drop off btw) I was blown away at how put together the event was. I entered the festival and right away was greeted with smiles and tons of colorful flags! There's something so beautiful about being in an environment where you feel safe and welcome! Sometimes it's tough for us that are part of the LGBT+ community to feel that.
Some of the other artist I got to photograph were Jojo & TLC! It was so hard trying to take pictures and not dance/sing at the same time! LOL. See some of my favorite shots below! Overall, SD Pride was an amazing experience and I definitely will be back next year! 5/20/2018 0 Comments We Rise LA 2018!We Rise LA is an inspiring 10-day festival of art, music, & community building in LA, centered around mental health for youth! The festival kicked-off Saturday at the We Rise LA Rally! From food trucks, performances, live art, open community talks, & speeches; the event was a special one that left me feeling empowered & aware. Mental health is a serious issue that 1 in 5 teens in LA deal with. We as a community need to be held accountable and start working together to reimagine what’s possible. Rapper Common shed light on the issues by saying we need “to make sure we stay open to mental wellness... & remember we’re gonna be alright.” The rally was definitely an awesome start to an amazing 10-day festival. Be sure to check out the full calendar of events, over at WERISE.LA and stay connected on social media: @werise_la ! Made possible by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Photos from the event below! Featuring Parkland High School Students (March for Our Lives), Ty Dolla Sign, GFBF, Will.i.Am, Raja Kumari & more! |
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