If you are a lover of fashion and pop culture then you'd know that earlier this week, on Monday, the annual Met Gala took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This year's gala was in celebration of the Costume Institue's latest exhibit, "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion", which set the theme for the galas celebrity attendees. 

As I watched the Met Gala live stream on Vogue's website in excitement, I couldn't help but be in complete awe at the beautiful art pieces that walked the carpet that night regardless of wether or not they fit the theme of the event. So in this blog post, I wanted to share some of my personal favorite looks from the biggest night in fashion.

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The first thing that came to mind when I saw Iman in this breathtaking Dolce & Gabbana x Harris Reed design was, she looked like a ray of sunshine. Both she and the ensemble were mesmerizing from head to toe! 

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Hailee Steinfeld wore this art piece designed by Iris Van Herpen in collaboration with artist Rogan Brown. This dress was constructed using hand and laser-cut layers of Parley Ocean Plastic, individually stitched to form its shape and took over 640 hours to make. Upcycled marine debris has never looked so good!

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One of my favorite beauty YouTuber's, Nikkie de Jager, also knows as NikkieTutorials, wore this beautiful floral and tulle dress designed by Edwin Oudshoorn Couture. Her look was inspired by the transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson. The bow on the bottom of her dress reads "Pay it no mind", which was Johnson's response to questions she received about her gender.

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Another adorable couple, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, from Game of Thrones. Kit wore a custom Saint Laurent suit while Rose wore a beautiful yellow tulle gown by Oscar de la Renta. Their looks were inspired by Old Hollywood glamour and a bit of a modern concept of art deco.

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Anok Yai looked dazzling in this figure-hugging celestial crystal Oscar de la Renta gown. Her look was inspired by 1920's entertainer and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker. 

Yet another beauty-related post, only this one includes a video tutorial on how to get this look from start to finish.

This style of video tutorial gives throwback YouTube-beauty guru vibes aka the style of videos that made me fall in love with the video-sharing platform back in 2012.

In this video, I sit in front of the camera and take you step-by-step as I create this sapphire-inspired look.

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The inspiration for this look came from the birthstone for the month of September, the sapphire gemstone. Which also happens to be my birthstone.

What's your birthstone? Let me know down in the comments section of this blog post.

In fact, I remember having a pair of sapphire stud earrings as a little girl, and creating this look reminded me of those beloved earrings. Now that I think of it, I wonder where they are now.

Rich chocolate brown tones always remind me of fall. It could be the turning of the leaves or the hot chocolate that's associated with this cozy season that inspired me to create this chocolate brown makeup look for you today.

A food-related blog post is very long overdue so today I'm writing about what I eat on a typical day.

For the most part, I try and eat healthily but I definitely have days when I indulge in my favorite foods like pizza and cupcakes. I'd say about 70% of what I eat is healthy and nutritious and about 30% is unhealthy junk food.

I try my best to prepare home-cooked meals to help keep me on track throughout the workweek. But weekends are usually the days my husband and I eat out and enjoy the foods we don't normally eat which is where that 30% comes in, haha.

On this particular day, I ate a lot of my favorite healthy and nutritional meals. The meals featured in this post I eat regularly and almost daily during the workweek because I am very much a creature of habit and it's no different when it comes to what I eat.

With that said let's get into what I eat in a day!

8:00 PM - For dinner, I took half of the ground turkey and black bean mixture from lunch and used it as stuffing for some oven-baked bell peppers. I topped the stuffed bell pepper with chopped tomatoes and lime juice for freshness and extra flavor.