Cultivating confidence through fashion and style
By Erika, Fashion Expert Over the last year or so, I have become more obsessed than ever with using the best ingredients to care for my skin, body and hair. Anyone who has followed along on the YCS Instagram account has, undoubtedly, seen me using my Andrelle's Natural Skin Care, Kiehl's, and The Body Shop [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I am so very excited to share my interview with the owner of Shop Avier in today's blog post. YCS has always been excited about and committed to showcasing small businesses and Black-owned businesses. But today's interview is extra special. Not only is Avier a friend of mine, a BOSS, and [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert Many of our readers may not know that YCS originally started out as an event planning company (along with fashion styling) with a focus on curating fashion-focused events like fashion shows, themed brunches, etc. Though I got out of the event planning and production business, my love for events has never [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert Ever seen a woman wearing something you loved and wished you could buy it right then and there? Ever wanted to purchase something you see without having to sort through all the merchandise in a store or search through pages of items online? Ever wanted to get an idea how something [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert It's been about two months since I've posted on the blog. If you follow YCS on Instagram, you have a little bit of insight into everything that has been going on. If you don't, have no fear, I'm going to be doing a 3-part blog series about the last 3 months [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I can’t believe that our wedding is less than two weeks away! So crazy to think that it is almost here! The last few weeks before a wedding are a flurry of activity. There is a lot of time spent pulling together final details, adding special touches, and managing forgotten tasks [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I don't know about you guys but I'm over here waiting for spring to, well, spring! The tease that we had a few weeks ago whet my appetite for warmer days and now, with each new snow, I'm longing for sunny weather and higher temperatures. I'm also eagerly counting down to [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I know it's been a couple of weeks since my last recap post. When I tell you that a TON has been going on these last two weeks - phew!!! That would be an understatement. There are a LOT of really exciting things happening, much of which I will share on [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I'm a day late with this week's Recap post! My sincerest apologies for that. Truthfully, I took a trip to Wakanda (again!!) on Sunday night and by the time we got home the only thing I was going to do was crawl into bed! Last week was loads of fun and [...]
By Erika, Fashion Expert I feel like all I have said for the last several weeks is "it's been a week." Well, if you can believe it, it has probably never been more true than this week. I can't get into details, so I'm going to jump straight to what the one thing learned this [...]