I am so happy and grateful that I got to spend this past weekend with some of my best friends and also meet so many amazing new women! I’ve said this before and I don’t think I’ll ever stop saying it but there is truly NOTHING like finding the people who become your tribe. I feel like my most authentic self when I’m with these women. I feel excited about life, confident in who I am and a challenge to become even better! This weekend was the perfect mix of things I love to do with my friends and we got a full experience of all the feels.

Friday

We laugh way too hard at things that aren’t even funny naturally, but on Friday we actually had a “Sips + Giggles Night” that Bree hosted, and one of our friends Anna coordinated! Annas boyfriend is a comedian and also has comic friends so they put together a hilarious show and I literally almost peed my pants.

Saturday

We attended a regional event together and learned some valuable information (we all love learning and growing so this was a perfect way to start the day.) We also all matched by wearing the color red, which might sound corny to you guys but you know what it’s honestly so much fun and we don’t need your judgement okay. Then we got to grab lunch and enjoyed a glass of rosé and the most amazing tacos together!! I don’t think it’s possible to NOT have a good time when there’s food, friends and pink drinks.

Saturday Evening

We got set up for our first ever Girl Gang Wine Club MOVIE NIGHT!! The movie, the set up, the rooftop was all ON POINT. It was such a vibe to see every mixing and mingling snacking and stirring up conversations with old friends, and new ones! We watched Think and Grow Rich the Legacy which deserves its own blog post entirely, but it was a great way to get everyone talking about big ideas and even some breakthroughs!

Sunday

This was the only day that didn’t necessarily go as planned but it was still perfect day and a perfect end to an incredible weekend. Bree, Nora, our friend Mindy and I did a lot of brainstorming and masterminding (may or may not have involved a girl gang wine club brand and some exciting things coming up…..) and I finished the day getting to spend some time with Bree’s son Kodah who I’m utterly obsessed with, for good reason because she makes the most perfect humans.

All in all it was a weekend to remember and such a great indication of the future of Iconic Wine Beauties and I’m just so so blessed and grateful to have such incredible amazing women in my life who are straight up joys to be around.

What are some of your favorite things to do with your friends? I would love to know 🙂

Til next time,
Xoxo Meraiah

We all see them every single day. On instagram captions, facebook rants and of course, subtweets. The inspirational quotes are sure to turn up in your feed at least 3 times a day so let’s have some fun and talk about what I think they mean!

“ The more you let go, the higher you rise.”

This one is pretty self-explanatory and 10000000% true in my opinion. I think we as human beings tend to hold on to so much, we don’t even realize it! Whether we’re hoarding actual THINGS, holding a grudge against someone, or just sticking with the same comfortable people in our lives because they’re comfortable, or its easier….we end up holding ourselves down. I think this quote is trying to inspire people to finally make a decision to declutter their minds and their lives and make room for the things that will help take them to the next level of their life.

“Sometimes the things we can’t change, end up changing us”

This is one of my favorites! So often we spend time trying to change someone or something that just WONT. This is the point it takes for us to sometimes take a step back and realize that all you can do, is all you can do. So when something isn’t changing or working out the way you want it to, you have to change yourself in some way. Maybe that means becoming a person who doesn’t accept what you’ve been offered. Maybe you change your perspective and try and be more positive about the situation and take every good moment you can! It’s all situational but I love this quote so much for the fact that it forces you to look at things differently, like “maybe this isn’t supposed to change for me, maybe I have to change in order to see it differently.” I don’t mean this as in you should ever change who you are for someone else, or anything like that, but  I mean maybe you have to change your attitude, or your mindset, or your process of doing things in order to get what you want.

“Some people are so poor, all they have is money”

Now im not one of those people who believes that money is the root of all evil, because I think there’s a lot more that creates evil than money, or greed. I think it’s when people start to see money as the most important thing, the thing that defines them, that it becomes dangerous. I honestly believe it is sad to see people who just want to increase the finances. There is SO much MORE to life than money, and while I aspire to be wealthy myself, there is so much more that I want besides money. I want health, I want true love, I want kids and the joy they will bring, I want time to spend with my family, I want to fall asleep knowing that I’m doing work that fulfills my purpose everyday, I want to help people. So for me, it is sad to see someone so destitute and ignorant in life that all they have to measure themselves by is their bank account.  I think this quote can also be inspiring in the “wake up call” kind of way that forces you to think about more than just your financial gameplay, but also your life plan and how you’re going to create happiness.

I have a plethora of quotes I could dissect all day, so im really considering making these posts on a regular basis! please email me with your feedback on this and until next time: grind, wine and glow xoxo

These “about me” things have been weird since Myspace so just pour a healthy serving of your favorite pinot bear with me on this. I’m a 23-year-old woman working my butt off every single day to get closer to life I’ve always dreamed of. I’m not married, and I have no kids so this should be like easy right? That’s all perspective, like maybe if I wasn’t an INFJ that would be true, but even though I’m not changing diapers all day and tending to my lovely husband I basically spend 90% of my brainpower trying to understand, and figure out who I actually am and what I actually want. (If you have no idea what I mean by INFJ please go to 16personalities.com and take this personality test. My personality type is INFJ)

I’m originally from Fresno, Ca and I grew up pretty normally (like not white picket fence normal but like real life normal.) We can always go through the childhood stories later on, but the basics are that I am the oldest of my mom’s four kids, I grew up a nerd and graduated high school still a nerd but a little more out of my shell. I went to a super small high school and made some lifelong friends but my desire to get out an explore was always there. I made it to SDSU, joined a sorority and live a healthy, full college experience my freshman year. It was a lifelong dream accomplished, until it came to an end. Long story super short I no longer qualified for financial aid and I couldn’t afford to pay for school AND a place to live on my own, so I opted for the latter and have been doing so ever since.

I moved to LA two years ago in search of a way to create the life I’ve always dreamed of. I thought I wanted to be a model and then a makeup artist then an esthetician then a singer/actress then an influencer then a blogger………and now I’m a blogger and just a little bit of everything else too. I do have a day job but it’s not even worth talking about, it already takes 40 hours of my week and that’s enough.

When one of my best friends Bryiana came to me about starting this blog, joining a wine club, and sharing my experiences, my favorites, my fails, my wins, and basically my life, in hopes of cultivating a community of women who can relate and maybe not feel so alone, I was terrified for half of a second. Then I realized that I there is no way that I am the only person, the only blogger heck the only blogger in LA who has gone through the things that I have since living here. So hello new friends, I am so excited to begin this new journey with you.

Occupation: I’m constantly quitting my day jobs, so I only identify as a Makeup Artist.

Current City: Los Angeles

Hobbies: Reading anything interesting online, listening to podcasts, watching Shark Tank and Flip or Flop with my boyfriend.

Strange hobby: Taking personality tests. I’m addicted.

Three Words That Describe Me: Ambitious. Caring. Deep.

Three Fun Facts:

1. I’ve only had one boyfriend.
2. I hate Ketchup.
3. I have never broken a bone.

What was your first “I made it” moment? Speaking on stage after becoming one of the top female leaders in my business at the time.
What do you in your free time? I love to make and watch YouTube videos!
What is your favorite thing about yourself? My favorite thing about myself is the fact that I’m an empath. I’m always trying to see things through another persons perspective.
What are you really good at? I’m really good at makeup!
What are some things you need to practice more? I need to practice doing pull ups  I also really need to practice saying No to things I really don’t want to do.
What are some things you’d rather avoid? I’d rather avoid confrontation.
What is something new you’d like to learn?  I would love to learn how to dance to bachata music!
Who/what inspires you?  I’m inspired by anyone who has ever doubted themselves , or been doubted by others…and pushed through that to create the life that they’ve always wanted. Women especially.
What makes you laugh/cry?  I laugh the hardest with my three best friends usually when we’re making fun of ourselves or each other. Literally everything makes me cry, I am too sensitive for life.
What keeps you going when you feel like giving up?Proving to myself that I can.
What is your Top Priority?  Living a life that I can be proud of. So right now my top priority to achieve that, is making more money so I can start investing into the things it will take to achieve that life.