‘Heavy on the Pretty’: Cyn Santana Lights Up the ’Gram with Her Looks

“Love & Hip Hop: New York” television personality Cyn Santana is living her best life and glowing in a new fashion post. The 28-year-old Washington Heights native took to Instagram on Saturday, Jan. 16, and uploaded a photo of herself in a brown loungewear two-piece.

“Lounge, but make it cuuuteeee,” Santana captioned the photo of her chilling on the couch and smiling.

The mother of one wasn’t the only person thinking she was cute. Fans in the comment section were fawning over Santana’s beautiful and fashionable flick.

“Love & Hip Hop: New York” reality star Cyn Santana is chilling in her loungewear on the couch. @cynsantana/Instagram

“🔥🔥🔥 U glowing. U look stunning beauty 😍.”

“SUPERBAD CHIC RIGHT THERE.”y

“The baddest in industry. 🔥😍😍😍🤗.”

“It’s the energy, the smile, and the pose for me😍😍😍😍 , loveeeeee‼️😘.”

“Princess Jasmine vibes😍.”

“Heavy on the pretty 😍😍.”

Cyn Santana kicks off the new year with positive vibes and energy. She advises fans to release old habits to reach their higher purpose. @CynSantana/Instagram

Speaking of positive energy, the “Redirected Energy” songstress kicked off the new year with good vibes. On Jan. 4, Santana posted a series of slides discussing the importance of time and energy.

“HOLDUP!!!! No more devoting your time to the small stuff!” she captioned the post. “We got things we need to accomplish. Now go download my EP ‘Redirected Energy’ and start working on your vision board ✨.”

On the first slide, Santana wrote in part: “Let go of things that disturb your peace and do not serve you.”

Cyn Santana kicks off the new year with positive vibes and energy. She advises fans to release old habits to reach their higher purpose. @cynsantana/Instagram

On the second slide, Santana noted that this year, there would be “no more arguing with people over nonsense. No more begging people to be in your life.”

Santana could be referring to last year’s madness when an audio leaked online of her and her son Lexington Budden’s father, podcaster Joe Budden of “The Joe Budden Podcast,” talking.

“Everything that we’re discussing, I swear it would go so much different if you and I could talk,” said Budden in the audio.

Santana hinted that Budden abused her, saying, “Oh, you mean in person so you can chase me again and drag me? I’m good.”

Budden denied abusing her, and Santana addressed the audiotape leaking.

“For my privacy to be completely violated for the privacy of my family, and to have my son in the middle of all of this, absolutely not,” she said in the Instagram video. “And to the bum-ass b–ch that leaked this, I’m not going to worry too much about you, baby, you don’t move nothing over here.”

Now it seems that Santana’s primary focus is raising her son and releasing music, all while looking “cute.”

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