Plum Vibes Inspired Look - ( & two grateful hearts)
JULIA (on the left)
strappy ribbed bodysuit - Bershka | www.bershka.com
high waist denim shorts - Bershka | www.bershka.com
VANILLA (on the right)
plum "très bon" t-shirt - Alcott | http://www.alcott.eu
white shorts - Miss sister |
Let's go shopping (SUMMER SALES!)
Hello everyone! This morning we were in our bedroom lying on the bed, complaining about how hot it is during these summer days (35° can you believe it?!) and we were just trying to find a reason to get up and do something productive.. when suddenly we realized something: SUMMER SALES are here!
The Grass is Greener Where You Water it
How many times have you heard the cliche "The grass is greener on the other side"? And how many times have you looked at someone else's life, feeling envious? Every day we see so many people, online or in real life, that always seem to have more and better than us. It's a matter of fact that we always tend to compare ourselves to others and often feel like there is that we're missing.
We've already talked about this last week, reflecting on another common cliche "Comparison is the thief of joy".
The truth is we always want what we don't have and always look across the fence to the proverbial "other side". We waste our time whining about why everyone else's grass seems greener than ours, and we don't see that maybe the reason is that we haven't watered our patch well enough.
Open up your eyes - Perfection is a disease of a nation
"Comparison is the thief of joy". Who said that clearly couldn't see it coming. He could never imagine that one day people all around the world would spend hours of their time, phone in hand, scrolling through their Instagram feed: one amazing photo after another; perfect bodies; perfect faces; perfect houses; amazing memories of someone else's life. This is what Instagram and the other socials daily offer us. With an extra opportunity to feel incredibly, amazingly, ridiculously unhappy.
"Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts. Pretty hurts, we shine the light on whatever's worst. We try to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see. It's the soul that needs the surgery"
(Beyonce - Pretty Hurts)
Those who know us well know we aren't anti social medias. We use them and enjoy posting photos on our personal accounts. We also like scrolling through the feed and seeing all those inspiring photos in the profiles of people we really admire: muas, yogis, actresses and singers, gym lovers, even models. But inspirational photos are really inspiring only when they come with inspiring messages.
Express yourself, Don't repress yourself
Nowadays, we live in a society where social medias daily bombard us with pictures of perfect lives, perfect looks, perfect body shapes and faces (edited with photoshop most of the time), that can leave us feeling empty, jealous, and even depressed.
Recent studies have shown how Instagram, for instance, can be really damaging for our self-confidence, and that can make us feel sick of our own life. But if used properly, socials can really help us to achieve something beautiful. They allow us to find and connect with everyone, and most important thing, to express ourselves, our feelings and thoughts, our personality, in many different, creative ways.
Beauty - why it's so important to take care of your body
Hi guys! Today we wanted to post about the importance of taking care of our own body and appearance.
We've already said that we believe "Beauty is feeling good in our own skin" (talking about Fitness in a recent post). In fact there is nothing more attractive a woman or a man can wear than confidence!
But if you want to feel beautiful you have to start taking care of yourself in a more active way, and this has to do also with healthy lifestyle changes and a daily care of the body.
We can tell you, from personal experience, that a daily skin care routine, as well as a hair routine, can really makes the difference in your beauty and confidence.
Fitness is feeling good in our own skin
Hello everyone! In this post we want to explain what "Fitness" means to us, and why starting training regularly and making healthy lifestyle changes it's been such a huge change for us, definitely for the better.
We've always been skinny, we've always practiced sports since we were little kids, but growing up we kinda lost the motivation. We started going to the gym but without a good workout plan. The truth is we didn't expect to see results, at all. We didn't need a big change on our body, we were skinny and for this reason we never put much effort in it.
But growing up we started feeling a little uncomfortable about our body. It's not easy to live in a society that daily reminds you that your flaws are something you have to feel ashamed of, and that seems to know exactly what your body should look like.
But one day we decided we needed to do something. We needed to stop complaining about our body, because we didn't deserve to feel that way. We quitted smoking and started looking for a good workout program online.
And everything changed.