A JOURNEY TO SELF – LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE

Today you have a very personal post, my journey to self love and body acceptantce. As a child I always felt different due to my feet problems but never paid attention to my fatness. I was chuby but I did not have any problems with it.  When I was a teenager, I thought I could…

WHAT BODY POSITIVITY DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT…

Body positivity has been with us for over a decade showcasing big bodies with lumps and bumps and has tried to make them acceptable. However, it has failed to stop the wrong relationship some people have with their bodies. It promotes the idea of accepting yourself as you are, but it skips the fact that…

BODY POSITIVITY: PROS AND CONS

Recent researches by the Royal Society for Public Health in UK report that Instagram and Snapchat have contributed to undermine women´s self -steem. The huge display  of beautiful bodies laying in the sun or swimming in paradisiac waters is directly proportional to the photoshop effects used in transforming real bodies into perfect bodies. In the…

¿IDENTIFICAS TU SILUETA?

No importa la temporada, el presupuesto que tengas o las tendencias que se lleven para admitir que la base del estilo personal es el autoconocimiento y , como primer paso, el reconocer la forma de nuestro cuerpo y saber cuál es nuestro tipo. Debemos ser honestas para así poder utilizar las prendas que mejor nos…

REVIVIFYING YOUR CLASSIC DRESSES

Loose and flowy dresses as well as bodycons sometimes look boring, or perhaps they look too long and you need to wear them so you want a quick solution to use them instead of having them hung in your closet. Here you have a basic trick : add a belt and change the silhouette. This…

STAYING CHIC ON A DIME

To stay chic you needn´t to buy clothes every day, it is wiser to work with the pieces you have in your closet and invest your money in versatile quality basics. On the other hand, wearing the right shade of lipstick, having your clothes tailored and other things like these will make you appear effortless…

BLACK JEANS AND FLORAL KIMONO

A plus size floral kimono outfit for spring!  A little feminine, a bit boho but totally easy.  I love the  pattern and color of this kimono!And I love its length  too!  For sure you already know, a kimono is an easy way to turn jeans and a tee into a look!  If you are in…

How to be Attractive and Fat

The other day at school we held a conference on eating disorders and suddenly all eyes were on me.  I was asked by the lecturers how I felt about being overweighed – a euphemism for not calling me fat although I am fat. I told them I felt fine, I accept myself even though for…

ULTRA VIOLET

When I reviewed the Pantone Color trends for Spring – Summer 2018 I told you that the color of the year was Ultra Violet. I defined it  as a complex purple tone which offers a combination of magic charm and originality. A colorful definition for 2018.                    Now…

LATE WINTER

Spring is just around the corner and we are willing to premiere the spring trends, but the weather is cold and wet, so it sounds difficult to do it. Then I like to refresh my look with bright colors. So, this is what we have in this post. A short light hot pink coat with…