Today’s Pink with Special Guest: Audrey Hepburn

Hi everyone,

I bought a new lip balm today, one that I’ve seen before on Tumblr. The lip balm is called the Labello Lip Butter in the flavour Raspberry Rose. I’ve always used Labello for my lips so I trust them as a company, it also comes in a cute tin pot and smells like raspberries: YUMMY…It sort of reminds me of the Dior Creme de Rose, although to be completely honest I have never actually tried this cult lip balm for myself. Which is sad, but definitely on my list of cult beauty buys. Clearly the packaging to this is not at all special and does not in my opinion make you feel like a princess, which I quite like in beauty products and fashion accessories alike. But alas, I am suffering from horribly dry lips and need some special care after my evening lip scrub-this will have to do for the meantime. The impulse buy, got me inspired to do a a flat layout of all my favourite pink beauty items.I couldn’t put all of them in this post but the first few that came to mind made it to the shoot. Enjoy.

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With Love,

Vuyi

Cosmetics in photographs: 1. Labello lip butter in Raspberry Rose 2. Lush Lip Scrub in bubblegum (My boy lollipop) flavour 3. M.A.C Longwear Lipcreme in shade AB2 4. NYX Mega shine Lip gloss in Nude Peach 5. Chanel Chance au Tendre fragrance, 50ml bottle 6. Bruno Banani Made for woman au de toilette, 20ml bottle. 7. Nivea face wash for dry to sensitive skin also shown. *All products are all my own

Why I love Kristina Bazan

Wow, Kristina Bazan is incredible.

I have always loved fashion blogging, since 2011 when I stumbled across The Blonde Salad and fell head over heels in love with Chiara Ferragni’s fashion world. And since then I have found many fashion blogs, many capital g ‘Great’ blogs. However, I have most recently become disinterested and maybe even uninspired by them. You see I was a bit obsessed and didn’t use my time constructively and didn’t channel this fascination into motivation. They all seemed distant and dream like and I  felt that I was never going to achieve the lifestyles/careers that these fashion blogging giants had created out of the internet.

But most recently, something has changed in me. Something I haven’t felt before has crept up in me. It’s a feeling I’m not used to and I’m not sure I can accurately and rightly describe it. It’s a dream of some sorts that’s creeping into my thoughts, filling my veins with a different colour. And I have ideas that I’ve never really had before, ideas that I’ve decided to turn into reality. It’s like a start of a new era in my life and I’m not willing to let go of this feeling, this spark.

Getting back to the title of this post. Just today, tonight actually I stumbled across Kayture on Youtube. The channel’s into is all about ‘The New Kayture’ this got me interested. I’ve known about Kristina Bazan’s blog-Kayture for around a year now, but I never paid that much attention. She looked stunning at NYFW but still, I never explored her blog. Like I never spent a good amount of time there. How have I missed this? It’s beautiful. Everything that I like to see in a blog: vision, beauty, class, ease. It’s perfect. It’s not too braggy, but you can tell that she is proud of her accomplishments; as she should be. And in her blog’s third year anniversary post I found just the inspiration I needed to keep moving forward with my dreams, and think outside the box. She had me realise that there are always going to be problems, mistakes, trouble and hardship. But if you are working for something that you truly believe in, that you are truly passionate about, that nothing can and should stop you. Kristina wanted her blog to be a space for positivity so she said that she leaves all the drama and bad feelings behind the camera. She wants her readers to come to her blog and feel inspired and happy. Isn’t that beautiful?! Kristina has troubles. She has down days! Things sometimes don’t work out the way she wants. But she still keeps moving, keeps working, keeps inspiring. She doesn’t give up. This just made me happy, and made me want to write this post. Maybe it’s not that interesting and maybe I’m rambling, but I want to achieve my dreams too, and I don’t want to give up because I’m afraid, or because it might not be the ‘safe’ bet. I want to fall a million times and get back up a million and one times. That will be the new me. May this blog be filled with, love, hope and confidence.

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Thank you Kristina!

all my love,

Vuyi

P.S. you can find Kristina at http://www.kayture.com/

 

The Ultimate List

The Ultimate List

I’m a serial list maker, so this list caught my eye naturally, also I’m all for making changes for the better in my life. For example, today I cooked my first meal for the family, I wish it photographed though. For those wondering, I made peanut butter chicken stir fry. It was actually quite fun and I can cook just fine with a recipe, which got me excited for for future cooking endeavours.

Back to the list though. all the basics fro a happy, balanced life I think.

Enjoy,

Vuyi