Love Your Body

Love your body. From this very moment onwards promise yourself that you will love your body despite what life (and other people) might throw at you.

In this day and age, we often tend to overlook our own well-being as we are simply too busy dealing with 'life'. And when we do manage to find some time for ourselves, it's only to criticise our imperfections. Tell me, when you looked  in the mirror today did you compliment yourself? Or did you just notice all those little flaws of yours? 

Have we ever thought how much we punish our bodies? Eating and exercising too much or too little do take their toll, you know. And what about those special drinks and ciggies? The list could go on... My point is we all have our guilty pleasures. And that's fine, but our health should not be paying the price.

I know, it's very easy to say it - it's much harder to practice what you preach, especially with all those negative influences like the media, peer and social pressures and temptations. We can point fingers left, right and centre. Yet, it's also easy to be angry and disappointed with ourselves (but not do anything about improving our situation).

Do not despair! There is always a starting point. And guess what? That starting point is YOU! Here are a few pieces of advice so that you can start loving your body ASAP:

1. Next time you look in the mirror tell yourself you look great. Besides, most imperfections can be fixed with a little bit of extra attention.

2. No extremes! Everything (well almost everything) is good in moderation.

3. Don't expect immediate improvements. You know the saying: good things come to those who wait (and stick with it!).

Well give it a try and let me know how it goes. Just think of it a lifestyle change and a gift for yourself. Because, trust me, you'll feel great. And y'all know beauty comes from within.

Inspirationally yours,

Miranda x

Big Hair

So, yesterday I was sitting around playing with my hair and this is what came out of it:

It is sort of a cross between the exaggerated height and texture (à la Brigitte Bardot) seen at the Mulberry s/s 2012 show and the looped under pony tail (or so I would like to think). Curls, volume and up dos are currently dominating the catwalks. Luckily I am blessed with curly locks, which make embracing these hair trends fairly easy. 

Whether you've got curly tresses or poker straight hair you can achieve this look easily. Well, first you might want to curl your hair - tongs and perms are back in vogue this season. After that, follow these simple steps:

1. Tie hair up in a high pony tail and separate a lock of hair.

2. Wrap the lock twice or more around the loose hair of the pony tail.

3. Hook your finger under the top of a bobby pin and slide it in catching the loose strand first and the centre of the bottom end of the pony tail after that.

4. Make sure the pin is secured tightly and not visible (somewhat lost in your hair). And you should end up with something like this:

OK, so it may not be your every day look, but it is a funky way to spice up that pony tail and have a bit of fun! At least that's what I think. The question is what do you?

Post your comments and questions below and let me know how it goes.

:)

The return of the lost child

No, I have not abandoned this blog yet! And yes, I should be scolded for going off the radar for so long. But Benjamin Franklin once said: "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing". Now, since I haven't been doing anything much lately, apart from dealing with giant university workloads and trying to find out whether I am depressed or not (in medical terms I'm not quite there yet), I haven't been able to find the inspiration to write.

In fact, over this period I sort of realised that I don't really like to write, well unless I'm super-duper motivated to do so. It's always been a 'chore'. I have also realised that I don't quite like the career path I'm taking and the university I am studying at. Maybe I should suck it up and get on with it, maybe I should rebrand my blog, maybe I should just quit. Here, ladies and gentlemen, you meet the ugly face of my indecisiveness.

Coming back to this blog, I actually wanted to have different sections - fashion, current affairs, education, lifestyle, etc. - so that I can write about whatever came across my mind as particularly interesting. However, I haven't been able to figure out a way to divide my blog into several sections or pages... So whilst I do that, I'll be posting here, hopefully not once in a blue moon, a random array of posts.

Enough said.

P.S.

Please, please, please comment below. Any ideas and opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.