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Sunday Inspiration: Feed Your Mind

October 27, 2019 No Comments

Life Affirming Words / www.vanessahwood.com

I’m a firm believer that positive thinking and positive speaking can improve your mood, and improve your outlook on life. If you tell yourself that you’re smart, funny, or beautiful, then you’ll begin to believe that, and that’s wonderful. Those are life-affirming words. I believe that a positive attitude will not only change the way you look at life, but it will affect those around you. Your positivity will infect your friends, your co-workers, and your family. If you’re battling insecurity, then keeping a positive mind – feeding it with faith, truth, and love – will improve your outlook on […]

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Dress Form Outfit: Black & White

October 25, 2019 No Comments

Today’s dress form outfit features a black and white striped maxi dress paired with a well-worn corduroy jacket. I have worn this outfit on date nights with my husband, and I have also styled it with a denim jacket. Outfit Details: Maxi Dress: Merona {purchased from Target in 2015}Corduroy Jacket: Gap {purchased from thrift store many years ago}Black Booties: Mossimo {Target; purchased from StateMint Style Consignment Sale last year}Crossbody Bag, Chloe-inspired {purchased from StateMint Style Consignment Sale earlier this year}Double CC Brooch {replica, purchased from Facebook Marketplace} Similar to the Chloe Faye small shoulder bag, this stylish bag didn’t cost […]

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Find The Beauty Within

August 30, 2019 No Comments

Coco Chanel knew a thing or two about beauty. During her life, she designed some of the most beautiful clothing. One thing I really love about Coco Chanel is her wonderful words of wisdom, such as this gem below. It’s difficult to find the beauty within when you’re scrolling through Instagram and seeing one beautiful person after another wearing fancy clothes, their makeup is practically perfect, their hair falls in just the right tousled wave pattern. But not everything is as it seems on the gram. I’ve heard people say that IG features people’s highlight reel of their lives. I […]

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A Tribute to the True Power of a Woman

August 23, 2019 No Comments

A Tribute to the True Power of Women / www.vanessahwood.com

I was sifting through old articles that I ripped from magazines years ago, and I came across an editorial featuring an excerpt from Eve Ensler’s book I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World. According to Glamour, this editorial is “the most important 433 words to read” because Eve Ensler “celebrates the true power of a woman.” Eve Ensler is a feminist, an activist, a playwright, and a performer, but she is best known as the author of The Vagina Monologues. You can check out her website – www.eveensler.org – if you’d like to find out more about her. […]

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Steal Her {Beach} Style: Dame Helen Mirren

July 15, 2019 No Comments

Dame Helen Mirren may wear designer gowns on the Red Carpet, but a few years ago, she was recognized for her beach style when she sported a red bikini. Today’s post is all about how you can steal her beach style. Helen, who was in her sixties at the time, showed off her beach style in a red underwire bikini with white piping detail. “I think the thing that will haunt me for the rest of my life is that bloody photograph of myself in a bikini. In and of itself, it is a lie because I don’t actually look […]