From the moment I discovered Solis, I knew I had struck gold. Meaningful clothing for people with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues, Solis was a fashion brand with a purpose. Encouraging its wearers to embrace hope, positivity, and light, its colourful t-shirts would bring a ray of light into anyone's life. Take it from me: as someone who has severe anxiety, and depression, I know all too well, what it is like to struggle with mental health. No matter how much mindful self-care you practice, learning how to be positive, when the world seems upside down, can seem like a tough feat indeed. There are the days that you struggle to get out of bed, lacking all motivation, ... read more
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How Health Hub Helped Me Change My Diet And Lifestyle
For as long as I can remember, I have had debilitating gastrointestinal issues, including IBS, Gastritis and GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease). Although these are common stomach and gastro diseases, I have had extreme symptoms including violent vomiting, coughing up blood, stomach ulcers, and even tears in my stomach, which as you can imagine has been painful. While I take care of myself using mindful self-care tips, it can be all too frustrating that despite my best efforts, I am sick most days. To an average person I look healthy, and while I could be a lot worse, my stomach condition has an impact on my day-to-day life. I am sensitive to oily, fatty, creamy, spicy, and acidic foods, ... read more
7 Sustainable Fashion Tips For A More Ethical Wardrobe
From a young age, I was enamoured with fashion, woven into a world of colour, texture, and prints. Psychotropical blooms would dance with loud polka dots, a delicious harmony of stylistic prowess. Tropical prints would transport me back to warmer climes, blue and white embroidered linen dresses a nod to my Mediterrenean heritage, the spirit of Madeira in my humble wardrobe. From watercolour kimonos thrifted from Depop, to breathtaking equsitely laced ballgowns, paired with ornate jewelled crowns, I lived and breathed fashion, as though it was my life juice. Vibrant flower crowns whispered to sophisticated pearl berets, while maximalist statement earrings begged for attention, clawing its way ... read more
The History Of Loungewear With Glamify Fashion
Before lockdown, my concept of 'loungewear' was alien, waltzing around London in grand ballgowns, emblazoned with flowers. After all, when it came to wardrobe staples, dresses were my safety blanket. But then the world shut down, and life as we knew it came to an abrupt halt. Gone were the days socializing with friends in person, chaotic video calls over Zoom. Friday dinner nights became virtual hangout sessions, wine sloshed on rugged carpets, and formal business meetings in suits turned into pyjamas, stained with coffee. Our fashion became more casual, craving comfort in our darkest times. Before we knew it, we were living in loungewear, a rainbow of joggers, atheleisure, and jumpers, the ... read more
How Art And Creativity Can Boost Your Mental Health
For as long as I can remember, art and creativity, has been a huge part of my mental health journey. Whether it was spending hours trawling through Tate Britain, awash in colour, doodling aimlessly in textbooks, or becoming living, breathing art, creativity was an anchor in a world conditioned by chaos. I found that creative expression allowed me to find temporary solace, when my world was falling apart. A life where sorrow, darkness and demons lined up on every street corner, cloaked in invisibility. Though I couldn't draw, there was something that was soothing about drawing random squiggles, patterns, and shapes, as I attempted to draw, paint, and scribble away the anxiety that was eating ... read more
The Biggest Summer Jewellery Trends In 2021
The jewellery that you wear can make or break an outfit. From an embellished statement necklace, paired with a stunning sequin gown, to relaxed tassel earrings for a fun and flirty twist, what you wear says a lot about who you are as a person. Take me, a girl who is often described as a cross between 'Frida Kahlo', and a part-time mermaid and unicorn at weekends, as an example. From bright and bold tassel earrings, to beautiful pearl earrings, glittery chokers, and floral necklaces, my style is a combination of fun, colourful and bold prints, which is a heady mix. Which is why the biggest summer jewellery trends in 2021, is all about identifying who you are as a jewellery 'wearer'. Are you ... read more
How To Start A Fashion Brand After Lockdown
2020 was the wake up call that we all needed. It was time to follow our hearts, live out our passions, and say no to a lifetime of being underhanded. We would say no to poor working hours, and throw toxic bosses in the bin where they belonged. Gone were the endless commutes on crowded trains, human bodies huddled together like squashed sandwiches. Instead there would be a renewed focus, realizing that it was now or never. Here was our chance to go solo, and work for ourselves, finding ways to make legit money at home as bad-ass Entrepreneurs. There would be no more ass kissing, a taste of freedom, the scent of happiness enveloping us in a comforting hug. Whether we would start a fashion ... read more
Romantic Date Ideas In Jersey For Couples
It seemed like only yesterday that Ana's Aunty was in Jersey, a Channel Island so small and quaint, that you couldn't help but fall in love with its charm and grace. The Bailiwick of Jersey held a special place in M's heart, reminiscing how she landed in Jersey twenty years ago, when she was just 21. She hopped off a short flight from Madeira that summer, with trediptation and glee. It was her first time away from home, but she needn't have felt scared, big blue coastal eyes that glinted in the piercing summer sun. The golden rays reassured her that everything was going to be OK, her first taste of romance far from home, stumbling across romantic date ideas in Jersey, that would make her ... read more
11 Best Caravan Holiday Parks In The UK
Sun tinged skies shaded with blue, the waves come crashing to teal shores. A young vibrant mum in an Aztec print bikini tenderly cradles her beaming toddler, brown pigtails swaying in the wind. Together they get their first taste of the ocean together, its gravitational pull coaxing them into a content slumber, the winds wrapping them in a blanket of love. She smiles, their first caravan holiday together, in West Wittering. She remembers her foster mum who raised her, who introduced her to caravan holiday parks in the UK. Nunnington Farm was their go-to. All these years later, her foster mum still loved caravanning, preferring beautiful UK staycations, than a trip abroad. While A ... read more
A Letter To My Beautiful Angel In Heaven
On the 7th July heaven found a beautiful angel, pure and angelic, a soul whose heart was too pure for this world. She was framed by golden blonde locks cascading down her shoulders, sparkling blue eyes that lit up with joy everytime she smiled. Her rosebud lips, her pearly white teeth, her smooth fair skin, all features blessed by the angels themselves. But she wasn't just beautiful, she was kindness personified, an angel who would always put others first before herself, who would give to charity and donate to food banks, even when she was struggling with health issues all these years. Though her time on earth was cut short, and her vitality taken too soon, she will always be remembered, ... read more