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Do What You Love and Change Your Image

Where do you like to be? What do you like to do? Last week I went to work at the beach for a few days. Lately I realized that the most important thing is for you to know what you like, what makes you feel happy and do it every day. Because that’s what will make every day happy. And it’s often the little decisions that make one day happy, or not. Some say that our only goal should be to feel joy. And each time I agree more. The truth is that it’s impossible to feel good about ourselves and others when we don’t feel well inside. When we don’t take care of ourselves in a deeper way. Take the time to do what really makes us feel super good. When I go to the beach, all my problems disappear, it seems that I’m on vacation and that everything…

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How to Get Everything You Desire (including Style)

I want to ask you: Do you REALLY like your life? Do you feel that it’s the life you had imagined? Today I want to tell you about the formula to get everything you desire in your life :) And it’s pretty simple … here it is: How to Get Everything You Desire in Your Life Decide what you desire, exactly Be the person who already has what you desire Act to have what you desire (with small aligned steps) For example in relation to your style this would look like this: DECIDING WHAT YOU DESIRE: Affirm and set your intention / goal relating to style. For example you can say that your goal is that on July 30, 2017 you love your style and feel 100% comfortable in it. BEING WHO ALREADY HAS WHAT YOU DESIRE: Be the person who already has the style you desire. This means to become that person now. You can answer these questions: “If…

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A Simple Way to Improve Your Style

Today I want to talk to you about getting what you want or desire. In this case, having style! Look, for me to having style wasn’t easy. When I went to school, I loved clothes and I liked to think about what to wear. But my mother didn’t care as much about clothes, she liked decoration more. She’d buy lots of stuff for the house (and I loved her decorations ;)). I admired some friends of mine, who went with their mothers to buy what I thought were “the cute clothes”, and I was sorry I couldn’t buy them either. I remember going to my parent’s friend house and there was their daughter who was always super cute and well dressed. She had some plaid pants that I loved, and I wanted to have them too… Now I think it may seem superficial, do some pants really matter? For me, at the time, those pants were amazing.…

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Two Steps to Having the Style You Desire

Today I wanted to talk about what’s stopping you from having the style you desire. It’s easy to stay trapped and hidden in the limitations that the world gives us (and that you give yourself). For example, these types of thoughts: Style is easy for some people, but I’m not one of them Having style is difficult and it takes a lot of money to always look good I’ve tried and failed, it’s difficult for me, why is this time going to be different? That girl is skinny / young / cute, so it’s easy for her. Etc. What if I told you that it is possible, that it can be very easy and that anyone can have style? What if I told you that style has nothing to do with your age, your body, your weight or your idea of your beauty? Can you believe that? I wanted to tell…

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How to Change Your Style by Being More Authentic

Today I’m talking about my most recent experience with my style. And it has to do with visibility. I heard a lot about this topic, both in business courses and in business or self-development coaching. And what does this have to do with you, you ask ;)? Well, if you don’t want to be visible for some reason, it will absolutely influence your style. Being visible is about not being afraid to show who you are. It’s about being YOU. What I’ve noticed lately is that I’ve spent most of my life hiding, trying to go unnoticed, for several reasons. One of them is the fear of being judged, criticized. It’s a very common fear. Of course, I’ve heard about being visible more than a thousand times, and though I understood very well the idea, it never really sunk in… maybe because I wasn’t ready to listen yet, or maybe…

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How to Choose the Best Pieces for You (Stylist in Your Pocket)

Today I want to tell you about a simple way to choose the best pieces for you. And how you can you have a Stylist – in this case, me – in your pocket ;) Sounds weird? Here’s what I mean… The other day a friend of mine who lives in New York, Cristina, wanted to buy some outfits to wear to some interviews. Since I couldn’t go with her (I live in Portugal), we did a Personal Shopping with messenger/email: Cristina sent me messages and emails with the pieces she found and the outfits she was thinking of doing, and we made the ideal looks for the interviews. Now on the Easter Holidays, a similar situation happened: Cristina wanted to buy a gift for my daughter Catarina, but we couldn’t be together at the time. So she sent me pictures of the pieces/looks she liked and I have her feedback…

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Makeover: Alexandra’s Before & After

Do you like makeovers? I love to see and make them ;) Today I’m writing about Alexandra’s makeover. She gained some weight because she had two kids in a row. Her body changed so she didn’t know what to wear anymore. She was also feeling a little outdated – she did not know how to use some of the trends she saw other women using. And she had a common doubt: how to look chicer and less sporty / casual (she has to be practical and comfortable during the day but also look sophisticated for meetings during the day). I gave her some tips to favor her body right now. And to be able to use the new trends easily, and also create casual-chic outfits, I showed her my app that solves both situations. You can see more here. The looks we chose for the makeover have to do with lengthening Alexandra’s figure so she feels more elegant, and also wearing the pieces she likes the most…