I'm not the kind of person that wears a lot of make up, I usually only wore a bb cream, concealer and sometimes a bit of brown eyeliner. The last couple of weeks I decided to challenge myself and go without makeup for a week, and only wear it on photo shoots.

I made it! (And also extended that period a few more weeks)

I have to say that the first couple of days were a bit terrifying! I felt so self-conscious, like every little flaw was accentuated to its max!

I even commented with my friend Sabina (that doesn't wear makeup AT ALL) how bad I was feeling and then she said "You look exactly the same".

My mum said exactly the same, but mums are mums, right?

The first day I stopped wearing makeup was a particularly full day, I spend the whole day with a friend, and that friend was a boy, a really critical one, and he didn't said any bad thing about my face, which is pretty good!

We all have flaws, and we should embrace them, always. I had a harsh allergic reaction a few months ago and obviously the marks are still there, but who cares? Everyone has zits, and acne scars.

Does that bother me? Not anymore, no.

Trying to cover them up with makeup only slows down the healing process and I really want my baby skin again!

Am I saying that people that wear makeup are fake? NO! People should be able to do what they want. For me wearing makeup meant feeling confident and I just don't want to be dependent of a product to feel beautiful, and I was giving those products a whole amount of power in my life.

Do I look better when I wear it? Well, that's debatable. Those products give me a flawless skin, without spots, but what if I tell you that I love to see girls without makeup?

Maybe I'm a bit crazy but I really love to see girls with those little "flaws", I think that's what makes them unique.

As I said before, wearing makeup gave me a sense of confidence but I really prefer myself without it, no masks, no deceit, just me.

I don't quite know how I found out about Triangvlvs' instagram page, but I'm really glad I got there!

All their products, bracelets and necklaces, are of the most perfection you could ever find. Their simplicity was what captivate me at first. Simplicity at its best, I can even say!

I already showed you on my instagram account this beauties from Triangvlvs, I just couldn't wait to show you my new amazing accessories. If you were really observant, and saw the image I posted when I received my package in the mail, you could see the perfection of the packaging! Every product had their own square bag with an amazing image, printed on it you could see some watercolor drawings and the word Obrigada, the portuguese word for Thank you.

So, as you could deduct Triangvlvs is a Portuguese store, but they sell their beauties worldwide!

If you live in Portugal you can have free shipping with orders over 10€ and the rest of the world can have free shipping with orders over 25€.

You can order some beauties by sending a message with your choices on Facebook, Instagram or by e-mail.

Ah! And the prices are amazing! The "Kindness reveals Beauty" costs 2,5€, the other bracelets, that are just lovely and remind me of Summer, 2€ each, and my two layered necklace with a cute elephant costs 5,5€.

And there's another thing, the service is amazing! They even asked me the measurements of my wrist to fit me perfectly! I'm sold!

Don't forget to buy lots of stuff, for you and for friends, and then take lots of photos and tag the store, they love to re-post clients photos!

This lovely lace dress arrived a few days ago! I really loved taking this photos, I almost felt like I was in a fairy tail (a modern one, look at my gorgeous sneakers).

This dress is all in lace, is really light and I'm going to use it A LOT this summer, it's just perfect!

This dress is from Lalalilo, what a funny name. I actually discovered this store last month, the clothes and prices stole my heart. I selected some of my favorite things from this store as you can see bellow. Everything is linked to their own product page so click on everything and have fun shopping.

Hope you liked my dress and the photos I took. See you tomorrow!

C. from Joan of July sent me an email last month announcing her new project, You can DIY. If you don't know C. you really should, she's a wonderful girl filled with ideas, amazing ideas!

I love to give my support to great projects, specially if they are from lovely Portuguese people, so I decided to purchase a box from You can DIY for 12,50€ *free shipping*

I chose the "Draw it & Shrink it" box because I have been wanting to experiment shrink paper for a while now and this was a great opportunity to do that!

In this DIY box you can find all the things you need to create your own key holder, cute magnets or, in my case, some lovely necklaces. This box includes twelve coloring pencils, three magnets, accessories to make three key holders, instructions and four A6 shrink paper.

You may or may not know but, shrink paper is an awesome paper that you drew on, or print some photos on it, and it shrinks 5 times its original size.

In my first shrink paper I drew my blog's logo and a cute cactus! I really, really, loved the result and I can't wait to wear this and show you everything on instagram and to do more awesome creations!

In the You can DIY website you can also find two more boxes, the "Make your own soap (For beginners)" and the "Make your own tea" box. Isn't it just amazing?

If you have a wonderful project like this one don't forget to email me all the details, I would love to know your store! lovablemaria.blog@gmail.com