English Going without makeup for a week was so awesome that I decided to make it a daily thing!
I did a post about it, back in April, and you can't even imagine how this simple challenge changed me! I love my bare skin without any makeup on.
I'm not against people that love makeup, I think that is really nice that you love it, but for me makeup was like a mask I was wearing to hide my "flaws". I used it because I didn't like myself without it. I challenged myself to stop wearing it and it was the best thing I ever did.
Do you have this kind of relationship with makeup? Are you willing to stop wearing it for a week?
Português Não sei se se lembram mas em Abril fiz um post em que partilhei com vocês um desafio que decidi fazer a mim mesma, não usar maquilhagem durante uma semana inteira.
Eu quero já dizer que não tenho nada contra quem usa maquilhagem e adora, acho fantástico até, mas a minha relação com a maquilhagem era um bocado diferente. Eu usava maquilhagem porque tinha muitas inseguranças com a minha pele sem maquilhagem.
Hoje quero-vos mostrar, em formato de vídeo, como esse desafio de uma semana passou para uma coisa diária, com também algumas dicas e alguns dos meus truques para ter uma pele saudável.
Espero que gostem do vídeo, adorei gravá-lo para vocês! Beijinhos*
English July was the month of changes. I ended my college graduation. I started an Youtube channel. And I donated my hair.
Did you like July's outfits? What was your favorite?
What do you want to see here on the blog? Kisses!
Português Julho foi o mês das mudanças. O fim da licenciatura. O início do canal do Youtube. O meu corte e doação de cabelo.
Gostaram dos outfits de Julho? Estão a gostar do meu canal de Youtube?
Contem-me tudo! xoxo
English Yesterday my cousin, Pedro, got married!
I just wanted to show you some of the photos I took yesterday. Everything was amazing and the bride was so beautiful, as always!
Português Ontem o meu primo Pedro casou-se!
Hoje queria-vos mostrar algumas fotos de detalhes que tirei ontem. Estava tudo perfeito e a noiva estava linda, e não há mesmo muito mais a dizer, foi um dia muito bem passado!
English Having a blog is hard work, not gonna lie, but it's completely worth. I have this blog for more than 5 years, it's a lot, I know. The first couple of years I only wrote depressing things but in 2012 I changed a bit and I decided that my blog needed to grow, in a short period of time the blog went from 100 followers to 1000.
I receive e-mails from you telling me that you want to create a blog, but don't know how, or you want to create a blog but think that you are super shy and that would be a bad thing for the blog, or you want to grow your blog but don't know how.
Being shy isn't a bad thing, I was considered shy for most of my life and I decided that I wasn't going to let that be a problem. Every time I'm afraid of doing something I found a solution that works every time. I just do it! I forget that I'm afraid and do it! I don't regret my tactics, they led me here, to almost 3000 followers and a bunch of lovely blogger friends.
If you are afraid of receiving hater's comments, don't be. I never answered to one of that kind of comment for a simple reason. That person, that is usually anonymous, didn't take the time to get to know you better, instead they spent a few seconds to write awful things about you. The only people that matter are your friends and they know you for ages, so. that got to mean something, right?
Two other important steps that I think are really essential to make your blog grow is to have a domain and personalize your blog. My domain "www.lovable-maria.com" costs around 13€ a year. I do online classes were I teach you how to personalize your blog, but if you think hmtl and css aren't really your thing you can click here to have your blog personalized for 10€.
Português Ter um blog não é fácil mas, acho que toda a gente que tem o blog pode dizer que, todo o esforço vale a pena.
Eu recebo imensos e-mails e mensagens de Facebook vossas a pedir dicas de como começar o blog ou fazer o blog crescer, entre outras coisas.
Eu respondi a todas as meninas que me fizeram estas perguntas, mas decidi gravar um vídeo onde respondo a todas estas perguntas, de forma a tentar ajudar mais pessoas.
Se quiserem mais dicas ou tiverem alguma pergunta específica deixem nos comentários. Beijinhos
