Nature's our nature

I love my life, this blog, my job in digital, the music I listen to through my earplugs, all the movies I get to watch, the fashion shows that Wow me from the runway, the magazines I adore flipping through, the fast connection we have with everything and everyone thanks to technology, and damn, I love cosmetics. :D turns out we have grown fond of many things in our “modern” lifestyle. And I really really appreciate the fact that there are so many nice things in my life that I can name here.

But there’s one other thing I love that’s sometimes not so often in our daily lives and we sometimes forget to appreciate it and take care of it. And it’s nature. Nature is us, we are nature, we need it, it needs us - and it needs us to be gentle and appreciateful and to not ruit as we constantly do, unfortunatelly. Nature is natural. And we naturally need it. But somehow it has become more the other things that preveil in our lives but nature. And it’s sad. And I think we should rethink our priorities and go back to the natural state of being again. :)

With quarantine and home office working, with being busy and running demands but being unable to travel aorund for a long time…I think, hope and believe that we’ve realized how much we can miss nature. And it’s no surprise during the quarantine this time we all started looking through old photos from previous trips and felt like missing traveling a lot. Because nature is amazing and we really need it.

So to celebrate nature I decided to share some of my favorite nature photos in this post. I am already planning mroe trips and want to devote more time to nature now more than ever. Hopefully, there will be a lot more to see and share very soon.

First is my favorite seaside where skies meet waves and the summer is in full force.

Now come the time for flowers and blossoming plants.

Then comes the beauty of fall with the colorful leaves and last warm rays of sunny weather.

Now here’s to more sunny summer days of travelling around.

Hope you enjoyed this little tribute to nature and I’d love to hear more about your travel adventures and favorire things about vacation trips.

- Nicole

SMALL VACATION BAG ESSENTIALS

Black top & Denim Shorts: HM

Sandals: Megias

Rings: Orsay

It's officially vacation season! Your feeds and stories are full of photos from Mykonos and Ibiza (as Marianna mentioned yesterday). So it's the best time for rocking a super comfy little super Instagrammable bag right?

Well I recently went on vacation and I survived the whole trip carrying around with me just a little crossbody. Honestly a dream come true since the hot weather and my wild hair are not really friends of bags and their handles. But it's pretty hard to get used to such a small bag at first. You're a little bit uncomortable not being able to put whatever you used to having with you all the time in it. And you always end up needing something you left home. :/

So I decided to give you some advice on how to fit everything you need in a small bag. Here is my list of bag essentials + tips and tricks:

#1. Of course you're gonna take your documents and some money. And the keys or card for the hotel/place you are staying. This is like a rule, nobody forgets that I think. So it comes first.

#2. This already leaves you with your bag half-full tho. :D But second thing is your phone. We use our phones for so many things nowadays it's basically like carrying a magic wand in your bag.

#3. You'd like to have a pocket mirror. You WILL want to know if your make up smudges because off the hot weather or if you have something in your teeth because you just tried some new food because you're on vacation. There are many cute designs so the options are basically endless, go ahead and have fun picking yours. I have a fave and I carry it with me all the time buuuuut that didn't stop me from seeing some really cute ones at Orsay the other day and I guess I'm getting one next time I visit the shop haha.

#4. You only have about an inch of space left. You can take whatever you want that fits here. :D I personally choose to take a lipstick or lipgloss. I have a friend who takes a small pocket perfume. Everybody's choice is diferent but you gotta pick a really small thing.

'What about everything else?? I want to take so many other things!' I know, I know. But i you want to only wear a small bag you gotta give up on some of the things you are used to carrying in your cute big backpack or lovely big crossbody bag. You have the essentials, you can survive! :D You can put your sunglasses in your hair if you take them off not in your sunglasses case in your bag, and yes, you're gonna regret this whole thing if it starts raining. But hey, you are on vacation, don't overthink, just have some fun. Oh, and small bags look so cute in photos. ;)

- Nicole