FASHION AND SOUL?

SOUL: 

-The spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and in many religions is believed to live forever.

-a person's deeply felt moral and emotional nature. 

-Merriam-Webster Dictionary

We all struggle with emptiness. The unknown is dark, and scary, and often leaves us feeling lost and without purpose. Rather than facing these questions, we distract ourselves by looking to others for answers, and mimicking habits that are proven to be socially successful. 

 How we dress is no different. We treat what we wear as a costly game of cat and mouse. We chase, we catch, and repeat. Fashion ideas, with very little personal attention leaves the soul forgotten and lost. 

 Believe it or not, there is so much LIFE in deciding what you wear. What you wear is a daily question of personalization, and problem solving on the unknown variables that make you unique.

However, this is a skill. It is only as powerful as your emotional abilities to feel, create, and produce ideas into your reality.  To be able to express, and share bits of your identity requires an internal understanding of what that self identity is. Such knowledge of who you are, can only be obtained through daily practice of challenging your own internal thoughts. 

A life well lived, is one that thinks, questions, and finds its own answers.

xo,

Maya

Fall Daily: "A Touch of Love"

Jewelry is often a simple fashion statement. However,  sometimes, if you are lucky, you will be gifted a piece that is a touch of love.  These pieces are magical, sentimental, and heartfelt. They touch you in a way that goes beyond fashion, and straight to your heart. 

My "touch of love" pieces, were gifted to me by my mother. She received the the ring from her mother, and the necklace from her father when she was a young girl. I loop the ring into the necklace, and wear them together, and something about it, fills my heart with magic. 

My mind is flooded with imagery of what it must have been like to be my grandfather as he went shopping around stores looking for this very necklace to gift to my mother. What must have rushed through his head as he debated which item to choose, and what she would like. I wonder what it must have been like to see my mother's reaction as she opened this very gift, and now to have it strung around my very neck, I cannot help but melt into smiles. 

Although, my grandfather is no longer with us, I still remember him daily. His relationship with my mother was a beautiful one, and something I admired greatly.  I am not close to my own father, and quite honestly, do not know much about what having a father is really like. Such love between father and daughter is a beautiful one, and although I may not have that in my life, I feel blessed to have a token of that love between my mom and grand-daddy. 

Join me tomorrow for more daily Fall style!

Xo,

Maya

The Secrets to Cara Delevingne's Eyebrows?

Undeniably, Cara Delevingne, is beautiful. Iconic in every way. Everything about her seems to cause a buzz and start a trend, but why? Beautiful models exist by the dozen, but few make a lasting impression and gain the title of an Artist's muse. 

Why Cara? Her eyebrows trademarked as her beauty mark, have influenced millions of girls to grow out their brows and pencil them in. Fuller is now better, and millions crave the beauty she eminates. 

However, is it really her brows that we are drawn to?

My theory is this, perhaps it is not her brows that we love, but her eyes. While browsing through some magazines I noticed adds with Cara would draw me in. Like a cat, her eyes lock to my eyes, and the power is undeniable. Other models are equally beautiful but they lack the magnetism and spark that Cara's eyes have. 

It has long been said that the eyes are the window to your soul. If such is true, the eyebrows are simply the  curtain or valance to that window. Therefore, it is not her brows we love, but her eyes.

Millions of people who mimic her brow shape hoping for the same effect, are often left achieving nothing but a strong brow that feels somehow out of place. Focusing simply on the surface, will leave you falling short every time.

There is depth, intelligence, and beauty within her, and this is what we are attracted to and what sets her apart from any other model. Yes, she has amazing bone structure, a pretty face, and a nice figure but listen to what she says. She is not the crazy, ditzy girl that one may assume she is. She cares about the world, and is humble within her existence. Vanity does not consume her, and that is the kind of beauty we never seem to notice.

Beauty is not all about the brows, but what lurks in our heads and hearts. To achieve this "magnetism" or "spark" focus on your heart, and how you live your life. 

xo,

Maya

Ps: Happy 23rd Birthday Cara!