Feel Good Fashion & Beauty Tips
We’re back with Feel Good Fashion and Beauty Tips - thank you all for your support during Greek Week with DASH Dogs! I’m so excited to report that we found homes for 3 of the dogs during our trip and they are getting ready to travel to their forever homes here in the UK! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone for donating and sharing - your support means the world!
I’m rounding up this week’s Feel Good Fashion & Beauty favourites from my content on Instagram, TikTok & YouTube!
DASH Dogs Support
If you feel like you don't fit in this world, it is because you are here to help create a new one.
Can anyone relate?!
You know who you are, and I see you✌️👋🙏
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Sons make the best dates... 🧚♂️
This is Jack. A human being I am incredibly proud of.
I know he won't mind me saying that Jack hasn't had the most straightforward of starts in life.
As a neurodivergent individual who changed his pronouns along with his name several years ago, he has always kept the rest of the family on our toes, challenging the way we think and view pretty much everything, often pushing us to uncomfortable places to which we weren't prepared to go...
It hasn't been an easy ride, as Jack has struggled to find 'his tribe' in rural, conservative Hampshire, and despite our best efforts, hasn't found an education which suits his alternative approach to life.
Jack is the child that I have always lost sleep over. worried about the most, as he has the most beautiful, kind and caring heart which I can't help being extremely protective of.
What I am incredibly proud of - and this is a recent realisation - is that despite our (misguided) parenting efforts to try to encourage Jack to fit into the cookie-cutter shaped box that a 17 year old teenager should fit into, Jack has resolutely kept his own sense of identity, and despite standing so far out from the local crowd, is perfectly and beautifully unafraid to be himself.
He is doing things his own way and seeing the world in a whole new light with a depth of perspective that belies his relatively few years here in this life.
It is said that before we all incarnate on this earth, we all choose our families for the lessons they can teach us, and wow, can our children teach us so much - we just have to be open to receiving the lessons. ✨
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Barbie is back!!!
But why is the doll such an enduring fashion icon?!
Let's find out in my Fashion reel!
Will you be going to see the new Barbie movie?!
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10 fashion mistakes which can instantly make you look older ⚡️
Tell me which of these do you relate to? There may be more than one!
Now before you all start - I am NOT saying that ageing is bad thing... in fact I think the phrase 'anti-aging' is all wrong and getting older is absolutely something to be celebrated - many don't have the privilege of getting to a ripe old age of 40, 50, 60, etc 🌸
However - whilst I don't believe in hiding or being remotely ashamed of how old we are, I'm still all for looking and feeling our very best whilst doing our happy dance on planet earth, so whilst we are here, why don't we all try to look our best?! ✨
Our bodies are miraculous machines, sacred vessels that withstand a fair amount of abuse and carry us through - why not celebrate them?!
In my column for the Daily Mail I wrote about the 10 fashion mistakes which are easy to make and can instantly add years to your look.
Read the article in full here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fashion/article-12265909/The-10-fashion-mistakes-instantly-make-look-older-according-celebrity-stylist.html
but in short, here's where you might be going wrong....
1 - Wearing the wrong colours 🌈
2 - Hiding in shapeless clothing 👗
3 - Choosing the wrong underwear 🩲
4 - Not updating your hair and makeup 💄
5 - Not checking in with your body shape 🧡
6 - Going too 'matchy matchy' with accessories 👛👙👚
7 - Being stuck in your favourite decade 👋🏼
8 - Convenience dressing - just wearing the same old thing 🙅♀️
9 - Lack of confidence/bad posture ⭐️
10 - Wearing unflattering fabrics 😳
If any of the above are you fear not! Either stick around here where I'll be sharing all my tips and tricks to reinject the sparkle into your personal style, or send me a DM, enquiring about my personal styling packages and treat yourself to a VIP experience that will change the way your approach dressing forever! 💫
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Meet Dr. Ivy
When I learned that Dr Ivy regularly gets asked to attend film sets to ensure the actors skin looks flawless ready for close ups I was intrigued... so when I was invited along for a treatment I jumped at the chance ⭐️
The world of facial tweakments is a tricky one to navigate - I used to be a Fashion & Beauty Editor for a luxury magazine and as a result I've had quite a few over the years - some excellent, and some bloody awful - so I do consider myself a little bit of an expert!!
Over time I have discovered that the quality of work varies HUGELY, as do the various injectables used, and the formulaic, one size suits all 'cheek filler' or 'forehead botox' only gets you so far.
What I found fascinating about Dr Ivy was for the first time, my face was being treated as a whole, with the continuity and flow between my features and planes being as important as the proportion of my features ✨
Her technique was quite unlike anything else I have had before, and consisted of multiple, tiny injections of filler, botox and skin treatments to create a harmonious and fresh-faced look 🌸
To say I'm delighted with the results are an understatement - Dr Ivy has transformed my neck (I have had deep necklace lines for many years) and also treated and lessened my TMJ, which is something she specialises in.
To my astonishment, I learned that my heart-shaped face was actually the result of my heavily over developed jaw muscles, and not my natural shape at all. This is a speciality of Dr Ivy and I'm already feeling the benefits of a more relaxed jaw which was previously so tight that at times I had difficulty eating.
Dr Ivy also works with patients who have suffered a stroke or Bells Palsy, and helps to reconstruct their faces, adding the symmetry back in. She also took a look at my calf muscles (which are very different sizes as one has atrophied as a result of my car accident) and offered to even up the sizes of them. She can even make your ears bigger, which is apparently a very popular request in the Far East - the mind boggles!
An absolutely fascinating and educational experience with brilliant - but natural - results.
I learned so much - and I'll definitely be going back!
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Losing Followers…
Well it turns out that the quickest way to lose a ton of followers is to post about the tweakments I have done to my face! 🤷🏼♀️
It's funny how fickle people can be isn't it?! One minute they are by your side, supporting you on your mission to save #onedogatatime from the horrors of Greece - the next they are judging you for a few little needles here and there....
A previous version of me would have been very upset by this. I would have sacrificed my own integrity, and being honest on here for a diluted, more widely appealing version - in the hope of becoming more popular ⭐️
These days - and after years of therapy - oh I've had YEARS of it! (Think a lot of it came as being forced to be so introspective at stage school all those years ago... it forces you to go to places you's rather not, and before you know it, you're a mess - hey ho, it did after all pay off).... I simply see rejection as redirection... cliched in todays world, I know, but nevertheless true.
The people that left me, simply weren't my tribe, and I'd rather hang with my people, with you, yes you, who are on my wavelength - we are after all the average of the people we spend the most time with, energy is magnetic - so I'd rather keep mine high vibe ✨
I chatted on stories this morning about the feminine 'witch wound', passed generationally down for centuries, which is why women can turn on each other so easily, seeing others as competition rather than allies.
Generational trauma is a thing, for the dubious among you, look into the 'scientifically proven' cellular memory... pain travels, and hurt people hurt people - but we all have the power to stop the pattern in its tracks and prevent it continuing through our children and beyond.
We just have to do the work - to 'go there'... face and feel those emotions and set them free 💫
I know I'm oversimplifying, but there are ways - you just have to be open and willing, and the first step starts with acknowledging it.
One of the most powerful things I have ever done for my family and myself was 'family constellations therapy' with the wonderful Shavasti. It literally blew my mind, and I shall never forget it. I'll link him on stories... other practitioners and modalities are of course available.
So to all of you in our slightly smaller, more select group here...I like to think of it as a bit of a VIP club.... have the most wonderful evening and I love you all! 💗
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My Morning Routine - Part 2
A brief moment of me-time before the craziness of the day begins... This only takes a few minutes each morning - but makes all the difference.
Products used:
Rose Quartz Gua Sha & Facial Oil The Hayou Method
The ultimate, feel good, mind, body and spirit-balancing way to start the day - this one is a non-negotiable.
Get it here: https://hayoumethod.com/collections/beauty-serums-and-oils/products/rose-quartz-beauty-restorer-duo
Lumiquartz Face Wand Opatra
Fabulous at depuffing, moving lymph, and feels so good around the eyes.
Get it here: https://opatra.com/products/lumiquartz-rose-face-wand
The Cure, The Serum, and The Cream from Herbal Face Food
All my Herbal Face Food products are non-negotiable too - at the time of filming this I had been waiting for a delivery, and so was without for 2 weeks - I couldn't believe how quickly my skin deteriorated! You absolutely get what you pay for here and it's been scientifically proven to knock other, way more expensive skincare out of the park across the board!!! More info on stories - if you want to try, remember to use my code: 'Miranda20' to receive 20% off your first order.
Get them here: https://herbalfacefood.com/?rfsn=6584368.25c6c78https://herbalfacefood.com/?rfsn=6584368.25c6c78
Skin Gym Face Sculptor Beauty Roller Current Body
This is surprisingly effective. I use it to wake up my face - it's also great when I'm warming up for presenting too - it feels like heaven when stimulating the acupressure points in between the brows and also helps to plump the lips!
Get it here: https://www.currentbody.com/products/skin-gym-face-sculptor-beauty-roller and use the code MIRANDACB for £45 off your purchase!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Love,
Mx
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