 So let's have a moment of honesty and transparency. Can I do that with you Fashmira Friends!? Life has been lifing! I repeat LIFE HAS BEEN LIFING. It felt as though every area of my life decided to get shaken up, and I started to lose my footing. Times like these, life can seem overwhelming, confusing, and utterly chaotic. For a while I was feeling a little lost and I honestly still kinda am… I had to take a step back and realize, it's okay to be vulnerable, and to not have all the answers. This is a part of our human journey, and it's during these challenging times that we often undergo the most significant growth… we discover our inner strength and resilience. When life takes a turn it's simply a new beginning, an opportunity to rebuild stronger, wiser, and more resilient than ever before.  So, Fashmira Friends, if you ever feel overwhelmed by life's demands, remember that it's okay to take a breather. It's okay to step back in order to limit chaos, even if it's just for a little while. Trust me, you'll come back stronger, more focused, and ready to tackle whatever comes your way. I'm back now, recharged, and ready to get back to sharing my journey with you all. My underlying goal of this blog has always been to inspire, uplift, and encourage others. But in order to do that, I have to inspire, uplift, and encourage myself first. I took some time to catch my breath, find my direction, and focus on navigating through. Life is a crazy thing because you can truly experience happiness, hurt, and healing all at the same time. Sometimes we have to hit the pause button on certain areas of our lives so that we can realign ourselves and rediscover the things that truly matter to us. It is through this stage of rediscovery that we go through a mix of emotions that eventually lead to a breakthrough... I’ve had the opportunity to rediscover my dreams and goals, and begin putting them back in the forefront. In doing so it has led to a trickle down effect, of change:
 So, guess what? Here we are back again. What is this take 3... take 5 or take 7? It doesn't matter how many times I start over, restart, or as I like to say refocus. I'm going to continue to pour into my vision because it's something that matters to me. So I'm here...still thriving and still shining! Bring on the challenges, because I’m ready for them! But, also bring on the opportunities, the growth, and the positivity because I’m here for that too. What was it Jhene Aiko said?!?! “We don't just get by, we thrive!” (Or something like that lol) We are not defined by the struggles we go through, but how we rise above them. Stay strong and never forget to shine your light, because the world needs it! -FASHMIRA 
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 Excited to share with you that FASHMIRA is coming back in full swing. Honestly... it's coming back better than ever! So much has happened over the past couple of years since first launching the blog, and then later diving into creating products. Different things in my personal life, and different things when it comes to the world of running a business. The truth is… life happens and life is hard. No matter what is going on in our lives time just continues to move. We choose what things to prioritize, and pick what is more important to us. Unfortunately… full transparency, sometimes FASHMIRA has landed on the back burner. How terrible is that? My love for fashion, my bachelors in business, and my movement towards self love is getting put on the back burner? What the heck has been going on…. I’ve been taking a lot of time to reflect on myself and realign what matters to me. I've been taking the time to make those things a priority. It’s time to really refocus and get on the right track… There's so much that I want to do and see happen, but if I'm not putting in the work and giving it my all, how can I expect to see any of those things come to life? One of the main messages of FASHMIRA is to promote self-love, so I have to lead by example, and pour into myself before I could pour into others. As of March 2023, Fashmira will be elevating!!! This isn't a rebrand and this isn't a relaunch. The vision and mission remains the same. However, the consistency in content will be something you have yet to see before. This is a REFOCUS. Get prepared for more blog posts that give you an insight into my thoughts and life. Are you ready for more pictures that encourage and influence you? Maybe you'll even get to see a few videos here and there too! New products will be emerging that give you inspiration and scream empowerment! I'll also be participating in events to help bring all of my messages to life. The list just goes on and on! I'm embarking on this journey, and I can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to those of you who have been around since the beginning. Thank you for hopping on board and riding out these waves with me while I worked on myself and also worked on the brand. Thank you to all of the new faces that have recently subscribed, purchased, and believed in what is to come. I can’t wait for you all to see what is in store for the rest of the year, and the future! <3 -FASHMIRA      Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! I just turned 27 (June 13th Woot!! Woot!!) so let's throw it back to my birthday last year!! If you scroll through my posts you'll see some of my looks from 26. But what I didn't share was my main outfit! Shame on me, so let's talk about it! An all white ensemble is definitely always a statement look to me. However to some it also means.... bride. All day I heard " You look like you're going to get married!" And then there was my mom who called me a vegas runaway bride! How about angel? Why couldn't I just be called a birthday angel or something? Nope a runaway bride! NEVERTHELESS, it was definitely a great look!    Originally my plan was to just have a big brunch or dinner with all my family and friends. I would only have one look so I had to make it count. I ordered so many different dresses and none of them were giving me the vibe that I needed. I started to order so many different things to piece together and create my own look. Then literally 2 weeks before my birthday I found this! Luckily, as you can see from my birthday post from last year it turned into a whole weekend celebration and a trip, so all those extra clothes I ordered did not go to waste! I did wind up still doing a brunch with some of my close girlfriends and this outfit was the perfect look for it.  I wanted an outfit that made me the center of attention. I wanted to find a piece that that turned heads and had a little bit of extraness to it. This dress did just that! The sleeves were my favorite part and they gave it the level of extraness that I needed. At first, I was nervous when I ordered it because sometimes if a garment isn't executed properly sleeves like these can either look lifeless or be stiff and uncomfortable. However, they were perfect! Super bouncy and not itchy and scratchy on the skin. The white on this dress was so crisp and bright, which is hard to come by sometimes! Hopefully I can keep it that way. If you can't tell by now I love a good crop top and this one showed just enough skin, and the sweetheart neckline added to the angelic feel. When it comes to the skirt the ruching was the perfect added touch! I like ruching because it hides the tummy, and it never fails that when I eat I get a little food baby! So, this skirt was perfect for brunch because I definitely pigged out! When they created this two-piece dress they added all the perfect elements. I felt like this dress was made for me!   This has been one of my favorite birthday looks! Let me be honest though, pretty much all of my birthday outfits are my favorite looks! I just turned 27 so keep your eyes on the blog to see my next upcoming looks!
-FASHMIRA  We always start out the new year with plans, goals, and missions that we would like to achieve. When the year starts we are all fired up to accomplish them. We’re opening gym memberships, updating our wardrobes, cutting off people, and putting things into place so that we can start taking action and making strides towards things we wanted for the new year. And at first we are doing great! We are focused and driven and it seems like everything has finally fallen into place. This is going to be our year! But, then as the days roll on we start to slip here and there. No biggie it’s fine we’ll do better. But then days turn to weeks and weeks turn to a month and then all of a sudden we aren’t doing anything we were supposed to anymore. We fall back into our old routines, get back into our terrible mindless cycles work-dinner-netflix-sleep-work-dinner-netflix-sleep-repeat-repeat-repeat.  I don’t know maybe I’m being too general. Maybe it’s only me, maybe nobody else experiences this. We start to think maybe I’m the problem. But, then when you head onto social media and it seems like we all have fallen of the wagon and slowly have gotten back into old habits. You wanted to lose 50 pounds, but you just cancelled your gym membership? That man you said you weren’t going to mess with again? I see you’re going back and forth with him on social media. You started a new business, and I was so excited to purchase something from you and I go to your website and it’s a “going out of business sale.” You moved to a new city at the beginning of the year for a fresh start, and now 3 months later you’re posting about how you’re on your way back to your hometown for good... Look at us, we failed our mission. But think about it, on a video game you get to keep trying and trying again and again until you pass the objective. Listen, you did not fail! Mistakes happen and we mess up. Restarting and readjusting is just all apart of the journey. When you play a game and lose, each time you restart you see something new, you try something different, you switch something up to make sure you will be more successful this time around. And eventually you wind up succeeding, pass the level, and win the game. Why don’t we allow ourselves the same opportunity to try again, readjust, and realign ourselves in our everyday lives?  Last year, I came on here and listed so many goals that I wanted to achieve, and I achieved many of them. However, I also "failed" at some as well. In fact the one area that I struggled in flourishing was THIS... my website... my business... I'm inserting a link HERE so that you can read through everything that I was supposed to do last year, and we can take a second and laugh together. I put Fashmira to the back burner while I focused on progressing my traditional career. I was also able to experience a little bit of romance in 2021. But, My biggest accomplishment was all the growth I seen within myself. I was on a self love journey in 2021 and I am so proud of how far I’ve come. Honestly, last year was such a beautiful year for me and even though I wasn’t able to check off all the goals for last year, I am so happy with all that I did accomplish because it was no small feat. Mistakes were definitely made but 2021 was a year of growth that was needed. Don’t focus on what you didn’t do. Take pride in all of your wins. As I embark on level 2022 in this magical game that we all have been playing. I am entering it with a stronger foundation and an enhanced perspective. I completed more important tasks last year that played a major role in my self development. This year it’s time to focus on growing and enhancing my business. This year is about entrepreneurship and getting reacquainted with my creative and innovative side. This year I am taking what I learned from last year, and implementing the lessons learned. New year, New Me, Take Two! -FASHMIRA     I recently turned 26, and I have to say that this was the best birthday I have had in a while! I had so much fun and was surrounded by so much love. My birthday was truly nothing short of amazingly special. <3 My birthday was so eventful! However, leading up to my birthday I was honestly in a funk, and if you know me then you know that isn't normal. I'm always hype for my birthday, I have a whole birthday countdown and make plans months in advance. This time, that just wasn't the case, I was operating on about a 10% excitement level. However, as it got closer to my birthday I ignored the funk and pushed through. We get one special day a year that is dedicated to us, so you always have to acknowledge it and celebrate! I made so many last minute plans that surprisingly turned out amazing. I am so thankful that I have people in my life who were so willing and able to celebrate my birthday with me the way that I wanted to.   I want to thank everyone who made my birthday so special. I appreciate everyone who took the time out to celebrate with me at my birthday events. I want to thank everyone who purchased a birthday gift, a card, etc. Thank you to everyone who acknowledged my birthday, I truly appreciate every single "Happy Birthday" I received. My birthday is so important to me, so it really means so much to me when someone acknowledges my special day. Thank you so much everyone. I feel like I'm on an award show giving my acceptance speech lol, but seriously thank you all so much. If you follow me on social media you got to see some of my outfits! The next three blog posts will be short and sweet but dive into the details of each. I know I'm over a month late but I hope you still enjoy! I'm definitely down to drag it out and continue the celebration. -FASHMIRA  |
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