HELLO AGAIN

It feels quite weird to write again on this blog. I suppose at this point, the many breaks I have been taking throughout the years should have made this process easier.

Despite that, and despite me choosing writing as a career, I am awful at writing things down. Actually, I'll rephrase that: I am awful at writing down what I feel. Because, you see, I could ramble for hours about a specific book, a skirt, or a place I've visited. But it's always really hard for me to put down into words what I feel. Especially when I am sad.

I guess it's quite a normal thing, if I have to be honest with you, and I really don't know why I am writing this post down. I just had the hitch, a sort of an urge to start writing again. Something that I have been missing dearly lately.

I have been caught up in what is, essentially, life. Winter left its place to spring, where my heart felt better and I handed in my dissertation. I am in fact, a full functioning and graduate adult trying to make a living out of what I love doing the most.

Read More

Leave a Comment 2018, beauty blogger, catch up, fashion, Fashion Blogger, life, lifestyle, lifestyle blogger, london, new, new beginning, new post, university, update

Share:

INTERNSHIP 101: WEEK TWO

So here it is, part two of my internship experience (you can find part one here). I am not gonna lie to you, I should have written this post at least two weeks ago but the past week has been so stressful I literally had no time to do anything that wasn't work related.

After my placement, being back at university has't been as easy as I thought it was gonna be. I have had to catch up on all the lectures I missed, write all the notes (so, so many notes!) and, on top of all that, hand in 10% of my dissertation which has, without a doubt, been the most stressful thing so far.
However, the 10% is finally done and I can relax (for now) and write down this post.

Read More

Leave a Comment fashion cupboard, fashion desk, fashion internship, fashion journalism, fbloggers, internship, internship 101, journal, journalism, london, newspaper, personal, placement, portsmouth, the times, university

Share:

INTERNSHIP 101: WEEK ONE

I was sitting in a coffee shop yesterday, chatting away about the mind blowing week I had.
If you're not following me on Twitter (you should, I'm funny I promise) you probably don't know I am currently a Fashion Desk Intern at The Times (Right?!?)

I've been waiting to start this internship since it got confirmed at the beginning of last summer – I know, it's practically been ages!
However, I would have never expected it to be so intense, overwhelming and yet fun as it has turned out to be.

Read More

Leave a Comment 2017, article, career, fashion, fashion cupboard, fashion desk, fashion journalism, internship, internship 101, journal, journalism, london, newspaper, october, personal, placement, the times

Share:

Little London Getaway

I woke up on Saturday morning with one of the worst hangover I've had in a while. But you know, going out with friends and having one or two (or, ehm, way more than just a couple) glasses of wine is always worth it in my opinion. 

Needless to say that the hangover was not welcome, especially because I had a little day trip to London planned. But anyways, I decided to ignore my pounding head and get ready for what I thought was gonna be a good day out in the sun.

However, you can easily imagine how it turned out. Pouring down with rain, of course. 

Luckily the Oxford Street's shops were so kind to provide a safe (and dry!) environment. Unfortunately, the temptation was too hard to resist and I made a couple of cheeky purchases. 

I also fell in love with a couple of pricks (ay, that pun though) in UO – too expensive to buy but oh-so-pretty to photograph. 

What I didn't miss about London are the people and tourists though. I said it once and I'll say it again: I have a love/hate relationship with people. It's mostly hate.

Overall it was a great day (despite the rain, the people and my hangover) and it was an amazing opportunity to snap some photographs on my film camera (featuring the lovely boyfriend of course).

It was the perfect end of my English summer before I head off to Spain and Italy and I would definitely do it again (maybe not on a Saturday!)

Leave a Comment 2016, day trip, london, oxford street, UO

Share:

Weekend Getaway: London

Living in Portsmouth is great, but I miss London so much I can't help to go there whenever I can – and that's exactly what I did last weekend.

Left here on Friday, I got to London and finally hugged my babe (AKA Rachel) after literally months – eight, to be precise. Yes.. EIGHT!
It was a lovely and chilled out weekend, nothing special about it. But anything you do is special when you're in London – or at least that's what I keep telling myself, ha!

Unfortunately, being Uni students meant we couldn't exactly go anywhere or do anything that involved loads of money, but we managed to have a great time anyways. Although, we had the horrible idea of going into central London on a sunny Sunday afternoon – horrible, I tell ya!

Nonetheless it was great catching up with her. It does suck having friends living an hour and a half away when last year I could literally meet them whenever I wanted to. But it's also okay, friendships don't change just because you live a train journey away – and that means I actually have an excuse to go to London every other weekend ;)

Leave a Comment central london, distance, explore, friends, friendship, living in london, london, london bound, portsmouth, university, weekend

Share:

A Brand New Chapter

Today was kind of a big day for me.

I wish I could start off this post by telling you guys that I did some amazing things today, but unfortunately the only thing I actually did was going to Ikea by myself. But that's exactly why it was a big day. 

I am officially moving to Uni in 6 days – scary, I know!, and I'll be living in a Student Hall which means I basically have to buy every single thing apart from a bed and a sink – oh, the joys of being an adult!
And going to Ikea today was a really important moment for me. Important because I went shopping by myself and I'll move into a house I'll share with five strangers and that just made me realise I am officially growing up. 
I've been living abroad for two years now, but I've always shared a house with families. I never had to buy my own furniture or food or anything like that and today it finally hit me, I am starting a new chapter in a new city and I'll live in a new place and I'll meet new people. And these are the memories I want to treasure for the rest of my life. I want to be able to look back at my Uni days and remember how I felt and what I did.

So here we go, first of many posts about my years at Uni. Embrace yourselves for awkward and embarrassing stories, a rollercoaster of emotions and much, much more. 

Leave a Comment adventure, ikea, journal, london, personal, portsmouth, university

Share:

The One Where Alice Turns 20

Can this post be considered a part two? And if you have no clue of what I am talking about you should probably read this post right here.

But yes, as you can probably tell by the title, I turned 20 on Sunday. And what a beautiful weekend that was.

Started my early birthday celebration on Saturday when me and my pal Alice – I promised I am not referring to myself, went out for dinner. Italian of course, what else would you expect from me? Right after dinner we went to the Theatre to see a play, Shakespeare In Love to be more precise. Maybe not all of you are aware of the fact that I am basically obsessed with English Literature and that Shakespeare In Love is by far one of my favourite films of all times, so by this point you can imagine my excitement! The play was amazingly done and most of the lines were taken from the film – therefore I knew them by heart and couldn't help but acting along. Typical Alice.
Afterwards I went to my friend's pub and we waited until midnight with a bunch of people I didn't know that sang happy birthday to me. To be fair, 99% of them were pissed but still, that was nice and really out of tune haha! Needless to say we stayed up all night drinking and laughing and having a hell of a good time and that the actual day of my birthday I was too tired to do anything apart from eating what was left of the cake.

So yes, I am now 20. Technically not a teen anymore but still acting like one – did you have any doubts about it? Because I didn't. 
I don't really know how to feel because to be fair nothing's changed, it just feels really weird saying that I am now 20 years old. Almost too weird.
But that's life, and there's nothing I can do about it apart from enjoying it. 
What's really surprising is that only a year ago I was miserable but I got to spent my 19th birthday with my closest friends and family and now I am okay and got to celebrate this special day with people I didn't even know they existed up until 8 months ago. Weird how things can change in just 365 days. 
I don't know what to expect from this year, but I know I am ready for it :)

Leave a Comment 2015, alice, birthday, friendship, growing up, italy, journal, living in london, london, london bound, march, new post, personal, shakespeare

Share:

Guess who's back? Back again!

Well, guess who's back?

I feel so bad writing this post after almost a month of break but it was much needed and I feel so much better now.

I know I was supposed to do blogmas and I was supposed to write more, share photos, and just be a bit more festive – but I couldn't, and I really hope you understand.

I am making some progress now, slowly starting to feel better and I will surely write more posts. 

This one goes out to everyone who's still willing to read my blog and have a laugh.

Happy 2015, I'll see you very soon.

2 comments 2015, journal, lifestyle, london, motivation

Share:

Taylor Swift, Harrods and One Night Only concert! – Blogmas day 5, 6 & 7

Well hello everyone and happy Sunday!

As mentioned in the previous post, this past weekend was a really busy one and I'll obviously write everything down. 
I shall start by saying that unfortunately I didn't end up doing that top secret thing I told you about, not that I didn't want to, it was just too far away and it was too early in the morning – and everyone knows how much I love sleeping haha!

But let's start with Friday. I had the day off so me and my friend Rachele went to central London and walked around. We ended up going to Victoria's Secret and fangirled over the dress that Taylor Swift wore during the VS fashion show this year – yes, it was in the shop and yes, we obviously took a photo of it!
After a lovely lunch at Nando's we walked all the way to Harrods and pretended we were so rich we just couldn't decide what to buy for our future house – but let's be honest, I would much rather spend all my money in concert tickets, tea and books than in a super expensive coffee table.

On Saturday we started our day by going to the British Museum which was lovely as usual and not too busy for a Saturday afternoon.
Shortly after that we took a bus all the way to Hackney and enjoyed a live performance by One Night Only. I have to say, it was my first time seeing them live and they killed it. The energy they have on stage is contagious and everyone was screaming lyrics and enjoying themselves. I am one of those people who have to see a band/singer performing life before actually saying I like them and now I can truly say I genuinely like One Night Only.

As of today my knees hurt and I am beyond tired therefore my bed will be my best friend.
Until tomorrow, have a lovely rest of the weekend.

Leave a Comment blogmas, christmas, concert, december, lifestyle, living in london, london, london boung, one night only, personal, taylor swift, victoria's secret, vlogmas

Share:

Top secret plans + gingerbread cookies! – Blogmas day 4

unfortunately these are NOT my cookies – they look yummy though!

We can officially say that the wrapping-presents-and-baking-Christmas-cookies period has begun!
In fact, I've literally spent the whole morning wrapping toys for the kids and baking gingerbread cookies – loads of them!!, and don't worry because in the meantime I had time to stress out about it and drink 10+ cups of tea. Can't live without stress now, can I? Haha.

On the bright side tomorrow is Friday and this weekend is looking pretty lush and full of nice things to do. And I'll obviously blog about them –  if I'm allowed to!
No, I'm not doing anything top secret but I'm participating in something really fun and quite important and I'll let you know if I can write about it, so if you're interested in finding out what it is, just keep your eyes peeled!

Leave a Comment blogmas, christmas, december, gingerbread cookies, journal, lifestyle, london, personal, presents, vlogmas

Share:

A Christmast Crisis! – Blogmas day 3

Let's see, I am trying to think about something interesting to write down for you but truth is my day was really boring. Might have done some online shopping but, believe me, nothing I got was for me. 
Is it just me or Christmas is both amazing and stressful at the same time? Oh and do we have to mention the amount of money we spend every year for gifts?! Yeah, I don't think so.

Every time I see people on YouTube uploading "The ultimate gifts guide", or something around those lines, they make me think: how come those people know what to buy and I don't?
I guess it's because I really do care about presents and I like making people happy. I like to buy something both unique and useful at the same time, but I know some people just get the first thing they see and don't even bother spending a bit of time trying to find the perfect gift.

I don't know, I guess I'm just really stressed out about everything at the moment, but then again: story of my life!
But seriously, December has just started and I'm already panicking, what's wrong with me?!
Presents will be the death of me – at least for a couple of weeks more hah!

Also I am truly sorry about those lame posts lately, hopefully December will get more interesting and I'll be able to share more, however in the meantime I hope you're enjoying Blogmas :)

2 comments blogmas, christmas, december, lifestyle, london, presents, vlogmas

Share:

Comfort Food & Feeling Emotional – Blogmas day 2

Had a weird dream last night and I woke up feeling a bit emotional, nothing to worry about, really, just feeling a bit upset. 
It happens sometimes and there's only two things we can do about it: we can either embrace it and know that tomorrow is going to be a better day or we can complain about it and get even more upset. So really, why not embrace it? Everyone has a bad day every once in a while and I know it'll get better.

As of today, though, I know I'm not happy about my weight, my shape and my skin and I am aware of the fact that all my imperfections are more visible to me during those days. So, what did I do? I had LOTS of comfort food – which, let me tell you, doesn't help my shape and body weight, and had a long shower singing along to Taylor Swift's new album.

On the bright side, though, today is December 2nd which means loads of YouTubers will start uploading their Vlogmas and I'm so excited about it! I love me a good vlog more that a main channel video, to be honest with you.
And also, I only have 15 days left before heading back home for Christmas – which is also very very exciting if you ask me.

I don't know, sorry if this blogpost was a bit upsetting and not too fun to read, but I like getting personal and write down what I am feeling, I can always go back and read it when I have another bad day or when I want to remember something and it feels really good.

So my advice for today is: do not feel bad if you have a bad day, tomorrow will be a better one. And if you're really upset just try and write it down somewhere, it doesn't have to be on the internet, but I can assure you it'll make you feel so much better.
Also – and this goes for me as well, if you feel like eating some comfort food, just do it. A piece of chocolate won't hurt you – unless you eat chocolate all day every day, then you know, that could be bad for you, but then again, you get what I mean, haha!

Leave a Comment blogmas, comfort food, living in london, london, london bound, vlogmas

Share:

Welcome December – Blogmas day 1

On the first day of Christmas 

my true love sent to me..

Well, here we are, it's finally December, woo-woop! How exciting is that?! 
Recently I've been feeling quite christmassy and finally now I can start decorating my bedroom and wear Christmas jumpers all the time! And Christmas is only 24 days away – and I am waaaaay too excited for it this year!
But most important I am excited to tell you I decided to do Blogmas this year!

I haven't seen anyone doing it yet and I decided to give it a go. For those of you who have no clue of what I'm talking about I'll explain what Blogmas is. Usually in December, YouTubers do Vlogmas – which is a vlog everyday up until Christmas. Since I am 100% sure nobody would like me to vlog, I decided to do Blogmas instead which is a blogpost a day up until Christmas (Yeah, we'll see how this turns out, haha!)

So yeah, I don't quite know what I will write about for 25 days but I am sure I'll come up with something.
I hope you'll sick around to read it all and please, do let me know if any of you decides to do Blogmas as well, I'd love to read it :)

Leave a Comment christmas, december, lifestyle, living in london, london, london bound, new post, personal

Share:

Lazy Sunday: the people I love

When I left Italy I was in a really bad place, thought I had no one who cared about me and moving to London seemed the only option.
Looking back now, I can assure you it really was one of the best decision I've ever made. London has opened so many doors for me, and I am sure it'll give me so many more opportunities. But most important, distance made me realise – once again, how lucky I am and how many important people I have in my life.

I guess it's true: you never appreciate something until you lose it – or, in my case, until you move city.
Living far away from the people I love it's not easy, and it never will be, but I am dealing with it and it's getting better because, no matter how far I am, they will always be there for me. And I couldn't be happier about it.

My advice for today? 

Go on and live the adventure, but never forget the ones who love you.

Leave a Comment adventure, bestfriend, distance, explore, exploring, fresh start, friends, friendship, lifestyle, living in london, london, london bound, long distance relationships, love, things I miss, travel, traveling

Share:

1989 circa – Taylor Swift

Although I haven't had a chance to talk about it yet, music has always had a huge impact on me and my life and has helped me becoming the person I am today.

I seriously couldn't imagine a world without music.

So today, I decided to talk about it because something really cool happened last week. 

But first, a bit of music background. 
I grew up listening to Beatles and Eagles, Pink Floyd and Queen, and so on. All these bands had a massive influence on my music taste, of course. Therefore I've always loved listening to either old rock music, modern rock, indie, anything that has a bit of rock 'n' roll in it. 
But sometimes it's not only about a particular genre, it's not always about beats or chords, for me the most important thing is being able to relate to lyrics, knowing that you're feeling exactly what that singer is feeling, sharing emotions and creating a sort of connection with them. 
And the first person that made me realise that was Taylor Swift.
A bit of a change from rock 'n' roll, huh?
But, let's be honest, who cares? We are all free to listen to whatever we want and we shouldn't be judged because of that. 
Who cares if we like metal and pop music? Who cares if we listen to country and classical music? As a matter of fact, listening to different genres means learning some music culture. It means exploring and discovering.

So yes, I listen to Taylor Swift and yes I absolutely adore her.
Always had and always will.

And last week her newest album 1989 was released. And it's absolutely brilliant. 
A bit of a change compared to her previous albums – I have to admit, but that's why it works. 
She said in multiple interviews that it is her first official pop album and it's her favourite one out of all the ones she made.

I don't wanna give it away, if you haven't heard it yet an you like Taylor Swift, pop music or even if you're just curious, please do listen to it – you won't regret it.

Maybe this post won't be interesting for most of you, but 1989 – and music in general, is something that I like and that makes me happy and I wanted to share it with the world. 

But for those who listened to 1989, what did you think? 
Do you have a favourite song? 

Leave a Comment 1989, explore, exploring, lifestyle, london, music, taylor swift, taylor swift 1989

Share:

Walking around London: Portobello and Notting Hill

Different day, new adventure, same city.

Just because I moved to London now, it doesn't mean I visited every single part of this gorgeous city. That's why two months ago I promised myself I would visit a different part of the city every weekend so I would never get bored and I would have the chance to wonder around and explore.

And for this week's blogpost I wanted to share with you my short – but productive, visit around Portobello and Notting Hill. 
So, where to start?

Portobello was exactly as described: a wonderful place with colourful houses and loads of flea markets. A bit like Camden, I have to say – but we all know how much I love Camden Town, therefore I'm afraid that nothing really compares to it.

What some of you may not know is that if you keep walking from Portobello Road you'll eventually get to Notting Hill and from there you can go all the way to Kensington and so on. Basically London is just a big, big city where everything is really close – if only you know where to go.

And what about Notting Hill? One of my all time favourite films was shot there, and it's such a posh but beautiful neighbourhood. Big, white houses, big streets, loads of expensive cars, but you'll always have a gorgeous view in front of you.

Best thing about this whole adventure was that I could share it with my friend Rachele, she's always up for a walk, a talk or anything really. Making friends in a new place is always hard, so when you find a good one you shouldn't let them go.

You know, it's been two months – eight weekends, since I moved here, but I will never get tired of this city.

Leave a Comment adventure, central london, explore, exploring, living in london, london, london bound, notting hill, october, portobello, touristic places, travel, traveling, weekend

Share:

London Film Festival and selfies with Brad Pitt

People often refer to New York as "the city that never sleeps", but recently I found out that London suffers from insomnia as well.

Someone today asked me how my weekend went.

"It was exhausting, but great." I said.

"Oh, did you go clubbing?"

Now, someone normal – better known as everybody else but me, would have said yes. But me, obviously I had to come up with another answer because, let's face it, we all know I am not all that normal.

So let's just talk about my crazy weekend for one second, shall we? And maybe all that's been written above will make sense to you.

Ever hear of the BFI London Film Festival? For those of you who are not familiar with this event, it is basically a Film Festival (weird, I know!) and it is probably the UK's largest public film event, which means people can actually buy tickets to go and see movie premiers and walk on the red carpet – hey, don't judge, I consider it pretty exciting!

Now, I'd like to write down that I indeed purchased a ticket and walked on my beloved red carpet, but that'd be a lie. 

What I did do, though, was looking at the red carpet from the front row and have the chance to fangirl for a good couple of hours. 

Who is familiar with fangirls here? Because if you're not you should know that they'd do basically anything to see their favourite people. And when I say anything, I mean it.

With that being said I can finally wrote down that me and my friend had the brilliant idea to spend the whole night in Leicester Square in order to have the front row for the red carpet.

Let me tell you, it's been almost 48 hours now and I am still so fricking tired! And before you start judging me because I'm only 19 years old, you try and "sleep" on the pavement in Leicester Square on a Saturday night with loads of clubs and drunk people and when it's pouring down – cheers for that, London.

I mean, there were people everywhere and all night long. And clubs shut down at 3 am. What were they doing? I have absolutely no idea, but I told you that London doesn't sleep well, didn't I?

Did I get the front row then? Yes, and I am so happy about it.

Did I get the chance to see all the actors I wanted to see? No, unfortunately I didn't.

But, I got a selfie with Mr. Brad Pitt himself, thank you very much.

So, here's my story. Sorry about the length of this post, but I was extremely inspired by the course of the recent events – who wouldn't be though?!, and please bare in mind that I am not trying to brag in any way, I just wanted to share my experience.

Oh, and to all of the people that said my photo was either photoshopped or done at Madame Tussauds, this last photo is for you. Cheers.

Leave a Comment brad pitt, cinema, event, film, fury premier, leicester square, lff, logan lerman, london, london bound, london film festival, movie, red carpet

Share:

Tourist for a day: London by night

To be honest with you I've never liked being a tourist. Now, don't get me wrong. If you've been reading my blog for long enough you know that I love traveling and exploring new places and cities, however, I don't like the idea of visiting specific places and take loads of common photos. 

Whenever I am visiting somewhere new, I like to walk around and discover streets or places that are not known as 'touristic places'. 

Does that make any sense to you? I don't know, it surely does to me.

Now, moving to London was a huge improvement and a big decision for me and I knew that it would have been a busy and chaotic city – because, let's face it, it really is!, but I also knew I'd love it unconditionally.

And I wasn't wrong. 

So, as much as I dislike going to all the 'touristic places', I found myself walking around central London last night and I suddenly remembered why I fell in love with this city five years ago.

The simple beauty hidden in all these places is something unexplainable, something that makes me happy whenever I feel sad or out of place. 

Yes, London is my happy place.

Yes, I pretended to be a tourist yesterday.

Yes, I took loads of photos.

And yes, I've enjoyed it immensely. 

2 comments adventure, alice, central london, explore, exploring, living in london, london, london bound, london eye, moving to london, october, tourist, touristic places

Share:

Motivation Sunday – you can do it!

I woke up this morning feeling quite strange, probably because I've spent most of my night yesterday writing my personal statement for my university application. And that made me think about how far I've got and how many experiences I've made.

A coulpe years ago I would have never imagined to do all the things I've done: going to America, finishing high school, moving to London and so on. 
But all of this wouldn't have happened without someone. And that someone is me. 
I realized that the only reason why I've experienced so much is because I wanted to. I was able to achieve what I really wanted.

And you know what? I am extremely proud of this. 
I would have never thought I'd be so strong but I am, and it feels so good.

So I am here writing this post to let you know that you can do it. And I am aware of the fact that this sounds a lot like a really boring and relatable quote – but it's true. And I've experienced it.

My advice for today?

Think for yourself and never doubt your strength. You can achieve whatever you want if you work hard enough for it. 
Nothing comes easy, that's true, but if we really want something – and I mean really really want it, we have to make sure we can do anything in our power in order to make it happen.

It's our only chance to do it, after all.

Leave a Comment adventure, alice, college, decisions, explore, london, motivation, moving to london, october, sunday

Share:

View from a bus window – part 1

If there is one thing I love about public transportations is that they allow you to see parts of the city you didn't know of or places you've never been to. Sometimes, though, you're able to see places you've visited before under a complete different light.

And it's amazing.

That's why I've decided to start taking photos of my bus journeys and share them here with you all. Most of you will be surprised to find out how many places look completely different if seen from a bus window view.

So sit tight and enjoy the ride!

2 comments adventure, bus, explore, exploring, living in london, london, london bound, moving to london, travel, traveling, wanderlust

Share: