Quote of the Day ...

Worrying doesn't take away tomorrows troubles,
it takes away today's peace.

How to stay Positive / Letting your inner beauty grow :)

Hi my lovely readers,

True beauty starts within. Its important to do our hair & makeup but its also equally important to fell good inside. Feeling good and staying positive will make you a much more beautiful person than you already are.

Firstly keep your self in a positive environment be it your office, living room etc , in a positive atmosphere. When I walk into a room and see that everything is pretty , clean and organised it instantly makes me feel happy and positive. Maybe you can get a new color on your walls or put quote that inspire you on the walls or pictures of family and friends and make your space beautiful and positive. That also goes for Music, Listening to good music always puts me in a good mood. and also if you have anything negative in your room like a picture of someone you are no longer friends with then put that away, it was in the past.





Next is to nourish yourself well. I feel the biggest difference when I eat well and when I put some effort into make some good food at home rather than eating fast foods.It puts me in a good mood.I have more energy to do things. When you do that your body starts to look good and looking in the mirror instead of saying uff i'm bloated you look and feel amazing, your hair looks good, your skin feels good.Show your body some love and it will come back to you. And drink lots of water.

Third thing is to take care of yourself. Which means getting enough sleep , exercising, and not stressing about things.It will help you have a positive outlook on life . you are the most important thing in you life so take care of yourself.

Fourth is to surround your self with positive people. Nothing is worse than being with someone who is constantly negative and constantly gossiping  and has a problem with everything. This is so toxic on your body and I feel like this breathers a lot of negativity and at he end f he day it is no your responsibility to deal with everyone's negativity. Its important to be a good friend if your friend is obviously going through something.Its important to be there for them but if this person is just being bashful of others and gossiping then its just not necessary. there's so many other things you can fill your mind with.

Finally set goals and make yourself a vision board. Try to do something small everyday to help you reach your goal ( http://samanthadsouza.blogspot.com/
2013/03/how-to-make-your-dreams-come-true.html ) . It is also important to be thankful and grateful for what you have , even if it isn't much and this will also make you fell more appreciative towards life.

Now an overall , general and obvious tip is to just be a good person and be helpful and kind.

Hope this was helpful. Feel free to comment below with your tips to stay positive and also if you have any quotes or inspiring pictures that you would lie to share. 

love you all ♥,

How to make your dreams come true?

How to achieve your Goals ?

Most of the time we imagine the things we want to achieve but its hard to make them tangible. We wonder what do I do to get there. So these few steps will help to achieve our goals. Its from a book called "Slight Edge". And you guys must read this book, its kind of life changing. So when you making goals, put them into categories, eg: financial, health and fitness  work, spiritual etc. 

Now start out by writing what you want in each category, eg: health- feel better , deal with depression/mood swings, spiritual - feel close to God, relationships- have a good relationship with family and friends etc..Now you need to set your baby steps to achieve these goals. Make these steps for each day. And let them be easy steps, so that you can easily do it each day ( unless your that lazy). 

Example: Health - Visualize yourself feeling fit ,body and mind each day for a minute, just one minute each day, Spiritual- Listen to inspirational speakers for 5 minutes each day, Only 5 minutes so you stay focused.
At least in each category do baby steps for 2 minutes each day. 

Set goals that are realistic. Not like ,' I'm going to jog for one hour a day and then you give it up in the end because one hour a day is too much for you to do each day. Rather do it for 5 minutes or 15 minutes each day. And after your 15 minutes you can say, ' Yes! I did it. ' Baby steps are very important.

The cool thing about this is that baby steps are actually moving you forward :)

Often after doing baby steps you will feel like doing more , if not then baby steps are fine too as long as its done daily. Remember nothing is "IMPOSSIBLE" :)

Good luck :)

Love ♥,

Quote of the Day ...

Happiness is a journey,

 not a destination...

A different Angle ✿

Hi my lovely readers,

I'm back again with a story I read on another blog recently. This story has a lot to teach us. We always crave for things we don't have and never really appreciate the little things we have close to us. even me, I see new offers in the catalogs and always jump us saying I need that , its on offer now . In reality , these material things  are not what we need in life. Life is much more than that. Love everything and everyone around you and you'll not have tat empty space in you life to fill up with unwanted material things. :)

So now to the story ....

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spend a coupe of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from the trip, the father asked his son, ' How was the trip?'

" It was great Dad,''

" Did you see how poor people live?'' the father asked 

" Oh, yeah." said the son

" So tell me what did you learn from the trip?'' asked the father

The son answered, " I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. 

" We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight."

" We have servants to serve us, but they serve others. We buy food but they grow theirs."

" We have walls around our property to protect us, but they have friends to protect them. "

The boys father was speechless.

Then His son added , " Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Life is so inspiring event at the worst of times.

If you guys have any similar inspiring stories , feel free to post them in the comments bellow.

Love ♥ , 

Quote of the Day ...

Life is Tough, But so very Beautiful :)

Quote of the Day...

Follow your heart But take your brain with you 

Boots ingredients Avocado & Macadamia Intensive Hair treatment :)

Deep Conditioning !!!

Hello my lovely readers. Today I'm going to review the Boots ingredients Avocado and Macadamia intensive Hair treatment . Lol, that's a long name for a product :P. Usually I prefer a home made deep conditioner or oil treatments to the fancy ones available in the stores. But this time as I passed the aisles in Boots I came across the avocado and macadamia deep conditioner . It looked interesting as I know both avocado and macadamia are super rich for your hair and I've also heard that they increase shine and hydrate etc... 

Quote of the Day ...

Until you spread your wings,

you'll have no idea how far you can fly.

Quote of the day ...

Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, 

Laugh as much as you breathe and Love as long as you live.

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Quote of the Day...

" If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. for your passion will lead you right into your purpose." - Bishop T. D. Jakes

Everyone has a story in life

Hi My lovely readers,

Today I thought about making a video for you guys. I recently came across a story that touched me deeply. We often judge people without knowing them. Hope this video inspires you . Keep watching.

Love ♥,

Quote of the day...

One of the simplest ways to stay happy is to let go of all the things that make you sad.

Quote of the day ...

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, 

It's about learning to Dance in the Rain.

The Face ☻

The Face 

Finally after so long, I've decided to take the pencil in my hand and start drawing again :)
Here is a sneak peek into the drawing that I created. ( You'll see the final result at the end ). 

I cannot express how happy it made me to draw again. Enjoyed the shading part :)

 Tada... Finally the completed drawing :)

I know its far from perfect , but I'm happy with it. More drawings coming soon. 

Love ♥ ,

Quote of the Day...

Magic is believing in yourself , If you can do that, you can make anything happen. 

- Johann Wollfgang Von Goethe

Joy of painting / Drawing ♥

Painting and drawing used to bring me so much joy .Painting  used to be my escape from the busy world. But these days it seems as if I'm too busy to paint or draw. I guess I lost the motivation. I no longer had classmates around to share my passion. 

Back in high school, i kept on painting because I loved it so much. I love the feeling when your really into something and it drives you to go on. After high school, I knew I wanted to take up Fine Arts because there would be so much more for me to learn. But I chickened out because I knew I needed a degree that would make me more employable. I locked up my passion and took up commerce and accounting ( I still have no idea why I chose it). while my 3 years in university barely taught me anything ( since i hated it). I still loved it because I met wonderful people in the university. All the while I would tell my self " One day, I'll start painting again."

Now few years later, I finally took the plunge to go back to it. Because I haven't done any drawings or paintings in a while, I 've decided to take online painting lessons from a few youtubers. There are so many fine art tutorials on youtube, but these are few of my favourites, creativecolors (http://www.youtube.com/user/creativecolour?feature=watch), The painting and drawing channel (  http://www.youtube.com/user/paintinganddrawing ) , Web Art Academy ( http://www.youtube.com/user/webArtAcademy/videos?view=0  ), Free oil painting lessons ( http://www.youtube.com/user/freeoilpaintlessons/videos?view=0 ) . You seriously can learn ANYTHING on youtube. 

I'm only free late in the evenings, so going to actual painting classes would be difficult for me. Being able to sit at home, drawing at my own time is what I need. I'm really excited because I'm finally going back to my childhood passion again. 

I hope 2013 hasn't been too bad for you guys. Remember life is short so do all the things that matter to you . Make the most out of it. Take care everybody and You shall see new drawings soon :)

Love ♥, 

Quote of the Day...

" Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. " - Marilyn Manroe

My personal Lip scrub :) DIY

DIY tasty Lip scrub :) 

Has winter left you with rough ,chapped lips? yup. mine too. I took the time to make my own lip scrub as my chap stick wasn't doing the trick. Lip scrubs help to remove dead and dry skin to give you new fresh and smooth lips :) You don't even need to go shopping, everything you need for this lip scrub is right at your home. It only takes two minutes to make your lip scrub and enjoy your baby soft lips :)

Quote of the Day...

" Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind " - Dr,Seuss