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I love designing, but secretly I love writing as much also. This is a small WordPress blog about Fashion, lifestyle, makeup, random stuff. Everything.
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I know it’s silly to write about fashion and trends in a time like this but if I’m being honest this is my way of keeping positive through this pandemic.
I know post quarantine people are just praying for work to restart so they can feed their loved ones, my father is also continuously thinking about our health or his work.
I’m not trying to negate the big issue, but I seriously love fashion and I can’t wait to go back to dressing up and expressing myself through my clothes
Trends:
1: Mini/micro bags:
I am a sucker for tiny bags. They’re highly impractical but they look so cute. A local bag company called The warp (Insta: thewarp.io) makes genuine leather mini bags, that is on my wish list.
Body hugging outfits are definitely a vibe, but with this heat in Karachi loose is the keyword and when it’s boxy and structured it looks fashion. Minimal, clean and soft colours is all that you need or at least I need this summer. There’s this local brand called Basic (insta: basicxwear) that does amazing white crisp button downs, that are my ultimate go to.
I haven’t applied makeup on my face in prolly weeks, not like I’m any good at it and honestly that is why I love this trend. Less is more and super glossy!
The long kurtas are back and honestly we’re okay with it. Long or short we just love kurtas. They’re always there to help us through those days when we just can’t. I love getting my kurtas from Generation and Plaza on dou talwar has some really nice stitched kurtas for very cheap.
The bigger the sleeve the better. We’re in love with the big and statement sleeve trend. In my opinion it gives a very Parisian look and I’m all for that. A lot of local brands are picking up on this trend and gravitating towards statement sleeves.
Let’s talk essentials. I have a few items in my closet I absolutely cannot stop wearing, simply because they make me feel good about myself.✨
First Item: My black bellbottoms. They’re so comfortable and versatile. I can wear them casually and formally very easily.
Second item: A white button down. Everyone by now knows I’m obsessed with a good white button down. Everyone needs one in their closet.
Third item: My Hermès slippers. I know I wear them a lot but simply because I spent way too much on it and also they go with literally EVERYTHING.
Fourth item: My LV speedy. This is my go to bag because of the size and I love this shape.
Fifth item: My green kurta. Tbh I wear this kurta a lot, but I would wear any big loose kurta a lot. I love wearing manly kurtas with trousers and shalwars.
Sixth item: A nice white shalwar. I would suggest keep a less flare and a more flare one for variety.
This is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
Mental health update:
I know I should update you guys monthly and keep a check for myself but with everything going on it slipped my mind.
Since the last time I wrote about this, I’ve actually been a lot more mentally stable. I’m not going to say that I haven’t been in a bad place, I have quite a few times but I’ve handled it a lot better. Not handled it well, I do have weak moments but better than before.
Things that I learned:
⁃ During this time I’ve realized a lot of people who adore you don’t understand your state of mind, but that’s okay. Give them space and time to understand.
⁃ I’ve also learned that we should take things a little easy. Doing things under stress brings you no outcome instead you lose out on the journey to the final destination.
⁃ I have yet to learn how to control my anger when I’m feeling a certain way. It’s something that comes to me naturally because I’m generally a hot head.
Things I feel:
⁃ When I’m feeling my best, I’m optimistic about my life, my goals and this blog. It’s the complete opposite when I’m down.
⁃ I’ve had days when I want to be alone but at the same time being alone was making me scared.
⁃ Walls were caving in and I felt suffocated. But this feeling eventually did end.
⁃ Moving on, I excessively thought about things. For instance, I thought about this blog so much that I wanted to delete it.
⁃ I had days when I woke up upset and that boiled down to people I adored.
This time around I felt more than I learned. I’m still trying to take small steps and make myself a better person. It’s just the little things in your head make it so easy for you to instantly notice and accept the bad, when sometimes all you need to do is ignore that and look at the good.
One thing I’m trying incorporate in my life is, if 2 bad things happen to me and 1 good thing all I want to focus on is the 1 good thing. That’ll make my day better not the negative stuff.
Love yourself and you’ll be fine. I’ll be fine too🙌
Stay sane and lots of love, this is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
To start off, this was suppose to be a DIY product pamper routine but it turns out I’m too lazy to do DIY’s.
This is what I do when I’m tired of how my skin is feeling and I need to just revamp my body!
This is a step by step of what I do;
1. I start with oiling my hair.
2. Then I remove any makeup or makeup residue from my face.
3. I use a face mask. Any face mask I’m feeling that time. Currently, I’ve been using this spa in the bottle one.
4. After all of this I hop into the shower and these are the products I use!
5. Then I scrub my face and wash it using these two products.
6. Anyways, after my shower I lotion myself. 
7. I use an after shower hair serum and lather my ends with it so they stay moisturized. 
8. After all of this I move to my face; I spray my face with rose water, then use my under eye cream and my new face oil I recently purchased. 
9. After this I scrub my lips and wear my lip mask. By this time I’m squeaky clean and shiny✨ 
10. The final step, and by this time I just want to go to sleep because I normally do this at night. I just use my hand cream and sleep😴
This is the most pampering I do to myself. These are all the products I actually use. I don’t normally make masks at home because they take too much time. Also my skin is sensitive so things don’t easily suit me. All of this works well for me so I keep using it🌟.
If you guys have any questions feel free to ask. This is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
I wanted to give a months update exactly but unfortunately couldn’t. Anyways, since the last time I wrote this I’ve been in a bad place more frequently than before. There are a lot of things that trigger this ‘bad place’ for me, but here’s what I learned every time I went through it and came out just fine;
1. Every time I’m going through a bad phase it feels like it’s the end- But it’s really not, that feeling is just your mind playing tricks. You’ll be fine.
2. Don’t doubt yourself and your existence. You matter to people who genuinely love you.
3. What you’re working on right now is not everything. There will be other things in life, better things. You will always have a purpose in this life, don’t lose hope.
4. It’s okay when people don’t understand you. Some won’t and some will.
5. I also learned you won’t be happy till you want to be. Your work, friends, family, SO can’t make you happy till you want to be.
6. Lastly, this is something I can’t stress on enough. It’s okay. It’s okay to fail, it’s okay to just sit and watch tv sometimes, it’s okay to eat a little extra, it’s okay to not think of work at times, it’s okay to go out and have fun. It’s okay, there’s a lot to look forward too and you’ll be fine.
I’ll be fine.
This is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
14th feb, the day every girl puts so much pressure on. As someone who does the same, here are a few things I realized this V-day;
1. It’s kind off silly why should I only go out on a date on the 14th, I wanted to go on the 15th because that was a Friday and it was more convenient.
2. Also, why should I dress up extra on this day specifically. I want to dress up every time I go out with my SO.
3. It’s completely okay if you don’t do anything on this day, I went to a dance practice and mehendi lagai.
4. The last thing I learned, I was too tired on vday and I was cranky which is okay because everyone has bad days.
You come first and this is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
Since thesis year has been and still is (because still not over) stressful. I wanted to take out sometime and think about my mental health and general well being;
Love yourself, always.
Be yourself’s favorite and please keep yourself sane. This is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
PS: This is sort of inspired by what Lucie Fink from Refinery29 does on their youtube channel.
Day1: Monday
Kurta: Khaadi
Jeans: Old Navy
Shoes: Uzma
Kurta:
https://www.khaadi.com/pk/etbc18402-beige.html
https://www.khaadi.com/pk/mte18218-beige.html
Jeans:
https://www.khaadi.com/pk/wdnp18301-blue.html
https://www.khaadi.com/pk/wdnp18302-black.html
Day2: Tuesday
Kurta: Plaza shopping center
Shalwar: Generation
Shoes: Almas
Kurta:
https://pk.sapphireonline.pk/collections/ready-to-wear/products/blue-diamond?variant=13588862566474
https://pk.sapphireonline.pk/collections/ready-to-wear/products/blue-byeeze?variant=12427583881290
Shoes:
https://almas.pk/collections/womens-slides/products/288-l3
You guys can find a shalwar in your closet.
Day3: Wednesday
T-shirt: Mango
Pants: Mantra
Shoes: Almas
Shirts:
Pants:
https://mantra.com.pk/collections/pants/products/black-pleated-cullotes
https://mantra.com.pk/collections/pants/products/pattern-printed-cullotes?variant=8357433212979
Shoes:
https://almas.pk/collections/womens-slides/products/288-l3
Day4: Thursday
Shirt: HnM
Sweats: Under Amor
Shoes: HnM
Shoes:
https://almas.pk/collections/womens-slides/products/mf18003
https://almas.pk/collections/womens-slides/products/mf-17336
Day5: Friday
Kurta: Tariq Road
Shalwar: Generation
Shoes: DKNY
Kurt:
https://www.sanasafinaz.com/fw18900216.html
Shoes:
https://almas.pk/collections/womens-flip-flop/products/g-21
Hope this helped you guys, this is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
Yesterday was the first day of fpw’18 Winter festive. As instructed by our teachers quite a few of us volunteered to usher, me being one of them. This was my first time attending the show as an usher I’ve normally gone as a blogger with a magazine. We were told to come on the rehearsals and then the first and second day and the experience was quite interesting. Anyways first I want to talk about the issues;
1. We were told to be there at a certain time and hence we followed but they don’t value time. Which makes sense because it was super hectic and understandable. Everyone was busy and trying pull off a big scale event.
2. Ushers are generally treated horribly. Which confused me because we were all students from a fashion and design school and eventually we’ll be replacing them. Why be rude to the next generation🤷♀️ #kindabaffled
3. DO NOT BE RUDE. Ask politely your work will be done. I mean scolding n screaming again and again doesn’t get the job done.
There were good things also;
1. We got to see the show and experience how to pull off such a big event.
2. Also witnessed the hard work put in by the designers, models and the event planners. It’s seriously really hard guys. Everyone’s going insane working.
3. Got to see a ton of eye candy and get mesmerized.
4. I mean I guess getting scolded and meeting is kind of the same thing. So got to meet some cool people also.
5. We also got to see what trends are flooding the market.
6. Lastly, I got to usher at an amazing event with my friends while being able to cover the event for my blog.
This post isn’t meant to hurt anyone, or piss anyone off. I just wrote down what my class and I thought about the experience we had. Sadly I won’t be accompanying them for the second day but I’m sure they’ll have the best time.
This is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
11 days were less, I can’t explain to you guys how much I miss those 11 days. It’s definitely a place worth a million visits.
This was the train ride to the best trip. Excuse how strange these videos will be through out this post. But they’re actually not edited straight from my camera roll.
These were made during the time we spent in the bus. Which was quite a lot.
Some more random videos I made. I don’t understand why I made so many..
Here are a few pictures of the people I spent 11 days with. Hella annoying but I kinda adore them.
Here’s to more stranger danger trips with these guys, I just hope they don’t kill me.
Lots of love, this is adventuresofapakistanigirl signing off xo.
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