New Years Resolutions + GIVEAWAY with Smile Brilliant
Thursday, January 3, 2019
How are we already in the year of 2019?! Christmas and New Years went by so fast! You know we're in a new year when you see everyone excited about making New Year's resolutions and others who could care less about making them. Now in my 30s (Yeah, how did THAT happen?!--eek!) I am all about self-improvement. I did not want to overwhelm myself with a long list of resolutions that I may or might not accomplish by the end of 2019. However, I do want to make a short yet attainable list. So here's mine.
1. Journal Challenge
I am joining in on the Pinky Promise journal challenge. Over 70,00 women across the world are joining each other by reading their Bibles, journaling, and praying for each other. It focuses on being intentional about your relationship with God. Want to know more about it? Check out Heather Lindsey's blog. Her website also features cute journals to help you get started or just use any journal of your liking. 2019 will be about ELEVATION.
2. Smile Brillant (GIVEAWAY)
With the new year, I want to smile more--confidently with pearly whites! I admit that I have a love affair with red wine, pasta , and coffee. We all know these things can have a horrendous effect on our teeth. I'm soo excited to announce that this will be my second collaboration with Smile Brilliant. I got the amazing chance to work with them a little over a year ago and I haven't look back since! They were nice enough to send me whitening and desensitizing gels for my customized tray. Talk about a perfect Christmas or any holiday gift *inserts praise hands*
If you want to read more about the custom-fitted tray whitening process, I blogged about the entire process here. Smile Brilliant is the real deal people. Talk about boosting your self-confidence and it's AFFORDABLE. I saw results immediately after the first application--not kidding! And here we are a year later, and I still swear by this product.
****Now on to the best part! You can enter my give away here and receive $20 off your first tray using code: biancashakara20 Currently whitening my teeth now while watching Game of Thrones--(when the bf wants to watch a new show together and now we’re both HOOKED). Team Khaleesi! Haha:-) You can check out Smile Brillant website here.
3. Build more professional relationships through blogging
I'm often asked a lot of questions by others about how can they also get "free stuff" as a blogger. Yes, I admit that's one of the perks of blogging is the "free stuff" but I want to build long lasting relationships with companies. That includes becoming a brand ambassador of companies that I personally connect with. Being a style influencer/blogger calls for a lot of strategic planning. Bloggers just make it look easy.
4. Communicate effectively
I want to listen more and learn more. I plan to work on communicating my feelings and not be too quick to write someone off (This excludes toxic friendships, co-workers, relationships, etc). I'm an empath and if I sense negative vibes I will instantly cut the tree from its roots. But everyone deserves compassion (if it's NOT abused).
5. Dare to dream BIG.
It's so cool to see bloggers that you followed for so long reach that 20 k milestone, soon they're invited to all the NYFW events shows, hosting live pre-party events on the red carpet, collaborations with huge store brands. I love seeing others succeed. It inspires me. If they can do it, so can I! I'm daring to dream BIG this year and so should YOU.
What are some of your New Years resolutions?