"Love yourself exactly how you are today, as everything could change tomorrow"
A few weeks ago FakeBake got in touch with me asking to write a blog post on their campaign called Save Your Selfie. Save Your Selfie is a campaign by FakeBake, RAFT and CoppaFeel; a breast cancer charity. Not only for those affected by cancer, Fake Bake, RAFT and CoppaFeel are asking women across the nation to take a selfie, captioning it with their own body confidence, self-esteem, physical health or mental wellbeing story.
The wonderful people at FakeBake decided to send me a little confidence kit to make me look selfie ready in no time! The kit included a fake tan and bath fizz. The first thing I decided to use was the fake tan which smelt A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! It is probably one best smelling fake tans out there, it smelt kind of like coconuts but also of something else which I just can't seem to figure out. Before I went to bed I applied the fake tan to my neck and face then in the morning and then every other day I topped it up a bit until I got my desired tan. I then used the bath fizz which again, smelt wonderful!
The campaign has been launched by Fake Bake founder Sandra Vaughn after she recently battled her own a recent breast cancer diagnosis. Finding that there was very little information about how to make yourself feel, and look good during gruelling cancer treatment, Sandra has taken it upon herself to lead the way. Since the campaign is about women sharing their own stories about dealing with their own body confidence, self-esteem, physical health or mental wellbeing, I thought that I would share mine with you:
I have never exactly been thin or had a thigh gap, or any of them "body goals" everyone seems to dream of. I have always been much more taller than all of my classmates and more often or not felt like I'm a lot bigger (in weight) than all of them. I remember sitting in my classes or taking part in my P.E lessons thinking of how much easier it would be if I just shrunk a few inches and lost a couple of pounds and always shying away from buying clothes in front of friends just in case they found out that I was a size 16 not a 10/12, like them. However, I've learnt to accept that everyone is different, not everyone has the same body type and structure as each other and the size of someones clothes shouldn't matter and deflect from their personality. The thing that gives me the most confidence is when I buy new clothes knowing that size doesn't matter and I will look great in what I wear! I also find that if my make up is looking great I also feel great too!
*This post features items that were sent to me, all opinions are my own.
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