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femme luxe knitwear

Hi there :))

Feels like ages since I posted last … . So much has changed.

We’ve had our rainbow… our beautiful boy Leonardo (if you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed).

Life is even better now, night are shorter and more eventful again but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I am beyond blessed to have my boys with me every day.

Today I want to share with you few lovely pieces I got from Femme Luxe ( https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/collections/knitwear )from their knitwear collection.

My choices were based on pieces being suitable for breastfeeding. Delivery time with Femme Luxe is within few days and the fact that I received them on my last few days of pregnancy made it pretty special.  I got to wear the red knot sweater with Leo still in the bump. I am also sharing how I wear it now that my body is going through new changes.

I love the pieces and I’ve put together few outfits to show you how I will wear them (I will also share more in upcoming weeks on my Instagram).

Hope you can share which one is your favourite. Have you ever ordered from Femme Luxe? What’s your thoughts?

Under each of the outfits I’m sharing a direct link to the Femme Luxe piece on their website.

This sweater is my personal favourite. I was worried about the little pearls hurting Leo but they seem ok. Not wearing it too often anyway. It is on sale at the moment. Check out the link below.

LINK>>> https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/products/red-pearl-front-wrap-knitted-jumper

 

 

 

 

 

Next piece is actually a dress and comes with a belt but it would not work as a dress for my body at all. I ordered it with an intention of wearing it as a sweater. I love the colour and the light texture. It will compliment a lot of my outfits and add a little sparkle (awesome as I am wearing very little jewellery at the moment ;)). I am sharing with you two outfits that I put together for now.  One very casual and second a little more dressy. Depending on shoes and accessories worn we could dress it up or dress it down easily too.

Link >>> https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/collections/knit-dresses/products/metallic-knit-silver-tie-wrap-dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

The third piece is another knot sweater, basically the same as the first one I shared but in neutral ( it’s grey, although it seems more cream in real life) and without the little pearls. It is super versatile. I love adding a knot sweater over a tank top. It creates a great nursing combo.

Link >>> https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/products/grey-front-wrap-knitted-jumper

 

Now, these two are the same shape too, in two different colours.  I must say I have been loving super mega oversize sweaters and jumpers lately but decided to give these two a go too. I ordered size M/L  so they are pretty small but work really well over something longer. I  will be adding them over long shirts or, like here, long tank top (boob access being a priority at the moment ;).

Link >>> https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/collections/hoodies-sweatshirts/products/black-knitted-off-shoulder-jumper-maria

 

 

The second one is in a lovely  grey and it seems to work with a lot of my blouses actually. Loving this combo at the moment. What do you think? How would you wear it?

Link >>> https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/products/charcoal-knitted-off-shoulder-jumper-maria

 

 

Is any of you needed more info on the pieces, let me know. I will definitely share more about them on my Instagram so make sure to pop in there, say hi and follow my account to be up to date with what I am up to and with Femme Luxe news.

I want to be honest with you guys as always, so I want to share that I have been given those pieces in exchange for this review. I am only sharing my honest opinions. When you decide to order, I’d appreciate you buying through the following link, it means that Femme Luxe with share a little part of their profile with me and it will mean the world to me.

Link >>> http://femmeluxefinery.co.uk?rfsn=1857263.5c0249&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=1857263.5c0249

No matter what you guys do today, I hope you are loving yourself and saying kind works to yourself.

Nothing seems more important to me lately than internal work, being kind and working on myself and my inner happiness so that I can be the best version of myself for my boys.

I love you guys and appreciate you all sooooo much.

Have a great day.

Love,

Gosia xxx

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Key to sexy while pregnant

Hi there,

Hope you are having an awesome summer week. I have been enjoying this week just as much as the previous. The weather has really been spoiling us and I am actually grateful for some clouds and wind every once in a while. Pregnancy while hot has its challenge. Especially when you’re into your 3rd trimester.

One of the challenges is choosing outfits that accommodate the big bump while still feeling stylish but most importantly comfortable.

Today I want to share with you couple of dresses I picked from https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/ 

I was offered few pieces to review. I will be honest with you. I haven’t heard about the brand before and wasn’t sure if any of their items would work for me. Models on their page are nothing like my body ( I have never had a defined waistline, especially not now ;)) But I decided to approach it with an open mind…. and I realised after receiving the goodies that this is the KEY to finding things you love – OPEN MIND. Even for me, a stylist who knows what works and what doesn’t work for my body type… I need to keep my mind and eye open and keep trying new things, especially while my body goes though a ‘little’ revolution.

I must say, once I received the clothes (2 day, love a quick delivery), I was pretty worried that even though I have chosen a stretchy fabric, the dresses weren’t going to fit. To my surprise they do, it is not a style I would probably think to go for at the moment, but I LOVE THEM. They made me look at myself a little differently and see a different site to Gosia, the one I haven’t felt for a while. So thanks so much FEMME LUXE for bringing my sexy back. Nothing wrong with feeling this way even while preggo, right?

What are your thought guys? Yay or Nay? Share your views?

First one can be found here https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/collections/maxi-dresses/products/black-one-shoulder-maxi-dress-opal

It comes in three different colours and last time I checked, was on sale. I will definitely love it some time post pregnancy too ;))

 

 

 

The second one can be found here https://femmeluxefinery.co.uk/collections/view-all-dresses/products/white-bardot-knitted-mini-dress-carmen

At the moment it is super mini for me so I will be adding jeans to it on a colder day and wearing it as a sexy sweater. Super versatile and feels lovely against the skin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key to Her Style, Key to My Style

Key to me – the place of feel good

Hi beautiful.

How are you? I am so blessed to be typing this right after our sunny holiday in South Africa. Feeling topped up with vitamin D and positive energy I am more than ready to get back to work.

I have recently done a lot of thinking about ‘key to me’  and what it really represents for me.

 

It happened one morning when I was completely filled with appreciation for life and all its blessings, going though all the littlest things that I am grateful for.  I realized then that ‘key to me’ is the place of feel good.

It is all those things that can be done to be in such place, it is the daily gratitude. It is all the things to do with my style and all the pieces that make me feel me and that makes me feel great. It is being there for others and being the best version of me. But it is also the realization that it is my responsibility to do all that and to daily check in with myself that I am internally happy, based on me. It is reminding myself that Happiness is my job. Giving it away to little things or people around is simply not an option any more. In my life as well as my job I share that with others and my biggest goal and challenge is to help others recognize their uniqueness and beauty and to cherish that daily.

Key to me is also allowing myself to feel whatever I need to feel in every given moment, regardless of external factors or even people that are important to me. It is remembering that my sanity and happiness is a priority and only by checking on it daily I can be a good driver of my life. Sometimes, it is also acknowledging that I could use help from others and then asking for it without feeling bad. It is all about staying real.

WE are in control of our style, dreams, goals and so on. I am so sick and tired of complaining and excuses. I must say that my life has gone though a great cleanse lately and I surround myself with incredible and inspiring individuals now. I am a great believer in laws of the universe and in the fact that we put out, multiplies (put in the simplest way). I am not saying one must be fake in always smiling, that is not really possible but I and good, and getting really good at finding ways to make myself feel great, have fun and that, I believe, makes me a better, stylist, blogger, boss lady but most importantly better wife and mother. It is a whole new experience, realizing that I can like myself, my ideas, my words, my body, my soul, my energy and not feel embarrassed about it. Learning to love myself and learning to like myself are two different things and both are crucial in creating a life I love.

I really wanted to have little token, something to represent what this means to me and be a reminder. I have few pieces of personalized jewellery, and love them all (especially the once that were gifts) but this time I decided to ‘think of myself’ to stop making others responsible for my happiness and take all the credit.

The necklace I chose by INNEFABLES jewellery is perfect. Love the design of it. It will forever be my green light to be ME just the way I am and to allow and encourage others to do the same. My name necklace https://www.ineffabless.co.uk/name-necklaces-uk.html has a ‘Key to me’ engraved on it and is my newest and one of my favourite pieces already. Personalized jewellery https://www.ineffabless.co.uk/ is a great idea to treat ourselves and we all love a little reminder to be who we are right?

I hope reading this will encourage you to check in with yourself how you are feeling today and give yourself permission and encouragement to dream bigger than before and act on those dreams because you are worth is.

If you fancy treating yourself like I did, here is a link to the personalized jewellery https://www.ineffabless.co.uk/personalized-jewelry/engravable-necklaces.html

 

 

 

 

Above all I hope you are feeling awesome today.

Love you,

Gosia

 

Key to Her Style, Key to My Style

Key to finding a bag of style

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Hello lovely people,

How come it’s Sunday already?

We are in what is statistically the lowest week of the year but I am not one to care about such things so let me share something exciting with you today.

I have recently met an amazing lady who happens to live in Aberdeen too. Serena Venegoni (oh how I love the sound of her name) is an owner at Stellar Aberdeen ( on Chapel Street ).

 

 

 

I love Serena’s story. She has lived in Aberdeen for 10 years (I can relate to that ;)), she worked corporate jobs for years and then went to have family and for almost 7 years looked after her children (I love this part too obviously). For her return to workplace she didn’t just choose to get a job, she chose to set up this stunning business and it is going strong. The name of the place is inspired by Serena’s daughters; Stella and Lara (that warms my heart so much and I really love the sound of it ;).

I love seeing women entrepreneurs and the fact that we can all get inspired by her.

In October Serena opened the boutique with most gorgeous Italian bags and accessories. I went to visit her this week and fell in love with the place, the atmosphere and the bags of course. I love that there is something for me and for my clients as well as YOU, reading and following my journey ;))

Serena’s knowledge about her product is insane. Brands that sell at Stellar include Tosca Blu (gorgeous colours), Trussardi Jeans (more casual trends), Cochinelle and Furla (designer’s classics) as well as Piquadro (incredibly practical high tech business bags and briefcases). Apart from that Serena designed her own Stellar silk scarfs, each pattern is inspired by different Italian City.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the classic pieces, the softest leather and sometimes a pop of colour. I already own an incredibly soft and beautiful scarf and leather gloves and will be returning for more soon ;)))

These are my personal favourite day to day bags. What are yours?

 

 

 

This time of the year is amazing to refresh our personal style, adding some investment pieces to make the style stand out (and taking advantage of sales ;))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned as there will definitely be more exciting news coming from me and Stellar.

Let me know what you like the most.

Have an amazing weekend.

Love,

Gosia

Key to My Style

Key to My Prolonged Style

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I cannot stop myself from sharing this with you all.

This is about couple of pieces that I love for two reasons. First, they were gifts from my husband, and second, I just absolutely adore them. That is why I simply could not give up on them. Somehow I knew they can still be as glamurous as when they were new 😉

When it comes to my amazing Kurt Geiger’s shoes, I got them and for first few month I only wore them to special occasions (placed where people would not come too close and the chances of getting my new shoes scratched were slim to none). Then I realized how silly that was and wore them everywhere. Those were one of the most comfortable pair of shoes I have ever owned and it just made sense to wear them. That meant wearing them to nightclubs too thought 🙁 Let’s just say there were scratches now. Anyway, I felt they lasted a looooong time considering all the impact. Nevertheless I was not ready to let go. They got pushed aside and left for a while.

Now, when it comes to my beautiful Karen Millen bag (I know it sound as if I was talking about a puppy or a child, but I’m sure some of you will be able to relate to almost having a relationship with certain pieces or accessories in your wardrobe. It is probably comparable to the relationship that man have with their cars ;)). This bag was not only beautiful, it was super comfortable. You know what I mean when I say you can ‘operate’ it one-handed (e.g. other hand busy holding a child or busy carrying bags of shopping). Hopefully some of you will feel my pain when I say that it got permanently ruined.

Husband took me away to London on a first child-free break since our son was born and the bag was there too. We were busy going from one place to another and got squashed between people when travelling on the underground (enough for the mini hair spray in my bag to go on for about a minute and leave an ugly stain on it. How silly is that?

I tried everything to wash it; soap, washing up liquid, vinegar, olive oil, lemon, I even put it in the washing machine (twice). NOTHING! I let go of anything else in my wardrobe that no longer serves a purpose apart from these two. I left the bag aside too.

Few days ago I came across someone talking about a leather dye. I decided this will be it. I couldn’t believe my excitement. Ordered a bottle of dark brown leather dye after reading few reviews on it. It was delivered after 3 days and here is what happened next :)))

 

 

Since the bag was washed already I only wiped it with slightly damp microfibre cloth and used a baby sponge and a make up brush to apply a dye. It was super easy to apply (but make sure to use gloves and protect the surface you do it on (in spite using both, my hands got slightly dyed too ). It dried withing an hour or so and I applied another layer. I did the same with the shoes in the mean time. I let it dry and following day I did the same. I probably applied about 5 layers of the dye on the bag and 4 on the shoes. Once completely dry and I was happy with they result, I washed the hardwear of the bag with a little alcohol on a q-tip. Then I applied a little bit of olive oil all over the bag and the shoes (on a cotton wool ball) to give it a little shine and finish.

 

 

Can you believe this? I have a new upcycled bag, all to myself 😉 Christmas did come early this year 🙂 and check out the shoes now.

 

 

 

I have done no editing to the pictures (except cropping) as I wanted you to see the exact transormation. I hope some of you will find it useful. Please comment and share your opinion. I love hearing back.

Love,

Gosia