Changes to Look Forward to

How to feel pretty even when you don't feel like you are?

Okay so today was one of those days that caught me off guard. My face is clearing up, but I still have blemishes. My shoes are not new as you can clearly see, but my outfit is new and kind of hippie chic (from J.C Penny). I think today I just want to talk about how to feel beautiful/pretty even when you don't feel like it. I did not really feel like this was a fashion blogger worth look, not because of my outfit, but because I felt like...like a young woman. I am bloated and my face is all broken out, but I think that is the beauty of this photo. That I do not look perfect and I do not look photoshopped. I just look like me. Not that there is anything wrong with filters or photoshop. I just felt like my fashion blog needed something more me and more genuine. 

Every successful fashion blogger is either pretty wealthy or has a great sponsor, takes pictures in the big cities, and probably gets invited to New York and Milan fashion week every year. All of those things are great and someday I hope that is me, but right now I just want to stop keeping up with the trends, checking my followers, and just be real for a moment. I may not be the most popular person on the internet, but I do care about my readers (the little ones I have). I care about my city and I care about so many other things that maybe blowing up is not all that right now. I say all of this because there are going to be changes to FancyMouse, my darlings! I do not know when, but I want my readers to become more interactive. Like personal testimonies and videos, some of my friends will be taking fashion pictures, and open discussions. I do not want my blog to just be about me If my mission is to empower young women and help strengthen their self-esteem then it clearly should not be about me. I want women of all different colors, shapes, and sizes. There are going to become changes to this blog and I mean big changes! Pretty soon my blog will not be about me, but my readers and I look forward to that!

So my words of encouragement are as always Psalms 139:13-15, but also don't try to be someone you are not. It is so easy to get caught up in how the world views us, or it is so easy to compare ourselves to someone else, but we need to know that each little thing that makes us is what makes us stand out. I also know that when no one is around it is very easy to just say, "oh, I am not going to compare myself to anyone else and I am completely fine with who I am," but honestly that is just when no one is around. I feel that as young women we have a tendency to compare ourselves with out knowing it and I think the best thing we can do is accept what we have no matter what. We have to know our creator and what makes us beautiful.