Today one of my long time blogger friends is sharing a sneak peek into a post she originally featured last year on her own blog. Then next week she will be sharing a new perspective of what Love Your Body means to her. 

Say hello to my friend Heather from High Heels & Flip-Flops...

Love Your Body: Perfectly Porcelain

“You need to take off that rash guard and get some color.” While comments about my pale, porcelain skin could easily make me feel insecure, instead, they just make me all the more dedicated to preventing skin cancer and loving my natural tone. Check out my story excerpt below, and take a moment to feel gorgeous in your own spectacular skin!

Why I Don’t Tan (For Faux or For Real)

Originally published via High Heels & Flip-Flops

It’s that time of year again when everyone inevitably starts talking about tanning, whether it comes from a bottle or directly from the sun itself. It’s also the time when some people feel the need to state that this here porcelain-skinned blogger needs to “get some color.”

My response? I don’t do tans, nor will I ever. First and foremost, I have no desire to risk getting skin cancer, something I’ve seen people of all ages fight, just for the sake of obtaining a fleeting glow. Second, I have no interest in any bottled bronzer on the market, because the honest truth is, I don’t mind being pale. It’s just who I am, how I have always looked, and not something I feel the need to justify to anyone else.

It saddens me to hear fellow smart, talented, beautiful women saying things like, “Please excuse the circles under my eyes,” or “I'm so pale in that picture,” as if we need to apologize for the way we look or preempt others' negative judgment. This especially strikes a chord with me because I've done it, too, putting myself down verbally or in writing, allowing others’ opinions to make me feel insecure. And the one time I did break down and try one of those “facial glow” creams? Along with it causing my skin to freak out, I also thought I looked completely ridiculous.

Want to continue reading? Check out the full post at High Heels & Flip Flops. 

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Thanks for stopping by, be sure to email me if you'd like to share your own Love Your Body story. 

xoxo

Giveaway from my friend Diana!

As soon as I found her lovely blog Express-O I fell in love with her personality, her beautiful finds, and her great questions she always asks her readers. So it was only natural that her name was Diana too! And now she is hosting a wonderful giveaway from Fabric and Handle who has great tote bags and is giving one away! I love the pattern and color of this one:

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And here is one of the choices she is giving away on Diana's blog...

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So head on over and give Diana some love...also check out her facebook and tell her this Diana sent you! <3

So what are your plans for the 4th? Happy Independence Day!

Giveaway over at Bride-onicles...

The lovely Tiffany over at Bride-onicles...love that name...is having a great giveaway of beautiful pearl earrings from Moon River Pearls. So head on over, tell the sweet bride to be that I said hello and keep following her journey of her road to the aisle!

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I am so happy to have so many lovely friends and I love sharing that with my readers. Blogging is really a great way to communicate while your planning a wedding, raising children, or looking for something to cook your husband! Perhaps tomorrow I will share with you a few of my favorite blogs for each of those topics! PS at the end of Aug or the start of Sept I will be getting to meet one of my favorite blogger friends...Casie from Casie Photographics!! I'm so thrilled and excited! She is from Florida and she will be up in the NJ/NY area...hmm perhaps I will be able to meet another NY favorite blogger on the same day...NAN what are you doing?!

Have you ever met a blogger friend, were you excited, nervous, both?! Tell me about your experience!