Purple Winter OOTD

ENG: Hi guys, how are you all doing?
I hope everything's fine! I've been a bit MIA because I had a lot of work to do for my youtube channels, I have lots of exciting collaborations coming up, so I'm really looking forward to that!
Also, this week I'm off work, so I have more time free to write my articles for Glam Express, and I'm also planning a little weekend getaway to the italian mountains!

This morning, I was browsing through some old videos on my youtube channel SoniaVerardo BeautyBlog and I came across this video that I found to be hillarious! My hubby and I both had a good laugh whilst watching it, and I noticed how many sincere comments I received back then! People were genuinely interested in my content on youtube, and were really engaged with my channel. Nowdays I feel it's all sub 4 sub, and loads of fake compliments from people who saw maybe 30 sec of my video (the time they took to actually write the comment), trying to draw attention to their own channels. I definitely dislike where this youtube game is heading, but I keep playing it, because I want to show that there are still people who genuinely enjoy creating content, and not all of us are money or fame drawn!
I'm talking about a video that I published in 2010., and it was sort of a Q&A type of video. I filmed it outdoors, in the italian hills, the scenery was beautiful. I was exactly one year and a half into creating youtube videos, and I wanted to give you guys a little insight into my life and help you to get to know me and my personality a bit better.

As this upcoming weekend I'm going to the mountains, I thought I'd do a little "response", or "update" video, to my video from 2010.!

If you have any questions for me that you'd like me to answer in my upcoming video, ask away! I'd love to engage you in creating of this video and give shoutouts to all of you who ask me a question!You can leave all your questions in the comment's section bellow this post!

Until I film my new video, maybe you'd like to check out the video from 2010. that I was telling you about, and have a good laugh :-)

HR: Bok ljudi! Kako ste mi?
Nadam se da ste svi super! Ja sam bila malo "odsutna" od bloga, jer sam vise vremena posvetila obvezama na youtube-u. Imam planirane neke zanimljive suradnje, tako da se bas veselim tome!
Ovaj tjedan sam na godisnjem, tako da imam vise vremena za pisanje clanaka za Glam Express, a ovaj vikend planiram i kratki put u talijanske planine!

Za doruckom sam prelistavala svoje stare videe na youtube kanalu SoniaVerardo BeautyBlog i naisla na ovaj video iz 2010. god. koji je mene i muzica nasmijao do suza!
(Video mozete pogledati gore, stisnite play na thumbnail slicici).
Video mi je jednostavno presmjesan i smijem se sama sebi dok ga gledam, ali isto tako je iskren i spontan i zbog toga ga necu skinuti u pokusaju brendiranja svog kanala i izgradnje imagea...
Da, jer branding i image je sve o cemu se danas prica i o cemu blogeri/youtuberi razmisljaju, zar ne?
Iskreno me dotaklo do srca kada sam shvatila koliko sam iskrenih komentara tada dobila na taj video! Ljudi su zaista zeljeli podijeliti sa mnom svoje dojmove i reakcije na sam video. Danas, imam dojam, sve se vrti oko sub 4 sub, follow 4 follw. Ljudi ostavljaju puno laskavih komentara (iako su pogledali mozda samo 30 sek vaseg videa, bas onoliko koliko im je trebalo da napisu taj komentar), u pokusaju privlacenja paznje na svoj kanal. U ovoj youtube zajednici koja se u zadnje vrijeme vrti oko slave, novca, pohlepe i nezdrave konkurencije/ nadmetanja, meni osobno ponekad je tesko naci motivaciju.
I dalje sam ovdje jer zelim pokazati da nas jos ima: Iskrenih i jednostavnih, obicnih ljudi, kojima je ovo hobby i zabava i koji zaista zele komunicirati sa vlastitom "publikom" i cijene sve do i jednog citatelja/ gledatelja. Ima nas jos koji smo ovdje vodjeni strascu za modom i ljepotom i djeljenjem malih zenskih savjeta, a ne vodjeni idejom popularnosti i karijere.
Biti bloger danas je IN, zar ne? 

Video koji sam snimila 2010. bio je jedna forma Q & A videa, htjela sam vam na zanimljiv i originalan nacin predstaviti dijelic svog zivota i dati vam priliku da me malo bolje upoznate. Snimila sam ga u talijanskim brdima Vittorio Veneto, krajolici su fantasticni, a tocno godinu dana i sest mjeseci od pokretanja svog prvog youtube kanala.

Buduci da ovaj vikend putujem u Cortinu, htjela sam snimiti jedan takav format videa: Nesto tipa odgovor na moj video iz 2010. : 6 godina poslije!Ukoliko imate koje pitanje za mene, sada je prava prilika da mi ga postavite dolje u komentarima!Na njih cu odgovoriti u iducem videu iz Cortine i dajem shoutout svakom tko mi postavi pitanje!

Pa pitajte, pitajte, pitajte!

A do tada evo vam i jedan zimski outfit post :-)

SCARF: H&M
COAT: H&M
SWEATER: Italian open market
JEANS: Oviesse
BOOTS: bought in Italy
BAG: bought in Italy
NECKLACE: Pull & Bear
HAT: Borsallino
EARRINGS: Zara
BRACELET: Soufeel
WATCH: Jord, mod. Sully in Natural Green

Maxi skirt & adidas sneakers at the coastal walk of Opatija (& Firmoo.com glasses giveaway!)

ENG: I spent a few days at my home in Croatia, trying to solve some family matters. It was a stressful time, but for those moments I have my escape: 30 min walk on a coastal walk in Opatija cleared my head and gave me a new boost of energy. I swear, it's therapeutic!
This maxi skirt I rediscovered in my closet in Croatia, after more than 10 years since I bought it! I haven't worn it much, and now I thought it's a shame, because it's a really nice skirt, so I brought it back with me to Italy, hoping this time around, I'll wear it more!

In this post I also have a new firmoo.com giveaway for you!
Rules are very simple! All you need to do is comment bellow this post and copy the link to the glasses that you'd like to win!

About the prizes:

A: One complete pair of Rx-eyeglasses/non-Rx sunglasses that you can pick from here

 The prize will be offered in the form of voucher after your giveaway end.

This voucher covers the frame with 1.50 index single vision lenses. The winner need to pay the shipping depending on the country and handling fee.

B: Five $10 vouchers for the other 5 winners. 

The voucher can be used on all the glasses sitewide ($19-$39), but unavailable to the discounted products. The same voucher code can be used 5 times and save $10 off each order.  

HR: Provela sam par dana u Hrvatskoj, nastojeci rijesiti na najbolji moguci nacin neke obiteljske probleme i novonastalu situaciju sa mojom bakom. Bilo je to vrlo stresan period, ali za takve trenutke imam svoj lijek koji je uvijek djelotvoran: 30-minutna setnja po lungo mare u Opatiji, uvijek mi razbristri um i napuni baterije!

Kunem se, zaista ima terapeutsko djelovanje!

Sto se outfita tice, suknju sam pronasla u svom ormaru u Hrvatskoj, desetak godina nakon sto sam je kupila! Nisam je ni puno nosila, sto sam sada pozalila jer zaista je lijepa i kvalitetna, tako da sam joj odlucila dati drugu priliku i ponijela sam ju sa sobom natrag u Italiju! Volim ju kombinirati na tenisice i kaput za sportski/ chic look.

U ovom postu imam za vas i firmoo.com darivanje!

Pravilo je samo jedno i vrlo jednostavno: U komentarima mi ostavite koje naocale biste zeljeli osvojiti, a mozete izabrati vas omiljeni par ovdje!

Darivanje ce biti otvoreno tjedan dana, zelim puno srece svima :-)

COAT: H&M

SWEATEAR: H&M

SHIRT: Pull & Bear

SUNGLASSES: Firmoo.com

SNEAKERS: Adidas

BAG & KEYCHAIN: H&M

TIGHTS: H&M

NECKLACE: Zaful.com

WATCH: Jord mod. "Sully" in Natural Green

And what are yours? / Koji su vasi omiljeni firmoo.com modeli?

Relaxfeel maxi dress for winter (OOTD from my hometown Rijeka!)

ENG: Hi guys! Today's I'd like to present you a different kind of asian fashion brand. I'm very excited to have discovered it and to have had the opportunity to collaborate with them!
Relaxfeel Fashion clothing is a famous brand in Hongkong, and their vision is letting women in the world to be unique and to be themselves. No matter if you're a downtown girl, or live in a countryside, you can just be yourself and make your own style with a wonderful and comfortable feeling.
Relaxfeel only sells high quality and unique products, they try their best on the quality control to make sure every item is satisfactory, and that their customers enjoy coming back for more :-)

I was sent this gorgeous maxi dress, and I was really surprised by it's great quality, unique design and awesome fit. I loved how I styled it in this outfit and quickly this has become one of my staple clothing pieces for winter!

I want to thank you all for your lovely comments and warm wishes that you left on my last outfit post where I was telling you about my granny. You guys really gave me the strength to pull through some very nerve wracking and difficult days. Luckily, my granny is doing better now and I hope she'll be by my side for many more years, as I love her deeply, and this world would be a much sadder place without her.


HR: Pozdrav ljudi! Danas vam predstavljam jedan sasvim drugaciji azijski modni brand. Vrlo sam uzbudjena sto sam ih otkrila (tj. sto su oni mene otkrili) i sto sam sa njima ostvarila suradnju!
Relaxfeel  je poznati modni brand u Hongkongu i njihova vizija je dozvoliti zenama da budu unikatne i svoje. Bez obzira gdje zivjeli, jeste li gradska, ili seoska djevojka, mozete razvijati svoj vlastiti stil i biti svoji kroz kvalitetnu odjecu koju nosite.
Oni puno paznje posvecuju kontroli kvalitete, kako bi njihovi klijenti bili zadovoljni i vjerni njima :-)

U tome se uvelike razlikuju od drugih azijskih brandova, koji cesto ne posvecuju paznju na sam kvalitet materijala i izrade. Ova haljina koju su mi poslali odlicno je izradjena, kvaliteta je top i definitivno se moze mjeriti sa necim sto biste kupili u npr. Sisley, ili Benetton ducanu (po vrlo visoj cijeni, naravno!).
Obozavam kako sam slozila ovaj outfit, udoban, topao i chic! Vrlo brzo, ova haljina postala je moj omiljeni komad odjece za zimu!

Zelim zahvaliti svima vama dragim ljudima koji ste ostavljali lijepe komentare podrske meni i mojoj baki, na mom posljednjem outfit postu u kojem sam vam ispricala sto se desavalo u nasim zivotima. Vi ste mi zaista pomogli da lakse prebrodim neke zaista teske dane! Moja bakica je, hvala Bogu, bolje i nadam se da ce biti uz mene jos puno godina, jer ovaj svijet bez nje bio bi jedno tuznije mjesto.

DRESS: Relaxfeel
BLACK TOP: H&M
LEGGINGS: Oviesse
BOOTS: Zara
BAG & ACCESSORIE / FLUFFY KEY CHAIN: H&M
COAT: H&M
NECKLACE: Sammydress
RING: H&M