Some of you know that I have been decorating our “new” apartment for the past few months and one of the final touches was the fireplace.

I already had a vintage mirror placed there but I didn’t like the style clash with our new furniture (even though that can sometimes work). I have been looking into styling the fireplace in a completely different way, so I partnered with Westwing for this and picked up the perfect pieces to give this space a whole new look.

The best news is that they gave me a 30 Euro voucher for any of you guys that would like to become a new Westwing member, so if you are searching for some decor goodies, this is a great chance since this code will only be valid in March 2022.

Now here is a breakdown of the items I chose and behold, the before and after dont forget to check my morning skincare video HERE.

Due to popular demand on my instagram stories Q&A; Behold my morning skincare routine!

I hope you like it and stay tuned for more.

I have been wanting to do this video for a while since I find it to be such truthful and interesting content.

I am an avid skincare enthusiast and I LOVE discovering new products, specially though recommendations. Sadly nowadays with social media, you often get “recommendations” that are not very genuine because they are paid partnerships. I have no problem with that because we all need to make a living but never in my career have I recommended something I don’t really truly love and I use/wear myself.

I love empties because its a great way to showcase what you actually used (and FINISHED!) and decide whether you would re-purchase and recommend the product.

I hope you like this type of video and since I have also updated and upgraded my skincare in the past few months, will share those new products once I finish them.

Have a lovely day and thanks for coming back!

About 4 months ago, I went to Dr. Daria Voropai at Kalea Clinic in Amsterdam and finally tried the treatment that I have been seeing and hearing about everywhere. This treatment is called Ultherapy and its supposedly the best non-invasive treatment that goes deeper to stimulate production of your body’s own collagen and elastin, for natural-looking results without surgery or downtime. Because I still have young skin, Dr. Daria Voropai decided that the best option for me was to go for the “Half Protocol” in key areas of my face a couple of months before my wedding and I am shocked and super happy with the results! Let me know if you like this type of content so I can create more of this and most importantly, let me know if you decide to try Ultherapy and what your experience is!

This probably my favourite wedding photo from the ones we have received so far, it makes me tear up of happiness just remembering that moment.

Still waiting for the rest of the photos and I can’t wait to see them and share them with you!

Photo : Fer Agundis
Wedding Planner : Joshua Vital
Dress: Galia Lahav

On the 16th of October of 2021 I got to marry my soulmate Arno de Wilde and it will go down in my history as one of the most magical days of my life. More photos soon!

I have always loved interiors (I studied Interior Design at Uni), but now that I am decorating this new place, my passion for interior just multiplied by 1000.

With that said, I wanted to give you a little insight to some of my wish list pieces from Westing that I will be bringing over into the new place, as well as some inspo pieces for you (since I can’t fit it all in my house ), so let’s begin!

These items above are some of the pieces I got for our living room. I really love the monochromatic look and I can’t wait to put all these puzzle pieces together. I will of course share a post with images of the end result soon but I really wanted to share some of the items I chose.

The Elsie chair is my favourite from this selection, its such a statement piece and creates this softness and comfort in the space. the Jane rug adds that cozy factor, I just need to make sure I use a protect spray to keep it white for as long as possible!

The Benno table is such a versatile piece since it can be used as a stool for extra seating, or as a small side table and the Renee living room table is the perfect size and shape for our space. I debated for a while on whether I should get a rectangular table ir a round one and I nearly went for a longer rectangular one which in hindsight wouldn’t have fitted. This Renne table is small but big enough for the space and it has two layers, so I am able to style it both the top and bottom.

As for the cushions, I wanted to still keep it monochromatic but add quite a bit of texture and some statement pieces like the leopard print and how could I not add this beautiful shell cushion, am I right?

And last but not least, I chose the Luca dining room table in 140cm diameter because I really believed that a round table would be the perfect cherry on top for the dinning room. I have a large space where I set the living room and dining room together, so I wanted a table that would flow with the space, so I didn’t want to have any sharp edges that create divisions.

I linked all the items below the images so its easier for you to find them and stay tuned for the images of my apartment and how I styled all these pieces together!

I just want to begin by disclosing that this is MY STORY and from MY EXPERIENCE. I am in no way a trained specialist nor a nutritionist, but I know what has worked for me and that I would never try something that would harm my body. This is not a post to motivate you to try it, I merely want to share my story, because it has been truly life changing for my digestion and stomach issues. I did not use this method for weight loss as I didn’t need that, but I did want to share the images above to show changes in my body too. The text on this post is not focused on the weight loss benefits from Intermittent Fasting though (I am merely using these pics to illustrate and show you the impact on this aspect too –since I cant show you the before and after from my digestion-, haha).

I have always had issues with my stomach, yet I never knew this until I move to The Netherlands. What I mean is that I thought it was “normal” to have an indigestion almost every day, but surprise surprise, it turns out it was not. I am lactose intolerant which seems to be an issue for 30% percent of Mexicans and 65% percent of the global population, which means that A LOT of us cant actually digest lactose properly.

In addition to this, I indulged in a lot of highly acidic and spicy foods while growing up (I added -many- lemons to absolutely everything, from rice, to potato chips), so unsurprisingly I developed a stomach ulcer by the time I was 15 years old. Despite all of this, I have learnt to deal with all of this and I try to eat healthy and avoid things that irritate my stomach, until April this year…

Straight after coming back from Coachella, I started to get this horrible stomach aches EVERY SINGLE DAY. I was used to indigestion, but these pain was constant and for months on end. I started to get quite worried so I went to visit my doctor to find some answers. She did tests for a bunch of stuff and told me she didn’t find the helicobacter pylori (which is the one causing stomach ulcers). She couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me so I patiently waited until I went home to Mexico on holiday, as I knew there was nobody better to figure this one out as a Mexican Gastroenterologist.

LONG story short, I was diagnosed with IBS (which is short for irritable bowel syndrome). I was really shocked because I though this was a condition you are born with but it turns out, you can develop this later in life and one of the main causes it; Yep, STRESS.

I got this diagnosis in July and I did A LOT of research on the topic. A lot of doctors suggested to go through the FODMAP diet, which basically means you have to almost remove everything from your diet and then re-introduce it slowly to see which foods are the ones triggering the symptoms.

This seemed like a big ass effort and I have never been fond of diets, I just simply don’t like dieting yet this time it felt like a life changing decision. Through this process, I discovered; “Intermittent Fasting” or IF for short, which is a term I have heard before but never paid much attention to.

Digesting food is quite a big job for our body and I realised that eating constantly throughout the whole day from morning to evening, was giving my stomach NO REST whatsoever, which was causing my IBS flares to be constantly triggered. I read in various places that Intermittent Fasting could help with this, as giving your body that rest while fasting, could have a dramatic positive effect on digestion and by default, improve my gut health and hopefully get rid of my stomach complains.

This fact alone triggered me so I went down the rabbit hole and watched every single YouTube video I could find on Intermittent Fasting (IF), as well as reading few scientific papers on the matter (I was not gonna try ANYTHING that would harm my body).

What is Intermittent Fasting?

Intermittent fasting means that you eat your daily meals on a specific time window and you fast for the remaining hours of the day.

A lot of people use this method for weightloss but what really pulled me in was the health benefits involved. There are a ton of health benefit claims on Intermittent Fasting including longevity, improved memory and learning, mental clarity and sharpness, decreased inflammation (which we know to be the root of many if not most diseases), anti-aging, increased HGH (human growth hormone—hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration), better balanced metabolic hormones (like insulin, leptin and ghrelin, which regulate hunger and metabolism), detoxification, increased energy and better immune function.

How do you do it?

There are different Intermittent fasting methods, but the most common (and the one I have been practicing for 2 months) is the 16/8, where you fast for 16 hours and eat in an 8 hour “feeding window”. To be honest this seems like a long fasting time at first, but once you break it down, it’s not. I thought it would be too hard to jump into this and that I would have to adapt slowly (starting with 12 hours of fasting and building it up slowly), but I was able to do it from day 1 (this might not be the case for you, so be patient).

What I basically do is that I “break my fast” (breakfast) at 12:00pm, eat my usual meals (I have been  vegetarian for a few months but thats another post haha), I eat my last meal at 8:00pm and fast from 8:00pm until 12:00 pm the next day.

This sounds harder than it actually is. My body got used to this SO FAST and it has basically CHANGED MY LIFE. Those 16 hours of fasting give my stomach the time it needs to digest my food, getting rid of ALL my stomach complains. Because my body KNOWS that it will receive food at 12pm every day, I do not feel cravings or hunger, I have essentially put  my body on a feeding schedule.

I know what you are thinking; “There is no way I could start my day without breakfast” and believe me, I empathise because I used to be that girl, but turns out that I was wrong. I still have break-fast (break my fast), the only difference is that I have it at midday. And no, I am not starving myself because I eat enough during my feeding window. I eat quite balanced and I eat enough.

“Again, this is NOT A DIET, it’s a feeding window.”

Now, its very important that you understand that during your periods of fasting, the only things you can have are water, black coffee, tea and sparkling water, but you cannot add cream, sweeteners or anything containing glucose or fat, because this will break your fast immediately.

I do admit that I have lost some fat from “Intermittent Fasting” by default (as this is also one of the benefits), but what has amazed me even more, is that I seem to be building more muscle than when I was eating all day throughout the day, snacking at night and ending up with mayor stomachaches.

Who should NOT try Intermittent Fasting? If you’re malnourished, taking medication, have diabetes, blood pressure concerns, have been dealing with chronic stress or suffer from an eating disorder, Intermittent Fasting may not be for you, so please consult your doctor before trying. If you’re currently pregnant or nursing, this is definitely not the time for you to try Intermittent Fasting”.

I wanted to try this for one month to see if it would have any impact on my body and the results have been SO beneficial for me, this is my second month and I am planning on keeping this schedule as part of my lifestyle. I want to point out tho that I am not extremely strict with it. I often don’t fast on the weekends, or when I go to dinners with friends or my Fiancé. You can also be flexible

Please do some research of your own before trying it but I wanted to share my story, because this method has changed my digestion for the better, with that said, Intermittent Fasting might not be for everyone.

Find out more about Intermittent Fasting HERE, HERE and HERE.

Lately I’ve been pondering on how we mostly talk about fashion here, but there are so many other topics that are important and have been popping up in my life. I really want to share some of them with you and create (as I previously mentioned) a small community + support system so we can share important issues. This brought me to the next topic;

When most people think about fitness -including myself to be honest-, we think about physical fitness, right? We’re all concerned with getting abs (I’m really trying to get my abs back!), losing weight, or just generally trying to stay in shape. But while we do all of this, most of us are neglecting a very important thing; mental fitness.

If you’ve never heard of this term, then think of this as a mini guide to mental fitness and why it’s so vital for our overall health!

What is mental fitness?

Effectively, mental fitness is when you keep your mind in the best shape possible. You’re doing all you can to remain emotionally healthy and prevent yourself from burning out or becoming overwhelmed with stress and anxiety (anxiety is the absolute worst so I’m trying everything I can to fight against it).

Why is it so important?

Mental fitness is essential as it plays a significant role in all areas of our lives. If you’re mentally rundown and your mind is not in a good place, then it becomes almost impossible to function properly. You struggle with daily activities as your mind keeps distracting you with negative thoughts. Going back to physical fitness, bad mental fitness will make you feel unmotivated, and you’ll find it tough to go out and actually exercise.

If you’re mentally fit, then your brain is more dialed in, and your mind is clear. Everything becomes easier – from decision making to feeling motivated; your life is far easier to navigate through!

And now, the million dollar question; How do you improve your mental fitness?

Thankfully, there are plenty of things we can do to improve our mental fitness. You don’t have to be a mental health expert, and you don’t need a masters of clinical mental health counseling to understand what might be causing your mental health issues. All you need to do is look inside yourself and assess what’s wrong in your life. Perhaps take a little time before going sleep and go through what’s bothering you/stressing you. Once you have detected the issue, the road becomes a little clearer.

Maybe you’re having issues at work? Or are your studies bringing you down? What’s causing your mind to work overtime and never shut down? Try to find out the causes, and then you can address them.

There are plenty of good practices you should consider to almost train your mind into being ‘fitter’. Don’t worry, I’m not saying you have to spend hours doing brain training exercises – it’s a lot simpler than that! Something as straightforward as reading a book is a great way to train yourself mentally. It calms your mind, takes you away from your regular life, and gives you time to unwind and de-stress. An hour of book reading every night (instead of spending time on your phone) will work wonders for your mental fitness, trust me!

Apart from this, adding more organization to your life can help you as well. This enables you to stay on top of your daily tasks, meaning you don’t have to worry about remembering everything – which often causes stress and anxiety.

Finally, make more time for yourself. Sit down and do something you enjoy, like watching a TV show, listening to music, or just giving your best friend a call. Find time in your day to forget about everything else and focus on you – it helps a lot.

So, if you knew nothing about mental fitness before today, then I hope this has shine some light. If you truly care about your overall fitness, then start taking care of the mental side of things along with the physical. I’m not quite there yet but that’s why it was important for me to share, because it seems a lot easier when we all try together.

Hope you found this helpful and if you have any other topics you would like me to address/research or discuss, leave me a comment!

As a teenager track and field athlete back in the day, long distance running was one of those extremely frightening things I would always beg my coach to leave me out of. I remember the first time I was supposed to do a 1500m race, I literally didn’t sleep the two nights before the race. I was terrified at the thought of having to do long distance running. In hindsight, this fear was completely ridiculous, I mean, all I had to do was run, thats all. A few years down the line, I finally overcame my “fear or running” and on any given day, I go for a casual 8 kilometre evening run, just for leisure.

I understand why so many people have a “fear of running”, or the idea that running is “so hard” and the truth is, the first time you decide to go for your fist long distance run, yes it will be hard!. Your lungs will burn and you will be out of air in no time, so you might be wondering; Why bother? Well I have a few very good reasons:

1) You can do it practically anywhere .
2) It will improve your cardiovascular endurance and obviously health.
3) You will become fit quick and stay fit.
4) Its one of the fastest ways to loose weight.
5)It will help you reduce stress (which is one of the biggest reasons why I do it).
6) Its a good way to help you disconnect from the digital world every now and then. (I love running in the forrest and forgetting about my phone for a little while)

1. Start slow and with short distance but START somewhere!. (Don’t go for a long distance the first time you run, it’s not a good idea. Build your endurance over time, so run a distance and speed you and your body are comfortable with.)
2. Build yourself a killer playlist to listen to while you run!. (You would be surprised as to how much difference it makes when you listen to upbeat music while you run. It really helps to push you to keep running!) -I have my own Spotify running playlist which you are more than welcome to follow as well >> RUN!
3. Try to find a running buddy. (I normally run by myself because I am comfortable with my own pace and I like having that time to think, but it does help a lot to find a friend who is equally enthusiastic about starting to run and who makes you feel like you are not alone in this. Try to keep the chit chat to a minimum though, you need to keep your breath!
4. Try to keep your progress on an app on your phone, this way you will be so motivated to see how much you have improved -time and distance-. (I use the Nike+ app where I keep track of all my runs, times, distances and the best part, you also have the maps of the routes you follow).
5. Think of the end goal!. ( While you are running, when you are getting all sweaty, your lungs start to burn and you think to yourself; why the hell am I doing this? Remember how good you will look in that bikini on your next trip to the beach, but not only that, how cool will you feel when you start reaching your distance and speed goals. Theres nothing cooler than overcoming the fear of running and start to become faster and stronger).

Are you convinced already? what are you waiting for? get your playlist and Nike+ app going and lets go running!