UPDATE: And the winner is… #12 Yolanda Mosoeu! Congrats to our winner and a sincere thanks to everyone who entered, I was so touched by your responses. xoBB
Please note: This giveaway has ended and is now closed to further entries.
Today's giveaway is near and dear to my heart. My friend and fellow blogger, Sally McGraw, just wrote her first book, Already Pretty: Learning to Love Your Body by Learning to Dress it Well - and she's giving away a signed copy to one lucky BB reader!
Sal's blog (www.alreadypretty.com) goes beyond fashion trends to cover the issues we all face as women regarding our body image and self-love. She shares thoughtful advice and engages her readers in meaningful conversations about true beauty - beauty that comes from within but can be nurtured and enhanced through the decisions we make about our physical selves and the ways we present ourselves to the world.
Sal's book, "Already Pretty" is a natural extension of her blog and while I'm waiting to get my copy, I have no doubt that it's filled with the same smart, down-to-earth, sophisticated advice that makes Sal's voice so unique and so desperately needed in the fashion blogging community.
So. On with the giveaway!
To enter:
Entries must be posted by 12 noon EST on July 2, 2012 to be eligible to win. Open to readers worldwide.
Here's the back cover copy for the book:
Please note: This giveaway has ended and is now closed to further entries.
Today's giveaway is near and dear to my heart. My friend and fellow blogger, Sally McGraw, just wrote her first book, Already Pretty: Learning to Love Your Body by Learning to Dress it Well - and she's giving away a signed copy to one lucky BB reader!
Sal's blog (www.alreadypretty.com) goes beyond fashion trends to cover the issues we all face as women regarding our body image and self-love. She shares thoughtful advice and engages her readers in meaningful conversations about true beauty - beauty that comes from within but can be nurtured and enhanced through the decisions we make about our physical selves and the ways we present ourselves to the world.
Sal's book, "Already Pretty" is a natural extension of her blog and while I'm waiting to get my copy, I have no doubt that it's filled with the same smart, down-to-earth, sophisticated advice that makes Sal's voice so unique and so desperately needed in the fashion blogging community.
So. On with the giveaway!
To enter:
- Tell me about one of your own personal self-love revelations in the comments section below. What's helped you accept your body? Love your flaws? Made you smile when you looked in the mirror? Write whatever comes to you!
Entries must be posted by 12 noon EST on July 2, 2012 to be eligible to win. Open to readers worldwide.
Here's the back cover copy for the book:
Structured as a fun and accessible self-guided makeover, Already Pretty is the antidote to cookie-cutter style guides. Instead of dumping you into a body type category and restricting what you can and cannot wear, this friendly, funny, body-positive book presents a highly customizable regimen to help you define and hone your own personal style.
Packed with enlightening exercises, mix-and-match figure flattery techniques, and effective tutorials, Already Pretty illustrates how personal style can foster self-love and self-respect. After determining your current personal style and evaluating pieces from your existing wardrobe, you’re taught to define your ideal style – a process that includes identifying personalized figure flattery priorities. These priorities are tailored to your preferences and your unique body, and may be quite different from the style mandates parroted by fashion industry insiders. Working through this process moves you closer to your fashion aspirations, ultimately allowing you to merge your current and ideal styles through careful culling of your current wardrobe and targeted shopping for new, key pieces.
Already Pretty reveals the fundamentals of fashion and figure flattery, but also encourages you to create a style that is both expressive and unique. This book is judgment-free and reader-centric in every way. A true guidebook to crafting personal style, Already Pretty teaches women to love their bodies, dress impeccably, and embrace the philosophy that dressing well is key to living well.
Packed with enlightening exercises, mix-and-match figure flattery techniques, and effective tutorials, Already Pretty illustrates how personal style can foster self-love and self-respect. After determining your current personal style and evaluating pieces from your existing wardrobe, you’re taught to define your ideal style – a process that includes identifying personalized figure flattery priorities. These priorities are tailored to your preferences and your unique body, and may be quite different from the style mandates parroted by fashion industry insiders. Working through this process moves you closer to your fashion aspirations, ultimately allowing you to merge your current and ideal styles through careful culling of your current wardrobe and targeted shopping for new, key pieces.
Already Pretty reveals the fundamentals of fashion and figure flattery, but also encourages you to create a style that is both expressive and unique. This book is judgment-free and reader-centric in every way. A true guidebook to crafting personal style, Already Pretty teaches women to love their bodies, dress impeccably, and embrace the philosophy that dressing well is key to living well.
Years later I'm much better off than I was at age 13. My biggest setback in adulthood was the breast issue and feeling inadequate in that sense. Anymore I could care less. After seeing augmented breasts and then reexamining my own, I simply thought "They're fine. They're healthy and I'm fine with that." My husband thinks I'm beautiful and with the right outfit, I feel like the damn sexiest lady around.
Even if I do not win this, I will for sure check this book out. I love books as much as fashion.
-you have to love yourself first in order for someone else to love you
-beauty radiates from within
I'm glad I learned this at an early age. Although I was never one of the prettiest girls in my group, it gave me confidence those girls never had.