Winter Is Here

Cold days & nights, keeping warm and feeling amazing, it's pretty much the big challenges of Winter Season.

We really need to protect from cold but we do want to feel great, too.

So, my advice?

Don't stay in bed! Get up every morning, jump out of the bed and dress up to shine on a cold winter day.

We are pretty amazing doesn't matter if is summer, spring, fall or winter - we are made of stars and we carry the fire inside us.

Don't stop doing lots of stuff this winter, to go to all the places you want, to party with your friends, to go out for a lovely dinner and night out, start a new project, embrace your career, and smile, smile, smile a lot!

We have fantastic clothes to wear and looks to try! We have stunning make up, jewelry, shoes, scarves, to wear & wear & invent how to put them all together in a great outfit!

So, keep that energy and go through the Winter Season, shinning right light a diamond!

Lot's of love,

Paula 

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Mind Over Matter

#takethechallenge

o TWS lançou o desafio a Raquel Oliveira, a frequentar o curso de Técnico de Apoio Familiar e à Comunidade do IEFP Águeda para que partilhasse com os seguidores do TWS a sua idéia sobre o que é realmente a velhice. Aceite o desafio, aqui fica o pensamento de Raquel Oliveira

Quando penso no conceito velhice, fico confusa… Velhice é o quê?

Olho para as pessoas de mais idade e noto alguma mudança de mentalidades, pessoas maduras com mente jovem, que vivem melhor, mais alegres, insatisfeitas, sempre à espera de novidades, aventuras, vejo esperança para se combater o sedentarismo... Estes casos de esperança são positivos na luta contra a velhice dos jovens, velhice porque é fácil, basta não fazer nada, ser jovem dá mais trabalho e mais vida.

Se for uma pessoa ativa, positiva, com alimentação saudável, sem grandes vícios, certamente terá uma qualidade de vida melhor, mais longevidade, com menos doenças. Podemos não ser eternos, mas podemos ser jovens durante mais tempo.

Chego à conclusão que na maioria dos casos se envelhece porque se quer, muito mais fácil ficar no sofá do que fazer um pouco de exercício, passear, nadar, ir ao cinema, estudar de novo, etc. De modo que se quer continuar jovem, actualize-se, informe-se, divirta-se, brinque, cante, ria, ria à gargalhada, exercite os músculos para não começarem a atrofiar, não se importe com a opinião dos outros, salte, corra, ria uma vez mais, seja jovem, mesmo que o corpo esteja maduro, seja mais forte que ele. Não se deixe levar pelo comodismo, inimigo número um, deixe o sofá ganhar pó, viva intensamente cada dia, hora, minuto, segundo, vença a batalha contra a vontade do seu corpo em sossegar… Lembre-se de não parar, para viver.

Uma vida jovem para todos.  

by Raquel Oliveira

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#timelessmanifestation

The Light Rises Up
& warm the Self,
moving it from the 
Darkness,
from the
Emptiness
to the top of the
biggest Mountain,
the Sacred hill.

Be aware,
Listen the calling,
are you gonna survive?

Find yourself,
go beyond your eyes.

Travel with your soul.


Paula Cristina Franco
November '15
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Mandelbrot fractal

We Can Do It !

#takethechallenge

O TWS convidou Marta Cunha, Gestora de Projetos na Área do Empreendedorismo, a partilhar a sua visão sobre o Empreendedorismo Feminino.

Aceite o desafio, aqui fica o pensamento de Marta Cunha.

“Hoje fala-se muito de empreendedorismo e de empreendedorismo no feminino. Mas porquê fazer esta distinção? Será que nós, mulheres, precisamos que nos lembrem que podemos criar os nossos próprios negócios e o nosso próprio emprego?

Temos, no nosso dia-a-dia, inúmeros desafios: levantamo-nos mais cedo para tratarmos de nós e despachar as crianças, vamos a correr para o trabalho, e ao fim do dia a corrida continua com banhos, jantares e histórias para adormecer.

Isto significa que somos obrigatoriamente muito produtivas (quantas tarefas conseguimos fazer ao mesmo tempo e com sucesso?), temos capacidade de planeamento e de antecipar os problemas, somos mestres em gestão do tempo e muito criativas.

No fundo, ser empreendedor no feminino é canalizar estas características à gestão de um negócio, que poderá ser mais ou menos complexo consoante a nossa formação, experiência de vida, investimento que podemos fazer. “

by Marta Cunha

Gestora de Projetos (Área do Empreendedorismo)

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#touchedbytheinvisible

Above the Ocean
Under the Stars
Surrounded by the Wind,
Free like the little bird.

Can you catch up
Those Feelings
So intense
That you feel deeply
Touched by the
Invisible?



Paula Cristina Franco
October '15
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#iamfree

Dark Shadows
Shine Up
In The Dark Night
Of The Endless Time.

I Feel the Infinity,
I Feel Free.

Enjoying The Silence,
My Mind Goes Beyond
This Reality.

I Feel Free.
Iam Free.

Paula Cristina Franco
September '15
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She Is Sara Sampaio

Sara Sampaio, portuguese topmodel is now a Victoria's Secret Angel. She really deserves her wings because of her pure beauty and talent. 

Since her start as a model for the brand Pantene, she always knew how to run a path that took her to bigger dreams and achievements. She's intelligent and beautiful, she's determined to her goals, she's nice and polite to her fans, she's dedicated to her work and very professional.

What else? It's our beautiful wing, Sara Sampaio! And Portugal feels proud of her :) Well done, Sara! 

As Iam a big fan since the first times, I leave you here her link at Central Models and the link for her Instagram for you get know her work better!

Don't forget to see her video for the National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative and her video for Victoria's Secret Train With 

I really love this video because I really like Charlotte Tilbury Make Up and this collaboration couldn't be better, take a look!

Luv,

Paula Cristina Franco

VS Angel Sara Sampaio

VS Angel Sara Sampaio on her USA Tour

VS Angel Sara Sampaio at Cannes Festival

the ultimate symbol | LBD

Ready for any occasion, the little black dress never goes out of fashion and will be your BFF for years to come.

It's the ultimate symbol, the little black dress, or the LBD, is a worthy wardrobe investment.

I can't live without my LBD and wear it in lots of occasions and in different ways and looks.

Have some LBD, some shorter, some longer, doesn't matter, they aren't enough!

It's history?

Well, a little black dress is a black evening or cocktail dress, cut simply and often quite short. Fashion historians ascribe the origins of the little black dress to the 1920s designs of Coco Chanel and Jean Patou intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, accessible to the widest market possible and in a neutral colour. Its ubiquity is such that it is often simply referred to as the "LBD".

The "little black dress" is considered essential to a complete wardrobe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it a "rule of fashion" that every woman should own a simple, elegant black dress that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion: for example, worn with a jacket and pumps for daytime business wear or with more ornate jewelry and accessories for evening. Because it is meant to be a staple of the wardrobe for a number of years, the style of the little black dress ideally should be as simple as possible: a short black dress that is too clearly part of a trend would not qualify because it would soon appear dated.

 

 

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wherever you are | Stuart Shorter

On 6 July 2002, just outside his home village of Waterbeach, Stuart Shorter was hit by the 11.15pm London to King's Lynn train, and was killed instantly. He was 33 years old.

Stuart, A Life Backwards, is a biography by Alexander Masters of his friend Stuart Shorter.  It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of Cambridge. Then he became an activist by helping the homeless, presenting a documentary on BBC2 and being the leading figure on the campaign to release Ruth Wyner and John Brock, the Director and Day Centre Manager of Wintercomfort for the Homeless. The book was shortlisted for the Whitbread Book Awards in 2005 for biography, and the 2006 Hawthornden Prize. It won the 2005 Guardian First Book Award. Recently many secondary schools across the UK have included it in their higher education academic syllabus for English language.

It was made a movie called just like that, Stuart A Life Backwards starring Tom Hardy as Stuart Shorter and Benedict Cumberbatch. 

This is one of the movies that most touched me, very deeply. When I saw it for the first time, in the end I was speechless, I cried, I felt hungry, I was so sad. This is the best performance ever of Tom Hardy, and the one that had me. 

Never forget, don't judge people because you know nothing about their struggle in this life, in their mind. And don't look bad to others just because they don't fit in society regular standards, who are we to say what is right and not?

The best words from Stuart was that, besides all the bad things it did happen to him, he just regret the day he found out violence. And that violence was just to protect him, but, even that, he regret.

A life lesson. A brilliant disturbing performance of Mr. Tom Hardy. It blows you away.

Thanks so much for the book, thanks so much for the movie. And thanks Stuart, wherever you are, for your work as an activist for the homeless and for reminde us that we can fight back our demons inside us and give a voice to help others.

PCf

everything is perfect on Mad Max Fury Road

Max Rockatansky is back.

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exists two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There’s Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

You can watch Mad Max Fury Road seeking for redemption, or a new start, or just a way to escape from your demons, it doesn't matter the why, what it's matter it's the powerful blow up your mind this masterpiece is. 

You can't escape from the Wasteland because during the entire movie you just want to survive and see the next move of everyone out there you love. If it is Max, or Furiosa, or Nux, doesn't matter, everyone is on the way to Valhalla. And, in the end, if you survived to the Fury Road, you are really so ready for more Max Rockatansky. Yes, we'll have more, according to George Miller.

The clothes, the accessories, the hair, everything is perfect on Mad Max Fury Road. Messy hairs, wasted clothes, boots, gloves, scarves, bags, belts...you name it and you get it!

To really achieve the top level of it, you have an outstanding soundtrack. Truly amazing, the music goes with you everywhere during 2h, taking you every second of it. 

After all these years we were waiting for Max Rockatansky to return, he's here and we say thank you, thank you Mr. Miller for this! And we say thank you, thank you Mr. Hardy to bring us a Max beyond our imagination.

Mad Max Fury Road it can't be explained. You have to go to the theatre see it on 3D or in Imax 3D. But go. You will have a ride as you never had before.

Unforgettable.    

PCf

everything is perfect on Max look

everything is perfect on Max look

perfect looks for the Wasteland

stunning look for Furiosa

these two

Charlize Theron was beyond my expectations, fab and powerful

the white clothes were just fab on Mad Max

a real surprise of great work, Imortan Joe and his look

great looks at Mad Max

great look!

thank you Tom Hardy for bring us Max again!

great looks for the girls

amazing team of Mad Max Fury Road

in the end, I fell in love for these two