The Need For Self Discipline

You ever read scripture that you've probably read a hundred times before, almost to the point where it becomes familiar and you lose sensitivity to it's meaning, but then one day you read it again and it speaks to you as if it's the first time you've come across that page. This was me last night! This is me quite often actually because sometimes a verse or a book resonates with you more personally because it's speaking directly into your current situation - as if that verse was written all those years ago specifically with you in mind.

Well last night I stumbled upon 1Corinthians 9:24-27 where Paul talks about the importance of self discipline through the illustration of athletes and training.

 The whole illustration spoke to me but what really convicted me was the last verse, verse 27 where Paul finished with 'No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. (1 Corinthians 9:27 NIV)' maaaaaaaaate! Please imagine for a second, you've spent your whole life encouraging and uplifting others because  that's the easy part. Helping your loved ones and strangers, it makes us feel good and after all the bible teaches us to do this, so we're actually doing God's work! But disciplining ourselves? Saying no to our flesh, to him, to her, to sin, to satan?! That part's harder. That's where I fall short so I rely on my service to others as a means of making myself feel better about my shortcomings and inability to discipline myself. But Paul says run the race to win and I could be doing all these great things and still be disqualifies because at the end of the day it's not our works that save us but our faith. And how can I claim to have faith and love for God but not honour him with my everything and obey his commands? No more! I'm training and disciplining myself to win, not an earthly prize that will fade and be forgotten, but an eternal prize with my Dad.

This Spoken Word by articulates my point clearly and really makes it all hit home so have a listen

I pray this encourages and motivates you as much as it did me :)

Adella x

It's A Shirt | OOTD

So it's become routine for me and the bestie to go out on our lunch break to the same location on the street and snap our outfit pictures. We say it's never a wasted outfit if you snap a cheeky pic hehe. 

So here's what I wore yesterday: my dress is a maxi (midi on my tall self) dress that I altered years ago to make it tighter at the bottom. My pumps are an old River Island sale purchase and my jewellery are all gifts from Zambia with the exception of the rings which are from H&M. 

Now I've recently become a headscarf addict for many reason including but not limited to: 1. SOLANGE (obvs) 2. the fact that I'm bored of my current weave but I don't want to purchase a new one 3. I'm transitioning from relaxed to natural and there's a whole load of mess going on under the scarves and weaves. So I've pretty munch used all the scarves that I have many times and wanted something with a nice print so I used my shirt as a head tie which was considerably easy due to the sleeves which helped tie that baby in place. It was a happy accident but I'll definitely be messing around with my other shirts to see what cheeky looks I can create. 

Also I'm planning on filming a head scarf tutorial/ ideas very soon so stay tuned for that on my channel :) 

Adella xx 

WCW Julia Sarr-Jamois

So I've decided who I want to be when I grow up and, coincidently, she happens to be the new 'it' girl on the fashion scene.

As much as I love the likes of Miroslava Duma and Ulyana Seergenko, its nice to see a British fashionista on set. She's giving me major closet and hair envy with her clashing prints and her cool trainers, strutting along the streets looking as if being this cool and stylish is second nature!

At just 23, Julia Sarr-Jamois is a stylist the fashion editor at Wonderlust magazine but I think the half Senegalese half French Londoner is best known as that girl that keeps popping up on all the style blogs posed on the streets with her gorgeous long legs and huge fro.

I'm not quite sure how, but Julia always manages to look toned down even though her outfit is far from it. She's often seen rocking a funky pair of nikes pairs with a chic skirt and jumper. The pieces she puts together aren't meant to work together but somehow she manages to pull it off with what appears to be very little effort, even admitting that she takes 5 minutes to get ready because she's always late (if only).

Here are some of my favourite looks from the fearless fashionista:

Graduate Fashion Week - Vlog

I love being anywhere where there's quirky stylish people around me. Camden, shoreditch, Oxford St for example always excite me because I'm guaranteed to see fearless fashionistas roaming around that are sure to inspire me and my wardrobe.

So, of course I was excited to attend Graduate Fashion Week, not only for the show itself but also for the crowd and the student's work on display. I brought my camera along to vlog the day (check that out below) but I managed to get some snaps too and of course a cheeky Outfit Of The Day ;)

Top-Zara | Trousers-Monki | Kimono-H&M | Bag-Zara

WCW Solange Knowles

"Solange would so wear this"

As of late, this seems to be the phrase I recite before taking something to the tills or picking an outfit from my wardrobe. I know I'm slightly late to jump on the Solange-has-so-much-style bandwagon but better late than never right? I've always admired her bold style ever since she shaved off her hair and went natural (which was a huge deal at the time - especially in Hollywood) but recently I've been completely obsessed. Before deciding what to wear, I'll get on my phone and google 'Solange Knowles [insert occasion I'm dressing for]' and I'm sure to find some inspiration. Clashing prints and bold colours are something I've adopted and black has become a last resort for those days when I literally have nothing to wear.

As if her style alone wasn't reason enough to love her, she's also been releasing some pretty amazing music recently not to mention the fact that she's a DJ!! Her song 'Losing you' is currently on constant repeat and she has a super cool music video to match.

Basically I feel like Solange and I should be besties! So don't be surprised if you see me taking selfies and OOTDs with her in the near future (speaking it into existence)

Here are some of my favourite looks from my WCW:

Adella x