M Y. 1ST. A P A R T M E N T | No comments:

WORD.

So many things to do, decisions to make, my life feels as though it is revolving around spreadsheets and lists thanks to my extremely organised and fabulous roomate, Sally. With this girl in your life, I feel nothing can go wrong, while I am a dreamer and a wanderer, she knows her way around like a navigation tool and with this being her 5th apartment - she's experienced! I refer to life as a whirlwind right now as everything in my life feels so positive but I am being pulled in a million directions like shooting stars. I feel a mixture of emotions for reasons relating to all the wonderful way life in Israel is evolving for me.

I T ' S. H A P P E N I N G.

...and so it is time to leave Brodetsky! Ulpan has been great, I have met friends here that I will have for life, I feel so lucky to have such great people surrounding me, because when your all alone and far away from home, your friends become your family. Finding an apartment has been up and down, there are always going to be push and pull factors when it comes to a life decision as BIG as this. Location, price, size and vibe. Vibe? Yes, I am one of those crazy people who feels a feeling in a home, hence why I want our apartment, no matter how crazy or different it may be, to just reflect how we feel at this moment in our lives where we are painting our lives in colour. Our apartment is located bang in the centre and so this is when we will really discover the city on our doorstep. I just love this city, it is full of nooks, cranny's and hidden treasures...the nightlife takes you away and well it's never-ending, it never sleeps. You can quite literally dance all night, which I do, of course. No changes there. With so much going on I find that when Thirsty Thursday comes a knockin...every single stress in my body is released and I wake up smiling like what a GREAT NIGHT. Because in the midst of all the craziness and struggles you realise that there is no reason to be bored in a life as beautiful as the one we are living. So yeah if you didn't get it already...IM LOVING LIFE. LITERALLY.

So here's to the many great memories to be made not only in Tel Aviv but in our new home, I can't wait to live them and most importantly share them with all my favourite people, because an experience is better shared with the ones you love!

PS. Huge Roof Terrace = P A R T Y. T I M E

(get on your dancing shoes)

A L M O S T. T H E R E.

In the midst of the whirlwind I find myself spinning round and round in day after day, we are almost moved in to our new apartment. Apart from the fact that both my bed and my new memory foam mattress (comfy AF) are still yet to be delivered...So Brodetsky remains our home for the next few days. Oh and we have still a lot to buy, to furnish a whole apartment is a job that will blossom over time as Sally and I paint the place with our personalities, I mean this is my first apartment, I want it to be memorable, and so my design ideas come to be a little out there. A bit outside the box to say the least. Sally's response to my indecisive questions "This is YOUR 1st apartment, do what makes you happy and style it however you like"  ER HOLD UP! Is this girl for real? Yes, YES she is. Please bear in mind that knowing me comes with knowing I am a little eccentric and like to think outside the box, because life is too short and I love life!

But remember...I am ginger...I have no soul... 

Bedroom GOALS

B R I G H T. C O L O U R S


The design. Considering I have grown up with crystal-mirrored glass and neautrals with a splash of pink where needed, my mother has always been great at interior design, but I don't live at home anymore, and I am 22 years old, i'm young and i'm having the time of my life in this beautiful country which I call home. I fall asleep smiling and wake up smiling, and I feel stronger than ever. I can't tell you what a beautiful feeling it is, at this moment in time I don't see myself leaving. I am living my life in colour. So here I am with a bright pink sofa and bright coloured cushions. Y O L O. It looks Fuqin Fabulous! For those gasping with horror, gasp on, because I am throwing colours where they will shine, and if it were to fail, which undoubtedly they won't, you will just walk in and feel my motto: G O O D. V I B E S. O N L Y. G V O XO.

T H E. R O O M A T E

Ok, big shoutout to Sally Bregman, because lets be honest she is so great. Amongst the amazing people I have had the pleasure of meeting here in Irael, Sally has become like family to me. It feels weird if we have barely spoken, it began with me calling here everyday for a daily catch up due to our crazy busy schedules right now, I think at first little Sal was a bit like, "hi....." now it is part of our day, we do everything together and tonight we find ourselves alone on Valentine's so it's a BFF night with wine and great food. TREAT YO SELF!

So Sally if your reading this, you already know, yeah knows she is stuck with me for life! SO Lhaim!!!! CHEERS TO NEW BEGININGS and here is to the next chapter in our lives which, I know will be an unforgettable year! One I will cherish for ever...see you tonight my darling doll to raise a glass to discovering more about ourselves, life and this beautiful city, because lets be honest Tel Aviv Stole Our Hearts!

I have absolutely no idea why my forehead is so shiny... #nomakeupselfie

To be continued...

Kisses,

Bea

xo.

Down By The River | No comments:

Can I just say...DOLLS, I'M BACK! Ok but seriously, boo who? Yes I was bed-ridden for 8 days, I'm sure some people here at Ulpan thought I died, yes I am that important (slash why did NOONE notice). OH and apart from the fact I almost went insane, started and finished the whole of Orange is the New Black, I lost myself for a little while, it's pretty boring doing sweet FA. In spite of being so down in the dumps, it was time to get out of that bed-ridden funk I had gotten myself in to and take myself down by the river with none other than my favourite Parisian Princess, Abigaelle, my PIC (Partner in Crime).

After waking up fairly home sick and well...sad, which is allowed and it's totally normal, I mean I moved half way across the world by myself without my family or friends. Am I mad? Yes I am completely and utterly mad but GUESS WHAT. All the best people are... Today gave me more reasons to be thankful because really, I am blessed. I am so lucky to be living my life the crazy way I am. OH and it's January 16th, not my average Jan Saturday considering it's 23 degrees, I'm wearing a crop with my leggings and WOW it's a beautiful day. Far from the rainy and FREEZING cold city I call home, known as London, where lets be honest, whilst we love to talk about the weather, it rains most of the year round and our summer's are virtually non-existent. Apart from the odd heatwave which honestly lasts two minutes and the whole country is in shutdown...like the drought. Since when was England the Sahara Desert. London I Fucking Love You BUT I can't help but lap up the lavish sunshine, turn that frown into a crown and remind myself why I came here in the first place. There is no reason to be sad in a world as wonderful as this.

"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."

As we wander through Yarkon Park, the air is filled with that marvellous smell of freshly cut grass, it fills you right up; the green is full of people smiling, laughing, playing ball, whilst lovers sit kissing by the riverside. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL and the grass really is greener on the other side. I hear English voices, American, French, Russian and of course the wonderful Hebrew language. I live in this new city full of character and diversity, which I now call home. Tel-Aviv is made up of like-minded people from all over the world, all coming together to live here in Israel...one love.

I finally feel me again...GVO xo.

GOOD.VIBES.ONLY.

Today I'm Wearing: 

Neon Workout Leggings - Victoria Secret Sport *TOTAL LOVE* (in store now)

Running Jacket w/ Neon Pink - Victoria Secret Sport

Tokyo Sleeveless Crop - H&M

Trainers - Nike

HOMIES Headband - Urban Outfitters

I am in love with my new Victoria Secret workout leggings, this season's collection is full of colour

#I have this thing with floors

Kisses,

Bea {x}

The Beauty From Within | No comments:

Darling dolls, I want you to ask yourself these 3 simple questions, think about them long and hard...

How would you describe being beautiful? 

Is your idea of beautiful different to who you are?

Do you believe you are beautiful?

The answer to these questions will undoubtedly vary depending on each person and their own opinion of themselves, but one thing should remain the same. YOU are beautiful, no matter how flawed you think you are, everyone is their own kind of beautiful. Some may feel more flawed on the outside, and more beautiful on the inside and visa versa, except it doesn't matter because beauty really does come from within. YES, YOU! Umm..yeah I am talking to you and guess what? Each and every one of you is beautiful, your idea of beautiful should be everything you are. 

Central Tel-Aviv 

I ask you to ask yourselves these questions because I have asked myself. Let me tell you, my answer now is far different to what it would have been a year ago, before I truly discovered Israel... Before, my idea of beautiful was a girl who obviously, wasn't me. I wanted to look flawless without make up, I got frustrated by my reddish complexion thanks to my fiery red hair, but more pressingly, I was constantly battling with the idea slash need to be skinny, I would say I didn't, but I really did. At one point I was working out for 2 hours a day, sometimes before and after work in London. In fact if I missed a session or didn't go, I would find myself ridden with anxiety. In times where I forgot my gym bag, I would quite simply buy a whole new outfit so that I could attend my class. The pressure to be and look a certain way is definitely present in a city so elite as London. Now whilst some may not want to admit it, I certainly will. Many of the boys are shallow, being a red head with curves, a dreamer veering on slightly mad (in the best way of course), extremely weird (and wonderful), and pretty much in love with everything that life has to offer, I simply found that most of them just wanted to be my good old friend. CUTE. I often asked myself why I was never good enough? I felt that I just wasn't pretty enough for many reasons and well all my friends are good looking and pretty damn stylish. This resulted in me constantly feeling the pressure to have more make up on, lose weight and be more beautiful. Then I moved to Israel...

BREAK YOUR #SELFIE - At GYMBOX in Covent Garden, London before making Aliyah

Since I have moved to Israel, I have realised that YES, I AM BEAUTIFUL. In fact, yes I am flawed in many ways! Some mornings, I wake up with a dreaded spot, maybe two or even 3, yes I still CANT DEAL but there really is no significance in them at all. The sunshine and salt from the sea keeps your skin fresh anyway, we are only human and hormones are a biatch. Yes, I can't resist my favourite chocolate (Kinder) and now and again I somehow (without realising...) eat the WHOLE box in one day. Did I sleep walk? Not forgetting the WHOLE jar of Nutella which I actually threw away 4 days after purchasing it - oh don't worry there was no more than 3 or four spoonfuls left in the tub. Yeah, about that, I am gluten intolerant so forget the bread, I was digging it out with a spoon like a JCB digger...no wonder I woke up with spots! I was never destined to be skinny and I get that now, I embrace my curves and work on toning my body as opposed to being 'skinny'. I am pale as fuck...they don't say I am like a doll for nothing, porcelain skin in the middle east. Honestly, I don't stand out AT ALL... Yet overall, I put on my bikini and I feel comfortable, I attend class with a touch of concealer, a swish of mascara and nothing more than my daily moisturiser on my face, far less than what I was painting on my face in London. I still bring my own sass and style with my dressing each day, of course, it's me! That part of me will never change, dressing is what I love and fashion is my passion (JK, how dare is use that phrase...no, no, but seriously it totally is). People are generally more sociable here and you definitely feel like you live in a community, as people are more inclined to talk to you, get to know you, want to get to know you! 

Yes, I am supposed to be Gluten Intollerant. YOLO

Dressing is a form of art... I might not be in London anymore, but I can still be sassy OBV.

The lift outfit SELFIE...it's becoming a thing #OOTD
That pout though - it's gotta go :P

The saying that Israeli's are rude makes me laugh, because trust me, some of them are! I mean, only the other day I found myself so frustrated in the back of a taxi, in a town FAR smaller than London, how could a taxi not understand how to get to a big street in outer Tel Aviv, I mean in London the black cab drivers know every street, nook and cranny on the map! Oh what was I saying? Yes, he was damn RUDE!

No but seriously... KATAN!!!

People are in no rush here, especially at the bank, and yes it can cause frustration at times, given I have come from a city where everything is done VERY quickly (sometimes at a cost) and let me say it isn't perfect, nowhere is! Oh and it doesn't stop there, describing that things are often 'backwards' here, certainly springs to mind. London is SO advanced as a City, There are things that come as a complete culture shock to me. The laid back lifestyle however, is not to be judged upon badly, if anything, enjoyed. This comes from someone who has been commuting to and from London every day for the past 5 years on unreliable trains, overcrowded tubes, experiencing unidentifiable and incomprehensible (woah big word alert) smells and people, trekking 100 yards in freezing cold weather and feeling miserable. OK HOLD UP! Here is the difference. In London, I was lazy, I had the tube at my fingertips and in the rain, why would you walk when you can book an Uber on your iPhone or hop on the tube? Here, in Israel, I walk EVERYWHERE! With the exception of taking buses at night time, either because I am eager to drink that cocktail or for safety reasons (no need to elaborate on a negative in such a positive post). The sun shines for most of the year, that is an automatic reason to smile more, you can be here and be proud to be Jewish, its a test to yourself, a path to finding yourself and the place to be yourself.

OH! Naughty...

Meet Rachelle, she is an absoulute diamond. We met in London at the Ambassador of Israel's house prior to making Aliyah.
We have been great friends ever since and moved out at similar times. Being half-israeli, speaking fluent Hebrew and being an absolute hoot, Rachelle has helped me settle in an incredible amount and we have become best buds since the move. Kisses to you. Toda Raba xoxo 

Studying Hebrew at a local cafe with an Iced Coffee and my darling dolls xo

PARIS! This is my friend Antoni, he made Aliyah from Paris...
I like to test out my 'school girl' french although It is less than impressive!
I sort of regret messing around in all those french lessons... OOOPS!! 

I have made friends from all over the world, this is Jackie from Istanbul, Turkey, he is too funny and a great friend.
Everyone loves Jackie boy!

Can someone please appreciate the enormity of the mosquito bite on my leg...not OK! LOL!

My slippers though...TOTAL LOVE!

I love the lifestyle here undeniably so. I am starting to settle in, gauge on the differences in culture and adapt quickly. I can honestly say I am the happiest I have been in an extremely long time. Yes, it has been hard, I mean my accommodation is beyond basic but I will save this for another rainy day - given the wannabe cyclone we experienced today, I will save this for tomorrow.

OK...so there are cats everywhere, they just chill, it is HILARIOUS. I went to chat to the couple at this bar only to be attacked by this little kitty cat MEOW! Looks like she's protective of this gent...hehe!! 

This little kitty just jumped right on up onto katie's lap...PURRRR

Be your own kind of beautiful, and be who you want to be, where you want to be with who you want to be...

So happy that I am painting my life in colours that don't even exist - I just made that up - does that work?
Who cares!
I LOVE IT

Kisses,

Bea {x}

WANTED! Clothes Hoarder | No comments:

CLOTHES, C.L.O.T.H.E.S, C L O T H E S (I just got that thing where you stare at a word for too long and repeat it back to yourself with the thought like IS THAT A WORD? That sounds bizarre? How can the word clothes ever sound bizarre? Maybe I am going mad...)

ANYWAY...

As my mother would confirm I am a complete clothes hoarder, I need another wardrobe...in fact we have had to turn the loft into another wardrobe, so we can switch between seasons? Sounds ridiculous doesn't it, with there being rails and rails of clothes complemented with flurries of anti-moth distillers - Bit of a de-tour if you need something right? Well, I just can't throw away clothes because I know that one day I will wear them! Whether I lose weight (slash I will never be a size 4 again), put on weight (too likely for my liking) or I mean what happens if that trend comes back in fashion (I know it will)? Sometimes, I get attached to particular items of clothing which in due course are taken from me - it's an ongoing joke with my dad and my step-mum seeing as they are the ones that usually force me to ditch them!

In relation to my clothes hoarding...There was this American Apparel, white, crop shirt. Dad...remember this one? We still laugh about it today... (even though I am suspicious of its whereabouts) I loved how light-weight it was; I only used it for it's collar which I wore under dresses and jumpers galore. It got to the point where I had quite literally worn it to death and well...it had ripped. I resorted to ripping off the collar and doing a bit of DIY fashion and...Voila! I had a detachable collar.

Where has it gone? I DO NOT KNOW! After rummaging around for this minuscule bit of fabric here and there for weeks. It has gone. RIP.

So... I leave you all with this...there will be a reward...

Kisses,

 

Bea {x}



Bonne Annee Dolls! | No comments:

So I suppose I should kick off by wishing all my darling dolls

 

BONNE ANNEE!!!

Seeing as I spent my New Year's in France, it is no surprise that strike midnight, this was the phrase heard echoing over the french alps, but in other words HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope that 2015 brings you love, happiness, good GREAT health, prosperity and all that you wished for and more.

New year's resolutions??? Well.... I'm not doing dry January because.. 1) I don't need to and 2) I don't want to NOT drink any vino rouge, nor am I eliminating chocolate from my diet (as in NO FRIGGIN WAY...like why would you do that to yourself). So my new year's resolution is to concentrate on The Sartorial Doll by blogging as much as I can as opposed to writing sporadic posts now and again and being happy. I have SUCH a good feeling about 2015 and I feel that this is the year a lot will change in my life and I am determined to make my dreams become a reality. I find the journey we take in life SO exciting...these younger years are like the piecing of  a puzzle! IT IS THE BEST BIT!

I thought I would do a motivational post to kick-start 2015! I am forever getting lost in the world of Pinterest, gazing over quote after quote after quote (positive ones of course) because they make you think, I love thinking....always thinking and dreaming, now it's time to step up and make those dreams become a reality.

I hope 2015 is the year you all achieve your dreams...enjoy my darling dolls and love the life you live, we only get one so ya better make it amazing!

OH...and travel...travel a lot...fall in love and be happy...be crazy and weird and don't worry about what people think of you..haterz are always gonna hate, that's life (they're the ones missing out)...and love yourself, be yourself.

Here are some of my favourite quotes to inspire you...

Kisses,

Bea {x}