Use YOUR And

Hello !

So today I wanted to talk about the Gillette Venus "Use Your And " campaign .

Although there has been a few points made against the campaign. As it was brought to us by a company who's ultimate aim is to get us to shave our legs, I still think the campaign is an important one. It doesn't matter who has said something inspirational or thought provoking, it matters that it's been said :) If you haven't seen the video I'll put it here :

For those of you who haven't heard about this before today; 'Use Your And' is all about not allowing one thing to define you, you can have so many traits and be so many different things. You can be drop dead gorgeous and a rocket scientist and a mother and a three times, gold Olympic medal winning gymnast ! If that is what you want .

" You are polished nails and a polished mind " 

This is all about not limiting your potential because of one dimensional labels. A few YouTubers did some really inspirational videos about how they use their 'And' ! A few of my favourites were Carries from It'sWayPastMyBedtime which you can find here and Louise's from SprinkeofGlitter which you can find here :) 

So I thought I'd share some of my 'Ands' , I am ;

• loyal, and
• shy, and 
• confident, and 
• happy, and
• a singer, and 
• a drummer, and
• an actress, and 
• hard-working, and 
• calm, and 
• argumentative, and 
• loving, and 
• pretty bad at spelling, and 
• a blogger, and 
• compassionate, and 
• a girlfriend, and 
• independent, and 
• strong, and 
• intelligent, and 
• empathetic, and 
• creative, and 
• positive, and 
• so, so much more, and 
• SO ARE YOU . 

I really hope, that you will start to realise and understand that you don't have to be just one thing and you are not and never will be just one thing :) We are all so wonderfully complex, how can there be anything simply  black and white in anything we do or are ? But that's what makes us all so beautiful, we're all different, with a different set of 'Ands' ! Meanwhile there's only two shades of black and white ( no matter what the paint company's insist haha ) and despite black and white pulling together to make a pretty classy outfit or an atmospheric photo ; they're not that much fun to see over and over again in everyone we meet !

I'd love to hear some of your 'Ands' in the comments ! Let me all the special and amazing things about you :) 

Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :) 

Lots of love, Marianne xxx

P.s. Next week ( 20th-24th August ) I'm going to be doing a Self-love week so will be posting everyday ! So if there's anything you'd like to see in self love week then please let me know :) 

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