Arum Lilea

South African fashion, beauty & travel blog

A note on friendships

Forever New dress (similar version available here)| Castello’s shoes (similar nude heel here)

People come in and out of our lives every day but there are some that find a place in our hearts.  Friendships blossom for so many different reasons and serve so many different purposes.  We laugh together, we cry together and we share moments of our lives together.  The love we share with friends fills us with confidence we need to take a leap of faith, calms us when we’re fearful and often has us laughing non-stop.  Friends often become our chosen family and we trust them with our secrets and our heart’s greatest desires because we view our friends to be our guardians and confidantes.  Friendship is a shapeshifter taking many different forms and colours, each one unique.  Here’s a note on friendship and the types of friendships I’ve experienced.

That Spring Feeling

The weather has been so beautiful lately that it has me smiling from ear to ear.  Just as we’re reemerging into society after having been in hibernation for quite some time, I’m so grateful for such lovely weather so that we can start spending time outdoors with friends and family soaking up the sunshine.  Since this year has really slipped through our fingers in the most unexpected of ways so far, I thought I would write myself a list of things I hope to achieve before the end of the season. Here is my spring checklist.

My Daily Routine

DRESS: Forever New (similar version here and here) | BAG: Zara (loving this cute version) | SHOES: Ivanka Trump | LIPSTICK: During the course of the week, I held a poll on my Instagram Stories (@arumlilea) asking if you’d like to see a blog post detailing my daily routine.  An overwhelming majority of 85% of you […]