MOVING TO AN ISLAND IN THE CARRIBEAN

Hi babes,

It’s been a while, but then I’d have to say, a lot has been going on. 

Yes, it’s official. 

I am Moving to Curacao, a island in the (dutch) caribean, in South America. Kinda crazy, huh? 

So this is how it all happend: 

Back in the beginning of the year, march something, my mum saw a job opening of a job she really liked to do, in Curaçao. My mum asked us what we thought about it and if she should try to apply. We liked the idea, and my mum aplied for the job, even though we never expected this to truly happen. 

And so as my mum appeared to be a good match for the job, we visited the island to see if we would like to actually move there. (Which we did, obviously). 

My parents always had a dream to work abroad, but they always expected it would be for my dad’s job instead of my mums. 
My dad will continue the job he is currently doing, abroad. He works in the container shipping business, so will see how that goes. 

As for me, I’ll continue the same ‘dutch’ schooling as I am currently doing. (4havo for the dutchies). I’ll go to a private Dutch school since I won’t really be able to graduate in ‘papiamento’ (a spanish/ portugese language they speak there besides dutch) in 1,5 year on a local school. I think this also will make it easier for me to connect with others, since those students come and go all the time. 

What do I think about it? Is a question i get asked often. Well, ofcourse i have ‘double’ feelings, on one hand I’ll have to miss all my friends and Family and everything I am used to, but on the other hand I love different cultures and I think you should get out of your comfort zone every once in a while. I think this would be an amazing life experience for me, which will make me grow as a human, as cliché as that may sound. 

Overall I am excited, my parents will go for 3years but I am free to go back in 1,5years, as soon as I have finished high school. And in those 1,5years I’ll go back to visit holland, and my friends and family will go and visit me there. I think the time will adventually fly by. 
We have already bought a house and are currently busy with the entire moving progress etc. We are expected to move around January 15th. 

So, there you have it. 

I’ll continue blogging ofcourse, I actualy think my blog may get more interesting because of this. But keep an eye on my insta & blog and I’ll keep you updated! 

Speak to you soon! 

XOXO

Sophia 

   
    
    
 

Reaching 100K on Instagram

  

The past week I reached 100,000 followers on Instagram, which is insane. The succes of my Instagram is also the reason i started my blog. Thanks to this page I have been able to meet amazing people, and work with great companies. here is my story + tips on how to increase your follower count, and how to earn money with instagram.

My story 

Back in 2013 I started a instagrampage; @searching_for_adventure, a friend of mine also made an extra account and we both posted pictures we liked on our accounts together. When i started my instagram it was just for fun, i loved searching for pictures, trying to reach more followers, meet new accounts. In the beginning gaining followers went so slow, i remember looking up to accounts with 25K and thinking i would never be able to reach that, and now here I am. I could’ve never expected this.

Why social media?

When you have a large following on social media, that can definitely increase the views on your blog! also it’s a great way to connect and discover other bloggers, and a other way to earn money. I earned a lot of products and also money by my instagram page, i’ll tell you about that further in this post.

Gaining Followers

in the beginning to get followers i used hashtags, oh lord, yes i said hashtags. Now you don’t have to worry, I won’t suggest this, you might gain likes and followers, but most of your followers will be ‘ghost followers’ and you’ll end up having less likes. what i can suggest? well I’ll tell you that gaining followers in the beginning ain’t really easy, I think the best option you got is to search for other accounts with the same theme, whether this are fellow bloggers, or fellow inspiration accounts, you’ll make friends and gain followers and likes. When you start to have a larger amount of followers (from 100 or something) you can also do sfs (shoutout for shoutout) with those fellow accounts with a same amount of followers, this is a way to both discover other accounts and gain new followers. Once you have got more followers, it will be easier to gain and maintain those followers.

  

Creating a feed 

Creating a feed can be another difficult thing, when you can choose out of entire weheartit and tumblr, all you have to do is look for pictures who look nice next to each other, but when you have to take pictures yourself… it can be be hard to post everyday day or to actually find pictures that match. what I’ll suggest is to find a app (I like VSCO.cam) and search for a filter you like, this way your photo’s will always look sort of a like.

  
Business via instagram

I think almost everybody nowadays knows you can earn money through instagram, but when I started that didn’t quite exist yet, and therefore I never thaught I would be able to earn money with my instagram page. At 26K something I got my first buisness proposal. Ever since then I collaborated with different brands and they send me their products for me to promote them, I got jewelry, clothing, make-up, skin care products, bags, bikini’s, everything. When I started to gain more and more followers I also started to earn money. I try not to do collabs like these to often since I know my followers often don’t like them. lf you have non-inspiration account with this amount of followers you’ll get paid about $400 for one post with a cup of sponsored tea, and big Celebrities like Kylie Jenner can get up to $100,000 for a sponsored post, quite insane right?

that was all for todays post, i hope you enjoyed it! and if you’d like to follow me on instagram, my links are: 

http://instagram.com/searching_for_adventure and http://instagram.com/citiesandcouture

XOXO

Sophia

inspiration friday || summer

Hii,

The last week it has been raining in the Netherlands which makes me crave summer even more.  As some of you may know, i have an ‘fashion & inspiration’ instagram account: http://instagram.com/seaching_for_adventure , for this account i am constanly looking for nice pictures to post, which makes my camera roll full of gorgeous pictures. I decided to do a  Inspiration friday post today, to share some of that goodness!! 

   
           

Are you also so excited for summmer? 

Ps: follow my weheartit: searchingforadventure and my instagram: @searching_for_adventure 

BEAUTY: How to wake up beautiful

Hi everyone, so recently my friends from instagram and i decided to make a blog together, and today i made my first post! it’s slightly different from what i post on here, but if you like it, make sure to follow us cause there is a lot more yet to come!

thestylecollab

Don’t we all wish we could wake up just like in the movies? Although that is going to be hard to acieve, i do have some tips for you that may save you some time in the morning.

#1: sleep on your back
By sleeping on your belly, you add a lot of pressure to your face which causes pimples & wrinkels. So sleep on your back.

#2: two pillows
If you want to prevent yourself from waking up with puffy looking eyes, sleep with 2 pillows. The elevation forces the fluid around the eyes to drain.

#3: satin pillow
Having trouble with frizzy hair? A satin pillow will do. And a satin pillow is better for your skin aswell.

#4: braid your hair
You know those little bumbs at your hairline? These come from the oils from your hair. By sleeping with your hair in a braid they will…

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About Cities & Couture

Hi, i am Sophia

Here it is, my blog. Finally i made a blog! i wanted to start a blog for a while now, and i’m really excited to see how this will turn out.

Blogging combines my three passion of traveling, photography and Fashion.

On this blog i’ll be posting my outfits, beauty tips, fashion tips and lifestyle, like how to dress skinny, or the best in-flight tips, but also about food and my favorite products of the month

i hope you’ll enjoy this page!

XOXO Sophia