Today we’d like to introduce you to Amanda Florian.
Amanda, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
The Bellezza Corner is my beauty corner for all things beauty, wellness, lifestyle, fashion, and something I like to call “soul food.” I love sharing new healthy tips and tricks I come across or think up with the people I love, so I thought I’d expand my audience a bit and take my findings to the world wide web with a lifestyle blog.
I am very passionate about health and wellness, and enjoy finding innovative ways to use natural products to enhance my daily life and beauty regimen. I spend a lot of time researching and understanding natural ingredients in an effort to avoid chemicals and other harmful substances where possible, and to ensure that I am using products that are great for my health and beauty! I love finding new ways to substitute a product with a more “natural” and better-for-your-body option that gets the same job done.
I lump a lot of things under “wellness” too. I don’t just mean wellness in terms of food and natural beauty products, but also wellness, and peace, for the mind, body and soul-hence, my soul food section. I share my findings and experience of various techniques for living a less stressful, happier, more peaceful life.
I also love fashion and home decorating/organizing, so there is a variety of lifestyle ideas up here from my favorite new makeup products to DIY projects.
My hope with this blog is that the things that I’ve found and continue to find to be useful, will also be useful to my readers, and enhance their lives in some way. My belief is that blogging and social media should serve to lift each other up and offer support, rather than compete or try to portray a lifestyle that is not realistic and too “perfect” to be true.
Since creating my blog in January 2016, I have over 5,000 subscribers and a reach of 5.7K across my social channels.
Has it been a smooth road?
I started my blog for fun, and it’s always been a great passion project to think about and work on in addition to working full time. It definitely took me a while to make any real money with it, but I wouldn’t consider that an obstacle since it was always a fun and creative project for me.
I have found that honesty and vulnerability are well-received and appreciated among my readers, and I would advise any other aspiring bloggers or influencers to try and keep that in mind. Just like in “real life,” people respond well to sincerity so I’d recommend staying true to yourself and your interests and you’ll slowly find a community that suits your unique self!
We’d love to hear more about The Bellezza Corner (lifestyle blog).
I blog about wellness, beauty, fashion, travel, and more, and everything is rooted in my passion for living a healthy life on all levels. I enjoy researching and finding out all these wellness answers for myself and feel joy when I can share a great tip or piece of advice with my readers.
My blog provides a unique mix of wellness advice as it pertains to a number of aspects of our lives. I try to always tie things back to life lessons and understanding struggles in a positive light to round out our overall wellness efforts. You can work out all day in the gym and eat healthy food regularly, but if you’re in a negative headspace and constantly stressed, you will find it difficult to feel truly peaceful inside. Finding balance and health across our minds, bodies, and souls is not easy, and I’m no master, but I am always striving to keep that alignment in myself and love encouraging others to do so as well.
I also am a freelance content creator and photographer, so taking gorgeous photos and pushing my creativity in that sense is something I really enjoy and it adds another fun element to my writing.
We’re interested to hear your thoughts on female leadership – in particular, what do you feel are the biggest barriers or obstacles?
In the blogging industry today, I would say that there’s a lot of sneaky things going on and it’s hard to find women who are genuine and “walk the walk” so to speak. I think the main goal for many women in the influencer community to become some sort of “famous” and they care more about that than putting out great advice or information for their followers and readers. I search really hard for unique and inspiring blogs and women on Instagram that have strong writing skills and interesting and inspiring advice, but it’s getting more and more difficult to pinpoint these people due to how saturated the industry has become and how easy it is to buy followers.
Contact Info:
- Website: bellezzacorner.com
- Email: amanda@bellezzacorner.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imamandaflorian
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebellezzacorner/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImAmandaFlorian
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