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Alaina Banks is a conscious lifestyle blogger and social good advocate. She started blogging in February 2013 “… with only one real intent: to inspire millennial women much like myself to develop a strong foundation of self identity through avenues of style, substance and success.” per her website www.AlainaLately.com.
Rolling out got the chance to sit down with Alaina at the Family Dollar Fabulous event to discuss what fabulous means to her and also to discuss her advice to women about keeping themselves fabulous.
Tell our readers what you do.
I’m Alaina Banks and my blog is www.AlainaLately.com. I blog about conscious living and authentic style. I’m a lifestyle blogger.
What is fabulous to you?
Fabulous really to me is being passionate and authentic in everything that you do from the inside out. Whether it’s in your clothing and bringing that out to your outer world, so, that’s really what being fabulous is all about to me.
What do you do to keep yourself fabulous in your everyday lifestyle?
For me, I really think it starts with the morning meditation that I do. So, it really grounds me, keeps me focused throughout the day and then I can get up, try on whatever I’m going to put on for the day, and I’m ready to go.
And your advice to women who want to keep themselves looking fabulous?
I would definitely tell them to look from the inside out first. If you don’t know yourself, it doesn’t matter whatever you’re putting on, it’s not going to show. And I really feel as though if you find whoever you are, whoever you’re looking for in yourself, whether that’s through journaling, meditation, some type of quiet time… and then no matter what you put on, it’s going to eventually radiate throughout it.
Are there any brands you saw that sparked interest for you that you might use now?
Yeah, I’m loving the Argan oil line, I’ve been using them for a while. I’ve been using Goody for a long time. I’m really excited to see the other brands too, so we’ll see.
Where we can find you on social media?
At www.AlainaLately.com., at twitter, instagram, FB. But Instagram is where you’ll normally find me the most!
