What more could you possibly imagine being better than
complimentary manicures, hairstyling, HD brows, makeovers and drinks?! Oh wait,
I know, being in the same room as, not only your favourite magazines editor;
Farrah Storr (for those of you who don’t know who this is, Farrah is the current
editor-in-chief for Cosmo UK), but also some of the biggest influencers,
successors and self-made businessmen and women today.
Yesterday, I attended Cosmopolitan’s Self Made Summit, which
was held in County Hall, located just along Southbank. I had never heard of
this place before, let alone stepped foot in such a wonderfully put together
venue. There were spotlights all around the building, in the colour pink of
course, and everything looked aesthetically pleasing and fabulously chic.
Upon arriving at 9:30am, my friend and I collected our
timetables and made our way to our first talk of the day: Farrah Storr in
conversation with the incredible Olivia Palermo. Never have I met someone as
modest, talented and kind-hearted as Olivia, she is a prime example of a
girlboss. Not only is she a model, a blogger, and former reality star, just to
name a few, but she has also been working with Banana Republic on their latest
seasons clothing line.
Shortly after, my friend and I got separated as we had each
chosen different talks, my next stop was “From Blog to Brand”. Here I got to
meet, get advice, and tips from Fleur Bell, known to many of us as ‘Fleur De
Force’, Rosie Fortescue, Sam Chapman, and Sedge Beswick. During this talk these
four powerful females enlightened many of us that with success comes hard work,
as many of us already know. However, with today’s generation growing up so heavily
influenced by social media, a lot of us expect fame and fortune to find us
overnight. But there’s much more to life than having a certain amount of
followings on your social media accounts, after all it is just a number on a
screen.
This leads me on to the next talk I attended; ‘Flourish After
Failure’. This talk was truly eye-opening. I know many of you have probably already
heard the phrase, “you must fail before you succeed”, however, not many of us
realise how true this is. Here I heard Charlotte Knight; founder and creative director
of Ciaté
London, Jessica Knappett; Drifters writer
and actress, and lastly Lisa Hilton; Author and Historian, talk to us about
their lowest lows and how this developed and shaped them into the person they
are today and what they learned from their failures. Although each of their struggles
were different, all three women learned that the value of persistence,
determination, and self-belief became more valuable after each of them had
failed. One key thing that I took away from this talk, was that no matter how
hard something may seem at the time, or if it feels that everything is against
you, there is always a silver lining and your struggles will only make you
wiser and stronger.
Half way through the day, and we were off to another talk
with Farrah Storr, but this time it was with Katherine Ryan. Now, I’m not going
to lie to you, I had no idea who this was, but after this talk, I loved her! She
is hilarious and completely open and honest about her life, which I love and
respect. Once this talk had finished, my friend and I were reunited and we
decided to make the most of our day. We both got a cocktail, which tasted
amazing, and I later got my hair styled by Headmasters and a manicure
complimentary of Jade Angel.
With the day coming to an end, we had made our way to our
final talk; Alfie Deyes in conversation with Caroline Flack. Being honest, I wasn’t
too fussed about this talk, I mean, I’m not really a huge fan of either of Alfie
nor Caroline. However, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it, and how humble
and down-to-earth Alfie Deyes really is. It really is inspirational seeing
someone from your hometown making a career out of something that just started
off as a hobby.
This day was by far one of the best days I’ve experienced.
Being able to meet and hear from the successors themselves and realising that at
the end of the day they are in fact just like you and I, and to top everything
off, we received an incredible goodie-bag from Cosmo themselves!
Until next time,
Nadia
xo
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