Welcome to LushAlexa

Hi!!! Welcome to my very first blog post ever! I am so excited to be writing this!! For a long time now I have considered a wide range of outlets to express myself and my creativity, including youtube and other media sites. Although I really enjoy creating and uploading content to my youtube channel, I feel as though it puts a heavy strain on my personal schedule, and that it disconnects me from real life experiences. I find it incredibly important to be completely present in life, but having to worry constantly about whether or not I got enough footage for the vlog I was filming really takes me out of those moments. After quite some time attempting to enjoy uploading regularly on my youtube channel I just couldn't fake it anymore. I decided to finally create this blog, my ideal platform, where I will express myself and my passions while still being present in life and fully experiencing it in the moment.

I still plan to upload on my youtube channel when necessary. For example, I will upload videos to go along with posts on here, or when I am able to set aside time to plan and film I will upload, but for the most part 'lushalexa' will continue here.

I am thrilled for anyone reading this to follow me on my journey.❥

If you made it this far, HELLO!!! My name is Alexa Fajardo, I am 19 years old, and currently based in Olympia, WA. I am absolutely in love with falling in love with just about everything. Working takes up a great portion of my life in attempts to save for university, but we all know how hard it is to save money... When I am not working I love to binge watch my favorite TV shows, cry about Harry Styles (shocker), read personal style/fashion blogs, and more. I have strong views and opinions on political/social topics that I feel very passionately about, and I have no intention of being silent about them. Also, I cry a lot. Like so much that some find it concerning but I LOVE FEELING MY EMOTIONS, completely, heavily, and to their full extent. 

For now that is enough about me, believe me when I say there will be plenty to learn about me as this journey furthers. 

As this is my first post I also want to give you a small glimpse of what my blog will be about!

MY PERSONAL STYLE

I don't like to put any boundaries on how I dress, I wear whatever I like regardless of what others will think, or whether or not it is 'in'. The idea of trends has always been something that I struggled with as I feel it puts your personal style into a box, rather than just wearing what makes you happy. I plan to regularly include my outfits, pieces I have been loving, hauls, and just about anything else regarding my sense of fashion in this blog.

GIRLHOOD

Girl adolescence is confusing in the most frustrating ways because of the constructs that we inherit growing up. We constantly have things being enforced on us, how they want us to look, what we can and cannot wear, how to make everyone happy, to apologize when we don't need to. The list could go on full of flaws that we endure on a daily basis. But what is nice about it all is that social media has helped give girls (like myself) a platform to fight back and be heard. People are slowly realizing that girlhood is open ended, there are countless ways to be a girl. There is something about girlhood and sisterhood that is so important and so special to me.

THINGS I LOVE

My life and all of the things I love that make me, me. Traveling is something I am very passionate about, especially traveling for concerts. I want to share my experiences and thoughts first hand of the many places I travel to and the concerts I attend. Adding on to what I said earlier, I love all things GIRL POWER (who doesn't??) and I read quite a bit about it. Book, TV show, music, and movie reviews and recommendations will be something you will also be able to find on this blog in the future!

HARRY STYLES

My favorite person in the entire universe of course will be making plenty of appearances here. I have always loved and felt so connected to the person that Harry is. His musical abilities, his killer style, the way he thinks, his values, his beliefs, his activist qualities, his support for minorities, his kindness. He has been such an influential person in my life in multiple ways, I find so much happiness, love and inspiration in him. He is my person.

MY INSPIRATIONS

There are so many people who I look up to in many aspects of my life. It was difficult selecting a few to showcase on this post, but it gives a good glimpse of who and what I am majorly inspired by. The theme happens to be strong women with strong beliefs and bonus happen to have such aesthetically pleasing styles. I adore reading and talking about who and what my influences are.

MY DREAMS

I am a dreamer and a hopeful person, my mind and heart never stop wandering. I love talking about the beauty in places I have never been, and what it will feel like when I go there one day. I dream of fashion school abroad and Europe and world peace and coffee shops in London and fashion shows and working with Vogue and Paris and falling in love and I will never stop dreaming, ever.

This is just a small look into something big, an entrance into my mind and my heart. 

I am constantly growing and changing my mind and falling in and out of love with so many things.

Thank you to those who have supported me in every path that life has taken me. If you get anything out of this blog, I hope that it will make you feel something. 

See you soon, Love to all❥

Alexa