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You can find all my blog posts here. Yup, every single one. Read up on my latest travel adventures and beauty discoveries and get ready to book your next holiday or beauty treatment. Grab a cuppa, scroll through the archives and fuel your wanderlust.


The Ultimate Travel Beauty Packing List and Kit for Backpackers
The Ultimate Travel Beauty Packing List and Kit for Backpackers

Calling all beauty junkies. Here's how to streamline your beauty collection for your backpacking adventure. All the travel beauty essentials you don’t want to leave home without.

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Beauty, Advice, Popular, Backpacking, TravelYariella CoelloJanuary 25, 2018Comment
11 Things to Do in Sucre Bolivia: South America’s Secret City
11 Things to Do in Sucre Bolivia: South America’s Secret City

Looking for what to do in Bolivia beyond the world-famous Uyuni Salt Flats? Add the quaint colonial town of Sucre to your list of Bolivia things to do. It won't disappoint.

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Adventure, Bolivia, South America, TravelYariella CoelloJanuary 21, 2018Comment
The Ultimate Packing List for Backpacking Your Way Around the World
The Ultimate Packing List for Backpacking Your Way Around the World

You've booked your trip around the world. Now you just need to pack your backpacking gear. This itemised breakdown of my RTW backpacking kit will help. Promise. 

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Adventure, Popular, Travel, Backpacking, AdviceYariella CoelloJanuary 17, 2018 Comment
The Best Haircut for Curls: My Go-To Salon in London
The Best Haircut for Curls: My Go-To Salon in London

Are you a girl with curls who can't find the right salon or hairstyle? Then head to London’s Ena Salon. They are crushing the curls game. 

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Beauty, United Kingdom, Curls, LondonYariella CoelloJanuary 12, 2018 Comments
Why Brazil's Pantanal Wetlands Are Better than the Amazon
Why Brazil's Pantanal Wetlands Are Better than the Amazon

The Amazon Rainforest is an essential stop on the Gringo trail. But here's a South American adventure that takes you off-the-beaten path and into the (Brazilian) wild.

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Adventure, Brazil, South America, TravelYariella CoelloJanuary 9, 2018 Comments
Top 12 Travel Resolutions for 2018 (and a Sprinkle of 2017 Reflections)
Top 12 Travel Resolutions for 2018 (and a Sprinkle of 2017 Reflections)

As a self-reflection junkie, I love a good new year's resolution. Here are all my travel goals (and more) for the year ahead.

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Lifestyle, Personal Stories, Travel, Year Review, ResolutionsYariella CoelloJanuary 1, 2018 Comments
Natura: The Brazilian Brand You Need in Your Beauty Cupboard
Natura: The Brazilian Brand You Need in Your Beauty Cupboard

Stuck in a beauty rut? Try this fabulous Brazilian beauty brand that stems from one of the world's most sophisticated beauty markets. 

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Beauty, Brazil, Beauty CupboardYariella CoelloDecember 26, 2017Comment
Paraty, Brazil + Happy Hammock: THIS is Where to Slow Travel
Paraty, Brazil + Happy Hammock: THIS is Where to Slow Travel

Colonial Paraty and this killer boutique hostel are the perfect place to hit the pause button. If you need a break from your frenetic lifestyle or longterm travels, this is it.

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Brazil, Adventure, South America, TravelYariella CoelloDecember 19, 2017Comment
9 Ways to Experience Rio Like a Local (and Like a Tourist Too)
9 Ways to Experience Rio Like a Local (and Like a Tourist Too)

Make the most of your trip to one of the world's most legendary cities. Here's how to live like a Carioca but also hit up the worthwhile Rio hotspots.

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Brazil, Adventure, South America, TravelYariella CoelloNovember 12, 2017Comment
7 Reasons to Fall in Love with Salvador, Brazil
7 Reasons to Fall in Love with Salvador, Brazil

Capoeira, colonial houses and delicious moqueca are only a few of the reasons you’ll fall in love with Salvador. This is Brazil’s most charming city. 

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Adventure, Brazil, South America, TravelYariella CoelloNovember 7, 2017 Comments
London's Spin Studios: Boom Cycle vs. Psycle
London's Spin Studios: Boom Cycle vs. Psycle

After your spin fix in London but don't know where to go? Here's my breakdown of the city's two most popular studios to help you decide. 

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United Kingdom, Lifestyle, LondonYariella CoelloSeptember 10, 2017 Comments
London's Best Beauty Shop, Space NK
London's Best Beauty Shop, Space NK

Space NK has been my go-to beauty shop in London for as long as I can remember. Here's why it should be yours too. 

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Beauty, United Kingdom, TravelYariella CoelloSeptember 10, 2017Comment
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View fullsize This was my first ever trip to the island of Menorca, a most perfect destination for my only solo trip of the year. Unlike the more renowned Balearics, this island is a little more rustic, quiet, unassuming. Largely ignored during Franco’s dict
View fullsize A return to my beloved London; a glorious two weeks exploring a new pocket of the city, returning to my beauty haunts, ticking spots off the bucket list and joyful reunions all round. 

1. Percy Pigs + FT🐽🗞️ 
2. Union Jack🇬🇧 
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View fullsize NEW COUNTRY ACTIVATED. I may still be settling into my new home, but when your bestie tells you she’s going to be a hop, skip and a jump away, you book a flight to meet her. And so that’s how I suddenly found myself exploring Ontario - an
View fullsize So, now it’s really official. New York is on the grid. I’ve found it really hard to keep up with my monthly recaps in this transitional phrase, so you’re getting big three month dumps for now. And since I hit exactly three months in
View fullsize The last (and perhaps best?!) stop of our whirlwind Portugal tour was none other than Porto. That beautiful Northern city that deserves every inch of its hype. It’s perfect for flaneuring, along its quaint alleyways, across that magnificent bri
View fullsize Unplanned trips = the best kind of travel. We missed our flight back to London (a story for another day) — and so we decided to just keep backpacking through Portugal. Our next stop, Sintra, was entirely new to me. And wow, this mountaneous cit
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