Let's Get Social

Hello everyone,

Guess what? I'm finally a college graduate! I'm going to share with you all a small snippet of my college journey later on this week on Friday, May 26th. With that being said, it's finally Summer Break for majority of college students at this time of the year. 

Summer is coming around the corner! As a student who studied Business Administration and Event Planning, I am prepared to make sure that this summer is a FUN for everyone I know. This post is titled "Let's Get Social" for a specific reason. I wanted you to become more social and ready to have fun.

Before I finalize my planning for this summer events that Truth By Bella is going to have, I need your help. Being that I received plenty of positive feedback on my questionnaires, I created a fun, short one to get some insights on what I should tailor for my upcoming events. Click the Social Questionnaire to start!

Since you're reading this post right now, it would be awesome for you to participate in taking my questionnaire. I promise you, it only took me about less than 3 minutes to complete. 

Thank you for your help and time, 

Isabella, Truth By Bella

Did It Last?

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

If you guys were with me right now, you would probably hear how excited I was saying "Happy Wednesday". I'm always excited to share new things with you all, especially keep you all updated with this one week challenge of mine. So if you read my previous blog post "Bye, Bye Starbucks?" & saw my video on Instagram , you would know exactly what I'm talking about.

In case you haven't seen either of those, I will give a quick summary of what my challenge was all about. So basically since I've been in college and especially in this semester of college being my last, I've been finding myself constantly ending up at Starbucks on campus at least twice a week. I always like trying new drinks and find it relaxing after having a tasty Strawberry Refresher. As school starts to wine down and crunch time is upon all college students, I realized how addicting Starbucks was to me. I wanted to challenge myself to not drink Starbucks for a week (7 days, in my book). I had some support from a few friends and even heard some who thought I wouldn't even get past 3 days without breaking the challenge. So here's a video update below of my challenge that I promised I will share with everyone! Also revealed my 1st Giveaway Winners in this video below

Results of The Challenge (Video Below)

Giveaway Winners: Don't forget to contact TruthByBella via Instagram (@truthbybella) for details on your prize. :)

Thank you all for the support,

- Isabella B. (Truth By Bella)

Bye, Bye Starbucks?

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today is April 20th, you know what that means. Of course, it means a day away from Friday and the weekend is here! I'm excited and hope everyone else is. Over Spring Break, I thought about doing a challenge for myself. Also I wanted to do something I could share with my viewers. I came up with an awesome idea but I kept procrastinating on starting this challenge. If you want to know why, it was because I was addicted and found it hard to break away from this. Today was the day I put my foot down and start my week challenge. I let go out drinking soda and have been water. Not only water I have been consuming, but Starbucks has been my go to! I think it is coming to the time for me to say bye to Starbucks well try my best.

I will definitely keep everyone looped into this challenge of mine. 

Also Don't Forget To Comment Below Thumbs Up Or Thumbs Down If You Think I Could Do This Challenge.

STAY TUNED!

Enjoy your day, 

Isabella, Truth By Bella

Are You Ready?!

Welcome Back To Truth By Bella, 

Music gets me through my day so I will be adding songs to my post. Be ready for new music exposure! Back to business, Thank You to all those who completed my short, fun questionnaire on March 14th! If you haven't had the chance, here's the link to the post. Many people expressed to me that they had fun taking the questionnaire. I truly appreciate my readers. Hope everyone is doing well on this lovely day. Working on building up my Truth By Bella (TBB) community and would love you to join the excitement I have to offer. At least once a week, I will constantly be sharing motivational posts, mini questionnaires here and there also along with a few surprises and personal event invitations.

Join Truth By Bella (TBB) below and you may become a LUCKY winner for future giveaways!

Thank you so much

Have a blessed day!

- Isabella (Truth By Bella)

Little Fun Never Hurts

Welcome Back To TruthByBella, 

If it's your first time visiting my website, I personally welcome you and hope you enjoy what you see. Can't believe we're already 3 Months into 2017! Who would knew that March could be so cold in terms of weather. Happy Pie Day to you all since it's March 14 (3.14)

I've been caught up with my last semester of college and work. One thing I never forgot about was TruthByBella and all of my wonderful readers! I've been planning some new, exciting experiences to share with you all and many more. Having fun are one of the things in life I enjoy. I definitely want all of you to have fun when you come to visit my blog. With that being said, I'm going to need a small favor from you. 

For those that are awesome readers of TruthByBella, there are times when I would do quick, short surveys to get to know my audience much better. Since it's a new year, I would like to change it up a little. I want you to fill out a short questionnaire in order for me to tailor the fun TruthByBella has in store. 

Link to the TruthByBella Questionnaire: https://truthbybella.typeform.com/to/iLdVLm

You will definitely enjoy this short questionnaire. Feel free to share this with your friends. Always remember to relax & have fun when you have the chance. Also stay tuned to what's next to come from TruthByBella this month!

Thank you for your time, 

Isabella (TruthByBella)

Women Empowerment Workshop - Post Event

On July 9th, I had the opportunity of attending an event titled Women Empowerment Workshop at the Hotel Indigo in Newark, NJ. This event was hosted by Sasha Barnes. She collaborated together with her older sister Shennell McCloud to bring this event to LIFE for the second time. I added in this particular event onto my Calendar for TruthByBella. I had the chance in speaking with the  photographer of the event, Sasha Barnes. What was amazing about speaking to her prior to the event, I got to know more about why she wanted to do this event. 

Hearing "Women Empowerment" automatically grabs the attention in wanting to know what's it all about. Let me spill some details on this workshop! The purpose of this workshop was to encourage women to embrace their sense of self-worth and empowerment. Every female participated & worked together to engage in positive affirmation through various exercise and goal sharing. Activities such as self-reflection and drawing a tree of life along with a family talk at the end. What I appreciate the most about this workshop was Sasha offered a makeover sessions provided for emergence. Three were three makeup artists, I had the chance in speaking with all 3 of them. I knew two of the makeup artists, Lucy and Jessica already. I met the third makeup artist Jamillah after the photoshoot was over. It was amazing to gain insights from different women that day. 

Being an event planner student, I couldn't help but give critique and feedback on some aspects of the event. The first thing that was the location: Hotel Indigo in Newark, NJ. I arrived early to see the prep and it's a habit of mine to not be late. The Hotel Indigo workers were not the most pleasant people to interact with in the morning. I could imagine how they are at night. When I got the room, I spoke to Sasha about the location. She informed that the rooms when she checked in was not cleaned. Regardless of how the night was before checking in, Sasha managed to have the location neat and presentable. I had the chance in helping her set up for the event. One room was set up for the workshop and the other was set up for the photoshoot along with makeup stations.

Shennell had the ladies in the first part. We set ground rules for how everything would go. Also we got comfortable with wearing socks. Of course, I chose my favorite color: Purple :). As peaceful instrumentals played, it helped all of the females get comfortable and focus on the questions being asked. We introduced our partners instead of ourselves. I met an Accountant from Audible named Dominique. She was very lively which had lighten my mood. Afterwords we had the chance of reflecting on our lives, drew tree of lives, and shared it with a subgroups. I added onto my tree on how I plan on keeping my life filled with Positive Vibes Only. A lot of the ladies agreed on that. Women staying together is much stronger than competing against each other. Sasha took photos of each lady that was apart of this experience after their make up was done. I caught some behind scene footage for that.

In the video below are behind the scenes footage and recap photos for the Women Empowerment Workshop. It was amazing to be apart of this experience. Having a chance to build bonds through a workshop also. Look out for a possible 3rd Women Empowerment or Men Empowerment Workshop. :)

Check out Sasha's site & portfolio: http://sasha-shalaan-barnes.format.com

Thank you for your time, 

Isabella, TruthByBella