New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018 Day 5: Prabal Gurung

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I finally made it to the last and final day of New York Fashion Week Spring/ Summer 2018. It only took me a month to finish sharing =P! 

This day was an important one for me for several reasons and probably my most enjoyable of the whole trip. My best friend and I started the day in Central Park visiting some of our favourite spots in the park. We had planned to have brunch at the Central Park Boathouse restaurant, right in the middle of the park, which the wait time ended up being almost 2 hours! Neither of us thought the meal was worth the wait, but it was such a beautiful setting, it partially made up for the lacklustre meal. 

Sweater: Similar | Leggings: Aritzia | Sunglasses: Similar | Hat: Similar | Boots: c/o Go Jane 

Lunch at the Boathouse  

Eggs Benedict is my favourite!

That evening, I was invited by Red Carpet Manicure to cover nails and beauty backstage for Prabal Gurung! That's right THE Prabal Gurung! Boy did I feel honoured to be given that opportunity. I also had a chance to interview the lead manicurist, Mei Kawarjiri, who gave me the scoop on what to expect for nail trends this year. Hint hint** almond shape is out, short, squared nails are back in! 

 I even had the chance to rub elbows with the Hadid sisters, Gigi and Bella, as they were both in the show! The other big highlight for me was the fact that I was sitting across from two bloggers that I've been following since before I became a blogger myself, Aimee Song and Chriselle Lim. I definitely had several fan girl moments that day. 

Pants: Aritzia | Top: Asos (on sale!) | Sandals: Steve Madden 

You may have noticed that my blog and social media presence has been lacking lately, and for good reason too. Last year, my health took a hit due to being overworked, overstressed, poor eating habits and lack of sleep. At the start of 2017, I really started to feel the effects of my prolonged poor habits and health decisions. My hormones have been way off balance, my gut and digestion functioning poorly, I've developed food allergies and sensitivities I've never had before and my skin has gone haywire. Dealing with all of this for the last year really took a toll on my self esteem and mood and at times I found myself quite depressed and anxious. Being the major Type A personality that I am, I struggled with the fact that I couldn't control my body's response to all the stress I had been putting it through. 

At the start of the year, I made some goals to get my health back on tract, but have been frustrated with the fact that even with all my good healthy decisions this year, my body hasn't returned to the healthy state it once was in. So the last few weeks, I've been trying to stress less, sleep even more and really focus on healthy eating habits, hence the blog absence. 

So please bear with me as I try to navigate through my frustrations and find a healthy balance between work, blogging and living my life =). I do love what I do here and always feel so encouraged when I hear that you enjoy what I share with you guys. I plan to share more on my journey as I try to rediscover a healthy life balance and regain some of strength back. 

Stay tuned for my next post this week on some of my current beauty favourites (see here!) and leave in the comments below if you like life update posts like these! 

Photos courtesy of Katrina.

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