Author: Betül K. Yıldız
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How do I Make More Money on Steemit Than My Blog?
After I become a mom, my priorities changed. I used to see my blog as more about my creative outcome. Not anymore. I am looking at more blog as my job now. After having twin babies, I stop working at my old job but be a full-time blogger instead. Every single time that I spend…
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Techie Valentine’s Day 2018 Ideas for Him
Valentine’s Day is a tricky day. You never know if you should get serious about this day and fully get ready or just have a simple dinner and movie night. Especially if you’ve just started dating someone you really like. If you don’t know the person that well, options are limited to perfume or experience gifts…
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Amazon’s Smart Mirror: Blended Reality
Last week, everybody went crazy about Amazon’s new patented mirror called “Blended Reality”. So why everybody gets really excited about this. The tech giant is already known as business killers with aggressive business models. First in the publishing industry with Kindle and then with Prime every other small retail business. We can assume It gets ready…
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L’occitane Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas
I don’t know how many times I talked about my love for L’occitane. I love it so much because this brand saves my hair. 🙂 You should read about my oily hair struggles and how L’occitane saves the day! But today, I want to talk about L’occitane Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas. Trust me your lover…
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5 New Year Resolutions for College Students in 2018
Writing about new year resolutions something I’ve done since 2010. So I decided to approach differently this year. Why not give back to others? This is how ended up writing on “5 New Year Resolutions for College Students in 2018“. Do I keep up with my promises? Not all the time. But even writing about…
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Blockchain Technology in the Fashion Industry
First thing first. What the hell is this “blockchain” that I keep hearing these days? In a nutshell, the technology which’s the database is secure, open, audit-able and what it makes it unique is that it runs through not a single centralized operator. Does it ring the bells if Isay BITCOIN? The technology behind this…
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My Superstitious Beliefs About Pregnancy: Hair
It is incredible that I’ve already given birth to my twin babies. Today is their 105th day in this world. We have an incredible joy in our lives with their arrival. Everything seems very easy right now but It wasn’t like that when I was pregnant and you were my number 1 witness of that.…
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My Secret Double Life as a Fashion Blogger
This is the question that all of us should ask. So what is fashion blogging nowadays? Flawless skin, perfect makeup, 24/7 nicely done hair, expensive travels… A Glamour lifestyle! What about my secret double life as a fashion blogger? Whenever I check on my favourite bloggers they drive me to check on this new cool…
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Celebrating Christmas in Islam
I remembered that my photographer Arriana and my dear friend Gabriel were very surprised when they learned that I am actually Muslim. This happened when we did our “Coffee Talks with Newest Yorker” video talk last April. So what this thing to do with “Celebrating Christmas in Islam”. Give a hear to my talk. I don’t even…
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Top Instagrammable Places in New York
Once upon a time, a girl from Istanbul decided to move to New York. She was dreaming a city like from Hollywood fairytales. Cobblestone streets and old brown stoned apartment buildings were in her dreams. Sounds like she was dreaming sex and the city 🙂 Le temps passe, our girl became a real Upper East Sider…
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Midi Length Red Dress for Winter
Red is probably my favourite colour even though I don’t admit it. I have to admit now after I saw this beautiful midi length red dress for winter shopping. It is one of my favourite dress in this season. It’s not the best for winter maybe but more like fall dress. I can easily style this dress with…
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How to Wear a Midi Skirt Casually
When wearing a skirt, our minds ultimately go to classical looks. It is hard to figure out how to wear a midi skirt casually. Especially midi skirts. Midi skirts have this vibe of feminity. The best way to wear them casually is with a sweatshirt. [ Sweatshirt: Sonia by Sonia Rykiel (similar silk sweatshirt) |…
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The Whimsical Midi Dress for Fall
It’s time for that the whimsical midi dress. I literally fall in love with the colours when I see this one on Scotch and Soda, my everyday shopping place. I love this time of year so much because you can wear long sleeve dresses without a tight with no jackets needed. You feel light as a…
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How to Wear a Pink Velvet Blazer Casually
The weather gets cold and I am not enjoying it. I don’t know why but this summer feels like short for me. Maybe because of my pregnancy. I finally start to wear whatever I like whatever trend in the current season. Velvet is the thing in this season. So I decided to write about “how to…
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The Flattering Postpartum Looks: Stripes and Simple Jeans
I know It’s very hard to find the flattering postpartum looks. You are already exhausted from pregnancy. Start to be sick of wearing giant clothes. But I have some tips for flattering postpartum looks. First of all, I am so thankful that I didn’t gain so much weight. I should write about how I keep track with…
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Feeling More Confident with Gray Away
This post is sponsored by Everpro Gray Away. All of the thoughts and opinions are mine alone. Pregnancy is probably one of the most important phases of my life. It was a very exciting period for me. Waiting to see their faces, preparing my life for them, our last vacation before they arrive, etc. But…
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Twin Nursery Project for a Small New York Apartment
This is a very special project for me but It is a very hard one. Because I wasn’t ready until the very last minute. I call it “twin nursery project for small space”. Because It really is a challenge. When I was in my last months of pregnancy, we haven’t still found our current apartment.…
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Blazer Over A Dress for Professional Look
A blazer over a dress professional looks is a very stylish option but at the same time gives you a successful first impression if you aim to impress in your next interview. I know I know of course you want to impress 🙂 When I wear this look, my intentions were very different. I was trying…
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My 24 Hour Long Natural Labour Challenge and Birth Story
My baby girls are finally here. After full doubt of 9 months here, we are. My angels; Aybike Luna and Umay Bellatrix were born in Presbyterian Downtown on September 1st at 11:18 and at 11:19 am. So my birth post is another long story I had to get through at the end of my pregnancy.…
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What to wear to a cocktail party when Pregnant
I wanted to write about What to Wear to a Cocktail Party when Pregnant for a long time. Can’t believe that It has been 13 days since my last post. I was so busy last two weeks. My mom came from Turkey For my delivery. As you know we moved to new house in the…
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How to Travel When You are Pregnant
Pregnancy is one of the most meaningful and beautiful things you have in your life. But these feeling and thoughts are simply not enough to be comfortable around. I am miserable since my last trimester so It’s a blessing but It’s hard. Traveling during pregnancy can be also hard but It can be super nice…
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How not to Buy Maternity Clothes When Pregnant
Today, I decided to write about maternity clothes that don’t look like maternity clothes. I am very busy with my last weeks of pregnancy unexpected pregnancy problems and lastly about my new house. Because of all these things going on, I can not write about any of the style posts or even write about my internet…
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My Pregnancy Cholestasis Story – Updates from Week 32
Today I am gonna talk about another pregnancy problem which is very common in twin pregnancies and serious one. My pregnancy cholestasis story. Everything seems fine until about 10 days ago when I start to itching like a crazy person. Everybody was saying last trimester you kind of go back to the first trimester faze…
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My Baby Shower for the Twins and Updates from Week 30
We celebrated the arrival of our baby girls with close friends and families in our all DIY baby shower. everything was so good, people enjoy a lot and we all eat sweets to death! 🙂 I want to thank my dear husband Fatih for helping me to organise things. And my dear Melissa who was…
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One Pregnancy Dress Gem: Anthropologie
The biggest question that every single one of us asking: “what am I gonna wear today?”. This question becomes your way of thinking when you are pregnant. Because you have different variations of this question like “What should I eat so I don’t throw up?” or “How should I sleep so I don’t wake up every…
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Pregnancy Style with a Flower Dress
I’ve been so busy with my baby shower preparation lately. I couldn’t post as much as I desire my pregnancy style. I want to show my growing belly for . long time. So far so many people think I don’t have any belly whatsoever but that’s not a truth. In fact, I have a giant basket…
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Dubai – A City Makes You Think About The World
When I first heard the name called Dubai I was in middle school. I was reading about it in a newspaper. It was talking about this handmade palm shape island and it was telling that almost all of the private residence in this island already sold out. Most of the residence belongs to celebrities like…
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The Most Beautiful Shoot I’ve Ever Have: My Baby Bump Photos
This is one of the most exciting photo shoots I’ve ever had. Sorry, Arriana. I love you but these photos are my favorite ones so far 🙂 I never looked this beautiful in any photos I guess. There is no doubt that my baby bump photos are gonna be my favorite ones for so long. I…
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The Miracles Happen – L’occitane: The Best Oily Hair Shampoo
I start to believe in miracles. Miracles can happen, really. After I used L’occitane (Read like Lox-ee-taan), I see a big difference in my extremely oily hair. Let me tell my story from the beginning. This is the story of how I discover The Best Oily Hair Shampoo – L’occitane. Since high school, I have…
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What is Babymoon? The Best Destination for Babymoon – Maldives
Babymoon is actually a vacation you decide to go before the baby or babies (in our case) arrive. We didn’t think of this vacation as babymoon in the first place. We think It’s gonna be hard to go to Turkey with the babies so often (We only visit Turkey once a year If something extreme happened).…