LIVING
Discover how to live an eco-friendly and sustainable life. Sophie is embracing slow fashion, natural homecare products, natural beauty and a waste-free mentality. She prioritises travel to eco-friendly resorts and is committed to reducing her carbon footprint.
Come and join her on her journey.
The essential products for 'no make-up makeup' - Endota Spa Mineral Make-up
Recently I was contacted by Endota Spa to trial their new mineral make-up range. The endota spa’s COLOUR range was created and designed using minerals in the aim of providing customers with the most natural products and ingredients.
What to do on an active weekend in Sydney : Destination NSW
Sydney has so much to offer in terms of ‘holidaying’ it’s hard to know where to start! You can literally do everything here, whether it be a foodie holiday, an active holiday, a relaxing holiday, whatever your heart desires!
Athleisure and vintage: style file
A post from Sophie Benbow blog featuring athleisure, vintage fashion and Adidas stan smith sneakers. I love this evening light!
Fenty x Puma by Rihanna...2
There is not much more I can say about my love for the new Fenty by Rihanna range that I haven’t already covered in my previous post. Here are a few shots to show another look from her collection.
Making new season athleisure trends your own: Westfield #join the front line
I was recently doing a bit of thinking about ‘personal style’ and what it means to me. I mean, of course I get caught up in the latest ‘trends’ and ‘must have’ pieces of right now but how do you really slay at making personal style your own?
Fenty x Puma by Rihanna
The Fenty Puma by Rihanna collaboration does tomboy grunge mixed with feminine touches really well. Classic lines with heavy hardware, oversized t-shirts with bell sleeves, sporty crops with lace-up busts.
Priceline Sisterhood Foundation
From 29th September 2016 – 11 October 2016 Priceline are trying to raise $1million for the Priceline Sisterhood Foundation! The foundation supports five women and children focused charities and 100% of funds go directly to the charity partners!
WATSSUP: Stand Up Paddle Boarding with BONDS
Being a BONDS ambassador is such an honour and when they contact me with a brief (no pun intended) I’m pretty sure that it will be something energetic, fun and exciting! This ticked all of those boxes and more and to be trying out their new swimwear was awesome!
Bonds SWIM video
Last week I got to enjoy a day at the beautiful Watsons Bay in Sydney! While we were there Aristo and I made a little video to capture the beautiful day 🙂
Bonds SWIM S/S16
Bonds have just launched their latest SWIM collection and I was lucky enough to have a sneak peek and try out the new styles 🙂 BONDS new SWIM collection is inspired from the ‘sun-kissed essence of a modern Australian lifestyle’ taking into account every ‘body’.
Feeling good in track pants
Track pants are something I lived in as a teenager…..literally until there were holes around the ankles and the elasticated waist was a distant memory. They are definitely not something I’ve adopted into my adult life and why would they be, they are unflattering, boring…
The motivation struggle
HELPING YOU GET BACK INTO THE GYM AND CLEAN EATING AGAIN x x It’s nearly April (how did that happen?) …
Aerial Yoga: Skylab
On the night of the Rising Social Star party where I won the Fashion category Bonds handed me a large bag filled with their latest activewear range. They had a challenge for me and it needed to be completed within a week so that they could use it in their e-mag.
Athleisure crush Zoe Karssen
My recent style crush Zoe Karssen. You all know how I have a slight monochrome obsession and really love a sleek, minimal aesthetic with my style so this cute sweater dress was added straight to the cart.
5 minutes with Priceline sister Samantha Harris
Being a blogger has it’s ups and downs, highs and lows like every job. There are good days and bad days, fast weeks and slow weeks…….but mostly as new opportunities arise and awesome collaborations present themselves…
Dance cardio with an all out 80's vibe: Retrosweat
As part of my Bonds ambassadorship I was recently asked to take part in a few interesting ways to stay fit and to my delight they were classes I had never heard of before (I’m always up for new experiences, especially the challenging ones…
Is trampolining a good workout? Skyzone
As part of my Bonds ambassadorship I was asked to take part in a few ‘unusual’ ways to stay fit! One of the classes I went to was skyfit at the trampolining centre skyzone in Sydney.
Easy ways to nail the white sneaker trend
Occasionally I wear heels but more often than not you can find me in sneakers! Now that it’s acceptable and fashionable to wear your white sneakers with pretty much anything means you can get creative and push the boundaries!
My take on Hom Yoga Sydney
As you all know I am NOT a yoga expert but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy yoga every now and again and I have enormous respect for yoga as a form of fitness, meditation, stress-relief and general wellbeing.
Are natural skincare products worth it? : swisse
I’m sure you’ve seen on Instagram my involvement with Swisse Skincare. It’s so nice to be part of a company I truly believe in as all of their skincare is 100% natural and organic. I have been using their Micellar make-up remover and Rose-hip oil since they launched and couldn’t live without these products in my cosmetics cupboard.