In the language of self-love: the PEOPLETALK editorial experiment

What do you allow yourself? – start allowing more immediately. This phrase is the best way to characterize the attitude of modern people to themselves. The Internet has long been prone to an existential crisis (read born in the wrong century), but the editor of this material could not be more pleased with the fact that it exists now. Freedom of expression and self-indulgence are no longer seen as signs of snobbery or selfishness. Now this is a generally accepted practice and the culture of self-care, self-love has finally entered our lives. This is what lies behind the trendy phrase “prosperity”. Be healthy, beautiful, happy every day and please yourself for no reason.

There is the concept of “Five Love Languages” in psychology. In simple words, this is how you receive and give love (through words, time, gifts, help or touch), but often the term is used as an external tool. But in the rush to give love to others, we often forget the most important person in everyone’s life – ourselves. We agree with the modern lifestyle, with all the stress, climate and environment, that we have adapted to operate on autopilot: home – work – home, rarely hanging out with exceptional friends.

However, we at The Fashion Vibes are committed to the philosophy that personal care for a person should come first. Therefore, we decided to find out how you can show yourself love, and strangely enough, we found all 5 ways: health, communication, beauty, style and comfort. And to test whether such methods really work, five editors showed love to themselves by using just one of these languages ​​every day for a week.

We decided on the “organizational” part, but now we need to understand how? It didn’t take long for the answer to come because the Fast Payment System (FPS) is running a great promotion right now. Until the end of April 2023, you can get discounts or additional bonuses within the scope of the campaign by making online payments for purchases made using the Fast Payment System (FPS) on the websites and mobile applications of the campaign partners (Sportmaster, MVideo, Letual, Lamoda and Wildberries). online loyalty programs – sites.

Now let’s get to the test. Shall we begin?

I, as a person who is not indifferent to fashion (after all, the position of a senior fashion editor is mandatory), I express my love for myself with the help of style. Every image that comes to my mind is very careful, as if my whole life depended on it. And this is not an exaggeration. How I look affects my mood and even my self-esteem. Therefore, I very often fill my wardrobe with fashionable things. It’s kind of therapy, but the thoughtless shopaholic has no bias. If you share my perspective, the following lifehack is for you. To save, I use the SBP payment system, which offers 7% off all purchases at Lamoda. And that’s cool, because you can find everything there: from clothes and shoes to bags and accessories.

What other love language could a beauty editor have than beauty? Honestly, I thought I knew almost all the cosmetic brands, so nothing special that would surprise me. But as it turned out, I was very wrong. When the experiment week started and I was given a 7% discount at L’Etoile, I literally discovered a new and wonderful world of cosmetics. At first I decided to focus on body skin care and ordered everything for the evening with scented candles and bubble bath. And yes, I didn’t even have to get out of bed to get my wallet and enter my card number – paying via SBP works wonders. In addition, cosmetics for hair care, facial skin and make-up became operational. My life of discounted luxury in all my favourites, sadly only lasted a week. But given that cosmetics have always been what I spend the most money on (after all, who else takes care of me but myself), even in this short time I have saved a lot.

“Comfort above all else” – that’s the motto of your Leo zodiac sign and your humble food and travel editor. In my case, self-love manifests itself in full accordance with my inner needs. Therefore, if I suddenly want to order something with home delivery in the middle of the night, the famous Wildberries come to the rescue. Moreover, when paying via SPB, the discount will be 3% (by the way, you can trade both in the mobile app and on the website). Also, if you shop from a linked account, the discount goes up to 5 percent!

I have been boxing for a long time. And although it may seem that we only need gloves and hats, in reality everything is much more interesting. There are several consumables in boxing, including bandages that protect the wrists and various types of gloves. You’d be surprised, but boxers need at least two pairs of gloves – training and sparring. And here education is often torn. I came up with a wonderful plan for myself – to send them to St. I buy from Sportmaster in St. Petersburg and get shiny bandages for additional bonuses. And saving and constantly updating images for battle selfies.

Thanks to work and character, I cannot imagine my life without communication, whether it is business communication with colleagues or an ongoing stream of jokes between friends. However, more often, I need to be content with online communication (after all, we live in the era of social networks), so I go to electronics stores more often than to grocery stores – either the new protective glass on the phone breaks at the wrong time, or the laptop needs updating, then the column of home party lights for. If you are the same as me, then I take a great bonus from my heart – when you pay using the SBP payment system on M.Video, you will receive 10% to the bonus account of the loyalty program. Beautiful!