Someone gave me some very good advice recently.
They said, “change your instagram and blog name. “Honestly Angelina” doesn’t tell me anything about you”, or, “it will get confused with big brands like the Honest Company”.
I say it was good advice because I genuinely think it is good advice. It makes sense from a strategic marketing standpoint and not changing it could certainly hurt me in the game of social media down the line. And this advice came from a very knowledgeable and experienced person in the social media realm.
They are right. I am not selling honesty.
But the name means something to me. It showcases one of the fundamental pillars my life stands up on, honesty.
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth-telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.
James E. Faust
So, I thought this moment of clarification called for a bit of identification on my end. Who is Angelina Giancroce? What can you expect from her? What is she sharing with the world(you)? Why the name, Honestly Angelina?
Well for starters, I am one of three very fiesty, strong-willed, compassionate and unapologetically original daughters in our very vibrant and outspoken Italian family. The middle child to be specific.
Growing up, our household encouraged open dialogue so there was never any reason to withhold the truth. I am also the worst liar to ever walk the face of the Earth. But besides all that, I hold honesty in such high regard that I hope when you think of me, those who know the real Angelina, that the first word you think of is, honest.
I say all this to drive home that, Honestly Angelina, is me. It is my way of telling the world that here, in life and on my platforms you are getting my most authentic self. Which ultimately means that whenever I share a product or experience you can trust that I am giving it my honest opinion or recommendation!
So, how do you live honestly? Well, by living. It’s really that simple.
I want to fill my life up with things or expereinces that truely make me happy. I like to find the little luxuries in everyday life. I recently read, Greenlights by Mathew McConaughey and it really changed the way I think. Life is short. Live it while you can, doing what you love and being who you are meant to be. Leave all that other stuff that doesn’t matter, out of it.
I live in a small town in the south, where I grew up. I am a fashionista farm girl. There has never been a time when I didn’t love wide open country spaces or drool over a killer pair of stilettos. Sometimes simultaneously!
What can you expect from me and all of my platforms? Well, the answer is quite anticlimactic. You can count on me to share my life. LOL! I am making it up along the way. Everything from farm life, fashion, building our dream home and MORE! In quintessential Angelina fashion, of course!
And perhaps my brand name will change later down the line but for now I love that you guys get to know a little bit more about me whilst your scrolling through my instagram or putzing around my blog.
Bag is vintage but I linked a similar one I LOVE!
