I know that here at Pink-world we celebrate kick-ass women EVERY single day, but today, March 8th everyone world wide, is giving fellow girl-kind big, big love - hurrah!

I think this is a really good time to give shout outs to the women who have made your life sweeter…

Lindsey, Aimee, Me, Susie

My gal-pals - I LOVE them. Fact.

I never really used to be a girl’s girl, in fact up until about 8 years ago, most of my friends were boy-types - shhh, don’t tell them, but they’re ever such low maintenance - but what I didn’t know, that I do now, is that having gal pals makes life significantly better. Especially when they come in the shape of my friends, who I simply adore. They may be scattered across the globe - everywhere from NY, Glastonbury, Australia, Italiano, London, San Fran, Scotland - but to know they’re just a call or an email away, makes me happier than any pair of Vivienne Westwood shoes ever could…

Sarra and I

Sarra Manning - Author girl, editor and my number one inspir-o-girl.

Why? Because when Sarra was Ed-girl at my all-time favourite magazine J17, she put up with endless emails from me asking if I could write for the magazine, to shut me up she gave me an internship, I was beside myself and got to write for at least 4 issues before it closed - that was nothing to do with me, btw - that was where my freelance career began - Sarra, you rule.

Leonie Allan - goddess.

Leonie’s lovely, beautiful and magical – she hosts creative e-courses that I LOVE, I did her her Creative Goddess e-course and it was totes bliss-kissed, she provides goddess guidance, creates ah-mazing art - I have a piece on the wall of the Pink Palace, and she writes an inspir-o blogginz that you should definitely subscribe to….yep, I’m a fan-girl. Her blogginz and gorgeous art make me smile happy smiles right from my heart – J’adore.

Poppy King - lipstick queen.

I am shame-faced that I only found out about Poppy and her lipsticks o’ loveliness in December. I bought her book Lessons of a Lipstick Queen purely by chance in a bookshop in Brighton, and I fell in girl-crush with her honesty, authenticity and total fabulousity - she started her own lipstick brand when she turned 18, because she couldn’t find any lipsticks that she liked. She wanted lipsticks that gave her the look of the 1940’s. Rich, opaque and filled with pigment. So… On a whim she found manufacturers to mix up some lipsticks, a business partner and the nerve to approach a few stores. It became a run away success! Obviously there’s a whole lot more to the story than that, so if you haven’t read it, go buy a copy now, you will be inspired - this woman is kick-ass.

Paloma Faith - lady o’ creativeness

Not only is she the creator of my favourite album of 2009, The Truth or Something Beautiful, she’s crazy talented, she’s kooky, she’s a li’l dorky, she’s funny and she wears the best outfits I have EVER seen. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

The Piperita Patties - best girl-band. EVER.

I LOVE their shouty, feel-good, sugar-coated lyrics, I LOVE that Miss Maria Luisa is one of my BFF’s, I LOVE them. Simplez.

Cathy Cassidy - Author-girl and cheerleader

I’m so lucky that my mentor is Miss Cathy - she’s a super-talented children’s author, she tells me everything is going to be alright when I think I might pull my hair out, she lets me stay in her tipi - I only lasted one night! - And she’s one of the best friends a girl can ask for - I heart you CC!

There is simply not enough room for me to include ALL my favourites, but rest assured Pink-world will be filled-to-the-brim with SO many inspir-o-girls ALL year! Care to share some love for your favourite ladies?

Guess where I was yesterday, chicas?

Only in blimmin’ parliament! Yep, that big swanky place in Londinium where all the BIG decisions are made.

Why?

Well, I was meeting with Diana Johnson MP and her fab team to discuss PSHE and body image classes becoming compulsory in schools - I can’t believe that they’re NOT compulsory - she was as keen as me to make this happen, and I’m very excited to be working with them in the future!

If you don’t know already, as well as being an author-girl and an agony aunt, I’m a PSHE practitioner, which means I go into school and deliver different parts of the curriculum in fun Lisa-like ways. I LOVE my job - the book writing, the agony aunt-ing and the PSHE classes because I am so passionate that gorgeous girls like yourself, have access to ALL the information you need to be confident, kick-ass, to love what you see when you look in the mirror, to be able to communicate with your parentals and to become as feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous as you absolutely deserve to be. In fact I’ve never been MORE passionate about anything in my life.

But, to make sure I’m doing it right, gorgeous girls, I need your help!

What are the PSHE lessons in YOUR school like? Are they good? What would you like to learn about? How many do you have a week and for how long? Would you want classes about body image or are you bored of hearing about it?

I want to know what YOU think.

You can either leave a comment or email me at: pinkworldlc@hotmail.co.uk - everyone that gives me feedback before March 30th will be put in a draw for a VERY special bag o’ thank you goodies - can’t wait to hear your thoughts and opinions!

Do you heart Twilight?

Silly me, course you do, I don’t know why I even asked! To help you show your love for Team Edward, my gorgeous, gorgeous gal-pal Kelly at Lolapop has created these adorbz brooches avec fangs - um, Kelly…where’s the love for Team Jacob?!!!

$17.00 etsy.com

So, how’s it been for you? Have you been giving yourself sweet, sweet lovin’ EVERY single day? It’s definitely a habit I don’t ever want to break, because, well…it’s a li’l bit fabulous, isn’t it? Now, just because the 10 day challenge is up, it doesn’t mean the lovin’ has to stop. No way. In fact, this is just the beginning, you’ve got to keep flexing that I Heart Me muscle as often as you possibly can, because when you indulge in the self love stuff, you shouldn’t be surprised when the universe decides to shower you in an abundance of love and kisses too because, well, that’s just how it works and who wants to argue with that? Not me, that’s for sure!

Do you love the Sark poster above? The gorgeous girls at Girlie Girl Army posted it today suggesting we should print it out, put it on our mirror and remind ourselves how dee-liciously lovable we are - how fabu?!!

The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”

The answer: creating a psychic bubble o’ protection.

So, I’ve been working on a brand-new-book-idea which I’m head over Westwood heels in heart with, and I rarely share my book ideas because I get scared that the really good stuff will escape from my head if I actually talk about it, but today, for some reason, I decided to share a li’l bit of the brand-new-book-idea.

Wrong move.

I was shot down before I’d even finished the sentence. ‘You can’t write about that!’ my friend said, ‘you should really just stick to what you know, Lisa.’ Now, I wasn’t expecting her to blow trumpet fanfares and declare it the best idea in the entire world, but well…I wasn’t expecting that either. Thing is, taking a step back from the situ, I can see that she was probably not the person to share good news with - she’s got a touch o’ the grumps at the moment and isn’t able to share any kind of happy goodness with anyone - but it did give me a kick-butt reminder to create a psychic shield to protect my sweet self against other people’s negative energies.

Whenever you’re in a negative situ - your boss snaps, your parental gets mad, a shop assistant is rude - imagine a bubble surrounding your body (mine’s pink, natch) that absolutely nothing can penetrate, it will help what’s negative simply bounce off it.

As if having a fimo AND a knitted doll made of me wasn’t awesome enough, the gorgeous Miss S at Temporary:Secretary has gone and dedicated a necklace to me - head on over, click on pic number 2 and see if you can find me - would it be wrong if I bought one? It’s just totes adorbz! I also want the Marilu one too, 1. because Marilu is one of my besties and 2. because she’s got pink hair - AMAZING.

Lisa necklace, £18.00 temporary secretary

The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”

The answer: listen to the Glee soundtrack on repeat.

I defy ANYONE to feel glum when they are in ownership of this CD of awesomeness. The Glee soundtrack puts the biggest smile on my face and glitter sparkles in my heart. LOVE x 1000000.

Buy your own copy for £8.95 from www.zavvi.com