Meet our featured beauty with brains Kajal Mishra, a fashion blogger and yoga teacher based in Goa, India. Here is an interview with her.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. What you do, your hobbies etc.
My name is Kajal Mishra, I am an ex-banker, and right now pursuing my dreams as a Fashion blogger and Yoga teacher since 2015.
I am a spiritual, emotional and adventurous woman. I read books ( Motivational or Yoga or spiritual ), meditate and practice Yoga, also for some reason I watch a lot of Netflix series.
2. What inspires you?
Sometimes I feel like, nothing happened in my life which was planned, still I am blessed the way life has taken its turn. These things made me believe in the Universe. The universal flow inspires me so much in my daily life, I always feel like there is some hidden agenda behind everything that is happening with our life (in spite of those things making me happy or sad).
4. What are you most excited about at the moment?
I am enjoying my Fashion blogging journey at India Fashion Blogger but if you ask about excitement, I am very much excited about my Spiritual journey, which already started in August 2018, when I finished my 200 YTTC program. Very soon, my new platform Indian Yogini will be live. I will be sharing my spiritual journey on that platform.
5. How did you start out as a fashion blogger? What interested you to choose this domain? What is your agenda and inspiration behind IndiaFashionBlogger.com?
I spent my first 6 years (2010-2015) of my career in the Banking Industry. However, I was always a creative person and after the first 2-3 years of monotonous banking job I really started getting bored and frustrated, so I thought to try my hands in new fields.
First I started in modelling, which took a turn and I found myself acting in Star TV daily soap Airlines, also I did some theatre with Tom Alter. At the same time, I started my personal blog kajalmishra.com where I started writing about my journey. After a year of acting and modelling, I realized I am not enjoying the world of acting and modelling, I felt I am not made for this field. During that period unknowingly my blog started getting good traffic from my followers, my friends started sharing my articles to each other which encouraged me to write more. My husband Gaurav noticed that my blog is booming without any effort so he suggested me to convert this personal blog into a professional blog and start working as a full-time blogger, which led me to leave my bank job in 2015 and start my professional fashion and lifestyle blog.
I started the professional blog with domain name glamituponline.com, but realized soon that it is very difficult for people to remember the name. I wanted a domain which was easy to remember and show my blog niche clearly, I found Indiafashionblogger.com which totally fit in both of the criteria.
India Fashion Blogger is a platform for girls and women out there, who is looking to make her mark in the fashion world. On India Fashion Blogger you will find articles for girls who are living in small cities, looking for tips and tricks, experiencing the fashion weeks and connecting with other readers. A big section of readers come to understand how to be a fashion blogger which would become a major focus for us in future. I want to help at least 10,000 girls in the next 2 years on how to become a blogger and start making money.
6. What makes you different than other fashion bloggers out there?
If you’d meet me, you’d know the difference in an instant 🙂 I am from Varanasi city, and when I came to Delhi in 2011, I didn’t even know the meaning of blogging. Hell, I was not even on Facebook!
But today I am earning a living as a professional blogger and Yoga Teacher. I have a different connection with my readers, and they can easily see them becoming me. Fashion blogging niche is filled with folks doing shoots with outfits in luxury places, that while gives an initial following I stopped seeing the sense of same. I endorse the brands long term, build relationships which stay with me.
On top of that, I feel my goal is not to make money from the blog, it’s a byproduct in the process of empowering my sisters. My journey with Shakti Fest and soon to be launched IndianYogini.com is all about helping my sisters find their inner goddess and making them self-sufficient.
I want to help my sisters who are living in small cities and are not aware of different career opportunities in the digital world. I want to empower them with knowledge/tools so they don’t follow blindly towards traditional jobs like banking, engineering, doctor etc. I want to tell them that if you’re good at something and do hard work, you can become successful in anything you want. She can choose her career as a blogger, makeup artist, Yoga Teacher, dancer instead of a regular Doctor and Engineer. Via my blogs, I want to help them as much as possible.
7. What are you currently following in the fashion industry like brands, products, clothing etc.?
In make up I prefer Artistry & MAC products, clothing brands – I have lots of clothes from Macy’s. Apart from that, since I am living in Goa for the last 3 years I have bought a lot of things from the flea markets in Goa which usually bring in a lot of cultural mix in my clothes. I generally love to wear Tribal/primitive clothes.
8. Which beauty services/salons/parlours have you been opting these days and would like to recommend?
In Goa, I will recommend Snip Salon, Once again, etc
9. Who has been your role model in the fashion industry?
One and only one Miss Malini. However, in the blogging world, I follow my friend and mentor Harsh Agarwal from Shoutmeloud.
10. Please share some tips to inspire our audience for staying updated about fashion and style.
Just be confident in your skin, in your body and make your own style statement because we all have some unique qualities and style. I just want my beautiful Goddesses should read this article: How did I overcome my anxiety from Shakti Fest.
(https://indiafashionblogger.com/how-did-i-overcome-my-anxiety/)
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