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Is this London’s most colourful bicycle? How I pimped my wheels

Momtaz Begum-Hossain - September 1, 2020

Ok, my freshly pimped wheels probably aren’t really London’s most colourful bicycle, but they must be a contender? Decorating my bicycle has...

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I can’t stop smiling! 😀🌈☀️ The new EP

I can’t stop smiling! 😀🌈☀️
The new EP by @cellophanecompany has the loveliest artwork and it also features the soundtrack to my new podcast 🙌🏽 🎶

My podcast #HelloColour and #CellophaneCompany’s EP #ColorTheory released this week and you’ll find them both on Spotify, Apple Music etc.

Please do take a moment to have a listen to these new indie produced audio delights 😊🌈

#idigyourcolors
#colourexpert
#newpodcast
#adventuresincolour
#podcastersofcolor
#newmusicrelease

Artwork by: @rokudaitanaka

🎙SOME NEWS! I’m launching a new podcast - #He

🎙SOME NEWS! I’m launching a new podcast - #HelloColour is all about #Colour 😀🌈.

👂🏽Have a listen to this teaser of the show trailer to find out what’s in store. Listen to it in full via the link in my bio.

🎙🌈Episode 1 launches next week Tuesday 21st of June in time to celebrate #SummerSolstice and six months of my book #HelloRainbow Finding Happiness in Colour 🙏🏽.

👂🏽🌈If you like what you hear and are interested in learning more about #colourtherapy please do subscribe. You can listen via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Audioboom and other usual podcast platforms.

🙌🏽🌈 Special thank you to @cellophanecompany who have composed the podcast’s theme tune. It’s the most joyful, sunny song, filled with #goodvibes which is exactly what you can expect from the #HelloColour podcast! 🙏🏽 Thank you Paul, Dom & Rokudai.

My photo: @anthonylycettphotography

Happy listening!
Momtaz 😀🌈

#newpodcast
#colorcolourlovers
#colourtheory
#colourexpert
#podcastersofcolor
#colourconfidence
#womeninpodcasting

Wild Thing! 🐊 🦜 This is the snuggly corner

Wild Thing! 🐊 🦜
This is the snuggly corner of my bedroom. My home has always been a museum of things I’ve picked up on my travels but there’s nothing behind glass boxes it’s all out to be enjoyed 😀🌈

🐊 Bought in 🇧🇩 🐈‍⬛ Bought in 🇹🇷

🤔 Is there anything in your bedroom from your adventures? I think it’s a great place to house them, definitely promotes good dreams!

🎨 Wallpaper & paint: @lust.home

#colourfulhome
#bedroomdesign
#craftandtravel
#rainbowhunter
#adventuresincolour
#myflatbeautiful
#homecolourfulhome
#tropicalhouse
#travelmemories
#lusthome

Hello colourlovers! The countdown is on for someth

Hello colourlovers! The countdown is on for something very exciting☀️😀🌈

It’s been nearly 6 months since my book #HelloRainbow Finding Happiness in Colour was published on December 21st and to mark the occasion I have a special colourful surprise planned for June 21st. Stay tuned!

🖼: wallpaper from @lust.home
🐯🏺: from @dunelmuk

#HelloColour
#HelloHue
#colourfulhomes
#colourtherapy
#colourexpert
#adventuresincolour

☀️ Celebrate Summer Festival season with a fun

☀️ Celebrate Summer Festival season with a fun, colourful evening of crafts, creativity & cocktails.

☀️Join Author, Colour & Crafts Expert Momtaz Begum-Hossain for a ‘Summer of Love’ on Saturday 25th June and make:

☀️Summer Festival Flower Crowns
☀️Scented Jewellery
☀️+ other Festival Goodies

☀️This special evening during Summer Solstice week takes place inside the beautiful waterfront setting of @goodhotel.co in East London’s Royal Docks, the perfect location for switching off and enjoying some creative, relaxing, playtime.

Hope to see you there! 😀🌈🌸

#summerfestival
#craftnight
#thingstodoinlondon

What is yours? 🤔🌈 💥I believe that we’r

What is yours? 🤔🌈

💥I believe that we’re all good at loads of things but our Super Power is a very special thing we were born with / born to do that makes the world a better place.

💥It could be tiny or huge - it definitely exists!

💥I’m Momtaz. Colour is my Super Power and I use it in the fight against dreariness by sharing positive rainbow vibes. Your turn! 👇🏽

📸: @_barksey_ took this awesome photo of me using his super power of taking brilliant street photography portraits 🙌🏽

#superpowersunday
#maybeshesbornwithit
#colourlovers
#colourtherapy
#streetphotography
#wardrobediaries
#getthelondonlook
#desigirlswag

🌸 ✂️ ☀️ Get creative and celebrate summ

🌸 ✂️ ☀️ Get creative and celebrate summer festival season! On Saturday 25th June I’m hosting a colourful craft night, inspired by #SummerFestivals.

🌸☀️So don’t worry if you haven’t got a ticket for #GlastonburyFestival this is the next best thing!

🌸☀️ We’ll make flower crowns, scented jewellery and other cool festival inspired crafts. For all the details and to book a ticket head to the link in my bio.

🌸☀️Our venue is the beautiful waterfront @goodhotel.co located in East London @yourroyaldocks the perfect place to unwind on a Saturday night during #SummerSolstice week with crafts and cocktails. All welcome! ✂️🎨🍹😀🌈

DM me if you have any questions and do share the details.
Hope you can make it! 🙏🏽 😊

#thingstodoinlondon
#craftnight
#summeroflove
#creativehappylife
#royaldocks
#creativelondon
#colourtherapy
#timeoutlondon
#londonist
#secretlondon
#summerinthecity

A Colourful Home is a Happy Home 😀🌈 Sharin

A Colourful Home is a Happy Home 😀🌈

Sharing some recent press coverage I’ve had in @cosmopolitanuk a lovely article about #DopamineDecor and how to give your home the feel good factor by adding more colour!

It’s by the brilliant journalist @molliemunroquirk who has the most gloriously decorated home pictured here. Swipe for a teaser of the article and read it in full on Cosmo’s website.

#colourfulhome
#dopaminedressing
#morecolorplease
#homeinsporation
#colourfulinteriors
#cosmopolitanmagazine
#hellorainbow
#colourtherapy
#colourexpert

“Can I give you a compliment? I really like your

“Can I give you a compliment?
I really like your outfit
It really suits you”

🌈I try and write down all the compliments I receive. They are so powerful. This is one I got when I was in Hamburg recently a stranger came up to, said this and walked off.

🌈Today I connected with a girl on a tube platform we both appreciated eachother’s colourful style and ended up sitting together on our train home. It never fails to amaze me how incredible it is starting conversations inspired by colour. I highly recommend it especially if you find networking events or speaking to strangers difficult - start with colour. I promise the outcome is always a good one! 😀🌈

#HelloRainbow
#HelloHue
#stripesonstripes
#colorcolourlovers
#colourfulhappylife
#colourtherapy
#livecolourfully

🌈🦜I love the urban myths that surround the P

🌈🦜I love the urban myths that surround the Parakeets of London and the mystery of how these tropical ‘foreign’ birds have taken over the capital. It’s great to see them celebrated in this new mural in #EastLondon by @paintthechangeglobal.

👉🏽 swipe to see members of my local flock who love hanging out on my windowsill waiting for food! 😀🌈🦜

🌈🦜If you’re intrigued by these beautiful green birds & want to know more about their origin I highly recommend a book called ‘The Parakeeting of London: An Adventure in Gonzo Ornithology’ by Nick Hunt & Tim Mitchell it’s filled with all manner of opinions and conspiracy theories about how these green feathered friends came to be!

🌈🦜 Have you seen #parakeets where live? Or perhaps you have local birds that are even more colourful?

#parakeetsofinstagram
#londonstreetart
#wildlondon
#tropicalvibes
#plaistow
#gonzoornithology
#coloursofnature

#EidMubarak 🙏🏽😀🌈 A special well done t

#EidMubarak 🙏🏽😀🌈
A special well done to those who were able to fast during #Ramadan 🙌🏽. I’m looking forward to celebrating with all of these things especially eating sweets which is well underway 😋.

#eidmubarak2022
#eidulfitr
#eidday

😀🌈 Rainbowhunting in Hamburg led me to some

😀🌈 Rainbowhunting in Hamburg led me to some gorgeous #colourfulplaces...

🍭the bright lights & sparkles of @hamburgerdom

🖼 art exhibitions at @mkghamburg & a solo exhibition by local artist @sandraschollmeyer

🦜tropical design decor @superbudehamburg

👗fashion @thomasipunkt department store where I wanted to buy everything!

🌈 Zoom into photo 3, everything in this chandelier is made from #plasticwaste see what you can spot?

#rainbowhunting
#colourlover
#colourtherapy
#colourfulbuildings
#citybreak
#hamburggermany
#colourfulhamburg
#ecoart
#allthefunofthefair
#Reboot22
#visithamburg
#cometohamburg

🌸Another day in Paradise 🦜 😀🌈 You’ll

🌸Another day in Paradise 🦜 😀🌈
You’ll be pleased to hear I managed a spot of #Rainbowhunting here in #Hamburg and tracked down some vibrant colourful places: number one of which was my accommodation @superbudehamburg Altona.

🦜🌈It’s a tropical paradise themed hybrid hotel and hostel and you cannot move for parrots! And flamingos and all manner of other joyful ☀️ details. The perfect place to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre, and it’s a 20mins bus ride away from the 🏖 at #Ovelgonne where I’ve just enjoyed an 🍦😋 before my time @traverseevents #Reboot22 comes to an end. It’s been an epic 5 days and I look forward to sharing more from my #adventuresincolour soon! 😀🌈🙏🏽

#hamburggermany
#colourfulplaces
#rainbowhunter
#superbudealtona
#whoseaprettyboy
#paradisetinterior
#birdsofparadise
#visithamburg

☀️😀🌈 The face of a very excited Momtaz!

☀️😀🌈 The face of a very excited Momtaz!
It’s 5am and I’m currently on a coach to the airport on route to #Reboot22 a long weekend of creativity, wellbeing and fun in Hamburg with @traverseevents.

🌈It’s the first time I’m a Conference Speaker & running workshops Abroad so ticking off a bucketlist dream and something I hope to do more of!

🌈On Sunday morning I’m running a Colour & Art Therapy workshop and Monday a painting session @gut_karlshoehe. Can’t wait to explore Hamburg too.

If you have any city tips let me know!

📷: From yesterday’s @london.colour.walk
Travel themed outfit. Top: bought in Malaysia, Belt: bought in Mexico Bag (not in shot!) bought in India Skirt from a charity shop and gorgeous new kimono from @gudrunlondon’s summer collection ☀️😀🌈

#traverseevents
#visithamburg
#colourfulliving
#makeyousmilestyle
#colourfulfashion
#colourtherapy
#colourexpert
#arttherapy
#hellorainbow

Happy Summer Term 😀🌈☀️ I’m totally fee

Happy Summer Term 😀🌈☀️
I’m totally feeling the back-to-school vibes.

On the syllabus this season:

🌈Continuing to spread the joy of colour.
If you haven’t yet subscribed to my monthly newsletter #RainbowMail the next issue goes out this weekend, link in my bio to sign up. I’m creating some new colour workshops too.

🌈Back on my bike 🚲
I recently started cycling again after a break which led me to lose all my confidence but lessons with #CycleConfident have got me back on my wheels and I’m enjoying it more than ever.

🌈 Art Commission 🎨
I’m starting work on a really exciting piece of colourful crafty art that will be installed in a public space, can’t wait to get it underway and share more about it soon.

🌈 Travel ✈️
I have trips booked to Germany, Corfu and Scotland and am very much looking forward to the freedom of life without lockdown or quarantine restrictions.

Do share with me in the comments what you have coming up that you’re looking forward to over the next few months of #summerterm👇🏽

📷: @bystephenallen 😀🌈🙏🏽

#summerplans
#colourfulliving
#creativehappylife

🌸 🌝 Did you have a chance to enjoy the Super

🌸 🌝 Did you have a chance to enjoy the Super Pink Flower Full Moon? I observed this celestial phenomenon at night and just before sunrise when it filtered through the #blossomtrees outside my window. 🌸 💕

🌝
April’s #pinkmoon coincides with the blossoming of a pink moss which covers the land in pink flowers in parts of East and Central America.

🌝
This annual natural phenomenon is so special that the moon becomes known as the #flowermoon, said to spark a phase of personal growth and abundance. If you’ve been holding out to follow a dream, now is the time to do it and harness that #pinkpower!

🌝
#ThinkPink
Pink energy is in the air bringing with it a nurturing, comforting and protective sheild. Seize this energy by remembering that dream you have, think pink and go for it. 🌝🌸

After I watched moonset from my window I felt compelled to go outside and welcome the sunrise.

📷All of these photos were taken today between 5.45am and 6.15am . #EasterSunday

#moonmagick
#springblossom
#coloursofnature
#fullmoonenergy

Happy #PinkMoon week 😀🌈🌸💕 This moon is

Happy #PinkMoon week 😀🌈🌸💕
This moon is a signifier of Spring in all her glory.

💕🌕It’s the perfect time to release the things that are no longer serving you and letting go of any old baggage that’s weighing you down.

💕🌕Need a hand? Try this on Saturday when the #Pink Moon arrives, write down the things you want to release on a piece of paper and burn the paper under the rays of the bright full moon - take care when doing this!

💕🌕 We have some beautiful significant moons on the way too, pop these dates in your diary 😀🌈

#colourtherapy
#fullmoonritual
#springmoon
#moonenergy
#cosmicconsciousness
#hellorainbow

#RainbowHunting in Paris 😀🌈 Last month I wen

#RainbowHunting in Paris 😀🌈
Last month I went on a 48hr solo adventure to #Paris. I got my ticket in a @eurostar sale and stayed in a hostel dorm.

I spent my time enjoying the city’s most #colourfulplaces visiting the vintage & secondhand boutiques, fabric shops, flower market & galleries and saw one of my fave bands.

Had the best time, already plotting for when I can go back.

#rainbowhunter
#parislife
#citybreak
#solotravelgirl
#adventuresincolour
#48hoursinparis
#budgettraveller

Happy National Unicorn Day 🦄 🌈 I’m part-ra

Happy National Unicorn Day 🦄 🌈
I’m part-rainbow part-rainbow and I’d like to take this opportunity to send you all magical positive vibes today and remind you that Life Is Better in full Technicolour!

📷: @_barksey_
📍: @vidabakery

#wordsiliveby
#hellorainbow
#unicornday
#rainbowaesthetic
#unicornlife
#bricklane
#hellorainbow
#hellohue

Yay for 5K! 🎉 🥳 COMPETITION TIME! I’m cele

Yay for 5K! 🎉 🥳
COMPETITION TIME! I’m celebrating 5000 Instagram followers with an amazing prize - come and join me in Hamburg 22-25 April for #ReBoot22 - four days of wellbeing, creative & mindful workshops in Germany.

The prize is either 1 ticket (worth £169) or 2 tickets (worth £338) depending on your preference. Tickets give you entry to all four days (and nights!) of fun. NB: Accommodation and travel are not included.

👉🏽Swipe for how to enter or head to the link in my bio. See you in #Hamburg. Good Luck 😀🌈

📷: of my by @_barksey_

#competitionuk
#fridayfreebie
#contentcreators
#visithhamburg
#wellbeingretreat
#citybreak
#rechargeyourself

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