BIOGRAPHY WRITER MEDIA MEET SAMANTHA

The SAMANTHA WILLS Jewellery business is officially closed.

Our retail partner DAVIDJONES.com will be the exclusive stockist for the next 6-months.

We have archived the past 15 years on our Instagram feed, visit it any time to take a trip down memory lane

NEED TO MAKE A RETURN?

Our Customer Experience Team will be here til July 30th, 2019 to honor our 6-month product warranty management.

(Please note; we will not be accepting change of mind, only faulty items under warranty)

info@samanthawills.com or 02 9690 2122

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VIA FORBES

VIA FORBES

 

Samantha Wills has been in the spotlight as one of Australia’s most dynamic speakers and creative personalities since launching her self-titled jewellery brand at Australian Fashion Week in 2004, at just 21 years of age. 

After 15 years, and stating that she felt the SAMANTHA WILLS jewellery brand had achieved all it had set out to do, Wills announced that she was closing the jewellery business in January 2019 to focus on her profile work as a speaker, writer and creative.

Passionate about supporting women in business, Wills continues her work with the SamanthaWillsFoundation.org, and is an advocate for gender equality and conscious kindness.

Based in New York City where she is currently writing her first book, Samantha travels globally as a creative ambassador and keynote speaker. 

 
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Monday.
I have sat and watched Beyoncé’s HOMECOMING twice now, each time with pen and paper in hand and took notes through the whole thing. Just...Wow. ⠀⠀ Have you watched? Can we discuss? ...My mind is blown. -SWx ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ “In each of us, another woman or young girl might see a reflection of herself, of her worth of her boundless potential. The youth need to see their greatness reflected in our eyes. Go forth! Let them know we’re real.” ⠀⠀ – Homecoming, a film by Beyoncé
This answer is in reply to being asked my worst celebrity story was.... But I decided to share my best one instead. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ It was when @pink was in Australia in 2OO7 and wanted the entire @samanthawillsofficial official collection. I was such a huge fan (still am) and I wanted to gift the collection to her, but she wouldn’t hear if it and insisted on paying for every piece. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ As a young designer just starting out it was an absolutely surreal moment at the time to have P!NK wear and love my designs, but it is the generosity of her gesture that has stayed with me for well over a decade later. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Thank you, Alicia, for supporting a then unknown and up and coming Jewellery designer, and for showing her what true integrity looks like. I am forever grateful. -SWx ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 🎥You can watch my episode of The New Investors by @yahoofinanceau, via link in bio. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ *The collection that followed, I named as a little homage to P!NK, calling it “Brille en el aire” after her song “Glitter In The Air”
🎥When we can quieten the mind, we can hear what our heart is trying to tell us. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Aligning internal intuition with external awareness was how I came to the decision to close the @samanthawillsofficial jewellery business — there was not one ounce of logic behind it, simply a gut feeling... I just knew it was the right time to close that 15 year chapter, to honor the brand and the legacy it had achieved. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Probably not what @yahoofinanceau had in mind when they invited me on their show (!), but I think intuitive decision making is so important. I talk about this in this weeks show. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Thank you @yahoofinanceau for having me as a guest on the #YahooNewInvestors —- 🎥 you can watch the full episode via link in bio. -SWx ⠀⠀
Was a pleasure this morning in Sydney, to take to the stage for L'Oréal Paris, talking all things bold beauty. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ One of the questions posed to me was “how has my idea of beauty changed as I’ve gotten older”… ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Beauty to me, now, is based around boundaries. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ BOUNDARIES to have the courage to walk away from something – a relationship, a friendship, a job, a situation – when it compromises our core values. Boundaries to know when to rest rather than push on til your body makes the decision for you. Boundaries to choose to our spend time and our energy space with those who meet us half way, not those who come into our space and flood it, nor those who consistently make us come so far into theirs that we’re drained of our own. Boundaries to recognize when you are talking shit about yourself - to yourself - and being honest enough to call yourself out on it. Honouring the boundary that if you wouldn’t speak that way to your best friend, then we should not speak that way to ourselves. The boundary to know that some days we will be able to do more, and some days we will have to retreat to the safe havan of our bedroom, or to the arms of those we love, or simply the safe haven of deleting our social media apps for a few days. Boundaries to go gently with our journey, and with others. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Boundaries that we honour from the inside, create for beauty all around us. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ The rawest of beauty, can only emerge from the rawest of situations. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ So if you are experiencing something right now that feels like there is heavy darkness overhead, hold on tight, let go, look around down there. Don’t rush out of it, you are down there to become equipped for something (spectacular) that is very soon to cross your path... ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ And know that the dish of discomfort is always followed by a dessert of growth, strength, empathy and resilience; and any creature who possesses those things… is beautiful indeed. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Thank you L'Oréal, and host @SallyObermeder, for facilitating these conversations. - SWx ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ @lorealmakeup #BoldBeyondBeauty #lorealparisau
At 37 years of age, I find true vulnerability beautiful. I don’t find perceived perfection beautiful (imagery, Insta feeds, celebrities, stories, brands, homes… etc) there was a time I did. But to me now, beauty is in uniqueness, it’s in the cracks that are filled with alchemized gold from the process of growth, wear, patina and resilience. ⠀ ⠀ The cracks hold the true beauty... but they can only come from times of discomfort, and I think it’s important we have conversations around the discomforts, and the hardships, the frustrations and the times of isolation. I think there is beauty and power in sharing our vulnerabilities. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ I love using this platform to collaborate with brands who use their platforms to facilitate important conversations. Tomorrow I will be joining an incredible panel of women for L’Oréal Paris, to talk about what beauty means to me: ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✖️Beauty is boundaries. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✖️Beauty is a woman knowing her self-worth, and being unapologetic about it. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✖️Beauty is empathy. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✖️Beauty is being able to sit in our truth, to touch the bottom of our darkness, and be able to emerge stronger. ⠀ ⠀ ✖️Beauty is the alchemy. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ✖️Beauty is – when we are able to - sharing our vulnerabilities, because sharing our vulnerabilities is sharing our strengths. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Thank you L’Oréal for facilitating these types of conversations, looking very forward to speaking tomorrow. - SWx ⠀ ⠀ @LorealMakeup #BoldBeyondBeauty #LorealParisAU ⠀ ⠀ 📷: @scottehler
This is the 12th hotel room I’ve stayed in over the 17 days...my mini shampoo and conditioner collection sure is coming along nicely. Whether you’re home, traveling or in between, I hope you’ve had a beautiful weekend. -SWx
Sunday... saltwater therapy. -SWx
“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.” ― Paulo Coelho⠀ ⠀ That’s what I wanted to present on this tour. The fragility of the human existence that lies beneath any publicly perceived success. And so…I went to the darkest time in my journey– it was ugly & it was fucking painful. A time in my life many years ago, learning of infidelity in a long term relationship I was in. At the time I discovered it, it fucking floored me. It was a brutal, & what I thought was the worst of the information was nothing compared to what I would go on to discover. ⠀ ⠀ But what I learnt down in that darkness inspired & lead me to launch the @SamanthaWillsFoundation – but at the time in the pain and fuckery, there were days I found it hard to breath… I felt so isolated, & nothing felt safe. ⠀ ⠀ I knew it was there, in the dark, murky waters of that painful - yet truly significant - experience that I needed to build my presentation for the #FoundersTalks tour, Because I knew that if I had experienced what I did, others would have also - & that made it very important to shed light on. ⠀ ⠀ [IMAGE] Getting up in front of any size crowd to tell your darkest truths is daunting, but 60 seconds before I am to be at side of stage, I stand by myself, try to breath, practice my intro line….& I say this prayer: “Please help me to tell my story in a way that makes people feel less alone. Please allow me to help people feel safe”. — That’s it. That’s all I want to do. ⠀ ⠀ I want to make people feel safe, & I think safety is felt by feeling like we are not alone. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ As human beings, we are strong, we are resilient…& we are fragile. As Paulo Coelho says so perfectly, the strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility. So I encourage you to surround yourself with people you can be your most fragile self with. Wait for people who love you without condition, people who provide an always accessible safe haven to where you can bring the darkest, most broken pieces of yourself…And in return – when you can, do that for others. In your own way, do whatever you can to make others feel safe… to feel less alone. – SWx⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Image: @scottehler
Last night I had home city advantage and was fortunate enough to be given the platform of the @BusinessChicks stage to tell some of my stories – both professional + personal – from the past 15 years of the @SamanthaWillsOfficial journey. Thank you to everyone who was in that room last night, and to those who shared your story with me. I walked away from the evening beyond inspired. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Big thankyous to Maggie and the Business Chicks Team, to Peta and the @22mgmt team, to @MaxMade for this magical hair + makeup, and to my dearest friend @ScottEhler for capturing these moments on film. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ It was the first time my Mum and Dad had seen me speak, and they drove down from Port Macquarie yesterday to be there. My Dad told some questionable jokes to some people, but then I heard overheard him say “that’s MY daughter! Can you believe it?! I’m HER a Dad! I’m so proud!” —- So it was a very special night all round. - SWx ⠀⠀ Dress by @sir_thelabel ⠀⠀
PERTH!! You were magic. ⠀ Thank you for all the love this evening. ⠀ ⠀ Tomorrow night is my final show on this tour.... Sydney!! I’m heading your way ... and I can’t wait to spend the night with you!! (Some tickets still available via a link in bio.) ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Thank you @francescapoggimakeup for your beautiful talent of painting my jet lag face, And to the entire @businesschicks team, for tonight and this entire 🇦🇺 tour. ⠀ Goodnight from WA... See you soon, Sydney. -SWx
Just touched down in Australia, and am enroute to Melbourne to present the first night of the @businesschicks #FoundersTalks tour. ⠀ ⠀ The above is what my keynote is based on... it only took me 15 years in business to figure it out! I look forward to sharing some of these stories with you. Tickets for some dates still available, via link in bio. ⠀ ⠀ See you soon, Melbourne! -SWx