Thank you for visiting Love Zahra! I’m Zahra Sandberg, a style and beauty enthusiast, married to the love of my life, Tom. We have two babies, Adam and Sophia, and two fur babies, Briggs and Sheema. I’m really proud of my Pakistani heritage and always try to incorporate my culture in life and style decisions. Traveling is my favorite thing to do, and I’ve lived all over the country – born in Pennsylvania, raised in California, went to college in New York, and now happily call Chicago home. Besides style, makeup, and home decor, I am passionate about living life to the fullest, unapologetically.

 Love Zahra launched in 2012 because I needed a creative outlet to share my outfit ideas, honest beauty reviews, travel advice, home decor projects, and latest shopping discoveries.  After a few years I realized I wanted to use my influence to affect positive change in the world, so now I also include personal stories about my own struggles in life, with motherhood, faith, fitness, marriage – no topic is off-limits. I write as a form of therapy for me, but also with the hopes that it may help someone else who may be going through a tough time.  As often as possible, I like to feature  inspiring women who are helping to change the world for the better.

I left my corporate career in 2016 in order to work on Love Zahra from home and also be a full-time mom. I thought being home would give me more free time to work, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. That is the main reason why I am posting a little less often around here, not because I don’t love it as much as I did when I wrote my first post, because I do.  Raising kids has been the most joyful but also the toughest, both mentally and physically, challenge I’ve ever attempted. Life is always busy and never not crazy, but I love it and wouldn’t want it any other way.

Thank you so much for visiting my little piece of the internet! In case no one has told you today, I love you, you’re cute, and – nice butt!

x- Zahra

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Last week we took a quick trip to escape the snow for some sunshine in Key Largo, Florida☀️ We spent every moment possible outside, Tom and Adam got their Scuba Diver PADI certification (yay!) while Sophia and I spent our days either swimming or drawing marine life and landscapes. This was my first trip after my sister passed last November, and even though I look so happy here, there were so many moments I felt the grief and sadness, as if it happened just yesterday. I am still figuring out how I want to show up in this space, as I have changed so much as a person since the loss. I just don’t feel called to post some of the things I shared before. Maybe that will change someday, or maybe it will just naturally evolve into something new. I think I will take this year to just process it all. (Even the idea of taking an entire year to think through something is a huge shift for my usually hyperactive type A personality) My focus at the moment is just living in the moment with my family and friends, spending time doing things that make me happy and healthy. I hope to share some of that journey here with you ~ thanks for following along ❤️
I had planned to shoot this outfit in collaboration with @lenacoutureofficial right before my dear sister passed away. Saba, the designer, was more than understanding if I didn’t want to anymore - but after thinking on it for a while I decided I wanted to - in my sister’s honor 💗 She was always my biggest hype woman. When i would feel like I’m not good enough or that I should quit (which was often) she would tell me I was unique and great and to keep it up. When I think of my sister, beauty and love is all that she embodied in her being. She expressed that on the outside also - as she loved to wear everything glam, bright & colorful, and full of bling. Hair done, nails done, everything did - that was Nusrat. For this shoot I took the time to get glam after a long hiatus - and makeup and hair took so long because I think I forgot how to do it, but afterwards I was surprised how I felt transformed. When I wore this gorgeous outfit that I know was designed with such love and incredible attention to detail by @lenacoutureofficial, I felt all of that beauty - like a walking piece of art, and very much at peace. Thank you so much to @divmophoto for capturing the feeling so well 💕
Ski weekend with my favorites ❄️❄️ So proud of Sophia for skiing on her own for the first time!
There are some trees with seeds that only grow after a fire. Their seeds are completely sealed with a resin that have to be physically melted off by a great fire in order to propagate. So to do we as humans, gain wisdom only after great pain and suffering.*
A month ago (and one day) I lost my sister and best friend to cancer. I am still completely gutted and broken. But, I’m also so so grateful to have had felt the love that now brings me so much heartbreak. ❤️ I am so inspired by her - and I will forever live my life to honor her memory. Miss you sis ❤️
Classic outfit combo: oversized blazer + denim 🖤fendi mules @shoeslutz
Just a mom who loves mums 🌸 🪴
Cozy for a coffee date ☕️
French. Toast. Egg. Bake. Save this recipe for a weekend or holiday brunch - it’s SO good and fool-proof! I’m not even a sweet person and I love it. The pecans are a non-negotiable IMO - I get honey bourbon vanilla pecans for this and it is just heavenly. Enjoy!