Happy Sunday! Ready to start this next week with positive intentions, self-compassion, and love? Good, I am, too! Let’s start with gratitude for this past week. One good thing that happened to me this week… I got in contact with an old friend from Fort Walton Beach. He and I fell out of touch when I moved to Guam because I stopped using social media for my own well-being. I really hated how it made me feel. It was nice to spend an hour catching up and congratulating each other’s progress and listening to each other’s problems. It’s always nice to have a good heart to heart. This week I ...
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Rice Water
I noticed Rice Water challenges on YouTube and Pinterest. Supposedly, naturals were growing up to an inch of hair in a week because of this miraculous concoction. An inch in a week? Heck yeah I wanted to try it! So I did use it on and off all summer. I used brown rice, because I figured it’s packed in the good nutrients that white rice does not have. It’s a whole grain, so in my logic, it would do a whole lot for my hair. It’s basically an at home protein treatment. I think that it’s doing wonders for my hair. My Recipe: I added a cup of brown rice to two and a half cups of water. First ...
Acne
Oh my gosh, can we talk about adult acne??? More specifically hormonal cystic acne? What the actual hell. I have breakouts like crazy. Big zits, little blackheads, small cysts that hideout under the skin until they become angry, red whitehead volcanoes. You name it, I've had 'em all. A little bit of stress? Breakout. Trying to save money by switching detergent? Breakout. Period's coming? Yeah, you guessed it. Breakout. It sucks! I usually avoid taking selfies or pictures in general, because I get self-conscious about my bumps and scars. As you can see in the picture, there are quite a few ...
