Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Curly Hair Shower Routine


Hellooo beautiful people! Hadiah here, I decided I didn't want to do my math homework so TA DA here is a night in the life of my hair :D. I actually only wash my hair about every 3 or 4 days. I know that sounds kind of nasty to some of you but it works for my hair and keeps it from drying out an insane amount. A website called Naturally Curly has been a life saver for me and I recommend checking it out.  

Most every day I am not going somewhere (and even some days I do go places), my hair stays in a french braid. Its quick, easy, out of my face and doesn't give me a headache like ponytails sometimes do. 

My next step is just taking out the braid and my hair sometimes looks like this xD.


Next I (sometimes) finger comb my hair and then look like a lion.


In the shower I'm using very VERY basic products right now but they actually work just fine. I take shampoo, apply it to my scalp only, massage my head with my finger tips in circular motions, and then rinse. After that I saturate my hair in conditioner all over and let it sit for the rest of my shower. At the end I rinse with cold water if I remember, hot if I don't. 


When I get out of the shower I wring out all the water I can from my hair with my hands and then wrap my hair in a t-shirt. Microfiber towels are the expensive version of this but so far I haven't forked out the money. 


Before I apply any product my hair looks like this


Right now I use a combination of these 3 products on my wet hair. If you have curly hair like me I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend EverCurl leave-in conditioner from L'oreal, it works so so so well. The got2be crazysleek is meant for straightening corse hair but I use it for smoothing fly aways. The Fructis leave in conditioner is a cheaper version of EverCurl and still works so that is another option.


*deep ragged breathing* OK we're done! Here is a wet hair no makeup selfie to show my hair after I apply product. Blessings be yours in abundance,
-Hadiah






I Am Not Beautiful

I desperately want to be valued.
To be coddled, pampered, complimented, treated like a queen.

But is that really what being valued means?

I tend to over-think everything.  And so when the conversation went like this, "You're beautiful!"
"No I'm not, I'm Maddie," my head went haywire.

Who am I, really?
That joking comment--"No I'm not, I'm Maddie"--started a deep soul searching in a quest to find what I truly should want to be identified as.  I want people to tell me I'm beautiful, to let me know that they notice me and they can see something about me that's good.

But then I realized I don't want that.  I don't want to be known for only my face or my body.  I'm not beautiful.  I'm Maddie.  I'm not tall.  I'm not skinny or fat.  I'm not some winged eyeliner or flawless foundation.

I'm Maddie.

I am hundred swirling thoughts and spectrum of actions and emotions.  I am the girl who is still struggling to find her place and her calling, who is trying to deal (unsuccessfully) with loneliness and worry.  I am a scattering of klutzy actions and foolish words escaping from my lips.  But I am also the fiercely protective older sister, the responsible daughter, the dancer twirling her heart out.  My life is a thousand contradictions and oxymorons, and I realized, that's what makes me truly me.

I don't mind being called beautiful.  But I will choose what defines me, and what defines me has nothing to do with the way I look.

I am not beautiful.  I'm Maddie.  And really, that's the most beautiful thing I can be.