So I ditched using all harmful products( like dyes) and heat from my hair like 2 weeks ago. I am not going to cut it ever if I can help it, this is the longest I’ve ever let my hair grow (I had a pixie cut from age 12 and through most of my teens and had been styling/dying/cutting my own hair since I was 13/14). I never liked my natural hair. I always wanted to dye it all the time and did a few times, and kept it short because I hated my wavy curly hair and when it was long I always spent countless hours of my day fixing my hair.
But now I’m choosing to love myself and embrace my hair. And so far it’s thicker and shiny as before I had split ends and it was extremely brittle and thin. And I even ditched make up, I still play around with eyeliner and eye shadow cause I can’t help but be an artist but as for the rest of it I want my face to heal and not be covered up because the skin does not breathe, the pores end up clogged. (I understand for you fellow make up artist that it’s your creative “me” time)
I feel so much healthier and happier now (even though my curls poke me in the eye and get in the way most of the time lol)
I encourage any of you mommas to embrace yourself and love how your body changes, love your grays, whites, silvers, platinums. The word “Perfect” is just an illusion our society made up. We are all beautifully perfect in our own way. The only opinion that should ever matter is how you think about yourself. Because what you think, you feel. What you feel, you project.
So love every part of who you are, all the parts you call flaws love them because what matters is what happens now and where you decide to focus that energy. Because while we are busy shaming ourselves all that energy could have been put into loving who we are instead.
Sending my love and encouragement to everyone💜💚❤️💙