Stargazer Lilies

Back in June, I received flowers from a very, very wonderful man ;)... They were Stargazer Lilies, if you didn't know this, they are an expensive flower. Even when these beautiful plants are in season during the summer months they can still be $35-$65 for a branch that will have somewhere around 4-5 of the actual flowers upon them. It is easy to see why these flowers can run so high. They are beautiful in a mysterious and exotic way.

In an effort to capture a piece of the beauty that these flowers display, I was inspired to do this tutorial. I'm sorry that the lighting is a little off. I will work on getting it better...

I hope that you enjoyed this as much as I did! Thank you, and please let me know if you all have any requests.

Heart Break Hotel

Heartbreak, we've all been there. When the alarm bells ring, but, we decide that either we know better than to listen to our gut (big mistake) or that we have to try. So we ignore that little voice in the back of our minds. We know we will regret it, but, we do it anyway...

<Insert amount of time here> passes and we realize that it just isn't working, but, neither one of us wants to be the one who ends it, so we pretend that it is working... We pretend that we are happy, only to be disappointed. The relationship ends and we are upset. We hurt, we mope, we may even cry. We tell ourselves, "I knew this was going to happen, and I didn't listen". 

We are all human, we all make the same mistakes, and regardless of what we like to tell ourselves, we will do it again. The truth is, there is no perfect relationship. There is no perfect white picket (or wood) fence. There will be fights, there will be bad nights, there will be disagreements. The part we all have to learn is which battles to pick. Which ones are worth it? Which ones aren't? Which soldiers in these battles are better left unpicked for our own emotional dodgeball games? Those are answers that only we know, despite what our friends think...

Friends are people to, which means... They will disappoint you and you will disappoint them. Like it or not that is the way it is. But at the end of the day, a true friend will be there for you. A true friend will be honest, whether you want to hear it or not. A true friend will let you make your mistake (and not think that they are superman lol). A true friend will disappoint you, but the disappointment will never be so high that they will need to be kicked out of the inner circle. And during that heartbreak, a true friend will try to help you through it. That's what we are here for.

Got Shedding Hair? Try This!

100 strands a day! That is it! I know that for my hair, it sometimes seems that, that is low. Sometimes it seems like 1000 hair strands a day. For me, the shedding is always worse after a relaxer. After many a night spent raiding hair boards, I have found help... Garlic... In your Hair...

I know it sounds very strange but it helps... At least, it helped me. I have not tried using odorless garlic capsules, although I am curious! Here is what I used...

The next time I do this, I will try it with odorless garlic capsules and let you all know how it goes. I hope this helps. Rejuvenate your hair follicles and stimulate your scalp... Happy Hair Journeying!

Getting Much Needed Moisture

If you go onto to just about any hair board, you will find that moisture is essential... Especially when factors like: ethnicity, climate, and texture are taken into account.
When you have dry hair it is never a good thing, your hair becomes coarse, (assuming that isn't part of your overall hair texture to begin with) it becomes brittle, it snaps very easily. To combat dryness, we often condition our hair. There are many conditioners on the market that add moisture to the hair. But, sometimes, just adding conditioning to your hair isn't enough. Sometimes, you need to add a deeply penetrating conditioning treatment to quench your hair's thirst.

This leads me to the steam treatment...

This is an effective way to put moisture back into the hair without spending a fortune... Here is a way that I found to do it at home.

Try this on for size, and let me know how it worked out for you. Happy Hair Journeying.

My Hair Journey

Sitting in an elementary school desk and trying to explain to the other children why my hair is different was hard... It's even more difficult when I wasn't even sure why my hair is so different... I have been on a healthy hair journey since June of 2009. My hair was barely out of the neck length category...

I'm currently somewhere between Arm Pit Length and Bra Strap Length...

I will be keeping you guys posted on this journey... While there is no final destination, it should be interesting along the way.