OOTD - Happy Independence Day 2014

Happy 4th of July love bugs! Thank you to all our armed forces that fight for our freedom daily! We appreciate you!

Sweater: Charlotte Russe (end of season    

sale a few years ago) www.charlotterusse.com

Jeans: Charlotte Russe www.charlotterusse.com

Sandals: Avon www.avon.com

Bag: Coach www.coach.com

No makeup today! Decided to give my skin a break. All I did was use my proactiv+ www.proactiv.com and fill in my eye brows. All my blemishes and scars on display but oh well! #dontjudgeme

Thanks for all the continued love and support on my new blogging journey! I appreciate it all!

Ashente 

OOTD - 7.3.14

Hi loves! Here is another OOTD, hope you like!

Blazer: NY&Co NY&Co.

Blouse: Old Navy Old Navy

Jeans: Wet Seal Wet Seal

Sandals: Avon Avon

Bag: Coach www.coach.com

Makeup details upon request

Thanks for all the love and support, I truly appreciate it!!! 

Ashente

OOTD - 7.2.14

Outfit Of The Day

Hi Love Bugs! I know it's been awhile but so much is happening in my life right now. I am being Blessed abundantly and I am forever grateful! However, enough of that, I wanted to show the outfit I wore to work today. I will try to take pictures daily and give the details of the items shown in the pictures posted.

Dress: NY&Co. www.nyandcompany.com

Sandals: Bakers (purchased years ago)

Bag: Coach www.coach.com

Earrings: Charlotte Russe www.charlotterusse.com (purchased years ago)

Makeup: Avon quads and gloss (details as requested)

Hair: Senegalese twists by Diva Amina

That is the look, I hope you like it. Thanks again for your support!!

Where do I start?

I have been trying to figure out where to start with this blog. I tried to record without a tripod, that was a definite fail! 

I have received a few suggestions, which I greatly appreciate. So, I know I need to purchase a tripod along with a full length mirror for full body "selfies." 

I am going to try again with a washngo and an everyday face. Hope to have this done by this weekend.

If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments below. Again, thank you for your support. I appreciate it! 

Hair! Hair! And More Hair!

I wasn't sure about incorporating my natural hair care and routine into my blog since there are so many #naturalhaircare bloggers already. But, I thought about it and said why not? I still consider myself newly natural even though I am two years and four months in. 

I decided in 2011 that I was going to go natural and wanted to transition without a big chop, initially anyway. Thankfully, I hadn't had a relaxer for about six months once I decided to do it so it was easy to just cut my ends every time I washed my hair. I had my mom cut the remaining texturized/relaxed ends off in February of 2012. It was rather easy for me because I love short hair however Short and natural was new to me. I took so much inspiration from so many women on YouTube I.E. @Naptural85 and many others. 

My hair texture, in my opinion is 4. Mostly, 4b but there is some 4c in the back and 4a in the front. I love it. Thankfully, I've always had healthy hair, even when relaxed. Now that I am completely natural, I love my hair even more. I can't believe I waited so long to accept and embrace my natural hair texture! 

Below is a picture showing one year worth of hair growth from 2013 to 2014.

Huge difference! I had my hair straightened once professionally at a salon which was Mother's Day 2013. My hair was not completely straight since I went to a salon that did not specialize in natural hair care, luckily for me, I did not sustain any heat damage.

I am not a stickler for using all natural products in my hair nor not using heat on my hair. I use what works best for ME and I think that is something everyone should do! My hair loves inexpensive shampoo that includes sulphates and other non natural ingredients! As a matter of fact, my staple shampoo and conditioner's are approx. $1.50 from Walmart! 

Yes, #suavenaturals from #Walmart! I have been using the same shampoo and conditioner since I was relaxed. My hair loves it! The shampoo cleans my hair well and the conditioner adds moisture and has great slip for detangling. What more can this girl ask for???

Please share some of your natural hair care secrets and products!

How often do you wash/cowash your hair?

Do you apply heat at all to your hair?

Let me know, I'd love to discuss with you!

Dark spot corrector and a prayer!

I hope to record my wash and go with a neutral face tomorrow morning. Let's see how this goes. Tonight I followed my normal proactiv (www.proactiv.com) routine but instead followed up with the dark spot corrector. Trying to do all I can to remove these scars. I've done everything including prayer! Hey, prayer works for everything else! Let's see what happens. 😘

Ahhhhhhhhhh those scars are horrible!!!

So, I attempted to record my night time routine for my face... major FAIL! I couldn't get the camera steady or in a place that would show all I was trying demonstrate, I guess I need practice. Since that didn't work, I decided to take a few still photos that show what my face looks like without make-up. This is so embarrassing...
 

There it is. My imperfections for the world to see. Make up does wonders for someone like me. Sad but true. I've never been insecure but I never put myself out there for people to see.

Hopefully, this helps someone like me. Someone who has suffered with acne and acne scars like I have. I hope this gives peace of mind to anyone suffering in silence, anyone who thinks they are alone in their struggle. YOU are NOT alone. There are millions of people suffering with adult Acne.