Boot Camp?

Since I will be big chopping this summer, I have been trying to come of with ideas or personal challenges I can do that focuses on the health of my hair. My hair needs all the special treatment it can get. I have done challenges in the past, but most of them focused on length. I'm more focused on health this time around. The idea of a six month boot camp has really been on my mind. Six months is enough time for me to notice any difference in the overall health of my hair. I need to get strict about my hair care if I want to see progress. I haven't came up with any official rules yet. I do know that I want to have fun with it so at the end of each month during the challenge I plan to treat myself to something whether it's a hair product, a movie or whatever. After this boot camp, I hope to have conquered some of my hair demons and see beautiful moisturized, soft, shiny, and bouncy hair.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

Lesson Learned: Speak Up

Yesterday I traveled for about two hours to get a sew-in. The experience wasn't very pleasant. As soon as I sat down in the chair she began combing my 13 months post hair with a fine tooth comb.

I could have easily asked her to use another one but I just sat there and cringed every time she pulled that treacherous comb through my new growth. All I could think about was the amount of breakage and thinning my hair was encountering. And to make it worse she even used a blow dryer on a high setting with a comb attachment to straighten it. My head was in so much pain just from her pulling that awful comb and blowdryer through my hair. But still I just sat there thinking about all the breakage and heat damage I could possibly face when I remove the sew-in. The voice within me was screaming "Get out of that chair" but I didn't move. Now I feel awful that I let my hair go through that yesterday and that I could possibly have a setback and have to restart my hair journey again but it wouldn't be a journey without failures. From this day forward, I will be the only one taking care of my hair well before yesterday I had been the only one caring for my hair and I will not risk damaging my hair to receive a certain style. It's just not worth it. Ladies if you encounter a "stylist" like this don't just sit there like I did either tell them what they are doing wrong or just leave. Don't put your hair or yourself through the trauma.

If you have any horror stories feel free to share them. Leave any tips for dealing with heat damaged hair and breakage.

Featured Youtube Channel: GreenBeautyChannel

Today I was doing my research on low porosity hair and came upon GreenBeautyChannel and I feel in love after watching just three of her videos. Her channel kind of reminds me of the ScienceofBlackHair but better and more detailed. She discusses hair typing, moisture protein balance, Ph Balance, deep conditioning, just everything we want to know about our hair. She is very beautiful and intelligent. I honestly believe she has the most informative channel about natural haircare. What I love most is that I can make one stop at her channel to find solutions to my hair issues I don't have to run from one channel to the next. If you aren't familiar with her channel, watch some of her videos and subscribe. Enjoy!

Follow Beautinwisdom on Bloglovin

Because Google Friend Connect is being terminated. I would love for you all to follow me on bloglovin. You can click the pretty little blinking icon on the right or just click the link below. It's very simple and doesn't take but a minute of your time.

<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3764502/?claim=2c2c2h29rx3">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>

Natural Hairstyles I Can't Wait to Try

I stay on Youtube watching  those beautiful natural  ladies style their gorgeous manes. While I'm watching their videos all I'm thinking is "I can't wait until I can do that." So I compiled together some images of the hairstyles I can't wait to try. Enjoy.

Fusionofculture's "Don't Get it Twisted"

Kikicouture's BunHawk

Longhairdontcarellc's Halo Twist

Longhairdontcarellc's Beehive

The Blowout

Wash n Go

Twistout

The Infamous Puff

Theres so many more that I want to try but these are enough for now.

Dealing With Introversion/Shyness

When I walk into a room full of people I automatically think that all eyes have shifted to me and I wonder what is everyone thinking about me. When I have to talk in class whether I'm giving a presentation or just sitting at my desk my heart starts racing to the point where I can no longer control it, my palms start sweating, my voice starts trembling, and my eyes start to water. At that point I know everyone is watching me if they weren't already and I'm feeling kind of embarrassed. That's not all. When I'm in social situations, it's hard for me to interact with unfamiliar people and join in on conversations. I really do want to join in on some conversations, but I just can't seem to make the words come out of my mouth. I tell myself to just say what I want to say, but something within me just will not let me. If I didn't want to interact socially then this wouldn't be a problem, but I do. Sometimes I just wonder why can't I do this like everyone else.

I don't want this to hold me back so I decided to see a counselor. I never would've thought that I would need to see a counselor. I just always thought counseling was for people who had serious problems in their lives. I don't know where that impression came from. Probably TV. I have been to three counseling sessions so far. At each session, I find out a little more about myself. It's amazing how well we think we know ourselves until someone else reveals a little bit more. I realized that I don't have it all together like I thought. I graduate in May and will be searching for jobs and internship opportunities. If I can't network or get through the interview process, how can I expect to have a career. I do plan on having a successful career, and I don't want anything to hinder that. Counseling is helping me overcome this barrier in my journey.

Here are some of the tips I have been given

1. Realize that everyone is not looking at you. In all actually, people are really looking and thinking about     themselves and what they have to do.
2. When in unfamiliar situations, take something with you that you are familiar with. It can be a ring or something as simple as a pen. It can be whatever you like.
3. Picture yourself in a calm, relaxed setting and visualize yourself as you would like to be.
4. Know your strengths. Use your strengths to build up your confidence. I know that I may not be the most social in the room, but I do know that I am intelligent, dependable, a great listener, etc.
5. Practice social skills.  The more you do it the better you become. If you don't know what to say, practice ahead of time. I never know what to say so practicing will definitely help. 
6.  Don't compare yourself to someone not like you. Sometimes I want to be that person who is a natural born socializer, but that's not who I am. Let that vision go. Create visions from the person you really are and let that flow naturally. 

 I know that I will not become this social butterfly because that's just not who I am. I will be able to interact and communicate better in social situations.

Feel free to leave comments below on how you deal with shyness or introversion.

Showing Some Love

I'm subscribed to numerous hair channels on Youtube, but I wanted to share some channels that I enjoy and that may be unfamiliar to some of you. Some of these ladies are fairly new so check out their channels and subscribe. Just click on the names below.

sisterwithrealhair
4mySisterz 
findingthebalance302 
jazzybee445
naturallybemo
mzprettynsweet
shlinda1
chakakhanian
chavascandy
anna mitchell