"Poo" on that!

Alright, so, I have always had so much trouble with my skin. I have the worst blackheads, acne, whiteheads, etc. You name it, I have the problem. I have the worst combination skin ever! Parts of my face are so oily you could fry a chicken, and other parts are so dry that my skin will peel. In some cases, like around my eyes, my skin will even crack! It is so aggravating and sometimes very painful. I mean I know that I am still pretty young, but I feel that I am past the "teenage hormone acne" years. I have been to doctor after doctor for it, and nothing seems to work on my skin! So, I have decided to try something totally different. 

I am gonna go all natural! 

I have read a lot about natural face "wash," and, honestly, I am a bit skeptical! I am thinking of trying the "oil cleansing method." All that I have read about it makes me want to try it. I mean, the scientific reasoning behind it all really does make sense, but I really do have the most sensitive skin ever that breaks out over the tiniest little thing. The last thing I want is to speed up pimple production! So before I dive into that, I have decided to go natural in another way.... I'm going shampoo free! I feel that it makes sense that whatever I put on my head probably makes it way down onto my face eventually. And, along with the oily face, I have a serious oil factory on my scalp. Therefore, after reading about how shampoo and conditioner make this oiliness worse, I have decided to ax the store bought shampoo and conditioner. 

This is the most informational article I have read. This lady is awesome! Some seriously awesome posts. That is also the "recipe" guide I followed to make my Poo free "poo."

I altered it a little because I have very thick, frizzy hair, and because I straighten it so much, the ends are so dry. I used just a touch more baking soda than she suggested and about double the apple cider vinegar. 

Last night was my first night trying this method. I chose to try it for the first time after I got home for the evening because the last thing I would want is to wake up early for my shower then it backfire! I have to say, while I was actually showering and had the "poo" in my hair, I was trying to scrub it in and with the way it felt, all I could think was, "What the heck have I done, this does not feel right!" But I stuck with it and did the ACV rinse. I was shocked... After I got out of the shower and towel dried my hair, I went to it with a hair brush. Now, normally I have to spray in a leave in conditioner before I can even think about brushing my hair. But, much to my surprise, the brushing was rather easy! I proceeded to dry my hair as usual and it looked great! I was even more shocked this morning when I woke up. Normally the day after I wash my hair, my scalp is super oily! This morning.... looks like I just washed it! I think this whole 'poo free thing just might work for me!!! 

Oh, How I Love Halloween!!

So, I absolutely LOVE Halloween but, this year I was having the hardest time trying to decide what in the world to be! I finally decided that I would be a Loofah and my beau could be a bar of Soap!

To make my costume: I had an old pink romper in my closet that I only use for a swim suit cover up so I thought I could use that as the base to my costume. I went to Jo-Ann’s and got about 20 yards of pink netting (not tulle, the netting looks more realistic). I also picked up a yard of white rope, a cheap headband from the dollar store, a rubber ducky, and a TON of safety pins! To make the actual Loofah, I just started at the top of the romper with the netting and started pinning. (It would work out a lot easier if you had a friend that could help so that someone could actually be wearing the costume while you do this so that the fabric of the romper is stretched.) I wrapped the netting around the romper, bunching it as I went. After I ran out of netting, I found a good spot to pin the rope, pinned that, and then starting “fluffing.” I just went around the costume and pulled apart the pieces of netting that were too compact. Then, for a little something extra, I hot glued a rubber ducky to a headband and wore that on my head.

To make his costume:  I got 2 pieces of white felt and used a hot glue gun to glue them together. Then, I turned it inside out (it was sorta like a felt pillow case). Then I cut holes for his arms and head. I then cut the word “SOAP” out of blue foam and hot glued the letters to his costume. For a little something extra, I glued some bubble wrap to his costume to look like bubbles.

All night people were telling us how awesome we looked and kept asking for our picture. We even were selected to compete in the costume contest and won 3^rd place! Also, a woman that has her own natural soap shop asked if she could photograph us for her website!