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This week, let's talk hair care products for short hair and my hair journey!
My Hair Journey
Before the big kinky-natural hair craze, I was already doing the kinky-natural styles with my hair. Things were different back then in the early 2000's. Now, there are SO many hair care products for this hair type. It's a lot more fun now to explore and experiment with your hair.
However, not only was I kinky natural, but I wore braids all the time, weaves, wigs, and learned to style my own hair in these ways as well. It was definitely a hair journey for me. It wasn't until about 6 years ago, that it was recommended by a make up artist to try styling my hair with a short cut. At first, I was totally against doing a short hairstyle. I didn't think I could pull it off but obviously I was wrong...lol. About 2 weeks later, I decided to trust her suggestion and went to her hairstylist and got it cut, relaxed, and styled. From that day forward I have been a short hair gal and lovin' it! I even learned how to trim and style my own hair. With my short hairstyle, it is easy to sleep on, workout, and get ready in the mornings. By the way, a short hairstyle may not be right for you, so it's really about finding the hairstyle that fits your face, your lifestyle, and makes you feel beautiful!! Be true to you!!
Hair Care Products For My Short Hair
In the video, below the products' list, I share with you the hair care products that I like to use, in detail, for my short hair. All of the products can be purchased online at the links provided or in your local CVS, Walgreen, Target, Walmart, etc. Happy Stylin'!
Disclaimer: All of the products mentioned in this blog post are 100% used by Selena Brown of Selena Thinking Out Loud. Your experiences may vary. The links in this blog post go to product listings on Amazon.com. If you decide to purchase these products on Amazon.com, this blog will get a small commission as an affiliate. Amazon.com is a highly recommended marketplace for purchasing products.
There are some places that you visit for the first time, that leave a memorable mark. That is exactly what San Francisco did for me, during my first visit in September 2015.
I took this photo as we were approaching the Golden Gate Bridge
Since it was my first time, I decide to take the Hop-on-Hop off BigBus Tour around San Francisco, to get a general, overall feel of the city. I have heard that San Francisco can be very rainy and cold, but I got lucky on this day. I am grateful for that because it was perfect!
I sat at the very top while strolling through San Francisco.
Among all of the rustling and bustling of the city, people walking and driving here and there, I felt comfortable. I felt as if there was something more to this city than the typical tourist spots. There was an unspoken connection with this city. I like to visit different places to see if I could actually live there and San Francisco is a place that I could definitely explore as a resident. The city was refreshing, the layout of the city was welcoming, and there was a lot to do. I was born, a city girl, so San Francisco reminded me of how a city should feel when you want to hang out, have some awesome food, and enjoy the views. During my time on the bus tour, I took lots of pictures and video footage, that I put together in this video blog. You can see what I saw, in the video below! Enjoy!
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Have your visited San Francisco? What did you think of this city? Do you live there now? Are there any insights you can give me about living there?
We are moving right along, well into our 2nd full week of 2016! How is everything going for you? In January, I take some time to myself, and complete Leonie Dawson's Create Your Shining Year Life Workbook. Since discovering her workbooks, I have used them for the past two years now, and 2016 is my third year.
I set a goal for myself, to complete the Life Workbook, in the first two weeks of January and her Biz Workbook in the final two full weeks of January. By doing this, I know that I have a realistic amount of time to get it done, around work, creative projects, video blogging, and everyday errands. When February rolls around, I will refer back to my responses and review them to begin the process of taking action. Then I will do this every month, thereafter, to stay mentally sharp and focused on my intentions for this year.
In the following video blog below, I share with you my personal updates and review of her Life Workbook, after completely filling it in.
Your Reading List She also does a fantastic job of sectioning off every area of your life, to include: creativity, soul, mind, family, relationships, community, and finances. Then there's recommended resources and books to read for that particular area of your life. I ended up taking some time to look up every book, and identifying, which books connected with me the most, to read them this year. You're going to enjoy this experience.
Your Hands-on Activities
If you're into hands-on activities and you want to seriously commit to her full process of goal setting this year, then you'll enjoy the opportunities to color in your workbook, to create your dream board (vision board) for your life, cut out your list of affirmations when you're in a suckie mood, and make your miracles jar (as shown below) for the year.
Are you ready to start your 2016 Create Your Shining Year Life Workbook?
Disclaimer: The products mentioned in this video were purchased by me for personal use. The review of the material in this video, were from my own experiences using them. All opinions are 100% my own. Because of the success I have with these materials, I am also an affiliate.
After doing some research online and on Youtube I decided to purchase a Blue Yeti microphone for my voiceover work and auditions from home. This microphone turned out to be even more useful as audio equipment for my videography business as well. Here's my Blue Yeti Microphone Unboxing + First Impressions in my video blog below! The Blue Yeti is Available on Amazon
Here is one of my recommended resources for goal setting to achieve massive success in 2016.
How I Felt About Goal Setting and My Feelings Now
For the past two years, I have committed time and effort to completing my Life + Biz Workbooks by Leonie Dawson. These workbooks have not only made goal setting SO much more manageable, easier, and less of a chore each year, but also fun. I used to hate the process of writing down goals on a sheet of paper and seriously had no real clue on how this process worked to achieve massive results in my daily life.
In 2014, I purchased my first Life + Biz workbook, after receiving an email from a friend. I decided to give Leonie's workbooks a try and to my surprise, I saw major productivity and results, manifest in my life throughout that year. So I purchased her 2015 Life + Biz workbook and committed to filling out all of the pages again. This led to me understanding even more about myself this year, my real goals, and what I needed to truly focus on in my Life + Biz for this coming 2016.
Why I Recommend This Resource for You As a product reviewer, I feel that it is very important to provide my readers truthful information and details about any product or service. I have personally purchased this book for the last two years and have already received my 2016 shipment to get started. I am super excited to get started again.
There are currently, over 200,000 women already using these workbooks each year. There is also a very supportive Facebook group that you can join once you have purchased the books. Everyone in the Facebook community shares how they are using the workbooks to achieve their goals and make strides in their life purpose.
This year, Leonie has added to her goal setting resources. Not only is she offering the 2016 Create Your Shining Year in Life Workbook and the 2016 Create Your Shining Year in Biz Workbook separately, but a 2016 Create Your Shining Year Diary Planner. I was lucky enough to purchase her Life + Biz Collection and that came with a huge monthly wall planner and a pack of To-do cards, so that you can break down your goals into daily action steps. You can also keep track of how much water you're drinking in a day, what you're grateful for, reminders to exercise, eat veggies, and set aside some time to rest and relax from the internet. These are sold out in hardcopy, but with any order, you will receive a digital ebook version that you can write on from your IPad, tablet or computer and even print them out.
Overall, what makes these workbooks, daily planner, and wall planner, so attractive and exciting to use, is the artwork that Leonie puts into each page. You can see all of the love and dedication she uses to make sure that her users really understand how to breakdown their goals, how to achieve them, and how to surpass them by the end of the year.
My Full Video Blog, Walkthrough and Review of the 2016 Create Your Shining Year Workbooks and Planner Collection
To Purchase Your Workbooks and Planners
You can purchase Leonie Dawson's full 2016 Create Your Shining Year Collection, like I did. Or, you can purchase the 2016 Create Your Shining Year Life Workbook or the 2016 Create Your Shining Year Biz Workbook separately. It all depends on your focus for 2016. If you would like, you can also just purchase the new 2016 Create Your Shining Year Diary Planner. All of the information on pricing and ordering can be found here.
FYI, when I purchased my workbooks, I had to call my bank to let them know that I was making this purpose, since Leonie lives in Australia. After I did that, my purchase went through just fine. This is just a heads up for those of you who would like to purchase her resources and you're in the U.S. They came pretty quickly, in about 2 weeks. They were individually sealed, as you will see in my video unboxing below.
About the Author
Here's a little bit about Leonie...
Leonie Dawson is a mentor to women wanting to create + grow massively successful and heart-centered creative + soulful businesses. She is also an author, retreat leader, visual artist, mama and guide for the tens of thousands who receive her free “SHINING BIZ + LIFE” eZine each week.
Leonie has taught alongside such luminaries as Arielle Ford, Julia Cameron, Gay Hendricks and SARK. She has coached tens of thousands of women to create their own incredible lives and businesses including crystal healers, celebrities, coaches, best-selling authors, award-winning singers, fitness experts, yoga teachers, artists and multiple-six-figure entrepreneurs.
Her strategic musings and practical wisdom have been featured on Problogger, Tiny Buddha, magazines like Spellcraft, Life Images, Goddess and Spheres, and in three of SARK’s best-selling books on creative fulfillment & freedom.
Disclaimer: All information mentioned in this blog post are 100% my own opinion. All materials were purchased by me for personal use. Since having great success with these materials for the past two years, I am also an affiliate.
