Preparation

I don't know what to do with my hair for our Christmas Party so I decided to bring it to a parlor near our house. After my shift I went straight there to have my hair set. I've mention before that my hair has a life of its own (lol), I mean uncontrollable. It is so thick, dry and I would say unhealthy. I had my hair colored last year that is why half of it now is black and half is brown. Anyways, for my outfit I bought a floral dress and I will pair it with my white clog sandals. For my bag I borrow one from my mom and for my accessories I will wear a black earing and a white plastic bracelet.

My hair waiting to get curl

My red floral dress

My Sandals

My Accessories

Does Use of Hair Iron Can Cause Hair Damage?

Most of the time I just pony tail my hair because it is very thick and frizzy. I decided to buy a ceramic hair straightener from Avon to be able to at least loose my hair. I tried using it once but I am having a hard time doing it to my own hair and also I don't have enough time. I am concern if I decided to use it everyday will it cause more damage to my hair? It also says on the box not to use on wet hair. Is it alright then to use a hair dryer or it will cause more damage?

I really don't have a good crowning glory. I hope one day I will have a straight, shiny hair that I can display without any worries. I've tried several hair treatments before like hair rebonding, hair relaxing and hot oil. They worked for a few months but I would not be able to afford to go to the parlor every time. I am the only one working and have other priorities. If you have any personal experience on how to have a healthy hair that doesn't cost much I would really appreciate it. ^_^

Beauty Tips from Scrubs

Although summer season is about to end it is not a reason for us girls to lie back and not feel beautiful. Let me share you some beauty tips that I read from Scrubs article. The tips are actually for busy nurses to make their life less stressful but I believe it can be applied to any woman who cares about their looks.

Do you feel beautiful after a long sleep or you look horrible that you don't want to look in the mirror? So that you will feel refresh and look younger after a long rest try some of these tips. Very common of course is to have at least 8 hours of rest. I have this attitude of sleeping on my left side especially now that I am pregnant but I find out that if we sleep on one side or on stomach too much that can cause wrinkles. It is better to sleep on your back. I guess I need to stop my habit of sleeping on my side.

One of my habits as well is going to sleep without removing my make up. I am too tired from work so usually I would just change clothes; brush my teeth and go to sleep. That is actually bad for our skin because it can cause our pores to clog and let toxins penetrates more deeply. Maybe that is why I get a pimple sometimes. After washing your face don't forget to put on moisturizers as well.

I was once told to brush my tongue when brushing my teeth and this is the first time that I heard that we can also scrub our lips. This is to avoid dried and lined lip which is common as we grow old.

You can visit Scrubs for more beauty tips like how to take care of your nails and make up tips.

Acne Problem

3 more months to go and I'm about to give birth. I was praying that it would be a girl. Next will I have a scheduled ultrasound to find out the gender. There are a lot things that frightens me after giving birth. Some of these are how to lose wait, a lot of stretch marks :-( and hormonal change which could cause me again to get acne.

After giving birth to my first son. I go to my OB every three months for a contraceptive injection. I prefer that instead of taking pills because I am a forgetful person. I just put it on my reminder on my cellphone every 3 months. When my kid got 3 yrs old my husband and I decided to have another child.

The dilemma was when I stopped the injection all of the sudden acne started to appear. Mostly on my forehead and cheeks. I got irritated and decided to go with my mom and visit a derma. I don't really go to a dermatologist because I don't really have a problem with my skin. It was a painful experience. They pricked all my acne which at first makes my face swollen a little bit and was advise to avoid sunshine. I was given a soap and liquid medicine that I need to use everyday. I was also scheduled for two more check ups after that. It did help my acne was healed. I don't want to experience that again after giving birth. But in case if it happens again I might try products from Dr. SkinSpa that I saw from the internet.

Tampons Much Better than Pad?

While chatting in the rest room I find out that one of my officemate prefer to use tampons rather than sanitary pad. I've heard a lot of bad things or myth about using tampons so I tried to search online if which is better.

Most of the common questions/myths about using tampons were:

1. Does it affect virginity?

2. Risk of not be able to remove the tampons.

3. Can cause infection or disease?

4. If it can leave fibers inside our body

5.  Can I wear tampons while swimming?

And the list goes on....

Well during my research it looks like tampons have more advantages than using pad.  Though at first it is quite hard to insert but after several tries you will get use to it.

Usage of tampons doesnt affect virginity.  The risk of not being able to remove it or get stuck is very rare. Tampon has a string that you can use to pull it out and in very rare cases if the string breaks you can manually reach for it.  Vaginal infections and disease are commonly caused by bacteria and tampon uses a special material that absorbs menstruation and the manufacturer make sure that the materials are clean and safe.  Too avoid infection it is recommended you change tampons every 4 hours. 

Some of the advantages of using tampon are: 

• You can wear fitted jeans without being noticed that you have your period
  
• It doesnt stinks like using pad since the tampon is inside your body
• It is much smaller than pads so it is easy to carry
• You can have fun swimming during your period <----- this is what I like most ^_^

I haven't tried using it. Since I am pregnant right now I have no chance of trying it.  After giving birth maybe I'll give it a try.