BOOTS & A BRAIDED BUN

Hey, look! Another outfit post! I guess that’s why I came here right? 😉 This is from Spring Break. I now understand what bloggers mean when they have something exciting to share, but can’t. If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen this picture, which was a bit of a teaser for this post. This might not be so exciting to you, and I could have shared it sooner, but I wanted to save some good things to trickle out now that I’m back without a photographer (Thanks, Ma). My outfit is simple, but I love it, and I especially love my hair.

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So I’ve mentioned I’m trying to learn how to do my hair and make up a little better. I’ve gotten much better at my cat eye and I’ve been experimenting more with my hair. I tried this braided pony tail style from a tutorial before I got sick last month.

Last week I spent the night at my brother’s and woke up with an idea to do my hair. I didn’t have a tutorial for this or a picture (although I’m sure I’ve seen something similar on Pinterest), just an idea. I thought for sure this was going to be a disaster. I was going to wake up and finish my make up and start my hair and I would fry it off or the pins wouldn’t work or my braid would be sloppy. Something would happen, but my only difficulty was touching up the curl to make the sides softer. I was running late so I gave up the curls, but pressed on with the updo and I’m so glad I did.

I’m a straight A student, and I consider this is a huge accomplishment for me. It’s not perfect, but I’ve only done like two other updos on myself in my life and neither was this complex or came out this well. Especially in a new environment without all the tools I would typically have to help me and no visual reference. There was so much product in my hair to make the pins hold, but they did finally and they held all day. I was even complimented on it by a total stranger. I was feeling emotionally pretty ratty that day, so wearing my favorite boots and having a good hair day that people actually noticed was a wonderful mood booster. I’m a big baby, so it’s not totally surprising, but I did cry a little bit before I went to bed thinking about the wonderful compliments I received. I’m truly so thankful to find happiness in something seemingly so simple.

Everyday is still really tough for me. I’m seeing the world in a totally new way (I didn’t think that actually happened, but I swear I got lost on my way home from work the day of these photos so I suppose it does happen!) I’m a little worried about being back at school because I don’t have the freedom I do when I’m home, the desire to pretty up or my family close by to support me, but all I can do is keep moving forward. Onward and upward, to bigger and better things. I hope that you’ll stick around for my journey, you’ll definitely find some fun fashion and beauty ideas, but you might also find something to motivate or inspire you to be the best version of yourself, too.