Summer Camp!

I have never been to an

 overnight summer camp. 

Only day camps and only dance or VBS.

But I have always wanted to go!

I just watched "Camp Takota" on 

Netflix written by Mamrie Hart 

a pretty famous Youtuber. 

It was pretty funny. 

And I'm working a summer 

dance camp this week. 

The kids are pretty funny and fun to hang out with

I also get to hang with my Bestie 

so its pretty awesome. 

Summer so far has been full of school, 

work, crafts, and the beach.

Today though this little girl is playing 

and starts singing Les Mis.

"If the beating of the Heart, 

echos the beating of the drum, 

.......

People who will not be slaves again"

It was adorable. 

Happy Summer!

By - J 

Here is my hair today 

So I Tried To Ombre My Hair

Stop Laughing. 

Its not that funny. 

But I will walk you through my process. 

First I was on Pinterest. 

I know its extremely easy to get sucked into 

the DIY that is all over Pinterest but I honestly 

thought I could do it. 

Okay Pinspiration 

Doesn't look to hard. 

Darker roots and lightly blend to 

light blonde at the bottom. 

My starting color

I knew I would have to darken the roots

so I got some dark blonde/ light brown 

and some light blonde dye 

These are my colors

I get strange when I wear gloves. 

Dark color in. 

Now is a good time to get things done.

 Eyebrows here I come

Can you tell which one I did?

If you find your eyebrows have gotten a little to 

bushy, use a comb and scissors to trim them down.   

Okay the dark color is in. 

Now I followed Ombre Hair at home

But the steps were hard to understand and follow.

Pictures are so much easier. 

Blonde on the middle to bottom getting thicker 

and leaving it on for 35minutes.

I'm extremely confused 

and hoping I don't kill my hair. 

This color leaves purple behind. 

I'd like to take a moment and shoutout 

my littlest fan.....

You were brave and helpful at keeping the

 fumes down so I didn't pass out.

 I love you. 

I made a mess of my sink. 

Did I mention the purple. 

Now I washed it out and this is what happened!!!!!!

Nothing...........

It was one strange color from my roots 

to my split ends. 

I am really disappointed. 

So I decided since I was going to a party 

to put in some temporary colors. 

I had blue and pink and purple, 

and my mom had just bought me some off brand red. 

Well the red stained my skin and 

now I have red stained skin under my bangs, 

and I am searching for a salon to 

Ombre my hair. 

Wish me Luck 

By -J 

This is not to encourage anyone not 

to try ombre at home. 

Give it a try, it just didn't work for me. 

Experiment #1

The most views on the blog are for 

my no Netflix for a week/ Slump post.

So I should assume that the trying something

different or stepping out of the norm 

is appealing for people to read about?

Does a question mark even belong there? ^

Okay here are some things I'm working on since 

you seem soooo excited to read about me...

(are you catching the sarcasm)

That needed a ? didn't it?

Too many ?'s !

Anyway......

1. I'm trying to grow out my nails 

but I'm a picker so its not going well.

If I do leave them alone long enough

I am rewarding myself with my first 

manicure!

2. I'm trying to whiten my teeth.

(Yeah, this is so exciting..)

I started using Crest 3D whitening products

although I do see some difference, 

not enough to recommend the product.

3. My hair.

My hair was this great blonde when I was little.

But I colored it just a little in the winter time 

and now I'm pretty sure I have black hair 

under the blonde from a box.

Its not even a good blonde

and I color it at home.

I can hear the hairdresser cringing.

So I am experimenting with different shades, 

I might even try and highlight it.

4. Not getting into debt.

DO YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO SPEND

MONEY??!!

So easy. Which means I'm working

 to save as well as spend.

Not a great plan

 but it is keeping me from exploding.

 I'll scale back to more saving soon.

5. I'm working on making acquaintances.

I have some good friends 

but I would like to know more people.  

I like to hear about people doing cool things 

and making changes in the world.

I want that. I want to people and be 

someone who makes a change. 

I guess this just sums up to wanting to improve myself.

Not for anybody but me.

I get dressed up for me, I workout for me.

It makes me feel better. 

Which is really important when society thinks we need to constantly be told how bad or good we look in the eye of society. 

Guess what, 

I look hella fine. To me.

By -J 

Yeah this was just a long diary entry basically.

My apologies, I will try harder tomorrow. 

So I Cut My Hair

Yeah not a good idea to give me scissors at night.

Or at all, really.

Well the other night I was in the mood 

for a change and my bangs needed to be trimmed.

This I do myself because 

I'm not going once a month to have 

my bangs trimmed for $20.

I got a little crazy with the split ends trimming 

and thought "why not trim a few inches"

I took five inches off.

And I'm not really good at cutting hair.

Anyway it made me think 

that I should look into tutorials on giving yourself 

a little trim between salon visits.

So here is what I found.

You have to old fashion put it in a ponytail, 

hang up-side-down and chop.

Its supposed to give you layered hair.

Be advised that it will always fall shorter than 

you think. Trust me on that one. :)

Supposedly Beyonce cuts her own hair.

Next you have the very technical way to layer

How to cut layers

 This video is long but help full in giving a 

visual at layering.

But its not helpful for cutting yourself.

You can't see the back of your head. 

Keep looking....

This blog showed us how to 

nicely cut swoop or side bangs.

How to cut side bangs

 I cut my side bangs along the line of my eyebrow.

Either way works. 

Surprising the most helpful for

 cutting your own hair came from 

WikiHow

Cut-Your-Own-Hair

For men and women.

So either you are Beyonce and you just know,

you have two professionals.

You cut upside down and hope for the best.

You convince a friend to let you do hers.

You just trim it slightly and

 wait for the professional

Or go for it and try it all.

Like my mom says

"It's hair, it will grow back"

Probably why I cut mine at age 4.

Here is a picture of me today.

I love my bangs.

You can't see my

 "just past the shoulder length" hair

But I like it :)

By -J

Happy Tax day!

Tutorials Gone Wrong

First things first. I am terrible at following through.

Example: I was supposed to take one of three finals for a math class last Thursday but I didn't feel like it so I didn't.

So on Friday I told myself to just sit down and do it after work. Than I volunteered to work the afternoon/evening and "didn't have time"

So I did them on Saturday instead of going to the beach,

I'm slow to do but quick to celebrate. 

I went to Seaworld on Monday to celebrate finishing the worst class ever!

Anyway I'm bad at follow through.

More examples. 

I was going to show how to make a cute cake for my Mom's birthday but I ran late, had to leave for a class and the only picture I took was this one. 

Nice shot of the pans right?

Then I was going to tutorial this hair do

Or this one

Lets just say I can do my hair I just can't take pictures during.

Then I was going to tell you all about how I made these adorable bunny cupcakes for Easter.

Before....

After....

And that is about it.

I also gave up Netflix for the week so my brain is

 re-calibrating.

Maybe now my class is done I can schedule some time.

By -J

What activities can you never seem to get a handle on?