From the inside.

 Night thoughts...

 As I sit in bed with my mind buzzing thinking of today and the week to come, I am thinking of this new beginning, writing, which has never come naturally to me. I am a natural reader. I am a storyteller. I am a daydreamer. I am thinking how strange it is to pour your thoughts out for anyone to see; whether that be in a simple instagram caption, or an email, a letter, or this, completely new territory for me.

     My mind purges so many thoughts when I want it to be the quietest; not so unusual, right?  I am thinking to myself now...what is inner beauty? What makes a person "beautiful" or kind, or wonderful? 


         I can purchase as many niche perfumes, or luxurious face creams, or sparkling nail polishes, but if I am not writing or sharing to my truest self, what is the point of this? How is a blog filled without my personality of my tendency to embellish details going to show what makes me beautiful or what I think beauty is? Here is me; a surprisingly sensitive, (the Scorpio in me) oversharing, loud-laughing, goofy, coffee loving, affectionate pint size of a person who truly loves people and understanding what makes others' happy.

  I became a hairdresser after deciding from working in a salon that I love the look I see whether it be a man, woman, child when they finish their service and have the glow of confidence and the look that they felt beautiful. I then realized after years of close observation; it is not about the perfect haircut or style. It is how you make people feel. It is the hour of time spent in a chair with a kind stranger who is touching you ever so gently with words and physical connection. It is feeling as if you are the most important person in the room at your most beautiful outer self so you can shine as your truest authentic self. That simple, "daymaking" really sticks to me.

  I think a beautiful person is one who speaks kindly of others, one who looks into your soul instead of your brand of mascara, one who can peel the layers behind your mask of La Mer serums and Bobbi Brown foundation and treat you as the wonderful, beautiful person YOU are. I admire and cherish the ones around me who I can learn that from daily.

A very lovely and special friend gave me a book that has now become so important and special to me. This person has a soul of gold, and is just as beautiful outside as she is inside. The book is The Four Agreements, and these are the 4 agreements that hopefully you can refer to. On that note, thank you for taking the time for letting me share a little piece of me! Xo