no more No Shame November... [shameless sans aliteration.]

A sincere thanks to one of my dearest friends, Kathleen Leahy for this inspiration for the month. [Entirely Glass, or Windowless] and our friend Kelli Schmitz [alis volat propriis] for adding her voice to the November conversation.I loved writing No Shame November, and I heard a few people liked reading it. I guess that means I'm going to give this weird blogging thing a go. But I'll need themes. and alliteration...

December is going to be a doosey [no, that's the not the theme.] I'm doing DIY December and I plan to chronicle my foray into DIY all natural beauty products. [i'm a lil' crunchy hippie sometimes.]

two main focuses this month:
1. switching from 235394870357234 face products [real talk: i'm crazy.] toonly two.
2. switching from commercial shampoos to a DIY baking soda mixture [oh it's gonna get real greasy up in here.]

photo quality is less than poor. i'm new at this, relax.

1. Basically my skin has been a hot nasty volcanic mess as of late. I tried all my usual tricks [putting tooth paste on them before bed, classy.] and I still was feeling like I needed to be on the "before" section of a Proactiv commerical. It's time for a change. When I found this great idea on the pinterest, I was in. Honey face wash, here I come. [let the honey puns commence.] The idea for honey face wash is beautifully simple. Use honey and water to wash your face and remove your make-up, use Apple Cider Vinegar as a toner.

skin, messy bun & goofy face. or- "before"

2. The no 'poo craziness has been rolling around in my little pea brain for some time now. This time last year I was on the verge of getting dread locks, i'm just over my hair. I regularly rock the white girl nat'ral afro [real thing] and the catholic school messy bun [mother mcauley mighty macs, what up?],  I need an intervention. 

I creeped around some more the pinterest [i might need to join P.A. soon.] and found this fabulous documentation of a no 'poo experiment. [dear Crunchy Betty, i want to be you.] So i'm doing it. Just like that. 

I won't repost the entire process here [it's simple: use water and baking soda in place of shampoo and use Apple Cider Vinegar to condition.], but basically everything i've read says my hair will need a month or so to transition from regular shampoo to no 'poo. I will be documenting my grease ball nastiness during the transition period this month [like i'll probably have to wear a hat to Christmas]. I'm committing to see this through, into the new year. If it doesn't help by January 1st- I'm out, but i really really really hope it makes me look a like a movie star [totally reasonable expectations].

There will be before and after pictures, there will be grease, there will be trying to camouflage the grease, there will be funny stories, there will be not-so funny stories, it will be my idea of a good time. 

So, letcho inner grease ball out. 

Anyone up for taking the challenge with me?

all DIY beauty ideas come from www.crunchybetty.com. 

read:THIS ARE HER IDEAS, not mine. 

I'm only wishing to chronicle my personal experience. 

Crunchy Betty approval pending.