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Double Braided Updo Tutorial - Guest Post

I am so excited to have Lizzie from The Kindhearted guest posting today! Lizzie was one of my sponsors last month and I had so much fun getting to know her last month! She's currently living in California and studying to teach English (a girl after my own heart) and she's super talented with hair! Today, she's sharing this beautiful and romantic double braided updo tutorial! Hey friends it's Lizzie - I am so excited to show you how to re-create this fun and easy double braided updo. This hairstyle here is perfect for those days when you are on the go but still want to look cute. The best part is that it can all be done in 7 easy steps. It is so fast, that you . . .

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On Losing my Hair and Growing it Back

Even though I had gone through my first round of chemo, had dropped 20 pounds in a week and ended up back in the hospital for a hydration transfusion because my sodium levels had dropped drastically, it was still hard for me to believe I had cancer. Sure, I was a little skinnier and super pale, but anyone who saw me passing by wouldn't know about the war raging in my body and the six inch tumor I named Ricardo growing in my leg. I still looked like a regular 15 year old girl, granted a little bit of a rebel one, because of the bright red hair. I died my hair fire engine red the day after I was diagnosed. My "last hurrah" before it all came out, although it . . .

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In and Out - February Edition

February is almost over! Here is a round up of all the things/products that were IN for me and the things that were most definitely OUT! IN: The Wet Hair Brush - Guys, this brush has changed EVERYTHING for my hair. My hair is probably the worst tangly mess every whenever I get out of the shower and I usually just take a giant paddle brush to it and wretch it through. I use the wet brush in the shower after putting in my conditioner and it just cuts through my hair like a knife through butter. The bristles are SUPER flexible so instead of getting caught in the tangles, they bend with it and slowly work the snarls through. Life saver. Unique 3D . . .

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Drugstore Nail Polish Review

A few weeks back, I ran into a girl who had the coolest paint splattered nail polish on her nails. When I asked her where she got her nail polish, she said she had ordered it online and that is was 15 dollars for the bottle! I almost fell out of my chair. I love nail polish, but I don't love it for half a gas tank's worth of money. I thought to myself: "there has got to be a drugstore version of that style of nail polish." So, off I went to the store! All products were bought with my own money and these reviews are all my own honest opinions! As I browsed the different brands and selections, I realized that I didn't really know which brand would be the best bang . . .

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