Three.Sixty.Five to healthy hair

Three hundred and sixty five days

A big commitment to healthier hair

I dont know why I would do this but it seemed like something I could tackle head-on.

I've been following Annelise over at Bye Bye Beehive for a while and she has this itsy bitsy tiny little challenge where she goes 365 days with NO styling products, dye's, cuts, teasing the whole nine yards. You get the idea right!? CRAZY is what I thought and now I decided to do the same but with some minor changes. Now let's give credit where credit is due to the person that came up this this idea to begin with. She got the idea from Kelli formerly at Stopshop. You know the girl who went a whole year without shopping. Yeah, that's not happening. I'll be headding the route Annelise at Bye Bye Beehive did. One year, 365 days with no hairsprays, mouse, dryers, dye's and every other possible hair product you can think of. Why? It's simple really, Ever since the ripe old age of 12 when I got my first two stripes of beach blonde highlights (proud moment for me) I've been dying and frying my hair and let's just say my hair has seen better days. I have been pretty much every color in the book red, all shades of brown and blonde, black (not my favorite) and plum/purpleish. That's not including highlights. Then, there's the curling irons and flat irons and hairdryers. I mean, I went 2-3 years with straight hair ONLY because I HATED my curly hair (teen issues). On top of that I never did treatments that help keep your hair healthy. Moving along. I changed the rules to apply to my hair type.

RULES

• 365 day project, begins Sunday, January 1, 2012 and ends Monday, December 31, 2013.
• I will begin the challenge with a trim and photo.
• I won't color beforehand. The goal is for healthier, longer and more manageable hair.
• NO highlights or hair dye's.
• NO hair cuts. Trims only to keep the ends healthy.
• Absolutely NO teasing, ratting or back-combing. I don't do this to begin with but just incase it's written here.
• NO heating tools: blow dryers, straighteners, curling irons, hot rollers, etc.
• NO styling products: mousse, gel, pomade, serums, foams, and hairspray UNLESS 100% ALL NATURAL styling products.

(that's my ONLY EXCEPTION because I do have really curly hair and it would be pretty impossible to go without anything so I kept it at all natural ingedients. I will post the products/ingredients so you know I'm not lying about it being earth friendly or whatever you want to call it.)

It's fair. It's simple. And I'm heading into this head strong! I'm not even sure if that made sense.

Wish Me luck!
Any advice is more than welcomed =)

Bring it on

Found this challenge via & this is what she said. Thought it would be really fun to participate even though I only have a basic digital camera. I'm already 2 days behind but I'll post the first 3 days tomorrow morning! PS. I'm also participating in a photo a day for 365 days challenge!!! I'll post those up too. How exciting to start the year participating in fun projects =)

Christmas wish list

Tiffany Bow Ring

Tiffany Bead Band

Coach Bow Ring

Etsy (Colby June) Sticks and Stones Ring

Love knot earring

http://www.lamercollections.com/collection/simple-wraps/
Any watch from La Mer Collections:
chain and charm wraps
layer and stud wraps
Odyssey wrap

Ipad 2 in white 

Nikon D5100

Christmas dessert/treat recipe

It's day six and today I'm sharing this delicious dessert below!!!


Mousse de Maracuja or Passion Fruit Mousse
is one of my favorite Holiday dessert or anytime dessert for that matter

It's super easy to make and it tastes sooo good!! 

Be advised that I would recommend preparing a day before so it chills.

I never made it in small serving bowls like above. I always prepare it in a large serving bowl and guests would just serve themselves. Moving along now...

INGREDIENTS

1 bottle of maracuja /passion fruit 

make sure it's pure passion fruit any brand will work

 You can find this at your local grocery store. I buy it at shoppers. 

1 can of sweetened condensed milk

you 'll find this at your baking section of your grocery store

1 can of creme de leite / nestle media crema (table cream)

again, you can find this in the baking section of your grocery store

DIRECTIONS

I hope you understand...

In a blender add:

1 can of sweetened condensed milk.

Then, in that same can of sweetened condensed milk, use it to measure the amount of 1 can of passion fruit juice NOT the whole bottle of passion fruit juice.

Then, open the table cream and remove the liquid on top and pour the creme into the blender. 

Blend all the ingredients for a few minutes (2-3minutes) or until everything is blended.

Make sure it's not liquidy. Consistency should be thick but not watery. Kind of like a smoothie or milkshake.

Pu it into a bowl and place it in the refrigerator. 

Let it chill for a few hours or overnight and serve! 

You can decorate it if you wish 

Some people add unflavored gelatin to make it firmer but I think it changes the taste and consistency! 

Bon Appetit