Is it all about the looks?

Yes and No. Okay, I'll be the first to admit I like to look good. I mean who doesn't? Everyone knows the old adage when you look good you feel good. Well it's a timeless saying for a reason because it's true! I don't know one person on the planet that does not want to look good, if not great, if not their best. I like being able to feel good about my body and the way it looks. I like having a blemish free face and skin that glows. Hey, arrest me for liking the ability to comfortably zip my jeans without any abdominal spillage or a muffin top! Don't hate on me because I want to be beautiful on the inside and out. I know for a fact that good looks make a difference in so many ways. A person with good looks is assumed to be smarter, friendlier, wealthier, healthier and overall more desirable. American society rewards the beautiful and shames the less than average...and who wants to be less than average if you can help it? Anyway, to be totally honest it's not entirely about looks because I like to think I am not that vain and being that I am already married it's definitely not to nail down a husband. In fact, I can't stand when someone feels that you can choose to "let yourself go" or "keep yourself up" depending upon if you're married or not or if you have kids or not. If you want to look your best it should be because you want to simply feel you're best within the scope of your own mind, body and spirit. I believe looking good can trigger your mind into thinking you are having a better day. It's boosts your confidence and sense of being accepted. From a body standpoint looking good helps you to appreciate your physique all the more better so that you'll take care of it all the more better. You'll be able to keep your BMI (body mass index = your height in regards to your weight) at an appropriate level. You'll care more about what percentage of body fat is healthy for you. You'll typically want to have a pain free body as you move about your day. I believe it effects the spiritual because you can feel more accepted by others which in turn can allow you to focus more on others. Not feeling insecure about the way you look opens you up to being free to do whatever you want. You'll project that inward beauty outward that people will see upon first meeting you. Now I am not advocating being obsessed with beauty, that is not what this blog is about, this blog is just my story and my agenda to look good to feel my best. With that being mentioned I have decided to undergo a make over. For the next few weeks my mission will be not only to work my B.A.B.E program but may be to do a little rejuvenating to my skin, hair, nails and overall personal style. First up will be my hair. I started getting into hair extensions (or weaves as many call them) late last year and I like them. I like that I can sew in some hair and be about my business without having to damage my own fragile, fine hair. My good friend Daphne is a hair extension technologist and licensed hair stylist. She will be giving me microlinks which is this new technique of taking strands of your own hair and linking it to a strand of the packaged hair to extend your length. This process is not sewn in. It is a linking and clamping process that is suppose to last awhile and give you the flexibility and versatility to be able to function as if the hair is your own natural hair for up to six months. I get it done tomorrow and pictures will be posted. I'm so looking foward to this. Toodles...and make it a beautiful day!