The Challenge, Day 15

I really want to cut my hair.

I got this shirt in Philadelphia this past summer. I like it. It's a pretty color and I like the movement that the stitching and buttons create. I got it a little too big for me though. oops.

I have my new green flower in my hair, but you can't see it in any of these pictures. Fail.

I cleaned my mirror. It was disgusting. some of the other pictures are so nasty because of the mirror, but these ones are pretty clean.

The Challenge, Day 14

Monday, Oct 10th

Today I am still pretty swollen in my face, but I try to ignore it.

I think my hair is getting too long, but I don't have any money to cut it.

I'm getting kind of tired of taking pictures of my face, but I still have 16 more days to go.

It's a good thing I'm doing this challenge or I would be sorely tempted to not dress up in the mornings sometimes.

I know it's for my personal benefit to keep dressing my truth everyday. I can tell the difference it makes on my attitude the rest of the day, but sometimes I am just so exhausted.

Sometimes I just want to curl up in a ball and hide in my room with a good book.

Oh well.

Even More Days in One.

Here are even more Days from the Challenge. I've come back with renewed vigor. :D

Day 8: Tuesday, Oct 4th

I was still pretty tired and stuff from the weekend; you can see it in my face.

Day 9: Wednesday, Oct 5th

I made a little better attempt to feel better this day, but inside I'm still exhausted.

Day 10: Thursday, Oct 6th

For all the previous days I only had one flower: my soft pink one. Theresa bought some fabric and taught me how to make them, so now I have a blue one and a green one. Yay! I hope to make more in the next little bit. Yippee!

Also on this day, I got a phone call just shortly after I took this picture. It was a company calling me for a job interview! So I went back in my room and changed into something less casual. I wore my new fancy pink shirt. I was wearing all brown and pink, but my blue flower. :) I didn't get a picture, sorry.

Day 11: Friday, Oct 7th

Since I didn't get to wear my casual blue shirt on Day 10, I wore it on this day. :D Observe my exuberant smile. I was so excited about my interview.

Day 12: Saturday, Oct 8th

This was a very tired day. I was up late the night before doing cleaning checks. Then I got up early to go to the stake service project. And there was a football game, so I went pretty casual. And my face esploded, so my jaw is all swollen from the breakouts.

Day 13: Sunday, Oct 9th

This was another tired day. I was cranky. I had a bad headache. I went to bed late because of the football game, and then I was woken up early by an annoying car horn that was stuck. It woke me up at 7, and it went on till like 9. And it was fast Sunday, so I was thirsty and hungry and tired. Put those all together, and what do you get? A cranky headache-y me.

Several Days in One

Sorry you get to be rushed through this, but It might actually be more enjoyable. I don't know, we'll see.

Day 3: Thursday, Sept 29th

Day 4: Friday, Sept 30th

Day5: Saturday, Oct 1st

Day 6: Sunday, Oct 2nd

I didn't take any pictures this day. I was so exhausted, I did get ready and stuff, but as you can see from Day 5, I was just way tired.

Day 7: Monday, Oct 3rd

The Challenge, Day 2

Ok. so I know I'm several days behind, but I got extremely busy.

You guys don't know how busy unemployment can be. :D

I recently discovered that a few more people follow my blog than I realized. I thought for sure only my sister, my two roommates (who I told to check it out), and maybe a cousin or two would check it. but I have found out that my a couple of my brothers, a sister-in-law, and a few more random friends are actually quite interested in my blog. crazy how we can reach out to the world through blogging. :P

Anyway, here are the pictures for day 2.

Thoughts on my hair: My hair isn't really cut in a type 2 style, but I followed some of the tips from my DYT course anyway. I used a round brush when I blow dried my hair. I think it turned out way nice. I borrowed it from a roommate, but then I went and bought my own. The one I bought is considerably smaller, so I think I need to go get a nice big one, because my hair hasn't looked like this since day 2.

Thoughts on the clothes I chose: The shirt is way type 2 in fabrication; however, in hindsight, the color might actually be a little too bright. The navy might not be muted enough either. Oh well. I felt pretty.

Thoughts on my makeup: I tried some of the things I learned from my course. I learned that you need to touch up your eyebrows and your lipstick to frame your face. I was hesitant of both, but I tried it anyway. It's amazing how it actually works. I don't touch up my lipstick later in the day though. shhh. Don't tell.

Anyway, here's the reveal:

Later that day, I went to the temple with my roommate, so I had to change. I wore a nice navy skirt. It's definitely more muted than the pants are, and way more comfortable. I wore my silver high heels. they're fun. You can't really see how cool they look, but they are way type 2-y.

Stay tuned for Several Days in One, because I want to get caught up, and most of the days after this one are about the same and just pictures, really.

The Challenge, Day 1

On this first day, I literally had just gotten the course. Most of my clothes fit my type already, so I don't have to go shopping for a while. I just have to have the courage to get rid of the clothes that don't fit my type. Anyway, dressing in type 2 clothes was easy. The hard part is my hair and makeup.

My hair isn't really cut to honor my type. It is straight and all one length, with bangs. To be more type 2-y I'll have to get some soft, blended layers. That's not a problem, it's just easier to have a novice hair-cutter do one length. I'll have to seek professional help for my future haircuts.

I already try to use type 2 colored makeup so that's not a problem, but DYT has taught me some cool tips for enhancing my makeup and applying it to be more type 2-y.

Observe:

Me last year. I'm in Yellow.

Me last month. Far left.

Me last week. On the left.

Me on Day 1.

I mostly just kept my wardrobe type 2 for day 1. I wore a muted light pink shirt with a gray cover thing and dark blue jeans with my taupe flats. I was aware of my hair not really being type 2 so I pulled it over in a loose side ponytail. and spruced it up with a lovely, soft, type 2 pink flower. I think I did pretty good for day one.

That's Still Too Expensive

Big Sis always told me about DYT and has wanted me to buy the course ever since she got it. She really wanted me to get it so we could go to club nights together and talk about the things we learned together. She always let me know when the course was going on sale. I think I have about 15 emails telling me the course is on sale and I should buy it. Of course I always refused because I am poor and I really should use the little money I have for things like rent and food etc.

Well, for my birthday, or Christmas or something, Big Sis bought me the Beauty Profile Course which is a much cheaper and general version of the DYT Course. It's basically an overview of the 4 types and is designed to help you narrow down what type you are. It's like a teaser for the DYT course. Anyway, I enjoyed it and felt like I had enough information with that that I really didn't need to spend the money for the DYT course.

Then Jeighbee bought the course and I saw what a difference the DYT course made in her life. I realized that the course was more detailed and provided more opportunities to learn about my type. I started to really want this course. I was determined to start saving up for it, little by little.

Big Sis and Jeighbee invited me and my other 2 sisters-in-law to an intro night at the Dressing Your Truth Center. It was really fun to go with my sisters and experience what a club night is generally like. This was another reason I wanted the course.

The Intro night reminded me of my Mary Kay meetings I used to attend. I liked being a Mary Kay consultant simply for the opportunity to attend these meetings and be around other women who were interested in the same things. It gave me a reason to dress up and feel pretty. And I always enjoyed the classes we had.

After several months, an opportunity arose: the DYT Course was presented to me for even cheaper than usual. I, of course, was ecstatic. I still needed to save up some of my money, but the price was a lot more reasonable to me. So, I bought the course. I am now a member of Dressing Your Truth. I started watching my online course, and I noticed Carol talk a lot about a 30-day challenge.

I have taken on this challenge: to dress my truth for 30 days. It doesn't matter if I wear the same outfit all 30 days. I just have to follow the five elements of DYT for my type. Those elements are design line, texture, fabrication, pattern, and chroma. I have to follow these elements in my clothing, makeup, and hair.

Join me with my next post, The Challenge, Day 1.