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I did a thing...

Since creating this blog, I have been more intentional about taking time for deliberate acts of self-care. Due to my recent move, and the uncertainty of future spending power for my one-income family, I have been brainstorming free and low cost self-care ideas.
In the world BTDP (before the damn pandemic), I would get my nails done twice a month, and every 2-3 months I would have my hair cut and highlighted or colored. Since March, neither of those things have happened. I remembered how much better my mental health was when I was practicing those two acts of self-care, so my best friend and I did a little hair and nail DIY.
The nails are Kiss glue-on (less than $10) and have been nick-named my “bad bitch nails”.
Next, the hair...
Not bad, not bad at all!
I feel like a million bucks :)

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