It's time to be your Self(ie)

Hey there Beauty B's!

Sorry I vanished but just like many of you out there that struggle with mental health issues I am right there with you and beneath my 100 watt smile I have been shut down for a while. You see over the last few months I have privately dealing with a loss that I have not shared with anyone and I can't lie the loss has been very hard for me. I hate to say it this way but when you lose something that you are used to having mourning the loss is to be expected. During my time losing something I slightly lost myself and forgot that it's okay to be my self(ie) and that there is someone out there that wants that for me and wants me for me. During this time I thought it was a punishment but really it was apart of the journey for me to learn something that many of us still struggle with to this day. You see for years a very important person to me shared something huge and that person said: "If you can't love yourself, than how the hell you gonna love someone else?" These words have been really hitting me hard lately and I started wanting not only to push myself to be more accepting of my uniqueness but I also want others. Everyday I deal with people who like myself don't see their beauty and don't see that to me their imperfections I find beautiful. I know it sounds hypocritical to tell others their flaws are beautiful and not be proud of my own but truly I see beauty in others all the time more so than myself. It's funny hearing my of all people saying that because many of my old friends knew me as a confident sassy fabulous fun diva, but with my journey in life the sparkle was dimmed and I am still learning how to get it back. It's also funny because I am one of those people that the saying never judge a book by it's cover truly defines me. So I will leave you all with this I am learning to be my self(ie) and I want you all to also and embrace what makes you, you. I want us all together to make this the year that we learn to stop shutting people out because they and ourselves are different, and let them into our worlds. You never know who this may bring into your life, and you never know where this could take your next chapter.

Now don't forget even though tonight is about mental health I still can throw some beauty in there and I would like to challenge you to try the Be Your Selfie Pallet on Purcosmetics.com. I highly recommend this because it's creamy, natural, cruelty free, and great for the beauty guru to the natural everyday beauty check it out and join me in being and loving your self and your selfie! (Product is also paraben free, talc free, mineral oil free, petroleum free, sulfate free,)

Well my beauty B's tomorrow I start a big step on my journey to getting back my sparkle and shedding the lbs I gained from emotional eating but don't worry the diva will be back but a diva can still be humble.


xoxo Beauty By Mike 
 (I dedicate this song to this year as after the last five years I thought I didn't have any fight or hope left, but many people and one very special person who I think is finally seeing that the time is coming know that I still have a lot of fight left in me.)

Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion

And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me