The saying goes “when you are given lemons you make lemonade“
Life certainly gives curveballs along the way and there are so many different aspects of life that things get challenging at different times. This year has been no different with the virus and all the changes that came along with it.
There's a lot of things going on around me. That it feels like my head is going to explode. Everything that is happening is a positive move forward and I can't wait. But it has been stagnant because of the virus. With moments of movement that makes the stagnation all worth it.
The weeks seem to be the same waiting for the future but if you make little steps forward each day then you will get what you want. This applies to all parts of life even if you are not disabled.
I hope this makes sense to you.
Love and Peace
Xxx
There are many things that I would love to be able to do. Many of which are out of the question. And yet there are many that I can do.
My favourite things are books, makeup and music just to name a few.
So much that I watch a few @YouTubers such as @LisaEldridge @DominiqueSaches and @WayneGoss for my makeup tips.
Musically
I listen to lots of different types such as #Jazz, #Pop, #Classical, #Swing, just to name a few.
Bookwise I read a few favourites, such as @TerryPrattchet, @AgathaChristie, and @SirArthurConnnanDoyle. Although I am endeavouring to read more and different people. However, I am constantly drawn to my favourites especially when I am feeling low.
New Challenges
Suffering from clinical depression as part of my life because of cerebral palsy I end up feeling like hiding away and doing nothing. Yet as a child I remember my mum using my great grandmother's sewing machine. I remember her making dresses and quilting using scrap material.
As a child with cerebral palsy my agility and control of a foot pedal for a sewing machine was inconsistent. Meaning that it would sometimes become impossible possible for me to control the material and the speed of it going through the machine.
But the thought of being able to make things for me has always been in my mind. As a teenager, I would make my own jewellery.
New Challenges.
Similar to the items in the pictures above. However due to my age now and the effect cerebral palsy has on my fine motor skills, making it is harder to do the fiddly things. They are harder but not impossible.
So after going through a cognitive therapy course early last year I decided to go to a group set up by a local charity called #InvolveKent. In which I have been learning how to use an electric sewing machine. I have also become more able to use the pedal. which is a great thing to check my maintenance in certain joints such as the ankle
So although it won't be as neat as some at the moment I can do it. Or as the saying goes "do now get perfect later". I think the quote was said by @RichardBranson but I could be wrong.
For me, this saying is so true and has a meaning that I am just learning.
But since selling the house my sewing has stopped as my machine is packed up ready for when we do move house.
Are there any challenges new or old that you have? I'd love to know about them.
Love and Peace
Xxx
Today, I have no makeup on, I have got tinted eyebrows and tinted eyelashes because I find that I can't do those easily. I get those done professionally, once a month.
Since COVID has slowed with everything and started to open things up a bit more recently. It's made a lot of things easier to do, especially as a disabled person with cerebral palsy, and the ability, or shall I say, lack of ability to do something for themselves, very much. because it's the way things are done. I, still haven't completely done, what everyone does, which is their legs or underarms yet, because I have not had time to do it. And because it's not been easy to get a place to do them because of my disability. I can't wait to have that back. I also have my nails done. with acrylic tips with infills.
And the reason I wanted to do that is that I'm finding if I'm like that. I have some kind of control over what my body has and does. it makes me more like me to be free, as a human.
I've been talking about COVID before. The fact that things were not able to be done. As for, for people like us with the disability and those who choose not to, but those who can do it on their own.
I wish it was more readily available for people like myself, to be able to have it as a proper way of life, and less of a treat. It's not just a choice, it's something we must have done because nobody doesn’t want to be looking their best.
I mean, at the moment. I'm not completely my best I'm my hair is a bit of a mess as you see in the photo above.
I've got no makeup on as my skin has been a bit iffy and I haven't felt right, in myself, to do it. I mentioned in my last video that I had a tooth playing up so I went to the dentist and had that fixed now. I'm feeling a lot better, and it's fantastic weather at the moment and I'm loving the weather.
However, my skin hates it, it will not let any makeup stay on my skin, I have to be incredibly careful with it. I can only wear a moisturiser or a light BB cream in the summer, with a little bit of lipstick because I sweat everywhere on my face and I find it very difficult to have anything to stay on my face even with a primer.
I mean, I love my primers, and the primers I'm using right now are the ones from. I haven't got them with at the moment. Yeah, that it's the Maybelline ones I think if I remember rightly or the Revlon ones I'm using at the moment. Um, but I am adoring the Maybelline Baby cream, which is great. isn't thin and runny like some are great just to dab on and then using the kabuki brush. It's, you can make it smooth across your space, and it has SPF in it. The same with the Maybelline foundation liquid foundation which is good too.
Everyone is different, and I would love to know what everyone else thinks about this because I'm finding makeup hot and difficult to wear.
Although a touch of lipstick, goes a long way, and that is something that one of my heroes, or shall I say, heroines did and that's Marilyn. Marilyn Monroe. Because she wore bright red lipsticks quite often and had blonde hair. I've been researching a little bit about her, she said that her hair was called pillowcase blonde. For her, which is an interesting way of describing a type of blonde. So, although I haven't got that type of blonde. I wouldn't go that blonde and probably couldn't either.
I have got it curly like her, although it's not tidy. Although, because it's too hot for me and like many, I'm dealing with frizzy hair. and it's gone crazy with this weather, again, which I'm loving otherwise, and I felt a lot better since my little minute video that I did on my phone feeling absolutely rubbish and then having to have a feeling replaced.
I'm back from now. I will be trying to do more, but, again, because my moods, often change because of my disability on a to day basis it may be not as consistent.
I have said this in a lot of my posts as well. Because of that, I have a lot of different mood swings, and it makes it very difficult to have some kind of consistency. I am trying very very hard at the moment.
The one thing I'm loving, that is helping me is my volunteering with Galaxie global radio, and I'll put my link in for that as well. In my post, as well as on, the video so it's my thing that I do that for two shows a week. since originally posting this as a video the station has now been closed.
It gives me a bit of stability in a routine of sorts, you know, as well as sort of dealing with my skin.
When the kids are at school, I find it a lot easier to do things because they can not be in it and not disturb me.
Whereas, at the moment, or, at times when I have gone quiet is possible because I have had them at home. They've wanted my attention so I'd rather give them my attention than give the whole of my attention to a video, or whatever else I was doing.
Because it's not fair on them. to get them out of their routine and not give them anything. So, I've been talking about that to them and saying you know as long as you know they don't mind as long as I've mentioned it met up a minute. They don't mind being mentioned but not being put in. So, that's fine, I'm trying to hopefully get more routine going this week, and I'm a bit busy tomorrow, but I will try and put a video out maybe put an Instagram post out tonight. I'm out and about I should have really should have done what I was doing outside getting some stuff for the house. Because I've enjoyed what I was doing and I'll put that in a different post as well because that's something I've wanted to talk about too.
For now, I'm going to say love you and leave you and I'll see you next week because I will be back. Although it's going to be a little bit difficult during the holidays, I will try my best.
But if not, I will do the best I can. So I'm going to leave love you and leave you for now and I'll see you next time
It's an average day for everyone, we all know that we should look after our skin, even if we have a disability. It shouldn’t matter what type of skin you have, however, the ability to look after one’s skin is paramount even for those of us who have disabilities. But it is forgotten that we are just the same as anyone else. We age just as much as anyone else, if not more so.
If we can’t reach certain areas. Because of this, we end up with sores or skin conditions that put us back in the hospital. Which is not financially stable for the local medical profession. Nor our own mental and personal care. Self-care is an important part of being well both physically and mentally.
There are a few ways to do this.
This post is concentrating on facial cream and the equipment that I use and what I think of the treatments. Until recently this has not been a real thought to me, as I am relatively active, and I have a partner who would put cream on my arms and legs. Some people are not so lucky. It means a case for independence for those who can actually do some of their own self-care. I plan to do a post on different bits at a later time.
A Blank Canvas!
Starting with a blank canvas meaning an unmade up face. That’s if you can? If not that’s ok because I’ll explain from the beginning.
Coming from a makeup-free face, I use a cleanser, to get rid of any residue of any pollution on my skin.
I have a combination of dry/normal skin. That means it's quite flakey too. I despair at times about this, having felt that wearing makeup is not an option. However, recently I have started again slowly. That’s another post altogether.
I even double or even triple cleanse my face. I mean that I use a cleanser that you shake together to work. Like this one
You can get that from here. Then I will use water as the final cleanser. Using these products I use cotton pads to apply them with as I have found using the bigger reusable pads not feasible for me.
Because my fine motor skills are not skilled enough to use a super flexible cloth that is being advertised, for their eco-friendliness. I would recommend that you get those if you can. If not get these as these are recycled cotton wool. You can get them here
Toner:
I then use a toner to close my pores. The one I use at the moment is the Superdrug vitamin e hydrating mist.
This will be updated once I change my toner I will let you know. Right now though I just let it dry naturally. you can get it here
Moisturiser
This is the most important stage in your skincare in some regards because you are putting moisture back into your skin. This depends on how old you are. I am in my late forties, currently using two different types. One of which is a nighttime one and the other is a daytime one.
My daytime one is the l'oreal golden age.
The reason for this is that my skin is so dry that it flakes badly. It smells like cola cubes and is coloured similarly. This is a lovely smell. The colour does not affect your skin tone pigmentation. You can get it here. It has helped my skin improve its condition and feel. In the evening I use Nivea night time which has no scent. You can get that here I started by using a mask silicone brush to apply both products by just smearing them in four places. Before spreading it across my face with my hands. You can get them here
But as I am using both of these products both tubs are emptying making it harder to get the cream out. I have decided to go back to using the pallet brush.
I prefer using my fingers and the palm of my hand as I can spread the cream easily. I wish more creams were in tubes, making it easier to squeeze the cream on my fingertips so that I can spread it across my face.
Applying it to start with though I use the brush start with. You can get them from most stores that sell makeup tools like Amazon, Superdrug, and Boots just to name a few.
Changes in seasons!
While writing this post the clocks are changing. It is changing from winter to spring. Your skin changes, just like the seasons, meaning it is time to change moisturiser. I am waiting for my first order of one of my favourite bb creams. Which will be arriving in the first week of April.
For me, this is a no brainer. No matter how old you are your skin gets damaged by the rays of the sun and pollution in the air. It is harder to find moisturizers that have SPF in them at the low end of the market. There are more, coming every month. What I am using right now has that included in them. It is also good to have the right SPF for your skin. It depends on what type of skin you have and how fair it is to pick the correct type of SPF for you. That also will be another post on this, at a later point.
What now?
At this point you are will be ready to complete your look if you are doing this in the morning or to remove your makeup after a long day. This can be used as your meditative or quiet time, to concentrate on yourself and your mental wellbeing.
It is up to you
Now it is up to you and what you do to get your face healthy-looking and feeling amazing even without makeup.
