Nails, Art and Beauty!!

I just recently did a Manicure and Pedicure Course, as add on's to my  massage qualifications and thus be more employable on the Spa Industry!

It was a good experience, expensive for just two days thats for sure...But then I guess thats the price one has to pay for get to a Nationally Accredited  Piece of paper! And I guess it has paid off, as I already got a job this Saturday doing pedicures!!!
But thats not what i wanted to talk about...I wanted to talk about that whole world; the one of Beauty!!!
I was brought up in a very natural way, and at 15 boys did not want to go out with me because my legs were too hairy, and at 19 I would get laughed at for my lack of fashoin taist (I used to were sneakers and a skirt, not a done thing back then, I was just ahead of the trend maybe :-)...Then at 21 I was sent to the hair dressers to get a new look and a face wax...Ok, I got the point, I needed to have a closer look in the miror!!!!
One boy friend even said to me I should get surgery to remove the scare on my face!!!

I lived in  New York at the time, and you knwo those American girls...On top of it all they are!
So I had my hair dyed, had acrylic nails, wore what was in style and started to get a sense for it all!!!
But then I went on to sail with my brother for 9 months on a tiny weeany little boat, and all that was no longer a thing to do, or a necessity so I came back to my natural state but with knowledge of what a girl has to do!
 It was all a valuble lesson, but at the end of the day all that fake stuff is just not who I am!
Sure, I like a bit of make up, to be clean and smell good and feel good in my skin...And for sure a lot of that is what society has dictaited upon us, but I have found my just middle and thats it!

yet, when I went to that course, all the girls were talking about was their fake tans, their fake nails, hair extentions (not to say fake hair) and all in their perfectly covered faces of foundation and all the lot!!!
I almost felt atracted to it all, but then "No" I don't want to be like that...I think I just like some of the feel good stuff without all the Fake? Is that possible?
I went home to steve with all my questions and comments, telling him I could not understand how someone could spend $700 on Hair extentions!!! And he said, that it was the same for boys, they spend their money on flashy cars!
he was right! Its just the world we live in, Modern society only has things to show off!!!!
Oh well...Im happy the way I am!!!

Ayurveda

Yesterday I went and had a consultation at the "Medicine man", in Palmwoods.
As I entered the shop I felt like I had been lifted into some outer space, the smells in the were just divine; spices, incense and herbs. I wondered how I had never been here before and thought this really is a place for me. I was greeted by a beautiful woman in a bright purple scarf, and offered some herbal the as I sat waiting for my turn.

My Consultation was with 3 students and the Medicine Man, we all sat in a cosy little circle in the back room, sipping on more thé (that I ended up spilling on my skirt, clumsy I am) and them asking me a series of questions; "what to I have for breackfast", "what do I dink all day", "hot or cold", "how is my digestion" ect ect...I also did have to stick out my tonque for all to see, and it even got photographed for a longer look and less embarrasment for my part!!! I was not shy to pull it out, but Im happy to have been spared having to keep is out for all to sit and look for a while!!!
Then came some tricky questions, well they were for me; "WHAT DO I TREAT MYSELF TO?"...I was unable to answer...I don't have any treats?? Really can that be?? Surly I must have something?? Chocolate I was told! Well, no I don't have chocolate any more as it has been making me anxious...
I was stunned, and so were they!!!
I left after an hour and a few herbal remedies to help my digestive system as well as something for my moods and cycle...I left feeling great, confused too, yet with this feeling that I wanted to become part of that world, be like those people, spirted and following the Ayurvedic lifestyle!!!

Yet, there is a lot more to it than just that!
Once I was home, and all was quite and tranquille around me, I sat to read the Ayurevdeic cookbook I had bought, and here is was I found; I must Avoid: leftovers, canned foods, prepacked chips, cheese, tap water, any food or drink with added or artificial sugar, and the list goes on....But those were the things that stuck most with me. HOW AM I GOING TO DO IT???
I always eat leftovers, I hate to throw food!!! Some canned foods are cheaper, that's what I use!!! Chips, well we have Natchos once a week!!! Cheese, I'm FRENCH how can I do that??? And tap water, I really can not afford to buy water, I drink far too much of it!!! And here I was thinking I was doing the right thing by drinking lots of water...

So I wonder, how can I do it? Sure I would love to try, but at this stage if feels difficult and expensive!
And the reality  is that its not easy to change habits...We shall see how I go!!!

What do you think about it all??...... Have you had to change your diet?