Hot Mess Status

Today was a hot mess day. I did not intend to portray the I-didn't-really-try-this-morning look. But it happened. My ensemble, hair, and make-up screamed, "I don't really care right now, so shut up and move along with your own freakin' business!" I just had better things to do this morning than stand in front of the mirror flat ironing, tweezing, and bronzing. And it definitely ended up being a hot mess kind of day.

No, I did not wear this mess today.

But I am far from shocked. As I take a stand for natural beauty and advocate for health versus society's jacked-up standards of femininity, beauty, and womanhood, it is easy to speak out when I feel beautiful and loved and valued. But in those times when I'm just feeling...like a hot mess...pursuing things of substance and meaning are far less appealing as whatever it is I need to do to feel less of a hot mess. It is on those hot mess days that I am far less apt to encourage my fellow females to embrace themselves as-is and embark on adventure.

After deciding to leave my make-up as-is and only tie back my hair in order to look a little more socially acceptable, as I was meeting a new client today, my final, and most reasonable, option was to blog about it. I mean, millions of people are putting their business on Facebook.

So, ladies, we all have hot mess days. Life, itself, is a hot mess sometimes. Today, I encourage you to embrace that messy self. Frazzled and needing rest. Wrinkled clothes and greasy hair. Whatever your hot mess is, it's yours. So, sister, keep rockin' what you got. Tomorrow will be fabulous. Just wait and see!

Live fully, love wholly, rejoice daily.
xoxo
KC