(Day 46/122 of the experiment)
Another “che” day has arrived. Today, I will look completely different. To be honest, I’m a bit nervous. But it’s such a pleasant excitement, reminiscent of the anticipation of New Year’s or a birthday in childhood.
After making sure my lips have finally returned to normal, I decided to go for a stretching session before heading to the salon. Because what complements beautiful hair better than a beautiful figure?
I selected pictures of hairstyles and coloring, uploaded them to my phone, and I hope the result will resemble what I’ve imagined. I also decided to treat myself to a new dress. After my workout and shower, I immediately changed into it – why drag out life? One must live here and now!
Olga approved my choice and suggested personalizing it a bit more to suit my hair type and face shape. After three hours of the master’s meticulous work and my considerable nervousness in front of the mirror, I sat there as a new Cinderella – with bright eyes and a completely new look.
From long and unkempt hair of natural gray color, we created a long bob and trendy airtouch coloring. Now my hair was shoulder-length, and the color became a touch lighter with light highlights – as if I had just come back from the seaside. After reading a bunch of articles online, I learned that this type of coloring does not require regular touch-ups – the hair grows out and gradually transitions to its natural shade.
I immediately posted a selfie of the new me on Instagram with the caption “so how do you like the new me?” I’m curious what the reaction will be from my followers.
I decided that such beauty should not be hidden at home in Pidhaiky and met with Susan – she had a window between clients. Over a cup of coffee and a delicious cake, I thanked Sveta once again for helping me change not only externally but also internally. Of course, my transformation is still ongoing, and I spend about an hour daily on psychological exercises. But the main thing – liberation from images and constant self-criticism – I have already achieved.
The weather was wonderful, so I walked from the center all the way to Poltavska Street (one of the residential areas of the big city – just on the way home), and there I took a bus and went to check the comments on my new Instagram photo.
A total of 35 comments!!!! 35! And only one of them was from a girl saying “it was better before and you’ve become too glamorous.” But even those words pleased me – it means I’ve become more feminine. After all, isn’t glamour a synonym for femininity?
I scanned through the comments and saw two main ones – positioned one below the other – from Tristan and Sofi. The man of my dreams wrote: “Cinderella, you were always beautiful, but now you are simply unbeatable!” along with a bunch of heart emojis. He found the time to scroll through Instagram and, more importantly, found the time to write me a comment! A little spark of hope started warming my heart. And the comment from my sister: “Girl, you’re awesome!” From the word “girl,” I realized that Sofi’s phone had been stolen by my nephew. But what difference does it make? The main thing is that I’m awesome!
The rest of the day I spent studying information about nail design trends, the harm of gel polish for nails, and overall nail plate health. I also played with Richard and his new rubber mouse that I bought today.
(Day 47/122 of the experiment)
What happiness it is to train in the gym after a long break! And although I was absent for not even a month, my body simply needed exercise. By the way, Maxim also missed his exemplary student. Today, we held a full-body workout to remind the muscles what serious loads feel like. After all, yesterday during stretching, I was relaxing and, you could say, physically resting. Today, we are catching up on what we missed.
I'm already familiar with my nail technician – it's that lovely girl Tanya, who saved my hands during the period of "Tristaneolite." By the way, I invented the word "Tristaneolite" to not miss so much the dates and relationships with the man of my dreams, which will forever remain just dreams.
For a good ten minutes, Tanya and I talked about nails, procedures that could be done, and how to care for my hands.
-Cinderella, do you want to get gel polish or not? – with this question, the technician put me in a stupor.
-You know, Tanya, probably not.
I weighed all the pros and cons of gel nail covering. On one hand – nails always look nice and painted. But on the other – when it comes time to go for the procedure again, a large part of the nail has already grown out, and the manicure looks far from as beautiful and fresh as it did in the first days after the procedure. Moreover, if suddenly an important meeting pops up "for today," but your manicure is only due the day after tomorrow, then at home, you won’t be able to quickly refresh your hands.
Therefore, it was collectively decided to do a procedure called ibx. It's a therapeutic procedure aimed precisely at healing and strengthening the nail plate and does not require scheduled corrections. Of course, I will go for cleaning regularly (I'm still a bit ashamed of the state of my hands when I first went to Tanya), but we’ll see about ibx.
And again a new post for Instagram! It turns out that many girls, like me until today, didn't know that there is an alternative to gel coating, which allows not only to have beautiful and tidy hands but also well-groomed and healthy nails.
In the evening, I finished reading a book about the psychology of life that I recently bought. Now up next is a book on how to write interesting and lively texts that resonate with the soul. The authors are Ukrainian women writers who currently live and create in different corners of the world. The thought of returning to journalism does not leave me, so I want to refresh my theoretical knowledge and practical skills.