The Glow Project

 I was chatting with a friend, telling her about my recent hair successes (and fails) and said that I would keep her posted on my "hair quest." It is a quest! I've been dodging wrong hair gels, fighting off weird hair serums, searching through a cave of shampoos and conditioners, looking for my treasure. The elixir. The ultimate hair routine that works for my lazy-but-bougie purposes. So I'm going to share it all  with you. No paid reviews. No TikTok-inspired glamour techniques. None of that fluff. I'm going to share my research, what I've tried, what worked and what hasn't. Mind you, this isn't the end of the road! I'm still on my hair journey--my quest if you will--to ultimately find a hair routine that meets my needs. I'll share products that worked for me, why they worked, or why they didn't. You can choose if it works for you or if it doesn't, but at least you'll know that these reviews are real, tested, and can vouch for your ...

Hi, and welcome! I invite you to this space of exploration. It's not about perfection or pretending to be perfect. This is a place to be real, to share my insights into the world as I experience it, and to hope it helps you, too. I've spent a lot of time researching and looking for tips on experiences--I don't need the perfect remedy, but I've always wanted something that works and to learn the process of what doesn't work. Because from failures we, too, learn. Tori Morrison tells us, "if there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." And that's what motivated me to take my thoughts to paper. Because if I wanted to read something like this, my hope is that someone else will want to as well. I'm in my 30's, and I've learned a lot on my path to becoming the better version of me than I was yesterday. If you share the same sentiment, you're in the right place. Maybe not all of my exper...