Wrens World

Today I slept in a bit since I haven't been feeling well so I had a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios around 11:30am. I haven't had cereal in ages because I always forget to buy myself milk, or even just the cereal itself, but I'm at my parents house right now so they have lots of food to eat haha. 

As I said I haven't been feeling the best so today was just a lazy day of watching things on Netflix. Right now I'm re watching Bones but I heard seasons 1-4 are being taken off April 1st so I'm trying to get through those seasons quick(I'm on the last episode of season 3 right now so hopefully I'll make it in time). As for my snack, it was about 3pm and I was craving something crunchy and salty so I got myself a small bowl of Lays Original potato chips and curled up with my blanket and laptop to binge watch.

Around 8:30pm I decided to have some dessert. I don't usually have dessert but my PMS has me craving things. I went for a bit of vanilla ice cream with milk chocolate chocolate chips and mini marshmallows mixed in. It may seem weird but it is SO good! Not healthy, but very good when your sweet tooth is giving you cravings.

Today was not a very healthy or balanced day, I know, but I'm also an extremely picky eater so most days aren't very balanced or healthy for me. I'm trying new things though. My friend Grace is a Vegan and she's trying to convert me. I've tried some fake meats and some are actually not that terrible. I was born and raised in Wisconsin though so I don't know if I can ever give up my milk and cheese! Hopefully my next What I Ate Wednesday will show my slightly healthier side haha.

xoxo,

Jenn

Does my series idea make more sense now?? Please let me know what you want to know about! I may be young but I've had many life experiences and I know a lot of people that I can talk to. I want to really dig deep and find answer to your questions, not just give an opinion. Tweet me or comment down below and I'll do my best.

xoxo,

Jenn

This honestly feels so weird and foreign yet absolutely wonderful. I haven't written a blog post in I don't even remember how long (aside from the rebranding post with a mini update/showing you all I'm still alive).  So much has happened yet nothing at all. I got a job, moved out of my parents house, got another new job, and am now searching for another new job. Lots of crazy job stuff. Let's just go back in time..... All the way back to August 10th, 2016. I had a job interview at Carter's an hour and a half away from where my parents live. Why so far away? Because I was going to go to a cosmetology school, one of the best around, which happened to be very far away. I got the job at Carter's and started August 21st. I was a sales associate and loved it but working with all the adorable little baby clothes gives you quite the baby fever ha ha. Then on my birthday, November 9th, I was offered a job at Justice. I started there the 13th while continuing at Carter's. Then on the 16th Justice asked me to be a part time manager, I accepted, but I had to leave Carter's due to a conflict of interest. I gave Carter's my two weeks notice but only stayed a week. I still feel terrible for how I left, especially since it was the Wednesday before Black Friday but I had to leave early for my sanity (I was scheduled 4am-10am at Justice and 10:30am-6 or 6:30pm at Carter's). Working at Justice has been fun and a definite learning experience since it's my first manager/supervising position, but it's also been chaotic and full of drama. I love helping people and I love clothing but work retail, at least at Justice, is slowly driving me insane (hence why I'm currently looking for a different job). Then my health issues... I'll make a more in depth post on it soon but I had some issues and ended up needing my gallbladder removed. I'm okay now and feeling better but I still have some issues. And that's pretty much where I've been. Haven't been up to anything too crazy or interesting, just taking some time away from social media and the internet. I'll try to make a post about taking time away/why I did it, but let's just say it's been one of the best decisions I've recently made. Hopefully you'll all be able to understand and that you'll still be there to support me on my blogging journey.

xoxo,

Jenn

So you may have noticed a name change in my blog! I'm working on changing things here on this blog, over on my YouTube, and just changes in my general(personal) life. A life update will be coming shortly so stay tuned! And if it's not up soon comment on here, on my Instagram, or even Tweet me because my memory can be absolute crap and I might forget to publish it. I've really missed this and hope you all are still here with me.

Thanks,

Jenn

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Wren

First, the steps!

3.) Rinse out the shampoo.

4.) Repeat steps 2-3.

5.) Apply a small amount of conditioner to the ends of your hair and run whatever may be left through the rest of your hair. 

6.) Rinse out the conditioner in cool water.

7.) And you're done!

Next, the science!

1.) You want the hair to be wet so that you can use less product and to help it glide through the hair with ease and to help open up the cuticle. Use warm water to open the hair cuticle so that the shampoo can penetrate the hair to remove dirt, oils, and product buildup.

2.) When you apply shampoo to the hair, it penetrates into the hair and makes dirt, oils, and product build up to cling together in little balls.

3.) Rinsing out the shampoo rinses out the dirt and oil that balled up from the shampooing process.

4.) You want to repeat steps 2-3 to ensure you have removed all of the gunk in your hair since most of the time the first shampoo doesn't get it all. The second shampoo should cause a big lather, meaning the shampoo bubbles up a lot. Then you rinse the shampoo, and any remaining dirt or oil, out of your hair.

5.) As you hopefully remember, when we first started the cuticle layer of the hair was raised in order for the shampoo to penetrate into the hair and remove dirt and oil. Now we need to smooth done the cuticle, closing the hair shaft. To do so we use conditioner. This is, to me, the most important part of cleaning your hair. If you don't use conditioner, your cuticle remains up causing frizzy, dry hair. It not only smooth down the hair but it also adds shine. Plus, if your cuticle is down your hair will also feel much softer. However, if you apply it scalp to ends it can make your clean hair look oily and dirty after you've just washed it. That's why conditioner should be focused on the ends and lightly applied the closer you get to the scalp.

6.) Rinsing in cool water will help seal down the cuticle, helping the hair to be even smoother and softer.

7.) All Done!

Like I said earlier, different things work for different people. However, this is how hair washing should be done. I will have another post with my opinion on some of these other ways I've been seeing recently but if you want your hair to get cleaned well and be soft and silky, I suggest trying this method. There are many different hair types and so many different shampoos and conditioners so depending on yours I also suggest trying out some different ones since each one will do something different to your hair. If you have any questions or requests let me know and I'll do my best!



xoxo,
Wren

As you can tell from my previous blog posts, my writing isn't really the best when it comes to grammar and things like that. I've always struggled with reading and writing. When I was in preschool I had to take speech lessons because I couldn't say R's and something else I can't think of. I would say wabbit instead of rabbit or twee instead of tree. I was 4 so it's not like I was just learning to talk. Then in grade school, from 2nd to 5th grade, I had to go for special reading lessons. There were a few other kids so I wasn't alone but it was because we weren't at the proper reading level for our age. Middle school wasn't too bad for me, 6th grade I was in the lower level but 7th and 8th I was in the "normal" or "average" level classes. All through high school I was in the "average" level as well but I wasn't good. I always hated writing because I just didn't understand things and had to always ask my sister Holly for help. Honestly, she wrote almost all of my essays/papers. She was always in honors english so she was good and helped me. That's probably the only reason I wasn't in the lower level. No matter how much she tried to explain things or help it was just easier for her to just do it and dumb it down a bit so it seems like something I could have written. Then at spring semester in my junior year of high school I went to doing full time online classes (I'll make a post about that some other time) and took basic, easy English classes to get the required credits like Reading Around the World, Mystery Fiction, and Mythology. All I had to do was read and then take quizzes and test on what I read. Now that I'm in college and have to take classes where I have to write essays it sucks. As part of my cosmetology cert. I have to take credits in math, english, and a few elective credits as well. I know I shouldn't have cheated my way through but writing is just not my strong suit. Ironic since I write blog posts, right? But writing on here I'm not worried about getting a good/passing grade or writing about something I don't understand or care about. Here I get to write about what I like and care about. I can say whatever I want and if my grammar isn't correct or perfect it doesn't matter. It's just me writing my thoughts and feelings and sharing it with the world. Back in high school I even asked about being moved to the lower level since I wasn't doing well (I was getting a D) and they said "We don't like to move people down a level but we can find a tutor for you." I was just like really!? I'm failing and need to go slower and have extra help in class, having a tutor just makes me feel stupid and belittled. Plus my sister had her honor classes which are faster and harder and I really just didn't like to have to ask for her after so many years so I just did it myself and got bad grades. Maybe it's just my school but I think they need to listen to the students more. If someone like me is clearly not doing well and asks to be moved to a lower level where they can get more help, take things slower, and get better grades it's a no brainer. I'm sure if I would have insisted they would have moved me at semester but I'm a shy person and didn't want start anything so I just dealt with it until I could switch to full time online. I may not have the best writing but I'm not writing to impress anyone. I'm writing for me, to express myself. So if you've ever read my post and thought that some 16 year old wrote it this is why, I'm not good at writing and probably never will be but I will continue to write blog posts because it's something I like to do.

xoxo,

Wren

So, after a lot of thinking I've narrowed it down to a few different majors for college. I'm still super indecisive so I might end up doing something totally different. I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before but I've always been fascinated with sharks and all other marine life so I've thought about majoring in marine biology. The only thing is that I wasn't that great at biology in high school. But at the same time it's something I like so even if I wasn't that at it, it might me worth it to go after. Now as I'm writing this I'm starting to consider it too. Damn, I need to make up my mind. As for graphic design, I've always loved animated movies and design so an animation degree would be great. I said graphic design because I found a college nearby me that has a degree that is offered online or on campus that is graphic design with a specialization on animation and motion graphics. I would probably get my associates through them and then transfer to a 4 year university and get a bachelors degree in animation. The other option is cosmetology. I've always love makeup and liked hair a lot but I'm just not sure about it. Mainly because the college I go to has the most HIDEOUS uniforms you have to wear and the salon is a blast from the past, it literally looks like you took a time machine to 1980 and then went into a salon. I know it's so superficial and snobby but it's just all so ugly and dated. It's like my OCD and interior designer in me wants to redo everything. Plus I've seen what 99.9999% of the rest of cosmetology students get to wear, what they want as long as it's black or white. You get to be fashionable while learning something you're passionate about. I've also really been into fashion lately so I've kind of considered maybe doing fashion design but it's more just a hobby as of right now. As for interior design, I'm still really interested in it and haven't ruled it out completely but I'm more interested in animation or cosmetology right now. Every few months I swear I change my mind on what I want to do with my life. I think I won't really know until I actually start learning one more in depth. Like I took a computer graphics course in high school and really liked it and I've done peoples hair and makeup for stuff like homecoming and prom and I cut my own hair most of the time but I've never learned the proper way. I don't know, sometimes I just wish someone would tell me 'Here, this is what you're going to study and do for a living. It's something you'll be successful at but also enjoy.' If only life were that simple and easy. But hey, free will is great and I'm so grateful that I live in somewhere that I can do whatever I want and don't have to be forced into anything. I was more saying it'd just be easier for me at this point since I can't make my mind up. Wow, that turned into an interesting rant. Anyway, I'm starting to figure out things that I'm really passionate about and what I might enjoy doing for a living. I may decide something and then switch majors but in the end I know I'll choose the right thing and be happy. If you have any advice or just want to share your experience when deciding major, let me know down below, I'd love to know.

xoxo,

Wren