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Rosie Chuong is a lifestyle blogger focused on beauty and relationships. Rosie’s expertise also includes style, wellness and travel inspiring readers to lead a beautifully enriched life inside and out.

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My 2020 Word of the Year: Nostalgic

You might be thinking, "Why use 'nostalgic' as an intentional word of the year and how is that relevant to moving forward?" There were A…

RosieJanuary 4, 2020

Relationships

2019: A Trying and Transformative Year

A vanity with a vision board full of inspirational photos, marble vase with flowers and candles. 2019 will go down in history as the most…

RosieJanuary 1, 2020

Wellness

What Was Your First Time Like? A Story On Starting My Period.

I have a super personal question for you: What was your first time like? During my first time getting my period, I thought that I…

RosieDecember 30, 2019

Beauty Relationships

Curly Hair Journey Year 2

Can you believe that I’m already on year 2 of my curly hair journey?! First of all, I’d just like to thank each and every…

RosieDecember 19, 2019

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Starting today on stories, I’m going to be sharing some very specific daily content with you regarding how I style and care for my hair throughout the week (inspired by @tinyrobot128 ) and will be answering questions that some of you have sent over. For the “weekly takeover”, here are the main factors I want to be upfront about with you so you have an idea of things that greatly impact how long hair lasts before having to wash it again:
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WEEK A: air drying my hair / intense workouts for a week / not using dry shampoo
WEEK B: diffusing my hair / intense workouts for a week / not using dry shampoo
WEEK C: diffusing my hair / intense workouts for a week / using dry shampoo
WEEK D: air drying my hair / intense workouts for a week/ using dry shampoo
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I’ll also provide a recap in a feed post + in my highlights after the week is over in case you want to review it later! This is a throwback photo, but today I did a wash ’n go because I had too much fatigue and not enough patience (I’m PMSing) to wake up early and diffuse. How did you style your hair today?

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What’s one quality you like about yourself? What I really like about myself is my ability to be everybody else’s OPENER. I do believe that people naturally gravitate towards me because they feel as if they can confide in me with their deepest, sometimes darkest secrets. There’s a certain amount of heavy weight I’m able to shoulder for others. I’ve acted as an extension, in human form, to other people’s journals and minds. Holding and developing safe spaces for others is something that’s not forced, it just has its way of forming on it’s own without guidance or direction. I never have any intention of playing this role for others, it just happens on its own. There’s a certain level of intimacy, respect and sacredness that comes along with playing this role, and it’s something I cherish. Are you an opener too?

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TIP FOR STARTING YOUR JOURNEY OF EMBRACING YOUR CURLS: You’re going to run into a lot of talk about refreshing hair and achieving presentable hair beyond wash day. While this is possible via a dry or wet refresh for everybody, it’s important to recognize that there’s a different level of effort for everybody in reviving next-day hair, with lots of lifestyle and reality factors to consider. Actually, some stylists are even adamant that achieving presentable next-day hair is a MYTH. .
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Factors that affect your next-day hair outcome: whether you diffuse or air dry on wash day, your curl pattern (each has it’s own unique set of properties and tendencies), the intensity of your workouts, what you do to protect your curls overnight and so many other things. .
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@tinyrobot128 has requested that I share my hair routine for a whole week which is a PHENOMENAL idea because I believe it’ll be a great way to demonstrate my reality: my hair isn’t as perfect or frizz-free as the days go on. For the first year and a half of embracing my curls, I was OBSESSED with doing wet refreshes to achieve “perfect” curls, but nowadays, due to a shift in perspective, I no longer pay so much attention to being or looking “perfect”. What I focus on is accepting clear, undeniable behaviors to my hair based on the circumstances (curl pattern tendencies, workout schedule + intensity, wash day routine) and appreciating what it as is. For my content sharing what my hair routine is for a whole week (going up next week), what would you like covered?

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THIS WEEKEND. We gathered united for a common goal of celebrating her life. We had hearts that were full, and yet light all at once. We spoke the same language when we spoke of her, knowing all too well how supported she made us all feel because she always “showed up.” We were loved by her, and we loved her, and that continuous, unbreakable circle intensified as we exchanged hugs, smiles, laughs and memories. We watched her sink behind a string of clouds before retiring into the mountains. And as she faded away, she released pink, purple and orange ribbons for us to chase as the rest of the world behind us transformed into black abyss. Then she reappeared into the night sky as the first and brightest star any human eye can manage to spot. The light of her life twinkled in our eyes and that’s when we knew, this was not a time for a goodbye.

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