Beautiful Me!!

Hey all!  Thanks for stopping by my blog! My name is Alesha and I hope to share with you  everything I have come to know about skincare and makeup; and trust me it's all been through costly trial and error.   Above is a picture of me strapped in on a roller coaster, which is a well suited metaphor for my relationship with my skin! I am 25 and I have frustratingly high maintenance skin.  As a low maintenance, laid back girl always on the go, my skin is continually a concern dancing in the back of my mind I just wish would go away.  I have spent the past 12 years trying out the latest and greatest products in hopes of streamlining my beauty regimen so that this high maintenance skin can finally be low maintenance more like me.  Hopefully I can help save you some time, money and effort through sharing my experience with you on this blog. 

I will admit, I was the kid in junior high who would beg my parents to stay home from school on days when Mt. Vesuvius would emerge smack dab in the middle of my face.  If my parents had let me have my way I would have missed a LOT of school.  Fortunately with age and experience has come the knowledge that the most important beauty secret is; and I know I run this risk of sounding irritatingly cheesy here but, confidence.   With confidence and a sincerely positive attitude beauty can't help but shine through even the most problematic of skin.  I'll continue with the honesty here that I still consider calling in a sick-day when I wake to a hideous break-out as a 25 year old woman!   I have come to view my relationship with my skin like a war-torn battleground, and my biggest weapon, is my Confidence!  Even with an embarrassing break-out I remain vigilant with my skincare routine, apply a little extra concealer and head out to face the world with a smile, whether I'd really like to or not! This to me is the source of my beauty.