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Tea Tree Oil Shampoo and Conditioner Set Tea Tree Oil Shampoo This is the product Maple Holistics sent me. I've never been big on the "organic and all-natural" movement, but I rarely turn down an opportunity for free stuff. When Maple Holistics  reached out and offered me free shampoo in exchange for a review, I figured, "What do I have to lose?" Nothing. I had nothing to lose. AND I GAINED EVERYTHING! Okay, okay, a bit dramatic. But hey, when you live your entire life with dandruff and eczema, an itchy, flaky head is no joke. This is gross — and maybe TMI — but I've reached a point where scratching my head and coming away with bloody nails isn't that uncommon. The skin is just so irritated! Or it was, before this shampoo. Maybe I should give the organic, all-natural movement a second look, because dang, this stuff really works .

Herbal Essences Smooth Shampoo Herbal Essences Smooth Conditioner About a week ago, I got a package in the mail. Free shampoo! And conditioner. Herbal Essences is working with BzzAgent . They sent me a set of their Smooth Collection shampoo and conditioner, made with rose hips, vitamin e, jojoba extracts, and 0% silicone.

So some of you may have noticed that I'm currently in college. Yes, that's right, I am officially an Elementary Education major attending university in Indiana. I've been texting around photos of stuff like chapel or my new haircut. OKAY yeah sorry got a bit carried away there.... but TADA! I AM CLAUDIA DONOVAN. Or... you know, almost. Not quite to her level of sarcasm and genius yet. Nor, sadly, do I work at Warehouse 13. But whatever, I've got the hair down. Anyway... the point of this post is just to announce an upcoming series in which I write posts (and/or possibly VLOG yes I mean vlog!) about college. You know, from my random individual freshman point of view. It will be called The College Chronicles and I really don't know anything else yet. So stay tuned!

 {Corresponding lists written before I got the cut; notes in italics are edits from after I actually lived with the haircut for a couple of days.} Source

Before (I took an insane number of selfies before the cut. I kid you not: I have more selfies than senior photos, I think. Let's just say I went a little shutter-happy?) Yeah, the lighting's better in some than others... but I'm working with an absolutely awful cell phone camera.  That's about as good as they get.  Anyway... AFTER ! So what do you think?

Week Fifteen: Curling Wand Tutorial {all photos linked to source} The Pin: how to use a clipless curling wand

Week Fourteen: No-Heat Hair Curling {all photos linked to source} The Pin: no-heat wavy hair tutorial

Week Nine: Sock Bun Hair Curling {all photos linked to source} (Sorry this is late!  I suppose moving, even when it's just a virtual move, still messes life up a bit.  This was scheduled to go up today but then was switched to draft during the move yesterday.) The Pin: sock bun hair

  Week Six: DIY Painted Bobby Pins {all photos linked to source}   The Pin:     Nail polish bobby pins  

{via} Hair. And not just mine, either - although that is, in my opinion, my best feature.  (I wrote a blog post about my hair, once, and talked about donating hair to making wigs for sick kids going bald.)  Hair is generally the first thing I notice about a person, whether it's my first time meeting them or we're best friends.  I don't know why.  My eyes are just drawn to hair. :P {via}  {via}   For laughs. ;) {via}

My (mostly)strawberry-(just slightly)blond hair is my favorite feature.  I would say it's my best, but there are people reading this who would disagree.  So we'll stick with "favorite." I recently received a postcard in the mail.  That in itself is not exactly a big deal... except this was my Locks of Love donor recognition postcard!