30 minute morning

So after a fatigue filled day yesterday, I woke up this morning with less energy (equivalent to none) and wondered what the fastest and easiest way would be to get ready for work.  I have long hair and its pretty damn stubborn. So needless to say, in my eyes--that of a Fibro Fighter-- I had a difficult morning ahead of me. Turns out I was ready in 30 minutes... including my breaks and all. So I thought to myself 'why not share your findings of an easy morning with all Fibromites?'  So here is the fastest way to get ready (for me) in the mornings.

I have, like I said before, long, unruly hair that has its good days and bad days like everything else we experience with this wonderful illness.  My go-to quick fix for this is believe it or not HOT ROLLERS!  Everyone loves a cute wave in long tresses... but I don't have the time, energy or muscle strength in my arms to do it with a curling iron or flat iron... and I've never actually tried the wand but to me seems pretty much as effective as a curling iron.  I tend to wash my hair at night, since I zumba in the evening, and let it air dry through out the night--this also helps avoid heat damage from the blow dryer.  I plug in my hot rollers-- which were pretty inexpensive but well worth the investment--and let them heat up for about ten minutes.  During this ten minute lapse I do one of two things, if I was proactive enough the prior night to pick out my clothes then I get all my make up stuff ready and if not I get my clothes ready (or take a break). So my make up consists of 5 things on my lazy days: foundation, powder, a pencil liner, mascara and lipstick. Ok so now that I've gathered my materials, my rollers are ready to be put in.  I put them in slowly 'cause they're hot. At most, my hair takes about 8 (if I want a tight curl) or maybe 5-6 if I want loose curls.  While they're on and they set, I put on my foundation, pat on my powder, curl my lashes and mascara them up, add a little liner on the bottom (or top) lid, and as a cute punch I add a bright red or pink lipstick. So my rollers have been on a good 10 minutes by now so I take them off and there it is! I pump in some shine serum and I'm done.

Personally, my bangs are a bit frizzy so I go over them quickly with a straightener but most people don't have that problem so you lucky ones can skip this step.

So now I get dressed and I'm out the door.

I realized this morning that I have lots of shortcuts that I never really realized were precisely that, shortcuts to make my life as a Fibro Fighter a bit easier.  I hope this helped a bit!

If you have any questions, please let me know or feel free to comment away!

This isnt from today but more or less what the outcome is! :)