Parvati Magazine February 2014 - Sobriety | Page 26

BEAUTY

DISCIPLINE
To Look Your Best

BEAUTY
I know so many young
professional women who
are the same. They come
into the spa tired, frustrated, and broken out.
“I can’t say no,” one of
my clients said to me recently, “I try to do everything – and look at my
skin!” Chantel Simmons
blogged about the same
thing, writing: “I can never
say no. I say yes to everything. And then I end up
feeling overworked and
overwhelmed and underappreciated and resentful and wishing that I
would’ve said no.”
“Ditto sista friend,” I almost said to my monitor
when I read that.

I

had my eczema flare up recently in a way that I haven’t seen in years. While I could say
that it’s excess inflammation and high internal heat, that would be a cop out. The fact of
the matter is that lately I