Beauty Treatments

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Last week I was asked to fill in for our Pastor's Wife who leads my church's' Women's Ministry bible study. I said, "Sure, be happy to." Then as the week went on I kept thinking about what I could share with the ladies from last weeks homework. We're currently on Chapter 2 of Esther where the young women were gathered up from the neighboring towns and were then to complete 12 months of beauty treatments before they had their big moment before King Xerxes to see if they would be chosen to be the next Queen.

If your not familiar with the story, the basis was that beauty was not something you already had. It was a treatment... you had to get that way. Pretty disheartening isn't it? Fast forward 2,000 years and not much has changed in our beauty treatment driven society.

I prayed, "God you've got to show up! What am I going to talk about?" His reply... "Your bangs."

My hair is always been my thing... growing up I didn't have the cool clothes but I had great hair. That I could always do well. Society is no different today in the messages we get from media and magazines... you have to have great, healthy, celebrity hair, yada yada yada. So I brought a box filled with all my hair stuff that I use daily. But I took it a step further, TO KEEP IT REAL...

I told the ladies that I could relate to the beauty treatment standards we've come to know today and that I wasn't any less affected by it then they were and I wanted to show them what it takes to have great hair.

First up was a box of my Loreal hair color. The ladies all burst out laughing! At that point I was relieved because I wasn't sure how they were going to receive my little demonstration, but after that I knew they were with me.

Then I told them to keep the color strong I had to use color enhancing shampoo and then pulled out my Pantene Brunette Expressions and explained that these kept my color looking vibrant and hide the GRAY!! (More laughter)

Then I told them next in my regime was the silky serum gloss that I use to give my hair SHINE. You can apply it wet or dry so I proceeded to squirt some on my hand and then ran my fingers through my hair again explaining how this slicker stuff keeps my hair shiny. (more laughter and they started asking questions)


Next was my spray bottle of V-0-5 leave in conditioner to prevent split-ends (more laughter).

Then I explained that once my hair was blown dry, I would then roll it up in my Velco Rollers and I pulled 2 bags of my large and small size rollers. (I thought they were going to fall on the floor they were laughing so much) They started oooo-ing and awe-ing and then one of the ladies asked for a demonstration so I said Sure!


I then pulled out my 4 different hair brushes, each one designed for a different hair purpose and demonstrated how to use a Velcro roller.

I put 1 roller in my hair and walked around like that for awhile~ now that had their attention I tell you! Then I explained that once my hair was rolled up I then go and make breakfast, lunches, etc. and by the time we head back upstairs to brush our teeth, my hair is set and the rollers are ready to come out.

Then I showed them how I brush my hair and shellac my hair with Aqua Net hairspray,

and then I pulled out my face-shield so that I don't get hair spray on my face. (More laughter, proceeded by more questions on where to get a face shield).

Then this is where I previously prayed to God and told him that I needed him to SHOW UP and finish this silly demonstration of mine off and He did. I then showed the ladies how I style my hair to have my bangs juuuuuuust right so that they are swept-over perfection to cover ONE of my eyebrows. Then the room got quiet.

I told them that when people smile, their eyebrows usually BOTH go up naturally. But NOT ME. I told them to get ready to look, because I was going to smile and when I smile, 1 eyebrow goes UP and 1 eyebrow goes DOWN. So then I did it, I smiled. There I was all goofy showing them my lopsided eyebrows and they were all smiling and giggling when they indeed saw it too.

But that was my point! I told them that we all know people who have visible "flaws" that are obviously there but when we LOVE them, we don't see those flaws anymore. They just disappear and that is exactly how God sees us... without our flaws. Just the INNER beauty is seen. His salvation that lives in us and His word that we read by being daily in the word, lives in us, and that radiates a INNER BEAUTY that is ATTRACTIVE to others and that is what people are attracted to when they see Christ in us.

Those precious ladies in the room understood the point I was trying to make. We don't have to have celebrity hair, just have God in their heart and live your life HIS WAY. He is the inner beauty treatment for us ladies!

I hope this post speak to the ladies out there. I know you feel the pressure out there, we all do and I'm no different in how it affects me like it does to you too. But let's keep it real and love on your lady friends as someone who sees past the flaws. Our looks can be gone in a moment, but our inner beauty continues to be the light of the world.

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