Look Good....Feel Better

This past week has been so hectic, I apologize for not being able to keep everyone updated. I have done a lot in the last six days so I figured I would blog about everything! Monday was a busy day for me. I was feeling really sick, but early in December my mom had signed me up for a class called "Look Good, Feel Better!". I almost didn't go but I figured this class was too good to miss. So I went out to my mom to University Hospitals out in Chardon and attended the class!

Look Good, Feel Better!
Look Good, Feel Better is a service program that allows any women who are undergoing chemo, radiation or any type of cancer treatment to feel good about themselves! They have specially trained volunteered beauty professionals come in and teach you how to look good and feel better. The class starts off with everyone introducing themselves and telling their story. This part, I felt, was so powerful because you realize everyone is going through the same thing as you. I was the youngest one there, so obviously not everyone was in the same situation as me, however we all had one thing in common. Our lives were stopped because of cancer. We were not going to let Cancer get in the way of our fight, nor were we going to allow cancer to stop us from looking good!

After the introductions, they handed us our beauty kits! The amazing thing about Look Good, Feel better is that everything is free. The beauty kits contains over $200 worth of makeup and all of it is name brand.

They walk you step by step how to apply each makeup item you received. They stop and wait for everyone to be finished applying a product and make sure you understand everything before moving on. The beauticians also walk around and individual talk to every person in that room and asks a little bit more about your story. They really make sure you feel at home and are comfortable in your surroundings which I loved!

After you are all done applying everything you get to look in the mirror and see the finished product:

Before

After



After you are all done with your makeup the show you some ways you can dress to make yourself feel confident. They also give you a Cancer cookbook that gives you a zillion recipes to make! There's recipes to make all the way from where you are feeling sick to post chemo foods! I am excited to try this cookbook when I am done in Disney and make some yummy food!

I loved going to this program and recommend anyone who is going through chemo to try it! It definitely made me forget I was going through something traumatic while I was there. I met so many amazing women and I wouldn't trade this moment for anything!