Forever Rose

We all know that 26 year old Amber Rose is a model, former exotic dancer. She is of itailian and cape verdian descent. She's known for being on Kanye's arm and looking fierce with her fashion forward thinking... what I like about her is that she gives me ideas that I can integrate in my own style :)

Look once now double back because this is indeed Amber Rose with hair... I'm still trying to figure this one out....
I noticed Amber like Nicki has this thing for tights... anything clingy, different, and latex but I'm finding different sides of Ms. Rose


Her shape is Amazing

Not liking this at all, its ill fitting and unclassy the rippling of the dress is proof that its a tad bit to small... the fabric and the color together just looks cheap :(


I LOVE IT!!!! Im not crazy about the tights and latex but im crazy about her in these dresses. Its so classy and chic, and the make up is always light and fresh.

Nails, Nails, Nails

I ran across these unique nail designs on the internet and I was inspired to try to attempt it myself.... you can see the results as soon as I find my cord to connect to my camera or my cell phone. But they are very creative and unique beats a french tip, solar, and american by like a thousand!!!!

Totally Teyana

Love her big kinky curly hair if its her's I dont know its questionable, but nevertheless I like her. Im not to crazy about her whole skateboard style but I love when she dresses vintage with a pair of bad pumps or boots not kicks, but thats just my opinion.

I would have never thought under all her heavy jewelry, graphic tops, and hats that there was a potential editorial model and a killer bod... shocked me.....

I See Spots

These bad boys will be mine before I go back to school so within the next 2 weeks I will have posession of these beauties with all the rest of my newbies. There cheetah printed Sperry's for 75 dollars. Not bad at all I could definetly see me rocking these with a skirt and gold vintage accessories.... I have a vision...

Sit Down, Lets Talk Hair....

Transitioning is growing your natural hair while maintaing length in your hair. I have learned that its best if I treat my whole head (both textures) as if it was natural. That does not mean flatironing your hair to combine both textures. That means no to low heat, frequent washes, and keeping your hair moisturized and that includes the use of water. All these years I have been ducking and dodging the one thing my hair needs and thats water inside and out.

The more I read and understand my hair the more I notice that we as a people are totally in the dark when it comes to our own hair. I have been taught to wash my hair every 2 weeks. Now I wash my hair atleast 4 times in that time spand. The use of products require us to wash our hair more frequently; products can and will cause build up on the scalp slowing donw the growing process. I know what your thinking we cant wash our hair twice a week it'll make our hair dry and brittle. Truth is it can be your shampoo thats drying your hair out. There's an ingredient in some shampoos called sulfate that will dry your hair out (depending on your hair type ofcourse). Before I wash my hair with a non sulfate shampoo I pre poo with EVOO followed by deep conditioner, I then massage my scalp with a leave in conditoner and let my hair air dry and then moisturize and seal and braid my hair. I also do co washes once a week with a cheapie V05, and repeat the process.

I have also heard people say that"going natural aint for everybody" It is the hair we all had before we discovered lye and no-lye relaxers. Its our natural hair so how can it not be for everybody? Nobody said transitioning was going to be glamourous and this wonderful easy journey of undoing over 10 years of relaxers but it can be done.

Where the natural hair and permed hair meet is a battle and the natural hair will win and you can take that to the bank. Although I am transitioning I am not concerned with length at the moment because I know sooner or later it will get cut. Where the two meet is the weakest part of your hair. Thats why protective styles are so important because it is best if you just LEAVE YOUR HAIR ALONE AND LET IT GROW!!!!!

(Hair)spiration

Im in my 4th month of transitoning and it hit me that yesterday I have a loooonnnnggggg way to go on the whole natural hair journey. So I did my research and found some inspiring pics to keep me going and im sharing them with you all.

On my hair journey I have not changed anything in my regimen my hair is still soft and very kinky towards the roots ofcourse thank god for new growth. Nothing has changed in my hair except I noticed when my hair is wet it is very likely to break or shed. When it comes to doing my hair when wet I must be very gentle especially with my braid outs my hair must be atleast half way dry.

As far as managing it as a whole its fine I love my wash days and Im head over heels for my co washes lol I love when its done air dryings and its just smelling good and fluffy and puffy omg!!!!

I havent bought any new products because the products I bought are working for me but I do plan on buying a new shampoo and conditioner within the next week or two and Im going to buy some hair milk?!?!?! Well thats enough words for tonight. God Bless

"If I'm Lying I'm Dyeing"

Im on my 4th month of transitioning and I washed my hair today and my hair is just feeling like silk right now... smoothe is the word... really healthy and soft and moisturized but not oily and it smells like heaven OMG!!!! On another note I did a little research today and im sharing some facts and myths on black hair care:

1.Cutting your hair doesnt make it grow faster your hair grows half an inch a month.

2. Brushing your hair 100 times over time can cause damage to your hair cuticles and cause breakage, it pulls hair out of the follicles and weaken individual strands of hair; it does not promote hair growth. Brush it to style and let it be.

3. Overuse of grease can block pores.

4. Try to use as little heat as possible especially if you have permed hair, it can be very damaging.

5. Do not perm your hair until it is bone straight just so you can put heat in it to give it volume.

6. If you pluck one grey hair more will not grow in its place but if you make it habt it can damage your roots.

7. You can not mend split ends I dont care what the bottle says, TRIM before it splits even more.

8. Massaging your scalp stimulate oil production.

9. "We" should shampoo our hair every 3 to 7 days ofcourse this varies depending on your hair type I personally wash on Mondays and co-wash on Thursdays.

10. If you sweat daily do to activities you should wash the salt out your hair with water and do a leave in conditioner.

11. When you detangle your hair please do it in sections and always start from the ends and work your way up and be gentle; patience is imperative.

Help a Sista Out...

This weekend I had the pleasure of kidnapping my aunt Sabrina who happens to be au natural... yall kno I been doing my hair research so it was time to experiment lol. She started by washing crap (cough)... I mean glue out her hair... after the conditioner and air drying process I moisturized and sealed her hair with the soft sheen finishing lotion and castor oil, I also massaged her scalp with grapeseed oil . We then did a quick twist out so her coils and curls will be bigger. This morning we untwisted her hair and just seperated them with our fingers and did a puff with a knee high (nothing less than amazing) She hates wearing her hair for some odd reason but today she was proudly rockin her hair.... for her hair sake im making her do her own hair research :

Shiny and Healthy

I also undid my braids from my co wash from thursday I used the same products to moisturize and seal and I used cantu shea butter on my edges and hear are the results...

My hair is not styled I just took down the braids and took a pic woop woop for new growth... going on 4 months!!!!

Wave Buh Bye...

Thus far im enjoying my new texture of hair its so soft and curly. These are pictures of my hair after my co-wash (conditioner wash) I combed through my hair in the shower and proceeded to the t shirt drying method for 15 minutes, I then sprayed my edges and nape with motions leave in conditioner and distributed the motions leave in creame throughout my hair, finally I bunned my hair and put my scarf on to let it air dry and when I removed the scarves I saw my little new growth all laid down looking good lol.

After the wash I had to moisturize and seal of course using Carson Soft sheen finishing lotion and my castor oil for the seal. When I finished I used just a little of Cantu Shea Butter on my edges. A review on my new products are coming soon because they are trully awesome and leave my hands and hair soft NOT OILY!!!!

It's really thick in there but with patience and clips its not too hard to manage. I definetly can not just try to run a comb through all of it at once oh no no no I must do my hair in sections. Other than that its not that bad I believe my natural hair wont be that difficult to manage (I hope). Well hair tips and faqs are next on my to blog list god bless :)

"Never Too Much"

So i've been doing my research and it was time to do a video on all the hair products I have bought over the few weeks.... The following products in the video are

1. Soft sheen-carson moisturizing finishing lotion- 8.99

2. Motions leave-in -3.99

3. Le Kair cholesterol-3.50

4. Parnevu Tea tree oil leave in- 3.99

5. vo5 Strengthening Conditioner- 1.00

6. Castor oil- 2.99

7. Organix passion fruit guava shampoo and conditioner- 6(each)

8. Mega care tea tree oil, grapeseed oil, and shea butter oil- 1.00(each)

9. Plastic clips- 2.49

10. Cantu shea butter- 4.39

11. Cold wave rods- 1.00(a pack)

*Im having slight difficulty loading the video hopefully it'll be here by tomorrow... thursday at the latest*

Braid(it) To The Back...

Lately for my hair I have been moisturizing it with shea butter oil, grape seed oil, and tea tree oil. I have also been braiding it so I want be tempted to mess with it. I wore my natural hair today which I havent done in a while and I was very satisfied with the results of my braid out!!!

The bigger the braid the looser the waves...

Unbraided, love my fading color

This is when I decided I might want to do the front...

Better view of the back... It's not a complete look but it's already gorgeous... im taking my hair down tomorrow for the grand finale ( I rebraided the back later that night)... cross your fingers :)

"Take Me Back"

Hello everyone just to bring you up to date me and some of my closest friends have decided to go natural No perm.... no heat... just a lot of conditioner and organic oils!!! I started off by accident actually I just got lazy and didnt feel like going through the relaxing process and 3 months later I decided ahhh... to heck with perms lol.

"Is that your hair"- get'em everytime lol

Im going natural WITHOUT the B.C. I''m going to post pics of my current protective hairstyle.

1.I started by parting my hair ear to ear

2.I braided the back of my hair in individual plaits then put the hair in bantu knots.

3.I placed my lace front wig on half my hair ( doesnt have to be a lace front any wig will do im just working with what I got)

4. Then I simply pin the remaining hair I left out over my wig.

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