3 Months Natural!!!

The only things that drives me nuts so far is how dry it can get and the shrinkage....oh, the shrinkage. Oh, and I have to comb my hair now.....   -_- I never knew pain so bad, lol. I love it so far. I'm still learning and still sticking to natural products only.

My Baby Sis BC'd!

My baby sis BC'd (Big Chopped) last Friday!!! I welcome her to the natural community! (More pics below).

Happy New Year!!!!!

Happy New Year!

What I'm Learning About My Hair....

I have been natural since November and did my final cut removing all my relaxed hair; I'm learning some new things about my hair:

1. I Can't Define My Hair Texture......Yet: I actually don't care if my hair is 3c or 4a/b or whatever...My hair as it is growing out now is unruly. It's a combination of coils and curls. I will have to wait until it actually starts to grow out before I "define" it. Lol.

2. I Have To Use Natural Hand Lotions: I have eczema and it effects my scalp as well (one of the reasons I decided to go natural) and I have this problem keeping my hand out of my hair. Smh, it's bad, really bad. Every 5 minutes you will find me playing with a coil or massaging my scalp. So, I switched to Shea Butter hand cream because it doesn't have a fragrance that will irritate my scalp.

3. I Have No Hair Goals: I have seen/read tons of blogs by girls who are hung up on length. I have worn a pixie/gamine haircut since I was 13 (with the occasional grow out/weave), so I never had any kind of attachment and/or obsession with length. I do want healthy hair though; that's all I want. Whatever length it gets to is up to God and I receive the blessing. I do know that I used to fuss with my hair stylist because every six weeks I had to have my hair cut back into the style because it kept growing out, lol.

4. If I Don't Care, They Don't Care:  Anyone who knows me can tell you that I'm always changing my hair. I always keep my hair healthy, and do whatever up keep is needed to maintain my style. So since I have went natural, I have received comments about it but since I rock it like this was made just for me I get nothing but compliments. I have never been a person to have patience with transitioning. I just BC'd (Big Chopped) and moved on. I also like to be daring and walking around with a really short cut really tests how you really feel about yourself. With my haircut, there's nothing in front of you but my face; no cute cut, colour, style, length. It's just me.

5. Natural Products Work Best: I guess it would make sense since chemicals have been destroying my skin since a child (I use detergents with no fragrance, and most perfumes I stay away from because they actually blister my skin!!). I laugh now because I'm slowly turning into those people who are one product away from being a tree hugger).

6. Moisture, Moisture, Moisture!: My hair gets dry so incredibly fast! I have to apply oil to it before I sleep and a rich hair dress to it before I leave the house. I pay close attention to the way hair responds to the hair products. Trial and error works best for me these days.

7. Like Minded Inspiration: Whenever I like something, I always look up the image(s) and save them to look back on later. It helps me keep focused. I also like looking and reading  natural hair blogs but I don't follow everyone of them, just the ones that I feel like we're on the same page. Lol. You know what I mean.....



Well, I will try to keep documenting this interesting journey. I'm learning more about myself and embracing the way God made me. Be blessed.

Pics of The Haircut!!!

So it's been a little over a month since I BC (Big Chopped) my hair off. It's now blonde and starting to curl and coil everywhere. I have some pics (finally) of my hair before my recently haircut last Friday:


So I'm done being blonde. I have enjoyed it but with this crazy cold New York weather, I am not trying to get lifting my hair. From October to now I have lifted my hair 3 times!!! My hair is growing like crazy! I have been deep conditioning and treating it because I don't want damaged natural hair. So I'm going to........do an espresso or rich brown colour. I was tempted to do black but since my natural hair colour is in the sandy brown family that would be work that I don't need to do during the cold months, and also black colour always messes with my hair texture. I have no clue why.

Anyway, moving on. I have fell in love with this mens necklace that I purchased from Urban Outfitters. The line is called Waylaid and its a Ribcage! I love it! People ask me why I would buy it and my response is why not? The line has some awesome necklaces, I want to buy a couple more this winter. Well, that's all for now. Be blessed.













image source: urbanoutfitters.com

It’s A Party!

Today the Youth of Mt. Olive is going to show some love to the Youth at Shepherd’s House (why am I not surprised, lol). They are having a block party and we are going to go show some love and support. I love the fact that young people can come together and have a great time for the Lord. I just got back from the salon and I finally got my beautician to dye my hair black. I have been bickering with her forever about this topic; she wants to streak it and I’m like “NO WAY!” I won! Well, this time I did. I am so looking forward to later. I’ll keep you posted.

I've Been Unfaithful

Let me explain. My beautician whom I have been seeing faithfully every 2 weeks for almost a year decides to go on vacation the week of Resurrection Sunday. It wasn't too bad because my hair was already done, but this week the burgundy hair color started to look red with brown high-lights! I assure you it looks worst than it sounds. So I needed to get my hair done ASAP. The thing is I can't walk into just any salon because as a short hair card caring girl of over 10+ years (I cut my first pixie cut at 13 years old) I have learned not everyone can style short hair. So one of my younger sisters in Christ took me to a salon her mother goes to (If you're not from the West Indies it would be hard to explain why I went in at 6:30pm and didn't get out until midnight, lol) and the end result was AMAZING! She cut my hair (just the way I wanted it) and dyed it dark brown (it looks black) and curled it so that I wouldn't have any work to do with my hair for the next week and a half! I can say it was worth the wait......the problem now is seeing my beautician when she comes back. The fact that I went to someone else will be obvious (new cut & color) so I will need your prayers that she doesn't do any damage to my hair or me, lol. Now let's look at that from a spiritual level really quick.
We are in that position everyday, we sin and the evidence is obvious to God. He can see the stains on our garments, the stench that can't be hidden with perfume. The amazing thing is that He takes us back every single time, cleans us up and puts us on our feet and in the right direction every single time. But He does tell us this one thing "....go and sin no more" (John 8:11). I looked up the word repent recently and came to this amazing realization: when you repent you turn away from the sin that cause the separation between you and God. You are in one direction and when you seek God's forgiveness, you turn and walk in the opposite direction. So that had me wondering, those of us (and I include me) who sin, ask God for forgiveness, sin, ask God for forgiveness for the same thing, we have to realize that we're not repenting. If we were, we wouldn't have to keep going back to God about the same thing over and over. We need to come before God, place the problem before Him, LEAVE IT THERE, and walk in the opposite direction. Need an example on how to approach God in prayer about a sin, repent, and go back into fellowship with God? Read Psalm 51. David, who was called "A Man after God's Own Heart", practically, committed every single sin when you read about the story about him and Bathsheba. But he didn't let the sin prevent him from getting back into fellowship with God. He went before God asking for a clean heart and a right spirit, something that we have to ask for ourselves. You must remember your heart affects everything; it's what's in your heart that affects the way you act and behave..... Wow. I didn't mean to go on like that, but it needs to be said sometimes. And you know what they say "sharing is caring". Be blessed.