Natural Hair and Lifestyle
We have all seen the many articles and heard countless stories of people being mistreated or reported or disciplined because of unprofessional hair in their workplaces. What is unprofessional hair? Well employers have said this is "unkempt" hair ...and almost always unkempt equals kinky/coily/frizzy/messy. Firstly I must say I can understand why messy unkempt hair…
Continue reading ➞ What is Unprofessional Hair in the Workplace?
Men unfortunately have opinions about everything (just kidding), and their number one concern happens to be a woman's appearance! (again just “kidding”) We all know they have opinions on how we dress, how much makeup we wear, and of course our hair. I asked a few men to answer some questions for me regarding their…
Continue reading ➞ I Asked 3 Men What They Think About Black Hair…
I love to write, hence this blog! I write down everything and come back to it later, meaning I am scribbling everywhere all the time. I have 4 journals (and counting ) that I write in daily. I love picking up little cute journals while shopping and collecting them so I will always have a…
So…I realized money would not make me happy. *I’m doing something different this week and collaborating with another great blogger! She has awesome content similar to this post over on xojanielr.com! Be sure to read till the end to find out about "You Aren't Rich Until You Have Something Money Cant Buy"* I was watching my…
Continue reading ➞ So… I Realized Money Wouldn’t Make Me Happy…
Brands come out with new products daily, and if not it feels that way. There is always a new product with a new name and new packaging but the secret is it does the same thing the rest of your products do. There are gels, thick creams, water based products like leave in conditioners, regular conditioner, shampoo, deep conditioners, edge controls/pomades, and oils. (I…
Recently I did a poll on my Instagram stories asking “do you feel you see a fair representation of 4C hair on social media?”. Here were the results. This interested me a lot, it being split right down the middle. I got someone who asked what was type 4 hair, and I found that funny…
Continue reading ➞ Type 4 Hair Representation in the Natural Hair Community
When you do not want to anything that would move your life forward (or that requires energy that you don’t have). i.e. working out, studying, applying to jobs, cleaning, writing, promoting your personal projects, making those doctors appointments because who else is gonna do it, laundry , the list goes on and on and on and…
Anxiety: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.Anxiety comes in many forms—panic attacks, anxiety attacks, phobia, and social anxiety—and the distinction between a disorder and "normal" Deep Breaths. I know its cliche but it actually works. Its like your slowing your body…
Hey all! On my birthday (July 28th woo!) , I got a protective style for my week long cruise. Because who wants to do their hair on vacation? I wanted something quick and easy, so I got the fairly popular style of 6 feed in/goddess braids with small braids in between. There was much deliberation…
Continue reading ➞ First Time Feed In Braids! : Trigger Warning Included
I happened to be natural all my life, but only taking the healthy hair journey seriously about 5 years ago. However dealing with my hair the wrong way for some of my life helped tremendously in learning what works best for my hair and my journey.
