One of my best friends visited her homeland a few months ago and brought me back raw shea butter and coconut oil. Nothing like the real thing from Ghana. With my riches from the mother land I decided to make … Continue reading
Whipped shea butter
Category Archives: Beauty
Ayurvedic facial
A few months ago I realized that my skin just isn’t what it used to be. Simply washing it twice a day just wasn’t cutting anymore. If I wanted to keep my youthful, glowing smooth skin I had to make … Continue reading
International Make-Up Lesson
My dear friend Nikki lives in Toronto, and because of that we don’t get to see each other as much as I would like. Fortunately for us, technology has helped in communicating by way of videochat.
There have been instances where she would show me how she applied her makeup before work. Since she is a make up guru and my dear friend, I asked her to do a makeup tutorial and was excited when she agreed. I used Too my Faded French & Fabulous palette (bday gift from Toni), and a Revlon lipstick given to me by none other than the guru herself. The following is my new wear to work face.
Too Faded palette
Eye shadow
Blush
lightly colored lips
Complete look
I will wear this look for the next week at work.
Thanks Nikki, I love you lots ❤
Hail to the V!
While enjoying a matinee with my dear friend Joanne, a new Summer’s Eve commercial was played and I couldn’t help but laugh. It essentially tells women that a woman’s vagina is the most powerful thing in the universe and to make sure to show it some love by using Summer’s Eve. Who knew that the song that my mother and sisters have been singing to me for years would make it to the big screen ;). Below is the video, enjoy!
Ashley Graham Interviews Sabina and Alyona from Ford+ Models
Being skinny should never be the goal, being aware of your flaws and still accepting them should be the norm. Realizing that this is your body and being happy with what you have is the right way of thinking. You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
Color me black/brown/yellow/mocha/white
” You know I would talk to you if you were lighter, if your nose wasn’t so wide and if your lips weren’t so big”
Those words stung and crushed the little girl I was at 13. That comment came from a boy I had a HUGE crush on who I was hoping one day would ask me to be his girlfriend. I will never forget those words and how they made me feel. It took me a while to realize that not everyone is going to have the same opinions as me on who and what is beautiful. I realized that trying to fit into a mold no matter what you think you are suppose to look like is toxic and exhausting. So regardless of how you look whether you are black/brown/yellow/mocha/white, you are beautiful. Everyone has their own struggle and beauty isn’t only skin deep. Believing that first is key, everyone else will follow.
I came across these pics of “ethnic” dolls and made me think of the Band, as a few of my friends were called when we went to Toronto.
Check out how fly those outfits and the confidence those dolls are exuding. I decided to name each doll after the members 🙂
From left to right:
Cheray, Rhy, Winnie, Toni, Q.
Natural Hair Idols
A little over 3 years ago right before the 2008 new year, I decided that I was going to stop relaxing or “perming” my hair. I am not 100% sure why, I just know I said it and stopped. Come to think of it , maybe it had something to do with the fact that a week prior my house burned down and we lost every thing and this was the first new year I spent homeless…
Anywho, since I’d spent the last 11 years of my life relying on perm and a good Dominican blow out, I didn’t know what to do. I kept straightening it for a long time, but that damaged my hair and to make matters worst I dyed it. You can only imagine what that led to, fried and frizzy hair. For the first time in my life, my hair was not looking cute, my crown and glory was gone. As sad as it is for me to admit now, I hid behind my hair and looking like buckweed most of the time didn’t help my self esteem. Finally in September of 2009 my dear friend Q came over with Rhy and Cheray to give me the big chop ( all natural divas). She even brought a pair of “hair” scissors. She cut about 6 inches off. I almost cried… ok i cried after they left. Even then I still had tons of damaged hair. I still didn’t know what to do with my hair besides wash and gos and dabbing a little bit of Carol’s daughter hair milk. I did wash & gos everyday even in the winter for another year, another not so great idea. My hair didn’t grow much and I almost went back to perming because I didn’t want to deal with the madness that it was anymore. Finally in September 2010, I discovered youtube, and what it had to offer me in terms of advice on hair and how to take care of it. I discovered taren916 & Kiffe coco. They were amazing in providing help with what to do and how to take care of natural hair. So thanks ladies! below is a tutorial from Taren916.
Desert Flower
This past week was a stressful one for me. I was drained emotionally and mentally. So as I was unwinding and scamming through Youtube for hair inspirations and a little entertainment, I came across Desert Flower‘s movie trailer. Based on a true story, the film depicts Waris Dire’s life. She is a former Somali model turned human’s rights activist with an incredible story. At the age of 13 she fled her family in order to escape an arranged marriage to a much older man. In 1997 at the height of her modeling career she publicly spoke about the female genital mutilation she had to undergo as a child. Sometimes it takes listening, watching someone else’s life to see that some people’s past is dark and the circumstances from that past help shape them into the person they are today. This movie looks interesting and well made. I can’t wait for it to open in all theaters next month. I will follow up with a review once that happens.
Below is the trailer.
What’s your style?
What’s your style? Is it urban? bohemian? What is it? What influences you? What helps you decide which store to go to to buy clothes? How do you do your hair? For me its my mother and my friends. It always starts with my mother. This blog is named after a nick name my mother and I have for each other. I remember going though my mother’s old pics and loving her clothes and wishing that she saved them for me. For a more modern influence I have my friends. Each one of our group, aka the band as we have been named ( this story will be another blog post), have our own individual style. They have inspired me to create my very own. These women are fierce and are comfortable in their own skin and even if they don’t feel like it a day they will fake it until even they start believing it. Love them! ❤
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