Natural Hair Confessions

This is the piece that I wrote for Curly Nikki's "On the Red Couch" series. It's about how my self-esteem was connected to my natural hair during my adolescent years. It's quite long, so I put this behind the cut.

To the drawing board

As Erin from Scandalous Beauty would say, women of color should try bold colors. So I took it upon myself to try it this weekend. Here's a few shots that I took of said colors

I quite liked the look of brown and green together because I like how earth tones look together. This look was all practice as you can see because I didn't finish the whole eye off with liner, mascara and all that.

So after this, I washed off the brushes and tried my everyday look along with my foundation. I was quite proud of how I did and it looked flawless. Half picture underneath the cut

Hair care trends

A popular product for skin, coat paws...and the scalp

My one gripe with hair comms and forums are how quickly they can bounce between "hair trends". I define hair trends as a new treatment that we try in order to find the solution to a majority of our hair care needs.

It seems like everyday, there's a new hair care trend that people like to try. When I first started taking better care of my hair, it was Mane-and-Tail. A few years later, it was Megatek (a.k.a a line of products that are meant for equine grooming). Now, it seems like everyone is rinsing their hair with tea (something that would be frowned upon in my house because my mom LOVES her tea and would rather not see it go on my head). My question is is it really worth trying out every new hair trend that comes out?

Now if it sounds like I'm demeaning anyone for using these products, that is not my intention, I just want to explore the topic because it's very intriguing.

I wonder if people that have tried these have actually sticked to them or if they're flash in the pan fads...do let me know!

What to do with all these free t-shirts?

What to do with these free t-shirts?

As a college student, there's lots of free stuff up for grabs if you look in the right place. Food, t-shirts, pencils and other odds and ends are available if you're in the right place in the right time. This picture shows only some of the t-shirts I have in varying sizes (my largest is the "all nighter shirt"/first green shirt on the bottom which is a 2XL). With these free t-shirts, people tend to use them as pajamas or shirts to wear when someone doesn't feel like getting dressed properly for class. Other than those purposes, what do you like to use giveaway t-shirts for?

I'll start: I use the oversized t-shirts for drying my hair. Regular towels put knots in my hair and creates tangles that I worked so hard to untangle and prevent.

3 ways to stay active during a heat wave

Here in DC and across the Eastern seaboard, there is no denying that we are in the middle of a heat wave. As someone who has breathing problems, this makes exercising outside more difficult. Heat waves happen very often during the summer around here so we have to find a way to exercise safely indoors as well as outdoors. These are some of the ways that I keep interest in exercising indoors and ways I stay healthy if (and I really do mean IF) I'm exercising outside.

Food post: Breakfast parfait

In the mornings when I'm at home or if I have enough time to make this during the week, I like to make a breakfast parfait so that I can get a bit of calcium and fiber in the morning. Here's how I do it:

Products on the wish list: June 2011

WAKE UP WAKE UP, IT'S THE FIRST OF THE MONTH!

There's always a product on the wish list that you either want to try or buy. Whether its because its out of your price range, limited availability or you can't be bothered to go out of your way to get it-the wish list never goes away. Every month, I'm going to post a wishlist-the wishlist doesn't mean I'm going to buy the product, its just stuff that I want to check out when the month ends and if I like it enough, I'll buy it. So under the jump is a wish list for June 2011.