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I love God & my family. Some of my hobbies include; natural hair, music, fashion, and did I mention natural hair. I am the ultimate girlie girl; I love dressing up, doing hair, makeup, fashion and SHOES. I value family, life, embrace self acceptance and cherish the things God give me to steward. I am optimistic and also a skeptic. It cost absolutely nothing to be positive or negative, I choose to be positive. This blog will incorporate a mixture of things that I am most passionate about. The main focus is hair but I will throw other things in there every once in a while. Please feel free to comment and ask questions, I LOVE QUESTIONS! Since going natural I have been glued to my laptop, I enjoy networking with other naturals who share the same love and respect for natural hair. My goal is to reach waist length hair by Aug 23, 2013. Thank you for stopping by Peace & blessings. Happy growing!!!!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Shany 12 Color Palette, Smokey Eyes, 6 Ounce REVIEW


With all the great reviews it was hard to let this pallet slip away. I receive mine early and upon opening it I was happy to see the size of the pallets. They were as big as the half dollar which is awesome because I don't have to worry about running out anytime soon.

The colors were highly pigmented. No complaints here. Great product




 

 

 

Makeup Brush set hault and review



After losing most of my makeup brushes I decided to invest in a brush kit. I searched through many reviews on amazon and thought I would never find what I was looking for. My wants were as followed:

*Good quality brushes at an affordable price
*a lot of shadow brushes (i have a lot of color and cant stand wiping color off same to use another color)
*Shadow brushes that picked up color

I searched for 1 whole week and came upon this kit. I liked what the brushes were made of and the amount of shadow brushes that was offered grabbed my attention. After reading both good and bad reviews I decided to try this.




PROS:
1. They arrived earlier than estimated so that was a PLUS.
2. The presentation was great, the case came in a nice deep red color, and upon unraveling it were tons of brushes include:

*1 fan brush
*3 medium brushes
*1 concealer brush
*1 blending brush
*1 angle brush
*5 shadow brushes!! (range from normal to small)
*The rest were a combo of lip, brow, and liner and mascara brushes. Basically you have a all the brushes u need.

3. These brushes  are soft, dense and sturdy. They will pick up color well


CONS:

1.The medium brushes I believe they are foundation and blush brushes. My existing brushes are huge so to see these so small I almost couldn't identify them, but I guess they come in different sizes. Upon using them i notice they didn't pick up color that well but I plan to make them work.

2. There are more small brushes that I wouldn't mind replacing with more shadow brush but I'm an eye shadow girl. Nevertheless I plan to make use of them all.

3. The worst part of all the cons is  I experienced a lot if shedding upon applying. I went back on the site to read the reviews of people who complained about shedding and someone suggest to wash the brushes in gentle shampoo before use so I did just that, I also pulled on the brissels the best i could. The next morning I used them and it did decrease the shedding but it didn't eliminate it. I use the fan brush to wipe the hairs off my face. This set gets the work done but its not the best quality due to shedding which is one issue i never experience before with brushes.

Overall I gave this product 3 out of 5 stars. I wouldn't recommend this to a friend. But if you are a beginner i say go for it. Its good for getting practice

Looks that I have achieved with this product





Friday, June 15, 2012

UPDATE!!

Hello all,


 I would like to apologize for taking a long hiatus. This year started off with unpleasant surprises. In 2 months i lost an aunt to inflammatory breast cancer she was just 28 yrs old. My neighbor/fam friend died to bile duct cancer shortly after, she was 37 (left behind two kids and a husband). one of my best friends was in a car accident that took the life of her 2 kids they were 9 and 5 yrs old. It was one tragedy after another.

Life is so precious it can be taken away in just a breath and although I know my loved ones are in a better place it is us left on earth who suffer. I ask God to give everyone involved strength especially my friend Erica how have to be remembered everyday that her kids are gone. My heart goes out to everyone.

 






 As far as my hair goes up until this month it has been in one PS after another. After taking down my last sew in i discovered that an entire braid had been cut off in my crown area. I freaked out but what can you do? I didn't do it nor can i figure out at what point it happened. It is so disappointing to have something like that happen especially when I pay close attention to the care of my hair. It seems like every time someone else touches my hair I am unhappy with something. I decided to turn to wigs for a change. To be honest I really dislike not having access to my scalp when it itches or sweat with weave in. My hair told me it needed a wash and i couldn't give it what it wanted. *sigh* With a wig i can wash and co-wash whenever i please while keeping my hair in cornrows underneath...besides i want to get comfy with handling my new length.

I will be doing the crown and glory growth technique Wig Regimen w/ a combination of the castor oil challenge. Here is how it works:

1. Sleep in a satin or silk sleep bonnet.
2. wear natural braids under wig.
3. Deep condition weekly
4. clarify hair as needed
5. Drink lots of water daily
6. Hot oil (castor oil mixed with coconut oil) treatment weekly

goal: to retain length.

http://www.growafrohairlong.com/wigs.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later gators <3