Christmas Shopping

So Yesterday I went to school to drop off my final exam afterwards I headed to the mall to celebrate my freedom, out of school, quit work... As soon as I pulled up in the parking lot I had to ask myself did I really want to go in with all the chaos in the parking lot... So after about twenty minutes I finally found myself a park. I entered through Belk and they had this crazy shoe sale Im going back either today or tommorow because they had the cutest Dr. Shol (of all people) Moccasins they were 29.50 but I had left my coupon all the way back home. So I got out of Belk I went into Bakers but I didn't see anything too special.. I then went into Bebe I bought two logo shirts red and purple to add to my collection, they had buy one get one half off and I had my birthday coupon so for those I spent a total of 31.90. Then I went to Bath & Body Works cause they too had sent out a coupon spond 10$ get any thing free up to 13$. I looked for Winter Candy Apple Body Lotion surprisingly this year it dosen't look like I will get anything in that collection I ran all over my city last night to different BBW's and no one has any more :(

I was reading blogs and someone had blogged about the prettiest little Indian flats so I headed over to Payless to see if they had them, the first one I had went to didn't have my size and they were on sale for 9$ so she told my another store had my size and gave me a 3$ off coupon I was too excited I get over there and the shoes were 10$ but I didn't make a deal out of it so my total came out to like 7.91...

My Christmas List

So on my Christmas List I have

Every year I have the one same thing @ the top of my list, The Holiday Barbie, when I was a little girl my aunt used to get me one every year she made sure I collected them and since she has been gone I have skipped a few years in between the Barbie but I am currently trying to get a 2008 but Christmas just ain't Christmas without the Holiday Barbie!

A Beta Fish

I just really like these things I had one but I changed it's water one too many times and it died

Onyx OPI Nail Lacquer, I've never tried black on my nails before but it seems hot and Im going to try it on my nails and toes

Anything Jessica Simpson whether it be shoes or a purse I loooovveeee Jessy

And that is about all folks!

My favorite time of Year

It's Christmas time ya'll... Oh what a blessing it is to be able to see it... Every

year my family has a Christmas which this year its scheduled at our house this

comming Sunday but I remember last years party and three people who were

 with us last year will no longer be able to attend... So During this holiday season

forever so be thankful, take an over extreme amount of pictures and live, love,

 life ya'll ! ! !

Dieters Green Tea!

Slim Beauty Brand Dieter's Tea

 They say:   This Dieter's Tea is an all natural tea, soothing and relaxing especially delightful for those

who want to keep fit. You may expirence extra mild bowel movements for the first few days after

drinking this tea. This product contains Senna. Read and follow directions carefully.


Ingredients: Senna, Chick Weed, Black Walnut Leaf, Licorice


I say: Man this stuff is something serious. I have committed myself to this stuff over and over again. All

the time I'm starting to drink this ish then I'll stop. Me and my mama found out about this stuff years when

the Vietiamese lady we used to go get our nails done from lost her baby weight super quick.. I mean

 homegirl looked good! So she gave me and my mama a box and since then we and this tea have had a

 love hate relationship. Right now for the past few days my body had been letting me know that I need to

 drink some of this. The last time I drunk this stuff I almost threw up and I hardly ever throw up..... This

 stuff will most deffinatley work you out by saying that I mean it will clean you outtt... Its powerful stuff

 I hear but over all these years I have never drunk enough to see results... I just went in my cabinent and

pulled this out once again ! Only because my body is telling me so I know in the morning Im gone be

 sweating, crying, praying all that but my body needs the clense.

Relaxed & Natural Hair

I am a relaxed beauty have been my entire life... Mama put my first perm in at the age of 3... Now a days I see more and more women who are completely natural... My hair relaxed does exactly what I want it to do... But at the same time I would like to break free and just be natural. My mama is transitioning and for her it is going extremely well... I had like six months of new growth in july and I tried to hold on to the naturaliism but oh baby my looked like a fool of a puff ball. Being relaxed my entire life getting a relaxer approx. every four months and not going a day over all that was entirely too much for me...

One minute I set in my head okay G we goin natural then the next few months Im like okay I got to get a relaxer TODAY then I look at the ladies that are completely natural who comes in the beauty shop for press' by the time the come back they are almost completely reverted. But my mama stay straight after I flat iron it.

IDK what to do??? I like the relaxer it works for me but I would like to not be so normal and try being naturl but......Im sooo confused...

Death

Death truly comes when no man knows. My neighbor of all of the days that I can remember just pasted. Me my mama and my daddy moved in this house when my mama was prenant with my brother almost 18 years ago. We were the first black family to move on this side of my neighborhood. Many families let us know that we were for sure not welcome over here but the ones that stayed closest to us on our left were the only family that welcomed us.

When my mama had my brother she cooked us a huge feast. At the same time their daughter was pregnant and had just lost her baby. That devastated their family but they tried to not let their grief show in front of us.

They always invited us to their church for every special occasion and a few times we went. The house lady and my mama were always discussing flowers and helping each other in their gardens. If me our my brother were locked out we could deffinately go over there and wait until my parents could come.

Fast forward til bout five years ago.... The houselady turned ice cold and would never speak to us I could be less than five feet from her, speak and she would act as if she didn't hear a thing. At the same time I never saw her sweet as pie husband anymore but his truk was always home. I am not the one to beg you to speak to me but Im like okay Im not gone give up on her yet.

Fast that forward til bout eight mnths ago... One day my daddy goes to the mailbox and gets a letter from her he came back in and opened it and read it for us to hear. The houselady went on and on about how our how completely made her home look something awful because of the fact that we are in the long six year process of remodeling but now we are at a standstill because my parents ran out of money....

She then preceded to go on and on about how her home wasn't a home anymore and she was uncomfortable because now our house stands taller than hers and she can't tan in her backyard like she used too... She put all of her issues in that letter.

Im sitting there with my pen ready to write back but then my mama said oh no you don't. We are not going to stoop to that level. She's alright she is just grieving because her husband is extremely sick... Im like well she just spit all that fire with her words and it's just not cool 4 her to come at us with all this non sense.

Well we went on and my mama continued to be neighborly. At the same time I turned ice cold she didn't see me and neither did I see her... Later I found out that our family were the talk of *Flower Dr* because of her on the phone old and ain't got none to do and it truly pissed my off.

Fast forward lately I have tried to get a little better with my sour attitude towards her and I would even speak when we were in a distance of each other. Since our other neighbor just died from down the street a couple of months ago I've tried to get a do better cause these old people the ones who once made it clear to us that we were not welcome here some of them we have grown super attached too. And they seem to be dying like flies.

I didn't take my neighbors nasty attitude as her way of grieving because of her husband. I took as she ain't helping us pay no bills so she have no right to opinion what the hel1 goes on at this home.

But you never knows what people are truly going through. And on my street these people are going on out. Three deaths in the past six months within five houses of me...

Mama said it... The funneral home has just arrived to take him away... So many people over there but at the same time its so quiet the only noise is their Christmas music and the flashing lights from their beautiful Christmas lights...

I will go over there and pay my respects some time this week...

Goodbye Mr. Hollbrook..

My Nail Story

Nails are my passion. For years I had to deal with the horrific humility of a nail fungus on my right middle finger. Then out of nowhere the fungus appeared on both of my large toes. These wer apart of the worst things ever to happen to little ole me. So on the beginning of my senior year I begged with mom to please, PLEASE, PlEaSe take my to a podiartist and she did.

On the first visit the doctor immeadily revealed what the problem was to us. He then told me that the only thing to cure it would be to take the Lamisil pill and some kind of polish I had to polish on for like three times per week. Our question was is that the only route? My mama has always instilled in me be careful of taking any medications even if its the doctor that does prescribe it.

We ended up following the doctors suggestions because with the embarrasment of the shape of how my nails were in I was willing to do anything even putting myself at risk for liver problems. Mama was like Gildra lets be sure.. Im like mama we just gone pray and its gone be okay. My goal was to have my toes cleared up my prom.

That lamisil tablet put an end to all of the horrific humility that I had gone through for years. I had dealt with my middle finger for so many years I constantly kept it covered with acrylic so embarrased I wasn't even expecting that problem to be healed... But it was thank God...

I had to take that tablet everyday for 81 days the doctor instilled in my head that if I missed a day I would mess up the flow in my bloodstream and it would be a problem. For eighty one days I was constantly reminding my self to take that tablet. And I did with the help of God...

I believe I was contaminated on my tenth birthday when my cousin took me to the nails shop to get nails applyed without the acrylic and the man cut my cuticle with his drill which he had no business using on my little fingers after we requested that he not.

You live and you learn, that was my first time going to the shop without my mama but it was my bithday and the only thing I wanted she was busy at work so she asked my avaliable cousin to take me.

During that time in my life I learned that never take simple things in life for granted. So much as even a toenail or a fingernail.

I was too ashamed to take pictures while transitioning from but it was truly amazing to watch so the above picture was how my nails resembled...

Stiletto Nails

If you haven't heard yet, The Stiletto Nail is the hottest new trend. Nails are me... Nails and journalism always has been my passion... They trylu turn me on... I just have not masterd the art of creating them yet... One thing I do do is my research, Im always looking at this persons nails are reading about them or researching...

Thats how my Birmingham, Al self knows about Stiletto nails. I have never saw a set in the person but these nails are truly gorgeous. I imagine myself walking around my town with a fresh set of these on just shining... I know some of everybody and they mama will want to know who did my nails... If had the talent and ability to bring these hottest trends to my city, money and clientale is something I won't have to worry about gaining cause it will be sure to come... My dream is to travel to Malaysia Canada or Mexico where these nails have the most talent in and shadow a tech that can mold every structure in my head.... One day

The Princess and The Frog

I remember a few years back when I was in high school sitting in class reading The Birmingham News, there was this little bity article announcing that Disney was going to debut it's first ever black Princess movie....

I was so overjoyed to hear that I still have that old wrinkled up little bity article in my scrapbook

So today, at the beauty shop we hosted a Princess Party to let all of or litle black girls know that they to are princesses... My mama and cousins did make- up while me and a church member poilished nails. We expected a total of 10 girls at first but when it was all said and done we had over 20 little and big girls ages ranging from 1 til 15...

My back is still aching from all of that polishing... But the girls loved it though!

After the nails and make- up the girls we gorgeous and had a brand new attitude. All of them at first a few of the girls were shy and we had to break them out of their shells but at the end of the day they knew who they truly were.

After the nails and make- up we then put down red table cloths as the "red carpet" and each girl strutted her stuff to the Christmas Tree and had her picture taken with my mama's fox coat on their shoulders.

Then we preceded to eat hot dogs and rotel dip... Thanks to Wal-Mart they totally messed up our Princess cake which also was my mom's birthday cake because today is her day. But we dealt with what was given.....

Then all twenty of us Princesses went to the movies to view the movie... We had a great time...

The movie was awesome, because it was my mom's birthday, she opted not to join us so I will be taking her on Monday to the matenee so she can view it. This movie is not one to be bootlegged.... I feel that its too precious... This will be the first real movie in ages that will be bought from the store from me...

The little lighting bug "Raymond" and his whole family were my favorite characters...

New Orleans is always a city that I wanted to be in maybe one day when I do it real big I will be able to buy a house there and The Princess and the Frog makes you feel as if youre there with all of the jazz, Cajun gumbo and characters. I lovvvvveeeeddddddddd that... Too funny...

When the movie was over me and the whole crowd were cheering clapping and hollering... I am so proud.....

So I super Deep Conditioned for the first time.....

So on Wednesday night I washed my hair then I conditioned with:



Ultra SheenDuotex which is my protein I have this in my spray bottle

Burts and Bees Hair Repair two minute deep condition


I used about a quarter size amount












I sectioned my hair into four sections and put a good amount of Chlosterol into each section sealing my ends!

using: Queen Helene's Chlolesterol Conditioner





I then preceded to but of a plastic cap then I tied silk scarf tight over it then exhausted I went to bed that was about 10 something. The following morning my plan was to wrinse and roller wrap it but I had to help my daddy so I didn't wrinse 'til almost 12:45pm then I preceded to roll it on up.



These past few days I have really been noticing the difference that that treatment has did to my hair. My hair is so soft and shiney Im liking this its awesome, the total feel of it. I will for sure be doing this again but the next time I will include some type of hot oil to my scalp...

I think doing this once a month will be terrific...

Madame Early

So I had this client sit in my chair the other day talking to me telling me about her hair's history. She said that she had been using and abusing her hair with a ton of weaves and braids. It was obvious that she had just taken some out before she came in because of the shape her hair was in... Some horrific... So she continued telling me that she had taken her braids out that morning and the whole while she had them up she was using this grease called Madame Early's Hair Oil. She told me that she had gotten it from a local beauty supply the cashiers were raving to her about their results so she had to see. She said the results from where her hair had come from these past couple of months to where her hair is now is tremendous. So after work I headed over to the beauty supply and the cashiers told me that Madame Early is an elderly woman and she hasn't brought any new product over in the past couple of months.

So yesterday my mama had to make a run to the beauty supply and I asked her to see if some had came in. She came back raving about how she really wanted to meet Mrs. Early she was elderly and just plain tired and the beauty supply is scared that she may have stopped creating her oil because this is the first drought that they have had since they went in business over twenty some years ago...

My mama called the number in hopes of talking with Mrs. Early but her niece said that she would have her to call us today. My mama wanted to talk to her so she wouldn't just up and qiut I mean we are two hair care specialist who are willing to learn, do the man power and could bless many with the knowledge. So prayfully Mrs. Early will give us a call so that we can meet. The story goes that her husband was a pharmacist and she gained plentiful knowledge from him to create her oil...

I will update when I hear a word...

Oxygen's Bad Girls Club......

So last tuesday a new season of Oxygen's Bad Girl's Club premiered. I really like this show but it is truly full of jaw droping drama. This is the first new season in a extremely long time. This show is sometimes I believe staged. For example on last tuesday when the girls were in the club and they were walking by then out of nowhere someone pulled the other girls hair? Come on now, where they do that at?

This season I believe that every single last one of all of the casting mates seriously has a extreme psychological problem. I mean look at Natlie, and I don't even remember the others name yet but some thing is wrong with unstable females. Unlike in the last season's they had an equal amount of sane and insane cast mates.

Well I most deffinately will be tuning into this show every Tuesday night. The only thing is the girls are going to fight regardless and everytime one of the girls temp another girl to fight them the girl has to go home. What I don't like about this show is that by the end of the season mostly all the cast mates will be new... In my opinion that takes away from the sho

Tiger TiGeR, TIGER

Soo US Weekly has gootten a hold of a voicemail from Tiger Woods on his 'mistress' voicemail tellin her to watch out for a phone call from his wife. Why do some men try to make it so extremely difficult to love one woman? And on his wife, embarassing his family? Why? I think it was on NecoleBitcie that I read he had told his friend that he had to go and get a Kobe special? I feel bad for his wife? Wht should she do? Should she let go of her family and let this mony hungery triflin gold diggin HEIFER get ha man ? But on the other ad noone in this world is perfect. Forgive an forget? But he seriously needs an extreme wake up call..

My Girl Keyshia Cole's Pregnacy Rumors areTrue

Pic via Google

So it has confirmed that Keyshia Cole is truly pregnant. She has taking i slow with her boo in his hometown of Cleveland, OH. I am truly happy and wish them both the best because babies truly are blessings