Hey!
Just a quick picture of my twistout.
2 Strand twistout
I keep my hair in a 2-strand twist about 95 % of the time. It’s just easy. But a few days before washing and deep conditioning, I take the twists out to allow my hair to breathe, rest, whatever. I usually braid the roots and twist the rest of the hair. As for products, right now I am using my ever faithful Oyin Handmade products and some other items.
Image courtesy of Sephora
Word on the street is that Sephora is having their annual Friends & Family sale which gives 20% off of everything online only. You have to visit this website and enter your email address to get the secret code.
So you get 20% off a single purchase, online at Sephora.com, from Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2011. The code can only be used once, so choose wisely!
I am looking at some Illamasqua polishes, mascara, skincare products! What are you getting?
Karen’s Body Beautiful and upcoming online community Tribe Called Curl are holding a natural hair model search.
The Details
Seeking women of color, aged 18-50, to flaunt their fierce, fabulous tresses at our natural hair photo shoot. We’re looking for natural hair styles from TWAs, Faux Hawks and Wash & Go’s to long, lovely locs and everything in between. Straight heads should come on down too! All shapes and sizes, and every luscious color of the spectrum from French Vanilla to the richest Ebony are welcome. We want you and your gorgeous mane to help spark a natural hair revolution! Selected models will work with our glam team for professional quality digital photos.
Date
Friday, September 16, 2011
Time
4pm-8pm
Location
Simple Studios
134 West 29h Street
New York, NY 10001
Arrive ontime and bring a current photo. Be available for photoshoot on 09/18/11
Are you ready?
Image courtesty of Bee Mine
This is one of the products that I have heard a lot of buzzz about from curly heads for years. Bee Hold Curly Butter is made by the company Bee Mine and it is probably their best selling product. Always the first to sell out and I had to make sure I snapped it up. I bought mine from Ecodermis & Wolfberry in Brooklyn (right off Eastern Parkway) and I got the last one!!
Image courtesy of The Makeup Show
I’m sooooo excited!!! I attended last year for the first time in NYC and wrote about it here and here. I met a lot of wonderful people, both bloggers and makeup artists, attended a few of the seminars and thoroughly enjoyed myself visiting all the booths of makeup companies, learning about new brands and picking items from my list.
This 5th year of THS promises to be the biggest and best with dozens of internationally renowned makeup artists and makeup exhibitors. If you are a makeup artist, you must attend!! THS will be hosted in NYC on May 15th and 16th.
Here is a list of a few of the artists that are going to be attending:
Image courtesy of GeorgiaNY.com
Hey!
There is a Carol’s Daughter/natural hair event going on tomorrow, Friday 29th at Georgia NY.
Location: Georgia NY
Address: 89a East Houston Street, NYC
Time: 5p -9p
See you there!!
Image courtesy of Providing News
Hey!
So last Friday was Earth Day, and slowly but surely, lots of cosmetic companies, big and small, have been embracing more natural and organic formulations. So for you earth-conscious beauties out there, here are a few brands to look out for:
HAIR
Click here for more Earth Day goodies!
So have have not been buying a lot of products as of late, but I’ve been loving a few items. I usually wash and condition every other week. The process is done in four sections. I wear my hair in a protective style for one week then as a twist-out/bun for the next. I definitely will be experimenting with more styles this year! So here’s what’s hot with me!!
I use the shampoo with the tan label, image courtesy of Shea Moisture
So here’s an update on my protective styling. For those who don’t know, I pretty much live in protective styles because when it comes to my hair, I 1) am kinda lazy when it comes to styling, 2) like the convenience, 3) don’t like to wear my hair out when it’s cold (which is at least 75% of the year). I wear a twisted style one week, then a twist-out bun the next, wash, repeat. Get it?? Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE buying hair products, testing them out, but I have not that creative with styling. So I’m trying to bust out of that.
Here is my usual protective style, a two-strand cornrowed flat twist:
Two-strand canerow
Hey!!!
So last Friday, I went to the KBB after-work event. It was a great day in the Big Apple, nice weather, a taste of spring, so I was game to going. So I trekked over to my old nabe in Brooklyn and the place was packed! People spilled out onto the sidewalk. Lots of beautiful women, great natural hair, different textures, colours and styles.
KBB event, it was packed!!!!!
That’s always pleasing to see. I pretty much spent the time meeting other amazing people, bloggers, YTers, and chatting about different techniques and styles. There were some better known bloggers there like Jenell from KinkyCurlyCoilyMe, Yvonne from AfroCrownDiva, Zara from Leave In The Kinks, Milan from A Grl Can Mac, Yardley, Editor-In-Chief of The Coil Review, YTers Sweeteababy0427, Chery818, SumKindaWndrful and Taren916.
