Lots on my mind; time to get it out...

This is a small piece of myself that I'm now willing to share. Handle with care; contents will break under pressure.

23 November 2010

27. Take 2...

So I retwisted my hair last night and this is what I came up with...

Still not quite what I was going for...  apparently my hair is not as thick as I initially thought.  But that's cool.. You live and you learn... back to the drawing board....

I also realized how crooked my glasses are today... hence the angle of the photograph...

26. Don't trust the media...

So today I was web browsing and came across this photo...
Notice anything strange...?

Well if you don't I'll give you a little nudge in the right direction. Same cover. Different faces.
It appears that Beyonce's face was photo shopped onto Alessandra Ambrosio's body.  Same body position the exact same hands. Some contouring so Beyonce looked a little wider in the hip area but really...?! Do I look like Boo Boo da Fool?! Shame.  Flag on the play. It's like the Vanity Fair skin lightening scandal all over again. But what really gets my goat...

1. Who in the heck said Beyonce is who all Black women aspire to be?!  Yes she's young and successful and doing quite well for herself.  But as the media portrays her [and yes I am a staunch proponent of "reality is perception] she's not a very nice person - just left her girls in the wind to do her solo thing - and she's not that personable - I'm not a big fan of the majority of her interviews.  So when marketing to us who gave the okay for it to be all about Beyonce... I mean ok, better her than some people [Rihanna's crazy, suicidal behind], but is she really what our half of Black culture can most easily be whittled down to? But I digress...

2. If it is indeed the case that Beyonce is what we aspire to be why is the media so quick to try to alter her appearance.  I've seen her nose changed, her skin changed, her hips changed... etc.  She got popular and famous being Beyonce.  Men fell in love with the thick chick doing the "Uh oh" dance and chicks were tryna get "Bootylicious" after she wrote that song.  So why try to change her?  She got famous looking the way she actually [and I use that term loosely... lol] looks.

Between butt and hip silicone injections/implants, pads to make your booty pop, and tanning beds - I'm gonna go with Beyonce is just fine the way she is.  No skin lightening, hip contouring, waist slimming or face transplanting necessary...

25. Just Randomness...

So I was going through my camera, and I found this picture... I think Its from August...
I just like it... lol


Please excuse my heat damage... grrr....

24. As Promised...

So initially I WAS NOT going to post these for all the world to see because I thought I looked just wretched this morning.  However, upon further inspection I realized I only looked half wretched... lol.  It seems as though while half of my head had no problem cooperating, the other half was choosing not to play nice... hence the head band.  But... I am a woman of my word, so this is after the whole day....


So this was my initial reaction...

  
So then I was wondering what  the heck I was gonna do...

I was not feeling this side....


I did like the way this side ended up looking...






...the end result



So I realized the problem... lack of product... grrr.... I attempted a twist out using only a little leave in [a quarter sized amount of HEHH for my whole head...] and some shea butter... no bueno. Take 2...!

21 November 2010

23. And I'm Back...

So clearly I've been a little slack... but I think I've snapped out of it... so here I go....

Hair UPDATE!!!
by day...

by night...

This is successful flat twist out #2.  And clearly I have decided to stop being soooo fricken lazy and actually style my hair.  Mostly due to the fact that since it's getting colder I'm showering at night now which means I [co]wash my hair its at night.  And for those of you on the kinkier side of curly, you know that sleeping = flattening = smushed hair.  Not cute.  I've also decided that I really don't want to cowash as much right now and possibly do some experiments with stretching (at this length, protective stying isn't quite for me).
I did another flat twist out when I visited DC and got second day hair... Pretty Awesome! But sorry no pictures...

I was also able to do my first real twist out... It came out really well and lasted for 3 days - but alas, still no pictures... So slack. I know. I will do better.

I actually washed, deep conditioned and twisted my hair yesterday so I will definitely take pictures this time.