My Heart Is Breaking....RIP Amy Whinehouse.

Omg....

My favorite Soul/R&B singer Amy Winehouse has succumb to drug addiction. I was so hurt when I got the news because I wasn't expecting it. I thought she was taking a long break because one day she would return. Looks like that wont be happening *tear*...
I missed her when she was taking her long break, and now I'm gonna miss her forever because she wont be coming back. Gone too soon, at the young age of 27. RIP Amy! You will be missed!

My Memorial Day with Wyclef Jean!

This morning, I woke up at 12 noon thinking that my Memorial Day was gonna be yet another boring day spent indoors. I didn't even bother to wake up until 12 noon. I woke up sweating because it was 85 degrees outside. Mondays are my wash days, so I was looking forward to wash my hair today, since the rest of the day was gonna be boring anyways. I washed, did a light protein, and deep conditioned.

While I was deep conditioning, my cellphone rang, and it was my friend calling me. She told me that her ex-boyfriend was going to Wyclef Jeans house for a private BBQ he was throwing at his mansion and invited her, and she wanted me to come along. Her ex-boyfriend is Wyclef's barber, so he's always at Wyclef's house. I never really met a celebrity before, and I wasn't doing anything for Memorial day, so I thought, why not? She told me to be ready by 5. By 4:30, i rinsed out the conditioner in my hair, and applied my leave-in's and moisturizers. But I didn't want to go to a party with sopping wet hair, so unfortunately, I had to break my no heat challenge just this one time to lightly blow dry my hair with lukewarm air. I blow dried 85% and let the rest air dry. I wore my hair down on my shoulders, with a little poof in the front. Then I got dressed and went to my friends house so we can go over to Wyclef's house.

We both met her ex-boyfriend somewhere, and then we followed him in her car to Wyclef's house. This was my friends first time at his house too. When we got there, we were greeted by a big royal blue Bentley at the front gates. Then a longgg walk way that led to the backyard. When we finally reached the yard, there was a good amount of people there. It was a BBQ/Pool party. Wyclef was standing right there when we walked in, and I thought to myself..."Wow, I never met a celebrity before!! Omg!"..Then he walked up to me and greeted me and shook my hand. He showed me and my friend a table where we could sit and eat and drink. I had fun! He spoke to us like a normal person, far from a stuck up celebrity. Even though his house was like 5 houses combined into 1 mansion, he wasn't stuck up or anything. He's cool and has a great personality. His daughter and his wife are beautiful too. After we ate, Wyclef invited us inside his house upstairs to the Home Movie Theater to watch a movie. After the movie, we went back to the backyard, and ate some more food, which by the way was delicious! We got acquainted with his brother and friends, and just had fun talking and joking. I really enjoyed myself. It's funny. I woke up this morning thinking I wouldn't leave my house, and ended up at a Celebrity's house for a BBQ, how crazy is that? Anyways, I hope you all had fun on Memorial day!

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Because of Wyclef, I had to break my water fast and eat something lol. He kept begging us to eat haha..I'm glad I did because the food was so GOOD! But I'm restarting my fast tomorrow. This was unexpected people! lol

No more Dominicans for me!

Back in September 2009, was my last visit to a Dominican hair salon. I only let them relax my hair, and roller set it. I didn't even let them blow it out or even wrap it, in fear of them damaging my hair. After taking out the rollers, I just paid them their $43 dollars, and walked out with curls in my hair. Once I got home, I wrapped my hair myself. Two days later, I called my cousin and asked her to trim my ends for me. I don't trust the Dominicans when it comes to trimming, which is why I have to make my cousin do it. After she trimmed my ends for me, I was impressed. It was a nice clean cut, and I didn't even lose that much length.

My next relaxer was due in November. When November came, I called my cousin up a week before my relaxer and asked her if she could trim my ends for me after I get my hair relaxed at the Dominicans. She agreed, but on top of that, she asked me if she could relax my hair for me. I was caught off guard by her question because she hasn't done my hair in years. The last time she did my hair was years ago when she braided the front of my hair for my 15th birthday. Then I remembered that she currently graduated from a good Hair school from Manhattan, and also she posts pics of her hair models on her Facebook page. I agreed, and let her do my hair.

The day I went to the salon where she worked at, I was her only client. She took her time and relaxed my hair for me. Then she treated it with treatment, blow dried, trimmed and then flat ironed for the finished look. OMG! My hair was beautiful! It felt so soft, it was swinging from left to right, and after the trim, I virtually had NO splits in my hair. My fingers glided through effortlessly. I paid her and on top of that gave her a tip! I was a VERY satisfied customer! She was also very gentle, and is also on her own healthy hair journey, so she knows how to handle Black hair.

From that day, I decided that the Dominicans are not all they're hyped up to be. First of all, they cant speak English right (no offense), but if I want something right done on my hair, the least you can do is understand what I'm saying. They're too rough when they're combing your hair, especially when it's wet. They don't give good trims (they dont catch all the splits). What's the point of sticking around? The worst reality is that most of them don't even have a Cosmetology license! They're just helping their fellow Dominicans by giving them a job. Why risk years of progress at the hands of an inexperienced, non English speaking lady who just wants to get paid, and doesn't really care about your hair and how hard you worked at growing and maintaining it? Till this day, I'll never forget last year April 2009 when I visited the Dominicans for a touch-up with 6 months worth of new growth. That was like the worst thing I could do! The lady used a wide tooth comb and yanked away at my hair! She was fighting with it so much, the comb broke in 2 pieces. Everybody at the salon was staring at me. Then she started cursing in Spanish. Till this day, I still dont like that lady, whenever I see her I feel disgusted. And on top of that, her dry brittle hair was ear length...ugh! Make sure the person doing your hair has great hair too, because at least you know they know about healthy hair.

But anyways, ever since my cousin started doing my hair, it is in the most healthiest state it's ever been, I'm so thankful for her. If she's not able to do my hair anymore, I'm gonna start my transition to natural hair because she's too good to go back to the Dominicans lol...Gotta love family!


My cousin doing my hair for me in my kitchen lol..She was off that day so she came to my house.

Isn't This Ironic?

This Caucasian man and his wife adopted a little Ethiopian baby girl back in 2005. Clifton Green, an Emory University professor has the duty of doing his daughter's African American hair every week, and he couldn't be more proud! Clifton and his wife are happy to know how to properly style their daughter's hair and still let her embrace her African heritage. Their daughter Miriam Tigist Green, who is now 4, is happy too! "We wanted her to know her hair isn't a burden, but something really wonderful, something beautiful to be celebrated," her mother says.


Daddy, are you almost done?


All done! This is cute..lol


Meanwhile, in Michigan, A Black mother shows off her frustration while doing her own flesh and blood daughter's hair. The little girl seems to be about the same age as the Ethiopian girl mentioned above. She screams in pain and tells her mother she hates her, while the mother tears away at her precious hair with a hard bristle brush and sprays little bits of what appears to be water, probably attempting to detangle the hair. I'm not trying to judge anybody, but i think its ironic how the white couple know how to care for their African daugther's hair, meanwhile this African American mother displays how NOT to take care for a young child's African hair. The white couple embraced their daughter's hair, even when they thought it would be a burden, but the Black mother calls her children's hair nappy, and not in a good way. The little girls brother plays happily in front of the camera, while the mother threatens him and says that he's "next". I cant jump to conclusions because i don't know what happened prior to the video being taped. Maybe the mom was having a bad day, or maybe the little girl was being a bad girl and this is the mother's way of punishment? She also used foul language with a small child! Either way, she shouldn't have torn through her daughters hair that way or spoken to her that way. Who knows if she will grow up hating her hair? Watch the video below. What are your thoughts?