Celebrate your joy in life

Find creative ways to express yourself. A lot of times, depending on your life style - you may not have an outlet to talk or show how you feel about your style, culture... or just who you are. There are tons of ways to show what your feeling. Write a poem. Draw some art. Doodle. Paint. Write out a word collage (like the one above) with all the things you love or are proud off. Seek out like minded groups. Research and find out about classed in your area that talk and teach about what you love. For me - I love to sketch. But I want to take it to the next level. So for me, I plan to start taking an art class or two. Something to nurture that part of me. What ever it is that you like to do, or that gives you joy... make time to do it, talk about it or express it through art, performance, or other venues. It's what makes you... you. And what ever it is, deserves to be celebrated.

New Jewelry from Camille

Love it Camille!

The Peace Images

Peace Images - Etsy

Picnic

Today my little sister and I went on a little picnic together in a pretty meadow full of buttercups.




Tassus ended up as a yellow dog after smelling too many buttercups!



We ate waffles.

Clothing designers Ayaan & Idyl

The Fly Girl blog did a feature on Ayaan and Idyl - twins from Somali. What caught my eye was that not only are they beautiful, but that their Spring line is full of vibrant colors.

To see more of their designs, go to their site Mataano.

Natural Beauty Spotlight - Czelena

Czelena is my Naturally Beautiful Spotlight of the week. She is a lovely Singer from the Bay Area. To read more about her, go to Czelena.

I've had such a lazy day today - I haven't done much else than lying on the sofa watching films, believe it or not. Though I had been working for six days straight (and will be working tomorrow again as well), so I suppose it wasn't too bad. Have any of you done anything more interesting this weekend?




Pink vintage beret and lipstick in "pink creme" from the make up store.

Multi-talented Andra from Seattle

Andra, from Seattle, Washington is a multi-talented Artist. She draws, paints, Crochets and more.

"Drawing. Painting. Creating. Meditation. Reiki. Massage. Reading. Connecting to my inner being. My vibrational being. Being Still. Anything positive." - Andra

Check her out on SolfortheSoul or at Gemini Sunshine.

Ruffled crocheted neck wear

A new cute item from Bohemian Soul.

2009 Brunette Summer Hairstyle with cute curls

This is latest brunette curly Asian hairstyle for school girls.
A good summer haircut. hairstyle with headband.side swept bangs and cute curls. I love her curls best.more summer hairstyles for women

Le Coil - eye catching photos

Picture blog Le Coil, features some of the greatest photo's of beautiful African American women. The owner of this blog definitely has a great eye for a Fab photo.

"Whites Only"... WTF !?!

This weekend, while visiting a local park, my family and I were on a nice little stroll around a pond at Montclair Park. As we were walking my mom noticed something, and pulled me aside. On a fountain, someone wrote "Whites only - No Negro".

I was shocked! I felt like I was transported back in time to the 1960's, where "Whites Only" signs were every where. Could this be real. Could there really be an idiot out there, writing racial slurs, just filled with hate and completely uneducated. Like someone from back in the old days, when Martin Luther King had to March for our rights. Just a damn shame... After all this time, you think people would have better sense.

But, I have to say one thing - Montclair is a nice city. This one ignorant person, that wrote this, does not represent the city of Montclair. But damn, I guess every village has an idiot.

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*Update! The park that I visited is located in Northern California. Montclair is a small town located within Oakland, California.

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My new Dahlia playsuit

Today I wore my new Dahlia playsuit and Topshop shoes I bought in England. It was a perfect outfit for today, which started off nice, warm and very sunny, but became cloudy in the afternoon.




The playsuit looks like a dress as it has a little skirt in the front, and shorts underneath and in the back.



My pretty new shoes.

The Lint Fix - for Loc's!

Good morning! I am barely awake. But I wanted to put together this quick post before starting my day. One of the only unfortunate parts of having loc's/dreads, is that once in a while, we get lint stuck in our hair. This happens because we don't brush our hair daily (as far as I know this is the main reason. Feel free to let me know if there are any other reasons why this happens). Having lint in my loc's is very embarrassing. It has nothing to do with how clean your hair is. You can wash it every day, but the lint will find its way in there some how, from sweaters, towels, blankets... you name it. It's not often, but it happens. For me, its my biggest pet peeve, when it comes to my hair, because I am such a neat freak. I don't ever want to give the impression that I am not a clean person, because I am!

Most of you will already know this quick fix. If you are unable to get the link out, by using your fingers, or tweezers - please do not kill your loc's by breaking them apart, to get the lint out. If you are breaking open your loc's for this, you are weakening the loc and it will eventually fall off. If you are not able to get the lint out, simply use a sharpie marker to mask the color of the lint. All you have to do is quickly dab the small area where the lint is, and the marker ink will cover the color of the lint. And it will no longer be visible. I know leaving the lint in sounds gross, but if you can not get it out - its better to cover it with sharpie, than to kill your locs in the process.

I use the brown marker. It works best for me because I have about three shades in my hair - black, brown and brownish red. So not matter where, the brown will do the trick for me. I don't have to use it often, but I try to carry this with me in case of any emergencies. To cut down on lint, always cover you hair when you sleep at night or when you are cleaning. And also try this brushing technique before washing your hair. It helps to get lint out of your loc's. If any one else knows of any great fix it tips, let us know by replying to this post...

or emailing me at naturalhairbeautfy@gmail.com.

Twist & Turns

What a beautiful loc style by Emon Fowler.
As shown in the photo, here is the stylist contact info -

EMON FOWLER, Natural Hairstylist and Consultant: (708) 441-1696

Late, but not forgotten...

Happy Fathers Day to all the Fathers out there. I spent the day with my family, celebrating my husband who is an amazing father, and we had a great time. I just want to say thank you to all the men out there that are really involved in their child's life. I hope that you were able to celebrate the day knowing how much you are loved and appreciated.

Natural Beauty Spotlight - 'All-Natural'

One of many beautiful pictures that inspired me to loc my hair.
All-Natural from Chicago, Illinois

London buys.

I'm back home now, which is quite dull and boring. I prefer being elsewhere - although being in my own home is always nice - it's just the surroundings that are quite sad.
I spent Friday in London, shopping, which was lovely. London is always lovely - I always love the atmosphere there. I was quite in a rush while I was there - running from place to place to be able to go to all the shops I wanted to go to in the little time I had, so I didn't really take any pictures while I was there, so therefore you'll just get to see the photos I've taken of my buys after coming back here.


Chie Mihara shoes, Marc by Marc Jacobs t-shirt, necklace and umbrella, American Apparel shorts, and something from Agent Provocateur.

Arent't they beautiful? I wasn't planning on buying them, but I somehow ended up in Selfridge's where there was a huge sale, and when I spotted these lovely ones, I could not resist.

Marc by Marc Jacobs necklace.

Marc by Marc Jacobs t-shirt.

Shorts from American Apparel. I originally thought these were too short, but when I tried them on they weren't and they looked quite cute.

And tea from The Tea House, as well as Macaroons from Ladurée. One of them is a birthday gift for my mum though.