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Friday, June 25, 2010

Self-absorbed

A barrage of disgusting self indulgent camwhoring pictures because I said so.

From when I did my reebonz advertorial's photoshoot. Great eye make up that day ;)

These two taken by my Lx3 with its flash.
The rest taken by L10 with ring light:

BAM!

Captured Curls of the Week: Angel

Everyone...

meet ANGEL!

A beautiful natural sharing her story on going natural.

Tell me about YOU

My name is Angel, and I am proud to be natural! Throughout my whole life, (prior to my big chop), my hair has been super long and thick. (I have pics to prove!) lol. I was always recognized as the "pretty girl" but deep down inside I had the lowest self esteem. It wasn't until I decided to go natural that my confidence boosted tremendously.

During my seventh grade year of school, I went to a salon that my mother had seen Black women walking out with their hair swinging. The gentlemen asked me did I want a "Revlon or Motions" relaxer and I picked a Revlon relaxed because I associated it with a white woman. After my hair was finished and styled, my hair was swinging like no other. My hair had been cut into layers and I thought I was the stuff. Many compliments I received, but a couple days later I discoverd my head was covered in hard scabs. The relaxer had burnt my scalp! My hair started getting bald spots and the dermatologist diagnosed me with alapecia. That's a lot for any 12 year old to go through. Thank God I had enough hair to hide it.

Later on my mom made me wear braids to help my hair grow back, and it took a total of four years for it to get completely back to normal. Later on in my sophmore year of highschool I got a relaxer, and sparingly touched them up until my junior year when I decided to go natural. I went back and forth, but I decided on May 7, 2009 that that would be the last relaxer I would get. Thank God it was!

Tell me your hair care regimen (do you use heat, natural products, ect...)

I have tried so many different products, but as of now, I only use Creme of Nature Lemongrass & Rosemary Leave-in and Shea Moisture Curl milk and smoothie. I co wash my hair about 3 times a week, apply my leave in throughout then use a quarter sized amount of curl milk and smoothie for my whole head, and do a cold water rinse then seal with the leave in. I don't shingle, and I don't use gel. I want my hair to be as natural as possible, and I was beginning to depend on gel to get a certain texture, but now I'm done! I want my wash n go's to be just that!

Tell me your texture and what works best on your hair type

My hair texture is fine and thick. My hair type varies throughout my head. (3a-3c, maybe small bits of 4a)

5. Tell me the reaction you got when first going natural

Everyone was shocked because I did it on Wed November 11, 2009 and didn't tell anyone I was doing it! My family made me feel horrible, and the comments that I heard were AWFUL! I still hear comments to this day. Now most people love it on me, and I have been fortunate to inspire so many women. Most of all, my boyfriend (later on husband) loves it, and he appreciates my beauty.

Did you BC or transition, if so when or for how long?

I transitioned for 6 months then I BC.

What makes you love your kinks, curls and coils?

The fact that they are mine and that God trusted me with them. I didn't know my hair could be so beautiful. So many women ask me on a daily basis "How do you get your hair to curl?" "Do they rod your hair?" and everytime I say "It's natural" either they don't believe that's possible, or they say I have good hair and I'm lucky. I correct them, and it saddens me because I wonder if I would have thought the same thing if I kept being brainwashed. I love my natural,and my future babies will love their natural too!

Where can we find you on the web?

You can find me on facebook. My name is "Angel Lyriq Peters" and I have a natural hair page on facebook called "Natural Nirvana" I also am on naturalsunshine.ning.com under "Angel Peters"

Anything EXTRA you want us to know?

I just want all you ladies to be encouraged and LOVE YOUR HAIR! Don't love someone else's and not appreciate your own. Love your's! It is beautiful. God doesn't make any mistakes, and he made none creating your hair!

I will be trying "Wonder Curl Products"

Hey Beauties,

I wanted to share some pretty exciting news with you all!

Since the majority of you know I am a PRODUCT JUNKIE,

I am sure you won't be surprised that I am going to be testing out a NEW PRODUCT (well it's new to me).

LOL.

Anyways,

I have been hearing great things about a curl defining jelly called

"Get Set Hair Jelly" made by Wonder Curl.

I contacted the owner of the company asking if I could

sample her products for a blog review.

She said yes and she is GENOURSLY

sending me a 8 oz jar of the jelly and a 4 oz of her "Get Slick Hair Smoothie".

How nice is that?

I am very excited about getting them in the mail.

Below is a list of ingredients and what the products do:

"Get Set Hair Jelly"

Ingredients:

Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe Vera) juice, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel), Phenoxyethanol, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Panthenol, Kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Alcohol denatured, Carbomer, TEA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Polyquaternium 7, Fragrance

This product is supposed to define curls without

leaving them hard and sticky.

"Get Slick Hair Smoothie"

Ingredients:

I couldn't find the ingredients on this.

I will post once I get it in the mail.

This product can be used a a curl refresher and a moisturizer.

I cannot wait to try these products on my hair

and

share my results and thoughts on them with you.

I hope my hair like the products, I'm sure it will.

Until I get the products, I encourage you all to

check out "Wonder Curls" Links.

Maybe the products will work for you.

If you have tried either of these products before

leave a comment and let me know how they worked for you.

Wonder Curl Website

Wonder Curl Facebook Page
Wonder Curl Blog

FULL DISCLOSURE: These products were sent to me free of charge and I was not paid to review them.

BAD Hair Day... :-(

So today "Coco Puff" (my hair's name) decided

she was not going to cooperate with me today.

For whatever reason, she had a attitude.

I tried everything.

Shingling, Finger combing and even I ever tried a shake- and-go

(which is her fave)

and "coco puff" still would work with me.

I'm not happy.

My curls look limp and dull.

I am officially having a bad hair day.

I think "coco ouff" might be pissed with me

because of these cold water washes I have been giving her.

LOL.

Hopefully, she gets used to them because they are here to STAY.

Making (Curly) Memories!

This is a great idea for anybody out there in need of some inspiration. So often in the media we see images that only validate one or a few types of beauty. Although the industry is changing, it is easy to get caught up in the allure of a beauty unlike your own. Is this to say that straight hair or a certain other body type is bad? No! Of course not. It is ALL good.

So, I found this idea on plantfolk.wordpress.com/ and wanted to share with all of you. I especially like it for moms and dads to do with their kids as a fun project. Imagine sitting down with your little ones finding beautiful images of people who look like you! Or, if you are a newly natural woman or man out there needing some positive images of natural beauty, this could be an idea book where you store inspirational pics of varying hair styles.

If you're in to scrap-booking, you could even add words or your own texts, backgrounds, etc. Of course, the images above are just one example of how your could do this and the images could be of anything, not just hair.

It looks like all you need are:

~ A 3-ring binder

~ Scissors

~Colorful background paper

~Glossy magazine pics or images from the web

~Glue

So there you have it! A simple, fun way to embrace natural beauty. Have fun!