Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Birthday 2 Me!!!
I'm one year older today!!! I'm blessed beyond measure to be see another wonder year of life! I'm just taking it all in and striving to become a better person.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
My Birthday Wish List
My birthday is coming up soon (February 14th to be exact)!!! It has been rewarding having my birthday on Valentine's Day because that means two sets of great gifts! This year will be a little different. I decided that I wanted to do the non traditional Valentine's Day where we don't give each other gifts. Instead we plan a date night. Since my son has been born we have not been able to have a lot of alone time. But anyway I'm getting off topic.
Back to my birthday! I'm sort of excited. Truthfully I'm so busy with family life and school that I have not had the chance to reflect on becoming a year older. Last night my love asked what I wanted for my birthday and all I could think of was a hooded dryer. Yeah I 'm a little hair obsessed and I'm sure that's what he thought when I told him what I wanted. Well now that I thought about it I have some more things I wouldn't mind having. So below is my birthday wish.
Back to my birthday! I'm sort of excited. Truthfully I'm so busy with family life and school that I have not had the chance to reflect on becoming a year older. Last night my love asked what I wanted for my birthday and all I could think of was a hooded dryer. Yeah I 'm a little hair obsessed and I'm sure that's what he thought when I told him what I wanted. Well now that I thought about it I have some more things I wouldn't mind having. So below is my birthday wish.
- Hooded Dryer- Preferablya Pibbs, Pebco, or one from LCL's Website
- Spa Day!
- E-Reader (Nook or Kindle) + Gift Card
- Littmann Stethoscope (Cardiac preferably)
- Books
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6. Coach Bag! I absolutely LOVE Coach. I know my boo was surprised I didn't mention this first!
My First Blog Award: Versatile Blogger Award
Thank you so much EbonyCPrincess for the award. I really am touched that you enjoy my blog. ECP's blog is one of my favorites to read. She has inspired me in the hair care journey and continues to provide me tons of information regarding many areas. If you have not checked out her blog click the link above!
In order for me to accept this wonder nomination, I must do the following:
1. I must thank the blogger who nominated me for the award and provide a link back to them in my post.
2. I must share 7 random things about myself.
3. I must pass the award along to 15 recently discovered blogs I enjoy reading.
3. I must contact my chosen bloggers via Facebook, twitter, email etc, to let them know about the award.
4. I must add the versatile Blogger award picture on my blog post.
7 Random things about me
1. I have a one year old son who is my heart!!! He encourages me to do better in all aspects of life! Isn't he just the most handsome baby ever??
2.I'm graduate from college in May with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. I can't wait to have BSN, RN behind my name!! I'm living proof that dreams really do come true!
3. I love movies' popcorn. I can not go to a theater without getting popcorn. I've been known to stop by a theater and pick up some popcorn. I like mine buttered halfway through and on time. My guilty pleasure.
4. I love to read! I have always been a reading fanatic. I slowed down a lot since I have been in school and had my son, but I plan on picking it back up. I want to read 100 books in three months starting after I take my NCLEX!
5. I had the chance to study abroad in London for two weeks. What an awesome experience!
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| From Left to Right: On the London Eye, This guard was billy bad butt talking to us and all, random telephone booth. I am HUGE. I just had my son 3 months prior. |
6. I come from a very big family. I have 7 seven siblings: 4 brothers and 3 sisters.
7. I have not grown in height since I was about 16. I've been 5'4.5" for what seems like forever.
My Nominations
Below are a list of blogs I read frequently and I absolute love. I'm sure you will enjoy them as much as I do. Please check them out!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Wash Day
Wash day was similar to usual. Only difference is I did a hard protein treatment and the products I used. I was experiencing a little breakage after getting my relaxer done about three weeks ago. I should had done a hard protein treatment at one week post. *slaps hand* But I finally got it done. I used my usual method explained here. I let it sit in 20 mins before I rinsed a shampooed.
I tired my NTM conditioner yesterday. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It was very thick and that is something I am not use to. It smells soooooo good. I could still smell it after I applied my leave-in. Funny thing is I did not put on any oil after applying my leave-in. I definitely forgot. *slaps hand again* I then put my hair in a ponytail, put on a scarf, and let it air dry overnight. After my last two washes I discovered my hair behaves better, meaning lay down, when I put my hair in a pony tail, wrap the ends around the pony, and pin it. I let it air dry to 90% before taking off the scarf and letting the part where the hair tie was finish drying. So that will be my new air drying method. Currently my hair is low bun and I plan on keeping it that way until tomorrow evening when I will do another flexi set on dry hair.
The products I used
1. L'oreal Paris EverStrong Hydrate Shampoo
2. NTM daily deep conditioner
3. LTR Split Ends
* Sorry I don't have any pictures this time. There really wasn't anything picture worthy. *
I tired my NTM conditioner yesterday. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It was very thick and that is something I am not use to. It smells soooooo good. I could still smell it after I applied my leave-in. Funny thing is I did not put on any oil after applying my leave-in. I definitely forgot. *slaps hand again* I then put my hair in a ponytail, put on a scarf, and let it air dry overnight. After my last two washes I discovered my hair behaves better, meaning lay down, when I put my hair in a pony tail, wrap the ends around the pony, and pin it. I let it air dry to 90% before taking off the scarf and letting the part where the hair tie was finish drying. So that will be my new air drying method. Currently my hair is low bun and I plan on keeping it that way until tomorrow evening when I will do another flexi set on dry hair.
The products I used
1. L'oreal Paris EverStrong Hydrate Shampoo
2. NTM daily deep conditioner
3. LTR Split Ends
* Sorry I don't have any pictures this time. There really wasn't anything picture worthy. *
Quick Style (Lunch Date Do)
Love took me out for a lunch date at a local Thai restaurant. This was my first time eating Thai and let me say the food was dee-lish! But this post is not about that. It's about my quick hair style.
I planned on washing my hair when I came home (which I'm doing now ad will be posting about later) so I know I didn't want to do anything too time consuming. Now that I think about it I probably should have taken a pic of my outfit. I'll keep that in mind for next time. As I was saying, I had to come up with something simple and cute. I had an old flexi set it that left my ends. curly. I also just purchased some banana clips that I've been wanting to use so I put decided to do a simple up do with a bump/hump in the front. I really want some bumpits and will be purchasing some in the near future. Because I didn't have anything I just used my fingers to pull my hair up a bit and created my own small hump. I used some LTR and a little EVOO to put my hair up in u banana clip and there you have it. Probably took me 5 minutes. I am pleased and will be soon this style again. Hope you like.
I planned on washing my hair when I came home (which I'm doing now ad will be posting about later) so I know I didn't want to do anything too time consuming. Now that I think about it I probably should have taken a pic of my outfit. I'll keep that in mind for next time. As I was saying, I had to come up with something simple and cute. I had an old flexi set it that left my ends. curly. I also just purchased some banana clips that I've been wanting to use so I put decided to do a simple up do with a bump/hump in the front. I really want some bumpits and will be purchasing some in the near future. Because I didn't have anything I just used my fingers to pull my hair up a bit and created my own small hump. I used some LTR and a little EVOO to put my hair up in u banana clip and there you have it. Probably took me 5 minutes. I am pleased and will be soon this style again. Hope you like.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Quest to find a Good Deep Conditioner!
I'm currently on a quest to find a good moisturizing DC for a reasonable price. Right now I'm currently using Mizani Moisturfuse. Although I love this product it's about $14 plus tax for a ??? oz bottle. While I can still fit the Mizani into my budget I want to see if I can find something that is a little cheaper. Maybe this isn't a good idea. You know the saying, "don't try to fix it if it aint broke"? Well I'm trying to fix what is not broke. This is a HHJ so what's a journey without some trial and error? I will try 3 DCs before I go back to Mizani Moisturefuse:
1. Neutrogena Triple Moisture Daily Deep Conditioner
2. Creme of Nature Argon Oil Intensive Oil Treatment
2. Creme of Nature Argon Oil Intensive Oil Treatment
3. Some other Deep Conditioning Mask (Not sure of a brand yet)
I will probably try the conditioners in this order. I already purchased the Neutrogena Triple Moisture and will be using it this weekend. I may try the DC for a month before deciding to keep them or give them the boot! I will be reviewing each product at the end of the month right here on my blog. I may even try mixing my own DC if I don't find something that I absolutely love.
What are your staple moisturizing deep conditioners?
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