As The Wind Blows

I I love her hair and had to share! Naptural85 is my hair crush...Who's yours?

Today i was doing my rounds on YouTube of old & new hair vids when I heard an unexpected statement: You don't  need to trim your hair to make it grow ....... What? Stop the presses! I hate getting my hair trimmed and I dont have to do so to get the length results I want? Ok, i was interseted.  (It was The Hair Doctor- Lisa Akbari) My experiences with "trimming" has been horrible...from stylist, to friends, to family & myself we have all messed up! I thought it was part of a sacred code of healthy hair. I began searching for others rogue natural hair ladies who didnt trim or not as often and this group of rebels is very large.  Women with beautiful long hair were appearing everywhere. Soooo..Ive decided to begin a hair challenge. I will seal my ends  daily & nightly with  shea butter & oils.. I'm hoping to see a difference in the length & overall appearance of the ends of my hair.   Will you join me? Have you stopped trimming or decrea...

Summer has reached the South! It may be officially still Spring but the thermostat & the school year ending in a few days means summer is here.  As parents we never get a vacation, so the summer poses a few challenges. We must prepare our kids for the upcoming school year, make sure they stay or get physically fit, stay out of trouble, and have a lot of fun. The resources for summer help are endless but I thought I would share a few....I will break them down in categories each week with a post...Let's begin with Reading List:  This will get a lot of moaning from some of the kids but we have to keep them learning all year. Most schools provide a required summer reading list for the new school year, local libraries also have suggested reading lists by grade level . One way to make reading more fun is to create or join a book club. Book clubs can be found at local libraries, bookstores & even social networking sites like Facebook & Twitter . ...

I decided to take a trip to Parkway Place Mall in Huntsville today to get my daughter the Sesame Street "I Love My Hair" shirt from Forever 21 and fell in love....not with the store I intended to visit but a beautiful store I stumbled on traveling there.  I walked pass a glass picture window that was showcasing beautiful accessories like necklaces, earrings, hats, purses, shoes etc in every color you could possible need to make your next ensemble pop! It looked like an exclusive boutique... I was intimidated at first because I knew I couldn't make any expensive purchases today but I had to enter.  I was greeted by a nice lady (in a trance forgot her name) asking if I needed any help..i just nodded "no" and began to explore. The first thing I noticed was a beautiful turquoise butterfly ring and I slowly turned it around to view the price tag...it was only $7.95 what???? OK it was time to ask some questions....I asked the sales associate what the name of this acc...

Motherhood is full of challenges and helping your children to have a positive self image is a very important & difficult one.  My only daughter Tia is twelve and she is beginning to discover that the way you look has an effect on the way people respond to you in society.  Embracing her natural hair is what I want for her but I also want her to know that she can chose. She will always know that I see a relaxer as the "creamy crack" but that if her reasons for getting one don't include self hate I will accept it. We sat down together and discussed what goals she had for her hair, here's what she said: long.long.long,long hair! I explained to her to have long hair you need healthy hair so we have partnered to create just that! She has dedicated her time and effort to achieve her goal by wearing protective styles, sleeping with a satin bonnet, taking a daily multi-vitamin, 6-8 glasses of water a day & caring for her hair with conditioning and oiling it....