hELP ! . . . Hope this turns out GOOD.

My Best Friend Kadina is getting married tomorrow and I am her maid of honor. To the right is what my hair currently looks like. My dilemma is the obvious . . . WHAT THE HELL AM I GONNA DO WITH THIS ???

I've been online for a good HOUR and have found little help to my problem. This REALLY confused me considering everywhere I turn African-American woman are turning to natural hair solutions. I found a few blogs that talk about natural hair and there experiences. (which prompted me to blog about my own hair)

YET I didn't find an image or even a site that could really help me. Every picture or sight basically told me I'd have to blow dry, flat iron, or curl my hair. The few things I have been trying to avoid.

SO I fear I am going to have to wake up early and play with my hair for about 30mins using all these Hollywood and unbeWEAVEable styles as "inspiration". If all goes well I will have found a solution to my problem FOREVER, or at least until my hair gets longer. lol

I also think i'm going to document my trials and errors tomorrow morning so I can HOPEFULLY help some other girls or women when there in a hair predicament. I know for some people going natural isn't easy at first but maybe by sharing my lil tips and tricks I can make it a lil easier.

This is my hair progression from the beginning of last summer til now...... BUT my hairs been natural since about 10th grade. Tried a texturiser once last year but it wasn't that great so I got my hair cut and thats where the pics begin.

Well . . .

Until Tomorrow.

aLL bLACK eVERYTHING !

TODAY. . . I spent the day with my Mommy and we took care of a few things. Usually I just throw on the WARMEST clothes I can find and head out but today I decided to "try". lol.

Since I got a pair of Dr.Martens for Christmas I've been wanting to wear them again. . . SO I did. I grabbed my black New York & Company leggins ($10), Eddie Bauer long sleeve black shirt I got for Christmas, purple Nordstrom scarf I got for Christmas 2 yrs ago, and my black Delia's pea coat ($40). I found the sunglasses in my little brothers room, he wears glasses so I figured I could put them to better use then he was. I got the purse back when I was working at Van Heusen my senior year of high school. ($??)

After I got dresses and me and Mommy had been out for a lil bit she looked at me and told me I looked very "artsy". I find that funny considering I'm an ART MAJOR. lol. Then after I got home I had to make sure I put this look on my lookbook. Check It Out.

bLACK & gOLD . . . .REMIX !

I decided to remix this dress and make it a lil funky. I probably wouldn't wear this assemble in "real life" . . .or would I? lol. BUT I think i'm looking very Leni in these pictures. lol

I was really jammin to some music in these pics though.

Hat-Claire's-$10

Cardigan-Nordstrom Rack-$10

Chucks-Online?-$?

bLACK & gOLD . . . .

My new black and gold dress from H&M. It was about $20 and it even had pockets. I have no where to wear it yet so today I decided to just model it for the "public" lol

I couldn't decide if boots or heels would look best with this dress. When I do wear it, it will probably be with some type of heel. (My family is kinda fancy) lol

I can't wait to go to an event and show off in this dress. Even my Daddy approved me in the dress. lol.

Heels-H&M-$20

Boots-Wet Seal-$40

Earrings-Forever21-$4

Bow-Forever21-$3

lATELY . . . i'M fANCY HUH ?

This is Mike & I . . . . #thatisall

SO....My Daddy decided to have early Christmas with me and some of my brothers since I was home from school and staying with him a few days. At school since i'm an art major, not only am constantly painting but im walking everywhere, I don't get the chance to wear all my cute clothes often. Only time we get "dressed up" is to go out and thats a whole different topic covered in some of my other blog post. . . .ANYWAY.

When I go shopping I tend to buy cute things I know i'll be able to wear with things I already own and make a great outfit. For instance my outfit to the riiight. ---->I've had this sweater (from H&M) for a lil while now and I wear it all year round. So I went to the mall before leaving school (the mall here in Hagerstown doesn't have as much as the Towson Mall) to find a skirt and possibly some boots. . . and I was SUCCESSFUL !

I found the skirt at Forever21 for about $14, I found a replacement waist belt for $7, and I found 2 pack of &1.50 earrings (2 pairs of hoops and a 5 pack of pearl in varying sizes, I have on the big pearl in this picture) . Even better then ALL that I found boots, that fit my big legs, at wet seal for about $40. Then I went to target and got some tights for $5.

Last Saturday I out but it all together and this was the result. A cute spend-the-day-with-your-family outfit! My Daddy said I look very Holiday like. lol

Though I did miss getting all cute to go places . . . It feels good to be home Sunday (My Mommys or Daddys House) and just throw on a pair of jeans (Delia's $10) and a t-shirt (Forever21 $5) and dance around freely.

Since it is WINTER BREAK I'm feeling quite FREE. I can wear whatever I want (AS LONG AS IT KEEPS ME WARM) and not worry about if im gonna spill oil paint on it. lol

STAY WARM !

mY 3D pROCESSES fINAL

The final assignment in my 3D class was to create an ASSEMBLAGE out of atleast 4 random objects . . . BUT . . . one of our objects had to be a golf club. SO, I decided I wanted to make a dress since I knew no one else was gonna do it AND I love clothes. For my dress I ended up using AriZona green tea cans, white grocery store bags, wire, bra hooks, old headphone cord, a broken belt, and the golf club. Sounds really odd but as you can see it turned out pretty good.

ME ! and the hair accessory I made to match the dress.

I Love AriZona Green Tea . . . lol

Laughin at Kim . . whos taking these pictures

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