And the next day...

My Green Obsession 1.

POSTED ON THE 5TH MAY 2009 AFTER STILL JUGGLING...

For about 2 years I have had a growing love of the colour green. Today I brought these shoes. I LOVE THEM!!!

1. Because they're green
2. Because they cost me £5.49 at a charity shop at the back of the west end. They were calling me in the window and were a perfect fit.
3. Because they are comfy and soooo cute!

Easter Hols, Not speaking, Girlies, Curlies, Twists & loose do's

(POSTED ON THE 5TH MAY 2009 AFTER SIX WEEKS IN 24 HOURS CHALLENGE)


So the boys are on holiday. Here's them doing what the do best. DS - ing or as I like to call them their 'Don't Speaks'. It's terrible. They're not allowed them during the week, on school days, but get them on a Friday. This was a familiar scene in our place during the Easter holiday...






Love this picture, look at the love...











And Zain with 'hair'. So pretty, if I had a girl child, she'd look like him. Which is why I don't mind remaining a mum of two boys. Plus how lucky am I gonna be in years to come, surrounded by three sexy men!!











Zain's dense curlies fascinate me...








I've still been playing with the 'Afro Kinky' plait-in hair. Just a little in the front twists to add some length. It blends in well with my hair... very well. Did a sloppy big twist on both sides. Came out okay. Bit tatty at the back though!

If you can't take the curlies...

...stay away from my Flat twist!!!

(POSTED ON THE 5TH MAY 2009 AFTER SIX WEEKS IN 24 HOURS CHALLENGE)


So he'd been begging and hinting for a few days and had recently washed his hair so I succumbed and put a flat twisted spiral in Henry's hair. Here's how it looked. Before twisting, I smoothed NS Hair and Body Butter on it and some NS Styling cream for hold.







This is how it looked a day later when I took it out just before he went to work.







The Man had a problem with one the length of his hair, (usually is shrunken into spirals) and as a result of the length the Perm like sexiness of his curls!! He was ready to call in sick! Look at the unease!!!






Personally I couldn't stop laughing! I thought it looked amazing, really beautiful but a bit too beautiful for our Henry!!

Remembering Us

(POSTED ON THE 5TH MAY 2009 AFTER SIX WEEKS IN 24 HOURS CHALLENGE)

Henry and I like to ship the kids off and have some quality US time. It doesn't happen as often as we'd like but most importantly it happens. It's a time to remember how it all began...just the two of us.

So with the kids off to Auntie Sharon's we proceeded to make the most of our 24 child-free hours!

Do I look toooo happy??!!!

We were invited to Richy Pitch's (a friend of Hen's) Hip Hop night entitled Scratch. Wicked night, I hadn't done Hip Hop clubbing for a longtime, so it definitely set the scene for the remembrance of our love in the 90's!!

Here's us before...

During... with Richy...



And after, me a little worse for wear but hair was still BIG which was good for the amount of heavy dancing that went down!!

Fat Flat Twists

(POSTED ON THE 5TH MAY 2009 AFTER SIX WEEKS IN 24 HOURS CHALLENGE)

So I put some fat flat twists in to stretch out my hair.



I was running late so didn't a picture of the work look but this is me before I went to bed.



Also I got some Afro kinky plait in hair, just for a change I suppose. Did some side flat twists using it and then did the hot water curls at the end. Looks quite cute I think. Although my edges could do without the stress. Been on a mission to grow them back. Been rubbing oils in for a few months and the hair is returning but needs to thicken up. Would probably be best left well alone.

Our Day

(POSTED ON THE 5TH MAY 2009 AFTER SIX WEEKS IN 24 HOURS CHALLENGE)

Up first 22 March 2009... Mothers Day

Happy Mother's day to all. Here are some great mother quotes...

All mothers are working mothers. ~Author Unknown

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~Milton Berle

Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that suppose to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing. ~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987

What a day! I did my 'daughter' thang through the post, providing my mother with some much needed Mac Studio Fix and a cool Afrocentric card. She was pleased. Although come to think of it, now I'm a mum it's been while since I did a trip down to my Mum's to spend mother's day with her. Should try and do that next year. Anyway, on the flip side I got some mother's day of my own. The boys and Henry are great on Mother's Day never failing to show their love...it's nice being a mum on mother's day. I was awoken to Kamaal's self made yummy crepes, then presented with my lovely cards and gift - a new computer chair -so needed/appreciated. Then we has some mum and sons time in the park while Henry prepared a delicious meal mostly courtesy of Mark's and Spencer's but as we all know it's not food it's M&S food. It was a lovely day as can be seen in my slide show...Thank you boys (including the BIG one!!!)

Slide show was fun to do and looks good...WHEN IT WORKS

but I think I prefer the real thing...

This beautiful day was made somewhat poignantly more beautiful by being the day God chose for young reality TV celeb, Jade Goody, to pass away in her sleep aged 27 after a very public battle with cervical cancer. She left behind two beautiful boys and during her final weeks, the nation watched as she displayed her very palpable, deep love for them. It saddens me that they will not see their mum anymore but I know for sure that everyday she will be watching them grow from her higher plane until they can be together again. RIP Jade Goody, your legacy is great and you have saved the lives of many women, your sons are proud of you.

I am thankful for being in the here and now with my babies and am glad for every moment I am privileged to be in their presence. Tomorrow is not promised to no one.

My Red Headed Babies

Today is Red Nose Day. A special day in the UK where we raise money for a charity called Comic Relief whose chief aim is to create 'positive change through the power of entertainment'. It's a fun day and we do fun activities to raise money, money that is allocated to a wide range of grants and social investments aimed at delivering real and long-lasting change to the poorest, most vulnerable people here in the UK and across the world.

Today in the spirit of Comic Relief my boys went to school with red hair. At school in exchange for £1, they were given their red noses to go with their red fro's. (don't have a picture of that I'm afraid). Poor Zain had a fall at school the day before, so he actually had a red nose for real!!

Keeping the Twist-Out Curlies

So with this twist-out, to keep the curls you need to do the following...

...Before you go to bed, apply any necessary hair food eg. oil or Shea. DO NOT BRUSH OR COMB. Twist it down in big twists, about 4 and cover with a scarf.

In the morning twist out big twists, the hair will seem quite stringy but not for long! Spray with water (I use a watered down NS Moisturising Spray spritz) apply a 10p sized dollop of gel, rub in your palms and rub all over, repeat if necessary. And then shake it out...
You'll see those curlies spring right up and remain separated.

Then style. I'm wondering whether to go for fringy or punky for work????? What to do? What to do?
Fringy???Punky???

And the final decision is...

FUNKY PUNKY!!!! I'm such a rebel!!! I know it's not 'Uniform Standard' but hey...



...it is Red Nose day!!!


Happy Red Nose Day, keep raising money for those in need.

Natural Hair and Sisterlocks Meet Up

So I was prepared for a wonderful evening and that's exactly what I got! Today 22 women from the Natural Hair and Sisterlocks Meet Up group finally got to meet up.




The lovely Cherry (pictured above) did a fantastic job organising the event. A nice location, good food, good drink and great people. It's the first time since starting my site that I got to meet-up with the people it embraces. And boy are you all great! Just as I thought. Beautiful inside and out, open, warm, great conversations, great night. It was wonderful to see so many natural heads at differing stages of their journeys. Some seasoned naturals, some newbies and some in weaves or extensions seeking advice and information. What was also interesting was that NO TWO HEADS were the same. We have all been on a similar journey but our destinations are all very different and individual. Here are some pictures...



This is me a Wendy Adams, she has a fab site called 'It's a Sista Thing' with great health tips and advice. Click here to check it out.

I'd just like to add that it was a pleasure to meet you all and I certainly look forward to meeting you all again in the spring/summer time and hopefully some new faces too.