Happy Birthday Granny!!

Today I celebrate my grandmother, Mrs. Ida Jane Jeter's birthday. She would have been 71 today. She passed away October 4 ten years ago, a hour and day shy of her 61st birthday. I think her everyday of my life. I wish had been able to say good bye. The last day that I saw her was the day before my 19th birthday(September 22).As I was going out the door, she said "No speeding going back over to that school,I'll be watching you." I laughed and turned around and gave her a kiss.She knew all along that I would never see her again. She affected alot of the things I do now especially my love for fashion and beauty. She would buy me Sassy magazine and Revlon nail polish, let smear on her precious Chanel No.5 body cream,and sit at her vanity and put on her "good" jewelry. She bought me my first perfume, Liz Claiborne, in the red triangle and let me wear her Mikimoto pearls when I graduated from high school. She told me that I should always have a good suit and a nice pajama sets,something she kept because she was always in the hospital.On Sundays I would wait for her to come down the aisle in church in her church robe trying catch a whiff her White Linen perfume and ask for a peppermint. She had to have the largest collection of Aigner I had ever seen, I mean cigarette cases, trench coats, leather coats(long and short),purses,navy Aigner, even luggage!She only wore Fashion Fair makeup even had Fashion Fair Shampoo and Setting Lotion for her roller sets.And never missed her standing once a week wash and set.When I turned 18, she drove me up Union County Voter Registration to get me registered.She said,"Vote for that Clinton boy,now." LOL!When she passed I gave the funeral home a vintage scarf to put on her, so that she will know we will always be together,two textbook Libras who love purple, Caress Soap and good restaurants.

I love you Granny,Angel of Mine.


J

Diary of a Nouveau Nappyhead Part II

Here's my Oyin order:

Grand Poo Bar(a shampoo bar without all the nasty chemicals)

Honey Hemp Conditioner(I've used this.It is so divine)

Whipped Pudding(Love this too)

3-piece Bath Set includes:
Honey Wash
After Bath Oil
Whipped Shea

Funk Butter(a natural deodorant,I've being allergic to deodorant for years,still use it though)

The only thing that I don't really care for with Oyin is that it take two weeks to receive it because they make everything fresh.

You know I'll have a review!!


J

Fashion/Beauty Slump and Dump...

Yesterday I was having Fashion and Beauty Slump and dump. I was down because I'm sorta tired buying on a budget. For once I want to blow some money. It all started in Target when I was contemplating putting back a $10 shirt so that I won't be broke next week. $10 shirt, cousins. Ugh, I just put it back.Too much pressure. But the point is as budgeting diva, I sometimes to get sick of buying drugstore makeup because $14 lipglosses sometimes make no sense or shopping in Target and WalMart for clothes hoping they won't shrink and I'll get my money's worth. I need a(some) new coat(s) and being extra curvy, I need something that looks good and fits. I can't get this coat from WalMart! I need my Purity Made Simple, knowing nothing else works for me, but I can't splurge because I got the other half of my car insurance coming up. And having children who are sick on and off, you can't be caught with empty pockets. Hopefully I'll get a fashion and beauty windfall and magically a couple thousand will fall from no where and give me some new quality things.


J

Diary of a Nouveau Nappyhead Part I

In the last three weeks since I've cut my hair and went natural.I've bought about four products. When I went to get a trim, the barber( who was a woman) told me to let it grow a little and consider locking it.I've considered locking but the jury is still out on that. I'll just grow it out some more for now. She also told me to not put gel on my hair. Unfortunately , gel is the only way that my curls have definition and stay that way. I'm really trying,ya'll to be healthy and understanding to my hair. I figure this,if I'm nice to it, it will love me back. Seems to work with all of my relaxer, swooped haired girlfriends who have standing appointments with their yaky-yaky hairdressas! Here's what I've found recently:

Dark and Lovely Naturally Honey Wave Glaze-I wet my hair in the morning with warm water and apply this first.Yeah,its a gel. It says it has sunscreen but I don't see what SPF is.

Dark and Lovely Naturally Honey Kissed Hair Dress- Smells delicious and isn't overly greasy. But I just noticed that the first three ingredients are Water, Mineral Oil, and Petroleum which I once read are not good for hair period.

Elasta QP Creme Conditioning Shampoo-I used to use this back in 1997 when cut it natural. The only ingredients I could even pronounce was WATER.

Elasta QP Intense Fortifying Hair Conditioner- I just like it because it smells like bananas. But smells can be deceiving. Cetyl Alcohol is the 2nd ingredient.

So I'm back to the drawing board. I'm going to hit the internet tomorrow to order some Carol's Daughter and Oyin. Natural Products for my crop!

South Carolina on my mind, beauty in my heart!

Hi all!
I want to say that yesterday I have never been so happy to see the state of South Carolina in my life. It was so good to be back in the familiarities of the country after 24 loooonnnng hours in good ole' Charlotte North Carolina. My "Bubba Boo" got really sick while in the "care" of his father for the weekend and I had to hottail it to Levine Children's Hospital to be with him. People, don't get sick in Charlotte, that's all I'm going to say. God prevailed his blessing on my little fat boy and he's doing alot better AT home in South Carolina.


Before I had the worse 24 hours of my life, that included sleeping on a hard fold out chair in the same room with the "other" biological parent, I had scored a deal that you all will not believe. Saturday night, I went to Spartanburg to the Victoria's Secret to check out the new Very Sexy makeup and redeem a $10 coupon that they sent me for my birthday.

I got:
Fearless lip gloss , above,($12 minus $10 off coupon)- an intense purple that goes on smooth and not sticky and surprisely come off easily. The only I would change is that applicator end is a brush which over time is not going last. Maybe a sponge tip would have been better.

Velvet Rope lipstick,above 1st pic,(free,I had a free Very Sexy Lipstick coupon, reg $12)- It looked familiar in color and when I got home, I compared it with MAC's O and it is the EXACT color. I'm keeping it though. I goes on smooth too with no annoying smell and great packaging.

Victoria's Secret Cotton Panty(free with a coupon, reg $7.50)-I haven't been able to wear VS in a long time so I got a XL, thinking I can probably wear them to bed if they are too small. They fit great so I must have lost some weight.:)

Total:
$2.10 for $31.50 worth of items!

J