EASY, LAZY, " STYLI " AND FUNNY HAIRSTYLES ...... LOL

SINCE THIS SUMMER I HAVE LESS AND LESS TIME TO FOCUS ON MY HAIR AND TO BE HONEST I AM VERY TIRED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.
BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME I END UP WITH A DIFFERENT RESULTS. SO IT IS QUITE DEPRESSING SOMETIMES.

 I REALLY WISH TO MASTER THE FLAT TWISTS BUT I STILL CAN'T  DO IT PROPERLY.
SO WHAT'S THE POINT ? BUT I NEEDED  TO HAVE A DECENT HAIRSTYLE FOR WORK SO I ENDED UP DOING SOME RANDOM BRAIDS JUST TO TIDE MY HAIR.

I  WAS FULLY AWARE THAT MY BRAIDS WERE QUITE "UNDEFINED" BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BRAIDS OUT THE NEXT MORNING.
THEN  I WOKE UP LATE SO ....... I JUST WENT AT WORK  THIS WAY.

YOU WILL NEVER IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN THE STUDENTS AND ALSO SOME MEMBERS OF THE STAFF CONGRATULATED  ME ON MY  " PRETTY ANS STYLI  HAIR"...

AND I WAS SO CHOCKED AND AMUSED. IN FACT IT BROUGHT ME BACK  TO  MY CHILDHOOD WHEN MY MUM WAS TREADING MY HAIR AND I WAS ANXIOUS ABOUT THE RECEPTION I WILL HAVE ON MONDAY  :
-  ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE FUN OF ME ?
-   MUMMY YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST MADE A BUN OR TWO BRAIDS. IT IS LESS RISKY .LOL

AND YOU KNOW WHAT ! ALL  THE TIME PEOPLE WERE AMAZED BY THE RESULTS IN FACT I NEVER BEEN TEASED ABOUT MY HAIR DURING MY CHILDHOOD.

THAT'S WHY I THINK I HAD MY FIRST RELAXER AT 20.  AND IT WAS TO AVOID " THE PAIN "  WHICH WAS COMING WITH THE COMBING.

SOMETIME WE WORRY  TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY WHEN MOST OF THE TIME THEY MAY NOT PAY ATTENTION OR JUST LIKE IT. LOL

FINALLY I LOVE MY SHRINKAGE..... HAPPY BANTU KNOTS OUT

YOU KNOW HOW SHRINKAGE CAN ANNOYED ME. LOL BUT GUESS WHAT ? I CHANGED MY MIND RECENTLY. I DECIDED TO DO THE BEST FROM MY SHRINKAGE SO I WILL NOT  HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY LENGTH RETENTION.

RECENTLY I FOUND ON YOUTUBE A TUTORIAL ON BANTU KNOT OUT AND DECIDED TO TRY IT BECAUSE IT WAS EASY AND I ONLY NEEDED  MY FINGERS WHICH WAS GREAT FOR ME. PLUS IT GIVES A GOOD DEFINITION EVEN IF I AM NOT AN EXPERT I KNEW I CAN ACHIEVED A GOOD HAIRSTYLE FOR CHURCH. LOL.

IT STARTED TWO DAYS BEFORE. I WASHED AND CO WASHED  MY HAIR THEN I APPLIED  A MIX OF CASTOR OIL, ALMA OIL AND ARGAN OIL WITH A LITTLE HEAD MASSAGE TO HELP SPREADING ALL THE SOLUTION ON MY HAIR AND I MADE TWO BRAIDS. LET IT DRY FOR TWO DAYS.

 I WAS AFRAID  THAT MY KNOTS WILL NEED SOME  BOBBY PINS BUT THEY DID WELL BY STAYING IN PLACE AND VERY TIGHT FOR ALL NIGHT. I WAS QUITE SURPRISED BUT I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE I ALSO APPLIED  A  HAIR LOTION FROM  "ORGANIC BOOT STIMULATOR"  BEFORE THE PROCESS.

I MADE IN TOTAL 8 KNOTS. I WISHED I COULD DO MORE BUT IT WASN'T EASY TO BEGIN WITH ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK AND THE MIDDLE.  I AM QUITE HAPPY OF THE RESULTS EVEN IF THE DEFINITION COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I WAITED TWO DAYS TO BANTU KNOT OUT.

BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE I WAS SOOOO HAPPY . I THINK I WILL DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY OLD FRIENDS..... LOL

 YES IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE MY LAST POST BUT I HAD SO MANY THINGS TO DO AND THERE WERE FEW PEOPLE SICK IN MY FAMILY.

 MY DAD AGAIN AND MY SISTER SO I WAS JUST TO WORRIED TO TAKE CARE OF MY HAIR. THEN THE LAST WEEK MY BOILER STOP WORKING ( NOTHING SERIOUS) BUT I DID NOT HAVE HOT WATER FOR THE ALL WEEK.

 SO YOU MUST IMAGINE THAT I HAVE TO HEAT WATER TO TAKE MY TWO DAILY "SHOWERS"... NOW THINGS HAVE STARTED TO GO BACK TO NORMAL TO ME . MY SISTER IS OK  AND MY FATHER IS GETTING BETTER.

I KEPT MY BRAIDS  DURING ALL SEPTEMBER. I WANTED TO KEEP THEM UNTIL HALLOWEEN BUT I DECIDED TO TAKE THEM OFF, THEY WERE TOO OLD.

BUT I WAS QUITE WORRIED  FOR THE DE-TANGLING. MY HAIR ARE THICK AND MY ARMS HURT ME ...PLUS I DON'T WANT TO  CREATE ANY UNNECESSARY BREAKAGE.

SO I DECIDED TO FINGER DE-TANGLE THEN I APPLIED  PALM OIL.... YES PALM OIL! IT 'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME THAT I DID NOT USE IT. BUT MY HAIR WERE SOOO THICK TO HANDLE.

WHEN I APPLIED  THE PALM OIL IT WAS MORE EASIER TO BRUSH AND COMB GENTLY. AFTER I USED 3 EGGS + 3 TABLE SPOON OF SESAME SEED OIL AND APPLIED IT ON MY HAIR AS A PRE- SHAMPOO.

TO GET RID OFF ALL THIS INGREDIENTS I HAD TO WASH MY HAIR WITH MY   NATURAL BLACK  SOAP FROM GHANA ....

IT WAS JUST THE PERFECT SOAP TO USE. MY HAIR AND SCALP WERE SOOO CLEAN. LOL. I FINISHED THE PROCESS WITH A BASIC CONDITIONER.

I APPLIED A MIXTURE OF CASTOR OIL, ARGAN OIL AND ALMA OIL. THEN I BLOW DRIED BY USING THE TENSION METHOD. I JUST MADE  TWO BRAIDS AND THAT'S IT BUT IT TOOK ME THE WHOLE FRIDAY NIGHT TO DO IT ( 4 HOURS ! ).

I PLAN TO KEEP THAT STYLE FOR OCTOBER. THE BRAIDS ARE EASY TO MAINTAIN BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM OFF BY YOURSELF IT'S TAKING TOO MUCH TIME AND I AM SO BUSY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO HEAT 2  BIG BASINS OF WATER. ( YES ! I HAVE DONE THIS WHEN MY BOILER WASN'T WORKING ).

BUT WITH THE LITTLE HELP OF  " MY OLD FRIENDS " ( PALM OIL AND EGGS ) I MANAGED TO SUCCEED. LOL

BACK TO WORK BUT WITH A SAD NOTE

MY RETURN TO WORK  WAS QUITE SAD. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUE, THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DIED ON HOLIDAY. HE WAS IN TURKEY WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS 5 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER. HE DIED THE FIRST NIGHT.

 WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR HOTEL, THEY JUST UNPACKED  AND HIS WIFE WENT TO TAKE A BATH.
 IT  WAS THEN SHE  HEARD HER DAUGHTER SAID : " DADDY , DADDY WEAK UP ! PLEASE DADDY WEAK UP ! MUMMY DADDY DOES NOT WANT TO WAKE UP ".

HIS WIFE THEN WENT TO THE ROOM AND FIND HIM ON THE FLOOR WITH THEIR DAUGHTER LIKE HE WAS SLEEPING. SHE TRIED TO CALL HIM AND SHAKE HIM THEN SHE REALISED THAT HE WASN'T RESPONDING.
 SHE CALLED THE RECEPTION AND THEY SEND AN EMPLOYEE WHO ASKED IMMEDIATELY TO CALL A DOCTOR AND AN AMBULANCE. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A DOCTOR IN THE HOTEL WHO CAME QUICKLY AND TOLD THEM AFTER TRYING TO RESUSCITATE HIM THAT HE WAS DEAD AND PROBABLY FROM A HEART ATTACK.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SHOCK AT WORK.  HE WAS 44 ( LIKE ME ), VERY FIT ALWAYS AT THE GYM NO DRINK, NO CIGARETTES.... HE SEEMS TO HAVE A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE.
I KNOW THAT WHEN YOUR DAY  IS COMING   IT  JUST COMES THAT'S IT.
 BUT I AM SO SAD FOR HIS DAUGHTER HE ALSO DIED ON HER BIRTHDAY LIKE IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO SEE HIM DEAD.....

 I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE HEAD OF HIS 5 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER ........
BECAUSE AT MY AGE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COPE  WELL IF I  LOST SOMEONE SO CLOSE IN MY FAMILY EVEN IF MY PARENTS ARE OLD, DIABETICS I AM NOT VERY COMFORTABLE TO THINK ABOUT " THEIR DEPARTURE"........

 ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!      R.I.P GRAHAM... JUST REST IN PEACE ...AND MAY GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL !

OH HAPPY DAYS WHEN MICHAEL WAS ..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL !

YESTERDAY I WAS reading  http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2013/08/miley-cyrus-behaving-badly-is-not-a-black-thing/ about THE MTV AWARDS  performances of MC and  "Lady" G and was not very surprised by the angry reactions of some of the viewers.

 And  I am SOOOOOO HAPPY that  I  do not have any more a TV at home because my niece ( she is 16)  wanted to watch the show but UNFORTUNATELY she could see some snippets on YouTube.

 

I don't know what is the worst thing : The fact that females entertainers have this URGE NEED TO TAKE OFF THEIR CLOTHES TO  PERFORM in a very sexual way OF COURSE. Because MUSIC  without EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENTS NEVER EVER SOLD BEFORE... YEAH!

Reading through the Daily mail Online I saw the pictures of "Lady" G  with a bikini / string talking to a male singer backstage. And you can notice that he WAS FULLY COVERED LIKE 100 % OF  THEM BUT GUESS WHAT IT IS ALWAYS THE FEMALES WHO CAN FEEL THE " HOT  WEATHER" inside doors.

And I was disgusted  by some of the pictures of  the provocative dance made  by a 20 years old girl to a 36 years old married man DAMN  HE CAN BE HER FATHER ! But today , does it really matters in " HOLLYWIERD".

Some black readers were mad because MC's  behaviour was attribute  to " BEING OR COPYING  BLACK  CULTURE". BECAUSE BEHAVING BADLY is  the monopole of Black people. LOL

 

ANYWAY because the 29 Th August will be Michael Jackson birthday's ( HE would have been 54), I just want to :remind you WHAT MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT  WAS, IS ...AND MUST BE : 

IF you want to create a real buzz and stay in  people minds and memory just DO OR BE LIKE THIS AND I ASSURE YOU NOBODY WILL FORGET YOU.BECAUSE there will be always someone more younger and "sexier" ( aka SOMEONE WILLING TO TAKE OFF THEIR CLOTHES WHEN PERFORMING ) than you BUT REAL NATURAL TALENT, INNOVATION ADD WITH YOUR LOVE AND RESPECT  OF MUSIC AND THE PUBLIC ( for me all this are linked).... that's what make you TIMELESS AND UNFORGETTABLE.

I JUST WANT TO FINISH WITH THIS SONG "The Lost Children" from  INVINCIBLE ( Michael's last album) because I think that WE ARE THE LOST CHILDREN  when thing like this happened as a community / society  we failed  BIG TIME when we can not stop this kind of behaviour to be advertise by the media and their ambassadors.

 When we can not stop our children to emulate this destructive way of life and thinking. THAT' S WHY WE NEED TO PRAY FOR ALL THE LOST CHILDREN  NOT JUST THE DISAPPEARED ONES BUT ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY LOST.......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL AND AGAIN THANK YOU !

I AM BACK AND SETTLED DOWN.

I FINALLY LOCATED IN MY NEW FLAT. SINCE 2 DAYS NOW I AM OFFICIALLY LIVING THERE. I JUST NEED NOW TO CLEAN MY OLD FLAT BEFORE RETURNING THE KEYS. I AM HAPPY TO HAVE FINISHED MY RELOCATION DUTY. LOL

NOW I CAN JUST REST FOR THE NEXT 3 WEEKS BEFORE GOING BACK TO WORK. MY LAND LINE AND  INTERNET WORK PERFECTLY NOW.

LOVE LOVE MY NEW PLACE IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COSY THAN THE OLD ONE.  I ONLY HAVE 2 BEDROOMS INSTEAD OF 3 BUT TO BE HONEST THE THIRD ONE WAS VERY VERY TINY AND I WASN'T USING IT AT ALL.

I DID NOT DO A LOT OF THINGS ON MY HAIR, I JUST MADE SOME BRAIDS  BECAUSE I WAS NOT BOTHERING BY THAT EVEN THE MAINTENANCE WAS VERY LOW
 ( CO WASHING + COCONUT OIL ).

I WANT MY HOLIDAYS  TO START BECAUSE I PLAN TO GO ON SOME PICNICS AROUND LONDON PARKS WITH MY SISTER AND MY NIECE. THE WEATHER IS VERY GOOD FOR THAT KIND OF EXCURSION.

I ALSO WANT TO KEEP MY HAIR THAT WAY UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST .... I REALLY REALLY WANT  TO FEEL THAT I AM ON HOLIDAYS. EVEN THE WEIGHT WATCHERS SESSIONS HAVE BEEN STOPPED .

 I STILL FOLLOWING THE DIET BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE WEIGHT SO I HOPE THAT I WILL AT LEAST  BE THE SAME IN THE SCALE  WHEN I  WILL RETURN. I JUST WANT TO NOT PUT ON. ( YOU SEE, I AM NOT TOO DIFFICULT.....LOL ).

MY HOLIDAYS ARE VERY SACRED TO ME EVEN IF I AM NOT GOING SOMEWHERE.

NEW ADDRESS, NEW MENTALITY ....LOL

MY LAST PICS IN MY FORMER  BATHROOM

THIS IS IT..... I JUST FINISHED TO MOVE IN IN MY NEW ADDRESS AND EVEN IF IT IS NOT ENTIRELY DONE NEXT WEEK, STARTING BY THURSDAY I WILL LIVE THERE.
 I ALREADY MAKE A LOT OF CHANGE FOR MY NEW HOME. ESPECIALLY FOR MY MAIL IT WAS QUITE A LOT OF WORK AND BORING AT THE SAME TIME BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE.
ISN'T IT...LOL

LAST TIME TO DO MY HAIR IN THIS  FLAT

YES, I AM MOVING  FROM 2 STREETS BUT I DO HAVE TO CHANGE MY WAY OF LIFE, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS PACKING UP, I NEVER REALISED HOW MUCH STUFF ( CLOTHES, SHOES, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC....) I HAD.

I JUST MADE A TWIST OUT FOR THE WEEK 

AND IT WAS A HUGE SHOCK BECAUSE SOME OF THEM LIKE SHOES OR CLOTHES WERE PURCHASED WITHOUT BEEN WORE.
I JUST GAVE AWAY HALF OF MY CLOTHES AND SHOES TO  A CHARITY AND I JUST DUMPED ALL MY MAGAZINES ( ESSENCE, NEW AFRICAN WOMAN, EBONY....) TO THE APPROPRIATE RECYCLING BIN. I WILL NOT TAKE MY TV NO  NEED IT ANY MORE
 ( I NEVER WATCHED IT SINCE 10 YEARS).

IT WAS NECESSARY TO LIGHTEN UP MY POSSESSIONS BUT I REALISED THAT IT WAS ALSO  IMPERATIVE TO LIGHTEN UP  "MY MIND".. HOW ? JUST BY MAKING A PLEDGE.
I WILL NOT BUY ANY MORE CLOTHES, MAGAZINES  AND SHOES. CAN I KEEP MY PROMESS ?

BECAUSE SINCERELY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

TOO MUCH MONEY SPENT ON STUFF WHEN IF I LOOK CAREFULLY I ALWAYS WORE THE SAME OUTFITS AND ONLY 3 TYPES OF SHOES.
 BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO  BE COMFORTABLE  WHEN I AM MOVING AROUND.  WITHOUT REALISING IT I WAS A SHOP ALCOHOLIC...LOL... I KNOW THAT I WILL DEFINITIVELY SAVE A LOT OF MONEY NOW.

SO NEW ADDRESS, NEW MENTALITY... LOL

I WILL BE BACK WHEN EVERYTHING WILL BE SETTLED IN MY NEW FLAT... I MEAN THE LAND LINE AND THE INTERNET BECAUSE TO BE HONEST IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO BE ADDRESS FOR ME  NOW. LOL