Weeklies!

"When you love yourself, haters will come."

-Dead Prez

"Loving You is Killing Me"

Aloe Blacc

"Beauty Within"

Dead Prez

hairspiration!! :)

Tika Sumpter

the girl crush :)

Toms

Toms On Twitter :) 

the cause!

Jil Sander Two-Toned Brogues

the shoes!

China Glaze Crackle Polish

Ahhhhhhh!

 Soooooooo, I know I've been away for awhile, but I have an excuse! :).

1. I'm Sick :( ugh, stupid sinus infection
2. My Computer was Sick Too :( stupid virus
3. My School is doing Standardized Testing :( ughhh, stupid tests
4. I've Been Working!! :) I've started a natural t-shirt business, yayyy!

 Yess, I know... "excuses, excuses" smh... Sorry Guys, but I'm back now :)

Just Some Random Inspiration

Kathleen Cleaver of the Black Panther Party breaks down Why We Wear Our Hair Like We Do

Enjoy! :).

Love Forever and Always,

Eli <3.

I'm a Love Bird Now!!

Heyy guys! So I made a twitter the other day :). Follow me!
@ThisChickEli

& My Afro's Mean, 'Cause I do My Thing!

Soooooo, I know I said I was going to leave the braids in until the end of this month. But I just couldn't help it, lol and I took them down last week. I missed my little bitty fro. It had been a while since I had actually seen it in its natural state.

Today I wore my first dry twist-out. :)! The only product i used was Shea Moisture's Cocconut and Hibiscus Curl and Style Milk. I looooved it, so I thought I would share a few outcome pics. :).

Happy Hair & Much Love,
Eli :).



Weeklies!

"A man who treats his woman like a Princess is proof, that he has been raised by a Queen."

-Unknown

"If I Ruled the World"

Nas ft. Lauryn Hill

Hairspiration!

Miss Ertha Kitt

the girl crush :)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

the cause

Below are new additions to the usual weeklies I do, Enjoy! :).

Forever21- $22.80

the shoe :)

Sephora by OPI: Only Gold for Me Top Coat- $9.50

the nails!!

Tumblr Take Over!

Stop Hating! On Curly Hair

This video is super true! Hilarious, but true. Haha we all know those people who always and only tell you your hair is pretty, or looks good, when it's straight...

"I don't donate my hair to Africa to 'Kids without Bed Funds'" - Classic Man, Classic :)

Random... But, I Don't Care :)

Haha so I'm in my architecture class right now... super tired... and bored. And my friend Gabriela turns to me and say "The key to sucess... thank you cards!" Ummm, can we say GENIUS lol.
So true, Thank You Cards and using Proper English when talking to adults = Success!

That's All lol,
Eli :).

Weeklies!

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

"(To Be) Young, Gifted, and Black"

Aretha Franklin

(umm, lol can we say theme song?!)

Hairspiration!

http://www.charitywater.org/

charity: water

Miss Erykah Badu

"the girl crush :)"

Hmmmmm?... Natural Hair

So, my last relaxer was in early July 2010, I trastioned for 6 months, and big chopped December 31st, 2010. And when people ask me, I tell them that I've been natural for 9 months strong. Because in my eyes, while I was trasitioning, I was natural, my mentality was natural, I dealt with, and style my hair like it was natural. Yess, it was harder to maintain, because of my relaxed ends, but because of my natural roots, I went through the same thing all naturals go through. Detangling, growth, moisturizing, deep conditioning, using sulfate-free shampoo, trial and error products/styles, ect.

But over these last nine months I've noticed that most natural women and trasitioning women see a difference in "Natural Hair" and "Transitioning Hair," that I just don't see.

Soo, my question to you is, is there a difference between "natural" and "trasitioning" hair to you? And if so, what is the difference?

I want! I want! I want!

I found this bag from H&M on one of my favorite blogs, annnnd I want it! And for some crazy reason, there are like nooooo H&Ms in Texas (yess lol i live in Howdy Texas)?! I just don't understand... but wait, it gets worse guys, H&M doesn't have online shopping service for the US... smnh. Really H&M? Really?

I still love you H&M, but on the real, we need an H&M in Texas... Houston or Austin please :).