The Pursuit of Nappyness

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Wig Review • Naomi (cls019-s) Wig by RPGSHOW

06.14.13 | 0 comments

Hola lovely peoople, I hope you’ve had great week, and are ready for an even better weekend. It’s been sooo hot here in St. Louis this week, but I’ll take hot over tornadoes any day. Several people have asked if I am affected by the flooding and the answer is ‘no’ thank God. Now onto [...]

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Natural Hair Box

06.07.13 | 0 comments

A couple months back I was contacted by the lovely folks at NaturalHairBox.com to receive their first ever subscription box as a complimentary gift in exchange for my honest opinion.  I jumped at the opportunity to support this new service because who doesn’t like to receive a gift and on top of that a gift [...]

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Un-Ruly.com “You Can Touch My Hair” Art Exhibit | Informative or Degrading?

06.06.13 | 12 comments

So I’m scrolling through Instagram today when come upon this picture: which seems to be of women of color holding signs that say “You Can Touch My Hair” while strangers … well … touch their hair. I was intrigued, so I researched and found the sight Un-Ruly.com and their  “You Can Touch My Hair” Interactive [...]

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My Short Natural Hair Routine

05.24.13 | 4 comments

Yesterday YouTube wouldn’t let me be great. I tried to upload this video twice during the day, and both times it took forever then would only show 26 seconds. Why had He forsaken me? #waa Anyhoo, 3rd time was the charm and VOILA! I present to you my current routine on short natural hair, complete [...]

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Cantu Shea Butter Leave In Conditioning Repair Cream

05.17.13 | 0 comments

Chellur ya’ll *waves* I’m back with another product review, this time of the Leave In Conditioning Repair Cream from Cantu Shea Butter . If’n you’re in a hurry check out this handy dandy review video I did all in under 1 minute: Click here to watch the video on YouTube. My husband was on a [...]

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Human Hair Blend Marissa Wig + Outfit of the Night

05.09.13 | 2 comments

I‘ve been wanting a bob wig ever since I cut all my hair off. I found a few I liked but it never worked out that I got my hands on them. Then I found this human hair blend wig by Especially Yours named Marissa on sale and I bought it because I figured I [...]

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Product Review • Pantene Truly Natural Hair

04.10.13 | 8 comments

Hey ya’ll, As promised via Instagram, I’m back with another product review, this time for Pantene Truly Natural Hair Clarifying Shampoo, Deep Conditioner and Defining Curls Styling Custard. BOOM! Hubby and I have been using all three products for over a month. I also gave samples to a friend for additional feedback.  The short version [...]

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Product Review • Shielo Hydrate Shampoo & Conditioner & ♥ Antioxidant Leave In ♥

03.27.13 | 2 comments

Many moons ago I was contacted by the lovely people at Shielo to do a review of their products. I had hair then *looks away dreamily* … much much more abundant hair … and tried their products on and off for several months. Then 2012 hit me like a ton of bricks and … well [...]

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Natural Hair • Caesar Cut

03.25.13 | 11 comments

A few weekly update videos ago I was sporting my natural hair in a  freshly cut caesar style and some fabulous custom earrings made by my girl Korey at PurposeByDesign4U.com. Here are some shots from that day sharing my hair and total look. I’m working on getting better whole body shots in the future so bear [...]

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Weekly Update • Purpose by Design, Hair Cut & A Rude Zit

03.19.13 | 4 comments

This week was eventful. I’ve made several good strides toward #operationbodyback success, battled a zit that disrespected my face, styled my super short hair cut, and made it out the house to hang with family and friends. Here’s this week’s update video. Enjoy:   You can check out the #OperationBodyBack Aqua Zumba video here. The app I’m [...]

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