Maybe it's Maybelline!

Super Stay & Dream Liquid Mousse First makeup reviews coming soon.....

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Fruit Smoothie...

If you can even call it a smoothie! It was more like applesauce. Lol! So I've seen a few bloggers and YouTubers juicing and making smoothies and I wanted to give it a try. I figured I would start with fruit only and add vegetables after a couple of days. I was anxious to start this morning so I didn't have everything I needed... Ice, which I think would have made this a lot better. To add to that, I was short on time and didn't have time to peel the apples. I used 1 whole banana, 2 small apples, an orange, and about 20 grapes. Since...

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Oh, Sweet Peanut Butter!

So ummm... yeah! I definitely shouldn't have these, but I can never resist them! I love peanut butter! I can and I do eat it straight out of the jar! There's only about 20 Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies in this box and I've already eaten 8 today! I guess the sooner they're gone, the better... right? O_o...

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Exercise/Healthier Eating - Days 6 & 7

Day 6 Breakfast: Orange Snack: 3 Graham Crackers Lunch: Chicken flavored Ramen noodles Snack: 2 Graham Crackers "Sunday Dinner": Baked ham, cabbage, corn bread, mashed potatoes Snack: Orange             Quaker caramel rice snacks             Hot Dog No workouts on Sunday! *I didn't eat much for dinner, which is why I did so much snacking afterwards! Day 7 Breakfast: Orange Lunch: Baked ham (2-3 small pieces), String beans, mashed potatoes Snack: Quaker caramel rice snacks            ...

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Wash, Twist, Trim

*Done on Friday night (1/27/12) It's after 1 am and I just got done washing, twisting and trimming my hair! Whew! That should teach me to never again start doing my hair so late! It took me almost 3 hours to do what I thought would take half that amount of time! I didn't feel like detangling when I first started, so I deep conditioned and washed my hair in twist! I deep conditioned for about an hour with Herbal Essence Hello Hydration conditioner, honey, and extra virgin olive oil. Twists with deep conditioning mix applied. After...

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Exercise/Healthier Eating - Day 6

Breakfast: Bowl of Frosted Flakes Dinner: 2 baked chicken wings and french fries... Yes, I had a few fries. That was my treat to myself for doing such a good job this week. Snack: orange, 4 graham crackers It was a busy day, so I didn't have time to make it to the gym since it closes early on Saturday. I do hair on the side and I had an appointment that afternoon, which is why I didn't snack between breakfast and dinner. That's my quick update for day 6. Later y'al...

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Still Protective Stylin'

There hasn't been much to say for my hair lately. It's been in twists for most of this month and it still is. I co-washed and twisted my hair last Saturday. I was headed to see Red Tails and it was still wet, so I wore a beanie. After wearing my hair down for a few days, I did a simple twisted up-do on Tuesday. The pictures weren't taken until Friday, so it's a little frizzy.  Now I'm off to wash and re-twist! *Sigh* I'm not at all in the mood to do this! I'm sure we all know how that is! ...

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Exercise/Healthier Eating - Day 5

Breakfast: Grapes Snack: Orange Lunch: Baked pork chop, corn, and green beans Snack: Orange             3 graham crackers             Bowl of cereal             Apple *Had these throughout the day. Not all at once Workout: Zumba (1 hour class) No Zumba on Fridays, so I walked at 3.1 mph on the treadmill for 45 minutes. Dinner: Bologna and cheese sandwich...  Yes, it was one of those days. I just did not feel like cooking anything and no fast food. And yes, I did say bologna. I don't...

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Exercise/Healthier Eating - Day 4

I'm back again! I'm pretty happy about how the day went! Here's the run down... Breakfast: Bowl of cereal (Frosted Flakes) Maybe I'll try Corn Flakes later, but oh how I love the frost! Lol! Snack: 3 whole graham crackers Dinner: Baked pork chop and chicken flavored rice Snack: Orange Workout: Zumba (1 hour class) and 30 minutes walking on the treadmill @ 3.1 mph. Snack: Another small bowl of cereal. The challenge is going great so far! I'm really excited and I hope I can stay motivated! I don't have any particular time frame that...

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Exercise/Healthier Eating - Days 2 & 3

I'm back with an update for yesterday and today! Just a quick run down.... Day 2: Breakfast and snacks before lunch: 2 oranges and a banana Lunch: Left overs from Day 1- 2 pieces of baked tilapia and chicken flavored rice Snack: Graham crackers and a bowl of Cheerios (Disgusting, might I add. No more Cheerios for me!) Dinner: 2 beef tacos w/sour cream, corn, cheese, lettuce, and taco sauce Snack: Orange Workout: No workout  Day 3: Breakfast: Nothing... I know that's bad Snack: Graham crackers Lunch: Chicken flavored Ramen noodles Dinner: Left overs from Day 1 - 2 beef tacos w/sour cream, corn, cheese, lettuce, and...

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Excercise/Eating Challenge - Day 1

So here's how I did on Day 1! I had a banana for breakfast and again on break. I hope to have a better breakfast tomorrow. My lunch was left overs from Sunday dinner... a Southern Sunday dinner might I add. I know it wasn't healthy, but it's what I had. It was greens, fried pork chops, macaroni and cheese, and corn bread. After work I had a grilled chicken sandwich and a small fruit bowl from Chick-Fil-A. For dinner I baked tilapia and cooked rice! This was my first time trying this Chicken Flavored Rice. It didn't...

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Breakfast - Day 1

Today starts my "Exercise/Healthier Eating Challenge" (I just came up with that name). I've been lazy, so I haven't gone to the store to stock up on fruit and healthy snacks. Because I didn't have many options, this was my sad breakfast. It's better than the chips that I usually get from the snack machine! The weather is getting bad here, so I'm not sure if I'll make it to the gym. If not, I'll work out at home. I'll be back later to update on that and the rest of my meals for the day. Good day y'al...

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Red Tails...

Headed to watch Red Tails ... is definitely a must see! With so much negativity constantly surrounding my race (not to say there isn't anything positive being recognized), Red Tails definitely made me feel PROUD! Please go and support Red Tails if you haven't already! ...

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A Slimmer, Healthier Me!

April 2008 This is what I'm aiming for! I've been trying to slim down off and on for about the last 9 months! I haven't stayed with the plan either time! Well this time I plan to stick with it! Part of the reason that I started this blog was so that I could document my weight loss and hopefully as added motivation! Over the last 3 years I've gained about 30-35 pounds! I'm 5'4" and currently 155 pounds. I'm curvy (which I don't mind and at all) and I happen to love my ummm... back side! Lol! So hopefully that doesn't go anywhere. But...

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Single Strand Knots!!

I'm obsessed with them! I HATE them! I've excepted the fact that they're inevitable with my natural hair. After wearing my hair out a lot over the last two or three months I've had way more SSKs than I care to think about! The fact that I need to trim probably adds to the count also. There will be a lot of protective styling for me for a while and a trim in my near future. My 9 to 5 is a sales chat representative. Imagine me sitting at my desk going through my hair for SSKs, finding one and getting excited, searching for my scissors, while holding on to the strand of hair for dear life. Then I realize I have a chat to respond...

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Twisted Up-Do by CharyJay

Let me start by saying that I LOVE CharyJay! She's 160Days2Lose2 on YouTube and she's definitely one of my favorites to watch. I always get excited when I see a new video from her in my subscriptions! I love this twisted up-do and can't wait until I have enough hair to try this! Werk CharyJay! ...

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Protective Stylin'

Hey y'all! My sister was in a pageant today, so I had to come up with something to do with my hair. I've had mini twists in for 9 days and they're looking a little rough! I wanted to do a twist out, but I just don't feel like dealing with my hair right now! So I put on a wig and used a scarf as a headband (which I loved)! Done! ...

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Length Checks

Hey everyone! Just a few pictures showing my progress from March 2011 to now. ...

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The Game

The Game is one of my favorite sitcoms right now and I'm excited about the Season 5 premiere  tonight! What I love most about the show is Melanie and Derwin's relationship! I can't wait to see what happens with them this season. I'm also excited to see Brandy on the show! I love her music and I'm anxious to see what her character will bring! Will you be tuning in? ...

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Au Natural: 10-12

Hey everyone! So this is the final of the 4 posts showing my progress over the last year! What a mighty long way I've come! Lol! I've been enjoying my hair over these last 3 months! So I will warn you... this post has quite a few pictures!   Twist out pinned up on the sides. This was probably one of the best twist outs that I'd done up until this point! (10/28/11)  The same twist out! Headed to the Magic City Classic in Birmingham, AL. (10/29/11) Puff! (11/4/11) This is normally what I do to give my hair a break...

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Do You Know What Today Is?

*singing in my Tony Toni Tone voice* IT'S MY 1 YEAR NAPPIVERSARY!!! This last year has really flown by! I honestly didn't realize I was almost 1 year post Big Chop until a couple of weeks ago. I will post later today showing my progress so far...

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BCS National Championship

Who's watching the game?! I'm watching and rooting for LSU! I'm an Auburn Tiger. If you aren't familiar with college football, the University of Alabama and Auburn University are rivals, so I'm not fond of Alabama... to say the least. So I just dropped in to say GO TIGERS!!! ...

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Au Natural: 7-9

During these months I was doing a lot of protective styling (I was getting VERY lazy with my hair), so there aren't many pictures to share, but here goes!  Fluffy twist out with twisted headband. (7/12/11) My second set of mini twists (7/20/11) Bun with marley braiding hair. I loved this look, but haven't done it again. I definitely have to revisit this style! (8/23/11) Another protective style. I wore this for about 2 weeks. (9/2/11) Box braids that I did. Wore those for a month. (9/16/11) They were...

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