After conversations with a few friends and family about hair, I decided to write about the topic that seems to come up quite often. Being afraid and or ashamed to wear natural hair. Y’all!!! Why are we (as in kinky, coily, curly hair women) “Black women” so afraid/ashamed to wear our hair in its natural … More Afraid or Ashamed to Wear Natural Hair?
We traveled to Hawaii and boy did we have a GREAT time! I decided to do a recap of everything and put it all together and here we are! To start before we left mainland we had to test for COVID within 72 hrs of arriving. We also had to fill out a ton of … More 5 Days in Maui…🌺
Jesus said, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 This is the verse that comes to mind when I … More Mustard Seed Faith
As I was sitting thinking about my hair journey I started to think about my hair when I was a child. Before any of this natural hair craze, young Shantrell at one point had natural hair, BUT it was hot combed. My hair was kinky, coily, and curly back in the day for quite some … More From the Hot Comb to the Relaxer
Everybody has been on lock down clink clink because of COVID 😩. Last year was the craziest year for the entire world (it’s still a lil crazy to be honest)…and with things slowly getting back to normal we decided to take a family vacation. Of course we still washed hands a lot , sanitized if … More Finally! A family vacation 🙌🏾
So you may or may not know that we just became an Air Force family the end of last year. Had someone told me we would be a military family a few years back I would have laughed and straight up rejected it. I don’t think this was ever anything that was on my radar. … More Becoming an Air Force family ✈️ 🇺🇸
Natural Hair! It’s what everyone is talking about. Whether you have decided to go natural or not you know something about it or someone with it. It’s in the magazines, it’s on social media, you see ladies rocking natural hair when you go out, and it’s in movies like Black Panther and Jingle Jangle. Natural … More Natural Hair
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Khalil Gibran I have a love for the world of beauty. When you talk about beauty it can mean so many things. I feel like it’s this big umbrella over everything I love. Although whenever we talk about beauty the first thing … More Beauty
Parenthood! A hood that you are never fully prepared to go through… and the scariest hood that you’ll go through. Add being Millennial parents to that too and really shake things up! I remember bringing my big baby home all fragile and not knowing a thing about what to do. I remember thinking about what … More Millennial Parents
If you are here, first and foremost let me just say thank you! Thank you for taking time out of your day to read a thing or two on my blog. Time is precious so I appreciate you and your time 💜 Now that you’re here I want to tell you what to expect from … More What to expect from my blog?
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