Harper's Bazaar Arabia

le sigh... I love this magazine...fabulous cover

my muse...

I just love me some solange...she is soo cute and quirky. I love her hair her music and outlook on life...I need to hang with this chick....

yeah.... i'm a wee bit obsessed lol

gossip girls...

I absolutely adore this editorial by joseph sinclair. it's soo girly...yet urban. I love the idea of the tea party mixed with the bold african prints. this was shot in london...and it's fabulous!!! more images here.

photog: joseph sinclair

styling: shevelle rhule

Harper's Bazaar Arabia

masha

styling: sally matthews

image: susanne speil

source: fashiongonerogue

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i love this editorial. the colours are soo vibrant & are mixed brilliantly with different patterns. the cropped blonde hair is gorgeous on masha as well. I was just talking about how fabulous international fashion magazines are...loves it! I need to get to arabia PRONTO!!!

Vogue Italia

sedene & ayan

stylist: sara maino

image: greg lotus

source: fashiongonerogue

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i love it! the models have curves. colour. and confidence (the 3 C's) lol

No. Magazine #10

tia eckhardt

stylist: paul bui

image: holly blake

source: fashiongonerouge.com

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she looks amazing. it's something about the pale skin and the fire engine red hair that i love.

...i'm a rockstar!

here's a better scan.ok so I am loving loving la la la loving the styling done on rihanna for elle magazine...this one i'm actually going ot go buy. and mamma loves some good behind the scenes footage...HOTT!!!
*edited to include spread: who styled this? I wonder if it was mariel...it's gorgeous though...in love.

vogue mag

       i'm not such a huge fan of american vogue but the worldwide variations are amazing!!!

adrianna lima for vogue spain

jacqueline fernandez for vogue india

rihanna

it's a scan so it's a little blurry but i think she looks great. i like the skunk hair thing going on. the earrings and dress are fab. over at tfs they were saying her head looks huge in relation to her body and that's bad photo shopping...hmmm ook whatever... she still looks great!

i just love alana..i just do

styling: elizabeth sulcer

photog: michael schwartz

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vampin' it up

i am loving what sharon van de pas is giving here. i love black and white photos to begin with. the make up is soo dramatic. the wardrobe is exquisite...and i adore this spread.

styling: tasha cain

photog: michael schwartz

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glowing

caitlin

stylist: ?!?

photog: justin smith

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bella...

annabella

styling: paul bui

photog: rupert tapper

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madame sexy...

i love plus sized models. these ladies are hott!angelica and haley of 12+ UK model management.

glass magazine

stylist: darren knight

photog: felix lammers

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tumblr

I have a tumblr which makes no sense since I don't keep up on my blog...but oh wells...lol
http://naturalch3ks.tumblr.com/

hair woes...

I have sooo been neglecting my blog. Well i'm back and i'm gonna try and stay on track. So currently I have been having some serious hair issues. I have been transitioning from relaxed to my natural hair...and the journey has not been easy... Yesterday my hair was just not doing what I wanted to do and this is what I ended up walking out the door looking like...no bueno :(

as you can see I have a few more inches to chop off...but i'm not ready yet. So I wrote a little story about what I was feeling yesterday...wanna hear it, here it go!

So ugly...
That's basically how I have been feeling during this hair journey of mine...just ugly, not glamourous, not fierce nothing. It all started about 9 months ago...I had an install put into my hair and I said to myself "no more relaxers ever." This is a journey me and 3 of my bffs have been on together, we have all been transitioning in our on way but working towards the same goal. I have been addicted to the creamy crack since 1994 when I begged my momma to perm my hair so I can be like my friends at school who wore a rainbow array of scrunchies in their hair with less than 2 inches poking out. When I look back I'm like "wth was I thinking?" but at that time I wanted to look like them. My momma used to get my hair pressed and it wassoo long and thick but I hated getting it done. So after much crying and hollering I got my perm and within months my hair had broken off and I was left with my 2 cool inches. Over the years I did some crazy things to my hair. I have had fingerwaves, a super short cut, cornrows, microbraids, interlocks, French rolls, banana curls, sew ins, glue ins, half wigs, full wigs. I even dyed my hair blonde once...it ended being red after a cherry cola rinse...and now I'm rocking my full on afro.
This has definitely been a time of adjustment for me. I have noticed how much I seek validation from my friends and men to let me know it's ok to rock my hair like this...
I recenty moved to NYC from LA and I feel better about my hair out here as opposed to LA. Everything is fake there, fake boobs, fake hair, fake eyes, etc... I think the natural look is embraced more in the concrete jungle and. I am slowly but surely realizng the only person who has a problem with my hair is me...so that is something I am working on within myself. No matter how many people compliment me on my hair until I feel it inside it's not gonna matter. So I am learning to embrace the new me...but I got my tracks on standy just in case :)

I don't claim to be a writer but yeah this hair journey is a process and can really be overwhelming emotionally so this was a good way for me to vent. I am feeling much better about my hair today...

and I finally found my cantu shea butter so my hair will be looking a little more juicy...yip!

and if you can't tell by the 1st picture...it's hella hot in NYC.