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

more images here

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.

Haute this week

a few of my favorites this week.

Interview Mag

so there has been a lot of issues of these images... i wasn't really sure what to think when i first saw them. part of me was felt as if daria was being presented as an angelic figure and all the black folks were dirty and grimy. but the other part of me really likes this editorial. i love the hard and oiled up bodies on the supporting models against the paleness of daria... the colors work. the photography works... personally i love it. it's artistic. let's stop being so sensitive people...and yes i'm black :)

Marie Claire France

is plus sized the new norm? it seems like plus sized models are "in vogue" lately. i think it's beautiful that fuller figures are being featured more and more and I hope it's not just a passing phase.

images: fashiongonerogue

more images: here

Size Matters

I am a horrid blogger. I'm working on it. I got a lot of great personal experiences to share...soon. ok yea...

i absolutely adore Crystal Renn...how is she considered plus size? i think her and her body is amazing work it out Crys...

stylist: ingo nahrwold

images: fashiongonerogue

more images found here

*on a personal note...I adore her eyebrows...sigh