Natural Hair Decision

Hello All,

Hope you all had a good weekend! I wanted to come and share with you guys about a decision that I made recently. For the past 6 years I have been natural (my hair that is) and it definitely has been a journey. I went from being a product junky spending a lot of money on so many different hair products. Over the years I have had my hair braided in micro braids, Senegalese twists, marley jumbo twist, crochet hair styles you name it, I have tried all of the protective styles. For the past few months, I felt like taking care of my natural hair has become more of a chore. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love my natural hair and the many ways that I can wear it, but taking care of it is very time consuming. I  made the decision to get sisterlocks installed on my birthday weekend.

Sister locks are similar to traditional dreads, the only difference is that they are installed by a special tool and a loctician who has been certified to install sisterlocks. Sisterlocks were created by Dr. Joanne Cornwell back in 1993. To keep them maintained, you got every 4-6 weeks to get them re-tightened.

I got my sisterlocks installed over the weekend of February 10th, 11th and the 12th and it took 72 hours to install! My loctician has a space in her home that is very comfortable. She has Netflix and Hulu which made the time go by so quickly! I went prepared with my snacks, lunch, neck pillow and my tablet.

Getting sisterlocks was the best thing to do for my hair. No more spending money on buying all those different products to put in my hair, no more worrying about what to with my hair when I go on vaca and most of all the low maintenance  of the locks. Unfortunately, I did not take pics of my hair when I got it installed. In the future I will post some pics of them.

To find out more information on sisterlocks just google it and plenty of pages with info on them will pop up!

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Vacation in Playa del Carmen

Hola Amigos!

I went on vacation to Mexico last month (mad late, I know) and I had THEE best time. I stayed at

5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen

Occidental at Xcaret Destination in Playa del Carmen which is an all inclusive resort. It is a HUGE, beautiful resort.  Me and a couple of my friends went from May 5th to May10th. The hotel was in the middle of the Jungle which was pretty cool. There were monkey's deer, iguana's and other little creatures that would roam freely around the resort. That is that part that I didn't read about the hotel, but I didn't mind at all, I love animals.

The hotel rooms were nice. They provided both a bottle of champagne and tequila which was nice. The hotel staff was so friendly and helpful. The restaurants that they had on the resort were also very good. They had a 2 different buffets, that served breakfast lunch and dinner. One buffet was located on the beach, the other buffet in the main area of the resort. They also had an Asian, Italian and of course a Mexican restaurant. They also had a steak house which was so so good.

Every night they had entertainment in the main area of the resort that included magic shows, dance numbers and also had kid activities during the day. They also have their own club on the resort that was open every night from 10pm to 1am that played old school music, top ten list music, 70s, 80s and 90s music.

Love this pic! Located in the hotel lobby

This was my first time going out of the country and it has inspired me to travel even more. This summer I will be going on a family reunion cruise to Turks, Dominican Republic, Curacao and Aruba. I am too excited!

Her are some pics from my vaca..

The beach on the resort

The beach

Another shot of the beach on the resort

The Buffet on the beach

Parrots are only out during the day

One of the Iguana's chilling

Catch yall on the next post!

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🎉🎉Happy New Year🎉🎉

Happy new year to all! Hope you all had an amazing, safe holiday!

It's been a while since I last wrote a post for my blog, I've been doing some major slacking on that. Anywho, I  had a good Thanksgiving , Christmas and New year.

I went out for the first time on new years eve and went to Mohegan Sun casino in CT which was cool. Pigged out at the buffet, danced to the countdown to the new year and threw a few dollars in a couple  slot machines. Didn't win anything tho..lol.

I am definitely looking forward to 2017! New outlook, new attitude, new confidence and new beginnings.

This year, I am going to try my best to write weekly posts on my blog. I have a good feeling that it is going to be a good year and would love to share it with you!

Catch you on the next post!

My Skin Care Routine

Hey everyone!

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. I wrote a post about my weekly wash day routine for natural hair last month here, so this week, I would like to share my daily skin care routine with you. The skin products that I like to use is the Alba Botanica Hawaiian line which I absolutely love. The line of products are all natural and work and smell fantastic! The Alba skin products can be purchased at Whole Foods, CVS, Walgreen's or you can purchase it at Marshall's or TJMaxx like I do, and save a few bucks by doing so, almost half the price!

The face wash that I use is the  pore purifying pineapple foaming face wash or the deep cleansing coconut milk face wash. They both work really well, the pineapple face wash is more foamy  and sudsy while the coconut milk face wash is more frothy. When using those facial cleansers, I use my Bella Beauty facial cleansing brush that I also purchased from TJMaxx which was $9.99.

After washing my face, I follow up with using the complexion balancing hibiscus facial toner. I use a cotton round and apply the toner to my whole face and neck. After applying the toner, I use the aloe and green tea oil free moisturizer which makes my skin oh so soft with a nice cooling sensation after I apply it.

Once a week I use the pore-fecting papaya enzyme facial mask and the pineapple enzyme facial scrub which are both really good. I also have the pineapple enzyme 3- in 1 clean towelettes which I use before applying the papaya enzyme facial mask and times where I just want refresh my face.

If you want an all natural skin care line that is inexpensive, works well and also smells really good, I would recommend using the Alba Botanica Hawaiian skin care line. I have been using it for over a year and I love it! Another good thing about using these products is that, a little goes a very long way! I always use small amounts of the facial wash, the facial mask and the facial moisturizer, I use the toner generously, but it still goes a long way when I use it.

Thanks for stopping by, catch you on the next post!

End of Pescatarian Diet

Hello all!

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I wanted to give my last update on my 30 day pescatarian diet and my overall results from it.  After 30 days, along with exercising, I had lost a total of 10 pounds! During those 30 days of the diet, I really didn't have any strong cravings to eat any meat or any of the other foods that I took out during those 30 days. 

After those 30 days, I have decided to drastically cut back on eating red meat, bread, potatoes and pasta. I didn't really miss having those foods, the only thing I missed for a quick minute was chicken. I will also say that my grocery bill has also been a bit lower during those 30 days too.

Overall, I actually enjoyed the challenge and loved the results that I had got from it. Maybe next time around I will try a 30 day vegetarian diet and see how that would go.

Catch you guys on the next post!