Naturalbrownbarbie's Blog

Preppin’ the hair…

naturalbrownbarbie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:44:14 +0000

Sooo I have decided to do a curly braidout for xmas eve. We are going to my wonderful church xmas service! I will post pics if the hair turns out well enough to let the world see.

But anyways, I have to start early (5:38PM)because my hair is so flippin’ thick and dries some what slow. Damp braidouts are nottttt cute! Can we say – DISASTER…?!

Welllll let’s hope and pray the hair looks BOMB so I can post the pics! Happy Holiday!

Posting via my mobile, gotta love my mini computer. Ha.

I love this website.

naturalbrownbarbie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:03:27 +0000

Okay, so I seriously love this site.

They have the best heels and boots ever! And YES I have ordered from there before! No worries. Anyways, here is the site… tell me what you think!

http://amiclubwear.com/

These are some of the shoes that they carry!

ENJOY! =)

I hope you enjoy. =)

I’m back! – updates

naturalbrownbarbie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:52:00 +0000

Okay so I haven’t posted in a while.
I really haven’t done anything with my hair.
I have been bunning and wet bunning for the past few months and will be for a while too! So I have nothing exciting to say about that. My hair is def growing I can say that much! I will be updating in a few months on my hair.

Ooooo let’s see! I got my classes for the spring 2010! Yay for me. I also got a job now. I was hoping and praying to get this job at bank of america and I got it. God is so friggin good.

Well I’m posting via mobile phone, found an awesome app! so I can blog more frequently.

Ooo I also decided that I’m not going to do physical therapy at this time. I still do find it enjoyable, but I am going to finiish my degree because I think this is what God wanted me to do, this is my true direction. I want to be paid to talk and share my views on things. I’m destine to!

Well this is just my update for now.
I’m going to try to blog moree, scouts honor lol!

Ooo I have a twitter now! Follow me: MariaCaslin

Well that’s it for now!
Love, peace, and goodness.

*Finals, PART 1

naturalbrownbarbie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:35:30 +0000

Sooooo I took my first part of my finals! I did well! I am pretty sure I made 2 A’s. I have two more finals. I’m actually having FUN studying. I know, it may sound dorky. But when I think about the end result of getting an A, despite how hard the work may have been — it is very rewarding! I just wanted to discuss this, no real details yet! When my grades come through I will have more to say! =)

New Product; Yes to Tomatoes!

naturalbrownbarbie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:01:45 +0000

Soooo I went to Tom Thumb … my MAIN purpose was to get trash bags! Well ME BEING ME, I went to the hair product aisle! Well Tom Thumb has these brillianttttt sales – BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! The best part is the products were the natural products such as Giovanni, Yes to Carrots, Nature’s Gate etc. I decided to buy the Yes to Tomatoes line. I purchased the shampoo and conditioner. Originally each item costs $8.99. So I saved big! ChickChing! $

Question, has anybody tried this?

Yes to Tomatoes!

Well we will see, I will be using it probably this weekend and hopefully I will have fab results!

Peace love and naturalness!

The hair battle… dun, dun, dun!

naturalbrownbarbie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:28:20 +0000

This is my first official blog, I was blogging for a bit on another site – I will remain nameless, but I must admit I didn’t really like it! I have seen others use this one and I must say I do like it a lot more. This blog is going to be about my hair, stories, etc. My natural hair journey has most def been a journey!

I started off natural July 20,2008. I was a lurker on LHCF for a while, and saw all the beautiful heads of hair. I also was a content lurker on youtube as well! Seeing such beautiful hair inspired me, and the day of July 20th, I cut my hair on my own. I’m not sure if I even used sharp enough FRESH scissors! lol. But I did it, and I will admit I was in shock at my OWN self, for doing so!

I had been permed for SO many years, I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to react, what others would think. I was afraid to even tell my family.

Fast forward to a year later, and I loveeeed being natural! I loved my curl pattern. I loved people telling me they loved my hair or ask me what did I do to get it to be that way. I just loved it. My permed tresses never gained much attention. I was sold and told my self I would never perm again!

A few months later, maybe 2 months to be a exact — I did a texturizer. I lost so much hair from trying to comb through it because that is what the directions had told me to do (stupid stupid stupid! lol) I wasn’t AS afraid because my thought was, “My hair is sooooo thick, I can afford to lose some strands!) After I was done, I thought I was lookin FIERCE! But UH OH, I didn’t get the top portion of my hair very well, so what did I do? I did a “Corrective texturizer” a week or 2 later. NOW it “was perfect” (so I thought).

Immediately I saw that I had accidentally done a few parts toooo straight, so my hair was looking uncomfortable lol. I dealt with it for a little while, up until I realized I couldnt take it anymore. I had lost my texture, I lost a part of ME that I worked so hard for.

I took my NEW pair of scissors, and cut off any of the straggly straight pieces I could without cutting off ALL of my hair. I snipped off 4 inches in the frontal top part, and felt SUCH a feeling of relief. I knew I had just cut off a lot of my progress, but I rather have a head of healthy hair, then long jacked up hair — and that is what I was working with in the front.

I Krystal MC vow to never put any type of texturizer, perm, relaxer – anything that alters my curl pattern through chemicals, AGAIN!

So now, 11/30/09 — I am transitioning back to ALL natural so I can have the beautiful tresses God blessed me with again. I am so so ready for a year to pass to gain my length back. I have been wet bunning for half a month now. I will be wet bunning for a year with the occasional alternative due for other events IF I feel like it. But honestly, this is the easiest and most elegant style I can do right now. OHHH, I’m ALSO growing out color too.

: See the color in the back?

I want to CHOP it all off, buttt then I’d look like a creature or something, because my hair would be allll kinds of uneven! It’s already uneven in the front. But I’m happy with what I did. I told my self I wouldn’t color anymore. And I don’t think I will. IF I ever do, I’m doing highlights with a deep color, nothing too stripping – or the wands that have color, well I take that back. I will just do clip in pieces if I want color! Because I honestly want a color that most people probably would find CRAZY — like this….

: Pink clip in highlight!

I want to find something that is like that but curly too, you know like a natural type african american coil — buttttt i have months before i even consider putting those in!

Well, this has been my first entry of SHH until next time!

<3,

NaturalBrownBarbie

Physical Therapy – career to be!

naturalbrownbarbie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:16:00 +0000

Welllll I’m going to talk briefly about my career path because I have class work to do!

I decided a few days ago that I want to change my major to either, exercise science, kinesiology or something a long the lines of that. I have always loved working out and being fit. I recently have gotten into health and knowing what I’m putting in my body and the affects of it. I also played basketball and ran track in high school, so I have a love for sports and being active.

I REALLY want to be a personal trainer, sports conditioning coach or a physical therapist. Either full or PT, whichever way God leads me… and be able to work with sports teams such as the NBA level etc. I am honestly thinking that my career would be physical therapy and my part time independent work could be a personal trainer. I would be able to get certified through accredited programs and become a personal trainer while working on my degree in physical therapy. I know I can do it, and I will do it… my only issue right now is the school I’m attending doesn’t have ANY type of degree that works with that.

I am going to have to build my own program if possible or switch universities.

A physical therapist makes a good amount of money:

(salary.com statistics)

The salary range at the 25th percentile making $65,597 and at the 75th percentile making $76,363. That’s a heck of a great income. You have to have your master’s degree, which means you would know your stuff!

Being a personal trainer you can make a lot of money too:

The salary range at the 25th percentile is $38,063 and at the 75th percentile it’s at $64,760. I can obtain my PT license while in school working on my physical therapy degree.

The options are endless!

But what I’m thinking I will do is major in physical therapy, minor in business and get my personal trainers license and be set!

With those two professions I will be doing well financially and doing something I love.

Well that’s all for now,

Time to do my work!! =)

Peace , love, & education!!!!