Natural Journeys: My Sisterlocks and stuff

Valana Minerals is a 'for us by us' line of high quality 100% natural and vegan cosmetics. Sistahpreneur Valerie, owner and creator of Valana Minerals, has entered a competition to win a business grant through Chase Bank and Living Social for business. Winning the grant would be a great opportunity! Would YOU help get her the 250 votes she needs to qualify for the next phase of the competition? Simply log into your Facebook account (I know you've got one!) to vote. 1. To vote, please visit this link and log in http://t.co/dBbpHmR5 2. On the bottom left side enter Valana Minerals in the “business name” box and click “Search” (note: You don't need to type the city and state because there is only one Valana Minerals.) 3. Then click “VOTE” With three quick steps, you can help Valana Minerals get to the next level. The voting process is quick. Now, if you haven't tried Valana Minerals go there now... do yourself a favor and r equest my VMDiscount Code by e...

Facebook | Valana Minerals : "Valana Minerals I'm so excited to announce this news! Valana Minerals will be carried in Whole Foods Market. The first store to pick up our entire line is the Sugar Land, Texas store. This is a big step in the evolution of the company. Thanks to all of our fabulous customers and everyone else who made this possible." When Valerie posted this status report on Facebook, I was soooooooooo thrilled for her and her business. Readers, I have got to tell you... if you are brown like me and have EVER wasted money on foundation, blush, lipstick, and eyeshadow because it just DID NOT WORK against your skintone... YOU MUST DO YOURSELF A FAVOR and check out Valana Minerals. I wear Valana Minerals DAILY now because it works for ME! It's just an amazing JOY for me to "beauty-up" behind makeup that not only MATCHES and COMPLEMENTS MY SKINTONES but is 100% vegan and natural. I'm telling you I'm like a preteen who is JUST now being all...

  Check 3girlsmomma out, here... representin' LockItUp Yahoo Group. LockItUp group was created to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas and information regarding Sisterlocks®, Brotherlocks® and other natural black hair care topics. The covergirl for LockItUp Yahoo Group will rotate eventually but for now... it's my face or more so my head of hair at this time. I'm so honored! Thanks Brunsli-- moderator of LockItUp (I think...) If you have got a webcam or digital camera, upload your photos to Picasa, Flauntr, or any number of photo editing programs and crop, recolor and whatever JUST LIKE I DID in this picture featured. Looks pretty professionally done, DOESN'T IT?! Ladies-- and bruthas --send in your pics to LockItUp and be the next LockItUp Covergirl (or guy)!!

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com My creativity was stirred when I was contacted by fellow blogger Docs Locs who informed me that she had chosen Natural Journey’s to receive the Kreativ Blogger Award! Thanks Docs Locs ... what a wonderful surprise !! It is an honor to receive this award from another beautiful intelligent sistahpreneur like yourself! As I understand it… the terms of acceptance require that I:  post the award on my blog  link to the person who nominated me  list seven things I love  pass the award along to seven other bloggers My Seven PICS  carmennc.blogspot.com / Carmen is so real and really creative with her Tomoka's Twists & Tie line  sunshinesisterlocks.blogspot.com / Hailing from the Bahamas, BahSun is making her mark on the Web  kalia-dewdrop.blogspot.com / Dewdrop is so informative... and natural teacher  lovemylocks.blogspot.com / Maryee is all over the Web sharing and inspiring others to loc and spiritual maturity  blaqkofi.blo...

Here are my results from using pipe cleaners, Spoolies (hair spools) and the Wrap-A-Loc tool . I only use black in case of pipe cleaner shedding. Of course, to avoid shedding issues and snagging from the inexpensive pipe cleaner, I do recommend UPGRADING to the Wrap-A-Loc Tool. (Times got a lil' tight in MY household financially so I haven't yet purchased the longer Wrap-A-Loc Tool that WOULD accommodate my new hair length. Ya gotta do what you gotta do to get stuff done, ya know... ) Click play button to see more pics. Nowadays, I only use my Spoolies and Wrap-A-Loc tools for a single strand of loc that I may have missed; but only because the amount of hair these particular size tools hold have become limited since I have more length AND thickness per loc. I just let these curls hang all day. I never broke him up at all. I really liked the look! LASHES: Almay One Coat Nourishing Mascara Thickening SKIN: Fruit of the Earth Vitamin E Moisturizing Gel and Giovanni Organic Body C...

Perhaps you’ve seen my YouTube video and/or already know how much I LOVE my Valana Mineral makeup! Like me, if you have ever been frustrated with the mere three tone mineral makeup packages nationally advertised because the woman of color is not their target market…I want you to try Valerie Reed’s formulations—owner of Valana Minerals, a division of Afribaby LLC. When you do would you let me save you 10% on your purchases of $50 or more using my Valana Minerals Discount Coupon Code? All I ask of you is to help me get the word out about Valana Minerals and send this post to as many women of color you each know-- Asian, Hispanic, African, multi-racial and Arabic women all have similar issues. My desire –same as Valerie Reed’s-- is for all of us to display OUR beauty to the world and reap the benefits mineral makeup has to offer. I am one of Valana Mineral’s newest affiliates as so I’m prohibited to post the Valana Minerals Discount Coupon Code that wish to share with you personally as ...

Leave Bismuth compounds alone… You are probably like—“Bismuth, WHO?” “WHAT?!” Allow me to explain…. While Bismuth does occur free in nature, compounds like Bismuth Oxychloride is known to cause itching, severe redness, pustules, and cystic acne. If that is not enough, you need to know that bismuth is the mineral component that brings the ashen appearance often seen on the woman of color after the application of certain cosmetics. Bismuth oxychloride serves no useful purpose, other than its' use as a whitener, smoother and filler. Is it in YOUR favorite foundation? You might wish to visit Skin Deep – a great place to uncover the “usual suspects” in our health and beauty aids. In other cases, all you’ll probably have to do is look in the mirror after applying your makeup or take a look at yourself in natural sunlight to what “face” you are presenting the world at large. I won’t leave you without a solution, however. (Don’t you just HATE when people can delineate all the problems y...