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Saturday in the A – Featuring the Bronner Bros. International Hair Show

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I have been living in the A since I was six years old, and in all of that time, I have never been to the infamous Bronner Bros. International Hair Show. Can you believe it? So yesterday, I decided to take in the spectacle that is the Bronner Brothers International Hair Show which was featured in Chris Rock’s HBO comedy documentary, “Good Hair.” Pictures tell the story better than I can in this case so take a look at my pics and enjoy…

 Me obviously at the hair show…

 I ran into these women outside the hair show…Their hairstyles are rainbow brite…

 She reminds me of Halle Berry’s character in that movie “B.A.P.S.”

 Guys also showed off their innovative hairstyles too…

 But no guy is more fabulous than Derek J, a hairstylist featured on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Chris Rock’s “Good Hair!” He stay showin’ his legs, huh?

 Me & Jamie Foster Brown, publisher of Sister 2 Sister Magazine. She is so sweet and gracious!

 Natural girls were also in the house!

 A dress made of hair…Wow…

 I think she should try out for “America’s Next Top Model.”

 Innovative makeup was also on display…

 More innovative makeup…

 Glitter on her eyelids…

 Another outfit made entirely of hair…Yes, that is a beveling iron made of hair on her head…

 I have never seen a wig head made with dreads…As it turn out, I still haven’t…The woman sitting next to this wig head told me she cut off her locks when they got very long and attached them to the wig head…Wow again…

 Reppin’ for Jamaica, my fellow Jamerican told me…

 

A dougie dance competition at the Sophisticate’s Black Hair Styles and Care Guide booth…This girl did a split on the ground and a head stand to the delight of everyone…

 

Still at the dougie competition…I love that song!

 

A stylistdoin’ her thang…

 

Another stylist doin’ his thang…

 

This stylist was singing and dancing while styling…

 

Strike a pose…

 

Strike a pose part deux…

 

Yes, dude is rockin’ locks from his beard…

 

More big hair…

 

Sprayed on hair…

 

Bedazzled water spritz bottles…

 

Taking a break…

 

Black & White…

 

This sums up the fabulousness…

I hope my pics have convinced that if you haven’t been to the B&B International Hair Show, you just gotta go…

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

 

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Black History SWAG…

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Since February is the shortest month of the year and Black History Month, I’m gonna keep tryin’ to fit in some black history on my blog…

And it all doesn’t have to be stuffy posts fit to be included in an encyclopedia either…It can be light and fun…read on…

From Elvis to Harry Connick Jr., folks be diggin’ our style…From to chill to bling, we innovate not regurgitate… We worldwide baby…Just ask Cher Lloyd, the 16 year old who jacked Keri Hilson’s version of “Turn My Swag On.”  And Cher did that too…and it’s all love…(Cher was a recent candidate on The X Factor show in the UK, which is similar to American Idol. Check out Simon Cowell’s face as she performs. I miss him…)

Cher’s version (You may be directed to YouTube…It’s worth less than five minutes of your life too…)

And Keri Hilson’s remix of Soulja Boy’s original…I think we created the remix too…we just too cool…

And although Cher did not win the title on The X Factor, that chile, who was flown to LA,  is now recording an album to be released in August…Can y’all say swag jack in effect?…But that’s okay, it takes all of us to make this world go round…

And let me not forget to say that this music originated in A…we da best!

Any thoughts?

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2011: A New Vision for the New Year…

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Fitness expert Donna Richardson Joyner at her 53rd birthday celebration hosted by her husband, Tom Joyner, radio host superstar...I believe exercise is the real fountain of youth...for more b-day pics, go to essence.com

Time just keeps passing by…I mean it’s already the last Sunday of January 2011…Maybe I’m a little weird or maybe even self-indulgent, but it takes me a month to crystallize my goals, resolutions and dreams  for the New Year. I don’t want to just rattle off goals, resolutions and dreams and not give God the time to direct my thinking…So between today and tomorrow, I will edit my list of goals for the year which I will hang on my bathroom mirror and finish my vision board which I will display in my office…

To that end, Let me share some inspirational articles  that may help you as you crystallize your goals, resolutions and dreams for the New Year…(in no particular order)

  1. “What The Heck’s A Vision Board and How It Can Change Your Life?”  by Martha Beck
  2. “Respecting Our Blind Spots: Sometimes It Takes a Second Look to See God’s Best” by M. Blaine Smith
  3. “Let the Lord Choose Your New Year’s Resolutions” by Dr. Charles Stanley
  4. “Guideposts Classic: Who Inspired Diane Sawyer” by Diane Sawyer
  5. “Five Ways To Become an Instant Frugalista” by Natalie P. McNeal
  6. “Dollars and Sense: Talking Money Before Marriage” by Jacque Reid
  7. “Donna Richardson Joyner Shares 3 Gospel Truths” by Dee Stewart

I hope these articles will inspire you as they have inspired me…

Any thoughts?

Musical inspiration for the New Year…”Strength, Courage & Wisdom” by India Arie…Don’t let procrastination get you down…for real…one of my worst habits…although it has gotten much better in recent years…