Essential Oils, Shea Butter and Leave-In Conditioners

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 24, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 5 comments

What essential oils are you using for your hair? As a relaxed chica, the only oil I experimented with was olive oil and I used it after conditioning, when my hair was still wet, to get a nice sheen when it dried out. Oil to a relaxed chic is just heaviness. But as a transitioning chica I have been reading up on different oils and the benefits to natural hair. Here are a few good round ups. After doing my own research, these are the oils I went with:

Virgin Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Castor Oil and Peppermint Oil. I mixed them all together in my spray bottle with some water. I know I know, just shake it up right before using

Natural Hair Transitioning diary: Frustrations

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 23, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 2 comments

Fresh Cornrow-out

Day 1 hair.

I did this exact style but instead of flat twists, it was corn-rowed. Kept it in for 2 days and I was feeling good about it too. It was nicely moisturized and I just knew the pull down would have been epic. And it was. I loved it. Looks great, doesn’t it? Take a look at my very first braid out and you can see the difference, this one is much more defined and moisturized. I finally know what I’m doing when it comes to styling my mostly relaxed hair. It’s shorter here, if you’ve been keeping up you know that I cut about 3 inches off the other day. Just snipped the ends of my twists, nothing fancy or technical. The ends were dry and split and really had to go. I think its cute but I really miss my long hair, even though I have the big chop itch, its motivated me to transition a little longer, I’m not looking fwd to TWAs as much as I thought I would be. For my corn rows I co-washed with VO5, sprayed with my usual mixture of essential oils and used a bit of shea butter on each cornrow to seal. 

Body Inspiration – Laura Wells

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 20, 2012 in Fashion | 8 comments

I’ve been searching for the longest while for a plus-sized woman that I could put on my vision board as inspiration for what I want to look like someday. I have no interest in being a size 2, I love curves! I love being soft and slightly pudgy, I just want to be able to wear dresses without looking 5 months pregnant, that’s all. Last year I was a size 16, now I’m about a 12 and my goal was always to be an 8.

The 2012 to-do list

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 19, 2012 in Random | 5 comments

Last year when I made this post, it was really just…I dunno…it wasn’t anything serious. I did it all in jest…blogs around me were all doing their resolution posts and I thought I’d join in on the fun. I re-read the post now and…it’s kind of nice to put things in perspective. One year later, what did you achieve? What didn’t you? What did you learn? What did you overcome?

Trellis Bay Fireball Full Moon Party

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 18, 2012 in BVI | 0 comments

The full moon is apparently a big deal here in the BVI. Why? I didn’t question it, any reason you give me to party, I nod my head and shake my groove thing. So every month, twice in a blue moon, there’s a party happening to celebrate the full moon at various locations. This month I decided to check out the party at Trellis Bay. Their’s is a fireball party as there’s a pretty awesome artist who does pretty awesome art at his studio and gallery in Trellis Bay and his signature piece is a copper fireball with stories cut out in the ball. Every full moon, these copper structures are lit up and become the centerpiece of the party. The artist’s name is Aragorn and I think he deserves his own post as his stories and his work is pretty awesome so for now I’ll just focus on the party. There was promise of an awesome buffet and local entertainment so we headed out expecting a fun-filled evening.