Life is art and Art is life

Got a small chest and butt....Hollla!

2012-02-25T21:52:00.001-08:00

Finally there are bras and panties that are sexy and flirty for the small chested no butt girls like me. I going to be real with ya'll. I wasn't really blessed on top or in the back. I lift weights so I can look like I have some curves. Ravijour has cute stuff like this below. I'm going to order these bad boys. Hubby wont know what to do with himself. It sad but I don't own any regular bra. I only have workout bras. It just ended up that way. I workout a lot, so workout bras became the priority.

Now if these 80 pound models can look like they got boobs then you know this bra is banging....

check out them out

http://www.ravijour.com/?#/style/

http://fashionwalker.com/ravijour/index2.php

they really cute ones run around 4000 -6000 yen... which equals around $40- 60 give or take...

and don't worry the website should be able to be translated to English if you use chrome...

Being cheap is fun...

2012-02-24T19:43:00.000-08:00

Hey you guys. Hubby is one of the cheapest people I know. If its not a deal he not going to move. So when he saved up two coupons to Papa John's pizza he jump at the opportunity. He was able to get any two large Pizzas and a 2 litter of Sierra Mist for only $4.03. I was like what is this real.

we love you Big Papa

hubby is about to be a fatty

Don't touch my pizza

Now I got to find away to burn all this extra calories off...elliptical here I come.

Hide those scissor

2012-02-23T22:59:00.002-08:00

Ok, I have been in LOVE.... with my scissors for two years now and its obvious that I'm lacking the length. I have good length right now but I could of been waist last year. The main reason is because I'm suffering from "scissor-happy-syndrome"

It's a really serious problem. I see a few split ends and a couple uneven strands...and I must cut. It stems from YouTube....lol. I know----I know, from the beginning of my journey. I would watch all these videos of people who had long hair tell me that they cut their hair 4 to 5 times a year. So, my thoughts were, I want long hair like yours. I will do that tooooooooo! The thing is, it doesn't make sense to cut your hair that much. Unless your trying to maintain your length. So, lets calculate. If you cut you hair 4 times a year and you cut an inch off each time. You will hardly see any growth. This is because the average speed hair can grow is between 5 to 6 inches a year. That would equal up to around 1 to 2 inches of retained length a year. I was living a lie these last two years. Nooooooooooo....... So I went back to YouTube with a new resolve and a little more smarts. What I pretty much heard ... now was across the board. From Asain to African American; they would only trim or cut their hair once a year. Now this was while they were growing their hair long. Once they got to the length they desired. The long hair Divas cut it more frequently.

I have no idea why this simple concept didn't slap me in the face years ago. So I have hidden my hair scissor. No seriously I did and now I can't find them... I've been looking for them, for two weeks now. I'm about to just buy another pair. ANY WHO! My major goal is to wear only protective styles like this one

and only cut my hair once this year. Don't get me wrong, I will still be practicing my search and destroy methods. Split ends are no joke. That's why I have be looking for those blasted scissor. The last time I got a trim was in November. So we will see whats poppin in November 2012...

The highs and lows of thin hair or balding...

2012-02-11T20:32:00.000-08:00

Day 5

I just wanted to finish up my straight hair for 6 day. I forgot to take a pictures of the finish product of these braids but I did a braid-out. which turned out very sexy... and lasted all day. Again I was able to braid my bang to each side of my hair and pin them in the back with sparkly hair accessory. sorry for not having a picture of it.

Dang my lip look dry omg....

Day 6

Yeah, the final day. I have been trying to hide the flacks, which I know was going to happen. This why I dont go long with-out shampooing or co-washing my hair. Like I have mention before. Befor but never probally went over I wash my hair every other day with sulphate/sulfate free shampoo. I know most naturals would be shocked but I have a really weird scalp and it super sensitive to dirt...and a lot of oil... I never oil my scalp because It make my pores clog on my scalp and I can get infected follicles. which I totally fell like I got on the side of my head. I know EWWWWwwwwww. So what I did was the same thing for day 4 but I put a different conditioner in and I place 9 perm rods in instead of 6. I pinned and twist the hair to one side and BAM!!!

I'm going to return to my favorite hairstyle very soon. I'm going to rock the larger braids for the rest of the year. I rocked the small braids for almost a year. Now that my hair has a little longer, rocking the bigger braids won't look so bad. I'm still trying to reach waist by the end of this year so we will see.

Lets get to some lows. I am also on another journey. I'm trying to thicken up my thin areas on my crown.

here are pictures of this area

with braids

with-out braids

I hate when people praise my hair or me for taking such good care of it. My journey is far from over whether It takes me to a dermatologist or the operation room. I have tried a lot of stuff.....trust. I am good for researching books and exploring every website. If you don't know just check out my educational videos on YouTube. This is the same issue that I have been suffering from the very begin. I just can't wait till I have the money to have the procedure i think will solve my problems. They say It cost around 7 thousand G's and its not cover by insurance. So i'm going to have to really save up. It would be great to no longer feel embarrassed or self-conscious. When you have something that makes you feel inadequant, in your outer appears. It effects your self-esteem. I'm learning to love and live... and if you or a love one is suffering from the same thing. Find support and know that you are beautiful no matter what anyone else says.

Ist about time....

2012-02-10T09:02:00.000-08:00

Watch "Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen." on YouTube

straight hair journey (so far)

2012-02-09T19:14:00.000-08:00

Day1

So the first day was really fun. I finally got to see my real length which I haven't seen since November. Even in November, I didn't really see because I didn't straighten it perfectly straight. I'm still on this journey for waist so I'm not going to cut my ends until November. I know it sounds crazy but for the last 2 years I have only retained about 4 inches just because I cut my hair to much. So, I'm going to focus most of my attention on my ends so I wont have to trim.

Day2

I'm really tired of have short bangs. I can't really do what I want with them so I'm going to grow them out to my chin... The majority of the time I'm braiding it to the side and pining it down.... it's getting old.

Day3

OK.... totally didn't like this day of hair. It was done with flat twist. I put in 5 flat twist. By the time I took this picture the hair was pretty much flat and dead. My hair looks really dry, which it was I think it was the sweater. So when I got home I re-moisturized.

Day4

When I curl my hair, I never use heat. For a matter of fact, I don't even know how to curl my hair with a curling iron or flat iron. my sister is really good at it though. I just put my favorite oil and conditioner in my hair. I then proceed to put six medium sized perm rods in, over night. My scalp is getting slightly itchy. Which is kind-ah bad cause

I'm loving my hair but I'm going to have to wash it soon... I will see how long I can last.

FEBRUARY 2 years ago

This is how long my curled hair was... crazy the difference in length.

Photo diary

2012-01-16T23:07:00.001-08:00

We are almost done with moving. I have been really busy but am loving every moment. Dreaded my brother hair. Trying out colors i never wear. Bought another glitter. Celebrate new years with family and friends. Visit the cutes new born ever. Lastly move into my new home

unique knot hairstyle

2011-12-29T21:01:00.000-08:00

December issue of Popteen had
some fairly wearable looks .
I really liked the knotted hairstyle on the top right.

It not the same exact style in the
magazine but the style is still elegant

I needed one more bobby pin and the
hairstyle would of been perfect.
So it's dropping on the right side....ughhh!!!

new years nail art design

2011-12-27T21:26:00.000-08:00

Christmas Holiday nailart

2011-12-21T23:14:00.000-08:00

Protein Anyone (reveiw)

2011-12-15T15:44:00.000-08:00

I was experiencing breakage during the whole month of November. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I thought back to all the evil things I did to my hair this year. Did I do a protein treatment? In June after I did my second dye . It was time to add protein to my weekly hair care routine. When I finally raised enough money go to Sally's, I bought this bad boy.

Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Reconstructorizer

It worked just perfect for my hair. I was shocked how well my hair reacted to this. I was like DANG....this stuff is good.
The reason I like it
is because it just the right protein. It doesn't give me that weird dry hard feeling, I just feel strength. My strand can withstand more stress.
Plus it smells really good .
How do I like to use it?

I use this if my hair is in braids or not.
After I shampoo and conditioned my hair, I spray it all over my hair.
Second focus it's "goodnesss" on my ends.
Lastly I put my favorite leave in on.
I shampoo my hair once a weak.
I'm glad I bought this product. I give it *****

Pillow Sewing Project

2011-12-08T16:31:00.000-08:00

I just finished this really cool project. I haven't done something like this in a while. They are so cute. The client wanted an old English styled bedding. The color scheme was white, black and pink

Feeling gothic

2011-12-08T15:50:00.001-08:00

I was feel a little dark this week and wanted a nail color to match.

Just finished a sewing project ( PHONE PIC )

2011-11-06T21:48:00.000-08:00

I've been working for three days on this dress. Its for someone else so It doesn't fit me. It was fun to make. Sorry about the fuzzy pictures it was taken with my phone.

What It looks like on.

FRONT

BACK

more lace nail art

2011-11-03T10:08:00.000-07:00

My new favorite color
Ulta Nail Lacquer Sunset Bronze

Lace nail art

2011-11-02T11:37:00.001-07:00

Colors
Petites 129 Rock N Red
Wet n wild 469 hallucinate/hallucination
White acrylic paint titanium white 009

Taking out my mini braids

2011-11-01T23:41:00.000-07:00

I'm taking out my mini braids. Its taken me two day and I still have several to go.

I just bun. Rocking my bun to hide the unfinished hair. I'm going to rock this look for a week and then putting those bad boys back in.

I had my hair in braids for four months now and its time to give my hair a break from the norm. The pics are after I clarified and blowdryed.

With Camera flash . . . love it, makes my hair look so shine

Without Camera flash . . . don't like the look, dry and frizzy.

I measured my hair and now I'm 3 inches away from waist length. Last time I measured I was 4 inches so its growing but really slowly.

backpack tutorial and pattern

2011-10-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

Part1

Part 2

Greek Goddess for Halloween

2011-10-26T13:01:00.000-07:00

I just love the way my hair came out

side shot

I even did my make up for the party.
I hardly ever do my make up.

Now I need to steal some bed sheets from the closet. . . . lol.

Net nail art

2011-10-17T20:42:00.000-07:00

the colors

Base color

Petites 518 Twilight

Milani 522 Silver Dazzle

Pattern color

acrylic white paint

Top coat

Pure Ice 989 OH Baby!

J-Mag Winter Fashion =PIC HEAVY=

2011-10-16T22:04:00.000-07:00

I love to read scan of Asian mags and this winter they had some great concepts and ideas. . . . I just had to share. . . .

Jelly Magazine

This is for all my edgy girls who like to have fun with fashion

JJ magazine

I like this magazine, because it has looks that Americans could wear everyday...

Ray Magazine

Jackets, Sweaters, Cover-ups, Shawls & Coats

NUT Magazine

More for the edgy girl like me.

My braids

2011-10-16T12:48:00.000-07:00

My braids are almost hanging below the bra area in the front. Of course when they dry they shrink up. I cant wait till I get hang time around mbl when they are dry.

I redyed the hair in the front. I want to say about a 1.5 inches back from my hair line. I used the same color from before, that way the new growth doesn't look so bad. I decided that I will redye the whole head after the challenge is over.

I'm dripping all over

I can't wait to share some of the styles. I've been wearing my hair in. The pictures are of my braids wet so you can see the loose curly pattern.

You can really see the color difference.

Hair challenge...time.

2011-10-16T11:38:00.000-07:00

I have been gone for like a month, which is way to long in bloggers time. I lost my mojo but it's coming back now. I’m currently doing a hair challenge and I’m going to be uploading some of my favorite hair styles during this challenge. At the beginning of the challenge, all I did was buns very similar to the one below .

My goal is to last till Febuary or March. I am trying to make it to waist length and I have 3 to 4 inches to go still. UGhhhhh! This is because I had a cut in July that made me loss around 2 inches….. still mad at myself for doing that but can't cry over spilled milk.

What is it...and where does it come from

2011-08-27T16:55:00.000-07:00

WHAT IS IT

Mineral oil and petroleum are two different substances with different properties and varying uses, but they originate from the same base substance. Petroleum petra (rock) + Latin: oleum oil. Petroleum jelly is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons with a CAS number 8009-03-8, CAS Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number. This number is an authoritative collection of disclosed chemical substance information. Mineral oil has several grades in which leads to several different cas numbers. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate or collection of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not have a specific chemical composition. Minerals range in composition from pure elements and simple salts to very complex silicates with thousands of known forms. So it can not be specified as easily as petroleum jelly. So its physical properties vary as well, But can be generalized as transparent, colorless oil composed mainly of alkanes (typically 15 to 40 carbons) and cyclic paraffins, related to petroleum jelly. Mineral oil often refers to one of two things. One is a natural byproduct found deep underground. The other, more common mineral oil, or liquid petroleum, is a refined byproduct of crude oil. The refining process is done through Fractional distillation.

Mineral oil and petroleum jelly are substances of relatively low value, and they are produced in very large quantities.

Uses of petroleum jelly

1.Petroleum jelly is commonly used as a personal lubricant. Don’t use on condoms because it can dissolves latex

2. It can be used as a softener for cuticles of the hair strand

3. It is used in pomades to help users sculpt their hair.

The Known Dangers of Mineral Oil and petroleum jelly

Inhalation:
Causes irritation to the respiratory tract. Symptoms may include coughing, shortness of breath. Inhalation of mist or vapor may produce aspiration pneumonia.
Ingestion:
consuming or digesting mineral oil could cause serious diarrhea. Mineral oil acts as a cathartic cause cramping, diarrhea and nausea. The body does not absorb it as it passes through the intestinal, but it limits the amount of water removed from the stool. Almost 98% of mineral oil remains unabsorbed in the Feces

Eye Contact:
Mists or fumes can irritate the eyes.
Chronic Exposure:
Prolonged or repeated skin exposure may cause dermatitis.

Aggravation of Pre-existing Conditions:

Persons with pre-existing skin disorders or impaired respiratory function may be more susceptible to the effects of the substance.

Skin Contact:

Prolonged contact or over usages of material may cause irritation to the skin and scalp

Clarifying myths from facts

Some mineral oils have (PAH) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and are known to be cancer-causing substances. People who work with these oils should be cautious.The type of mineral oil used in cosmetics, hair care products and food are highly purified and refined and produces non-threatening PAH levels. There are no known cases of white mineral oil-causing cancer. Some people confuse these purified mineral oils, with lower grades of mineral oils, which is related but different product with a different CAS number (64475-85-1) having uses similar to turpentine. A third substance sometimes called "Mineral Oils" (CAS number 8007-45-2) is more often called Coal Tar or Tar and is recognized as a definite human carcinogen.

Rat study

The application of four popular moisturizers increased the incidence of skin cancer in mice who were irradiated twice a week for 20 weeks. A fifth moisturizer, specially prepared without mineral oil and sodium laurel sulphate, had no such effect. This study may not directly translate to humans as mice have a thin skin and live in the dark, unlike humans whose bodies are accustomed to sun exposure. There are no side effects that are shown to be fatally dangerous. Scientist have found in many studies that cosmetic-grade mineral oil has been shown to be noncomedogenic. It means it does not cause pores to be clogged).

Hybrid petroleum jelly and mineral oil

Many products use mineral oil for moisture because it will not spoil, unlike vegetable- or plant-based oils. To keep the wanted properties of the petroleum jelly and mineral oil, hybrids are now being used. Hybrid petrolatum or petroleum utilizes a complex mixture of vegetable oils and waxes and combines them with micro or nano technologies. Due to the different chemical structure of vegetable based oils, producers of hybrid petrolatum must be blended and matched to the correct order to obtain an homogeneous mixture.

hygral fatigue

I will have to admit I have never heard of this either. So thanks you MegaSweetmel

Mineral oil does not penetrate into the cortex of the hair, because of three main reasons. First, mineral oil molecules are larger and bulk; making it difficult to reach the cortex of the hair strand. Second, mineral oil has major interfacial tension between water. Water is easily adsorbed into the cortex, this then makes it even harder for the oil to enter. There are special chemical that can lessen the tension which are emulsifiers but getting off topic. Third, Mineral oil molecules have no physical attraction to proteins, which minimizes the chances of it entering the hair stand even more. So how does this benefit you? Well, in two ways. It helps prevent major loss of water and help prevent too much absorption of water. Hair that takes in too much water often can undergo what is known as ‘hygral fatigue’. This can happen to swimmer or people who over moisturize their hair.

The hair actually becomes weaker due to the swelling and shrinking. Damage can be sustained to the cuticle and cortex which becomes a greater problem during detangling and styling. So, mineral oil is not entirely bad .

So the conclusion of whether you or your family will use petroleum jelly or mineral oil, is up to you. All I can tell you is if you don’t that’s cool. If you do don’t forget to use a clarifying shampoo every once and a while. Don't forget to use the product with moderation to get the great benefits you are looking for.

As for me

I have been using products with petroleum jelly and mineral oil. Now that

I understand them a lot more, I will continue to do so .

my love for braids

Studying up for the next video on Petroleum Jelly and Mineral Oil

2011-08-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

Other names

Because of the many applications for mineral oil and petroleum jelly it has given an equally expansive list of names and trade brands.

Petroleum jelly

Mineral jelly
Adepsine oil

Albolene

Cable oil

Baby Oil

Drakeol

Electrical Insulating Oil

Heat-treating oil

Hydraulic oil

Lignite oil

Liquid paraffin

Mineral Seal Oil

Paraffin oil

Petroleum liquid

White oil

naphthenic oils

aromatic oils

rock oil
Nujol

HISTORY

The raw material for petroleum jelly was discovered in 1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States, on some of the country's first oil rigs. Robert Augustus Chesebrough, a young chemist who distilled fuel from the oil of sperm whales for a living. Went to Titusville to find new materials that had commercial potential. He had heard about the booming oil industry in Pennsylvania. Investigating further into it he found rod wax or unrefined petroleum jelly. The Workers disliked this paraffin like forming on rigs because it caused them to malfunction. Chesebrough returned to Brooklyn with the unrefined black "rod wax", rod wax and spent months creating a clean form of rod-wax which he called "petroleum jelly. By distilling the lighter, thinner oil products from the crude, he created a light-colored gel. He began making so much of this stuff that every beaker in his laboratory was full, so he threw out his wife's flowers and filled the vases with his creation.After awhile, he added the popular medical term "line" to the word "vase" and he called the product "Vaseline Petroleum Jelly."Chesebrough patented the process of making petroleum jelly by U.S. Patent No. 127,568 in 1872. Chesebrough traveled around New York demonstrating the product to encourage sales by burning his skin with acid or an open flame, then spreading the ointment on his injuries and showing his past injuries healed, he claimed, by his miracle product.He opened his first factory in 1870 in Brooklyn using the name Vaseline.

This was a little sneak peak. I cant wait to upload this video there is a lot more information I have to share...