Natural Grand Beauty

New Hairstyle: Mini Twists!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:10:00 +0000

Hello everyone!!

I just wanted to share with you guys this new hairstyle I did on my hair yesterday. I styled my hair in mini-twists, and mini-twists are essentially just two strand twists but done much smaller. These twists work great as a protective style for your hair and can be worn for a greater length of time.
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THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!!

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:49:00 +0000

Today, I was on a site I check out often called theybf.com and I stumbled upon one of their posts where they feature a trailer that is being shopped around for a show entitled: The Real Mistresses of Atlanta.
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Product Review: Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:55:00 +0000

Hello everyone!! I know i tend to get ghost on y'all and disappear for awhile (sorry!) but I will try to get better at that and post more regularly! :) I just wanted to do a product review of a product I have been using now for over a year now, and it is Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil. I found this product over a year ago when i was shopping at Wal-mart one day, and the first great thing you notice about this product is of course the price. The price I paid at Wal-mart when I first purchased it with tax came to a little over $2. Another great thing about this is that the price isn't just that at Wal-mart, I purchased this product at different times throughout the year at different locations such as Target and Walgreens, and I've never seen the price higher than $1.97! So lets look at the ingredients!

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Coco Curls Hair Care Event-March 31st, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:40:00 +0000

Just wanted to share this with you all, I went to a hair event put on by Coco Curls Hair Care on Saturday, March 31st. It was an awesome event and Essence.com was also there to take pictures of the attendees and the event, and I was one of the attendees! I wanted to share the fact that my picture was up on Essence.com. So check it out!

http://www.essence.com/2012/04/12/street-style-natural-hair-atlanta-curlfriends-coco-curls/

Searching....

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:26:00 +0000

Hello! I know it has been awhile since I posted anything on here, but I have just been dealing with life and its many issues and just wanted to share with you what I am feeling. So here goes!

In the midst of my absence, a number of things have taken place. Since September, I had been able to acquire a job through the help of my best friend in late December. I was working part-time for the company up until last Thursday when I was laid off (it is a long story, I don't really want to get into it). Since getting fired, my mind has been constantly racing and wondering, I find myself now at a crossroads now where I am seeking to try and understand and discover what is my true purpose/passion. The job I had was decent job and I tried to consistently remind myself that this job was only temporary and that I wouldn't be doing this job for the rest of my life. While for four months I was able to push myself each day to wake up and face the day and the tasks I had waiting for me when I reached my workplace, at the same time, I knew deep down inside that I could only push myself to work a job that I had honestly had no desire to be in for only so long before my true feelings would show through. Now, it may have not shown through anything I said or any emotion I displayed but I feel it shown through in my work and the level of energy I brought to that work in environment. That is not to say that I was a rude or incompetent employee, I think that it was just clear that that particular position was not a strong suit of mine, a gift rather. So now that I am back once again in the job market, going through the motions of applying to job after job online, it was then that I realized that it wouldn't make much sense for me to apply to another job, go on the interview, and possibly get the job only to be in the same predicament all over again. Dreading getting up in the morning (I'm not a morning person at all), having to talk myself up to get ready for the day, get there at work only to wish I was back home, doing something else, or hoping and praying for the weekend to come. Again, I am not speaking negatively about the company I worked for, any company I will work for in the future, or any company for that matter, its not about them, it is about me. It is about seeing a clearer path for my life than the one I have now, it's also about even if I don't know specifically where I will end up, at least I know where to begin. You see, that's just it I don't know exactly where to begin...but in time it will be revealed to me, maybe that's what this time is for...until it is revealed to me I will just have to keep searching...

Congrats to the new Miss Universe Leila Lopes of Angola!

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:58:00 +0000

I am so proud to see a fellow African woman win Miss Universe! She is only a handful of Black beauty queens to have taken the crown, so I am happy she won! Yayyy!!! check it out below:

http://news.yahoo.com/leila-lopes-angola-crowned-miss-universe-030158499.html

This is why I am so glad I finally went natural!

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:51:00 +0000

I came across this video on worldstarhiphop.com. I must say when I watched the whole 3 min video, I was sad and at the same time reaffirmed in my decision to continue to stay natural. I feel for the girl in this video I remember having to get the perms and having to sit there and let it stay in, while all the while it is burning and itching the mess out of me! So glad to be free from it and I am so appreciative of this natural journey that I am on. I will continue to stay free! :) Here's the video below:

Discounts for Natural Hair???

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:15:00 +0000

There's a buzz going on in the natural hair community and blogs about a club promoter by the name of Joey Digital who is offering discounts to women with natural hair for the Atlanta Classic and FAMU Homecoming Events that he is promoting. He is offering discounts for them because he essentially has a disdain for weaves and a love of natural hair.
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My First Ad!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:39:00 +0000

I'm so excited to make this announcement! I am now officially a print model for Napurity Magazine! It is a magazine for men, women, and children who wear their hair in its natural state. Napurity Magazine features articles on how people wear and maintain their natural hair and shows how "going natural" and "being natural" not only deal with hair but it is also a lifestyle as well. This Magazine's official release date is January 2012 and I am so excited for it to debut and I'm so glad to have been chosen to be apart of it! I wanted to share with you all the ad will be used to promote a photoshoot for the magazine in Dallas, TX. So if your natural and would like to model for the magazine, and live in the Dallas, TX area you should definitely check it out and sign up! It will be on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 9:00am.

Life isnt always about the next goal...

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:40:00 +0000

I wrote this as a note on FaceBook close to a month ago and I want to post it here, for any of you who need any type of encouragement or if you are like me and your trying to understand what your struggling with and going through is trying to show you or teach you:

Lately, it has been placed on my heart to share this revelation that I received from God a couple of months ago but didn't share until now when this came to me again these last couple of weeks. Now what I'm about to share isn't the revelation of all revelations, it's not going to be one that when you hear it, its going to instantly change your life; no it's not that. The message is simple but very profound and it is: "life is not about the next goal, milestone, or achievement."
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Welcome!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Nelle) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:15:00 +0000

Hello!

My name is Jonelle, and you have reached my blog! who I am and why I do what I do can't be summed up in one word or even a few words. This blog, this space, this environment, is just for me to share with the world and give you a glimpse into all that encompasses me as a young woman. I will discuss a range of topics from natural hair, music, fashion, life, being plus-sized, spirituality, and everything in between. Join me on this journey!