Solange, Big Hair/Nice Dress...Metropolitan Ball

At tonight's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's Benefit Ball, Solange Knowles was team #bighairdon'tcare, and looked great doing it! The hair was huge, the cut out for her thigh was high, but I loved the look,  the dress, the simplicity of the makeup and the jewelry! I'm sure all eyes were on Ms. Knowles....  

Image via Instagram

What do you think? The theme was Punk: Chaos to Couture...Was Solange on theme? Where did her look fall on the punk spectrum?

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More Photos You May Have Missed (or I didn't post)

Photos from last weekend...

WNHS Haul

Sisters with Beauty from WNHS

Dad & I went to a playoff game...

Pam, creator of Koils by Nature, and BeautifulBrownBabyDol have started a national tour where they share their hair and life stories. Dr. Hervey's weight-loss journey story was inspirational, and I had to respect her dedication to improving in all areas of her life. 

Kick-off event for Koils by Nature & BBBD's natural hair tour...
Beautiful Brown Baby Dol has started selling products! 

Poor thing...I accosted her on her way to exercise. Watch out!
I might catch you and post your photo on  Instagram!

Met @foxydoll78, Lisa, and panelists and contributors
African Hair Goddess, Variety Curls, Veggie UrDeelite, Coco Naturals, Naturalhair Freedom,

Mahogany Knots and I

And over the weekend - I just thought I looked cute....Instagram!

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(Updated) I went to the WORLD NATURAL HAIR SHOW THIS WEEKEND!!!

The World Natural Hair Show was April 27th and 28th. The 16th annual event is the largest natural hair show in America. It hosted over 55,000 guests over the course of two days.

Did you go? 

 I went!

This is what I ended the weekend with:

I attended two other events Saturday, and was fortunate in
that a co-worker bought some products at my request...

This is what I wore:

I figured that my salmon colored wide legged pants and patterned split back top would take me through a brunch meetup, the show, another meetup, and if it had to...work AND the playoff game. I didn't go to work, and I got the chance to change before the game (Go Hawks!!!) so it only had to carry me through for about 6 hours on Saturday. 



My hair was in a modified "Whadyasay?"
from my book...and can I say that I loved
my own outfit? Because I loved my outfit!

 

I saw:

   

I LOVE THE COLOR!!! She brightened up my whole day!



Some PJs were on there way out by 12:30
on Saturday, products in hand! They came, they saw, they conquered!

I met Ms. Gradieh (from Minnesota!) in
front of the My Honey Child booth.

These ladies were representing their Florida-based meet-up group!

 

I met Sisters with Beauty...they were promoting their site which is focused on
healthy natural hair and teaching women how to work with their own textures.  

I posed with Ms. World's Top Natural Hair Model (from all of the WNHS
advertising for this year), Jessica Williams (that's her in the ad above), and another contestant. I was wearing really tall
wedges, and I was still 3 inches shorter than everyone else.

 Exhibits included jewelry, poetry,t-shirts, clothing, the Social Circle, demonstrations, teeth whitening, photo booths, singers, dancers.....and products! I didn't do a great job in capturing the booths this year - but there were a lot of people with a lot to offer. Naptural Roots Publishing, Shea Moisture, Entwine, Jane Carter, Taliah Waajid, Alikay, Mizoni, Jamaican Mango & Lime, Curls Unleashed and many others were there. Vloggers from around ATL and around the country were also in full effect...but I didn't take pictures of any of them! Sorry...

I got a sample of the My Honey Child Coconut Hair Milk,
but I may have to invest in some products.

Eden Bodyworks....

Everyone loves Jamaican Black Castor Oil!

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Photos You May Have Missed (or I didn't post)

I sometimes have or take photos that I don't post. I've collected a few of them from the past two weeks or so, and added them here. Check them out and click on the links to Twitter, Instagram, and related posts!

The Runway DJ spinning! I orignally posted
this on Twitter.

Selfie taken after I undid my Non-braiders' Braid (post).

I attended the Design Essentials panel at Spelman, but I didn't like my photos,
so I didn't share them. Here is a photo via Shawn Dowdell Photography

I loved this Spelman's student's hair,
piercings, and overall look.

They passed hors d'oeuvres at The Mane Event (post).
I thought he looked nice.

Photos from my 15k. Met some Curlfriends.
Posted in my Week 3 Workouts (post).




Here is another photo of my Curlfriend Aisha (post)!

 

I stopped her at the mall so I could take a photo of her hair!
Originally posted on Instagram.



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Updated - B. FAB Atlanta!

I went to the 1st Annual B.FAB Awards bruncheon yesterday, and I had a fabulous time. If you haven't heard of them, Tastemaker Magazine is a subscription based, on-line magazine available six (6) times a year. They are physically located in Atlanta, but deal with subjects that millenials (those born in the 70's all the way through the 2000's) around the country find interesting. The bruncheon was the first bloggers/vloggers awards show - ever.

Ms. Raisa Lefe!

Anyway, Tastemaker Magazine put on a really nice event. Elasta QP and Lexus sponsored categories and the BASIC haircare line was the headline sponsor. Vendors included Motives by LaLa (Anthony), QRedew (a handheld steamer), a wonderful natural bath/body line out of Alabama, and Social Box, a new social networking photo booth company. The awards show also had two brief intermissions filled with a fashion show from an up & coming designer, and a swimsuit show. Some of Atlanta's favorite bloggers and vloggers were in the house including: Natural Chica; It's Arkeedah; Tarin Boone of Naturally Me Media; Lexi with the Curls; and Mahogany Knots. Both Pretty Girls Rock Dresses and Oh Nikka were there along with tons of other notables. I've now heard of about 20 blogs that I need to check out immediately!    

The categories were as follows:

BEST BEAUTY BLOGGER
Mckenzie  Renae

Mckenzie Renae!

Jennifer Duvall*
Jemimah Scarlett

BEST FASHION THRIFTER

Keren Charles*

Kerrie "Virtuous One" Cooke

Kristen Kai

BEST FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER

Brian Hadden

Cameron Adams

Darnell Wilburn* 

BEST HAIR VLOGGER - sponsored by Elasta QP 

Maeling "Natural Chica" Tapp
Mahogany Knots (Kiki and Farrah)
Tekela  Murray*

STYLE BLAZER - sponsored by Lexus
Jamie Hernandez
Jessica camerata

Best Hair Vlogger Nominees

Sir Garde*

BEST HAIR BLOGGER

Tarika Sullivan*
Arkeedah McCormick
Alexis Felder

FAN FAVORITE BLOGGER
Erica "Fly Won" Scott 
Natalie Mcmyler*

Tarin Boone

* = Winner

Thanks @veggieleslie for coming out!

Fan Favorite Nominees &
Tastemaker Magazine Publisher, Tiffini Gatlin!

Image via socialbox

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Atlanta is home to some very well known bloggers and vloggers, and on Sunday they will be honored at he 2013 Atlanta Tastemaker Magazine's awards brunch..... Check out the

B. - Bloggers in
F. - Fashion
A. - &
B. - Beauty

Awards brunch featuring such categories as:  Best Style Blazer, Best Fashion Thrifter, Best Beauty Blogger and Best Hair Blogger. Nominees include local bloggers such as Mahogany Knots, ItsArkeedah, and LexiwiththeCurls. There will be live, interactive exhibits including hair runway shows, consultations, and product giveaways!

Tickets are $40.00 until the 3.24.13 event. Purchase tickets here. I'll be in attendance, and I'll keep you updated if you can't be there in person!

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