I got my hair!!!!

I think it's safe to say that 31 is muuuuuch better than 21 :) ...I spent a few days at cape cod with my loved ones.  Cape cod is actually great during off season, so much peace and relaxation.  We stayed at a lovely inn and just relaxed.  It was exactly what I needed, the end of September through mid October was a very rough time period for me, but I've had time to reflect and find great balance again.  lol I hate going through not so great times, but I do appreciate the amount of growth that I allow myself when I do go through these things.

I was a witch from Halloween, I got an amazing vintage dress from an vintage etsy shop that fit the bill for a "witch dress"...as my son said, "Mommy, you da baddest witch" lol and I was! ...I will blog more about the dress later

But...I got my indique hair, and I LOVE it...the indique fishnet is EVERYTHING for me, especially while I'm growing my hair out.  I can still wear it short but its going through the weird transition period between short and medium length.  I love my fishnet so much and since it's so easy to snap in, I've been wearing it almost every day.  I dyed it too! When I was doing research on it, I found that there wasn't too much info on the actual piece, so I will do a post and youtube video on how I put it in.

Here are some pics though....

 

So dope!

 

 

 

Until we meet again!

-Shimika







I'm still here....

Yay! It's almost my birthday....last year for my 30th I cut my hair off...this year for my 31st I am going longer. I invested in a clip on weave set from Indique, the Studio Collection Fishnet set to be exact.  Its a set of 9 wefts sewn together to make one large clip-on piece.  I received it in the mail today and I love it already!

I colored my hair a darker color, and I'm sitting under a hot dryer finishing up my roller set as I type this.  

One of the things I found a little frustrating before I purchased the set was there wasn't many reviews or youtube videos on it, I wanted to do as much research as possible on it and see different people with different looks.  I will def put a youtube up of me and my look. 

As for the boutique I am still running it, still loving it and looking for more wonderful pieces to share with beautiful vixens across the world.

I have a story I wanted to share....but I'm not quite ready to share it yet....

In honor of my previous hairstyle....RIP (for now)...

 

Me and (one of) my Buddhist statues...

sidenote....ummm I LOVE that corset, perhaps I should stock the boutique with some

 

 

Hope all is well....

-Shimika



Short hair never cared!

In honor of my Dirty Flirty 30th, I chopped off my hair and I LOVE it.  The styles I can do are endless...actually going to do a youtube tutorial in a few weeks on a style, can't wait. Here it is...

For all of my life I've had long hair, so this is quite a change for me...I think it was the perfect birthday present to myself

Also I said that I would share the free gift that I ordered for my valued customers, these super cute keychains...

And of course my munchkin lost his tooth, ha he was actually trying to negotiate with me about how much the tooth fairy should leave him!

Hope you all had an Intoxicating weekend! 

-Ms. Dirty Flirty 30

 

As I'm sitting here watching the Grammys...

My son was just jumping up and down to Chris Brown's performance, lol I think he wants to be a performer...actually he tells me he wants to be Sir Topham Hatt when he grows up...if you don't know who that is, its safe to say that you don't have any kids.

I'm so sad about the Whitney news, I feel as though a part of my childhood has left.  As I was growing up Whitney Houston was my grandmother's FAVORITE artist of all time, Whitney could do NO wrong in her eyes and I grew up listening to all of her music because of my grandmother.  Not to mention having my grandmother take me to all of the movies Whitney was in.  My grandmother passed away last year, and that was extremely tough, actually, not WAS...IS extremely tough for me...so this has just resurfaced memories that I didn't want to surface at this point in time. My prayers go out to Bobbi Kristina.


In brighter news, I wanted to share a few things....

I see a lot of bloggers with GREAT nails and designs.  I'm always amazed at the creativity.  I'm not at that point yet because I can't keep my hands still enough to dry properly.  However, my "Work-Spouse" and I stumbled across Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel at Rite Aid for $1.99...I took Marketing classes in college so packaging and presentation is very important to me, $1.99 nail polishes aren't that rare but usually the presentation (bottle) is blah. I liked the bottle and the display case that SCP was in  and there is a wide range of colors as well as "nail art" polishes for the same amount.  Me and my "W-S" are now addicted.  I usually paint them and just top it off with a top coat, maybe one of these days when I don't have my son I'll attempt to do a design. 


Also, Coconut Oil and Shea Butter...I used to have natural hair, but I am relaxed now.  During my natural hair days I ONLY used natural products in my hair, now that I am relaxed, the majority of the products I use are still natural.  Coconut Oil and Shea butter have my roller sets looking brand new days later.  They are GREAT moisturizers and AMAZING deep conditioners. 
My family also has a history of bad skin, mainly eczema...the way that I keep it under control for my son and I are through using Shea Butter and Coconut oil, they are excellent for your skin as well.  Also these products are not expensive at all and last a while.  Its also great that they are great for skin and hair care, two birds one stone.

Also one more tip, when picking out skin and hair products, pay attention to the ingredients, if you cant pronounce most of them, re-think the purchase.  As for hair, I would say stay away from products that have mineral oil  (or a high amount of it) because it clogs pores. 

:) Hope you enjoyed....Also the contest is still open, a winner will be announced on the evening of 2/14/12...Good Luck!