Dakara Hair - 'Why I LOVE My Hair' Competition and Entry

Hello pretty people!

It's Wednesday morning, I feel yucky cos I had allergies for like 8 hours yesterday and I didn't have my medicine with me... FYI, I'm a walking pharmacy - Most times I have meds for allergies, migraines, aches and pains, sore throat, and an inhaler, just in case. Anyways, here's to feeling much better as the day goes by!

On one of my favorite blogs, Kinky Apothecary, there was a poster for a competition titled 'Why I Love My Hair.' On a whim, I decided to send in maybe 3/4 sentences, and ended up with a short poem. So here's the competition poster and my entry, which I decided to jazz up a little bit.

Why I Love My Hair Competition Poster - See her Tumblr Page and Facebook Page. She's an aspiring children's book author and illustrator and so far, I like her work!

Does this seem as vain and narcissistic as I think?

Feel free to enter the competition too. It's all good fun, and ends April 22. 

And speaking of Hair, I sent my picture to the gals at African Naturalistas blog, and it's featured on their header!!! 

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand, they've also asked me to join their team!!! Exciting, innit? Except that now I'm being all scared and incompetent. Like what would I write about? Do I even REALLY know anything about natural hair? Okay I do, but I'm really lazy with implementing on my own head. Eeeeeeeeeeeeek! I should go for it, right? That would force me to take care of my hair properly.

Alrighty, that's it on the hair front :) I'm already feeling better. Now it's time for a nice cuppa tea.

Have a prettyliciously berryful day.

Berry.

Social Media Week: Conversations for Change

From February 18th to 23rd, Social Media Week, took place in different cities all over the world. For the first time, a city in Africa was chosen (Lagos) as one of the SMW Hubs. There were a plethora of events, both online and offline. I had plans to go to every single evening/night-time event, but I was exhausted and only ended up viewing a Google Hangout on "Movies, Music and Entertainment Without Borders;" as well as a final event by Creative Nigeria Project - Conversations for Change.

At Conversations for Change, there were a lot of different speakers from different backgrounds. I have to say it, Nigerians are soooo creative, so artistic, and I'm happy that through the use of Social Media, people are getting opportunities to share their work across the country and beyond.

Lami Idakwo (CEO - MarketwomanLagos.com), Oluseun Onigbinde (Co-founder - BudgIT), Ada Umeofia (Founder - WeBuilt: AFRICA)

Remi Vaughan-Richards, Film/Documentary Director.

Charles Novia, Nollywood Actor, Producer; Writer "Nollywood Till November".

Chineze Anyaene, MD/CEO CXA Entertainment. She produced 'Ije' starring Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Erm, dunno his name and Lydia Idakula, CEO - Gbagyi Child Entertainment, which also publishes Taruwa Magazine and hosts a monthly open-mic event, Taruwa.

Ferdinand Adimefe (Curator - Creative Nigeria Project), Ayo Rotimi (Social Media Manager, SMW Lagos)

Part of the audience. Can you see me? :p

Winnie Okpapi (Founder -Artwyn), Freedom House, Tope Sadiq (Freedom Hall, where I've read twice)

Yours truly and Timi Dakolo, Musician and winner West African Idol, 2007. His voice is AH-MAH-ZING!

 

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Moi against the Conversations for Change backdrop.

You'd think I flew at Charles Novia and Chineze Anyaene, being in the Nollywood industry and all, but I was terribly shy. I have serious stage fright and I get really shy sometimes, so it was only because my friends pushed me to get their cards that made me go up to them. I haven't contacted either *runs to hide* I don't know what to saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Somebody help me :(

Dakara Hair - Twisted February

Hello beautiful people!

I had an unofficial goal of leaving my natural hair out for the month of February. I just wanted to be more comfortable with my hair and see if I could maintain it. Well, I haven't taken very good care of it, but it's been worn out for the most part - save 2 or 3 days of wearing a wig.

I decided to go with twists, as I'd never done them before. I usually go with flat twists, but wanted to try out individual twists. The plan was to keep the twists in for 2 weeks, and then wear a twist-out for the rest of the month. However my twist-out has come out looking more like locs, and I'm kinda digging it.

Getting the twists in

My go-to twist style. I never wore them down. I thought the twists would puff up, but they didn't so I stuck with a twisted bun.

Unraveled for a twist-out! But they look more like locs. Hmmmmmmm... getting ideas.

Worn to work. 

Just another day at work.

Yup, at work again. All I do is take pics :p

The number and kind of comments I've gotten because of my hair have been interesting. I'll share in a different post another day.

Have a pretty day! Toodles!

Miss Berry :)

I put a ring on it!

Yes, I did. I surely did!

You know how one of my goals is to make at least one beaded accessory a month? Well, I've been slacking a little bit. I knew I wanted to make a ring, but just the time and patience to sit down and get it done was being elusive. So this Saturday, I had some downtime and I was determined to sit in one place and JUST DO IT, like Nike! Here are the snaps :)

Red seed beads - from I-Can't-Remember-The-Name-Of-The-Shop in Surulere

Red seed beads and my handy dandy beading thread

Let's get started :)

My photog said he thinks my hands are pretty and I should be a hand model *Yeah right*

Almost there

Side note: A pack of beads I have, got dropped and scattered all over the ground outside! *angry face*

Thanks to my scooper-upper! Hugs for days on end to ya!

Finished product! I wore it 3 days in a row :)

"But baby, we only kissed once... That's not cheating"

Yo yo yo!

How are ya dahlings? I'm pretty good - can't wait for Friday so I can stay home and rest go out and play. So I had a conversation with my friend the other day, and the subject of 'Cheating' came up. He said it's only cheating if you've had sex with someone who isn't your significant other... kissing and more doesn't count as cheating in his book. This friend of mine can be very sarcastic, so I'm not sure if he was joking or not. But of course, I decided to ask around and consult 'them.' Them being my online dictionaries, innit?

My Comrade friend 
Cheating is spending intimate time with someone other than your partner

My Hairvenly friend 
There are 2 categories. Emotional (having an emotional relationship with someone else even if there's no physical contact involved) and Sexual (kissing, making out, having sex)

My Kingly friend
Cheating is spending time with someone you're attracted to, knowing your partner would not be happy about it - or even keeping it away from your partner.

My Cakesy friend
Cheating is doing something with someone else that you know your S/O would be unhappy about.

My IT friend
You know you're cheating when you're doing something with someone else and you feel even the tiniest twinge of guilt.

My Dictionary friends (Oxford et al) 
To be sexually unfaithful

Somewhere online
It's only cheating if you're caught

I once heard someone describe cheating as "Engaging in any activity with someone of the opposite sex, that you would not otherwise do, if your significant other was there." This is more in line with what my human friends have said about cheating. I think I agree more with this perspective. If you're doing something with a guy/gal who isn't your S/O, and you know you would NEVER do it if your S/O was around, then it's cheating (or as good as cheating).

I saw this survey online (where else?)

Disclaimer: I don't think flirting is cheating... if you do it the way I do, which is innocent and does NOT lead anybody on. :p

What do you think constitutes as cheating?