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5 Winter Protective Styles

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Hey beauties! Happy New Year and thank you for visiting after my long hiatus.

Today I'm here to bring you 5 of my favorite winter protective styles. The winter is a harsh season for our hair because hair retains moisture from the air and in the winter the air is really dry in certain areas. Protective styles protect our ends and preserves the moisture in our hair. In my opinion the winter season is THE BEST time to start your natural hair journey! Reasons being : you can over moisturize without worrying about getting hot and you can give your hair a rest (hair isn't rubbing against your collar causing breakage).

I hope you enjoy! If you like it SHARE it!

Natural hair

Holding You Down

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Firstly, I would like to say thank you to all of those who come to my blog faithfully and share my post--it really means the world for me!

Now for the outfit! I have just recently gotten into prints. I like to stay in the same color palette usually (black, white, nude and khaki/olive), I believe these colors look the best on me. I cannot lie, I do use these colors as a safety blanket because you really can't mess them up, but I think it's time to push the envelope a bit. I might have cheated a little because the colors were chosen for me in this beautiful t-shirt dress I got from Boohoo. The dress really accentuated the reddish undertones in my skin and I feel that is what made this outfit really pop. Thank you again for the support, I hope you love it!

Dress: Boohoo

Bag: Torrid (similar)

Shoes: (Similar)

Little Do You Know

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Look at me! Staying consistent with this blogging ting! This is actually my stress reliever. There's something about talking about inexpensive clothing for plus sizes that relaxes me.

I hope you enjoyed your extended weekend. Mine was great! Full of fun, laughs and food (so,so,so much food!) So I needed a comfortable outfit that would accommodate everything I consumed and let me tell you, this is the dress version of "eating pants". Also, I got this dress from Boohoo and you KNOW I love me some Boohoo. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't believe me if I told you this dress was 8 bucks. Boohoo has 50% off days quite often and I scooped up this and a few other pieces as well.

As of lately I've been finding comfort in mixing styles. My favorite mix is "girly tom boy" which is something I do quite regularly now. *Disclaimer* I usually wouldn't wear a necklace with my outfit. Hopefully you enjoy this post! Stay tuned for an up coming event. More info here .

Dress: Boohoo

Jacket: Similar

Sneaker: Adidas (originals)

Btw if you sign up for Adidas e-mails you'll get 15% off

hair

My big curly hair

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Hola! Como estas? So, just to start this post off right, I made this video out of SHEER FRUSTRATION! On an average day I'm asked about my hair routine about 5-9 times and I'm not even exaggerating. Even though I don't mind telling people about my simple routine. I honestly love when I meet people who are genuinely interested in because natural and/ or growing their hair. I love seeing different curl patterns, textures, and lengths. All of it is beautiful!! But sometimes I feel as though people are more curious about " how a black girl has long hair...??" I also feel like to be a black woman my complexion and to have a looser curl pattern is looked at as "impossible!". Well I'm here to tell you, ITS POSSIBLE (Whitney voice*) so get over it !

But back to it! I honestly enjoyed making this video, it was fun! I can't wait to record more hair videos and really get into some of my tips and tricks. I really hope you enjoy it! BTW** I had on a bathing suit!!!!

Shampoo: Dr. Bronner's

Conditioner: Mane & Tail

Leave-in Conditioner: Cantu Shea Butter

Coconut Oil (Any cold pressed coconut oil will do)

curvycon

Desperado...

12:06 PM

*Disclaimer* Here's a short story about how I'm technically breaking laws in these pictures. I was walking back to my hotel after Curvycon (post coming soon just wait on it *drake voice). Me and my friends see a private garage as we were walking down the street, so we ran in and started shooting. Big ups to the lady who walked in on our shoot and didn't kick us out! So I guess you see my dedication to this blog 😂.Well, any who, I'll spare you the explanation for the time gap in my post and just jump right into the outfit.

Jumpsuits are my absolute favorite because they're "ready to wear". You don't have to put much effort into rocking a jumpsuit. This particular jumpsuit is from Boohoo and I bought it during a 50% off sale they were running a few weeks ago. Boohoo runs great promos almost everyday, not to mention the clothes are already affordable.

I really loved the color of this jumpsuit up next to my skin. It really made my gold undertones pop (my 6th goal in life is to be known as the "golden goddess"). I cannot lie to you though, the color looks a little different in person than it does online. I'm not mad about it because I loved the color I received even better. I paired it with sandals from Torrid and a necklace I bought from H&M a few years back.

Jumpsuit: Boohoo

Sandals: Torrid (similar)

Necklace: sold out (but heres something just as cute)

TheCurvezofLife: Going Through Thecurvezoflife

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TheCurvezofLife: Going Through Thecurvezoflife: First and foremost I would like to say happy New year to everyone. I really hope you enjoyed your holidays. I know I did but I&#...

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Black is the new black

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Black makes me feel so good! Whenever I'm able to wear black I feel like a statuesque beauty lol.
Fringe has been my FAVORITE trend this year and I've tried to incorporate it in everything that I wear so when I found this dress I died a little inside, and though the fringe is one of my favorite parts of the dress, the length of the dress has to be my second favorite part. I've been on "love myself" journey and right now I'm focusing on my legs. They're long and awesome and I enjoy them very much. It's getting pretty cold here in New Joisy so I'll have to put my legs away for a few months, but they'll be be back shortly.