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Micro Locks | I’m rooting for Toddlers and Kids with dreadlocks, Here’s Why
When I was in middle school the coolest most popular girl with the best grades was a girl named Elisheba, she was the fastest girl on, the track team and the teachers’ pet. I was obsessed with here endless hairstyles ponytails that swang, as she walked, swooped updos held in place with jewel incrusted pins and the holy grail a center part with her deep brown tresses effortlessly framing her face and cascading down her shoulders. She had enviable dimples, flawless mahogany-colored skin, and waist-length freeform locks. Parent-teacher conference I caught a glimpse of her mother and knew in an instant my ideal form of beauty was set. Elisheba’s mom…
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Micro locks |The tool and products I use to maintain our DIY Sisterlocks
I consider myself to be a bit of a micro locks \ DIY sister lock expert. After seven years of retightening my own micro locks and convincing two other people to let me do their sisterlocks installation. If that’s not enough I’ve watched every video there is to watch about sisterlocks tools, installation and maintenance. What follows s everything I’ve learned on my micro locks journey, including what sisterlocks tool I use to maintain both mine and my child’s hair, both at home and abroad. Micro Locks Retightening Schedule I personally can’t stand to see my scalp so initially had an every other month retightening schedule. Now I retighten with my fingernails whenever…
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Sustainable Luxury | How to make conscious choices when shopping for clothing
The goal of the conscious clothing movement is to create a system that can be supported indefinitely in terms of human impact on the environment and social responsibility. It’s most often seen as an alternative trend against fast fashion, and in the perfect world, it would be. Sustainable fashion brands prioritize the sustainability of not only the planet but the people, as much as their bottom line. No one is inherently against these principles, The issue, for most people is that the entrance into the ethical fashion scene comes at a high price point, and rightfully so. Clothing costs more when people are conscious of the people who make it and the effect a…
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Micro locks| What I learned from my DIY Sisterlocks installation & How to start
I’ve never had a perm, my mother never let me. I grew up dedicating weekends to the maintenance of my hair. In highschool finally able to decide the styles I wanted myself, I opted to get my hair braided in box braids devoid of synthetic hair. I’d painstakingly redo the front two rows whenever they showed the slightest bit of frizz. I dated a boy in high school whose mom was a sisterlock consultant, she was the first person I ever met with sisterlocks. She informed me that it would save a heap of time if I started sisterlocks this way, I was so close to scheduling an installation. Over…
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Making Zero Waste Handmade Christmas Gifts with Kids
After having so much fun making handmade Christmas decorations I decided to try my hand at making handmade Christmas gifts too. I scoured the internet to find handmade Christmas gift projects that would be fun to make for both adults and kids, and I’m so glad I did. Give these I want my daughter to feel the pride that comes from making something with your own hands. I want her to experience the joy that results from working to bring a smile to the face of others. But honesty Christmas coincides with winter break, which means plenty of free time to fill up with fun things like making handmade Christmas gifts…
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Traveling Toddlers | Things to do in New Orleans with kids
New Orleans is jam-packed with not only full of fun things to do for kids, but every bit of the city is infused with lessons I hope to impart on my daughter. New Orleans seems to have mastered what I think is really the goal of any city or person for that matter. The crescent city has truly unlocked its magic. They’ve managed to pinpoint what makes them special and keep to it. As one of my cab drivers, the unofficial tour guides of NOLA so expertly summed it up “Everybody in New Orleans knows they’re interesting.” The weather in New Orleans is like Mombasa, while the architecture is like…
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Sustainable Luxury | How to Buy Pre-owned Designer Bags
I love shopping second hand, and the only thing better than scoring preloved vintage dress is a preowned designer handbag. For many brands, the vintage quality far surpasses the current quality, making pre-owned designer bags a better value. For example, the quilting on preowned vintage Chanel is neater and thicker. Vintage Louis Vuitton monogram canvas is more durable. Elements that are considered “extra” now, such as leather lining, were standard in the past. The benefits of pre-owned designer bags go on and on. Having spent many years selling vintage clothing in a past life I’ve become quite familiar with pre-owned handbags and clothing. Now that the whole pre-loved market has…
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Zero Waste Christmas, Gifts and Decor
During Christmas it’s easy to get caught up in all the “things,” the best way to keep your sanity is to adopt low waste measures for zero headaches. Last year I bought all the ornaments I plan on ever owning. Storing them is a pain in the neck and a waste of precious limited space in a New York City apartment. So this year we tried something new, making our own ornaments and decorations. It turned out to be the perfect indoor activity to do and got everyone in the mood for the holiday season⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Zero Waste Christmas Decor So this year we dehydrated some citrus slices and added them…
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A Color Story | Curating Capsule Clothing
I’ve always liked the idea of capsule collections yet couldn’t get on board with them due to their commitment to being Normcore Porn. Every single example told me I needed the perfect T-shirt and black denim skinny jeans. In an effort to combat the need to join the buying frenzies that the holiday season kicks off I decided to compile a list of my core outfit staples. Low and behold my clothing chart began to form a capsule collection of sorts. I am a maximalist’s dream of minimalism. I want to live in a yurt by a ravine, with a trapdoor that leads to my high tech storage vault of…
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2 Science Experiments for Toddlers
My daughter is obsessed with science, she has been since she came out the womb. As the child of immigrants, we were probably going to steer her in that direction eventually but it’s really nice that she got there on her own accord. Every chance she gets she is begging to experiment. Recently on an unseasonably warm day that seemed to be made for toddlers and science outdoors, we made a day of it. The hippie in me has always wanted to homeschool my daughter so I make a habit of turning everything I can into a lesson plan. If we were going to do some toddler science we were…
