"My God, the Dead Has Arisen"

Remember that phrase from the oh-so memorable scene in the epic movie, "The Color Purple"? It's the one when Mrs. Sophia (now free of Mrs. Milly) started laughing at the dinner table. She had been so quiet most of the evening. No one, I suspect, even knew she was there. Until she laughed! Well, I'm back from the dead. lol. I know that I have been gone away from this blog but it's one of my goals this year to re-vamp this blog.

Where have you been girl?! I have been finishing up school and starting my new career in teaching! I finished school back in May 2012 and I landed my first official teaching job 1 week before school began in August. I teach both 5th and  6th grade students at a small private school. Ans I love it! :) I have truly found my calling.

I am still natural! Oh yes, how could I forget to mention what has been happening with my hair. I have been natural now for 2 1/2 year and relaxer free for 3 years! It is a truly amazing journey. I am gonna post more about my regime, products, and styles in a later post. But for now, I am growing my hair healthy and giving it the best possible care I can give. I am inspired daily by so many natural women and men too! It really takes patience to em\bark on a journey such as this. I am learning the art of patience too!

Other than that, I am still alive and I am glad to be back in the swing of things with you. I plan on creating more YouTube vids as soon as I can figure what the heck I'm gonna talk about. LOL! I am learning to document more while on this journey. Take pictures and seizing each and every moment given to me. I can say I am truly blessed and that the favor of God rests heavily upon me!

Hugs-n-kisses,

Trulibeauti

Mini-Twists

7 months natural

7 months natural

7 months natural

The pictures that you see above are from Mini-Twists that were done at 7mths natural.  I was just playing around with my hair and found a cute style. I didnt like them at all. I  watched countless videos of ladies on YT who always seemed to have the perfect set of Mini-Twists. Their hair never seemed to shrink to the length  my hair shrunk to. I only wore these 2 days. :(

Fast forward to last week Thursday August 26 and now I am 15 months natural. I tried them again with much better results. I twisted my hair (dry) only misting H2O to make my hair more manageable. I sealed with castor oil and began to twist. The entire process took me about 1hr 45min. I challenged myself to wear them for the weekend and I ended up wearing them until Tuesday August 30. I guess the biggest thing for me was that they were longer and so soft. I love the castor oil. Here are some pictures:

15 months natural

15 months natural

I am not sure if you can tell that I like these so much better! I had such a great twist-out once they were removed! I am thinking about putting them in weekly and wearing my fro or twist out just a few days during the week instead of every day! It sure was better this time than the last time! 

~Trulibeauti

HoneyChile Get Healthy 30-Day Challenge

I have decided to attack this challenge head on! I have noticed that I have put on a few extra pounds over the summer. And honestly, I dont feel like myself. I feel very unhealthy. Bloated, full, and Y-U-C-K-Y! So, knowing that I needed to do something to jump start this process, I have signed on to do this 30 day challenge. I believe it is sponsored by The Main Source (site link here). 

She states on her site: " The ultimate goal is become an overall healthier person by adopting a healthy lifestyle. In doing so you will also lose those unwanted pounds that you’ve been trying to lose for years."

Here are the rules:

• 8 glasses of water per day
• Exercise at least 3 times per week for 30 minutes
• Give up carbonated beverages (besides water you may have  100% juice in moderation)
• Eat fresh fruit and vegetables
• Swap out “white” foods with “brown” foods (brown rice, whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, etc.)
• Limit fried foods

TheMainSource began this challenge on August 1st and is now in her 2nd round of the challenge. She states in her site that she lost 8lbs during the first month. I hope that I am that lucky. I will post my weight-loss goals in a few days. These rules seem easy enough for me. What about you? I will begin today and check back in 2 weeks to let you know my progress. I will also journal to help document this journey. I hope you will join me in taking the necessary steps to become a healthier YOU!!

~Trulibeauti

Purpose

"THE UNIVERSE IS IN PERFECT ORDER.

THE STARS. THE MOON.

AND THE SUN ARE ALL OPERATING IN PERFECT, DIVINE ORDER.

A RHYTHM AND A PURPOSE TO THEIR PATHWAYS.

I AM APART OF THE UNIVERSE:

THEREFORE, I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ORDER. A RHYTHM.

AND A PURPOSE TO MY LIFE."

-louise L. hay

~Natural Hair~ Length Check- August 2011

So today I washed my hair. If you follow this blog, you know that I normally wash on Fridays or Mondays but I NEEDED this wash today. My scalp was dirty! :) I got up a little bit earlier than I had been getting up in the past few days and I watched a few YT vids. I saw a video by KinkyKurlyKham (Click Here) and she discussed how one goes about measuring their hair for length checks. I have never filmed or aired my length stats because I used body markers to indicate growth. Body markers, like my nose and chin to indicate growth.  But, she made some good points that made me realize that using this method may not be as accurate as I thought.

So, I washed my hair and took out a tape measure and here are my results:

Front- 5 inches
Left side- 5 inches
Right side- 5 inches
Back (middle)- 4 1/2 inches

Seems like my hair is pretty even. I have been trimming my own hair and since I have been natural, I have trimmed my hair 2x's and I think I may have cut off 1 1/2 inches. Yep, I got scissor happy! Didn't want no scraggly ends! Anywhoo, those are my stats for the month of August. Ill check back in October with my new stats!

~Trulibeauti

* Music Monday* Ledisi - Pieces Of Me

I heard this song for the first time this weekend. I love it now. Ledisi is truly a very talented woman. She reminds me of Chrisette Michelle! I hope u enjoy!

~Trulibeauti

Naturally Me!

 I just wanted to share some of my most recent pictures with you guys! I am not as shy as I once was in front of the camera! I am truly a Natural Beauti! What do u think?