AHHHH! Finally, The shop is now open! After working on this for a while, it feels good to finally have the shop all set up! Do check out the awesome designs I have created to inspire confidence in women and girls with natural hair. Whether you’re going shopping, a festival or an office social, you’re … Continue reading SHOP NOW OPEN! 🥳🥳🥳
Hey Queens! 👑🙌🏽😊 Hope you are all doing amazing! It is with great pleasure that I am announcing the GIRL vs NATURE shop launch! Yes! It’s official. The GIRL vs NATURE online shop will be live on Saturday 18th September 2021. 🚀💨 That’s less than 2 weeks away! I am so excited to share what … Continue reading *ATTN* SHOP LAUNCH!!!
When people run in circles it’s a very, very…mad world. – Gary Jules, Mad World Browsing through Instagram one evening, I stumbled across an image of a hand raised with cleched fist. It looked very similar to the symbol of Black Lives Matter except it had #EndSARS written above it. I wasn’t sure what it … Continue reading Young & Criminally Minded
Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.– Molière The alarm goes off. Activating my fight-flight mode. I automatically lunge for my device vibrating violently on the bedroom floor. Eyes still closed, I hit the stop button and fall back into bed hiding under the duvet. Aaahgh!!! I hate alarms. Why do they … Continue reading Just A Matter Of Time
Life takes you to unexpected places. Love brings you home.– Melissa McClone The darkness of the German night sky felt ominous tonight. It was very quiet. A little too quiet even for our tiny village on the outskirts of Siegerland. Though street lights illuminated the pavements and surrounding houses, creating the illusion of life, the … Continue reading The Stakeout
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change – Charles Darwin 2 days Pre-Lockdown[21/03/2020] ‘God catch you!’ came the muffled cackle of my dishevelled locs. ‘Mm-hmm! This is karma! After you go and lock me up, you can now have a taste … Continue reading Surviving COVID Lockdown
As promised! Here it is!!! The Glory Days Pt. 2! These have got to be my favourite days especially the chunky twist era! Oh my days! My chunky twists were the ONE ☝🏼 What was just a trend for most ladies, I was certain I was going to live in for the rest of my life- … Continue reading The Glory Days (Pt.2)
My crowning glory, Our on and off romance has lasted just about five years. There were times when all I wanted to do was caress your beautiful strands and times when all I wanted to do was cut them all off! 😡😤😡But truth be told, looking back on all those memories, I am so proud … Continue reading The Glory Days (pt.1)
I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind. There was something so pleasant about that place – Gnarls Barkley, Crazy Following my last post expressing my intentions to free-form, I have received mixed reactions from friends and family. Some are like, ‘Ride on girl, do your thang!’ (cough, cough 😅👍🏽) while others … Continue reading On the Verge of Free-forming (Pt.2)
We formed a little crowd on the edge of Aunty’s garden which was still under construction, waving sparklers and drinking wine. I clung unto bae as we stared up at the multitude of colours that lit up the foggy new year sky. Half amazed, half shaken. The fireworks looked heavenly but sounded like grenades and … Continue reading A Year of Unorthodox Lessons in Hair
