I DABBLE IN THE BEAUTY ARTS

I love to do hair, makeup, and styling in my spare time. It's not anything I would make a career out of, but I just like the creative process. I have no professional training of any kind, that's why I say I dabble. Let me know what you think and feel free to post styles of your own.

This hairstyle was kind of complicated. It included sewing in black human hair extensions as well as red synthetic hair extensions and cornrows on the sides. Almost all the hair that is visible is added extensions.

This style is a full head sewn in human hair weave. The real hair is cornrowed to the scalp and then wefts of human hair are sewn on to the braids themselves. I think I do a pretty good job at these. My work is pretty seamless and you cannot tell that this is not her real hair.

These are all haircuts that I've done:

On the left are fake dreadlock extensions that I made an out of yarn. They look very real. In the middle are real dreadlocks that I started and keep groomed. On the right are twists which is how you start growing dreadlocks:

Dreadlocks on non-ethnic (white) hair:

Before and After: My mother had lost her hair due to chemo. I braided the front and added an extension ponytail so that she could have hair again.

Cornrowing (some with extensions some without):

Updo on the left has synthetic pink hair extensions added. The style on the right is flat-twists in the front with coils and ribbon curls at the end, and the back was flat-ironed:



The singles on the left were braided with human hair extensions. The singles on the right were braided with blue synthetic hair:

I put this look together for her for a concert. I coordinated the outfit, makeup, hair, nails, and accessories. The hair is a sewn in full head human hair weave. I did the nails and makeup also:

Other random styles:

CAN YOU CHANGE THE MIND OF A RACIST?

I posted this blog because racism is something that has always bothered me deeply and I have engaged many times in conversations with racist people, in an attmept to change their minds, or at least give them enough insight as to budge their thinking a little bit; to at least consider that there may be a way of thinkin other than their own.
As this historical election draws nearer, I have been encountering racist remarks more than ever. It seems like everywhere I turn people have become very comfortable voicing racist sentiments. I suppose that the nature of the political climate has brought discussions about race relationts to the forefront of alot of our minds, and as a result people are saying things they may not have felt comfortable saying before, and many of these things are hurtful and negative. A blog demeaning Barack Obama that I have been posting on through this website has upset me. It's not just the fact that the hatred they're spewing is so hurtful, but it's also their complete lack of reason, or justification. How can we end racism? How can we turn people like this around? Can we? Does anyone know someone who was once racist but has had a change of heart? I would appreciate any of your thoughts and comments on this. I am just so tired of discrimination, racism, hate.