GOOD HAIR;......... Do I have it?

Hello,
Seasons Greetings to you all. Hope you've been nice as Santa Claus or Father Christmas as he is known here is coming to town........ho ho ho.

I have had my hair back to NATURAL for nearly 2yrs now and it has been an adventure. I have been thinking of the damage to my hair after using relaxers for about 22years and I have seen my hair thinning down from the 'long lush thick mane' that was the envy of other women in the salon when I go to the 'thin uneven scraggly mop' it had become.
I decided to go for it finally after watching 'GOOD HAIR' early last year, had a Big Chop last year after transitioning for about 7months with my hair in locks.
See below

This was how I looked and I felt liberated
My fears of going natural,ranged from fears of how to manage my natural hair as I remembered it as thick,very kinky and hard, combing it was difficult and even getting someone to plait it as a child was difficult as no one liked doing my hair.
I also had fears of styling options as all Naturalistas I knew then either had a low cut or had it in dreads including my sister who had dreads.
The internet has definately been the most valuable source of info for me with people like the Natural Nigerian,Screwy haired girl,Chicoro and many more teaching and encouraging Newbies like me.
I have discovered that all my needs is a lot of TLC and moisture and my hair is not hard and stuborn as I thought and only breaks when dry .I now know the use of Shea butter,EVOO,Coconut oil etc
And for,styling, I sometimes lock,wear an Afro and have even fixed a Weave and right now have kinky braids and my Trick is not having a style on for too long except the Afro.

I also have gotten a lot of compliments and support from friends and family,they asked questions at 1st but right now, my mum,a sister in law,my closest friend and SURPRISE...... my HAIR DRESSER have all gone Natural and husband love it.

I think we are changing and loving ourselves more as original Lagos Babes and I definately have GOOD HAIR.

ps....sorry pics from old BB and not so clear

Hope you like the new design and colours of my blog page. Just want the Christmas feelings to show
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SEASON OF GOODWILL TO ALL MEN

Hi All,

I am looking forward to Christmas,the most wonderful time of the year.
We put up our Christmas tree today,finally as my younger son has been on my neck for the past couple of weeks about the Xmas decorations.

I don't know who loves this Season the most Me or the Children? I guess they inherited their love for Xmas from me,the decorations,the lights,Xmas shopping and Windows...........All the shopping malls, The Palms, City mall and Shoprite Ikeja is opening on the 14th of this month . BLISS

Most Importantly,the story of the Birth that gave me a NEW BIRTH,the Bible Readings,Carol Services and the general GOODWILL TO ALL MEN.
Seasons Greetings All

It is also a time a winding down and plannings of 'NEW BEGINNINGS' More on the winding down and new beginnings in my next post.
As the count down begins,I thank the Lord for good health that we all enjoy right now ,we pray for Peace in our land and Goodwill to all of you.

Browsing and Pinging

Hi Everyone,

It has been a while and I can't blame being very busy but I can definately blame my internet broadband provider because on days I have had the inspiration to write the system was down and today is the first in a few weeks that the system is not only good but fast as well.

I wonder what NCC is doing about all these service providers,both internet and phone service providers they take our money and don't provided the services and we don't even get apologies talkless of COMPENSATIONS.

Take for instance, my blackberry plan expired in September and since I was broke and had to wait for hubby to indulge me and renew the service{am married to an Ijebu man ,so, I am Ijebu by marriage and by nature). I was without the bb for a few days and after paying,I was told by the customer services person to remove the battery and restart the phone, which I did. Only to discover that my bb messenger icon had disappeared.

In spite of all my efforts to download bb messenger,and several calls to my phone company-AIRTEL- , they gave me a case number and sent me a SMS stating that the problem has been resolved,BIG LIE. A call to customer service only got me beign told that with the plan I have ,I was not entitled to bbm{why pay for a plan if not for bbm?}

Anyway, I lost my money that month as I was told I could not get it back.
And no more bbm for me, in fact I would have changed my phone company if not for all my business contacts having that number.
Sorry, all my bb contacts,I lost all your pins and no more pinging for me

I now use my other Etisalat to make my calls as they seem more reliable and I can even browse the internet without subscribing to a bb plan.

I think I will get an android or iphone......Which is better?

So when will this Rain stop?
The day was so hot this afternoon and then the rains came suddenly catching me and others unaware.

My heart and prayers go to those living on the floodplains and marshlands whose home are flooded right now but I can't help thank God and sing

Thank you for the rain,
Thank you for the latter rain.

Have a Good nite with Sweet Dreams, my peeeps

Bookshop Dream

One of my Dreams is to own a bookshop.
You see, I love reading as some of you may know and I want to share that love with others as well.

It is not easy getting a good one-stop bookshop in Lagos and Naija as a whole,and my dream is to open one, with thousands of titles and a reading area where we can host literary events,book signing and book clubs. A children's corner with books and decorated with soft toys,a coffee and teashop and Gift shop...... Dreams?

I will also like to have an online shop where you can get any book you want and we can order for you if not in stock just like Amazon or Kalahari. And we will deliver anywhere in Nigeria starting with Lagos.

This dream will soon be a BIG reality as I have started making plans to start a small shop and am talking to some Publishers and Book Suppliers and hopefully will be in full business by early next year. Am so excited and want you to keep me in your prayers.

ps; Am interested in helping any writer to sell, so contact me if you are interested.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK

Today, the LOVE of my life and Father of these Lovely boys celebrated the beginning of another year of his life.

This is my/our prayers for you, sweetheart,

MAY YOU CONTINUE TO GROW IN HIS WISDOM AND HIS LOVE.
MAY YOU LOVE HIM MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY, AND BETTER TOMORROW.
ALL YOU HEART DESIRES AND DREAMS, WILL COME TRUE
AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE YOU THE BEST HUSBAND AND FATHER TO ME AND THE BOYS WILL
ALWAYS BE WITHIN YOU AND WITH YOU.
MAY THE GOOD LORD,BLESS YOU.
AND MAY THIS NEW YEAR BE SPENT IN GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY. AMEN

Welove you, Omoba Adeyemi Oluwafemi ODUSOTE


ps: Today is also my father-in-law's birthday and though he is late, my birthday greetings to his twin Francis Kehinde Odusote.