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Sold out for a First Lady Hat and Parking Space
People that know me will be nodding their heads to what I am about to say – in the past I was NOT a fan of Iyanla Vanzant. There…. I said it out-loud. Nope, I did not like the award 
winning, Oprah validated, Sistah Friend, Yesterday I Cried, In the Valley author. I can almost hear you saying – “WHAT? Iyanla is awesome, Diva you are out of touch….not like Iyanla….there is something really wrong with you…! Where is the sisterly love and support in that?” My feelings were based on her philosophy of the Universe and not God formulated my opinion of her. It was that simple. Judge if you want, my thoughts, my views, my opinion. Daddy used to say they (opinions) are like bellybuttons (he used a different anatomic part but I’m going to keep it clean) everybody has one.
However, as ‘life’ happened to Iyanla – I’ve seen a change, I hear her acknowledging God, I see a more genuine spirit of love in her and as a ‘fruit inspector’ I am seeing more in her fruit than in her eloquence of speech and her signature endearing term that she calls everyone – Beloved.
Now with that out of the way, let’s move on to what is under this former First Lady Brim. 1In an episode of “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” Iyanla travels to Louisiana to help a couple in crisis. The husband, a pastor, admits to cheating on his wife with about 20 women over the course of his 10-year marriage. Many of his mistresses are members of his congregation… and one of these women gave birth to his child. His wife, Natashia, wrote to Iyanla asking for help in deciding whether to stay or to go. Continue reading
The Backyard Chronicles – Episode I: The Herbal Handbook
THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE (MOMS VERSION)
THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE (MOM VERSION)
NATURAL HAIR IN THE BUSINESS WORLD- “SO ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO WEAR YOUR HAIR LIKE THAT?”
NATURAL HAIR IN THE BUSINESS WORLD –
“SO ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO WEAR YOUR HAIR LIKE THAT?”
Sharing an article with you that I read here: SOURCE: http://www.curlynikki.com/2013/10/natural-hair-in-business-world-so-are.html
Dr. Kimberly Nettles writes:
I will never forget my first time preparing for a pharmacy job interview. “So are you really going to wear your hair like that?”, my fellow colleague asked peering into my Afro as if it were a foreign object. I had never given a second thought to the idea if my hair would be “acceptable” to wear to a job fair. I always put more emphasis into making sure my makeup didn’t look too bright, my business suit wasn’t too tight, or that my heels weren’t too high. Professionalism was something I always took pride in, but the concept of how I would style my hair was never a concern.
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The 2014 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report
The beauty of being a woman is that we are innovative, flexible, ever growing, changing and reaching! I came across this report and wanted to share for inspiration, support or just food for thought – ENJOY!
Click HERE to check out the 2014 State of Women-Owned Business Report that was commissioned by American Express OPEN and published in March of 2014.
This publication marks our fourth annual investigation into the state of women-owned businesses in the United States, providing stakeholders in the women’s enterprise development community – policy makers, entrepreneurial support organizations, suppliers and customers, and women business owners themselves – with information and intelligence that can aid in their efforts.
The 2014 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report contributes new and timely insights concerning the growth and development of the nation’s women-owned businesses. It also provides details on where growth leads and where it lags, thereby pointing the way to areas where policy and programmatic support can help even more women-owned firms reach their full potential.
Black Women Find a Growing Business Opportunity: Care for Their Hair
Kadeian Brown, left, and Judian Brown own Black Girls Divine Beauty Supply and Salon, off Church Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. CreditKirsten Luce for The New York Times
Not much seems unusual about Judian and Kadeian Brown’s storefront in a tidy plaza off Church Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, a neighborhood where every block seems to have its own African hair-braiding salon.
Posters of African-American women with long, sleek hair fill the window. Round jars of shea butter belly up to slender boxes of hair dye on the shelves. Wigs perch on mannequin heads.
What makes Black Girls Divine Beauty Supply and Salon’s visitors do a double-take is the skin color of the proprietors. “I go, ‘Look at all the faces on the boxes,’ ” said Judian Brown, recalling other shopkeepers’ and customers’ surprise when they realize she is not an employee, but the owner. “Who should be owning these stores?”
The Brown sisters’ is one small shop in a multibillion-dollar industry, centered on something that is both a point of pride and a political flash point for black women: their hair. But the Browns are among only a few hundred black owners of the roughly 10,000 stores that sell hair products like relaxers, curl creams, wigs and hair weaves to black women, not just in New York but across the country. The vast majority have Korean-American owners, a phenomenon dating back to the 1970’s that has stoked tensions between black consumers and Korean business people over what some black people see as one ethnic group profiting from, yet shutting out, another.
The Hair Shop is one of many beauty stores on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.Credit Kirsten Luce for The New York Times
A growing awareness of this imbalance has spurred more black people to hang out their own shingles. The people producing the products have changed, too: As “going natural” — abandoning artificially smoothed hair in favor of naturally textured curls and braids — has become more popular and the Internet has expanded, black entrepreneurs, most of them women, are claiming a bigger share of the shelves in women’s medicine cabinets. Continue reading
There are Women’s Bathroom Rules
Enough is enough, I have had it up to here with you violators! Believe me when I tell you….YES..,there are bathroom rules. Ladies, while they may not be spoken of, we all know that these rules DO exist! Well, I am going to pull back the curtain of secrecy and give you all a glimpse of these rules and will start by sharing my top 3, there are others but these 3 are crucial. Feel free to chime in and share your own but these will all seem familiar to someone.
GFQ Results! Women don’t chose who they are going to be with…
Another oldie but goodie!
On April 20th 2010 this question went out….
This morning on the TJMS Jaqui was interviewing a newswoman (Julia Yarborough) who quit her job and her and her girlfriend are on a tour in search of a man. (No joke…here is the site:http://single-woman.tv/2010/04/miami-news-anchor-leaves-lucrative-job-and-hits-the-highway-in-search-of-a-husband) in the interview she said that men have told her that in reality women don’t chose who they are going to be with…the men do.
So Girlfriends is this statement True or False?
….and the Girlfriends responded:
- “False, false and false. Women just let men THINK they are choosing us. It’s just that we most often regret the choices we make in men.”
- “True and false -Both have to choose the other because if one rejects the other (regardless of the sex), then the other is never chosen.”
- “The men who have told her that are single. I’d bet money.”
What about you….what thought do you have under your brim?
GFQ Results – Difference between Naughty and Nasty!
While migrating all of the posts over the Girlfriend Question of the Day page is up for moving…..I forgot how funny these were!!! Oldie but goodie. Enjoy!
Here are the results from the April 9th Girlfriend Question!!!
Girlfriend Question
The question (fill in the blank):
The difference between naughty and nasty is__________.
…and here are the results (hold on to your hat….we are not here to judge!!!)
- one is quality and the other quantity.
- the story he tells his friends
- The players involved!
- time and place.
- the expiration date.
- the audience.
- fa-breeze and bleach.
- Naughty is when you forget to take a shower, and nasty is when you just don’t want to.
- Naughty is playing footsie under the table at a restaurant, Nasty is getting under the table.
It’s not too late, share your thoughts from under YOUR brim!
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