Beauty Exclusive: Cheryl "Salt" Wray

Everybody and their mom knows I am a Salt N Pepa fanatic!!! My favorite member of the group has always been Salt!!!! When I was younger, I LOVED her voice/accent!!! It was so deep and cool! That voice is what made me want to move to New York!!! I've never been, but I just knew if I went I would pick up on that accent!!! I had to have it!!! LOL!!

Now I'm in love with Salt even more! My friends think I'm a stalker, but I'm not! lol I am simply a HUGE FAN!!! There is something about a humble celebrity who loves the Lord and can still do their jobs in the world!! She is still a hip hop artist, only now, she uses her platform to tell people about Jesus Christ!! How cool is that?! If she were to turn to christian music, she may not have the opportunity to reach those that really need Jesus! I love it and I applaud her for "STANDING OUT" as Tye Tribbett would say!!

BET did a beauty exclusive on Salt and I thought I'd post it on my blog... because I love her!!! Maybe you will find some of her tips useful! *shrugs*... or maybe not! Either way CHECK IT OUT!!!

Just in case some of my followers are cool like me and love Salt n Pepa... here are some of their fan pages:

Salt's Fan Page

Salt N Pepa's Fan Page

Salt's Twitter Page

Pepa's Twitter Page


Bam!!! There ya go!!! ;)

I'm out for now!!

Until next time,
♥ Stix

Nothing much... Just writing!

Have you ever had so much to say that you didn't know what to do with yourself?! lol... Maybe it's just me!!!

I think a lot... maybe too much... and one day if I don't get it together I'm sure it will be the death of me!!! One day... I'll be able to just LIVE!!.... without caring... just DO ME!!!

But until then... I'll just do the best I can!!!

Anyway... This post won't be long at all... in fact I'm done!!! Have a great day!!! Always praying for you guys!!!

Until next time,
♥

Good liar or Good writer?!

Things that make you go, "hmmmmm!!!!"

The other day I had to write a discussion for my Human Development class. I logged into my classroom thinking it would be as easy as the others and... IT WASN'T!!! Throughout the course I had done all of my reading, but I didn't do the reviews at the end. I mean, FOR WHAT?! I wasn't going to get a grade on them... besides they were boring maps anyway!!!

Well, after reading the discussion question for this week I wished I had done those stupid maps! lol Turns out, I had to write a small paper on the maps and what I had learned from them. I didn't feel like taking the time to do the maps so I looked over them and started writing!!!!

WHY WAS THAT MY INSTRUCTOR'S FAVORITE DISCUSSION?! lol SMH!! I mean...are you serious?!?!

This made me think... Either I'm a darn good writer... or I'm a darn good liar!!!

*looks around... raises both hands...* Lord, *in my Mr. Brown Voice* "I'M SOOORRRYYY!!!" LOL


Until next time,
♥ Stix

Long hair don't care?!...

Man, PLEASE!!!!... lol

When I was younger, I prayed for long hair! I thought that if God gave me long hair I would belong in my family!! I was the only girl in the family with short, nappy hair. My mom's hair was jet black and stopped in the middle of her back. My little sister, Jamie, had sandy-brown hair that stopped at her shoulders. Man, my cousin's were even walking around with long, thick hair. It was unfair!!!

I remember walking around with my daddy's t-shirts on my head so I could see what it felt like to have something bouncing on my shoulders when I ran. My cousins laughed, but for once I felt just a tad-bit "normal." This issue haunted me until high school.

I tried just about every hairstyle out there just to keep from feeling so ugly. I wore the "hood wrap", cut my hair in a cute bob, then the halle berry cut, braids, kinky twists, and even a sew-in! I tried it all! Don't believe me?! When my hair started falling out, my mom made the beautician cut off the dead hair and I had to wear FINGER WAVES!!!!!... FREAKIN' FINGER WAVES, DUDE!!! That was the most embarrassing few weeks of my life. SMH!! I still haven't forgiven my mom for that one!

The summer of my junior year I decided that I would no longer get a perm. I couldn't take the chemical burns anymore. I begged my mom to let me keep kinky twist in my hair for a year. She agreed and that was the last time I ever had to worry about a perm!! I was so happy! My best friend, Sequoia, decided that she was over perms too. It was a transition that we went into together. We had each other for support. Lord knows I was gonna need it once I saw what my hair looked like without a perm.

A year later... THERE I WAS... .... No kinky twist or perm!... Just a head full of jet black, NAPPY HAIR!!! lol I loved it!!! At first, I was a little jealous because Sequoia's 'fro was a lot curlier than mine. lol smh Girls... and their issues! I got over it! No one's hair is the same! I couldn't hate on her 'cuz she had waves in the front! lol

Eventually I got tired of the 'fro. I had done every style I could think of. My mom was getting tired of combing it out for me and I couldn't really do it on my own when I went off to college. My mom was alot better at it than I was. My press would only last so long. I knew it was time for something new. Sequoia and I talked about getting 'locs, but neither of us were bold enough to do it. Finally I said I was gonna do it. She was all for it as well!... when it was time to do it... SHE SLICK PUNKED OUT ON ME!!! I didn't think I could do it alone, but I HAD TO! I was so over the 'fro!!!

My sister and I were going on a cruise with my cousin, Lauren's family. I figured I would do it then. My mom was against it so I decided not to talk to her about it anymore. Once on the trip, Lauren twisted my hair and the rest was history!!! LOL... I know!!! BAD GIRL!! When I came back from my seven day cruise, my mom didn't realize what I was doing! lol She thought it was a cute two-strand twist 'do! smh She figured it out once it started looking all bad!!! I had to go 4 months without touching it. You can imagine how nappy it had gotten by then!!!

Anyway... here I am 4 years later with my "long hair!" lol smh!! It's not all it cracked up to be!!! I LOVE my hair, don't get me wrong, but I do get tired of it in the summer. LONG HAIR CAN BE HOT!! I've heard that sooo much growing up! Now I get to see for myself!! So... any day, any month, any YEAR now, this hair will be gone!!!! I haven't decided if I will cut it off or cut it in a cute little "Whoppi Goldberg" bob! *shrugs* I'm not sure! I still have time to figure that out!

Anyway... Here are a few pics to show you how far we've come!!! lol

** HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY, 'LOCKS!!!!**

Anyway... #thatisall

Until next time,

♥ Stix

Oh yea, P.S.- Sequoia sucked it up and got her 'locks the next month... July 14th, I think!

ReAl LiFe

Remember when you were younger, and you couldn't wait for your next birthday because it would make you "older."... somewhat more acceptable to those around you?! Man... I still do that! Not to be accepted or anything... I'm just ready to see where life takes me! I'm so ready to experience growth... to really mature into who God wants me to be! I know that takes time and I don't want to rush it!... but a girl can dream, right?! (*insert shrug here)

India Arie updated her twitter today and it made me go back to that time!..."Man, I can't wait until I'm 34!" LOL She is wise BEYOND her years and I know that type of wisdom comes with growth. I look up to her for so many reasons. Before it was because she played the guitar, but now I mainly look up to her because she is a thinker and she doesn't care how people feel about her! She is so in touch with how she feels and can so eloquently throw them out there for the world to enjoy! She makes it seem so easy. I love to see people grow. I remember when she was 26 years old and was just starting in the business. She didn't have the wisdom she has now. She didn't know how to handle the "crude, negative things" people would eventually say about her!... Now... she is NOT playing and I love it!


Recently she updated her twitter to pretty much put some people in their place. Twitter users hide behind their computer and straight up bash her to her face... well her twitter! They actually include her /"@" her so she can read it! People are so mean! They have gotten on her about gaining weight, they have talked about her music, her individuality, and even "rumored" relationships! I feel sorry for her sometimes but she definitely knows how to handle her own! I think people forget that these celebrities are human. They seem to think, if they really care at all, that celebrities are these hardcore people who can take any and every mean thing thrown their way. It's not fair! It's so sad! She wasn't mean or anything though! She simply spoke of where she is in life and pretty much stated that she is who she is and there's nothing anyone can do about it! POINT BLANK! It was really long! Who knows if those people will read it or even care... but for people like me... it made me think!

In so many words, she talked about how she doesn't allow TV to define who she is and how she acts! She won't allow the world to label her as a person or her music!!! She is INDIA!!! and that's that on that!!

I found myself thinking.... Am I THAT sure of who I am?! Have I allowed the world to define me?!... better yet... Have I allowed my religion to define me?! It kind of made me mad because I honestly have to answer "yes" to the second question! Before today I was so afraid of being judged! I didn't want this person to think that I loved God less... or this person to think I had slacked off! smh! Not once taking into consideration of what God thinks... better yet... KNOWS! There is a lady named Shellie that is like that! I see her at church with her head held high with her skinny jeans on and knee boots! She doesn't care one bit if ANYONE judges her... She knows who she is... and she knows what God says about her!!! Those are the kind of people that I want to surround myself with... and honestly... I believe my friends have that mindset! It's just time for me to get on that level!! I mean really... "church folks?" Who the HECK are they anyway?! smh

If I ever meet India Arie, which I probably won't, lol... I'll have to thank her for being so transparent! That girl is the bomb.com!!! I'm trying to get where she is... SHOOOOOOOOOT!

Thank YOU GUYS for even reading as I ramble about whatever comes to mind! LOL! My best friend and I had already spoken about it today, but I had to write how I felt!!!!

ok!!! Enough with all that!!!! It's Sunday... You going to church?! I'm not! lol I'm soooo tired!!!

Until next time,
P-ce!

Forever Jones

It's been a minute. I wish I had some cool excuse as to why I've neglected to blog, but I don't! Sorry! :( I've been introduced to some new music though and couldn't wait to blog about it!!! I pray this family blesses you the way they blessed me!!!

After spending the evening with Sabrina, my friend Melissa came in and introduced us to some new music! Apparently there is a new family band out, Forever Jones, that we knew nothing of. Melissa had already downloaded a song onto her phone so she played it for us! I must say, seconds into the song and I was ready to fall on my knees! I knew immediately that this family KNEW God and had a desire to serve HIM!!! There is an anointing on their music that is felt IMMEDIATELY!!! Don't believe me... check out the song!!! The words of the song made me think. I wondered when God searched for those desperate hearts am I looked over?! Have I let go of every idol? Does God have my ALL?! There is nothing like a song that will convict you and take you into worship ALL AT THE SAME TIME!! It's like God... He convicts us and loves us AT THE SAME TIME!!! I'm telling you... This family is anointed! God is all over them and I can't wait to hear what all God does through their music! This is what I define as TRUE, PURE worship!!! I LOVE IT!!! Listen to the song! You won't be able to stop! Believe me!

Wanna know what I LOVE about them?! 20 years ago the Lord gave the father of the band, Dewitt Jones, an invitation to spend time with Him at 9 a.m. every morning! This devotion is now considered worship/family time and is where all of their music from the upcoming album was birthed! Yessss, JONES FAMILY!!! I just LOVE them!!!! They have an amazing testimony!!! Check it out here!!!!

Amazing, right?! A BLESSING!!! The name of their debut album is entitled, "Get Ready" and is set to hit stores on June 8th of this year!!!! We have to support them guys!!!! I'm going to try and post a reminder on the 8th! I hope I remember!!!!

Ok! That is all for now!!!

Until next time,

P-ce!

One year later...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!

In my Ludacris voice: "BALLLOONS!" lol You'll have to be Sabrina to get it! *shrugs* Sorry, guys! ;)

One year, 71 blogs, and 16 followers later.... I must say this has been one HECK of a year!!! LOL... so lame!!

I never knew blogging would be so much fun, so therapeutic, so... umm... THE BOMB! Ha! I can't imagine life without it now. Journaling is fun and I still do it quite often, but blogging is definitely where it's at for me!

Just a small recap:

Remember that band that I used to talk about ALL THE TIME... and then all of a sudden I stopped talking about it?!... Well, unfortunately that band is no more!!! Nothing to be sad about or anything. I've come to realize that some things and people are in your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I guess that was just a fun season in my life. ;) Although I don't consider myself a band member anymore, I am still a guitar player. I don't play as often because I'm ready to learn more. When I move back to Murfreesboro this summer, taking lessons is going to be priority!

Ok... that was one... what about this...?

Remember those girls I blogged about in June?! Yea,... Sabrina, Melissa, and Sophie!? Turns out those girls are still in my life and we have all grown extremely close. They are definitely a blessing and I love them with all OF MY HEART! I thank God for them daily! Great things are happening in their lives now.... and it's only gonna get better from here! You should check out their blogs... Just click their names. Sophie doesn't have one... but you can check out her twitter. ;) She's on facebook too... I think twitter shows more of her sweet, loving personality!

I mentioned AJ in that blog as well. We are still super close!!! That's my homie, for life! Check out her blog too! She's back in school... still writing every now and then... and NEEDS to be working on her book! Once you read her blog you'll know what I mean.

Jel is doing great as well. She'll be done with her Master's soon... and is still playing the guitar. She's got a lot going on too. Check out her blog to stay updated on what's going on with her! :)

Umm... I think I mentioned Renee in that blog. I didn't upload a picture though. I LOVE RENEE! That's my girl. Whenever I'm going through or need prayer... I know she's just a phone call away. She's my prayer partner and a really good friend. I think she understands me the best out of everyone, honestly. She's like a sister to me. ;)

Ok... I said small, right?! I'll wrap it up. I've had so much fun this year... A lot happened... Good and bad... I don't think I would change anything though. Everything happened for a reason... and I'm happy with where I am, honestly!!

Anywhoo...

I'm outta here! I got a couple of movies from Redbox a few minutes ago... I said I needed to be done with this blog by 4am so I can get started! LOL!... it's 3:54am! BAM! ;)

Keep checking out my blogs... You never know WHO I'll be one day! HA!

Until next time,

Stix ♥