RIP Alexander McQueen

Designer Alexander McQueen passed away today. A Fashion Artist who will be dearly missed...

Product Alert: Fiat Luxe Soaps

I seen this on AOL today and I was intrigued! Felted Soaps
(Check out the article: http://shopping.aol.com/articles/2010/02/09/felted-soap/ )

They are soaps from a company called Fiat Luxe
http://www.fiatluxedesigns.com/products.php

The Soaps are all natural, they have a vegetable oil base and use essential oils. This is a great alternative to a loofah (and I am a loofah lover) They are soaps covered in wool that shrinks with the soap. Some may say $12 for soap is a bit much but I am willing to give it a try! I am thinking about ordering some this weekend I will let you know if its a keeper!

XOXOXOX
N.

Valentine's Day (if your into that type of stuff)

Hello People,

For all of you who take the Valentine's Day thing seriously (Me not being one of them) I got a great FREE gift idea for you!!!!!!
If you want to do something sentimental and your funds are low (what we like to call "Recessional Love") I got a great idea, send your significant other (or insignificant other, depending on how and with whom you are currently involved with....) a RADIO STATION! Go to http://www.pandora.com/ (If you don't already have an account create one!) You can create and gift a radio station to anyone. You pick 5 artist and a skin and can email the station to them, its good for birthdays as well! I think is a sweet and clever "gift" and I've even sent one to my boyfriend and he LOVES it (All NEO-SOUL R&B Diva's). So there is my suggestion to assist your loving on a budget (thank me later)

XOXOXOX
Cupid Stiletto!

Haiti Still Needs Your Help

It is so easy to forget a tragedy once it fades from national attention or once CNN is on to the next thing. Please don't forget to donate to Haiti (if you still have not) or to continue to give even if you have. The need is ongoing and so should be your capacity to give. I decide this year to dedicate more of my time and money to giving on a local, national, and international level. So I implore others to do what you can and at times do even more then you can! If you you want to give closer to home remember New Orleans is still suffering from the the aftermath of Katrina and still needs help! Instead of the old adage forgive and forget lets make it Don't Forget to Give!

XOXOXO
N.

The Long and Short of it!

So me and my hair are fighting.....

Or you might say I am fighting my hair, I love the way my natural hair is going but I am still transitioning and my old relaxed ends are not going along with the program. I'm in transitions hell because I want to hold on to my length until my natural hair grows out more. Most people tell me just BC and get it over with but it is so much easier said then done. Like I said before it took me most of high school and my first year of college to grow my hair past my shoulder, so I am having a hard time parting with it. I've never had a short haircut and I am very apprehensive about cutting it all off. On the flip side my permed hair is pissing me off to no end. So the question become what to do next, because I've been coming to work looking really crazy and this can't continue! In other news I checked out "Let's talk about Pep" last night on VH1 and I loved it! Not much for VH1's brand of demeaning reality shows but this one I enjoyed.

XOXOXOXO
Nikki

Please Help Haiti

My heart and prayers go out to the Haiti (which shares the Island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic) after yesterday's devastating earthquake. I encourage people to pray for those alive, missing, and those who were lost. More then just prayers I encourage everyone to help, give money, give time, send clothes, find ways to help this country. Haiti is the poorest country in Caribbean (as well as the Western Hemisphere) and they need you help now more then ever. Support Haiti and keep its people in your prayers.

With Love,
Nikki

Hair Struggles

Hello People,

2010 is off an running and so far so good, 11 days in and I am cautiously optimistic. So my issue for the day, my hair is pissing me off. Ok not all my hair but I am transitioning and the 2 texture are driving me nuts. It is so hard to get one the way you want it an then have your permed edges decide they want to do whatever the heck they want. OK simple problem right just BC (big chop)....WRONG! I can't let go of the length and I am not ashamed to admit it. It took me all of High School and 2 years of college to grow my hair out past my shoulder and I LOVE it that length. Since I've decided to go natural I am having a hard time disconnecting my emotions from my hair length. I love my natural growth but I never had short hair and to be honest I think I am scared of the prospect of it. My permed hair is like a bad relationship I know I should stop dealing with but I keep letting back into my life. So the transition struggle continues.

Brand Spanking New Year

So 2009 finally left the building, and thank God it did. Not that I am not thank full for another year of life but 2009 was something else.

Happy 2010 People

Anywho here we are again, me and my random thoughts and you and your short attention span, we are quite a pair! So I did the usual on New Year Eve, too much champagne with my boyfriends, twilight zone marathon, and falling asleep before 2. I know we are LAME and we accept that (and acceptance is the first step right). I've made my resolutions....Beginning with to stop cursing so much, my mouth has gotten a little reckless and my niece is at that I repeat everything I hear age so I've got to get it together. Still I just KNOW someone stupid is just waiting around the corner to make me relapse REALLY HARD. Well for the most part I am back to the same grind, at the same job, but a new outlook and a renewed drive it time to make a move and I think this is my year to do it! If you want it people stop waiting for it to come to you and go get it!

XOXOXOX
The Stiletto One

P.S.
Here is a gift for you in my secret shoe Box - a leaked new MJ collaboration with Lenny Kravits: go to hear it
http://www.lovebscott.com/2010/01/04/new-music-michael-jackson-ft-lenny-kravitz-another-day/

Harmless Flirtation

So the big East Coast Blizzard is over, kind of anti climatic for me because

1. We didn't get as much snow as predicted
2. It happened on a Saturday night which mean it would not result in a day off on Monday....Whomp Whomp :-(

Anywho I was leaving the house this morning to go to work and make the most of may last three days before Christmas break and I got a call on my cell phone from a colleague. We work in the same type of business and have had to deal with each other (ONLY on a professional level) for the past 2 years. (*Note: I realize that I am vague about what I do for a living but I got to keep some things private, but in the interest for some disclosure I work in Education and that is all I will say). The thing is we have been doing this coy harmless flirting dance for the past 2 years. Now neither one of us have actual verbalized any intentions but you can tell there is "something" in there. So he called me to thank me for a Christmas card I sent him and to wish me a Happy Holidays (and the I hear a collective Mmmm huhhhh right). So we usually chat for a bit and talk shop in our very best phone voices. I am in a relationship so I don't lend to much thought into our impromptu conversations, but I have to wonder is there really such thing as "harmless" flirting? Ohhhh yeah did I forget to mentions that he is about 6"1, chocolate brown, college educated, and has a Barry White baritone....huh forgot to mention that (funny how that happens). Anyways if I don't muster up the time or energy to blog again this week
Happy Holidays and Hugs & Kisses

I Know I Know

OK so I'm wack, I get it....i promise to post and don't, I've got more excuses then Tiger Woods in a room full of blonde's I know I know. But I digress life as usual has me in a vice grip and leaves little time for leisure (plus I a procrastinator so that doesn't help!). The holidays are upon us and that means food, fun and family...... For the most part I enjoy being around my family but over Thanksgiving we had some issue with my Grandmother that has me ready to hibernate out until New Year's. My grandmother has decided that she wants to project her Daddy issues onto my father, brother, and cousin and its pissing me off. So I am trying everything in my power not to turn Christmas into a Jerry Springer episode. So lets see how this all turns out. Anyways onto my latest all consuming focus MY HAIR!!!! So I am in month 5 of my transition and I have had some days when I was not dealing well with two texture and left the house looking WRONG. My curl pattern is much curlier in the back then in the front and my hair takes forever to dry. I am also playing mad scientist with styles and products. Well my new product addiction is a post for another time.

XOXOXOX
N.