*This chick is dope and she has GREAT hair*

HIGHLIGHTS...A new found REGRET

Okay, this will be quick...

My current frustration with my hair has led me to write this. I got highlights in my hair about four months ago and initially, I loved them! I knew I was taking a chance with damaging my hair because of the drying effects of the bleaching agent, but I was like, "Oh well, I take good care of my hair, it shouldn't be so bad"...

It's still "not-so-bad" but the highlighted hair is always shedding! No matter how much I condition and moisturize it still appears dry and I just can not stand it!

In all honesty, I had a horrible battle with lifted hair about two years ago. I had half of my hair blonde and the rest my natural color. My hair was this way for two years and I enjoyed it, but I went off to college and my hair went downhill. I wasn't taking proper care of my hair and the bleached hair broke off in patches! Yes, I had two patches in my head from where the color treated hair had broken all the way off. But to make a long story short, I got my hair back healthy, and went dark...and my hair was beautiful!

Unfortunately (in some cases), I'm the type of person who gets bored and desires change...which leads me to today. I got highlights, which is way better than getting half of my hair colored, but it's still taking the same effect on my hair...and I'm mad! I wish I would have never done it...but living only happens once!

Oh...I decided to go natural too...but that's another story in itself. UNTIL NEXT TIME!

*CoNtEmPlAtE...*

PINK LUSCIOUS LIPS...the MAC way!

So MAC is my absolute favorite brand of cosmetics; I love ALL of their products and lately I've been trying to find the perfect "soft pink" look. It's so cute and girlie yet still quite sexy! I've gone through a few lip sticks and glosses, although I liked them, they didn't quite do it for me.

(Above is the Barbie look...it's cute...but I didn't want so much pink)

Anyway, I went to MAC last week and found the PERFECT color. It's kind of sad because it had been there for the longest but I was afraid to try it, in fear that it would look weird on my full lips. Luckily, I WAS WRONG! I tried on Lady Gaga (that's the color name, I believe) and I absolutely had to have IT! It was the perfect pink, in my opinion, because it was more subtle and you can wear it both day and night and not look like you're over doing anything. (Below is what the box and lip stick tube look like.)

(Below is how it looks on...it's on Lady Gaga's lips, not the other lady's...DUH! lol)

Although I really loved the color and knew I wanted to buy it, I just had to have a gloss to put over it. I don't like wearing lip stick by itself because it can have a dry look....and of course you can't have luscious lips if they're not juicy! ;-) So to help me attain "my sexy", one of the consultants had me try on MAC Dazzle Glass in "Like Venus"...and I was SOLD! It complimented the lip stick so well because the Dazzle Glass has a really fun look. It has shimmer in it, and a sheer pink color to it, so it wasn't over bearing. The two together make the most seductive-looking PINK LUSCIOUS LIP...I give it the "head-turner" stamp of approval!
So if you have any more questions about the products mentioned in this post, please feel free to ask! Also, I was not paid to do this promo/product review...I just LOVE MAC! Hope you enjoyed!

MILK

*This is a blog I wrote back in 2008 and my best friend in the whole wide world had it still!!! So here it is and I hope you enjoy...and please comment!*

False hopes and broken dreams are all I seem to encounter. Even when I know that it's no good I still buy into it anyway. Like milk that's kept past the expiration date...things will definitely go sour soon. What's crazy is that it's great while it lasts but when you least expect it it STINKS the texture CHANGES and you have to throw it down the drain. What's more confusing is that it just might be okay a couple days after it supposedly expires so you just hold on to it KNOWING that one day it just won't benefit you...

I know many of us have experienced "milk like" relationships...you just know it won't last or go anywhere but you hold on to it for what it's worth...WHY DO WE DO THAT??!! Kinda like when you crave cereal and you realize you can't have it because your milk is NO GOOD...why must we wait until we are disappointed?? Why must we hold on only to know that eventually the grip must loosen when we're not ready to do so? It's so unfortunate for many of us because when we pick this "milk" we take time to do it, you look for the one with the expiration date that's farthest away from the day you bought it. For instance...say you met a guy with a little baggage, you continue to talk to him just because he says it's a POSSIBILITY that his load will get lighter and he can indulge more into you(BINGO!)...that sounds good to your ears but in the back of your mind you know for a fact that he'll return to pick those bags up...and you're not really bothered because you figure, hey, it's nothing I ain't gon' trip when (not if) he does...

But what happens when nothing turns into something?? What happens when things are starting to expire but you just don't wanna let go? In many cases you get a little hope because they day after you know your milk expires you can still use it...by then you're probably thinking of great ways to get rid of it before it spoils...we all know "milk" is good for making the SWEETEST of treats...might as well get it while it's good, right??? WRONG!

We mess ourselves up going in with that "I won't care if..." attitude, especially if things switch gears and your feelings start to change. The truth of the matter is you WILL care and the pain of disappointment will set in...it doesn't last long but the fact that YOU let it happen bothers you most. That's when you're left with regrets...the moment when you realize that you should have thrown that milk away and gotten a new bottle. Oh, it makes the situation worse when that "milk" of yours just doesn't want you to let it go. As if they don't understand that there is absolutely no use for them anymore...all they would be good for is taking up space in your refrigerator making it harder to fit other things in...

I'm at a point now where I want MORE! Give me something that doesn't expire...something like WATER. Something that you know you need and you know won't let you down. Something you know you can preserve and everytime you take a sip it quenches your thirst and never leaves a sour taste in your mouth. It's always there and you never have to go far to get it. Think about this for a second...most times when looking for a beverage to drink we're picky...some like sprite, some like coke...but what about when you are just in DESPERATE need of a thirst quencher...we run straight to that water fountain that's ALWAYS been there. That same water fountain that we walk past to get to the drink machine...ever been disappointed when the drink machine ran out of your soda?? IT'S THE SAME THING!! Sometimes I wonder if there's a water fountain that I've continuously looked over, seeing as though I keep buying milk and it gets SPOILED and constantly buying drinks and it goes FLAT.

This is for all the ladies that understand first-hand where I'm coming from...stop settling for these "milk like" relationships that come and go like the seasons. If you know you deserve more, I say it's time to UP your standards and go for that WATER. After all, it is a NATURAL resource and a true relationship should feel the same.

Learning Daily,

Alondra C. Hunt

The Thrill of the CHASED...

Many of us women, are at a point in our lives where we are getting much more concerned about our futures. Security is one of our number one needs now. We want to be sure that we have a degree, sure that we have a job after, be sure that we will have enough to support a family...and that's where it all begins..."family".

We dream about having beautiful kids with the perfect husband...but where oh where could he be? We will find ourselves getting frustrated and discouraged in our hunt for the perfect spouse. He needs to be tall, dark, and handsome...with goals and ambitions...with love for kids...and willing to share..and so on and so forth! We will search high and low for a good, decent man. All the while we have our perfect list in mind, one that we constructed so very meticulously that we can see his face, know his name, and can vividly imagine the feeling we get when we're with him...

And then we meet someone...itching for affection and the need to feel like we're one step closer to our perfect life, we turn this someone into "him" by simply ignoring the fact that he has more negative aspects than good. He may have one of the qualities of "him"...but we know that one is definitely not enough. Yet and still, we invest time anyway in hope that as the days and months go by that he will evolve into "him". Maybe, just maybe, you can provoke a change. We put our time and energy into a forced evolution that is, to state it plainly, a FAIL.

Now here we are, one year later, heart broken and confused...feeling defeated because we can't figure out where we went wrong...

I'm here to say that after two heartbreaks and plenty of "could-have-been-great-but-just-wasn't" flings...I think I have the answer.

The bible says that "A man who findeth a wife, findeth a good thing". Read that to yourself a couple of times...pick out the subject and verb, if you will. A MAN who FINDS...never once in that does the woman do any action. So based on that alone, I say we all go wrong when we get this "Where's Waldo?" mentality.

And for the sake of discussion...I'm going to leave you with that thought...look out for part two!