Finally Made it 2 100 Subscribers

So I finally made it to 100 subscribers on YouTube. I am soooo happy. Most people look at me like I'm crazy but hey, I have seen so many people make money off of being a youtube partner and thas what my goal is. But I was told that you gotta get up there in the subscribers and views in order to even be considered for partner. But I am slowly but surely making it tho. Anyway, so as a little thank you, I decided to come out of my own pocket and host a small giveaway slash contest. So here are my vids, had to do 2 because people misunderstood the rules to the contest.

Been Gonne For a Minute

Ok, so I have been gone for a minute but I'm back now with stories and videos. But first, let's get into the hair. I broke down and put a relaxer in my hair. I purchased an Argan Oil relaxer by Cream of Nature. I felt so ashamed of myself afterwards. I have been completely natural for a year and 3 months. But I was so tired of the braids. I mean they were so easy to maintain, but just the process of putting them in was so draining. Dealing with my 22 children, it normally takes me anywhere between 2 and 4 days to complete a braided look in my own hair.

So I am rocking my flat ironed look since its too damn hot to wear curls in my hair. But a sista did get a good weave though. Like I said, I was so tired of braiding my hair, so I skipped a sew in weave and just used my bonding glue and finished in 15 or 25 minutes. I can't remember. But anyway I will show pics in my next post, I promise. But yea, just had to come in here real quick.

Later Loves

Neesie P.S. new twitter is @NeesieDiva84

Poetic Justice / Dookie Braids

So, me being the self proclaimed "Queen of Braids", I am deciding to go with the jumbo box braids. AKA the Poetic Justice braids AKA Dookie Braids.

I have no idea what possessed me to decide to do these braids but I was looking for a different look. Seems like I cannot focus on just one braided style when doing my own hair.

I noticed that when I go to the salon to get my hair braided, trust and believe if I am paying $150 or greater, I'm keeping them bad boys in for a minimum of at least 2 months. But doing my own, I get bored after 2 weeks at  the most before taking them out.

A friend of mine explained to me that keeping braids in for a long time, that I am doing more harm to my hair than good. She also explained to me that, by me doing my own hair I don't braid tight so this is a plus. Since I am not putting that much stress on my hair. Not to mention, by me taking my hair out every 2 or 3 weeks, I am properly washing and maintaining my hair as I should be.

Now to my jumbo box braids. These braids are really cute. But you must properly maintain your hair while wearing these. Here are a few rules that I go by while wearing these jumbo sized braids.

Number 1: Make sure that your hair is properly washed, conditioned, moisturized and trimmed
Number 2: Make sure that your parts are equal to the amount of false hair that you will be using for your braid. If you part a small section of hair and use an excessive amount of false hair, you hair is likely to break
Number 3: Do not braid your hair super tight because this too will cause a considerable amount of breakage upon removing.
Number 4: You must keep your scalp moisturized everyday. A healthy scalp equals healthy strong hair.

I am using a new product in my hair and am hoping for positive results. I am using Cream  of Nature shampoo with the coconut and sunflower oil along with Cream of Nature Argan Oil intense conditioner along with the Argan oil polish.

Hopefully I am going to be able to pull this style off myself because my poor hair can't take the ladies at the shop doing it. I am waaaaay too tender headed to have them doing it.

I strated late yesterday on my hair and I already completed the front. Think I am going to rest my poor hands today and finish up tomorrow. Once I finish I will be doing a vid with detailed info on exactly how I do my braids so stay tuned loves.



Love Neessee aka @NuExpressionz84

Is Indian Hair Worth Going Broke

I am a fan of a good weave from time too time when I am not wearing my braids. But this Indian Remy Hair craze is getting Re-Got-Dayum-Diculous.

Oh my goodness, I have seen these Remi wigs starting at $190 all the way up to $5k. Then you got the weaves that range anywhere from $60 up to $360 a pack depending on length. And the big question I have is, Why the hell you gonna go broke over some hair that you're just gonna take out and throw away cause it shed so much?

I am all for having a nice weave that is somewhat undetectable to most folk. Or even just looking good for the hell of it. But, I have seen first hand people getting robbed for this hair, hell even get evicted cause they rather have some nice silky Indian hair, instead of paying their bills.

If you got it to spend then by all means, do what you don Mami. But to the ones that's getting by on food stamps, living on section 8, or living with their mama and 3 kids, you don't got it like that and you really need to reevaluate your priorities.

I treated myself to a pack of Saga Gold Remi. It was 12 inches and a beautiful blonde. While wearing it, I noticed that the texture of hair resembled the Milkyway Que hair that I had purchased also. The Mlikyway Que hair that I purchased was $29.99 for 16 inches. I felt like the biggest fool ever cause that Remi hair cost me $75 just for the 12 inches that I purchased.

I made a vow that if I do decide to get a weave again, I am going to get the Milkyway Que haiir from now on because I could not see myself spending all that money for hair that I would normally have to keep in a ponytail anyway since I have very small children.

To each is own ladies but in my opinion it ain't worth having sexy silky hair while I either living on the street for not paying my rent or starving cause I used my grocery money for hair.


Later Loves,

Neesee Diamond aka @NuExpressionz84

My Micros/Sew In hair

ok y'all so I know this is a long overdue video, but i have been super busy these past couple of weeks. So here it is, already uploaded on youtube but this is my Micro Braids / Sew In weave. I think I took this style out of my hair within 5 days because I was not satisfied with the quality of the braiding hair. It was SUPER shiny and was almost plastic looking. I tried every trick, but could not make the hair look more natural. All in all, the freetress braid is not one of my favorites. I am going to stick to my regular Milkyway human hair for my micro braiding. Yea, I know Milkyway and Freetress are all from the SNG Hair company but the synthetic is not for my micros..... Anyway here goes the vids loves

Love Neesie @NuExpressionz84

Senegalese Twists

So after 4 long days, my senegalese twists are finally finished. Gina Jumbo braid in #'s 35, 30 and 1b. Purchased from my local beauty supply store @ 3 for $5. Check  out the pictures below.

bornprettystore.com Review

It's finally here !!!! My 3 color acrylic system has finally arrived after the long wait. I ordered it on May 5 and received it yesterday, which was June 1, 2011. My product came from Singapore, so I was told that international packages can take up to 45 days dealing with the US Postal Service.
I paid an extra $3 for it to be sent registered mail so I can have a tracking number. But USPS is not like FedEx and UPS where there are details on the transit of your package every time it is scanned. So even though it was only $3, it was a complete waste to me.
Their customer service was great though. Within hours of me contacting them via email, I received a response. I spoke with Sophie and she was just darling. She also informed me that if I want to pay extra I can have my order shipped through UPS. So I think next time I will be going that route. I mean, I don't mind paying a little bit extra since I didn't pay an arm and leg for my product.
One flaw was that the acrylic powder was in a small plastic container which wasn't sealed very tightly. Which caused just a little bit of powder to spill out and leave a thin coat on my items.
Nothing was damaged and everything I ordered was there..... Out of a 10 rating I give them a 10 on customer service and a 9 on shipping. I am not a very patient person but now that I know I can have my shipping expedited I am good.
 Check out the video

Keyshia Cole - I Should Have Cheated (BET Version)

Throwback joint for the day... I miss old Keyshia

Keyshia Cole - Long Way Down

I been blasting this song on repeat since 5 a.m. I am so loving this one a little bit too much

Freetress Tampa Girl Half Wig/Ponytail review

A few months back before the weather got unbearably hot, I purchased a Freetress half wig/ponytail. Its a synthetic piece that is curling iron safe. What I like most about this piece, is the wet and wavy look it has. I was too lazy to sew in a weave at the time, so this was a great buy for me. It cost roughly $20 from my local beauty supply store. i braided the back of my hair and left out about an inch or 2 in the front.

For my leave out, I ended up crimping my hair first. Which really didn't blend well. So, I ended up washing my hair, and applying some pomade and blow drying my hair straight.

After doing this, it had a perfect blend to it. I must say I was impressed with how long it actually was.

Now here comes the bad part. The label said it was curlig iron safe up to 300 degrees. I set my curling iron on 200 just to bee safe, and it fried the bottom of my wig. I had to cut the bottom just to get the ugly burnt piece off. Which it didn't look bad when I cut it because the hair was so long and it was just a small piece that I burnt anyway.

From now on, if I wanna curl, flat iron or whatever, I'm getting a human hair wig or weave. Pretty much, the synthetic fiber weaves and wigs come in curly, wavy and straight styles already. So there should be no reason to have to curl it in the first place.

Out of a 5 rating, I give this product a 4. The only flaw is the curling label. But the hair doesn't shed like mot brands, it has not tangled, and the combs and drawstring is a comfortable fit for me.

You can purchase this product from any authorized SNG hair retailer, or go to hairsisters.com

My Kiss Acrylic Nail Kit Review

So recently I purchased the full Acrylic nail kit by Kiss Nails. This kit contains :

- 1 acrylic brush
- 1 nail buffer
- 1 double sided nail file
- 20 french tips
- 40 regular nail tips
- 1 bottle of nail primer
- 1 bottle of liquid acrylic
- 1 small container of clear acrylic powder
- 1 bottle of glue
- 1 dappen dish
- 1 bottle of fresh apple drops

I give this product a 6 out of a 10 review. I love the plastic organizational container it comes in. But, the acrylic liquid that comes with it was not enough for me. It was gone within 2 weeks if that long. It is good for at home use though.  purchased mine at Wal Mart in my local area for roughly $15. It is not of "salon quality", but for the convenience of doing my own nails at home its ok. For the one bottle of acrylic liquid that came with it, I was able to do about 4 applications and 5 fill ins.

Another thing about this kit that I don't like is the fresh apple drops. You're supposed t put about 3 to 5 drops in your dappen dish of acrylic liquid. It claims to kill the strong acrylic odor, but far from it. It made my house smell like apple nail polish remover. I think I'm just gonna stick to working with my window open and my fans on full blast.

With this product I do put the acrylic on pretty heavy because if you just do what the instructions say, you will end up with your nails flying across the room. That ain't cute....

I did order a "salon quality" acrylic set from bornprettystore.com, but since it is coming from out of the country its going to take a while to get to me. But that has a jar of white acrylic powder, clear acrylic powder, and the pink powder, a bottle of monomer, 2 application brushes and a cute little glass dappen dish. So when it gets here you will see the review right here first.... but until then here's a couple pictures of my work with the Kiss Acrylic Kit

Nail Art

So I have taken up a new hobby, which is nails. I am not a professional, and have had no professional training. But. this is a talent that I have mastered over the years.

I have played with a few designs and colors and here is some of my work. Also, I have used a couple different products over the years as well and will be writing reviews on these as well

 
Check out the video as well as subscribe to my youtube channel which is NuExpressionz84 .... Ciao for now Chicas