Artist Madrid, Naturally

This is my dear friend Janice B. She is a sassy stylish expat who is rocking her natural hair journey in Ontario, Canada. Before going natural, she'd had relaxers since childhood along with lots of heat and weave styles. After relaxers, her mom would hot comb her hair and as Janice grew up she started flat ironing it herself. Janice started to consider going natural when she realized she was not immune to her family's hereditary female hair loss. In her twenties, she could see that her hair was starting to thin as well. By this time all of her friends were natural but she felt she couldn't pull of the afro-look. However, she knew she needed to make a change for the health of her hair.  "I needed to start taking care of my hair" . So she began doing tons of research which opened up a whole world of natural hair possibilities.  "Now Love is in the Hair because It Is Beautiful" -Mr. B (Janice's Hubby) Janice is absolutely in love with her na...

Melanie Raabe is an international best-selling, award-winning crime fiction writer.  The Trap  her debut novel is a fast-paced thriller about a recluse author who decides to solve the cold case of her sister’s murder on her own. It won the Stuttgart Crime Prize in 2015 and has been translated in more than eight languages. Her second novel,  The Stranger Upstairs , stayed on  Der Spiegel  Bestseller List (the most widely circulated weekly magazine in Europe) for nearly 6 months. Melanie Raabe grew up in Thuringia, Germany and now lives in Cologne with her family.  I had the privilege of meeting Melanie during a Book Talk at the Toronto International Author Festival last month. I was beyond thrilled when she took time out of her busy tour schedule to shed some light on the mysteries of naturally curly hair care. What products are you currently using in your hair care routine?  I really like organic hair products like Shea butter and c...

This is definitely a late post but for our 1 year anniversary Mr. Madrid and I took a stroll through time and landed in the 1940's . This was possibly my favorite photo shoot ever! And Our Photographer Lacie was absolutely amazing.  I just had to share! Dress   Make-up   Men's Hat   Photography  

Ingrid Agbato is owner of Coo-Mon: A ccessoires  et Cultures (A ccessories and Cultures) based in Montreal.  I had the privilege of wearing one of her Coo-Mon creations for a blog photo shoot recently.  Ms. Agbato's designs are sold in boutiques throughout Quebec and on  Etsy.com . She was a finalist for the  2016  RJCCQ's  Next Generation of Business in Quebec:  Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year award   and has been featured in several magazines and journals including Quebec's  Journal les Affaires .  Along with being an entrepreneur and clothes designer, she successfully juggles the responsibilities of motherhood and caring for her daughter's naturally curly hair. I was so honored that Ingrid took some time out of her busy schedule to chat with me about the inspiration for her masterpieces and biggest motivation. What got you started selling your designs?  I left Benin for Canada, thanks to another ...

I am jetting off to Toronto, Canada for a long weekend! So look forward to international posts about hair, fashion, health and literature coming soon!

I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN 7 YEARS... Since I had the the courage to embark on my adulthood natural hair journey. So much has happened, so many things have changed but my resolve has stayed constant. In celebration of my seventh Hairaversary, exciting things will be happening Here, including some international content. However, I don't want to let the cat of the bag just yet. Instead I leave you with a picture of me posing with our newly adopted furbaby, Maggie. Adoption Day October 2018

Just wanted to share the tunes that kept me going during last Saturday's 5k: Solange- Losing You Chairlift- Bruises Bastille- Pompeii Passion Pit- Take A Walk Twenty One Pilots- Stressed Out fun. - Sight Of The Sun Coldplay- Hymn For The Weekend Ingrid Michaelson- Afterlife Bleachers- Rollercoaster HAIM- The Wire Feist- Mushaboom Alessia Cara- Scars To Your Beautiful Grouplove- Ways To Go Beyonce- Halo