OK, I love me some Tyra banks and have been following her for years dating all the way back to when she had her first makeup book come out called Tyras Beauty Inside & Out. In fact I even had the chance to meet her once and boy is she a very beautiful and striking woman. I think she is great role model for young girls although I do not always agree with everything she says. However that’s normal in most relationships.

So, when Tyra decided to come out with her brand new site and show based on produced videos. Teaching woman about fa, fa, fashion……… beauty and all things beautiful. I was a little taken back. Not really sure if the videos I was watching was something real or something staged for a pr move. Since I really did not think Tyra needs to do any such pr move.

Than I thought that maybe she was just poking some loving fun and the natural hair ladies on you tube.

We’ll come to find out that it was not a joke, in fact those such horrible videos were really, really real.

Now don’t get me wrong she has a whole lot of videos and some of them are really good, except the natural hair videos…….on black hair care

Such topics include:

How to Lay Down Your Afro - ( Now who lays Down an Afro)

How to Make Your Hair Look Non – Greasy ( How ghetto does that sound, non greasy. Who uses grease on their hair) Not Me.

How to Do Fancy hair at home

How to comb the top of your hair ( Like who does not know how to do that) All she was doing was picking her hair out.

These videos were really horrendous and sad for tyra that she really did not take the time to review each and every video. Because her name is connected to all this drama.

Fortunately for Tyra banks she nipped it in the bud and removed those really, really bad videos of the type f website and is slowly replacing them with some new ones. However, even those honestly are not that great.

That’s just my opinion……

However, if you were not able to see any of those videos that have been quickly removed from you tube due to the lack of quality content and complaints from the natural hair community.

I have one below that you can take a peek, but I have to warn you first.

It can be fa, fa, foolish!!!!!!

P.S. Where are her edges?

Anitra Jay is someone that I recently learned about and glad that I have had the chance to listen to some of her music. An acoustic neo-soul singer/songwriter from  Charlotte, NC, who loves to write music,  and just recently began playing the guitar about six years ago. Is surely someone who is a force to be reckon with.  Anitra Jay has a smooth natural look not only to her hair but also to her voice.

Truly a charm,

The Natural Hair song is one that you can play in your car while your driving, rock it out in the house while your cleaning. Hey even better I recommend that you play it on those days that you are feeling down or having a hard time with your natural hair.  This song embodies what it means to be natural and loving your beautiful hair for what it is,  and the funny thing about it is that when you start to see your beautiful hair and realize how  great it is.  It is really and mentally life changing for your whole soul.

The Natural Hair song by Anitra Jay fully captures the essence of that in her song, which is beautifully made from the beginning down to the end.

Lovely song.

I wold love to know how you feel about song.

If you want to know more about Anitra Jay and music visit AnitraJay.com

The Natural Hair Song by Anitra Jay

Josephine Baker was one person that I have always been intrigued by since I was little girl, I can remember watching the documentary of her life on television for the first time. It was something magical that has stayed in my memory ever since.

Then every year after that, I would wait for black history month to come around so that I could watch all my favorites like roots, queen and especially the Josephine baker story.

It was always one of those things that left an imprint on my heart, because it touched me to the very core. In a way I felt as If I knew her and that If I ever had the chance to meet her we would be kindred spirits.

One thing about me that you don’t know but know now is that I love to dance, in fact I always had dreams of being a professional dancer for as long as I could remember, I dreamed of going to Paris to dance. In fact I still have upcoming plans to go there not to dance, but in the future maybe even have myself a small home away from home .

Josephine grew up with a mom who came from a different time period than she did and out of the honesty of her heart she did want her daughter making a fool of her self. Rightly so in that time period. However Josephine had a calling and a burning desire to live her dreams and make a difference in people lives that she touched.

With her growing fame she was able, to break down barriers that was not afforded to African American people at the time. While at the same time break down mental barriers as to what beauty is and that it is not just one color. But is all colors and can be experienced in by all people because we all breathe air, we all have feelings and all bleed the same blood.

Josephine Baker was a leader, who although could not have kids of her own because of a terrible accident that left her barren. Was able to open her heart and adopt  many kids of all nationalities and prove that love exists and can exist across the sight of color.

She opened her heart and home, and lived a life that few would be able to live. Josephine lived it with joy and never allowed anything to steal her of her happiness.

So I say to you, never let anything rob you of your  happiness, always live a life that is dedicated to serving others and giving a helping hand. While at the same time holding on to your values and doing what is right.

I wrote this post because, I admire Josephine and we can all learn a couple things from her.

Live in the moment and appreciate the past never forgetting where you came from.

Let go of judgments of people and learn to think outside the box.

Stop dreaming your dream and finally live your dream.

Take some time to watch the Documentary of Josephine Baker if you have not already seen it and if you already have. I would love to know what you think about the movie.

Black history month is a time to be remembered and shared, it brings about great joy and even some new found feelings of pain for had happened during that time period. However it also brings a excellent time to learn about new found facts and interesting details about black history and your own family’s at that.

I can remember being a little girl and you know what still do this day my grandmother is almost 97 years old. And she still relates stories about her childhood her moms life and how her grandmother was a slave. To be able to hear those stories is something that I have always and will forever  keep with me. Since that is what the people did back than to preserve history, they told stories since they were not allowed to record any data about their life such as birth and things.

To be able to hear those stories she told had me laughing, some had me asking why and others even sometimes made me want to cry.  But my grandmother has had a long life and she has seen her moms reactions to things, she grew up in the Jim crow south and lived most of her life through segregation.

So that is why when I came across this video I wanted to share it here, since it is about a special book that was found. In fact is the very first validated book dating back to the civil war of negro spirituals, or slave songs at that time.

Many slaves at that time would sing songs to give them some sort of escape from what was happening at the time. They would also sing songs to be used as code perhaps if they were trying to escape, and many songs were used as way to preserve history as my grandmother would tell stories about her family history.

However, these songs represent a slave nation as a whole. Unleashing the pain and suffering that went on along with the continued hope they had to pursue forward looking above.

“Knowing that one day a change gone come, would come…

I write and share this video in honor of black history month and for all those continue to share their stories…………………..

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