Thursday, October 25, 2012

Yet Another Nigga In Paris




SEE???? It's not just me... PARIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT!

Check out my friend 's blog. She's in Paris right now. She doesn't want to come home.

Man do I know the feeling.


CLICK THIS ISH ->>> FROM BROOKLYN TO PARIS and get your LIFE in Paris.

-Nyree

Oh and P.S. Girl ...can you pick summa this up for me? I'll gladly pay you Tuesday!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

...Know What The F*ck To Use On Natural Hair



Why do we do this to ourselves?

WHY do we buy up every damn product in the entire black section to make our natural hair stop acting like it's struggling all the damn time?

WHY do we spend countless hours on You Tube trying to perfect the "Super Twisty Knotty Coil Out" trying to look like Solange...

WERK!
 ...and in the end look like "Snoop" from "The Wire"?


And...umm...needs work.



And there are a BAZILLION hair suggestions, right?

"Oh...if you're a 3c, you shouldn't use Kinky Curly...maybe Hair Rules because it doesn't contain unicorn tears. Unicorn tears will make your hair feel stringy."

Use a paddle brush.

No brush.

Finger detangle.

Never detangle.

Co-wash.

Wash with sulfate free glitter neon shampoo you can only get from fairies... UGHHH! ENOUGH ALREADY!!

I don't know about you, but I was tired of my bathroom cabinet looking crazy with half used goop and no results. I was tired of paying Whole Foods money on shitty hair do's at overpriced salons...and as it turns out, I wasn't the only one.

On my podcast Chocolate Cake Radio, along with my co-host D'Nyree , we decided to do our own damn awards show for natural hair called "The Nappies" and handed out verbal "Golden Afro" awards for the best of the best  and "Rusty Hotcombs" for the worst of the worst in the following categories:


  • Best Weave Job
  • Best Beauty Supply Chain
  • Best You Tube Videos
  • Best Blow Out
  • Best Dye Job (Hair Colorist in NYC)
  • Worst Dye Job (Hair Colorist in NYC)
  • Best Natural Hair Cut (in NYC) 
  • Worst Natural Hair Cut (in NYC) 
  • Best Cheap, But AWESOME Product 
  • Best Hair Blog
  • Best Shampoo & Conditioner
  • Most Over hyped Product/Salon


Mind you, we did this for fun. Shitty sound system, corny award show music... the works.

But apparently, the people have spoken.

A whopping (and humbling) number of over 18,000 folks (who knew there were THAT many Naturalistas out there?) listened and laughed along as we praised and tore apart the best and the worst in natural hair care.

So...if you've got an hour, you can download the podcast HERE and listen along to see if your product made the cut.

And if you can, SUBSCRIBE...because you don't want to miss the next episode.
Here's why.


(Heavy sigh...) Have you head of Before And Afro ? Well...here's the bottom line.

A white girl puts on a fake afro and has a spiritual awakening or some shit. No matter how much we (as black women) try to save her... she insists that this is a good idea.
Bootsy Collins Wept.

ANYHOO... my girls and I have been talking about this chick and she's invited a dialogue with us regarding her life "after the 'fro".

...And we accept.





Not that I have a problem with a white woman wearing an afro. Hey...look. I live in NYC. White women are awesome and can wear whatever the hell they want. Who am I to judge? Black women weave in silky Malaysian by the truckload, so really... people in glass houses and all that.

But here's the thing...I call bullshit.

You know how Dave Chappelle said he stopped doing the show because people stopped laughing with him and started laughing at him? It's that subtle racism shit you can't really detect unless you're there. (Or unless you have close white friends who will also tell you that this... is bullshit. And I asked. And they did indeed, confirm, that it's bullshit.)

I don't believe she's doing it for enlightenment. I believe she's doing it to become a publicity figure. She's found that the best way to do this is to piss off black women...and she's currently getting shine off of that. It's turning her into a fucking Kardashian.  (But hey, at least Kim got Kanye out of it...if you're into that whole millionaire famous rapper thing.)

So I ask, what exactly is she getting?

Well... we'll find out. But only if you subscribe.

Heavy sigh...  stay tuned.


-Nyree

PS Khole didn't have to suck dick one and she's our favorite. Wise up.