I don't know about the rest of you naturalistas, but I can sometimes get a little carried away when applying castor oil or EVOO. And when I say carried away, I mean to the point where I have oil spots on my clothes.
A couple of weeks ago, I was styling my hair right after work...I shoulda changed out of my work clothes...smh. When I finished with my hair, I looked down at my clothes and saw this:
Notice the castor oil stains on the bottom of my sweater & near the crotch area of the shorts.
Thankfully, a while back I learned (from a source I honestly can't remember) that dish soap gets out oil stains in clothes. Remember, dish soap is used to cut grease, so it makes sense for it to work with oil stains. I applied some Palmolive to the spots on my clothes & let it sit for some time, then put them in the wash. Here's the result:
I'm currently in a state of euphoria because I just found out I am a recipient of a $1200 grant for my classroom in the fall! WOW! :-D Thank God!
Anyway, while I'm in this upbeat mood, I have a couple other things that I'd like to take the time to celebrate.
1. Many thanks to Dominique on All Things O'Natural! Last week, she featured my story on her blog. You can read about it by clicking here. Thank you to those who have come over or joined this blog after reading my story there.
2. I have been finding only a little amount of hair in the hair catcher when I have been washing my hair lately! This is exciting to me because I really wanted to work on length retention this summer. I attribute a lot of my success to sealing my ends with castor oil after I cowash.
3. The Naturally Flyy Meetup group had their one year anniversary last week, with appx. 500 in attendance! How cool is that?
The theme of this meeting was "Faces, Fro's & Funk," so I decided to switch it up from my usual twist styles to an asymmetrical 'fro.
My ace-boon Michelle & I at the end of the meetup
I love going to the meetups because there is so much positive energy. Everyone is celebrating each other's hair & just showing love. It's beautiful.
Since it's warmer & the weather is nice, we got to use all of Artist Village.
See, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Natural sistahs showin' love! BEAUTIFUL!
I was approached by Satincurls2011 & LamonicaD and asked to take a picture of my hair! I was delighted. Make sure y'all go & check out their youtube pages.
And for more of a close up...
Looking forward to more celebrations in the last days of summer to come! :-)
