Counting Down Till My Birthday !!!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few....I have fallen in love with a line of natural products and have been revamping my regimen around them...Can't wait to share...

I have also been working on a giveway for my birthday March 10th...To show my appreciation I wanted to give a few gifts to my members and readers instead of receiving them..

I will announce the contest and gifts by Monday ...I'm so excited !!!!

I will be back to update soon !!!

Hair So Soft !!!!!!!!!

The Hubby and I went to the gym this morning...After working out I rinsed my hair in the locker room and applied Herbal Essence Long Term Relationship Conditioner from root to tip...Pinned my hair up and got in the steam room..

After leaving the steam room..I covered my hair with a shower cap and scarf ...When I got home and showered  and I didn't rinse ...I wore the scarf and shower cap until tonight...When I finally rinsed ..My hair was so soft...I co washed with Yes To Carrots conditioner ..

All this week I have been spritzing my new growth and hair every other day with a new mix that has been working great...

4 ounces of Rose Water

4 ounces of Aphogee Pro Vitamin Leave In ( Protein)

1 ounce of Wave Nouveau Moisturizing Finishing Lotion
1 ounce of Sweet Almond Oil
( Shake Well b4 each use)

Seal with my Castor oil mix...My hair needed the protein and I noticed when I co washed tonight I had hardly no shedding...I guess all I needed was a little protein..

I plan on spritzing with my protein mix every other day and spritzing with a moisturizing mix each day inbetween..( I'm excited to try the Bee Mine Products soon)

I will say this...My hair is loving the Castor Oil...I have been mixing it with a little Almond Oil and its keeping my new growth so so soft...All of my hair is so so soft from the Castor Oil...Using Castor Oil  while airdrying is amazing...

I use regular Cold Press Castor Oil and I love it !!! Don't sleep on Castor Oil
( I use the brand in the pic)

Update !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She is awake from her coma....God bless all of you for your prayers...

Please Take A Moment And Say A Prayer !!!

Please say a prayer for my cousin....She is in her mid 20's and tonight she went into a diabetic coma...She is so young...Pray that she doesn't leave her family ...Leave her Son...

I pray that God gives her more time...I know that God can save her if it is his will..

I don't know what else to say...........

A Couple More Weeks To Go

Well I'm 5 months post relaxer...I said I wasn't going to stretch this long again..Yet here I am...I can not wait to relax...Since my Birthday is in a couple of weeks I'm just going to relax then...

My new growth is very manageable ...I'm just tired of managing 2 and 3 different textures and rocking different hair colors....Not feeling this at all...So I am looking forward to relaxing in a couple of weeks..

What I decided to do is after I relax ...I'm going to tone down my color with a temp. rinse...I'm tired of this hair color already ...So instead of re coloring I will just use a temp. rinse..Way safer

Thank You

I just wanted to take a moment to tell all of you how much I appreciate all of you...

I have been receiving some of the most positive, beautiful emails, comments from all of you...

I don't think that you guys could truly understand how much I appreciate that....The support I have received in this whole journey has been amazing...

All of you have truly inspired me to be a better person inside and outside...This all started as a hair journey but it has helped me grow in places of my life that only the people that know me can see..

This whole thing has sent some of the most amazing people in my life...

To know that so many of you send  prayers to God on my behalf is truly a blessing...God has truly been working in my life and in my household..

Please continue to pray for me as I pray for all of you...

God Bless You

Traycee

My Mommy and Me...Lol

Today was a funny day....I promised my Mom if she went and got a gym membership I would take the swim aerobics class her Dr prescribed for her knees..

Let me give you some history about my Mom and water ... She hates it..Hahaha..She is extremely afraid of water..I don't know when and how this FEAR started ...But all of my life we could never get her anywhere near a pool , beach etc....

Well she woke up this morning and was like ..You promised and the class is today at 12...I have to be honest...I was so so sore from my work out yesterday and I did not feel like going....But I knew I better get her there while she wanted to go LOL..Because she will change her mind tomorrow...

She was all ready she had her swim suit and flip flops...I didn't know what to expect...Getting into water and moving around in it sounded like a lot for someone that is extremely afraid of water..

Well she got in the water ...Mind you she never let go of that wall...Hahahahaha...Seriously she never let go of the wall ....The instructor was great and she was a red cross life guard and that made my Mom so much more comfortable..Everyone got a good laugh out of it...

OMG ...Here I am in a pool with about 20 senior citizens...I felt crazy...All in all the class was fun and I was so proud of my Mother for conquering her fear and getting the water...Even though she wouldn't let go of  the wall ...Hahahaha

*** Only negative is she went and got a membership to a gym that I don't go to...So now I'm going to have to get a membership there...Like I really need to pay for yet another Gym membership..But I will join so I can push her to go ***

Great Day @ The Gym

This morning when I woke up ..I could hear my Husband dressing ...I tried to be still as possible so he wouldn't know I was awake ...But it didnt matter because next thing I heard was TRAYCEE ..Get up...Lets go !!! I roll over to see he was nice enough to layout my sports bra , work out pants and top...Lol

I'm glad he got me up...I needed to work out and burn off the chocolate, food, birthday cake and my Mother n Laws Valentines cup cakes I enjoyed over the weekend...

One good thing about being married to someone with the same goals ..Is that you become each others  cheerleaders...I encourage him and he encourages me...Sometimes he drags me to the gym and sometimes I drag him...Hahahahaha

I'm glad he pushed me this morning because I had a great work out...Came home showered and co washed my hair...

Tomorrow morning I will be back at again...

Yes To Carrots Review

So What Is Your Motivation ????

Someone asked me today..What is your motivation to workout all week, eat right and stay fit ?? In all honesty I couldn't give her one answer..So many reasons..

I ask you what motivates you to take care of yourself ?? OR what is your motivation to start taking better care of yourself ???

I thought it would be a great post since the fitness site and videos are coming soon...I'll go first...

**THIS IS MY MOTIVATION IN TRUE HONESTY...THIS IS TO HELP MOTIVATE ONE ANOTHER NOT TO HURT ANYONE ...I KNOW THIS IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC FOR SOME WOMEN***

My motivation is watching my Mother stick her finger to check her sugar all day...

My motivation is watching both my Mother and Father take prescriptions for high blood pressure...

My motivation is seeing my Mother hurt and watch her prepare to have knee surgery in both knees because they have been carrying too much weight...

My motivation is watching my Father have 4 hip replacements because of his weight...

My motivation was watching one of my Sisters have the gastric bypass surgery...( She now takes excellent care of herself and eats and cooks better for her household)

My motivation is knowing I come from a obese family with High Blood Pressure, Diabetes and heart problems ..

My motivation is my Father constantly telling me he is proud of me for working so hard to prevent myself from gaining any real weight ...I can hear him say if I stop caring for myself and gain weight it is no ones fault but my own and getting it off is not easy..So promise you will never put it on ...

**** I promised myself at about 16 years old that I was going to fight the curse of my family and do whatever necessary to lower my chances of one day having these problems and that I would never have a weight problem....I promised myself that it would stop with me and my children...I would teach my kids a better lifestyle ***

My motivation is being completely comfortable in the nude..

My motivation is still looking like the same woman my Husband fell in love with and married ..

My motivation is wearing the same size clothes from high school..

My motivation is being able to just pull clothes off the rack and buy them without trying them on..

My motivation is being able to shop at any store I want because I can fit the clothes..

My motivation is being small enough to wear the different fashion styles as they come..

My motivation is being healthy enough and strong enough to play sports with my teenage boys..

My motivation is ...It's something I do for ME ...Not my Husband, children or nobody else...Its the only part of the day where I take care of myself instead of caring for everyone else..

What is your motivation to keep or START taking better care of yourself ???

Time To Restock

I'm  almost out of conditioner...Its crazy when not that long ago I had loads of it....Don't get me wrong it feels so good not to be on the PJ kick...I went to Marshalls tonight to reload on my Giovanni Products and they had nothing...I'm going to have to go to Tjmaxx tomorrow because I really need to restock....

I thought this would be a good time to try one of the products I have been wanting to try..So I swung by Target and picked up the shampoo , conditioner and deep conditioner for Yes To Carrots...I will do a review after I have used it a couple of weeks...

Oh they had a couple of their tinted chap sticks on clearance so I picked up two of those also...

Well I'm off to shower and co wash...I will air dry in a couple of braids tonight..

What Are Your Plans For Your Hair This Weekend ???

Last month I went back to my Castor Oil/Almond Oil Mix...Thats like the only thing that is moisturizing my scalp and that will keep my new growth soft..So I have been using it about 3x a week..

I have also been using the Castor Oil/Almond Oil Mix to seal with after I moisturize ....My hair has been loving it !!! Its so soft and the texture looks great...I can really feel and see a difference in my hair...

I still haven't relaxed...I'm 18 weeks post ...I'm thinking that for this Valentines Weekend I will do a flexi rod set...Fgrogan's Flexi Rod Set she did this weekend inspired me to do mine....I think the curls are romantic.

You can check out Frgogan's Flexi Rod Set here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xbZzOx62q8

How are you doing your hair this weekend ??

Wow I Just Noticed !!!

I just noticed that I'm about to be 18 weeks and I haven't had to use a detangler not 1 time so far..Detangling has been a breeze..I guess the missing peice to my puzzle was Giovanni Conditioners...I rotate Smooth as Silk, 50 50, Trea Tree for my deep conditions ...And Co washing with whatever moisturizing conditioner that is in reach...

I also have noticed that between 10-13 weeks are hard..After that its smooth sailing...I have flat ironed my roots 2x in the last 2 months because of events and that gives me a really nice break..

I think thats what I'm going to do ...When ever it gets to be too much I will blow out and flat iron my roots..I don't have a date to relax ...My birthday will be about 6 months...So I don't know ...I didn't plan to stretch this long ... I'm just going to take it week by week

More Storage Ideas

As you guys know I have been reorganizing my personal stuff..Even though I did a video ...I'm still not done and I'm still trying to find creative ways to store my stuff...

My Dad watched the video and was like Traycee...You forgot to show the before..DUH ...How could I forget the before ??? Well as I continue I will post the before ...

Well at Target with the Hubby I stumbled across the cutest bread boxes..My mind started to turn....They came in a pretty blue, hot pink, green, and other colors I do not remember...( A bread box is what you put on your kitchen counter to store bread)

So I got one...

So this is how I used to store my nail polish..

This is how I store it now ...

This is so much better I can see everything...And now I have room to add more colors !!!

Girly Girl Things I Love More Than Hair

I have always been a girly girl..I mean as soon as my Mom gave the ok that I was old enough to wear heels and make up..It was on !!!

Crazy part is people think after you get married and have kids ...Thats supposed to change...Well I guess it does for some...But for me it didn't I love what I love..

Here are the things I love in order

1. High Heels ( I've lost count)
2. Clothes
3. Pefumes ( I could never own too many)
4. Make up
5. Designer Sunglasses
6. Purses
7. Accessories
8. Any Thing Hair
9. Nail Polishes

I know most you thought hair would have been first ...Hahahaha ..I do love hair.. I do love helping people grow hair ..But I would put a pair of High Heels in my shopping cart before a hair product if I could only get one..I was so happy when I found you tube and found so many women like myself that were true Girly Girls...For the first time I felt normal...

So to all of you Girly Girls ..What is the order of your list ???