The Design Essentials Spring Hair Giveaway!

Heyyyyyyy guys! :D

As promised via my Facebook page, I'm back today with a giveaway sponsored by Design Essentials! You guys already know that I met the hard working & sweet Design Essentials team at 'Fro Fashion Week in February. I thought it would fun to partner up with DE for a cool spring giveaway. They have a line for natural hair & one lucky lady will win this gift set...

Featured here are: Design Essentials Natural Curl Enhancing Mouse 
                 & the Natural Twist and Set Setting Lotion.

Here's what you have to do....

• Simply like HairGurl on Facebook or follow me on Twitter.

• Tweet me or write on my wall, "My hair wants that Design Essentials gift set!" along with a photo of your hair. I can't wait to see your hair ladies! ;-)

Only open to U.S. residents. Contest will end on May 3rd! Good luck ladies! 

Remember to check Design Essentials out on Facebook: facebook.com/designessentialshaircare
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I used Random.org as usual & the winner is.........Ja'me Hunter Davis!! Congratulations sweetie! Email me at: thehairgurl@yahoo.com with your mailing info. Thanks to all of you who entered. Stay tunnnnnned for more giveaways!! :D

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Hair on Fire!

 Tamika, one of the owners of Natural Resources Salon, rocking the mess out of this updo! Isn't it pretty!?


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'Fro Fashion Week: Pt. 2 Gifting Suite, Penthouse Party, & MORE!

After Bloggers, Brands, & Brunch, I checked out some of the suites & the vendors...Get ready for A LOT of pics!

 AfroBallerina! I e-met her on Twitter awhile back. Isn't her hair pretty??

I loved her hair color! Too bad my old camera couldn't pick it up that well. *sigh*

Curls Unleashed had such a cute and fun set up in their suite! Drinks, products, and demos. They even had a popcorn machine!

The creator of Une Autre Naturelle wearing a pair of ChariT's earrings!

Trina from Baby Shopaholic getting her hair braided by Key of Key Essentials.

While watching Trina get her hair braided, I listened to Key answer questions for the attendees in the room. She was very knowledgeable about hair & even shared traumatic experiences from her own hair journey. Later on, I grabbed some food with Eboni, Trina, & Constance. I changed my clothes & then headed back downstairs to the Gifting Suite. I def didn't prepare myself for the amount of "gifts" I was about to receive!

Bags filled with Curls Unleashed products.

Jeannell Darden, founder of Coco Curls! She lovveeees hair color just like me. :-)

I have been dying to try Jessicurl products!

Design Essentials samples. It was a pleasure talking to the CEO, Cornell McBride, Jr., about blogging. I can go on and on sometimes! lol (photo from Design Essentials)

Beautiful Textures products in the bags.

The V Bar lady! She had samples of her soap, The VBar, which is an eco-friendly feminine hygiene bar. Such a cool personality!

The Sista Chick! I need get her link info asap.

 Shea Moisture was in the house! Those cupcakes were great. Too bad I didn't get a chance to finish it. Even though I've co-hosted 3 giveaways w/ them for the HairGurl Summer Affair I still haven't tried their hair products, but I did get a few skin & body products. Been using the Coconut & Hibiscus lotion. Not only does it moisturize my skin to the max, it also leaves a nice shine as well.

I had to take a pic of the back of this woman's shirt. Ya'll know my obsession w/ unique back designs of dresses. lol

Tarin, the creator & founder of 'Fro Fashion Week! If you look closely at my jacket, you'll see that it appears that I have on a brooch. Well, it's a pair of my earrings-the one's from this post. Eboni put them in my jacket for me! What a cool idea for earrings! I never would've come up with something like this. It definitely adds a vintage flair to the jacket.

Tarin Boone, the mastermind behind 'Fro Fashion Week!

Around this time, my camera died on me. :-( We headed up to the Penthouse Party & I felt brave enough to ditch the jacket. The next 3 pics were hijacked from Eboni. lol

Here's the back of my dress. I was really self-conscious about wearing it. Eboni convinced me to just go for it. When I bought it, I didn't realize how short it is. I like short dresses, but this was one was just too short. Ignore my rusty elbows! lol

 Part 3 is on it's way!! Hopefully, that will be last one. :-)

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'Fro Fashion Week- Pt. 1 Arrival & Bloggers, Brands, & Brunch!

 My traveling outfit....

On February 3rd (Friday), I flew to the city that's always having a hair event: Atlanta! 'Fro Fashion Week was underway! :-) Seriously, it seems like they are ALWAYS having something out there. The flight there was crazy though. I experienced turbulence for the 1st time & that alone made me never want to take another flight....ever...again in life. : \ I was so scared! I had my head down the whole time praying to God. This was my 1st time away from Khloa & I just wanted to make it back in one piece. Mind you, the turbulence came after the plane leaving late due to the bad thunderstorm we were having in Houston. My nerves were racked to the max by the time we landed in Atlanta.  I didn't get a chance to stop at my favorite airport store, Bijoux Terner, but I didn't care. I just wanted to get to Hotel Melia and relax. Here's something that made me smile though: My driver told me that "men love for women to wear their hair wild like mine." :-)

 My sis got me this bag for Christmas. It's like my new diaper bag. The gray one is getting raggedy. lol

I really liked this pillow. So cute.

The view from my balcony!! I was in love with it.

 I somehow ran into Afrobella while looking for my room. Such a pleasant surprise. :-) She looked gorgeous. Ordered a burger & fries from the bar downstairs & retreated to my room. Total relaxation. Then, I proceeded to mistakenly oversleep for the much awaited "Bloggers, Brands, & Brunch" gathering. :-( I got there near the ending. Because I'm a #newmama, sleep is a luxury for me. I definitely never get that much consistent (key word) sleep. I'm always waking up now. However, I was kicking myself for being so late. Afrobella, the keynote speaker, gave some excellent blogging tips. So I didn't miss everything! She's such an inspiration because she's truly living her dream. I wish I'd had more time to talk with her over the weekend. 

Trina from Baby Shopaholic! You guys may remember the feature she did on me way back when I was preggie. :-) She donned a pretty curly 'fro in commemoration of  'Fro Fashion Week.

Afrobella doing an interview. Her skirt was so pretty & eye catching! I know I kept staring at it. lol

The creator of The Pursuit of Nappiness! Her hair was beautiful!

The view....

Me & Eboni from The Fashionista Next Door! I've been following her blog for sooo long. She's even been featured on HG a few times. It was so nice to meet her in person! When I was seated, she whispered to me from across the table & waved. I was thinking in mind, "Omg, that's Eboni!". LOL! I love meeting people from online in real life. It's so exciting to me!!! I'm like a kid. lol She gave me some GREAT styling tips that I'm gonna put in my Part 2. ;-)

Twist out! Bought this dress just days before leaving for $3 at Rue 21. :D

I met Kim Coles! :D

Afrobella, Kim Coles, & Felicia Leatherwood!

Had to get a close up of Eboni's bantu knot out. I'm always amazed at the pretty ringlets her bko's create!

At the brunch, I also met a couple of ladies who follow my blog. I wish I'd gotten a pic with them. I gotta tell you guys about the rest of the weekend in the next post. I'm hoping all of it will fit. I have sooooooo many pics & I can never decide which ones to post...because I want to post them all! LOL If not, I'll make a Pt. 3! ;-) I promise I won't make you guys wait for the rest...I've already started the next post! :-) As always, you can check out the Facebook page for more photos. Still in the process of posting the rest of them!!

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