Back to Uni

After taking almost 18mths out i am sooooooo happy and relieved to be going back. I met this random woman the other day and she approached me asking why i am not creating anymore. Bear in mind i have never seen this woman before in my life. She told me that i was wasting a talent and i should go back and finish what i was doing. When i questioned her a bit futher she explained that sometimes she had something to say to people for whatever reason and that if she didn't the thought would bug her until it comes out. If you've read my tagg then you know i can relate. Well i told her it was my every intention to go back and complete my degree. I'm not sure what i'm gonna do with my degree all i do understand is this wher my talent lies.

She also mentioned that i would get far on project catwalk........well.... i dont know about that.

My problem is i have always been a perfectionist and therefore never feel that anything that i have completed is good enough, there are always improvements and i am my worst critic. Anyway we will see....I think about it!!

(oh these are some garments that i designed and made a few years back)

Braid OUt!!!!!

Hey Everyone, can i first congratulate all those who have just loc'd up. Shout outs to N1 and Angel Locs... you have come along way ladies and the journey is just beginning....... Lovin your locs!!!

Back to the matter at hand. I've had a few requests to start styling espeacially from friends who know me and know i can almost turn my hand to anything creative but i have become stuck. The last time i went for retightening the majority had slipped right out except for the little balls at the end of each loc holding them together. (see one of the many balls below)

I'm not scared more like petrified. Like i said i can't really afford to keep on retightening and repairing a whole head. Anyho i did the braid out just to see what it would look like but Ladies and gents i didn't do anything more than that (trying to keep the hands outta the head!!!)

I plaited around 25 plaits to try and get a really kinky curl after i had washed and seperated, ensuring that the hair was damp.

Here are the results:

What a Difference

I wasn't planning to post anything more this week but i washed my hair and i cannot believe the difference. Look i'm smiling.....i hardly ever take a pic with a smile on my face and here i am beaming. Trust me my locs have never looked so straight and individual after being washing.

My hair looks GREAT...WOW!!!!

Even Shan has been compilmenting it and i could tell he was beginning to have his doubts due to the amount of slippage i had been experiancing.

How nice to have a man who shares his opinons (sometimes too often and too brutal but nonetheless... its shared!

Just for those of you who don't know what i'm talking about here are a few pics for you to compare.

Below are a couple of pics after my first ever SL wash, Some serious curls going on huh?

What a massive difference (maybe i am exaggerating a tiny bit but i'm excited so leave me to it! lol) in the space of a matter of months...from the beginning ofAugust to the end of September

Meet my boy

I thought it was about time that i posted afew pics of my son Nay Nay

I've Been Tagged Again by Angel Locs

The rules are below in 'I've been Tagged' so here goes

• I used to play compete in netball and badminton back in the day
• I am my mums only child and have 5 brothers and sisters on my dads side, with me being the eldest
• I am expecting my first niece or nephew in Feb 09
• I love the taste of white chocolate
• I used to model when i was younger (only catwalk....long legs)
• My real name isn't Ezme, thats short for my grannys name Esmerelda my name is ............ oh what a shame thats all my taggs taken up. See Ya xx

3rd Retightening

Hi there everyone, well i have been for my 3rd retightening and the credit crunch is starring to show its effects on me. I'm starting to wonder if i can SERIOUSLY afford to keep this up...of course i will find a way by hook or by crook, but living in one of the most expensive countries in the world is not helping matters. Especially if its gonna take the same amount of time it just has. 7 hrs and i really didn't think the slippage was as bad as the first time round costing £70 / $140.

Can i really continue this? .... at that price?.......every 4 weeks?

I'm gonna have to try my hardest or unfortunatley i'll have to go for an alternative and i really didn't wanna do that, Lets just hope that my locs lock quickly and i can start maintaining them myself!!!!

Or..... maybe the fact that it took so long is that Sabs was doing another clients hair the night before and was clearly tired when her hands were in mine. I did remind her that when you are tired you move alot slower whether your aware of it or not sooooo lets not try to take too long, but it still took the same length of time it did, but she did give me a small discount so can i really complain?.....

Yes...

at the end of the day it's a woman right!!!

So this time round that i took a good peek at her diary and made sure that there was no one before me. So far so good. She prefers doing hair on a Saturday but she was booked so i decided to go for theFriday, that way her Sat morning client can pay the extra....

Sorry love, but it won't be me this time round!

On the good side though she says that my hair is beginning to show signs of locking

• Little balls at the end of each loc
• Budding in the middle of some locs
• Shrinkage
• The tight natural ringlet curls are beginning to disappear so soon i should be able to put in curlers and do all those fancy styles i see everyone out there doing.

I've also gone out there now i bought some hair accesories. I didn't really see the need before...the hair was sooooo curly there was nothing i could do with it (all i could do is sit back and watch Euphoria's and the everyone else's pretty locks and styles and dream that soon i'll be able to do that!)

I'm loving my locks right now.. (apart from the uncoloured regrowth...will i really be able to last a whole year without adding colour to my roots, That alone is a test that i think i'm gonna fail!!). They are starting to become more versitile, obvioulsly once they have left the baby stage and begin to mature i will be trully satisfied but for now there really isn't any downsides to all this apart form the expense, but i'm gonna have to start looking at this as a treatment to myself...something like a reward for all the things that i have to do in a day. A special thank you to me!!!

"Thank You Ezme, for investing time, money, patience and love in the enhancement of beauty in your hair"

A mantra i'm gonna have to start chanting everytime i head to the ATM to pay Sabs!!

I've been TAGGED!!

Oh my God I've been tagged twice, I will try to come up with 6 or as its twice does that mean 12 things that I haven't told you already. There are a few rules to the tag that I have to post so here goes!!!
Link to the person that tagged you. Euphoria and Nubian1


Post the rules on your blog
Share 6 non-important/ habits/ quirks about yourself
Tag 6 random people by posting links to their blogs

1. I hate my complexion...I wish i was really dark, insted of constantly being confused as mixed race.



2. I'm a step mum to two teenage girls 15 & 16, bearing in mind i am only 29 myself!!



3. Keeping on the same track i am a step granny as well



4. No he is not a cradle snatcher he just started out like most men tooooooo damn young and is 11 years my senior, We were friends for 5 years and have been together for 3/4 so 8/9yrs in total. And no he is not rich so i aint no gold digger neither!!



5. As a child I used to pick my nose and rub random peoples ear lobes for comfort (not at the same time or with the same fingers)



6. My biggest fear has always been boredom



7. And moths...yes moths....They have no direction what so eva


8. My second toe is longer than my big toe, which appartntly means that i will rule my man (proven to be true so far!!!)


9. I would love to have one more child pref a girl...he's not that keen!... I say TOUGH!!


10. People who have just met me seems to think that i am some scary, tough, strong character, people who know me thinks i should be on stage doing stand up comedy..... Lesson 1 Neva judge a book by its cover


11. Since a child i have had the gift of foresight, i can hold an object and tell you about the person who it belongs to, i've predicted the deaths of two friends to disturbing accuracy and i've seen spirits and angels, it always has and will scare the s**t out of me.


12. Without music i would be a manic depressive