Friday, September 21, 2012

Balanced Life: Doable?

Friday, September 21, 2012 0
First, I must s/o my fellow bloggers b/c consistently blogging is a definite feat! I have been wanting to write for the last 48 and have just now got around to do it, which leads me to the topic of the day: balance! How does one find the time to work, go to school, connect w/ the rest of the world and the heavenly Father, keep the house in order, mellow out, shop, and eat (amongst so many other things)?

This will be the first of many posts that address this topic, but what I will encourage each of you to do (right now) is break down the day into components of physical, emotional/mental, social, academic, and spiritual pieces to ensure all-around quality health.

What I have done recently is learned to meditate an hour in the morning when I wake up and an hour at night before turning in. An hour may not be feasible for some, so take whatever time you can, even if it is simply turning your computer off while you gobble down your sandwich for 2-3 minutes before your meeting that you are already late for.

What I do during this time is either think or create (which has been the case more recently). Realizing that incorporating your passion somewhere in your day, i.e. creativity = what makes you tick, is like that vacation you dream about on your 9-5; what you have been saving for or the reason you haven't yet quit your gig. Creative meditation is the getaway you've been looking for and it helps keep you sane throughout your long days and even longer nights. Find something that you've wanted to do and indulge! I.DOUBLE.DOG.DARE.YOU

Thursday, September 13, 2012

OOTD/S

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So as part of my transformation into my new career path, I have decided to post photos (obviously unprofessional) of my work as it evolves. I know you will probably get tired of seeing my face, so I have also started conducting contests for my friends to participate in what I like to call "theme week". Here goes nothing :) bear with me...the first fall look, any thoughts?

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Spider Webs, Dust & Cobwebs Oh My!

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At least that's what I felt when I got on blogger.

I'm not going to lie....I've been having an affair with Tumblr.

It's SO easy, just to reblog everything and not use all the codes or what not. Readers if I lost you I understand and if you still read my posts I'm SO sorry. I can't guarantee that I'll be posting more but I won't neglect Kabuki Queen as much as I have.

But if you do Tumblr follow me and my random postings at emella.tumblr.com.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A Soulful Masterpiece

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 0
"Diamonds in the Back"

You ever just look at a painting and said "Dang, I feel that"? No? Okay maybe just me. Well when you look at Dawn Okoro's work if you don't feel that...well now there's just something wrong with you.

I stumbled upon her work from a natural hair site praising her for featuring natural hair and afro beauties. And since then I've been hooked. Her artwork has graced my phone wallpaper and is currently my wallpaper on my computer...okay okay I know I may sound like a total groupie but the girl is fierce with these paintings!

Never have I seen art that I feel paints a picture of how I feel or who I am. As a newly natural hair beauty (yes I chopped it off...updates coming soon!) I look at her Crown and Glory pictures and just get inspired and love all the crown and glory that I have. Hey I could talk about her stuff for days but let the art speak for itself!

"Turned Away"


"Shine 1"


"Saturday's Best"


"Shine 2"


And once I get my place (soon Jesus! Please?) Dawn's art will definitely be adorning my walls.

And check out more of her work (and her new project called 'Selfsploitation'-think Rihanna, Cassie and naked pics) at: www.dawnokoro.com
Annnd follow her on Twitter: twitter.com/dawnokoro






Monday, July 19, 2010

Love All Over Me

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My, my, my...what else can I say about Shannon Brown. The end of the video did tick me off a bit, but I think it's obvious who she should choose. By the way, Monica=FABULOUS!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Grrr...

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While this process of transitioning to natural hasn't been as bad as I thought, there is only one thing that is really grinding my gears....

SINGLE STRAND KNOTS!

I HATE them! They are especially all in my kitchen area (since 3 of my twists came out in the back).


So I'm always messing with it, which in turn is causing breakage which of course is the opposite of what I want to happen back there. I'm moisture in the AM and PM and use Mega-Tek every other day to continue to help with the growth.

Do any of my natural hair Queens have any suggestions? If so PUH-LEEZE let a girl know!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Retail Therapy

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More like clean house therapy. Since I didn't have to work today I got up and decided to clean out my closet. Got rid of old things, found shirts that I could wear for work and even hung up my belts (this is big).

(Now to you this may not seem organized but to me...this is really really good for me).


And I couldn't have clean house therapy without some Target therapy...duh!

First I needed some new house shoes with a little pizazz...I think I scored. (Hello footsies!)


What I also really needed were shoes for work...cute FLAT shoes. And Xhilration and Mossimo never let me down.



I also adore Target's notebook selection. I'm definitely feeling their greenroom collection which uses recylced paper. (I feel like I'm doing my part to my planet)


A pen/pencil organizer from Real Simple.


And lastly a purple corkboard to but all my motivational quotes and bible verses. And I finally hung up my saying for life.



That's all for now Queens!