Nikki's Hair Blog ~An Online Journal for Natural Hair~

Today is a sad day for me

What a morning! Arrrrgggghhhhh!!!

Today is not a good morning for me at all. No one wants to wake up on a Saturday morning to bad news.

I found out this morning that some idiot(s) stole my car last night!

Now I have to go through the hassle of calling my insurance company, possibly filling out ooogobs of paperwork, & who knows what else! Why me?

Please pray that they find my car, y'all!

I'll keep you posted.

Until then....

Prayers for the victims and families of the Virginia Tech tragedy!

You know, as much as we foster higher education in this country, one doesn't go to school or send their child to school, thinking he/she is not going to make it back home alive. That just doesn't happen here, right? Well, unfortunately, it does and at a growing rate. And as a result, over 30 people lost their lives today.

What's the problem? Who knows? People are losing their minds, perhaps?

This world needs Jesus is all I'm going to say.

RIP to all the victims

... From your sister school, Virginia Commonwealth University

Remember I said 2007 is the year to make things happen? Well, stay tuned for Hair Braiding Videos and more....

That's right! 2007 is THE year to make things happen!

I've always said success = opportunity + planning + preparation + luck. You can't and shouldn't always wait for opportunities to come along, if you want to be successful in life. You have to be focused, forward moving and forward thinking in your process. If not, then you'll just jumble along in life with no direction. Remember, success doesn't always mean material things either.

With that said, I had a eureka moment not too long ago regarding hair!

I thought I'd share with you to see what you think!

Now over the years since I've been doing hair, about 22 years, I've had many people ask me about my hair and how did I achieve the style. Especially, when I do microbraids or sew ins for my unbeweavable sistas.

Well, I said, what better way to showcase my skills than to demonstrate it via video?

I mean I DO have a camera, although it doesn't have sound,(Boo, Nikon!

) and I do have two working hands and a head with big hair to boot.

So I decided from now on that when I do a twist or braid style, that I will do a mini video, so that you too, can learn how to braid or twist.

I will post the vids to YouTube and you can find them at Nikki's YouTube.

Another thing I've been working on is my hair products. I know, I know, there are already 50-11 products that are targeted for folks with "natural" hair, but this will be different in that there won't be any derivatives of petroleum in my products and the ingedients will be natural.

I've only put this on the backburner because of school and haven't had much time to devote into formulation and whatnot.

Also, I have a tendency to start a million things but only finish a few of them. But I'm going to make things happen, with God's guidance and will.

Please pray for a sista, because I need it! And stay tuned. I see BIG things happening in the future!!!!

Let's take a trip down memory lane! The Boys aka Suns of Light!

Ok, I don't know about you, but right now I feel the music industry is über wack!

I don't when was the last time I bought a CD. Why? Because most of the music is GARBAGE!

Buying a CD today is like playing spades with a bad hand. You might have 4 good songs and a possible, if that.

Well, fast forward to one of my Top 10 favorite groups, The Boys, now known as >>Suns of Light<< They are back and their music is what the industry sooooo needs right now.

"Who are The Boys?" you may ask. Well, they are the popular "boy band", if you will, from the late 80s/early 90s and had such hits as "Lucky Charm", "Dial My Heart", and "Crazy".

They stole the hearts of many a young girls back then, including myself. I wonder how many girls said Hakim was their boyfriend.

These talented brothers have grown into handsome young men. From what I've read, they have been living in Gambia for at least 10 years now and have been recording beautiful music under their new name,Suns of Light. If you haven't heard any sounds from them, check out Suns Of Light YouTube, which is chock full of vids from their career as youngins until now.

Khiry, the oldest has been working in film/production. Hakim has been producing music for the likes of R & B artists like Akon, as well as, local Gambian artists. Tajh & Bilal have been working on their solo projects and you should be hearing from them soon. Looks like they all have been on their grind!

Hakim has been in the studio. You can check him out working hard and looking good in the studio with Akon, recording "Mama Africa" for the CD Konvicted, which he [Hakim]wrote and produced.

You can check out the video here on Click here to see Hakim & Akon in the Studio or on Hakim's MySpace page.

Well, that's it on the update on one of my favorite groups.

Here are some vids for your viewing pleasure. Make sure you watch them all the way through because they also showcase their music at the end.

Dial My Heart-as The Boys