Sassy Southern Curls

The flu has been cruel the past few months, claiming the lives of many including  63 children. By now many of us know at least one person who has caught the flu. Point blank...it's been a bad flu season.  We tend to be proactive in our household by taking daily vitamins/supplements and treating symptoms as they come up. Last month though I was battling a sore throat that just would not go away..until I discovered homemade ginger tea. I initially pinned a couple of posts on Pinterest but took to YouTube to see how one could actually make the tea. I ended up on Elderberry Creek Farm's channel and found a great diy video .  I high tailed to the store and to get fresh ginger and lemons.  In less than an hour, I had my own homemade ginger tea. I replaced the cayenne pepper with turmeric though. I drunk the tea every 3 hours and within 24 hours my sore throat was GONE. When my husband developed a sinus infection a few weeks later I whipped up another ...

I'm perhaps one of the worse bloggers in the world. I haven't been consistent and my content has been random as hell. I have a laundry list of goals this year but one I need to seriously consider is posting more often. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the best writer.... however that's just an excuse. The more I'll write..the better I'll get. Right? Hopefully? Sigh...Fact is..I need do better with this blog. This month I will focus on content creation and update my editorial calendar. Not every post will be hair related as my YouTube channel has grown into much more than just beauty content. Thank you all for being patient with me..and I promise not to stay away for too long.

One of the joys of social media is being able to share and connect with other people. When I first went natural, I joined several popular online groups. I was very passionate about sharing my hair journey and offering advice to others.  I quickly found though that not everyone felt the same about natural hair. I would often come across someone who felt that "natural hair isn't for everyone" or better yet "not everyone should wear their natural hair." Honestly these types of comments baffle me; especially since they come from other African Americans. I think many of the people making these comments assume that natural hair is supposed to look a certain way.  Or perhaps they aren't educated on natural hair... the journey one takes in learning how to properly care for their own hair.  Such comments can be damaging to our women and community. Instead we should be encouraging and empowering each other. Not everyone is going to have a looser curl pattern o...