How to make a shapeless dress cute

Black soap

I have sensitive, oily, acne prone skin and as I've gotten older it has become worse!!! When I was a teen, if I got a pimple, I would just put some benzoyl peroxide on it and it would go away. Now my pimples automatically scar. It is so annoying! Since I try to be as natural as possible when it comes to my skin, I decided to revisit black soap. The first time I tried it, my face acted a fool. But later I found out that black soap isn't actually black. The one I bought was so evidently some dye and additives were added which were likely the culprits of the bad reaction. I did a bit of research and now know what REAL black soap should include regarding the ingredients. Shea, coconut oil, palm oil, cocoa, plantain, and a few other extracts are ingredients in real black soap. So, I purchased two different types. One was

AAAshea black soap, which only has 4 ingredients: Shea, coconut oil, palm oil, and cocoa potash (alkaline).

I also purchased Dr. Woods black soap because the reviews were very good. It has a lot more ingredients but had many more reviews than the AAAshea and is cheaper.

I am using the AAAshea first, and my skin felt so tight and clean after I used it which I loved. Also, not much was needed to cause a nice lather. I actually squirted a little in my hand and it was way too much! I think a dime sized amount would suffice. I may have used a nickel sized amount initially. Anyway, I'm hoping to have great results from one or both of these!

Outfit of the day (OOTD)

So, I paid $9.99 (clearance) for this Tucker dress at Target sometime last year and decided to finally wear it today. I was browsing the website the other day and noticed that they brought the dress back this year and it's currently $39.99! Glad I snagged it then!

It came with a little sash-belt that was the same print and fabric, but I wanted to break up the pattern a bit so I added my own brown belt (The Limited).



Mine



Dress: Target

Shoes: Guess Marciano

King

Well, you all know I LOVE good music. You also know that I don't listen to a lot of mainstream music, I prefer neo-soul, jazz, indie, brazilian, and a few other genres that aren't typically Top 40 or played on the radio (which I rarely listen to). One of my FB friends posted a link to Amazon for the EP of the group King. I typically trust my FB friends musical taste so I clicked the link and listened to the excerpts. I IMMEDIATELY paid for the EP which includes 3 songs. I have been bumping them daily ever since. The group King is a trio of women; 2 are twin sisters, and the other young lady they met later. One of the sisters is a vocalist, and the other is the instrumentalist/producer, while their friend is a vocalist as well. If you like Foreign Exchange, Yahzarah, and artists with that type of sound, I feel you will LOVE King. Even if you have no clue who those other artists are, please check out the EP. You shouldn't be disappointed. Check out my review on YT and support good music, it still lives...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Story/dp/B004OQCQVC/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgjnSrc6IgQ

Moving...

Hi you all, I have yet another blog that I'm sharing with the bestie so please follow me over to http://therealcurlygirlsofatlanta.blogspot.com/ This is where most of my hair and beauty posts will be. I will start posting more music reviews, life topics, etc... over here and of course I will throw some fashion in. Hope to see you all at the other blog as well!

Let's PARTAY :)

LOTD

Shirt: Tarjay (On clearance for less than $7)
Pants: Old Navy
Shoes: Guess Marciano