Artificial Flavor Are LED Eyelashes The Womans New App? Look 1st it was fake nails by Lee, then weaves.. and when women had their fill on those .. .. it became almost like .. "what else can I put on that can enhance my fake self?" Like a a habit forming obsession 2 add an artifical accessory 2 a human body..kinda similar 2 an iPhone app. Um, but permanent alterations? Really? So..next the breast implants where the thang.. and the following year it was butt injections.. ..prolly cause Beyonce had hooked the mainstream and big asses were no longer 4 overweight phat girls, that had lived on a souldfood diet.. but some xtra trunk junk was now the envy of white America , and ..(valley gurl voice)---> "Like OMG..now I so feel the need 2 just be just as Bootylicious..as those women my mom had always said were fat". Oh, but don't trip..it was'nt just white women.. ..it was asian, greek, latino and black women - and a many chick who was get'n paid via G-$tring Some woman had enuuf heart 2 say, "I love their big lips", so they made collagen injections and all of a sudden lip gloss really started pop'n! That was'nt enuff as much as brown ppl sucked, the laying on the beach 2 become bronze had become dangerous, and the tanning salon still took 2 much tyme, then wha-lah!!. --> In walks the spray tan invention that quickly allows you 2 get ur whole body airbrushed brown like a gigantic acrylic nail and be on your way. In 2000 the evolution of false eyelashes had come full circle and last year, believe it or not Ripley..some1 thought weaving eyebrows was a good look. NOT! Most women @ some point or another have been held "Hair Hostage In America".. but are we losing our dam minds? Now LED Eyelashes?..Is this what MEN are digg'n nowadays? Technology is about 2 turn out artifical flavor lovers!! Truth be it told, most women are more concerned with how they look due 2 the next woman critiquing them. O.k. do you ..it's nice 2 have choices and options, plus some of this stuff sometimes may be fun, there are all kinda role playing fetish zombies amongst us. As long as errythang on a woman is artificial, she can never trip on not having A REAL MAN, right? REALTALK: Ladies, "Check Yo Ingredients" Start pheeling Ur dam self, let's make sure we're balancing the inner with the outter cause ..Artifical Flavor is just that! LED Eyebrows by: soomipark

"THE WEAVE-A-HOLIC" ..Hair Hostage In A-merry-kka Yesterday I went 2 a bookstore slash culture mind candy shop, that was on it's way outta business..SMFH! (DEMOLISHED By NEGLECT) ..The owner Niki and I chopped it up a bit about the traps of segregation., and how we as a ppl lost so much of not only our culture and businesses but how we've lost ourselves, but how we've become spiritually bankrupt in the process of becoming part of A-Merry-kkk-a. (Shouts @ "WE ARE BEAUTIFUL" it's all part of the plan) This letter is an heartbreaking yet realistic example. ========================================= A partially sad slash partially hilarious blog that 50 Cent's fake babys mama wrote in essence.com! As the threads of the grown-out tracks were being snipped, I broke out my laptop and began my ritualistic daily web search. I go from news of the day to articles/blogs about the news of the day, ending up on entertainment/gossip/fashion stuff. But that day, something caught my attention and trumped all of the glowing reviews of President Obama’s health care speech: It was Tyra’s hair. National Real Hair Day? I missed that one…In fact, on National Real Hair Day, I was calling Extensions Plus in L.A. to make sure they had enough of the 20” “relaxed roots” texture hair that I love oh so much (and that keeps selling out like crazy!), and making an appointment to get my hair, I mean, my weave, hooked up. So Tyra, while I didn’t take part in your observance, I just want to say: “WOW!” You are such a brave woman for breaking the chains that bound you since your teenage years! What courage that took, for you to expose yourself to millions of people! Such fearlessness! Oh, how I wish I had the guts to do that. I guess I’m much too much of an insecure, self-loathing Negro for all that self-acceptance foolishness. I’m glad we got down to solving the mystery of what’s under your lace-front, though. I mean seriously, it was “THE” question that has perplexed the world over. And now we see that there’s a beautiful head of hair underneath it all, hair that was surprisingly relaxed and ready for the world. Whodathunkit?! If I had the same length and fullness of hair that you have, I might take my weave out too. Ha!!!! I’m just playing! Even if I DID have your “real” hair, I’d still be wearing a few tracks or clip-ons up in there. Why? Because I’m straight weave fo life, kid!!! Ima ride ride wit this weave, die die with this weave!! Let me break it down for you: See, I loooooove taking new hair out of the bag, combing through it with my fingers, holding it up with my two hands, and burying my face in it. Mmmm, mmmm, mmm! Nothing like a new batch of zig-zag curly to get your self esteem out of the dumps! The feeling of getting my hair, I mean, my weave done over. I feel human again. I feel sexy. I feel powerful. It makes me feel…it makes me feel…it makes feel like a natural woman!!!I can be whatever, whoever I want to be with the stroke of a sewing needle… With long brown tresses and a tan, I’m Pocahontas, ’cause I got Indian in my family.With easy waves, I AM bohemian rhapsody goddess personified. And now that I got blond highlights! What!? I know I look like Beyonce! You can’t tell me nothing!.. Uh oh, uh oh! And then I looked up from my computer, and caught a glimpse in the mirror of my head minus the long weavy locks. I looked crazy! Awww hell naw! I looked over at the new batch of hair sitting off to the side waiting to join forces with me. Damnit, I’m trapped, I thought to myself. I can’t let it go. I am powerless over it. Just when I think I’m done,it pulls me back in! Now I guess I can get help for my self-loathing addiction.I can learn to accept myself in my entirety. I can emancipate myself from that which keeps me locked-up. I can embrace the natural state of things. Yup, I can do all of that…But don’t hold your breath! Hi, my name is Joy, and I’m a weave-a-holic. Hats HAIR Off 2 Solange Knowles who said..she just could'nt be held hostage 2 the Weave any longer .."You don't look like the average woman anymore ...You look Beautiful Sis!!, Joys Story VIA: essence.com