Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Braided Hairstyles for Little Girls

Every so often or basically whenever I do hair I will post picture of those hairstyles,  that way you can either recreate or ask questions about how I accomplished that hairstyle. 

Dont feel like doing your daughter's hair contact me via facebook, or email me at bebelove26@gmail.com

Much Love,
Bri

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Song of the Week

Yep Ciara has done it again, I definitely love this song stretch to it daily. Kudos to whoever wrote this song. Makes the song of the week for me.

Watch "Ciara - Body Party (lyric video)" on YouTube

Enjoy!!!
Bri

Hair Growth

As you all already know I had a very lovely incident at the hair salon where the lady said she knew how to cut natural but clearly she didnt smh. Anyhoo she cut off almost all of my new growth and I have been growing back since December. Here are the progress pics from December till now.

Much Love,
Bri

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Nail Colors

Inspired by this lovely weather that we had in the beginning of the week thought I'd brighten my nails up with my fave color that I've been rocking since last May lol. Loreal club paradise and I am unsure of the other color because its my moms that I bought her for Christmas but I do know that thw brand is Loreal my fave brand of course.

Enjoy!
Bri

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Weight Went Up

Took this pic Monday, something told me to check my weight since I was set back last month,  and I'm glad I did. Just to make sure its not a fluke definitely going to reweigh myself Friday when I go back to the gym.

Much Love,
Bri

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Healthy Curly Hair Care Tips

I think when a lot of girls go natural their initial goal is to have "healthy hair" and that is very achievable however you have to first learn your hair. It is very imperative that you learn hair, because what may work for you may not work for others. But there are a few things that every natural should know and swear by and these five tips that Shameless Mya has given is it. I have posted videos before on ways to manage your hair and I will continue to because it never gets old and the way other people present these tips is different. So enjoy and subscribe to her channel you will not be disappointed, hopefully sooner than later I will do a blog of my favorite YouTubers in categories of course, its easier that way and easier for me lol.

Enjoy!!!
Bri

Watch "5 Tips for Healthy Curly Hair from Dry & Damaged" on YouTube

Roller Set on Natural Hair

The lovely TarenGuy created this video and I literally was in awe on how bouncy shiny and luscious her hair looked. Very very pretty and definitely blog worthy to repost. And she also as usual has her moment when she explained what happened when she went but this time around its worth listening to (like always). Its reassuring to know that I'm not the only one that feels the same when it comes to the "old school" mentality when it comes to black hair care.

Enjoy!!!
Bri

Watch "♥ Straight Hair!! | Dominican Roller Set ♥" on YouTube

D.I.Y Matte Nails

Oh how I love AndreasChoice on YouTube, she's so creative and now she is showing us how to do matte nails which I definitely will be doing because I love this look. And its super cheap, so if you havent subscribed to her channel you are truly missing out and need to do so quickly.

Much Love,
Bri

Watch "D.I.Y homemade MATTE NAIL Polish!!! | AndreasChoice" on YouTube

Saturday, April 6, 2013

My Cardio Regimen

I did not have a cardio regimen at first because in my opinion gaining weight and cardio are complete opposites. However I like to keep my heart healthy and upon actually researching I discovered the benefits of cardio. The biggest benefit being it makes you lean and ripped which is my goal.

Then the next question that had to be answered was how much cardio and how often. Reading different articles there was a lot of conflicting info. Some articles said that your heart rate determines if you burn calories, or actual body fat which in itself sound utterly confusing, and when I learn more about it I will gladly let ya know. However in my opinion if walking can burn calories so can running and I want to keep as many calories as possible (trying to gain not lose).

The only thing that was persistent with cardio and weight gain was the timing of when a person should run. And that my friends is in the morning before you eat. Your body at this point is has no carbohydrates in it so apparently you will be burning body fat. And for me since I have not eaten yet I'm not burning the calories I'm suppose to consume daily.

Finally my regimen for this month (lol):
I run Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The first week I run the 100 meter stretch 4 times. Second week, 6 times third week 8 times and the fourth week 10 times. Originally the plan was to run the 100 meter 4 times for the entire month of April but my body adjust to things quickly and that further means I wouldnt see a change in my body either so I changed it. The days where I'm just to lazy and don't want to pack up my boys and travel I just run my block it is farely similar to the length of 100 meters so no excuse for me.

Much Love,
Bri

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Easiest Mohawk Ever!!!

Been letting my hair rest for a couple of days and besides I missed my curls and fro like crazy (nothing like being natural). Flipping thru YouTube videos and a lovely YouTuber by the name of MsAriella89 posted her version of how she does a mohawk. Of course I had to share it and try it out (lol). Watch it and subscribe to her channel you will not be disappointed.

Enjoy!!!
Bri

Watch "Easiest Mohawk EVER for Natural Hair" on YouTube

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Hair Inspiration

Scrolling thru instagram (yes I'm addicted to instagram guilty) I ran across a lovely picture of lady rocking a bun and lovely eye makeup. Of course I had to recreate it seeing as though I love buns and eye makeup (lol). I believe her instagram name is @mony_monn as well.

Enjoy!!!
Bri

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Bunning It Up

The last week of March I got sick of weaves and missed my hair and besides I wanted to see how much it grew since the lovely lady chopped majority of my hair off (smh). Here are a few pics of buns which is my fave go to hairstyle when all else fails.

Enjoy!!!
Bri

At Home Workout for the Week

I'll be posting my workout regimen that I do Monday thru Friday when I'm at home its pretty simple and progresses by 10's by the week. This week is pretty light and can be tackled if you're commited.

Monday
75 situps
75 mountain climbers
75 bicycle crunches
1 minute 30 second plank
75 reverse crunches
50 lunges

Tuesday
10 pushups
15 shoulder presses
10 pushups
25 gun show
10 pushups
15 dude I can fly
10 pushups
100 squats

Wednesday
75 jack knife
75 bottoms up
75 3/4 situps
50 lunges

Thursday
10 pushups
15 shoulder presses
10 pushups
25 gun show
10 pushups
15 dude I can fly
10 pushups
100 squats

Friday
60 sec russian twist
60 sec side plank
60 sec side plank
20 renegade row

Enjoy! Be Fit!
Bri

Protective Styling

For the entire month of February and March I hid my hair under weaves. I was at that point where I just did not want to do my hair at all, and I didnt know the style I wanted to do daily. And I was quite bored with my hair in general (shrugs shoulders) it happens. So I posted some pics below of the styles I've been rocking since February

April Weight Update

So my progress update for March was quick and I was amazed on how I gained 7 pounds since February.  However I honestly believe that my diet wasnt the right for me. I was consuming entire to much of the wrong kinds of red meat and I eventually took red meat almost completely. I eat fish and chicken often and those are my main sources of protein as well. I also stopped consuming my protein drink and yogurt as well which was just laziness on my behalf I just need to hit thw store and stock for the month and be done with it. Anyways with those seemingly minor setbacks it caused my weight to remain the same sadly. However there was growth in areas of my body which you will see recorded down below along with progress pics. So yes I have some work to do especially since I incorporated a new cardio into my workout regimen, which I will let you know what that is eventually. For the end of the March this is where I stand.

March
Weight: 116
Bust: 32
Waist: 28
Hips: 35
Thigh: 20 1/2