1. Any tips on how to keep hair looking so gorgeous and healthy like yours? What shampoo/conditioner/styling products do you use?? Can you describe your hair care routine? I wish i had all the answers to this questions, the truth is, i got my hair genes from my dad & he was known to proudly carry around a white man’s fro while in college (<—yes, we have photographic evidence). each & every day, i attempt to follow in his hair-care footsteps. as far as my day-to-day routine is concerned, every two (sometimes three) days, i wash my hair with Paul Mitchell Super Strong Shampoo & Conditioner. On straightening days, I follow-up with some CHI serum & use a CHI straightener. On curly days, I follow-up with Brocato Curl Karma serum & use either a Revlon 1 & 1/2” iron or my fabulous Sultra curling wand that i ferociously burn myself with at least once a month.  If I’m going naturally curly, i turn to Paul Mitchell’s Sculpting Foam & spray the hell out my hair with Paul Mitchell’s Fast-Drying Sculpting Spray.  I typically trim my hair twice a year- i could probably do this more often, but my girl is on the south-side of Indy & frankly, I’m okay with my locks until they start looking like i fried the ends on a hot pan while making eggs.
2. What’s your opinion on Uggs.. especially the sequined ones? I’m not one to discriminate shoes, especially when it comes to those delightfully cushy & not quite as “ugg-ly” as crocs but pretty damn close-boots.  I love mine, especially in the comfort of my own confines or when i have a few quick errands to run.  On frigid, snow-less days, they’re fabulous. Any other weather, well, I have other options (amen Jimmy Choo Hunters). Now, the sequin boots-I think they’re super duper cute on toddlers. The red ones make me think of my dear time in Kansas. & to the elderly woman I spotted wearing the black sequin ones in Target the other day, I like to think that they were giving her some much-needed sequin-induced spunk.  Ultimately, I say to each his own, but don’t plan on seeing any sequins in the form of Uggs on my Daily Outfit page anytime soon!
3. What do you think of Coach: cute or overdone? When I whipped out my Coach change purse from 2002 the other day, I audibly gasped at my own action. Not because it was Coach per se, but because I couldn’t believe I still had it in my possession, much less the fact that i was housing it in my non-Coach beloved handbag.  Here’s my experience with Coach, there are areas of the country where Coach handbags are very much still the IT bag. it’s the truth. i’ve lived there & once felt the same (& frankly, they should be envied for the price of the bag! those suckers are not cheap lil’ chickens).  & then, there are also parts of the country where Coach is frowned upon, shunned, & scoffed.  I fall somewhere in between.  After working for a couple of years in the handbags department at a high end fashion retailer, I changed my views on the bags- i believe there are more fabulous options available on a similar budget. plus, after seeing my fair share of Coach counterfeits, I grew sick of their original appeal/lust factor.  However, after all that is said, there are some bags from Coach that I would still gladly swoop up for my own good.  Give me any leather, non-C’d up Coach bag & I’d call it even. In the end, if you love Coach, carry it with pride. Just don’t buy a knock-off, you should know better.
4. Were you a sorority girl? Chi Omega Psi, what up. Never heard of it? oh, well, that’s because it was a local sorority, meaning it was more or less made up (kind of). Additionally, we didn’t have a big ole brick sorority house, we barely had a sorority to stand on its own two feet, we didn’t have all the themed t-shirts for wild & crazy events, we didn’t have a cook (much less attention/support from school officials), we didn’t take ourselves too seriously, & we definitely didn’t think we were the best thing to grace the campus.  However, we definitely had some bangin’ house parties, enough hay rack rides to keep the farming old-timer in business, a reputation for being fun & flirty, & a big enough bath tub at our disposal to ice some cold brews just in the nick of time for any of our spontaneous get-togethers. it was $45/semester well worth it. yes, forty-five dollars per semester. you read that correctly. & i may or may not have performed a rap skit during induction & may or may not have been the president my senior year. you better believe the latter is on the resume!
5. What’s your favorite thing order at Starbucks? a Venti Skinny Caramel [Vanilla or Cinnamon Dolce] Extra Hot, No Foam Latte or a Grande Pike with a little non-fat milk & a packet of Raw Sugar.

xo, 

B

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