I finally added some color into my hair after not having any for a few years. Since I'm trying to free myself from chemicals, my mom introduced me to this natural plant based dye called NaturColor. They sell it at Whole Foods market and other natural grocers, you'd have to check the website to see exactly which stores in your area carry it.

Anyway, I first had the color put in my hair Jan 2009 but since I have TONS of hair one box was NOT enough. Thus, the color is not as noticeable. I had the roots touched up and my hair redone last week-end. This time I bought 3 boxes. Actually that STILL wasn't enough by my stylist stretched the color to make it work. *chuckle* (yes ya girl has a gang load of hair).

The color is called "Turmeric Blonde" #7R. Next month I'm going to have some highlights added. I've already purchased my highlight color, which is "Pale Saffron Blonde" #9R. I've NO idea how that is going to turn out or if I even have enough color for highlights as I only purchased one box. I bought three boxes of the regular color for my roots and one of the new color for highlighting. I think I'm going to just purchases boxes every time I go to Whole Foods because at $14.99 per box, I don't want to have to always buy the color at once, especially since I need like 5 boxes and sh*t. LOL.

Anyway, here are some pics of my hair. Please excuse the crazy eye in some of my pics and my hairy azz under arms. (sorry for TMI. *chuckle*)


Front view. "tumeric blonde 7R" (flash on camera)

Close up (flash off camera)

side view

semi back/side view

full front

full back

Raspberry Corn Muffins and Apple Butter

This is just a quick update to post some pics of a few things I cooked for my daughters 5th birthday. We had a Birthday Brunch. And since we're in a new state with no family and very few friends, we decided to give the brunch on the actual day of her birth. In-laws flew in from out of town and the hubby took off work (sorta).

I got most of the menu from the free Whole Foods mini mag. I thought it was a simple menu but of course after cooking for a few days, I realized that I'd over did it yet again. *chuckle*

Here's the menu and pics of the breakfast items. I didn't take pics of anything else, too busy cooking and doing "party" stuff.

Raspberry Corn Muffins
Apple Butter

Black Bean-Avocado Salad
Wild Mushroom, Asparagus and Feta Cheese Quiche

Oven Fried Chicken

Strawberry Ice-Cream

Apple Butter. It sort of came out like a thick apple sauce

Raspberry Corn Muffins