D' IYANU Shoot BTS

I modeled for a clothing brand called D'iyanu based out of Philadelphia. I had a blast!! The pieces were amazing! I had the opportunity to work with.

Photographer Richard Carey  

Mua - Taneisha. www.Touchedbytn.com

Clothing designer/owner Addie - Diyanu.com

Pictorial of the day xo

Make up by Taneisha

Model- Salem rocking my favorite look of the day!!!

I would highly recommend buying the garments!!!! xo

Munaluchi Bridal Shoot BTS

Not too long ago I did a shoot for Munaluchi Bridal at an incredible location with an incredible team.

The shoot was low key and professional everyone executed their jobs to perfection.

Photographer - @WeddingPix (ig)

Hairstylist - NickyB

Mua- Sisi

Magazine - Munaluchi Bridal

Models - Myself, Nonie & Ola

I shot in 3 dresses i only have BTS images of me in 2 of the 3.

  

Stuffed in the car headed to one of the locations. This dress had so much Tull!!! It was beautiful.

Arrived at location the detail was everything!!

Two of my hairstyles for the day Both Gorgeous as ever!

Some of the pieces hanging up in the house we used for prepping. 

& That's a WRAP!!!!

June Update - Straightened Hair & Lenise update

So I straightened my hair the end of may!!!! 

This Journey to waist length is a killer. Retaining length is such a task because you can fall off you routine for a few months and be set back tremendously. I was able to retain length but I of course had to trim my ends so I do see some growth but to me it's nothing extraordinary but my hair is much fuller in my opinion.

I look crazy lol... But here's my hair blown out with the purpose to straighten so I like to get it as flat as possible.

It's now the end of June and I have my hair back fluffy and curly. :)

Lenise Update

My daughters hair s growing super fast. It's so hard to keep the lent out of it being that her head is always laying on something. Well I'm petty always doing length checks here's a picture of her length. All i do is wash (Johnsons head to toe) and seal in the water moisture with coconut oil (a very little bit)

She'll be 4 months in a few days (when this was taken)

Update: April - Early May

Hey everyone I'm just here to give a little hair and life update.....So for starters I still haven't straightened my hair although I thought I would lol... When I went to straighten I did the blow out and ran out of energy and ended up just doing a twist out on a blow out lol.. Most of my time has been going to Lenise (My 2 month old daughter) haha but maybe sometime this month possibly around my birthday I'll straighten.

Here is my blow out twist out done in April 2015

and this way below is the same style just a little looser

I really liked how it turned out as I don't think i've ever done it on blown out hair I did do it on dry hair before and I also liked the way that looked. (Below)

This was done in 2014 can't recall the month but before May.

I also have been wearing a refreshly fluffed out twist out kind of look which I ADORED!

All I did was wash my hair add conditioner and twist it up. removed the twists (once it was dry) separated them and fluffed overly to give it a frizzy fluffy look! I love it.

Last look I've been wearing... I never wear wash and go's but for the last week I've actually given it a try and I actually liked it enough  (not my favorite style but tolerable)and am embracing the massive shrinkage lol..

Update on the little one she is 2 month and a week old today

She weighed in at 13 lbs 9oz at her two months check up that's up from 10 lbs 11oz at her one month check up and up from albs 3oz at birth.

She's eating and sleeping perfectly fine and making this new mommy life a little easier for me.

Below is my 2 month post baby belly (a good day lol)  & an old wash and go in the hair.

Now that I have the OK from my doctor I plan to go hard and get my body back to what it was before and better. My waist was a 25 before.. now it's like a 30 or something way to big for my body frame so my goal is to shrink my waist back down and tone my stomach up. I've never had to deal with any kind of belly & currently after I eat my stomach is huge lol... So this will be an interesting journey.

But over all I am grateful for genetics and that I didn't retain too much of pregnancy weight.

Before pregnancy I weighed between 125-130 Now Im between 135-140.

I went up to 160 something during pregnancy.

I will probably do a blog about all he things they don't tell you about soon. 

Well now that I'm all caught up I HOPE i'll be able to do more frequent blogs from this point on. I have a few how to hair styles I want to blog about so lets all hope together I'll be able to get it done. Being a mommy is so fulfilling but it is time consuming & will have you like oops I actually have to sleep lol. SO my goal is to get it done but no promises.

xoxo

This was published a little late ....

March 2015 Hair Update + Meet Lenise

March Hair Update

Hey everyone it's been forever... I've totally been slacking on my blog and i'll probably continue to slack for a little while as I tend to my new bundle of joy. But I wanted to come update you all on my Hair Journey. 

During my pregnancy I really spaced out my hair care routine sadly lol. I was always so sleepy and washing hair was like the ultimate task &  the last thing on my mind. So although I still did my conditioner routine it was not nearly as frequent as I would have liked. I'll probably straighten my hair next month in April to see my full growth but below Im posting a length check image up against a previous image.

March 2015

April 2014

Above is about a year of growth. I love that my hair is getting fuller. I normally can't tell HOW MUCH it has grown until I straighten it but i can def tell how much fuller it is especially to the ends.

Below are images of the last time my hair was straightened back in October 2014 Compared to May 2014

May 2014 Above | Oct. 2014 Below

Well That's all for the update. I'll be back once I straighten it to let you all know how much growth I was able to retain xo

…...& For The Grand Finaleeeee

Meet Lenise Pauline Payton

Born 2.26.2015

@ 9:03pm

Weighing 8lbs 3oz

21 Inches Long

Her name is a combination of Corye & I's Mothers. Sonya Lenise Payton & Pauline Bennett

We love and miss you both dearly. You live on through us. xo

November 2014 Update

I know I've been super MIA well there's a reason and the reason is Im expecting!!! I've just been spending a lot of time enjoying my pregnancy experience. But, I'm stopping by with a hair update for you all! xo

As you all know I straightened my hair in May when the hubs and I got back from Kuwait. & up until now I haven't straightened it sense then. My major style in the in between time was Senegalese twist ( I still followed my normal regimen otherwise) I wanted to keep them in for longer than a month but my hair kept frizzing up and I was afraid my hair was underneath drying out even with moisturizing it through the twists. So I removed them sooner than I'd like I was nervous with what my hair would feel like and if any had broken off. To my surprise although it was dry it was nothing a hot oil treatment along with a deep conditioner couldn't fix. I ended up straightening my hair and I noticed immediately it was fuller. I wasn't sure if I had retained any length until I reviewed my images from may. This is why I suggest taking images for yourself as references!!

May  |   Oct 

(Im not wearing the same top left side is sports bra and right side is pink tank top)

xoxo

September 2014 update

I've been gone for a while but I wanted to come back with a hair update!

I've been continuing my normal regimen and my hair seems to be growing I'll post images of growth comparisons soon


Right now my hair is currently:

These twist are the best they are Senegalese twists. I didn't realize there would be so many on my head when I was finished lol. But I do love them nonetheless. Im unsure how long they will last but I'm hoping I can keep them in for quite sometime (judge me not lol)