DIVINE 29

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It’s the last year of my 20’s and I have never felt more amazing and more alive! 29 will be AWESOME! It’s early but I’ve already received Happy Birthday phone calls and social media messages and texts from so many loved ones, family, friends and associates. My heart is warmed with love, heck even my Mac computer woke me up and said Happy Birthday. 
I’d like to say that I’ve heard so many negative things about turning 29, that 29 was an age that did not sit well with many people. People have told me they’ve felt that at 29 they had not reached the pinnacle in their career, or that they thought they’d be married with kids in a white house with a cute fence and rose garden or that they simply felt like they didn’t have their life together. Maybe all of that’s true; maybe your not in your dream job, maybe you don’t have children yet, maybe you still haven’t found yourself, maybe you haven’t found the love of your life- so what! This is your journey, your life and the beauty of this is that it won’t be like anyone Else’s. 
You are uniquely set apart and cannot travel the same path as anyone else. I’m the first to say I’m not where I want to be in life or I’m not where I imagined I should be but WHO CARES. I will continue to let God order my steps because if I do it my way I will make a royal mess of it all. Trust me,we are all just trying to figure it out and if your not wandering trying to figure it out then your simply comfortable and comfortable is BORING! Now that doesn’t mean I want to spend life questioning what’s next, it just means I don’t want to spend my life worried all the time. I don’t want to spend my life manipulating things to reach a goal that was never really mine to begin with. I don’t want anything that is not destine for me. I just go with the flow. 29 is the year of flow. I just let it ride and can’t wait to see what the ends going to be. I’m no stranger to surprises so this is easy peezy.
For all my late 20’s and 30 somethings out there: Let if flow!
Thanks for all the birthday love. Now off I go to make this day absolutely awesome and every other day of 29 awesome too! 🙂
Sincerely, 
Deidra Marie 

SPRING THINGS

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It’s all about the details! I enjoy putting colorful pieces together. I snagged this earring and bracelet set on a cruise to the Caribbeans in December because it was colorful and I knew I could wear it with just about anything. The necklace is a bit busy and you’ve probably seen it in a few of my previous post but the earrings and bracelet are my “go to” for solid colored pieces like the green dress I wore. I’ve purchased some pretty obnoxious accessories in my day and I say with complete confidence that these earrings and matching bracelet are by far the most practical pieces I own. Typically, if it’s not unusual or seems to be ordinary to the eye then I’m not purchasing. Like many things in my life, I like to go left and that does not exclude my taste in clothes and accessories. I  everything and anything bright, bold, shiny and unique. I have a bit of an obsession with color.
Charles captured some great shots of my precious pebbles over the weekend. Although I must admit, I can’t for the life of me figure out where the heck those earrings are now. LOL. I’m sure they’ll turn up when I least expect it.
As far as the hair situation is concerned, it may look like my curls are put together but this hairstyle is the result of a huge experimentation gone completely wrong with products that didn’t exactly love my hair. It was meant to be a wash n go but halfway through the styling process the leave-in conditioner started to make my hair feel dry and stiff, so I just twisted it up, used some perm rods on the ends and voila! I got a mix of stringy curls and big springy curls as well. I will definitely not try this style again as it doesn’t work for the multiple textures I have going on. As far as the products are concerned, I will consider this purchase a lose and donate them to a friend. My hair is wavy and loose in the front and extremely coily and curly in the back so I have to be strategic conditioners and twists and braid placement or the curls in the front will be over stretched and look very stringy. It’s a struggle to deal with multiple textures but it has it’s perks sometimes I guess.
In my 7 years of being natural, I’m still constantly changing, refining and tweaking my hair routine. I believe you will always have to adjust your routine to fit the needs of your hair for that time. That being said, I am a bit of product junkie, but I do have some products that I consider staples and keep in constant rotation. I’ll do a product review soon on the products I used to achieve this look and share my all time fav products that have never failed me.
Till next time.
Sincerely,
Deidra Marie
Outfit
Earrings and Necklace-Precious Expressions
Dress-New York and Company

 

RETRO SHADES AND MINISKIRTS

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Retro Shades
Sun and smiles
Chartreuse sweater
Work miniskirt
Leg pop.
Pretty sure there were video cameras all over this parking lot 🙂
Sunny with a chance of shades
Glam on these streets
My one way walk
Studded Satchel
I was feeling rocker girl sassy this weekend and wanted to bust out my favorite black shades and miniskirt while the weather was warm. I topped it off with a black studded satchel, glitzy earrings and black bootie. Can you tell I’m ready for spring? NC has been experiencing some odd weather lately; from below freezing sleet and hale to tornadoes and the perfect 72 degree Sundays, I’m literally all confused about attire. I shall wear a bikini top, sweatpants, one sandal and a Ugg boot for my next weeks outfit; that way I’ll be prepared for whatever. LOL, just kidding.
In other news, there will be a February 29th this year! Ah leap year, so happy for those who get to celebrate their birthday on the 29th. People born on this day are the real MVP’s; them and those who let me borrow their Netflix account info for date night. 🙂
Wishing everyone a happy week!
Till next time.
Sincerely,
Deidra Marie
Outfit
Chartreuse Sweater- Talbots
Black Wool Skirt-TJ Maxx
Studded Satchel- Charlotte Russe
Black Suede Booties-Charlotte Russe