“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” – Zig Ziglar. There has not been a more accurate quote. It took me some time to realise this for myself. For many years I have allowed the opinions and views of others to mould who I think I am and what I…
Author Toni Morrison said, “You are your best thing.” That is one of the best quotes that can describe us as people of colour. Growing up, I was not always the most confident. I have written posts about body image and how people police women’s bodies when they gain little weight. I have also written…
“Growth is the only evidence of life,” – John Henry Newman. When I turned 33 years old, I had many plans about what I wanted to achieve, and with COVID-19, it just became more and more difficult for any of these things to come to life. Growth has always been significant to me; being stuck…
There is nothing I wouldn’t say I like more than a black woman speaking about their natural hair in disgust. I love every kink and coil of my hair, and I believe we have been taught for so many years that our hair isn’t beautiful enough. Many believe it. The truth is, there are quite…
I am a natural hair advocate. I have encouraged my friends to appreciate their natural mane. But do I think the natural hair community can be toxic? Unfortunately, yes, and here’s why. Firstly, let me say I was inspired to write this after seeing a tik tok of a woman saying that the natural hair…
It’s finally here – Jo. V Beauty Rejuvenating Scalp Serum. The back story! Growing up, I had always had eczema of the scalp; if I am honest, I had it everywhere. As I grew older, I started to do my research. What can relieve eczema, and what stimulates growth. My hair was always long, but…
Omg, I did it! I did something that I never imagined doing ever, bleaching my hair! My hair has always been something that I expressed myself through. I wanted to do something dramatic but too shy to do it, so I cut bangs. I wanted to feel mysterious; I dyed it jet black. I wanted…
“There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in” ― Leonard Cohen. Right now, many people are breaking in some way or another. We have been touched by either one or more of these losses during the pandemic, loss of freedom, loss of income and loss of loved ones. Even the best…
Nothing could prepare me for contracting COVID-19. Not the news, not the article; no website nor anyone’s experience. It would be something I never forget or want to relive. So here is an asthmatic’s COVID-19 story… mine. It started with a cough and slight wheezing. I believed that it was my asthma that was creeping…
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been,” – George Elliot. Change is inevitable, but we tend to slip into this comfort zone of self and what we should be after a certain age and point in our lives. But George Elliot said it best in his quote “It’s never too late…