Hey guys just checking in!

I have been beyond busy since the wedding, but I just wanted to check in with everyone and say hello! Things have been going great and I miss blogging, so here I come with some more treats! I am close to 1,000 subbies on youtube and as soon as I cross that threshold I will be hosting a 1,000 subbie giveaway on my youtube channel with at least 1 giveaway for every 100 subscribers that I have so there will be at least 10 things given away and I will have at least 10 winners! Stay tuned for that. In the mean time, here is the latest video. I posted this video last week after getting my hair pressed.

Until next time
~Mrs. Drayton ツ

Wedding recap and my first blog post as Mrs. Drayton

Hello everyone,

Life has been so busy and amazing lately. The last time I checked in, I was preparing for my wedding. I am now Mrs. Drayton!


I am going to try to give you the best recap of the wedding I can. Please consider the fact that I have just returned home from a fabulous honeymoon to London for 4 days and Dubai for 3 days...After adding in over 14 hours of flights each way to and from our home airport, we can all understand that I am still a bit exhausted.

My bridesmaids, family and close friends were nothing short of amazing! I really love and appreciate each and every one of them. The weekend got of to a slow, but fun start. People arrived in town and we hung and had a great time the night before the wedding.





The morning of the wedding, I was calm for the most part... Besides stressing the seating chart and wanting to make sure everyone had a seat, I was cool as a fan. Most people want to see pics more than anything so I will just try to post pics and give a caption of what's in the pic, deal?

Since this is my Natural Hair blog, what better to talk about than my hair!!! First off, the person who was suppose to do my hair for the wedding ended up burning her hand 6 days before the wedding frying fish... (I know right?!?!) Thank goodness for Kimeche! She is my maid of honors hair stylist and came to the rescue. I had no idea what was going to be done with my hair and literally 2.5 hours before the wedding was when we started to attack the whole hair thing. She got me done in about 20 minutes... Fast and did a great job!!!


So the next three pics are the gifts that I got during the day and leading up to the wedding. The very first thing I opened was a beautiful tennis bracelet that I was so excited about. The second was a lovely pink face Movado watch that matched our wedding colors... I honestly was thankful and more than overjoyed as I headed over to the wedding venue thinking I had received everything I was going to get from my love.

After arriving at the wedding venue, getting completely dressed and about to line up to walk down the aisle, my maid of honor brought in one last box and said she was told to give it to me just before the wedding. I anxiously unwrapped and opened a lovely pair of Christian Louboutin shoes. I immediately took off my "something old" shoes that I planned to wear down the aisle, panicked to find something else I could use to replace my "something old" and put on my new red bottoms to come down the aisle to marry my man. The shoes were definitely a hit with me and got all of 10 minutes of wear.... Well, until they got stuck in the grass LOL... Those heels are something else! I just love a stiletto!!!





I was surprisingly not nervous and almost made it down the aisle without shedding a tear, but that was short lived when I laid eyes on my then fiancee... I burst out into an uncontrollable mix of emotions from that point. The weather was perfect, the day went great and I really can't express how thankful I am to have had so many of our dear family, friends and loved ones in attendance on our special day! We had about 300 people in attendance to the wedding and the reception and boy did we enjoy mixing and mingling with everyone!




During the ceremony, we did the unity sand, took our first communion together as a married couple and jumped the broom. All in all, the day was perfect and I am still very thankful and highly blessed!


After the ceremony, we danced the night away... After the red bottoms got stuck in the grass, I retired them for the night and ended up putting on my personalized converse along with my bridesmaids while we cut a rug the rest of the night and so I could be comfortable walking around as we thanked the guests... Below you will see a pic of me stepping out of the shoes after they got stuck and a pic of me and 6 of my 12 bridesmaids in our "Chuck Taylors". The other 6 ladies must have been dancing or at the bar :)



I guess I can end this post with pictures of the cakes. Our wedding cake was beautifully done by my moms favorite baker in the Charleston SC area. I showed her a picture of what I wanted and saw her masterpiece at the reception. I was very pleased. The grooms cake was done by my "Superwoman" Maid of Honor... Check out her facebook page if you are in the Columbia SC area. She made my husband the best cake ever, it was red velvet cake made for his alma mater The University of South Carolina Gamecocks....

Thanks to everyone out there who have wished us well, were there in mind, body and in spirit. We love and appreciate you all from the bottom of our hearts.. I will do a post on the honeymoon soon and then it will be back to hair stuff. I did want to share a little piece of my day with you all who have been so supportive!

~Mrs. Drayton~

Countdown to Mrs. and Velour Lashes

Hey everyone,

I am less than a week away from my wedding and boy is this an exciting time. God is so good... Considering everything that's taken place in the past two months and leading up to the wedding, I must say that I have been as cool as a breeze and far from those crazy bridezillas that you see on t.v.

In a couple days, I will be with my loving family and friends... I am so excited about the lashes that were sent to me by the wonderful Velour lashes... I have lashes for my entire bridal party as well as myself and I can't wait to try these things out. I will have a giveaway coming up soon after the wedding of a pair of these lashes so stay tuned... I will come back on in a couple days with wedding and honeymoon updates... Until then...

~Ciao

Here is the picture of the lashes!! Review and pics to come..

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Strips

Happy Monday everyone!!!

I have walked pass these strips for quite some time now and finally decided to give them a try... Boy was I so glad that I did. I absolutely LOVE the results and they were so easy, it makes no sense!

What strips am I speaking of??? The Sally Hansen's Salon Effects nail strips... The color I chose was blue ice, but please believe I will be going back to get many more..





After I sat down yesterday to apply them, it literally took about 15 minutes from start to finish. Half way through the process, I decided to grab the camera and record a video, for those who may have thought about trying this out or those who really didn't realize how simple it was to apply these.. Here goes the video. I hope you all enjoy and have a great week!

Summer vacation hair staples, OOTD and fun in the sun

Good morning folks,

Happy Monday to you all. I just wanted to get on since things have settled down a bit. I went to the Curly Nikki Meetup two weeks ago, left Raleigh and went to Atlanta for 2 days, left Atlanta and went to Tallahassee, FL for 3 days, came back home for my fiancee's family reunion and Flew to Cozumel Mexico last Monday through Friday. Man, did I have a ball.

The weather in Mexico was hot, but amazing. I captured some footage and wanted to share it with you guys. I also, got some footage of outfits of the day and showed the products that I used while down in Mexico. I hope you all enjoy the video.

~NaturallyEJ

Hey chicas! Curly Nikki Meetup Recap

Hey curlfriends...
It has been a while, I know I have really been slacking off, but with the wedding less than 60 days away, I really have lots going on. I went to Curly Nikki's Farewell meetup in Raleigh yesterday and had a ball interacting with other natural ladies. I met quite a few people, got a chance to exchange information and really enjoyed the atmosphere. It was a a cute little wine bar that was a little hot inside, but we made it through the evening just fine.

I am sad that I didn't get to meet as many folks that I thought I would, but I am sure that over time I will meet more of my natural friends at different events. Here is the LINK to more pics on my facebook page.

Video: EJ's take on making shea butter whip

Hey guys,

Things are in full swing on my end with wedding stuff, but I still want to get as much useful information and videos out for you guys as I can. Here is my take on making shea butter whip. I love my product and use it daily or at least every other day to moisturize my hair. I hope you guys enjoy the video...

~NaturallyEJ

Hey Guys! Checking in

There is so much going on right now and I have seriously been neglecting the blog ( I apologize). I did want to get on to let all of you know that my buddy CJ will be in town during the weekend of the Charleston natural hair meet up in July and she will be doing braided styles on those of you who want to make appointments. Just shoot me a message or comment here if you are interested. She lives in Atlanta, so if anyone there is interested as well please send me a comment with your contact info and I will get her information to you. Below you can find the video of the style she did on my hair and how we achieved it.

I promise to check in soon. I have a fun weekend coming up and I can't wait to share it with you guys...

~NaturallyEJ

Enso Naturals Memorial Day Savings

Hey Naturals,

T.G.I.F. I just wanted to jump on a post to let you guys know that Enso Naturals is having a deal this memorial weekend of 25% off your entire purchase! I am really anxious to try this line out and will definitely post a video when I do, but in the mean time, take advantage of this sale if you have heard great things and want to try this line out or if you already use this line and need to stock up! Click HERE to visit their website!!!

Have a great weekend!

Quick Natural Look and Makeup Pallet and Brush set Giveaway

Hey,

I decided to do three giveaways for my youtube subscribers and twitter followers. In order to enter, you must subscribe to my youtube channel and put enter me on this video and to get a second entry, follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/NaturallyEJHalo and tweet me "Enter Me". Good luck! Here is the tutorial and giveaway information!

~NaturallyEJ

Jane Carter 20%off at Earthfare The entire month of May!

Hey,

I have been hearing a lot of buzz about the Jane Carter products lately and although I have never tried them, I wanted to share the info with you all. For those of you who actually use it or who may be curious like I am..

Click HERE for the info I found on this deal.

~NaturallyEJ

EJ's signature Braided style

Hey guys,

So everyone knows I can't braid and I can barely twist, but my very dear friend from childhood was in town this past weekend and so graciously did my hair for me. She is my braiding hero! LOL, the only person who's constantly braided my hair since I have been natural. Here is a video of my signature braided style. I hope you all enjoy it!

BOGO free Organix at Rite Aid!!!

So you guys know I stay on the look out for any Buy one Get on Free sale and I found one that I can really appreciate!!! Organix shampoo and conditioner are on sale this week at your local Rite Aid!!! I only got two conditioners today, but I am thinking of going back to grab another set of the shampoo and conditioner for our product swap at our Summer meet up! The sale ends on Saturday!!! You just have to have a rite aid card, which you can get for free right at the counter before you check out! It is on the front page of the weekly store ad, here is a picture of it below. I hope this helps someone! I circled it in red for you... Since it's small.

Until next time
~NaturallyEJ
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Terrific Tuesday! Non Hair Post #Random

Hey guys,

I hope everyone is having a terrific Tuesday. I wanted to first let everyone know that Walgreens has a BOGO free sale on supplements, so for those of you taking prenatals for your hair growth and things like biotin or simply Vitamin C, D, etc. You guys should go by and stock up!

So I was on youtube and came across an old video of myself from back in the day when I was in College at FAMU! What great years!!! I thought I would share it with you all. Don't die laughing, it's old skool! Well I'll call it a throwback! LMBO... Happy Tuesday everyone! I will have a hair video coming in the next couple days!

~NaturallyEJ

P.S. I am the chick on the FAR right in the yellow jersey! Couldn't tell me nothing back then. LOL

Natural hair Meet up April 30, 2011

I am a week late with posting the updates for this, but boy did we have a great time. There were about 25-30 women in attendance to the Natural Hair Meet up that we had and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We did product swaps, talked about hair products and regimes, had a local vendor and enjoyed some great food. Here is a video below of some of the highlights from the meet up. I hope you enjoy!

~NaturallyEJ