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How I Learned to Love My Hair - Again PDF E-mail
Written by Raven Jones   

When I was a young girl, I was teased and told I was ugly all the time, but I didn't believed my bullies. I used to stand in front of the mirror and say, "I don't know what those kids are talking about. I'm super pretty!" In fact, I took so much pride in my own competency. Sure I had the nappy hair, but I didn't need a perm just to comb through it. Those girls were just lazy, in my opinion. After a while though, their taunts started to sting, but I would try to stay confident, so they would relent like so many adults said they would, but my confidence just made their remarks more hateful.

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I Did It!... Now What? How I Found the Look for Me PDF E-mail
Written by Maribeth   

ImageIt was around August 28, 2007 when I had my last relaxer. I was desperate to get my hair straightened because I was too afraid to deal with my naps. I didn't know that it would be my last relaxer, but I'm glad that it was.

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Member of the Month Contest

Last month we gave away a touch screen MP3/MP4 player. Last months winners are too close to call. It is a tie between:

Marty81 & augusta (Ladies please email me with your Contact information ASAP. Thanks.)

This month in the spirit of the Christmas holiday. I will be giving away two daily stocking stuffer prize Monday - Thursday.

The Members of the day will be enter to win the prize of the month and trust me it is really, really nice. So start getting ready now. The fun starts Monday December 12.

Four Contest to prepare for:

  1. Best Member Profile (Basic minimum: Profile pic & Interview. Good to have: Gallery items, connections, Guest book signatures, Interesting YouTube/Google Videos)
  2. Most Interesting, Helpful, or Inspiring Blog Post (This should be something YOU wrote copying is grounds for disqualification. )
  3. Most Accepted Invitations (You can use the Invite button to seen invitation to your natural friends and family. We NEVER spam.)
  4. Most Helpful Commenter. (These should be comments or responses to comments on Articles or Post that are no more than 10 days old.)

You can only win once for each catagory. But you have four chances to win and each chance increases your chance of winning this months Member of the Month prize.

I'll be writing a full length post on this so stay tuned.

 

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