Weekend Wrap Up: NYC Edition

Hey Ladies! Hope you all had a great weekend!

I haven't done a weekend wrap-up in so long!! I need to get back to this. 

Let me jump right in. This is going to be short one, since I didn't take many pics :(

 On Thursday night, I did a Henna and Indigo treatment. I knew I wanted to wear my hair out(since it was in twists all week), but I also wanted my hair to be JET BLACK. This was my first time using both of these brands, so I was a little nervous. But they worked very well on my hair. I kept the Henna on for only a hour and the Indigo on for 2 hours.
If anyone is interested in another pictorial post, let me know.

 So this is day one hair the night after I did the Henna & Indigo treatment. It's still pretty shrunken, but as I said, I like it this way. A stretched puff, just doesn't look good on me and I'm still not comfortable wearing my hair down. I need a litttttle bit more length first.

 Can I just tell y'all how much I LOVED the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Omgoodness..It was like being at a Comedy show, club and poetry slam all at the same time. Plus there were so many beautiful naturals there.

                                                                                                                 

When we got home, even though it was late as h*ll, I had to braid my hair. I moisturized with my Shea-Butter mix, which is GOLDEN on my natural hair, then put in about 10 braids. This is day 2 hair. It was stretched a lot more than this, but I sprayed my hair with my AVJ mix to shrink it up a little. 

I need to know who's out there giving their dogs plastic surgery. LOL. I  hope to God this is a joke!!

We did some shopping in Manhattan and 125th street in Harlem. I got these earrings at some African Shop in Harlem. I love Ankhs and big earrings. Can't wait to wear these with my fro. We also went to Sylvia's for some good ol' Soul Food! Loved that place. 

I searched high and low for a plain black, inexpensive, beanie because I planned on putting my hair in twists for the week. I usually pin them up during the week, but wanted to wear a beanie on my way back home. I ended bargaining with a vendor at Port Authority for $6.00; Good deal.
*Sorry for the crappy pic!

Highlights from my trip:

I got my first compliment on my natural hair from a stranger after 10 minutes of being in NYC

Nuyorican- Bomb.com

Someone asked for my assistance in a Beauty Supply store because they thought my hair looked really healthy- She was transitioning and wanted product suggestions

We watched some really good movies!

Got a work-out from all the walking

Sylvia's- Bomb.com

My hair stayed moisturized, despite the snow, the whole time!

Now it's time for me to get some rest!