Yay!

The other day I popped into one of my favorite spots in NYC--Ricky's. I was looking for some kind of styling creme--when I was at my best friend's house in Cali, she had some kind of Bumble & Bumble thing that seemed to really work wonders on my "sometimes I'm curly, sometimes I'm frizzy" hair. I haven't been good about keeping my hair appointments, you know, with the no job thing and the crawling-almost-walking infant too care for, so my hair has been more unkempt than any time in my life (except maybe when I first hit puberty and the frizz was on high alert. I was reminded of this horror when an old classmate of mine posted my senior prom photo on Facebook, but I digress.)

Anyhoo, I didn't find the Bumble & Bumble stuff, but I saw this shelf, littered with all these articles and photos of Halle Berry and how she uses and loves this brand called "Mixed Chicks". It's not the sexiest name for a company, but anything Halle Berry loves makes me look at it twice, so I decided to give it a try and support my fellow multi-culti entrepreneurs. [I guess I'm not really an entrepreneur yet, but, whatever. Technicalities.] I got the "Leave-in Conditioner" and it's actually brilliant. I LOVE it. It is light, not greasy, doesn't dry and make my curls hard or give me flaky scalp. I definitely want to try the other products. The only thing I'm a little confused about is Halle said she loved the "tropical scent". The conditioner stuff I bought has no real scent to speak of, which actually, isn't that bad. However, it's almost summer and a little "tropical scent" might be nice. But I'm a satisfied customer and I urge all my curly-haired sisters of every hue to give it a shot. However, the be sure to go to www.mixedchicks.net as the dot com URL is a porn site. I made that most unfortunate discovery the first time I searched.

peace love & hair grease.