Inspirational Photo of the Day

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Happy Friday Barbies and Kens.  Yeah it's the weekend!!!!!!! I just wanted to leave you with a hair inspiration. I am loving this hairstyle and think it will be easy to duplicate with my locks adding my own flavor of course.
What do you think of this hairstyle? I think it's quite edgy and different. I love hairstyles like these.

Have a wonderful weekend guys. Until Monday, stay fab and be creative.
Peace,
Syn

How to get your hair winter ready

 The weather is changing and now is a great time to prepare your hair for the harsher weather ahead. Now is a good time I think to replenish your hair. Starting with healthy hair is easier to maintain especially during the colder months. You can start by deep conditioning your hair. Here's a link on how to do it the inexpensive way. Also, please remember to switch your hair care products to more moisturizing ones as well as routine.

Things you MUST do

• Switch your hair routine and products.
• Use moisturizing shampoo and conditioner
• Do lots of protective hairstyles.
• Rinse with cold or lukewarm water this lock in the moisture and your hair will dry out less quickly.
• Use a silk or satin scarf to tie your hair especially when you are going outside, to bed or wearing a moisture pulling material on your head. Such material includes wool.
• Try using a dry shampoo or other methods to dry clean your hair. There are many such products on the market so, read the ingredients carefully before making your selection.
• Wear a headgear to protect your hair from the cold and wind.
• Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize.
• Air dry your hair or on a cool setting if you decide to use a dryer. Just like the cool water, the cool air will also sustain hair moisture.
• I know you might be saying "HELL NO" but try to limit the amount of times you wash your hair per month. Remember there are a few methods that you may use to clean your hair without applying water and shampoo.
• Use leave-in conditioners with natural ingredients. Avoid ingredients such as sodium laurel sulfate, mineral oil and petrolatum. If you see products containing these don't buy them because these ingredients cause your hair to get extra dry.
• Do regular hot oil treatments. You may see a homemade recipe here.

Things you must NOT do

• Do not use clarifying shampoo and conditioners because they strip your hair of it's natural moisture.
• Avoid wearing moisture puling head gears. If you do line the head gear with a silk or satin scarf.
• Do not go outside when your hair is wet it may freeze and break.
• Limit the use of "HOT" items like (blow) dryers and curling irons. 
• Avoid washing your hair with hot water use lukewarm or cool water instead.
• Do not sleep with your hair wet. I'm a culprit of this. Sleeping with your hair wet can make you sick as well it can damage the ends of your hair especially if you have natural in it's loose state or even processed hair.

How ready is your hair for the winter months? How do you prepare your hair for the colder months? What are some things you always try and to and stay away from doing? I look forward to you sharing your winter hair care tips. Please remember to leave your comments below. Hope these tips were helpful.

Thank you for reading. Please remember to follow Jungle Barbie to get trendy hairstyles and useful hair tips. Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

And the Winner is ........

Hey Barbies and Kens, the My Memories Suite Software giveaway is closed and its time to announce the winner. Thanks to all my Barbies friends and YouTube subscribers for participating. The winner of the My Memories Suite software is Kim:

Congratulations to you Kim. Ill be contacting you soon by email so could you please email me your email address where I can send out your code and instructions to download and start using your software.
If you did not win this time don't worry, My Memories Suite was kind enough to offer this special code STMMMS3927
that you can use towards purchasing the software or products. The code provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value!). Don't be selfish you may pass this code on to your friends and family members.

Thank you for reading. Please remember to leave your comment below and subscribe to get trendy hairstyles and useful haircare ideas. Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

Jungle Barbie in the Press

Recently, I have been getting lots of cyber love from you my wonderful readers and viewers. I posted a hairstyle on May 16, 2011 my other blog and yesterday alone that hairstyle was reblogged and liked numerous times. This hairstyle was featured on Jungle Barbie on March 2, 2011and was titled The Swoop: Spring Hairstyle Part 1. Here are a few of the sites it was reblogged on. Thank you guys for sharing.

Let the Beauty We Love Become the Good We Do
live.laugh.love.locs
Love and Grace
Glitz, Glamour, Gloss
i-rastaflower
Kinkykrista
Naturellement belle de la mère patrie
8531 Miles From Mbabane
Unlike No Other
Mi rincon de paraiso
Currently Obsessed With

Remember that the My Memories Suite giveaway ends Tuesday Pacific Time. All you have to do is either be a Jungle Barbie friend or a subscriber to my YouTube channel. Good luck guys and I will be posting the results tomorrow.
Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

What a Plait: A very edgy lock updo

Happy Monday Barbies and Kens. Hope you all had a restful weekend. My weekend was a little busy and productive. I got a chance to wash my hair and did a protective hairstyle.

 Recently, I have not been doing the plaits as a protective style because it makes my hair weaken and prone to breakage. I usually do the two strand twist. You must be wondering if that's the case then why did I do it. I have been getting tons of requests for a hairstyle I did in December. It was titled Bang Bang Bang and was featured on my blog on December 31, 2010 .

Anyhoo, I wanted to show you guys that you can style your locks no matter what. I am sporting this updo that I created with my protective plaits. This style pulls on a number of styling techniques. I have flat twist, two strand twist, rolling and tucking and a pompadour.

 I made a YouTube video to make achieving this hairstyle easier. Hope the steps were clear.

 This fall, there are so many trends and I decided to incorporate a few into today's outfit to complete my hairstyle.

I'm wear a floral shear top from Free People, multicoloured glittler long skirt and large stone rng from Forever21, bell bottom jeans The GAP, navy cuff from Mango, peep toe pumps from Steve Madden, pink and turquoise clutch from Liz Clairborne and self made bow tie. 

Please remember to be a Jungle Barbie friend or a subscriber of my YouTube channel to be considered for the my memories.com software. The giveaway ends tomorrow. Good luck all.

 Thank you for reading. Follow Jungle Barbie on twitter @junglebarbie1 and checkout my YouTube videos.
Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

Miss Nappturality: America's Next Natural Model

TGIF!!!!!! Happy Friday Barbies and Kens. Last year, I came across this competition but discovered it really late and was unable to inquire. It's called Miss Nappturality and it is in search for America's Next Natural Hair Model. I will be entering the competition. Please visit my profile here and show me some support. The competition from what I read on the website is quite challenging but I like challenges especially when it has to do with hair and dressing up. For more information and how you can enter please visit Going-Natural.com.

Have a great weekend all and be safe. Thank you for reading. Please remember to check out the mymemories software giveaway which ends this Tuesday. Until Monday, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

Inspirational Photo of the Day

I came across this hairstyle this week and fell in love with it. The hairstyle is very simple but speaks volume. This is on my list of hairstyles to recreate. I also like her earring it compliments the hairstyle well. For unique earrings as well as accessories, you may check out Dope Crochet. Their information is listed below. Checkout their website and show some love.

Dope Crochet on the Web
FaceBook - facebook.com/dopecrochet
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/DopeCrochet
Blog - http://tumblr.dopecrochet.com/
Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/DopeCrochet
website - dopecrochet.com

NB: The earring above is not from Dope Crochet.

Thank you for reading. Please remember the giveaway, it will close next week Tuesday.
Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

Lock Extensions

Today's post is about lock extensions. I have been getting lots of questions about how I started my locks and what I recommend for someone who wants to get locks. I started with lock extensions not the kind shown here. What I had was the regular braids with the rasta braids. The above method is really good because it is a great camouflage of the actual locks.

Who is this good for?

• If you want to have your locks very neat and want to skip the messy baby phase? then, this is for you.

• If you are unsure as to whether you want to go ahead with locking your hair you can war this hairstyle temporarily. If you don't like it then, you can always remove it and have your hair to sport.

• If you have broken locks and wan to mend them this is also great for that too.

• If you want to add length to your locks then you may add extensions to the end using this method.

Is this something that you would do to your hair? When or why would you use it?

Here is a video that will answer a few more of your questions.

 Hope the above video was helpful. Please leave your comments in the box below and subscribe to get trendy hairstyles and useful hair tips.
 Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.

Product Review and Giveaway: My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software

 Hey Barbies and Kens, today I'll be doing a product review and giveaway. It will be of the" My Memories Suite" software from mymemories.com . I was contacted by them to do a product review of their digital scrapbooking software as well as host a giveaway for that product.

Mymemories.com sells the My Memories Suite software and they also have the mymemories store where you can buy or download for free decorative enhancements and digital papers, that you can add to your pictures and or videos to make them extra memorable.

How will it help you? 
The My memories suite is suitable for everyone. Whether you want to note the memorable moments of your baby's tender years, preserve those special romantic moments, create your own cards and or invitations or just keep an archive of your travel photos for future viewing or keepsake, My Memories Suite will help you do this as you can save your scrapbook digitally or go the old fashion way of printing your scrapbook.

NB: These pros and cons are just what I experienced. Everybody learn differently and you may experience different pros and cons.
Pros

• Download instructions were very clear.
• Download and installation process was  very fast.
• The program is easy to use .
• It's affordable.
• The end product that the software creates is great. For example you can make a scrapbook by adding your pictures as well as text next to the pictures. Video and audio functions are also features that you may add.
•  There is an interactive voice and video feature.
• My Memories Suite allows you to share your digital scrapbook as many times as you want.

Cons

• The video portion was difficult for me to use. Maybe I needed more practice or even a tutorial.

Now to the part you guys have been waiting for.

Rules for the giveaway
1) You MUST be a Jungle Barbie friend or a subscriber to my YouTube channel.
2) Go to mymemories.com website, choose your favorite digital paper pack or layout, then leave a comment telling me which one(s) you chose.
3) The giveaway will run for one week from today Tuesday September 20, 2011 until Tuesday September 27, 2011 at midnight Pacific time. I will use random.org to chose the winner.
4) This giveaway is open to all my readers and subscribers.

My Memories Suite is a software worth having. Pass on the word by reblogging, retweeting or facebook sharing this post. Here is the video on YouTube:

Good luck to you all. Thank you for reading. Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

Roll out: A lock updo in honor of Summer

Happy Monday Barbies and Kens. Hope you all had a great weekend. I didn't as I did not accomplish all I said I wanted to achieve. Anyway, I will just have a lot to do this week. No one to blame but myself.

Today's hairstyle is an updo with lots of hair techniques going on. I have flat twists, two strand twists, rolling and tucking. I did this hairstyle today because after today the weather will change and we will be heading into fall/winter. For the colder weather I will need to do lots of protective styles as well as wear my hair down for so amount of warmth.

I completed today's hairstyle by wearing a white linen top from Mango, button earring from ANAP, crystal hoops by Jungle Barbie, coral leggings and Gold pumps from Zara and mustard clutch from Forever21.

 Goodbye summer I will miss you a bit. Hello fall and winter please be mild this year. Thank you in advance a warm blooded island girl.

 Thank you for watching. Please leave your comments below and subscribe to the blog to get trendy hairstyle and haircare tips. Also, follow Jungle Barbie on twitter @junglebarbie1.

 Tomorrow I will be having a giveaway so please keep an eye out for that. Until tomorrow, stay fab and be creative.
Syn

Fall In Place: A chic lock updo

TGIF. Happy Friday Barbies and Kens. I am doing the running man because I am excited for this 3 day weekend. I will be creating some new and trendy hairstyles. What will you be doing?

Today's hairstyle was inspired by a fall outfit I put together. The hairstyle features rolls falling to the front with some tucking going on.

I like this hairstyle because it's fun and on the edgy side. How would you describe this hairstyle? How would you wear it?

 I opted for a nerdy chic look with this hairstyle. I accentuate my hairstyle by using my Sunset and Caribbean Collection (Curaco) Sleek palette to create a green smoky eye and their Aruba blush which I am loving. I do not usually rave over make up so you know they are definitely worth buying.

To complete my look I wore a floral skirt, glasses, belt and tank from Forever21, mesh ankle socks from Tutuana, H&M oxfords and jacket, ANAP button earrings, Charlotte Russe leaf bangle and a Long Champ tote.

Have a great weekend and be safe. Thank you for reading. Please remember to leave your comments below and subscribe to get trendy hairstyles and useful hair care tips.
 Until Monday, stay fab and be creative.
Peace,
Syn