It’s a been a while coalies – I have been like a pregnant bear, working away but I went to the salon on the weekend and got my hair coiffed. What do you think?
I love Nicki Minaj’s new song, but after just a few days of not reading gossip blogs, I have realised what nonsense they are. All kinds of ratchet behaviour and comments from celebrities – who cares!
One of the most interesting stories to come out of the hip hop world was the J Cole vs Diggy beef. Diggy is Rev Run’s son and J Cole needs no introduction, he’s one of the hottest young rappers on the scene at the moment.
The general gist of the beef is that J Cole made a supposed reference to Diggy’s sister Vanessa on a song ages ago, and Diggy came after him in a song which was leaked recently.
I remember reading lots of comments on blogs such as Necole Bitchie about this, and one thing struck me – there is a lot that this story can tell us actually about business and the concept of being self-made as opposed to having connections create a career for you. Diggy has ventured into the rap world so far, and it’s been a mixed reception. Some see him as this Drake wannabe, others are not sure if they are trying to make him an urban Justin Bieber.
I found the whole situation quite comical – Vanessa is 27, if she is indeed the woman J Cole was talking about, so be it! They are 27 year old men and women, a 16 year old kid getting involved looks slightly laughable if only to get more record sales. Which brings me to my key argument of this post:
Self-made people always look more credible than people who have had it handed to them
I created my marketing business myself. No one from my family has helped me get one client or anything. J Cole has created a blossoming rap career from nothing, and now he is on songs with King Beyonce and going on tours with Rihanna. Diggy looked like a fool coming after J Cole from a business viewpoint, because while he was defending his sister, it was almost like an inherited scion coming after a soon to be hip hop baron who has creatde their own career without their uncle or brother co-signing them.
Do you think Diggy should have a seat? Does he ”know” that J Cole can’t come after him because of who his family is?
I took my weave out at the salon a few days ago – I love how healthy my hair came out when they were unbraiding.
What do you think? I actually liked my weave but to be honest, the heat made it hard to live with it!
…is finally here. For some silly reason, the picture of me with it won’t upload on wordpress, but it is the Prada Infusion d’Iris:
I am absolutely delighted to finally have it. I have wanted it for almost 2 years when I first saw the scent while I was studying but I left England, could not find it here. I bought it and it arrived.
I’m in love – it’s a fresh, citrusy, freshly laundered smell so it works well in the tropics here. It’s got this kind of powdery base to it which is so fresh and feminine.
How the vision board worked: I ripped out a magazine advertisement of the Infusion d’Iris perfume and I put it on my door. I know it is a superficial goal but it definitely is one I wanted because I want to smell nice and clean, and it is scent I have always wanted.
How are vision boards helping you? Do you think it’s superficial to have material vision targets?
The fringe of my protective weave style
What do you need think of the protective weave?
You better work!
Today was a milestone for me because I did my first cold call in a long time. I did not get through to the decision maker but I got a key name which I can use to follow up when Easter ends next week. How has your week gone for all of you, whether you are at work or not? I also have been building a new list of cold prospects, it’s an organic list I am collating myself – it’s extremely time-consuming but I am aiming for millionaire status so I know I have to put in work.
King Beyoncé got herself a tumblr + sent her first tweet. Good for the king! As some of you regular coals know, I love Beyoncé! So it’s cool to have a spot to be a crazy stan and not be judging for it ha ha ha!
How has your week been?
1. There are no queues: I was the bank recently and one girl came up to me in the queue and note I don’t know this bird from Adam & Eve and she literally was like ”save me a spot”. No bish, you can queue like everyone else in the bloody queue.
2. When people queue jump, they make it look easy breezy beautiful CoverFool: I will never forget being at the NBC bank branch at Mlimani City and seeing this guy queue jumping and all of us behind him let him know to get the F back and have a seat. I always find it crazy when people think their bank issue matters more than people who have been queuing legitimately.
3. Some cashiers power-trip: Now cashiers in Tanzanian banks do not get a great salary in Western terms but for Tanzania, the money is alright considering that they are sitting on their arses and counting cash (no shade to anyone who does, talking about the ones in my bank only). And yes cashiers at NBC bank in Mlimani City, I am calling you guys out for being rude and wack when someone fills out a cash deposit form and makes one tiny mistake such as a crossing out and making them fill out a brand new form….*crickets*. Power tripping at its finest.
4. Raggedy Anne types should not be underestimated: The people who rock up to the bank looking Raggedy Anne are the ones depositing tonnes of cash. I remember one day queuing to deposit some money and seeing this man who if he had been outside the bank, people here would have probably said he looked messy and stained. The guy was depositing serious sums of money. Just goes to show, never judge a book by its cover. I certaintly don’t because I’ve been judged in banks as well judging by how I look.
Moral of these 4 things: Appearances are always deceiving and have some damn courtesy in the bank! When I went to the bank recently, I looked a damn mess – my dress was a little dustry and my feet definitely needed cream and the looks people can give you is ridiculous.
All black everything! Just got my new business cards from the printers today. They are double-sided on both sides, and black too
What do you think?
#Godfirstambitionsecond
New beauty photoshoot of Jourdan Dunn who is the face of Burberry, the innovative fashion brand that invented the trench coat
Enough said with this simple poster.
Is this a good move by Burberry?
Sasha Ricketts and Natasha Dunn are two women from the UK who have created a natural hair brand called I Love Afro. The London-based pair discuss what it is like running their own business & their thoughts on the business of natural hair, which is on the up and up.
1) Why did you start I Love Afro and how did you spot a gap in the market?
We started our business in 2008 as we found it difficult sourcing afro hair products from the UK and buying from the US didn’t prove cost effective. Our initial thoughts were to import US products and sell them in the UK, but once we realised there was a gap in the British market for natural hair products we thought why not make our own! Continue reading
