Miss Jessie's Products Hits Select Target Locations

Founded by sisters, Miko and Titi Branch, Miss Jessie's Products are designed to style curly, kinky, and wavy textures. I've personally never bought the products, because they are too expensive for my budget. For example, a 16 oz jar of the Miss Jessie's Baby Buttercreme retails for $58 PLUS shipping!  I've always felt like they were taking advantage of the fact that black women are willing to spend a lot of money on their hair.  I'm all for making money, but I can't imagine that there are any ingredients in the product that are so expensive, that it warrants them charging $58 for 1 lb. of product  (It is worth noting that they have cheaper products, and you can also buy 2 oz or 8 oz versions of the products).

Anyways, maybe now that the products are available at Target, they'll be a little cheaper (I doubt it, but a sister can hope, can't she?) Click here to find a location near you, because not all Target locations will carry the products.  I'd be curious to hear about your experiences with the Miss Jessie's products.

More Bad News for Black Women?

So I was traveling last week, and got distracted. I meant to write a post about all of the bad news for black women in the media. Then I debated whether I should even write about it since it's so daggone depressing.

In recent weeks, I feel like I've been bombarded by news stories indicating that because I am a black woman, I'm likely to be single, have a net value of $5, and have herpes! Since I'm in grad school, the first two actually might be true, but for the record I DO NOT have herpes. Lol!

But seriously, is there any good news out there about black women?! Admittedly my friends are a rare breed, but in my friend circle, I seriously don't see the depressing statistics that the news stories report (I guess I wouldn't necessarily be privy to the fact that someone has herpes, but I digress). In any case, if ya'll have any good news about black women, send it my way. As a matter of fact, I'm going to make it a point to post some positive stories about sistas in the coming weeks. Ciao!

p.s. This might not be the best pic of a black woman, but I'm trying to avoid copyright issues. This was a free stock photo available on the net ;-)

No But Really, It Doesn't Rub Off

During their first joint trip together to Haiti last week, former president, George W. Bush wipes his hand on Bill Clinton's shirt after shaking hands with some Haitians.  I could not make this stuff up if tried.  Check out the video--it's only 40 seconds.