No matter how commercial, cliche or cheesy you may (or may not) consider this day, I pray that we’ll remember 1John 4:7-8 Beloved,let us love one another:for love is of God & every one that loveth is born of God & knoweth God. x ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

#HappyValentinesDay #Valentine #FebruaryChallenge #Feb13 #Feb14th #Day14 #red #black #blue #love #hearts #biro #pens #Iamroloro

JAMAICA!!!!! I love the #green #black and #yellow. (this pic was made years ago by my friend) #reppin still 😜😝😃😄 JA! Love the positivity that’s about :) (Taken with Instagram)

LoRo’s Self-Created Hairstyles: Afro Kinky Single Twists Brown Extensions I created this in Dec 2011. ~~~ Be Inspired. Be Afro-Licious! Be You. RochelleLoRo - The Hairstylist [More Hair Portfolios : check my ‘archive’ page on tumblr or search for ‘LoRo’s Hairstyles’] #afro #afro caribbean #black #black beauty #hair #twists #LoRosHairstyles #Loros (Taken with instagram)

Anonymous asked: Looking at your pictures, I really envy your natural hair! I'm growing out my relaxer and wanted to ask the best type of styles for afro hair and which products you use and would recommend? :)

Hey Anon :) thanks for hollering. No don’t envy! Instead be inspired! Major props to you for growing out your relax, I salute and encourage all who do that. Why envy when you’ll have great hair soon too =~P. If I’m being honest, I have too many random products sitting in my house and sometimes I mix and match. The BEST products (which I mostly use) are pure ALMOND OIL and OLIVE OIL (lighter). They are very nourishing and healthy. Someone once told me ‘ANYTHING THAT YOU PUT ONTO YOUR BODY AND YOUR HAIR SHOULD BE EDIBLE’ I additionally use organic root stimulator products (they should pay me for this promotion lol). Their aloe Shampoo/deep egg mayonnaise conditioner, coconut spray, olive oil cream and olive oil sheen are really good. Keep my hair feeling moisturised, conditioned and clean. Just a extra few tips : - the less you comb the better. (sometimes I don’t pick up a comb for a week ) haha - the longer duration your hair is plaited/twisted up for, the healthier and longer it will grow. -the higher the % of your hair that is plait up,at any one time, the longer it will grow. SOFTER and healthier etc., it’s also easier to maintain. -TRIMMING and cutting your hair is good. Sometimes we like to run away from scissors but they are your friends ;) Aim for every 2 months. - The money/time you spent on relaxer should go towards getting regular trims/treatments/steams - SUNLIGHT is our friend. Get as much as possible. - Eat right! fruit, veg and water. Cliche but true BEST STYLES erm?? lol look through all my pics on my ARCHIVE page or start tracking ‘LoRo’s Hairstyles’ or just follow me haha. TWISTS are amazing! Put them anywhere and everywhere. Easy to do yourself. Afro kinky extensions are okay but make sure you’re taking extra care keeping them moisturised. I loveee my up do’s. I think they look sophis. If you want to do a creative style, mix and match ***plaits/cornrows/twist/flat twists*** into one hairstyle. Google or look through my pics for inspiration. If you can’t canerow LEARN…PRACTICE. Start by twisting. 6 big plaits in your hair at at night and then start to vary. Do two big cornrows in your hair. When my hair is not on point, I wear a scarf or do two big plaits :). Enjoy your journey. I want to see pictures! I want to follow you. Feel like I’ve written an essay…but it was worth it ;) right? NATURAL BEAUTY #FTW !!!! Stay beautiful. Blessings x

LoRo’s Self-Created Hairstyles: Cornrows & Flat twist - My Hair Style

I created in Feb 2012. Straight Cornrows and crossovers. Flat twists were straightened via first.

Weakness or creativity?

I straightened part of the back and the left hand side with HEAT. Haven’t done so in 18months. Any excessive straightening of Afro- Caribbean hair depletes it. So I will not make a habit of it (like I used to). Sometimes I feel like i’m rejecting my natural Black, Beautiful, kinky hair when I straighten. But I was bored and wanted to do something quick and different! I will give my locks a nice treat(ment) soon. Hope you like!

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Be Inspired.

Be Afro-Licious!

Be You.

RochelleLoRo - The Hairstylist

[More Hair Portfolios : check my ‘archive’ page or or search for ‘LoRo’s Hairstyles’]

Preach

(Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968))

(Source: overitdotcom)

Inspiration, Thoughts, Words, Jesus, GOD: Black History Month - Showcase

ibless:

Appreciate the races,
Celebrate your background
And eliminate the hating
Cos everyone loves debating
“My race is better than yours,
No ratings”

I speak this,
Because as much as
The colour of my skin seems to dictate
My future and my pay rate
I stay content in knowing
the history…

My Sussex Bro’s @BlessedSpeeches BHM poem! Love! always!

Stevie Wonder -BLACK MAN LYRICS

STEVIE WONDER
“Black Man”

First man to die
For the flag we now hold high [Crispus Attucks]
Was a black man

The ground were we stand
With the flag held in our hand
Was first the red man’s

Guide of a ship
On the first Columbus trip [Pedro Alonzo Nino]
Was a brown man

The railroads for trains
Came on tracking that was laid
By the yellow man

We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors
Red, blue and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It’s time we learned
This World Was Made For All Men

Heart surgery
Was first done successfully
By a black man [Dr Daniel Hale Williams]

Friendly man who died
But helped the pilgrims to survive [Squanto]
Was a red man

Farm workers rights
Were lifted to new heights [Caesar Chavez]
By a brown man

Incandescent light
Was invented to give sight [Thomas Edison]
By the white man

We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors
Red, blue and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It’s time we learned
This World Was Made For All Men

Hear me out…

Now I know the birthday of a nation
Is a time when a country celebrates
But as your hand touches your heart
Remember we all played a part in America
To help that banner wave

First clock to be made
In America was created
By a black man [Benjamin Banneker]

Scout who used no chart
Helped lead Lewis and Clark
Was a red man [Sacagawea]

Use of martial arts
In our country got its start
By a yellow man

And the leader with a pen
Signed his name to free all men
Was a white man [Abraham Lincoln]

We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors
Red, blue and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It’s time we learned
This World Was Made For All Men

This world was made for all men
This world was made for all men
This world was made for all men
God saved His world for all men
All people
All babies
All children
All colors
All races
This world’s for you
and me
This world
My world
Your world
Everybody’s world
This world
Their world
Our world
This world was made for all men

Hear me out…

Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole?
Matthew Henson - a black man

Who was the first american to show the Pilgrims at Plymouth the secrets of survival in the new world?
Squanto - a red man

Who was the soldier of Company G who won high honors for his courage and heroism in World War 1?
Sing Kee - a yellow man

Who was the leader of united farm workers and helped farm workers maintain dignity and respect?
Caesar Chavez - a brown man

Who was the founder of blood plasma and the director of the Red Cross blood bank?
Dr. Charles Drew - a black man

Who was the first American heroine who aided the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacajewa - a red woman

Who was the famous educator and semanticist who made outstanding contributions to education in America?
Hayakawa - a yellow man

Who invented the world’s first stop light and the gas mask?
Garrett Morgan - a black man

Who was the American surgeon who was one of the founders of neurosurgery?
Harvey Williams Cushing - a white man

Who was the man who helped design the nation’s capitol, made the first clock to give time in America and wrote the first almanac?
Benjamin Banneker - a black man

Who was the legendary hero who helped establish the League of Iroquois?
Hiawatha - a red man

Who was the leader of the first microbiotic center in America?
Micho Kushi - a yellow man

Who was the founder of the city of Chicago in 1772?
Jean Baptiste - a black man

Who was one of the organizers of the American Indian Movement?
Denis Banks - a red man

Who was the Jewish financier who raised founds to sponsor Cristopher Columbus’ voyage to America?
Lewis D. Santangel - a white man

Who was the woman who led countless slaves to freedom on the underground rairoad?
Harriet Tubman - a black woman

STEVIE WONDER lyrics are property and copyright of their owners.

LoRo’s Self-created Hairstyles : Oct 11

LoRo’s *Signature* POEM : “REVOLUTION!” (Happy Black History month…Life!)

Rochelle ‘RochelleLoRo’ Logan-Rodgers ©18.02.2010

Performed @:

Underground Royalty | COTTONS | 2012

LIVE | COTTONS |2012

“Culturefest” | Brighton | March 2010

“Trust” | Hackeny Empire | Sep 2011

“LIVE-Black History Special” | COTTONS | Oct 2011

Published on: http://robertlevyfoundation.org/

Be inspired! Remember even if we start of small, like making simple choices in every area of our life,  we can set in motion a momentous chain reaction.

REVOLUTION! 

 

Revolution of the mind 

Revolution of the body 

Revolution of the Soul

 

It’s in our control

 

I’ve come to the conclusion

That we live in an illusion

What we recognize to be true, is not

What needs to be remembered, is forgotten 

 

Plugged into a matrix of lies and deceit

Programmed to know and accept defeat

Feeding from leftovers to survive and eat

Dumbed down and desensitized to take the back seat

 

Please take your backside and stand up

Please open your eyes wide and wake up

  

It’s my conclusion_­­,

The ‘war on terror’ is an illusion

A pollution of fear, for those who care,

To be put to confusion

As the government swears,

“Oil is not our aim, disarming WMDs is our game”

“Weapons of Mass Destruction” they claimed.

 

But what about weapons of mass distraction?

How do we revolt against that fatal attraction?

When the television tells lies to our vision

The mind’s imprisoned, controlled by subconscious decisions

 

True revolution will not be televised,

We need to fix up, look sharp, get wise

Use the net or head down to the library,

Uncover the lies that have been buried.

 

Che Guevara aided the Cuban revolution

He overstood the power of propaganda’s confusion

So he didn’t just teach his guerrillas how to fight,

He made sure every one of them learnt how to read and write

  

Revolution of the mind

Revolution of the body

Revolution of the Soul

 

It’s in our control

 

Martin Luther King said ‘let freedom reign’

Today I ask, ‘Are we truly free?’

When Aaliyah declared ‘we need a resolution’

I think we needed to make that our decree

 

When Marvin Gaye asked ‘What’s going on’?

He saw police brutality and poverty

And when Bob Marley sang ‘redemption song’

He said ‘emancipate yourself from mental slavery’

 

 

When Marley sang about Buffalo soldiers

Did you know about the Tuskegee Airmen?

How their courage helped the revolution

But our beautiful history extends before then

 

When 2pac talked about changes

Another prophet agreed

He said a revolution is a complete constructive change

It’s a 180 or full 360 degrees

 

A revolution is a rotational motion or axial rotation

It’s an orbital motion about a point

It’s a momentous change in a situation

Overthrow a government; remove and reappoint

 

 Revolution of the mind

Revolution of the body

Revolution of the Soul

 

It’s in our control

 

We need to control our own businesses

We need to open our own shops

We need to conquer the 1% of the world

Who owns what the other 99 has not

 

We need to support the people

We need to get back to our roots

We need to be conscious to nature

Not cloud our reality with lies that pollute

 

We need to control the media

We need to watch what we eat

We need to break from the supremacies that exist

And pull down the strongholds of the elite

 

 Revolution of the mind

 

Negative thoughts need to be brought to execution

No longer be a target of ignorant persecution

A distribution, of good thoughts

Should be your contribution

To our community, truth talks

Much higher than the institutions

That can divide

But God is higher than religion

But we don’t think

So the knowledge of life

Undergoes dilution

 

A lifetime of debt

That forced us into prostitution

The pimps say ‘labour for life’

And that the only absolution

To this mess, is a new order for world evolution

But we need to wake up and shout “No! The revolution is the solution”

 

Revolution of the mind

Revolution of the body

Revolution of the Soul

It’s in our control

To reach the common goal 

Elevate from this hole

Return what’s been stole

 

05/10/2011