Daily Fix of Hair

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Today's fix is Me, Myself & I.

The hair is a kind of wash n go. My hair needed a pick me up before I wash my hair this weekend so I did a semi co wash...meaning I just drenched my hair under the shower & with some conditioner.

Rinsed out the condish then applied Cantu Leave in haphazardly.. one half then the next and then applied Cantu Hair Silk.

Put it in a bun, went to bed & pulled out the bun today.

I might post a pic of my hair not up.

Foodie Wednesdays: Guest Post by Jessica from Jessiker Bakes {Black Velvet Cupcakes}

Hello Candid Cinni followers! My name is Jessica of Jessiker Bakes and this is my guest post on Candid Cinni's blog. Every Wednesday we will be doing a foodie themed blog post to satisfy your sweet (and sometimes savoury) cravings! Everyone does love to eat, right? Great. This week it's a way to incorporate something new and familiar (beer!) into your Thanksgiving celebrations! 

Give us your feedback so I can cater these guest posts to your desires!

Happy reading and even happier eating! 

- Jessica @ Jessiker Bakes

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Let me make two points -

1. I hate beer.
2. I am in love with these cupcakes.

I'm not sure, if it's the chocolate-y but not so chocolate-y flavour. If it's how deliciously moist they are: the most moist cupcakes I've ever tasted. If it was the distinct after taste. Or maybe it was how fluffy they were. Or the fact that I just did a little potion magic and turned Guinness into a sweet butterbeer-esque potion.

Whatever it was, these were so good.
I brought them to school, and my friends devoured them in I'm estimating about 2 seconds flat?
I converted non-chocolate lovers with these cupcakes.

I converted myself.

I would say I enjoyed them so much that I had 2, but I didn't have 2.

....

I had 3. 

Oh dear, that's pretty horrible isn't it? Especially since the smell was so intoxicating that I ate one about 4 seconds after it came out of the oven doing the infamous -it's-so-hot-it's-burning-my-tongue mouth blowing dance and enjoyed every second. Then I thought about them all the way until the next morning and started my day with one.

Then I kept one back in the fridge to have after class since Tuesdays are my roughest day. Yum.

Let me know what you think!

P.S. I left out the almonds.

Black Velvet Baby Cakes by BBC Good Food
Makes 10 regular cupcakes

• Ingredients
• 100g softened butter , plus extra for greasing
• 175g light brown soft sugar
• 1 egg
• 100g self-raising flour
• 50g ground almonds
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 5 tbsp cocoa , plus a little extra for decorating
• 150ml Guinness

• 200ml double cream
• 25g icing sugar
• splash Champagne (optional)

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line the bases of 6 dariole moulds with baking parchment. Put the butter, sugar, egg, flour, ground almonds, bicarbonate, cocoa and Guinness in a mixing bowl. Beat together until lump-free. Divide between the tins then bake for 20-25 mins until risen and a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool for 15 mins, then remove from tins and cool completely - the same way up they baked, don't turn upside-down.
2. Whip cream with the icing sugar and splash of Champagne, if using, until thick. Spoon a dollop onto the top of each cake and dust with a touch of cocoa. Serve with glasses of Champagne or Black Velvets for pudding.

NaturalBelle Hair Talk Feature

My sister & I were featured on NaturalBelle!

I'm head over heels for her blog & have been a follower for over a year now. Love it so much.
I was elated that she asked for not only me to be featured but also my beautiful older sis =)



CHECK IT OUT HERE

Daily Fix of Hair

Today's fix is in video form due to my prancing about Youtube land.

Reggae Dancehall I love, yadda yadda... if you follow my blog you know this.. if you didn't know.. well yay you now know! =)

Know how one thing leads to another? Right so I've been clicking on videos that come on the side because well they're similar and interesting.. aaannnddd I happened upon Shisha.

Shisha is a dancehall queen from France who captured the European Dancehall Queen title.
The first reel of footage I watched of her dancing, I was blown. Girl got skills.
As I was watching it, I thought of how I used to dream about being a dancehall queen (circa late 90's) & how I've never really seen much natural hair on a dancehall queen.

Clicked on another vid on the side... SHISHA IS NATURAL!

I was surprised & slightly creeped out because I just thought about natural hair & dancehall. Happy though :)

The first video is with Shisha & another dancehall queen Aaxxia.
The second is the one I mentioned.

Enjoy =)

Daily Fix of Hair

Today's Fix is chock full of Jamaican goodness.

Esther Beckford modeling Jae Jolly. Photography by Marlon James

Foodie Wednesdays: Guest Post by Jessica from Jessiker Bakes {Bruschetta}

Hello Candid Cinni followers! My name is Jessica of Jessiker Bakes and this is my guest post on Candid Cinni's blog. Every Wednesday we will be doing a foodie themed blog post to satisfy your sweet (and sometimes savoury) cravings! Everyone does love to eat, right? Great. This week it's savoury - bruschetta, my favourite appetizer! Let's switch it up with some divine flavours!!

Give us your feedback so I can cater these guest posts to your desires!

Happy reading and even happier eating! 

- Jessica @ Jessiker Bakes

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Bruschetta is my favourite appetizer in the world. If you're a tomato lover and you haven't tried bruschetta yet, you need to try it. Bruschetta originated from Italy, and is basically toasted bread that has been rubbed with garlic, butter and lightly salted topped with a blend of tomatoes, basil and mozzarella cheese. Sometimes it's served cold, sometimes hot; I love both ways. What you're essentially making to describe it differently, is garlic bread topped with delicious tomatoes and cheese.


To twist it a bit, I roasted my tomatoes first to produce an absolutely delicious home-made version of sun-dried tomatoes. If you want me to do a separate blog post on that just let me know; it's so easy and delicious.
Anyhow, then I blended them a bit before using them. I also added parsley, well, because I love parsley. Please! Fresh ingredients only. Needless to say, I ate every single serving as a meal; no judgments please! It's appetizer portion *wink*

Roasted Tomatoes Bruschetta


1 french bread roll
Fresh basil (fresh is always the best!)
Fresh parsley
2 roasted tomatoes or 4 halves
Sprinkling of mozzarella
1 crushed and chopped garlic clove
butter
salt

Prepare the roasted tomatoes first. If you aren't using roasted tomatoes, then just wash regular tomatoes and use those. Note: roasted tomatoes give a lot more flavour. To roast tomatoes, cut them in half, sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes 

Place tomato halves into a blender with fresh basil and parsley (leave some behind for garnish). Select "chop" or grind" and pulse in 1 second pulses for about 10 seconds.

Preheat toaster oven to 400 Degrees F. Slice french roll into slices that are about 1/2 inch thick. Mix butter, a pinch of salt and crushed garlic together and rub and top bread with the mixture.

Place slices with topping up on a tray and bake for about 5 minutes until lightly toasted.

Remove slices and top with tomatoes. Add a sprinkling of mozzarella and parsley or basil for garnish. Serve and enjoy!