Introducing--Clarice Shackelford and Ballin' on a Budget

Let's celebrate the addition of Clarice aka Reece to Deporian. 

I'm sure everyone's looking forward to Reece's wise advice on how to look and be ballin'... on a budget

 My name is Clarice , however you can call me Reece. I am a  native of Florida, I have a soft spot for nature, gummy bears,and long walks on the beach... I also LOOOOOVE a great clothing sale!!!! I am a fiber artist, fabric designer, blogger, model, and stylist. 

I received my BFA degree from Temple University in Fiber Art & Material Studies. I enjoyed this for I loved designing fabrics ,  creative distinct color palettes, and  sewing. 

All of these skills have contributed into my taste for good quality products and ingredients. Oh I forgot to also mention that I am a cooker... my father was a chef.... so I've only learned from the best!!!!

Any who,  I love learning about health, life and and self growth and most of all I enjoy sharing what I've learned with others!!!

A REVIEW for Protective Styling on Natural Hair

There are so many posts out there about protective styling, but this isn't exactly one of them.

What this is is a review.

Me personally, I have a love/hate relationship with protective styling. I usually go for long term styles like mini twists/braids or my recent protective style, braid extensions. 

I love that these styles allow me to retain length because I'm not constantly manipulating my hair.

I really enjoy that taking my hair out is like a new experience "Wow, look how long it's gotten since last month!" 

However--I get so borrrrrrred! Not to mention that some styles are more "protective" than others. This all depends on your head of hair of course. 

I've found that mini braids work better for my hair because it fully stretches my hair, instead of twists which tend to dread... and that's not what I had in mind... 

I remember crying after snipping a thick dreading twist from the middle of my head. All that progress, to get cut away.

Now I do the style above when I want long term protection, loose twists and braided roots/ The braid keeps the roots stretched against shrinkage, and the super loose twists stall the dreading process. 

I made sure to wash and condition as usual. I redid twisted the ends about 3 times a month and redid the style completely at the month mark.

So be SMART with your protective styles. 

The biggest factors that determine the success of a long term protective style is time and style. 

Don't leave the styles in for more than 6 weeks (without redoing)

Pay attention to your hair! It will tell you when it needs to be touched up or taken out completely.


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• Protective Styling
• Stretching Natural Hair
• 1 Year Natural Hair Journey!!!

(Culture & Fashion) American Horror Story-Circus

Rumors are flying around the web that the newest American Horror Story theme iiiiis (drum roll please...) Circus. 

But according to Natalie Abrams, AHS could be any of these 5 themes

1. Nuclear
2. Roswell
3. MIA Aircraft
4. Top Secret
5. Circus

While we're just as absorbed in the AHS gossip as you are, and can't put these rumors to rest (wish we could) we can give you this Deporian original gem in anticipation of the new season, whatever the theme may be :)

Based on the post 5 Wild Theories for American Horror Story's 1950s-Set Season 4

Feel free to spread this awesome recreation around!!!


Be sure to tune in tonight 10pm EST for American Horror Story Coven. (Angela Bassett, oh that's one Baaaaad Witch)

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• HBO's Girls
• Resident Evil
• Netflix
• Teen Wolf

(Lifestyle & Fashion) How to achieve this look!

Achieve this look!

This image has been circling Tumblr and Facebook and everyone wants to know, how did you get your hair like this?!

Step One: Protective Style Take-down

I had this protective style in for about 9 weeks (redoing it every week of course!) before I took them down. You don't have to have the style in for that long to achieve this look, but make sure your hair is stretched but not too manipulated ie. loose twists or braids.

Step 2: Bantu Knots

I bantu knotted my hair as I took down my protective style and only kept them in for as long as it took to undo all of my hair.

The result, super stretched and big hair!

Try this for yourself and tell us what you think! 

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• 1 Year Natural Hair Journey!!!
• Stretching Natural Hair
• Get BIG Natural Hair!

Weekly Spoof-Resident Evil

Remember this:

PlayStation 5 presents

President Evil-a tale of your average corporate zombie

See the full story on our Tumblr

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GIRLS is back! *SPOILER ALERT*

GIRLS is back!

HBO's quirky TV series, GIRLS has returned for season 3!!
       

So the season preimere of HBO's hit tv show GIRLS returned last Sunday and it was awesome!!

The premiere opened with Hannah finally getting her life together. She seems to have control over her life once again with Adam by her side. She's taking her medicine and going to therapy and she's not getting sued by her editor! Things seem to be going well but you never know with Hannah. Let's see what shenanigans she'll get into this season!

Marnie is same ol' Marnie. Apparently, Charlie left Marnie and Marnie is all distraught but towards the end of the episode Adam gives her some great advice,surprisingly, and Marnie seems to have a better outlook on life. 

Shoshanna is letting her wild side show. Not much dialogue from Shoshanna in this episode but we see a few scene of her waking in a guys bed and her studying. Is she bored with life or what does she really want?

Finally, we find out where the hell Jessa is!! Last season, Jessa completely abandon Hannah at Jessa's parents house, leaving Hannah all alone, which was a part of the reason her OCD episode came about. Jessa is in rehab but it seem like she doesn't want to be there. She causes so much trouble that she ends up getting kicked out of rehab. She calls Hannah at the end of the episode and we are left with a cliff-hanger on whether Hannah is going to pick up Jessa!

Questions about the preimere!
*Is Hannah really ok?
*Why did Charlie dump Marnie? and Where is he?
* What's going on with Shoshanna? Is she really happy with her new "free-spirited" life?
* Will Jessa shake things up again?

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PS, how do you like Deporian's version of Girls?

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1 Year Natural Hair Growth

It CAN grow

There are so many myths about black hair, mainly that it can't grow. Deporian is here to tell you this is 

FALSE!

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