We're Getting Married

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Rashaad and I are officially engaged and planning a BIG church wedding!!

Its such a blessing to be with the person God created just for you, who not only loves God as much as you do, but loves you the way you deserve to be loved!

Rashaad and I have been together for 2.5 years and its been quite the ride to say the least. I never understood what it truly meant to be in an adult relationship since I haven't had a boyfriend since my freshman  year in college, so needless to say I went into this thing with only the information I learned from sermons, books and conversations I've had with a countless number of people. 

Did I make a lot of mistakes? Absolutely! Did He? You know it! 

But no matter what we kept "choosing" the other and held onto the word of God 

and instructions from the holy spirit. 

We're excited about this next stage in our lives and look forward to celebrating with you 

VERY soon as we join into the 2nd highest covenant on earth!!

PRAISE GOD

Power Word

Hey Peeps!! My how it has been forever since I have written here on my blog...

but its to be expected when working on a ton of other things. :) 

Its Friday evening and I took most of the day off to attend a few meetings and then take some time for myself...before tomorrow. 

I was blessed with an opportunity to give a "Power Word" at a church tomorrow afternoon during what I believe will be a youth service. I have never been presented with an opportunity like this before, nor have I ever given a "sermon" before, but I figured since I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me then why now right?!?

I will admit it does feel kinda weird that there is a possibility that someone will introduce me as Minister Keenya and that people are looking to me to hear "something" from God to give them hope, enhance their faith and teach them something they may not be aware of...but if I never start then I'll never do what God has called me to do which is "SPEAK."

I would LOVE it if some of you that have subscribed to my blog would come out tomorrow and show your support or at least saying a small prayer for ya girl!!! 

Til next time....

Oh How I Love Jesus....no like for real!

OH HOW I LOVE THIS!!!

You guys know me...Ya'll know I love me some Jesus..

NO  LIKE FOR REAL!!

I pray this blesses you!

Guest Bloggers

As you guys have noticed, I have truly been slacking on my blog....I've been super duper busy, however, I still want to provide you guys with valuable information. 

With this in mind, I would love to chat with you guys that love to write about hair, fashion and makeup, that would be interested in being a guest blogger for www.keenyakelly.com.

If this is you, please email me directly at keenyakelly@gmail.com. 

You will need to submit at least 3 of your best writings regarding Natural Hair, 

Fashion and/or Makeup. 

"Beauty By Lee"

Fresh Faces

Hey Ladies!!

Return of the Curls is looking for fresh faces to feature on www.returnofthecurls.com under our "Beauty of the Week" section. We are looking for ladies with naturally curly hair, but you can highlight your makeup, outfit, etc as well. 

Our model who did the Big Chop last year.

Beauty we found online

ME!!!

If you're interested in being featured email your photos to: info@returnofthecurls.com with all of your Social Media Links. 

Thank You

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

This morning I woke up with anticipation of seeing all the ZEROS on my blog...and there it was!

It's been quite an amazing journey trying to figure out whats going on with my hair. 

I know you all can relate to doing the Big Chop and then pretty much looking like a "Bald Eagle" and still expected to leave the house looking fierce. 

My Big Chop

My First Frohawk

Now 3 years later, I have hair longer beyond my shoulders, even though I have chopped off about 10 inches over the past 3 years....and growing. 

 This past summer

This past summer

While I am still trying to learn my hair and scalp, I must say that being able to share my journey on a daily/weekly/monthly basis has been one of the most amazing experiences, and to know that you guys were interested in following me on this journey is really priceless. 

I'll be honest with you, I had NO DESIRE to write! None, Zero, Zilch, but God told someone to tell me to write, I thought they were talking fluff so it took me a year to even set up the blog to begin writing, but I'm glad that I did. 

Thank you again for being willing to come  to my blog and also all of your support and encouragement that you guys provide me with via your comments and emails. 

I pray that my Keenya Kelly page will expand and be able to assist you with not only your hair, but all aspects of your life. I thank you, I love you and Pray Gods blessings, peace and joy to be upon you. 

.....Keenya

Lipstick

So this is the lipstick I purchased from CVS a few months ago, and i must say I really like it...except it does easily fade....which lipsticks do you wear?

Cooking

The past couple of weeks, I have been trying to jump back into the kitchen eating all of my favorite foods without them being overloaded with calories and things that are going to clog my arteries.
One of my favorite things to eat is salsa/pico de gallo, and yummy salads, so this is what I made!!

I'm waiting for my mother to send me this Magic Bullet so that I can begin to puree the pico into a yummy salsa, but until then, I really enjoy eating it pretty much on anything...

the other day I ate it with pretzels. (Its much healthier than me eating Sour Cream and Onion chips with some unhealthy dip.) LOL

Here I made Tilapia in olive oil, seasoned with Garlic, Onion Salt and Obay on a bed of mixed greens with honey roasted sunflower kernels. I eat this meal pretty often and absolutely LOVE IT!!

Tomorrow I think I am going to make Tilapia over a bed of fresh spinach with a vinaigrette dressing, like in the above salad with the sunflower kernels...but I am going to add fresh flax seed so that I get tons of fiber in my body.

Curly Nikki Joins Return of the Curls Tour

YES YOU ARE READING IT RIGHT!!

Let me tell ya'll all about this story. 

So you know I started my company Keenya Kelly LLC on February 7th of last year. We were blessed to have a very successful event in Richmond, Va Return of the Curls, with the theme "Taming the Beast." I was blown away by all of the support that we received not only from our local naturals, but from the international companies. AMAZED. The entire time I was praying day in and day out asking God to guide my feet, teach me everything I needed to know, bring me help and bring in these certain companies. He brought in every one of them that I wrote on my tithes envelope. So with planning my 2013 calendar I began talking to him about taking my company to the next level and wanting to provide my audience with more of what they desired. 

I knew that Curly Nikki was not only internationally recognized, but that she has a wealth of knowledge that I and my audience could benefit from...and we all  love taking photos with "celebrities" so I thought she would be a nice touch and a true blessing...as well as Gods way of being God and being able to do whatever he wanted. So November of last year while paying my tithes I began to write Curly Nikki's name on my tithes envelop in faith that she would be at one of my shows in 2013. On January 20th of 2013, I received an email from Nikki and then a phone call.  Upon receipt of the email, I immediately called my best friend Joi, whom at first when I called shared that she was busy working with her students, but when I told her about Curly Nikki, suddenly she was available. LOL We screamed laughed and acted like Curly Nikki was Michael Jackson, because truth be told in the Natural hair world...SHE IS!!

I then held a telephone conversation w/ Nikki, whom is super humble, sweet, soft spoken and just extremely down to earth....and we officially booked her for our July 13th show in Greensboro, NC. 

The purpose of this post isn't to brag by any means...but I am sharing what is happening in my life as a result of believing God and trying him at his word. He said he would pour us out blessings that we wouldn't have room enough to receive...well Curly Nikki is QUITE the blessing...but I am certain that he has so much more to come. 

I pray that if you are nearby that you will be able to make it out for the event. 

Weight Loss

I'm so sorry it has taken so long for me to post these videos. 

Return of the Curls will be in 3 different states over the next 5 months, so I have been devoting my times to God, Return of the Curls and the gym...I'll get my life together really soon, I promise. 

Check me out above in the video.