When we are invited to an Indian wedding, we USE WHAT WE GOT to HONOR & CELEBRATE! #BaldieBrigade
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Congratulations to the incomparable Mira Nair (@pagliji) on the opening of her musical adaptation of the beloved story #monsoonwedding (@monsoonmusical). Now playing at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
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👑 Henna design using Jagua (A natural skin dye from South America) by Sabeen Marghoob (@hennabysabeen)
✂️ Baldie by Jay Johnson (@MrBarberJ)
🎨🖌️ Makeup by @nickbarose
🥻 Saree (borrowed in a pinch!) from @mishajapanwala
#Wedding #HennaArt #Jagua #culturalappreciation
Happy without hair!
(Application for the Dora Milaje submitted! 🙅🏿♀️)
I don’t know who needs to hear this but: May JOY be your DEFIANCE today! (Inspired by #FatHamBroadway)
I chopped off my sisterlocks! Here’s how I said goodbye. #sisterlocks #shorthair #newhaircut
THE STORY OF MY HEAD:
I met @hennabysabeen last year at a wedding in Pakistan. She did the #HennaDesign for the bride and I was ASTOUNDED by the INTRICACY and BEAUTY of her work. There was something unique about the way she expressed herself in henna art. And I promised myself, “One day I will have a reason to work with Sabeen.”
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1.5 years later, when I got the invitation to attend the opening night of my dear friend, Mira Nair’s @monsoonmusical, I was scrambling at the last minute to find something to wear. I borrowed a sari and jewelry from @mishajapanwala, the bride from Pakistan, but the look didn’t feel complete…
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And then, in the middle of the night, an image SHOT into my mind of a henna design covering my bald head!!! I could do something special and different, to celebrate the culture using the canvas readily available to me! I was so excited by the idea that I could not go back to sleep. Misha connected me to Sabeen, and we were ON OUR WAY…
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Sabeen had NEVER designed for a head before; I had never done such a thing before either. My only prompt to her was that I wanted a widow’s peak (homage to the bindhi, borla / maang tikka), the rest was ALL HER INNOVATION. She suggested #jagua, a natural dye from the jagua fruit of South America that would be dark enough to give good contrast to my dark skin ☺️.
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We were both excited and terrified. What if it went wrong or looked funny??? Well, I thought, I can always wear a head wrap….
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But Sabeen BROUGHT IT! We stopped now and again so that I could give her feedback because she was DETERMINED to leave me a happy client. And Sabeen was METICULOUS. She did not stop until it was perfect. When we looked at the finished head… we were both GRINNING!
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It takes about 24 hours for the dye to really show up. And when it came in, in FULL CONTRAST the next day, I was simply MOVED. It was beautiful. It was bold and elegant; it had a point of view. We had not played it safe, and it had paid off. And I had found a new way to express myself without hair!
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So the moral of this story is: DARE YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT BEAUTY IN NEW WAYS. And, Sabeen, thank you for bestowing on me the beauty of your hand and history!
THE STORY OF MY HEAD:
I met @hennabysabeen last year at a wedding in Pakistan. She did the #HennaDesign for the bride and I was ASTOUNDED by the INTRICACY and BEAUTY of her work. There was something unique about the way she expressed herself in henna art. And I promised myself, “One day I will have a reason to work with Sabeen.”
:
1.5 years later, when I got the invitation to attend the opening night of my dear friend, Mira Nair’s @monsoonmusical, I was scrambling at the last minute to find something to wear. I borrowed a sari and jewelry from @mishajapanwala, the bride from Pakistan, but the look didn’t feel complete…
:
And then, in the middle of the night, an image SHOT into my mind of a henna design covering my bald head!!! I could do something special and different, to celebrate the culture using the canvas readily available to me! I was so excited by the idea that I could not go back to sleep. Misha connected me to Sabeen, and we were ON OUR WAY…
:
Sabeen had NEVER designed for a head before; I had never done such a thing before either. My only prompt to her was that I wanted a widow’s peak (homage to the bindhi, borla / maang tikka), the rest was ALL HER INNOVATION. She suggested #jagua, a natural dye from the jagua fruit of South America that would be dark enough to give good contrast to my dark skin ☺️.
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We were both excited and terrified. What if it went wrong or looked funny??? Well, I thought, I can always wear a head wrap….
:
But Sabeen BROUGHT IT! We stopped now and again so that I could give her feedback because she was DETERMINED to leave me a happy client. And Sabeen was METICULOUS. She did not stop until it was perfect. When we looked at the finished head… we were both GRINNING!
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It takes about 24 hours for the dye to really show up. And when it came in, in FULL CONTRAST the next day, I was simply MOVED. It was beautiful. It was bold and elegant; it had a point of view. We had not played it safe, and it had paid off. And I had found a new way to express myself without hair!
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So the moral of this story is: DARE YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT BEAUTY IN NEW WAYS. And, Sabeen, thank you for bestowing on me the beauty of your hand and history!
THE STORY OF MY HEAD:
I met @hennabysabeen last year at a wedding in Pakistan. She did the #HennaDesign for the bride and I was ASTOUNDED by the INTRICACY and BEAUTY of her work. There was something unique about the way she expressed herself in henna art. And I promised myself, “One day I will have a reason to work with Sabeen.”
:
1.5 years later, when I got the invitation to attend the opening night of my dear friend, Mira Nair’s @monsoonmusical, I was scrambling at the last minute to find something to wear. I borrowed a sari and jewelry from @mishajapanwala, the bride from Pakistan, but the look didn’t feel complete…
:
And then, in the middle of the night, an image SHOT into my mind of a henna design covering my bald head!!! I could do something special and different, to celebrate the culture using the canvas readily available to me! I was so excited by the idea that I could not go back to sleep. Misha connected me to Sabeen, and we were ON OUR WAY…
:
Sabeen had NEVER designed for a head before; I had never done such a thing before either. My only prompt to her was that I wanted a widow’s peak (homage to the bindhi, borla / maang tikka), the rest was ALL HER INNOVATION. She suggested #jagua, a natural dye from the jagua fruit of South America that would be dark enough to give good contrast to my dark skin ☺️.
:
We were both excited and terrified. What if it went wrong or looked funny??? Well, I thought, I can always wear a head wrap….
:
But Sabeen BROUGHT IT! We stopped now and again so that I could give her feedback because she was DETERMINED to leave me a happy client. And Sabeen was METICULOUS. She did not stop until it was perfect. When we looked at the finished head… we were both GRINNING!
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It takes about 24 hours for the dye to really show up. And when it came in, in FULL CONTRAST the next day, I was simply MOVED. It was beautiful. It was bold and elegant; it had a point of view. We had not played it safe, and it had paid off. And I had found a new way to express myself without hair!
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So the moral of this story is: DARE YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT BEAUTY IN NEW WAYS. And, Sabeen, thank you for bestowing on me the beauty of your hand and history!
THE STORY OF MY HEAD:
I met @hennabysabeen last year at a wedding in Pakistan. She did the #HennaDesign for the bride and I was ASTOUNDED by the INTRICACY and BEAUTY of her work. There was something unique about the way she expressed herself in henna art. And I promised myself, “One day I will have a reason to work with Sabeen.”
:
1.5 years later, when I got the invitation to attend the opening night of my dear friend, Mira Nair’s @monsoonmusical, I was scrambling at the last minute to find something to wear. I borrowed a sari and jewelry from @mishajapanwala, the bride from Pakistan, but the look didn’t feel complete…
:
And then, in the middle of the night, an image SHOT into my mind of a henna design covering my bald head!!! I could do something special and different, to celebrate the culture using the canvas readily available to me! I was so excited by the idea that I could not go back to sleep. Misha connected me to Sabeen, and we were ON OUR WAY…
:
Sabeen had NEVER designed for a head before; I had never done such a thing before either. My only prompt to her was that I wanted a widow’s peak (homage to the bindhi, borla / maang tikka), the rest was ALL HER INNOVATION. She suggested #jagua, a natural dye from the jagua fruit of South America that would be dark enough to give good contrast to my dark skin ☺️.
:
We were both excited and terrified. What if it went wrong or looked funny??? Well, I thought, I can always wear a head wrap….
:
But Sabeen BROUGHT IT! We stopped now and again so that I could give her feedback because she was DETERMINED to leave me a happy client. And Sabeen was METICULOUS. She did not stop until it was perfect. When we looked at the finished head… we were both GRINNING!
:
It takes about 24 hours for the dye to really show up. And when it came in, in FULL CONTRAST the next day, I was simply MOVED. It was beautiful. It was bold and elegant; it had a point of view. We had not played it safe, and it had paid off. And I had found a new way to express myself without hair!
:
So the moral of this story is: DARE YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT BEAUTY IN NEW WAYS. And, Sabeen, thank you for bestowing on me the beauty of your hand and history!
THE STORY OF MY HEAD:
I met @hennabysabeen last year at a wedding in Pakistan. She did the #HennaDesign for the bride and I was ASTOUNDED by the INTRICACY and BEAUTY of her work. There was something unique about the way she expressed herself in henna art. And I promised myself, “One day I will have a reason to work with Sabeen.”
:
1.5 years later, when I got the invitation to attend the opening night of my dear friend, Mira Nair’s @monsoonmusical, I was scrambling at the last minute to find something to wear. I borrowed a sari and jewelry from @mishajapanwala, the bride from Pakistan, but the look didn’t feel complete…
:
And then, in the middle of the night, an image SHOT into my mind of a henna design covering my bald head!!! I could do something special and different, to celebrate the culture using the canvas readily available to me! I was so excited by the idea that I could not go back to sleep. Misha connected me to Sabeen, and we were ON OUR WAY…
:
Sabeen had NEVER designed for a head before; I had never done such a thing before either. My only prompt to her was that I wanted a widow’s peak (homage to the bindhi, borla / maang tikka), the rest was ALL HER INNOVATION. She suggested #jagua, a natural dye from the jagua fruit of South America that would be dark enough to give good contrast to my dark skin ☺️.
:
We were both excited and terrified. What if it went wrong or looked funny??? Well, I thought, I can always wear a head wrap….
:
But Sabeen BROUGHT IT! We stopped now and again so that I could give her feedback because she was DETERMINED to leave me a happy client. And Sabeen was METICULOUS. She did not stop until it was perfect. When we looked at the finished head… we were both GRINNING!
:
It takes about 24 hours for the dye to really show up. And when it came in, in FULL CONTRAST the next day, I was simply MOVED. It was beautiful. It was bold and elegant; it had a point of view. We had not played it safe, and it had paid off. And I had found a new way to express myself without hair!
:
So the moral of this story is: DARE YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT BEAUTY IN NEW WAYS. And, Sabeen, thank you for bestowing on me the beauty of your hand and history!
THE STORY OF MY HEAD:
I met @hennabysabeen last year at a wedding in Pakistan. She did the #HennaDesign for the bride and I was ASTOUNDED by the INTRICACY and BEAUTY of her work. There was something unique about the way she expressed herself in henna art. And I promised myself, “One day I will have a reason to work with Sabeen.”
:
1.5 years later, when I got the invitation to attend the opening night of my dear friend, Mira Nair’s @monsoonmusical, I was scrambling at the last minute to find something to wear. I borrowed a sari and jewelry from @mishajapanwala, the bride from Pakistan, but the look didn’t feel complete…
:
And then, in the middle of the night, an image SHOT into my mind of a henna design covering my bald head!!! I could do something special and different, to celebrate the culture using the canvas readily available to me! I was so excited by the idea that I could not go back to sleep. Misha connected me to Sabeen, and we were ON OUR WAY…
:
Sabeen had NEVER designed for a head before; I had never done such a thing before either. My only prompt to her was that I wanted a widow’s peak (homage to the bindhi, borla / maang tikka), the rest was ALL HER INNOVATION. She suggested #jagua, a natural dye from the jagua fruit of South America that would be dark enough to give good contrast to my dark skin ☺️.
:
We were both excited and terrified. What if it went wrong or looked funny??? Well, I thought, I can always wear a head wrap….
:
But Sabeen BROUGHT IT! We stopped now and again so that I could give her feedback because she was DETERMINED to leave me a happy client. And Sabeen was METICULOUS. She did not stop until it was perfect. When we looked at the finished head… we were both GRINNING!
:
It takes about 24 hours for the dye to really show up. And when it came in, in FULL CONTRAST the next day, I was simply MOVED. It was beautiful. It was bold and elegant; it had a point of view. We had not played it safe, and it had paid off. And I had found a new way to express myself without hair!
:
So the moral of this story is: DARE YOURSELF TO SEEK OUT BEAUTY IN NEW WAYS. And, Sabeen, thank you for bestowing on me the beauty of your hand and history!
When they say “Dance like no one is watching,” is this what they mean??? 😂
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WHY AM I JUST NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS JAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! @LCDSoundSystem This is my UNADULTERATED JOY in the experience of hearing #DanceYrselfClean for the first time. I was trying to go to the beach, but the song would not let me go. 🤣
🎶 Dance Yrself Clean
📷 @selema
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Happy Friday Y’all! Let the music move you to chaos
#danceyrselfclean #lcdsoundsystem
Not a fan of sweetbreads… UNTIL THIS!!! #MexicoTeQuiero 🇲🇽🌮 everything tastes better as a taco.
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How do you like your #sweetbreads? Jalisco, Mexico
One more, just because… #jagua #henna
[SOUND ON 📣]
A sister, mother, a wife and friend 🫶🏿
A special soul, you are heaven sent 💐
Mummy, Mummy, we love you 💙
Sending love and adulation to my strong, nuturing and luminescent mother!!
Music and lyrics by @juniornyongo and @wanjawohoro 🎶
I ATE UP @fathambway! And you will too. This one is for repeat viewing!!!!
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So incredibly proud of my chosen blood @saheemscene on his FUN, FUNNY & FABULOUS Broadway directorial debut.
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@jwijames the playwright gives us no choice but to show up and shake with laughter.
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And the CAST is PRECIOUS American Airlines Theatre
I ATE UP @fathambway! And you will too. This one is for repeat viewing!!!!
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So incredibly proud of my chosen blood @saheemscene on his FUN, FUNNY & FABULOUS Broadway directorial debut.
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@jwijames the playwright gives us no choice but to show up and shake with laughter.
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And the CAST is PRECIOUS American Airlines Theatre
I ATE UP @fathambway! And you will too. This one is for repeat viewing!!!!
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So incredibly proud of my chosen blood @saheemscene on his FUN, FUNNY & FABULOUS Broadway directorial debut.
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@jwijames the playwright gives us no choice but to show up and shake with laughter.
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And the CAST is PRECIOUS American Airlines Theatre
I ATE UP @fathambway! And you will too. This one is for repeat viewing!!!!
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So incredibly proud of my chosen blood @saheemscene on his FUN, FUNNY & FABULOUS Broadway directorial debut.
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@jwijames the playwright gives us no choice but to show up and shake with laughter.
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And the CAST is PRECIOUS American Airlines Theatre
I ATE UP @fathambway! And you will too. This one is for repeat viewing!!!!
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So incredibly proud of my chosen blood @saheemscene on his FUN, FUNNY & FABULOUS Broadway directorial debut.
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@jwijames the playwright gives us no choice but to show up and shake with laughter.
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And the CAST is PRECIOUS American Airlines Theatre
As @iammichelleali said, “Greatest thread ever!” STANDING TALLER as a BALDIE with these comments! Shouting them out here #fortheculture! 🙌🏿🌍💜
Baldie Beauties featured: #MichaelaCoel, @adwoaaboah, @erykahbadu, @danaigurira, @florencekasumba, @appleofhisai, @tiffanyhaddish, @sanaalathan, @msalekwek, @willowsmith, @jadapinkettsmith , @shudufhadzomusida, @ayannapressley, @adutakech.
As @iammichelleali said, “Greatest thread ever!” STANDING TALLER as a BALDIE with these comments! Shouting them out here #fortheculture! 🙌🏿🌍💜
Baldie Beauties featured: #MichaelaCoel, @adwoaaboah, @erykahbadu, @danaigurira, @florencekasumba, @appleofhisai, @tiffanyhaddish, @sanaalathan, @msalekwek, @willowsmith, @jadapinkettsmith , @shudufhadzomusida, @ayannapressley, @adutakech.
As @iammichelleali said, “Greatest thread ever!” STANDING TALLER as a BALDIE with these comments! Shouting them out here #fortheculture! 🙌🏿🌍💜
Baldie Beauties featured: #MichaelaCoel, @adwoaaboah, @erykahbadu, @danaigurira, @florencekasumba, @appleofhisai, @tiffanyhaddish, @sanaalathan, @msalekwek, @willowsmith, @jadapinkettsmith , @shudufhadzomusida, @ayannapressley, @adutakech.
As @iammichelleali said, “Greatest thread ever!” STANDING TALLER as a BALDIE with these comments! Shouting them out here #fortheculture! 🙌🏿🌍💜
Baldie Beauties featured: #MichaelaCoel, @adwoaaboah, @erykahbadu, @danaigurira, @florencekasumba, @appleofhisai, @tiffanyhaddish, @sanaalathan, @msalekwek, @willowsmith, @jadapinkettsmith , @shudufhadzomusida, @ayannapressley, @adutakech.
As @iammichelleali said, “Greatest thread ever!” STANDING TALLER as a BALDIE with these comments! Shouting them out here #fortheculture! 🙌🏿🌍💜
Baldie Beauties featured: #MichaelaCoel, @adwoaaboah, @erykahbadu, @danaigurira, @florencekasumba, @appleofhisai, @tiffanyhaddish, @sanaalathan, @msalekwek, @willowsmith, @jadapinkettsmith , @shudufhadzomusida, @ayannapressley, @adutakech.
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