So I tried the Diva Cup

I have never been a fan of pads. I thought it was gross to be sitting in blood all day. So I went to tampons fairly early. Yet still there were issues with leaks and after reading the insert in the box on toxic shock syndrome-- I was terrified. Wtf was I inserting inside my vagina monthly?? Buying multiple sizes. Not knowing if I was still in my heavy flow stage or if a regular absorbency would suffice. Running to change my tampon every couple of hours so I won't have leaks because it's difficult to take multiple breaks when you work at a prison (so glad those days are over). It was just a hassle. So last year I had a last minute trip planned for the weekend to visit my bae... and my period came outta nowhere. So I googled how to get it to end earlier and it all worked but I ended up buying some indeed softcups to use during sex because I was definitely getting the dick that weekend! $600 flight? Oh bitch. And guess what they worked MAGICALLY. And were disposable. 😅😅😅 Crisis averted. Period sex can happen... But this ain't about those softcups. This is about...

The Diva Cup. 

I'm sure you've seen the commercials and thought "why would I stick that inside myself l?" Or are just freaking out about something foreign-- as if tampons and dicks are any less foreign, but no need for the dramatics. Your pussy will love you after this. 

So tips. Make sure you insert the cup properly. The box and website both include instructions on insertion that you must follow in order to have a pleasant experience. The magical trick is to rotate the cup 360 degrees to create a suction. This prevents leaks. If you don't... you might have a crime scene in your panties. 🤷🏾‍♀️ 

Pros-

• No smell. Yea... you can't smell anything while the cup is inside. I know! How amazing. 

• Can keep the cup inside for up to 12hrs. This means you can sleep 😴 with it. Take a very long flight without having to change it. Very convenient. Your life doesn't have to pause because you need to change your tampon. Very handy if there's not a restroom nearby. 

• saves you money! Now the website suggested retail price is $39.99 BUT since I fucks with Amazon prime--- You can get the Diva Cup for $23.88. Boom. Free shipping with Prime. Get it. Save your coins. And it lasts about a year... maybe longer but $20 a year vs $9 for a box of tamping every month or so. 

• Shorter Cycle. Since all of the blood is freely flowing into the cup and NOT being plugged inside it appears that my period is a day shorter. Idk why. Or how. But yea girl. From 5 days to 4.

Cons

• You can't have sex. If you want to have mess free sex while on your period, try Indeed Softcups. 

• You have to empty it out and clean it yourself. Yea I know some of you are like gross blood- I have to clean it out then insert it again?! Yup. You do. Which is why I've only changed it out at home. I guess if you're out and about you could use a wipe or something but I'd just plan to be back home in 12hrs. 

• Insertion can be difficult. You have to fold it in have and make sure your grip is firm enough so the darn cup doesn't open up like an umbrella 🌂 against my labia and freaks me out because I'm trying to push the whole thing inside and it just won't fit 🤦🏾‍♀️ I have to be sitting on the edge of my bed in order to put the cup in. Maybe you can do it while squatting or propping a leg up on the toilet but the way my thighs are set up--- yea, I need to brace myself. 

That's really it. It's comfortable as hell. I forgot I was on my period. Not really having cramping. Not fearing about having all those toxic chemicals in tampons inside my vagina. Oh and the Diva Cup has lines for measuring the amount of fluid inside the cup. It holds up to 1/2 oz and I've noticed on my heavier days I'm just under the 1/4 oz line after 12hrs. The first day was literally half of that. It's really cool to be able to measure how much blood you lose each cycle. 

Try it out. Lemme know if you're joining the club. Or share your horror stories. 

Hehehehe

My bff Brooke and I were going through someone's pics on facebook and noticed a trend--- awful predictable poses. So we mocked her. If you pose like this, sorry. This is a trend-ender post. Some are cute though.. let's see if you can tell which ones were for fun :)

Ugh.. I'm a bitch, she's a bitch, you're a bitch-- cuz we're all bitches!

Unedited.

I wish I were cooler. I wish that I was one of those girls who had that "I play guitar and run barefoot through fields" style or the "I live in a big city and I shop at vintage stores but all of my ish looks brand new and fits me perfectly" but alas I am not. I know what looks good. I can put together bomb ass ensembles in my head- they just aren't me. I don't have the vintage face. If I wore trendy clothing I'd look silly. I've tried. My body type won't permit it. I wish that I had a trendy haircut again.. but I refuse to get a relaxer. I tried something new with my hair. Wrapped my scarf around as if it were a band. I actually like the look. I like having my hair pulled away from my face. Slimming. 7am. No makeup. No editing. Tis all of me. Puffy eyed & dry lipped. :) Good Morning.

Matching SUCKS

lol.. I'll be the first to admit that i've made some very disturbing fashion choices in my 22 years of existence. One being how me & Mea decided that it would be a GREAT idea to wear matching shirts to the New Orleans Hornets Game Thanksgiving Break 2008. SMH.. Yea, why?! IDK.. We even stole (yes, STOLE) matching beanies and foam fingers from the gift shop. [This was the same game we spotted Wayne & Lauren London.. & concluded they were dating because who else would be in a rappers hometown on Thanksgiving Day if they weren't an item-- paparazzi Bee & Mea] So yea. This pic was horrible. We had GREAT seats. We got to meet the players and walk out on the court where we decided to snap a pic with Hugo the mascot.. I've met Chris Paul twice. No pics though. Why?? I thought I was too cool =/ lmao.. & i didn't know who the fuck he was.. & yes I know i look disturbing in this pic. Ew.. not cute Bee.

=] Too bad Lauren & Wayne aint still together like that.. I have hope though. She was more interested in her damn phone than the game though..

Del Sol

Color-changing Nail polish!!! I'm in love. It really changes color in sunlight! And once you walk back indoors, it changes back to the original color. Awesome. I think I'm in love now.. This shade (peek-a-boo) is perfect if can't or don't like wearing bright colors or must wear nude/neutral colors to work. Doesn't change in artificial lighting-- only sun light! Perfect for summer.

buy it here! The company also has a plethora of other products that changes in the sunlight. So cool. Check them out :)

[here's a video of me using the polish]

Would You...

Wear 12 inch heels?? IDK man.. I love me a high ass heel but I stop at 5-6inches. Any higher is just ridiculous & I'm not in good enough shape for that. I'd break an ankle. Plus this older lady told me she has problems with her knees & ankles because she wore heels 24/7 when she was my age. Yeah.. I definitely quit wearing my stilettos everyday after I graduated HS in 2007.

Sexy 'Kini

The SB plan is MIAMI as of right now... So I went to vickie's to see what swimsuit I'm gonna buy after I hit this gym HARDCORE & lose about 20lbs before March. Well, lets just saw my friend Megan found this sexy ass suit i fell in love with but there is NO WAY in hell I will be able to fit any part of my 160+lbs body into this.



*Sigh* Times like this i wish i could have NO ass for a day. You know what, my vagina couldn't even FIT into that thing!! SMH

Anywho, faithful reader's- Bee shall keep you updated on her diet endeavors. I'm thinking about trying QuickTrim too! Lets see how svelte & lean & toned I look by March 10th. OH yeah-- can somebody find me a cute 'kini?! I'l love you forevers..

Barbie Bitch

In 2006 I was in the Miss Essence pageant *i didnt win of course.. im not pageantry enough*..

During practice we had fun question day to help us loosen up and blah blah blah..

My question was: "Would you like to have Barbie as a friend?"

My answer: "NO, I would not like to have Barbie as a friend because she is plastic and thats "fake" to me.. So having her as a friend would be the equivalent of having a fake friend."

Everyone said "oooh that was good.. i nevuh thought of that before..."

Those SAME pageant Girls are Now screaming out Im BARBIE this-- Sasha Minaj Beatrice Minaj Peaches Minaj..

Why would you want to be an inanimate fake lil barbie? why would you wanna be a follower??

oh yeah-- follow ME: @BeeMichelle

a tribe called Ves

I know people with great blogs that I LOVE to read...

http://hartofthecityy.blogspot.com/

Her name is Stacy. & she loves to blog. She writes about 10 a day. Random yet interesting...

you should read it. i enjoy it.

Time to be your 21 again..

It has been quite some time since i last decided to blog my heart away... You guys KNOW I "be goin thru some thangz" lol.

Ok so lets get down to the bigger picture. What alllll you guys expect from me-- BRUTAL HONESTY. Lets start with niggas. Dumb ass niggas trying be.. the resurrection of the once defunct relationship/"thing" with 21-- who by the way is now 26... smh.

He relays a message to the informant that he has a new # & would love for me to call.. Of course I do! (what can I say... I cant help it. I get lonely sometimes =) All I say is hello and he instantly knows its ME. Hmmmmm... We chop it up & I get the infamous "Do you miss me?" question and i say yes like a dumbass. He then says he wants to see me (blah blah blah) & needs me to refresh his memory which to me means he wants to woohoo. Anywhoo, I finally grill his ass and ask him about his new relationship.. Umm ok. Lets just say that his old ass refers to his new girl as just someone who he is "talkin" to. Im like dude, you are a grown ass man- either you are together or you aint-- there is no middle ground. Its not HS where you have to lie to ur parents & say that ur not dating when u know u are! ughh. annoyance major.

I can not believe that 5/6 years have passed & he is still in the same spot. When I was 15 I thought he was the SHIT. He had a nice car. Good job. Well dressed. Hell yes he was that nigga. I was dumb & naive. Blinded by his age-- you know Jude/Alexz had that song "Time to be your 21" so i was like yeahh its our song once he turned 21..

But Im a tad bit smarter than I once was.. & I look at the shit he's saying now versus the shit he told me then. I believed it all then-- Not now. Umm I know its pretty serious with you and your new girl if you LIVE together-- she's met your kid & you've met hers. She felt the need to inform me that you two were together. Umm yeah you're not talking, you're TOGETHER. smh.

dumb ass niggas.. funny how i will always end up in these stupid ass situations. lol

Riri 3.4

When i'm bored.. I take pics with my lil sister. This time we decided to wear bright red lipstick. Now you know i'm a bit slow with makeup trends.. I'm still into heavy eyeliner & mascara ONLY.. maybe a lil foundation if we're going out and always CARMEX-- lipgloss only on "special" occasions. So yes. lipstick?? Worn it like 3 times my whole life. I kinda like it.. Idk if i can wear it daily but you know.. Felt like channeling my inner rhianna. I'm obviously WAYYYYY more curvier than she is but what can i say.. I feel her. lol

Annoyance of 2009

I have a BIG annoyance with the vast number of faux artsy fartsy people who i've come in contact with over the last 2-3yrs. You know the ones who just follow the crowd and become deeply involved into poetry & spoken word, drastically change their hair to some weird bright color, extremely short, dreads etc; then mysteriously turn gay like its the "new black". The attention seekers. Those who just became fans of Erykah Badu & Lauryn Hill's OLD ish last fall. The people who jump on the latest "hot" artist like he is God Send. The people who join the poetry group; try to portray what they think a spoken word artist should sound like. Or want to be a rapper/singer.. But really have no talent. I honestly feel like most people do spoken word when they don't have a REAL talent in a pageant or something. Its like "I can read & change my voice at the correct moment.. Getting louder when I feel the audience should give me a sound reaction". Faux artsy.

They become vegan or stop eating beef because its healthy for them yet.. they still eat fried chicken. That aint healthy. Faux artsy people are just big contradictions themselves.. But I kinda am too. Oh well. At least i'm not trying to be contradictory.. i just have that type of life.. :)

I know everyone is supposed to find themselves in college but must you just conform to how the "cool kids are"? WTF?! .. ugh.

thats all i have to say. Just because you change your hair, spruce up your wardrobe, smoke weed and engage in bi-curious activities doesn't change YOU. Its all a facade. Take off the makeup and look in the mirror.

Lady in the streets

So, this is the vid that me, emcee & jam made.
How fun..

Ughh.. so i really need to figure out what i want to do with my life.. and my hair.
a part of me wants to get a perm.. but i love this naturalness. So maybe weave is the only option.. hmm.. what do you think??

If i do get weave, i want big massive wavy/curlyness. Or a short straight look with a long bang in front. hmmmm...

So need to go shopping.. I wanna go out this weekend.
If i get in touch with ol' girl we'll def be on the scene.
Or i'll be running away from my stalker.. Yes my stalker
So this guy, Tae, gets mad cuz i didnt have sex with him. mmmkay makes me walk home at 2am in the HOOD (i only stay 5mins away from him but still not safe) yells out to me if i was gonna call him. Hell no. Anywho, the next day he blows my phone up trying to get near me.. Ahhh! no. Im over it. Blamed it on his hormones and recreational drug use. Anywho, Beezy left it. He knew someone else was at my house. sends the same text 10times in a row.. blahhh.
Luckily i told him there was no use tryin to get on my good side again. That me ignoring him was a sign to MOVE on not try harder.. he got the hint. I'm DONE. Kinda like with K.. He's really feeling that chick now i suppose. Lol. The one he always claimed as JUST his friend. Right..

My "boo" is coming to visit next month :) hahaha.Cant wait. Lets see what type of dramz this starts. Still having dreams of babies.. Someone i know is preggerz. Lets see who..

Waiting for Beyonce Ego video. On another diet.. Lol. I'm almost a 36C.. im an inbetween B/C girl. What a drab. Soo off to la la land.
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http://www.twitter.com/BeeMichelle

and don't forgot to read VB so i'll actually update.

Fashion-less

Sometimes I think that I just don't fit in with my surroundings at ALL. You know how my style is.. NO style really. I don't like prints.. Or bold colors. Black is perfect. Accesories I HATE. I never carry a purse.. unless I'm shopping. And even then I rather just carry a wallet. I hate scarves. Sometimes even earrings bother me. Jeans and a black or other simple colored shirt and I'm good. NOW i do have my moments of brief weirdness. I own zebra boots that i LOVE. They are ugly as hell but I get bored with me even. I feel my whole de-stylization (made up word smh) came from my skewed mentality. From junior high thru high school i was a mini fashionista. Introduced my followers to knee high boots in 8th grade and stilettos there after. I always looked put together. You couldn't pay me to leave the house without a pair of heels, makeup done, hair on point, and the cutest ensemble.. Then people started hating me. NOBODY liked me because they said i thought i was "all that" (like most black girls.. ha.) And back then, i just wanted people to like me.. so i slowly toned myself down. No longer wanting to stand out.. just kinda blend. Thats why when I came to spelman, I wore flats for the first time. Flip flops everyday. I was tired of people noticing ME. I hate attention. I hate when guys only like me for the way I look instead of what I have to SAY. I even cut off my hair.. slowly but surely.

Now I've come to realize that this whole fashion "thing" is stupid. I do not want to spend hours getting ready just to make an appearance. Its silly. I rather people say.. oh she's so bland. Ordinary. It's more realistic I suppose. I can't hide behind a bunch of accesories.. spiffy bag, oversized shades, bags of weave, etc.. You have to be able to be with the boring Bee. The tshirt and jeans Bee. The minimal makeup Bee, to accept the real me. I don't want to wake up next to my husband and he say.. "... um babe, you don't look like yourself". I need for him to know that THIS is how I look.

Of course, I'm contradicting myself.. I have green contacts. Love eyeliner. Spent $113 on some shoes. Own a pair of latex leggings. Ahhh.. even I have those brief moments of retail insanity. Its sad.. but true. Trying SOOOO hard to be different.. while trying to blend in. Hmmmm.. that's LIFe.

anywho, I went to Geisha House last night with my newfound friend Jamaal for his birthday. Ironically enough, I was the only straight person there. As Jamaal put it, I was surrounded by "gays, trannies, queens, transgenders, lesbians, and those on the DL.." hahahaha. I love it. They all looked so spiffy. Sad that I'm always around the LGBT clan.. Jamaal even thought that I was gay.. No no honey.. unfortunately i'm straight. Hahaha.. Maybe if I were a lesbian my weirdness would make sense. Then i'd start doing poetry at Tilt & Jazzman's, get funky colors in my hair, start caring about my appearance.. Yeah, I'd definitely be butch because as my girls put it i'm too handy like a man. I mean I did push a car by myself with people inside, in the rain. :)