Koils-n-Kinks

Image via Wikipedia I am an adult. I am an adult with ACNE. I need to join support group for adults with acne. I have oily skin , and since becoming a natural, I feel I am having more breakouts than ever, well since puberty anyway. I have tried ProActiv , OTC cleansers, AVON, Mary Kay and now I'm trying the "oil cleansing method". The Oil Cleansing Method (OCM), involves using oils and steam to cleanse your face, Castor Oil , being the most important ingredient. My current recipe consists of 30% castor oil, 50% olive oil , and 20% hazelnut oil . My next batch will have more hazelnut oil due to its astringent and toning properties. You can choose any natural cold pressed oil to mix with the castor oil. OCM can be used for all skin types, but you have to adjust the amount of castor oil because it can be drying. So for normal skin use 20% castor oil, for dry skin 10% will do just fine. When making my concoction I use a sterile 10ml syringe, so I am only making 10ml...

On Oct. 2, 2011, my 2 year anniversary came and went. I didn't take pictures or measure length because my hair was in mini-twists. About a week and half later I removed them and did a deep conditioning using Naptural85's Greek yogurt deep conditioner recipe. I liked it alot. It made my hair feel smooth and frizz free, but I did it on dirty hair. Since I had to do major detangling I thought I would trim my ends, which they desperately needed. Too many fairy knots and splits to be considered as retained length, so I said "BYE BYE BYE"!! After removing the wrecked ends, my strands measured 8.5 inches give or take 1/8 inch. That really depressed me, well not so much, but I did lose half an inch since June. It made realize that I really needed to take care of my ends better, so my new mission is "Hide my Ends till Feb". I have no clue how I will achieve this. For the style below, I shampooed with NTM, then used Naptural's conditioner, then moisture/sealed wit...

This is pretty much a conditioning treatment, didn't do much for my hair though. Well I only tried it once, so maybe I'll give a another try. Decide for yourselves. This is taken directly from the website listed below. http://www.blackhairinformation.com/...black_hair.htm The Coconut And Lime Treatment For Natural Black Hair Discover this technique of temporarily straightening natural hair with no damage to the hair structure If you have natural black hair chances are that you are already in love with your texture and wouldn’t change it for the world. As well it should be! But like anyone else, you don’t mind the occasional bout of ‘the grass is greener on the other side’ and would like to change your look temporarily. If you have natural very curly/kinky hair, particularly 4a/b hair types, you will appreciate that it will take more heat to get ‘relaxer straight’ results when you flat iron your hair. The downfall of using too much heat on your hair is that it may d...