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                                                                                                                                                                                                                               What have I been up to in my life? Well, golly gee whiz, thanks for asking! Like many of you, I've been just living. I'm kind of tired of that routine so I've have been making a  half ass attempt at spruc...

Week 4 This week I let my daughter shampoo and conditioner her hair using supplied packets from the box. I mean really, she's 13 and at that age I always did my own hair. She managed pretty well, but used up what was left of the packets so I will need to purchase the bottles of the naturally straight line for next week. She decided to wear it straight this week so we used the blow dryer and flat iron. Again, the hair was easily manipulated with less tangles and shortened blow dry time. Straightening with the flat iron still seemed timely, but I used a lower heat setting and still had the same results. The products we used were the same as the first couple of weeks, minus the leave-in. You can find that info here and here . Her hair was wrapped that night, unfortunately she had gym the next day and did not wear a headband so she had some reversion. I used MoKnowsHair 's technique for fixing sweaty gym hair which you can view here. This is how her hair turned ou...

I have been looking for a treatment similar to Kera Minerals since I used it on my daughter about a year ago. I didn't really want to get an expensive treatment, so I ventured on over to YouTube to find my answer. I watched a lot of videos and reviews for various brands like Organix, Palmers, plus I found this site with other systems. Finally, I came upon a review for Beautiful Textures, watch the video here , and was quite impressed. I always thought this was a line for children and could just SMELL the overly fragrant fruity smell associated with most products geered toward children. Plus, the packaging is a bit busy and tacky looking. Last week I stopped at my local Walgreens for whatever it was, I can't recall, but as usual, I took a stroll down the hair product aisle and this caught my attention.  The exact product I was interested in on sale for HALF OFF!!! I snatched up 2, one for me and one for my daughter. I was especially excited because the box featured a...

This is not me, but her hair just gave me life Protective styling, I do it and I don't. I hate it and I love it. I love the hands off idea, I love the idea of potential growth(length), but I despise the process. Well, I may have found an answer to my problem. A faux bun and bang. I found it on YouTube here and here , and fell in love with the look, but most importantly, the EASE of completion. I immediately subscribed to both channels after watching their vids. Gonna give it a try and hope it looks BANGING!! I don't even have to run out and buy any hair because I'm going green baby!! Reduce, reuse, recycle the marley twist hair that I'm currently rockin'!! I planned to use this hair for my faux bang as well as for my bun, it was a total fail Related Posts Marley and Me

For my 4th nappiversary, I decided that my fingers needed a break, so I spent days on end installing some Marley twists. Ass-backward, yes, this I know. I watched a couple of.YouTube tutorials, then got to work on my head. I had a splitting migraine so I had to chop up the first couple of days. Then I had the brilliant idea to intall them shoulder length so it would look more natural. Bad idea, I had to redo about 30 twists. That is where the extra time came in. I planned to leave these in for 3 months, but at this point, it's been 5 weeks and I'm already itching to take them out. I'm already planning my style after I remove these, a faux bun.  I used marley hair, can't remember the brand, some kind of olive oil leave-in for the install. I shampooed weekly with watered down cantu shampoo and conditioner and moisturized (sometimes)with watered down hawaiian silky 14 n 1. I will deep condition with a doctored up Suave Almond and Shea butter conditioner before re...

Off the topic- BV,again. Why in world does a woman have to suffer from this?? Is it because she's promiscuous? A skank,or has had multiple partners, or a minaj #NICKI or likes it rough ? Well...yes, that COULD be her problem, or maybe not. Maybe her body is too alkaline, or susceptible to candida. Is she vitamin deficient, is she taking antibiotics, or does she just not have a clue that she should be wiping from FRONT to BACK? An AHA moment--thanks Oprah!! Even though we know the cause of said problem, can it be prevented?I would say no, as it is a result of upset of a womans normal vaginal flora...you know, the bacteria lives inside you 24/7 and keeps you healthy. Of course you knew that, right? Lactobacillus spp. lives right there inside keeping you nice and normal by producing lactic acid all day, everyday. Lactic acid kills off the ish that don't belong there. Read more about BV here. Is it possible to increase the lactic acid production in your body by changing...

                                                 Thinking of revisiting this grease of "yesteryear"? The old school magic? I did, and it wasn't too bad. Mom used this ish for any and everything that had to do with hair. Pressing, greasing the scalp, smoothing down those curls, plaiting, twists and pony tails.  I used the green Blue Magic for this twist out. What's the difference between the green and blue you ask? Your guess is as good as mine!! I found out there are like, 8 different formulations, aloe, argan, coconut, castor oil, etc. IF it didn't contain petroleum, I might be more apt to use it. Maybe I'll try it this winter after a deep conditioning, moisturizing session. I'll just have to make sure to use a REAL shampoo, you know the s...

Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Cleopatra is a natural hair relaxer for black frizzy, curly, etc. Hair, or for one who wants her hair black and straightened. It is good for all hairs shapes: curly, frizzy, frizzly, frizzled, frizzed, kinky , Black Americans, Africans, voluminous or pompous hair. The company DAN DE COSMETICS inherited Cleopatra's secret. The natural formula for straight, smooth, shiny, and fascinating hair by its beauty. The product which has been developed by DAN DE COSMETICS Ltd. Company and called "Cleopatra", is made out a plants and minerals powder, to them there is to add liquid alcohol. This is a 100% natural product; compared among the similar products, available on the market, which are synthetic and alkaline. The prepartion can be applied directly to the roots of the hair. It repairs damaged hair (bleaching, coloring and any chemical agents aplied to the hair). The straightening is permanent and the renewal is done to the...

Okay, I know I've been taking a break from this blogging thing, it's sooooo easy to "forget" about it. It in no way means that I have stopped experimenting with new methods of hair care. I am so in love with Naptural85 , she is my ultimate hair inspiration. I love how simple her routine is and how easy she makes it look, because I have found it to be a lot harder to find what works well for my hair. If I can get the moisturizing thing in control, I feel like we could be hair twins!! I have almost kicked the product junkiness. One thing I have learned recently is that I cannot, I repeat cannot do the Wash and Go. As much as I would love to, my ends say NO, NO, NO. My recent trials with it has left me with weathered ends that badly need trimming. So sad. Everyone knows about Kimmaytube and her success. I originally started off watching her, but everyone knows about Kimmaytube. Her channel can get kind of long winded, I like short, simple and sweet. The one item ev...

After spending hours washing, drying, straightening, and braiding, I put my wig on and was totally unsatisfied. I mean, I wasted an entire morning trying to apply it and I failed miserably. I didn't even take a picture, that's how unhappy I was. I have worn this wig in the past, when my hair was much easier to put under a wig cap. That picture could not be located. I was in a bikini anyway!! I guess it's time to buy a new one, this one was a bit too small anyway. THIS IS MY WIG PURCHASED FROM HAIRSISTERS.COM HAIR TIDY FOR WIG APPLICATION, I GUESS I LEFT TOO MUCH HAIR OUT After much frustration with the wig, I decided I had enough hair and did not need to hide it underneath a wig. I almost looked exactly like my real hair anyway. LACE FRONT I BOUGHT FOR MY BIG CHOP, THIS LASTED 2 WEEKS BEFORE I DECIDED I DIDN'T NEED THIS EITHER HOMEMADE WIG, THIS WAS MY FAVE ONE AND IT FIT PERFECTLY AND COST LIKE $10 AND LASTED A L...

This is the second time usin Silk Elements Kera Minerals treatment on my daughters hair. Loved it even more this time!! I had to read up on blow drying and flat ironing tips!! WET: DRY: