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Why You Should Consider Using Shea Moisture’s JBCO Leave-in Conditioner

So I’ve been dipping my toes into unchartered waters lately, and today I decided to do something I don’t normally do: a product review. Why?! Because out of all the product experimentations I’ve done so far, the product I’m about to discuss was the one that caused the most impact on my hair. Have you by any chance tried Shea Moisture’s Jamaican Black Castor Oil Strengthen & Restore Leave-in Conditioner? No? Then […]

Hair Care, Hair Transition, Natural Buzz, Products, Tips

5 Inventive Tools To Straighten Your Curly Hair Without Heat

If you’re halfway through your transitioning hair journey or nearing its end and “living the natural hair life” is all you can dream of you’ll soon learn, once you get there, that shrinkage is a real thang. For many naturals, it can keep them from enjoying their real hair length. While reaching for heat styling tools would have been the solution in a past “hair life”, today there are some inventive tools to straighten […]

6 affordable conditioners you will want to have

Hair Care, Hair Transition, Products

6 Affordable Natural Hair Conditioners You Will Want To Have

So we all know that “slip” is the operative word when it comes to finding a staple natural hair conditioner, and this runs neck and neck with finding stellar ingredients in it. However, being able to match these two pre-requisites with a price tag you can feel comfortable with and not break the bank is a real challenge. Up until recently, Tresemme Naturals did it for me, it balanced all […]

Hair Care, Hair Transition, Healthy Hair, Natural Buzz, Uncategorized

The 3 Keys To Reaching Your Hair Journey’s Success

Early this year, January to be exact, a big change happened in my life: I cut my hair. If you’re new to this blog, and this is the first post you read from me you may be thinking, “What the hell is this woman talking about!? This isn’t even interesting.” Hey, my friend, don’t judge until you reach the end of the post! 😕 No, but seriously, do […]

5 reasons you are still struggling with dry curly hair

Hair Care, Hair Transition, Healthy Hair, Natural Buzz

5 Reasons Why You’re Still Struggling With Dry Curly Hair

It’s not strange to hear natural hair transitioners or naturals complain about how they can’t seem to keep their dry curly hair moisturised. These conversations are all over social media, blog post comments, YouTube videos, hair forums and so forth. Yes, when we talk about natural hair I have to say that most of what we do and talk about revolve around hair moisture. There’s no escaping it. While moisturising your transitioning […]

Hair Care, Hair Transition, Healthy Hair, Tips

5 Tools That Add Moisture To Natural Hair

Moisturising natural hair is always a major concern for anyone who decides to let their natural hair texture grow. If you know a little bit about curly hair you’ll understand why that is so and why we’re are always looking for the best products or hair care practices that will help retain hair moisture. But while we mainly focus on these, there are a few hair tools you can use that add […]

Hair Care, Hair Transition

The Handy Dictionary Of Natural Hair Jargon

“Whoa… let’s just stop a moment right there and rewind! Say what?!… Hydrolysed?! Hydrophobic!? Scab what!?… What the h…” This is exactly how I felt when I started my transitioning journey and was hit by a trainload of natural hair jargon that left me perplexed. At the time, it almost felt like I was taking a post-graduate course judging by the amount of research I had to do to understand […]

Hair Care, Healthy Hair, Tips

7 Common Mistakes When Using Henna For Curly Hair

If you’ve been following me here on the blog for a while or if you get my weekly newsletter you know I dye my hair with henna since I started transitioning to natural hair and frankly, I recommend it to anyone. I love it, it’s just great! However, after doing henna for curly hair for a while, I still hear a lot of people complaining about not seeing the results they want or […]