If there’s one thing you’ll never be quite prepared for when your curly hair starts to grow or reaches a certain length is how difficult it can be to manage and manipulate it or how easy it is to get tangles and single or multiple strand knots. Luckily, the “secret” solution to these woes is a simple one and I can honestly say that sectioning curly hair will make your hair […]
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Oh boy, here I go again about moisture and how to moisturise your natural hair. You would have thought that everything there is to say about this topic has already been said, but guess what? It never is. However, today, I’m not talking about what you need to do, I’ll be talking about the essential hair products you need to have to moisturise your natural hair while transitioning or otherwise. […]
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Moisture is the keynote in the narrative of a curly girl, but I’m guessing you know that having healthy hair is not just about keeping your hair moisturised. Although it is of paramount importance, other practices are also important such as clarifying our natural hair. Clarifying, for those you are not familiar with the word, is the act of removing product residue from the hair, that over time creates build […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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So I got inspired by an article I read on Twitter the other day about realising how much we accomplish in life and don’t even notice or give value, and it made me think about my hair journey and yours. That is why today I wanna talk about the 5 tell signs that you’re actually doing better than you think you are in your natural hair journey. THIS IS […]
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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 […]
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“How will it look once it grows? What if I can’t deal with it? What if people are right and it’s just too unmanageable and unprofessional?” These are probably a few of the questions that were popping through your mind as you made the decision go natural and maybe even now as you’ve been on the journey for a while. I know this because I had them too. Taking care […]
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