If you compare the amount hair products, tools, accessories and all other trinkets we now have as transitioners or naturals to when our hair was chemically straightened, you will see that we’re now taking much more space under the bathroom sink and sometimes in our closets too. Yeah, beautiful, healthy hair may not need all of that but, as they say, “life is too short to have boring “and sometimes we […]
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I love, love, love when I get to discover and learn something new about curly hair or something that can benefit its health. This is why when I heard about this I was super excited and had to share it with you guys. I’m talking about broccoli and no, I’m won’t ask you to start eating it or to slather some greenish paste on your hair too (go ahead sigh with relief!). […]
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Wash day can be a dreaded day especially if you’ve been wearing your hair out in a wash and go, but even more so if you let a whole week or more go by. Yes, the style is easy to achieve and lets you see your curls in their full splendour, but what we forget is that out curls intertwine and create lots of tangles that make our wash day a […]
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Way more important than knowing your hair type is knowing your hair porosity. However, many people are so focused on finding out what their curl pattern is, that they skip one of the most important lessons they could learn in their natural hair education. Having high porosity hair will affect how products work on your hair or how your hair feels to the touch, for instance. This knowledge is vital for […]
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If you’ve been transitioning to natural hair for a while now, or even if you just started, you know the life of a naturalista can be one filled with joy at the sight of their beautiful new curls. Nevertheless, you also know that it takes some work and planning to have those curls continuing to grow healthy and strong. There are daily, weekly and monthly hair care practices all transitioners should […]
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In life, you can choose to see the glass half empty or half full. I, for once, prefer to see things in a more optimistic light. In our transitioning and natural hair journey, we are faced with many adversities, some of them can make us scream with fury and despair as we choose to let ourselves be beaten down by them. But I believe there is a healthier way to look […]
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It must be some kind of sick joke that fate is playing on you. It has to be! How come that when you decide to go natural and healthy your hair is breaking off with you? Literally!! Of course, you hear about the possibility of heavy breakage when transitioning to natural hair, but you never really believed that it could happen to you. Could this be you examining your hair in […]
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Keeping transitioning hair moisturised can be a challenge at the start of our journey because there’s so much about taking care of it that we don’t know about. Even if you’ve been on this adventure for some time it can still be a challenge. Winter is a factor that plays an important part when considering how to moisturise our hair. The low temperatures, cold breezes, strong wind gusts with rain drizzle, […]
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