Raise your hand if you ever missed your weekly deep conditioning session, felt too lazy to do your pre-poo or kept your hair in a bun for weeks on end out of pure laziness!?! C’mon I know there’s a few of you out there. I’m sure I’m not the only who has fallen guilty of this deadly sin. Yep, you betcha! I’ve done it too and I will probably do it again. […]
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If there’s one thing I often hear people talk about is how hard it is to moisturise their natural or transitioning hair now that they’ve decided to go natural. Usually, they complain about having tried everything in the book, or that their hair is just too difficult or impossible to work with, and some I find are too damn lazy or don’t give much thought to their hair. Either way, moisturising your transitioning […]
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Let me ask you this, how often are you able to achieve a good second-day hair on your twists outs or wash and go’s? On any style really!? I know YouTube vloggers make it seem effortless and super easy, but at the beginning of your transitioning journey to natural hair when everything is new trying a new style is everything but effortless. You may even be successful on your first day […]
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The majority of us human beings, enjoy the sun! It’s a fact. When the sun is out, Winter or Summer, we walk happily outside to have a few streaks of sunlight bathe our skin. Heck, even reptiles do it too! Although related, don’t mistake liking the sun with liking the high temperatures that generally accompany Summer. To me, these are related but not the same. Just think about the way you experience the […]
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Is there anyone who doesn’t want healthy, strong, shiny and bouncy curls? Yeah, I guess we’re all on this journey working for this. When entering into our transitioning hair journey our hair is pretty much damaged and in an effort to take better care of it many of us resort to natural ingredients because of their proven benefits for hair. Lemon, a champion in the kitchen, is one of those ingredients […]
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There’s no doubt the technological and scientific advances we witness today can be a big help in the beauty and hair care industry, however, Mother Nature never ceases to amaze us. Those of you who read my posts here know that I am a big supporter of natural hair brands that insist on, favour and support natural ingredients in their products (or the closest to it) in detriment of chemical ones. In this particular blog post, […]
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Before I dipped my toes and completely plunged into the natural hair community I was aware of a few household ingredients that could be used to cater for our hair needs. They were eggs and olive oil! Yeah, if I think back hard enough, that was it. Disgraceful isn’t it, considering the array of household ingredients we have at our disposal to make our hair feel and look better. If you are anything […]
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Spring has just begun but I’m starting to see signs of it all around. With longer warm days, daylight saving time and trees looking perkier I think it’s about time to Spring clean your curly hair regimen. Although the term is mainly used in connection with thorough house cleaning I find the term applies to the changes we need to do in our regimen this time of the year. […]
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