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Approaching Shrinkage With A Noodle-head Curly Afro

February 23, 2013 by 8 Comments

Last week I felt the urge to go with a shrunken style. More often than not shrinkage does not go hand in hand with length retention and as such I try to avoid it as much as possible. I must say that I am not against the idea of shrinkage as long as it is approached in a  controlled […]

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How I Make A Sock Bun Maker, An Itchy Scalp And A Curly Hairdo

February 7, 2013 by 2 Comments

I’m in the final few days of a 3 week long experiment without washing my hair. As was expected, I am dying to get at my scalp with a brush and give it a good scrub but alas I cannot until the weekend. My hair has remained surprisingly moisturized throughout, I can honestly say that […]

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Hair Today: Lovely Twist Out

December 23, 2012 by 2 Comments

I don’t often dabble into the world of twist outs. Firstly because they don’t stretch my hair as well as braids and secondly inch for inch, they cause more tangles than braid outs. My hair also doesn’t seem to agree with the torsion twist demanded when creating the style. That could be more to do […]

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Hair Today, Failed Wash & Go And Failed Braid Outs

December 17, 2012 by 2 Comments

So I’ve had an ‘I hate my hair’ week. Seriously, every day this week was a bad hair day. I’ve gone from one extreme to another. A failed wash and go ( I remember now why I don’t do these), 2 co-washes and 3 braid outs but my hair just didn’t look right. First off […]

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Two Wash Days In A Row With A Natural Conditioner

December 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment

So last week I finally tried the homemade natural conditioner I promised to make. The conditioner consists of flaxeed gel, 4tbsp sunflower oil, 1tbsp shea butter and glycerine. Last week my hair was still braided at the roots so I had a pretty easy wash day. After shampooing thoroughly I deep conditioned with the flax conditioner […]

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My Naked Hair, No Products

November 30, 2012 by 5 Comments

As promised here are a couple of pictures of my naked hair. It was still a bit damp, excess moisture already absorbed by a turbie twist for about 5 minutes before taking the snap. As you can see, the bottom is the BKT come ‘heat trained’ hair while the roots show my thicker texture (maybe […]

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Mini Braids Reduced To Braided Roots Wash Day

November 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I have been toying with the idea of switching to natural only hair products, I am starting to get suspicious of all these long-name-ingredients on all my hair products. Take Methylisothiazolinone for instance. It shows up in the ingredient list of a gel that I bought today. Wikipedia says that it is a powerful antimicrobial ingredient used in […]

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Hair Today, Braid Out Stretched And Defined

October 30, 2012 by 2 Comments

I’ve been following a hair regimen now for about 4 1/2 years but even I’m not immune to silly errors. Last night after a stint in my FIR infrared sauna, which was lovely and hot, I pineappled my hair to prevent my hair touching my sweaty face. Unfortunately I went straight into the shower after […]

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Shrunken Braid Outs Still Look Great

October 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

No surprise I only managed two weeks with the crotchet braids. Actually this time it was less to do with itchy fingers than a dear sister’s birthday party that I was attending yesterday and I had to look great. My sister asked me to do the cake for her and since I was so busy […]

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Midweek Impromptu Braid Out

September 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Tuesday night I was obliged to do my hair because I was going somewhere on Wednesday and I didn’t think that a simple bun would cut it. So using no combs on a little bit of Keracare natural textures twist cream I braided my hair in 6 large braids and released the following morning. The […]

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