I decided that I was going to do a protein treatment. I found this recipe from Agrlcanmac a few months ago and decided to try it out. I didn’t know if my hair neede any extra protein — it seemed to be thriving , but I read that it is important to protect and strengthen…
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Reading is essential – hair care products
Hey y’all! Happy almost Thanksgiving to my Canadian folks — I’m getting ready to do some damage at the dining room table this weekend 🙂 A couple of weeks ago, I was rummaging through my mother’s bathroom cupboards looking at her hair care products and I started thinking about some of the things I used…
Finding your hair type – it’s not an exact science…
What are hair types? Well, from what I understand, it’s a way to classify your hair and it can help you figure out what products and styles will work best on your hair. I’m not really down for hair typing because some people use it as a way to say, “my hair is better than…
The Accidental Natural’s top eight hair tips
Over the past year, I’ve learned some things that have helped me enormously with my hair growth — well, more specifically, hair retention. I’m not one to take pictures of my hair (although I’m starting to) to compare with what it looked like a year ago or a month ago. I am going to begin…
Get hair products on sale at honeyfig.com
Hey all! I am looking around honeyfig.com today and I’m seeing that they have discounted prices for some of the brands that they sell including: Blended Beauty Curls Hamadi Jane Carter Solution Ultra Black Hair Not all products are on sale, but if you were looking to get your product junkie on, today would be…
Winterize your hair – relaxed or natural
Sunshyne of Hairlicious Inc. gives 10 good tips about how to winterizing your hair. Anyone in Toronto knows that winter is here, ’cause it’s only 10 degrees today. What kind of madness is that for the second day of October? SMH. Here’s a taste of the article: For those who live in colder climates (including…
Good hair? Chris Rock on Oprah
I just finished watching Chris Rock talk hair with Oprah and I’m certainly more impressed than I was with Tyra’s hair show. I was trying to listen intently to the show between my sister calling to comment and the Hubby cackling and hollering about Chris’ comments, I managed to jot down some thoughts. Let’s talk….
You can get with this or you can get with that: the choice is yours
Since going natural, I’ve had many conversations about natural hair and it boggles my mind the number of women who vehemently say: “I could NEVER go natural!” Ummm…. why not? The answers normally are one of these: My hair is too hard/unmanageable/thick/dry/kinky It takes too much time My hair doesn’t look like yours/INSERT ACTRESS or…
Side-eye of the week: Joy Bryant rants on hair
OK, so this blog posting by actress Joy Bryant is getting a lot of chat on the blogs. Click here to read it for yourself. [*Ed. note: Essence took the blog down after getting bashed with negative comments. Meh. You can find the blog excerpted here.] I don’t know if this is supposed to be…
Hair care – My fall/winter hair products
Tuesday was the start of fall – my second favourite season of the year. I took my boots to the shoe repair to get them ready and thought: “I don’t spend time really thinking about what to do with my hair for the season.” Yes, I actually thought that. I am scheduled to get my…
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