This week starts the first in a new series, My Friday Favourite Thing! If your hair looks good, but the rest of you is lacking, then really, what’s the point? So, I decided to start highlighting my favourite things and some will have to do with hair, but you’ll also get to hear what I…
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Vacation hair – what to bring?
You guys may remember my first vacation hair post from when I was going to Miami this summer (check the post here). Well, I’m back on the road again – the family and I are going on vacation in January and I’m already planning. Planning what clothes to bring, planning was tours to go on…
The dry hair blues
This weekend, I received a comment from a reader who is suffering from dry hair. She recently did the big chop and now she is struggling to find the right products to keep her newly natural tresses moisturized. Hi, I am going natural and finding it hard to find something natural that gives and keeps…
Oh, I’m fancy: Tresses N’ Dresses
The holidays are fast approaching! Anyone who knows me knows that I love the holiday season, so I start thinking about what I’m going to do around Christmas and New Years. This event popped into my inbox last week: The event is being put on by a couple of groups: MOI, AfroChic, and iheartmyhair.com. Before the Tresses…
The Accidental Natural’s protective style challenge – update
In September, I told you guys that I was going to do my own protective style challenge (read the post here). Here’s what I was going to do: Keep my hair in protectives styles (kinky twists, two-strand twists, wigs and I’m going to attempt a bun before I have to start wearing a hat! It…
Hair treats for me!
For the past few months, I’ve been on a strict no-buying hair products diet. I did it for a couple of reasons, but mainly because I was trying to pay off some trips from this past summer and I wanted to simplify my hair regimen. Really, there is no use buying 68 different conditioners because…
Product review: Carol’s Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
I recently realized that I never did a review on Carol’s Daughter Healthy Hair Butter! Seeing that I use it pretty often, I thought that I already shared my experiences with you… obviously not. A couple of months ago when I visited my cousins in Connecticut, I was able to get to a Sephora and…
Boo for hair typing!
I’m done with hair typing. It’s a waste of time. I can’t swear that my hair is a 4a, 4b or whatever. All I know is that I love my hair and it’s growing. Whether it’s 4a with some defined curls or 4b with cottony clouds, what it comes down to is that my hair…
Confessions of a reformed product junkie
I’m so through with the product junkie-ism. Why? Well, over the past couple of weeks there’s been a lot of discussion about some very popular, hair care manufacturers using wholesale bases and selling them as handmade, very expensive products. Check out the discussion on NaturallyCurly. There are products that I like and products that I’d…
Product review: Kimmaytube leave-in conditioner
A while back — probably late last year — I was fretting about finding a new leave-in conditioner. I found Giovanni Direct Leave-in and I loved it. LOVED IT! I had no trouble with it at all. A couple of months of ago, I saw a recipe for a leave-in mix from YouTuber Kimmaytube. I…
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