It is amazing what you find with a little reading.. So the problem is which one is "actual" shea butter... According to my research, yellow "shea butter" is from Togo, from the African Butter Tree (Pentadesma butyracea), correct name Kpangnan butter. White or Ivory shea butter, is the real shea butter(Butyrospermum parkii), the kind that has all the properties with the most benefits. While the yellow shea butter I purchased works wonders, I can't help to think what the white one does, definitely ordering some soon. Don't be quick to throw your old yellow Shea butter out, because it may just be dyed yellow.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Deep Conditioning
I'm looking to do a post on deep conditioning including the benefits and the dangers! Leave a comment below about how you deep condition your hair. Thanks !!
TRESemmè curl hydration
If you are looking for something to condition your hair with that is affordable and gives you more bang for you money here it is. Tell me what you think about this conditioner.
Dry Dryness Breakage
Dry natural hair getting you down? I would like to hear more from my readers before I make this next post about keeping natural hair mosituized. What are you putting in your hair now? How can you tell if your hair is dry? How often are you touching it or applying more moisture? Let know! :)
Sunday, April 1, 2012
New Growth and Hair Typing
Hooray for new Growth!!! I think I need to add I didn't start seeing this until 6 to 8 months of being relaxer free. It seems like a long process but hang in there. I really can't start hair typing officially until I cut all my relaxed ends off. I know that the back of my hair is 3c ish, and the rest of my hair looks 4a, 4b, 4c ish. What I like about my hair is that even though its tightly coiled its very manageable. If I do a braid out, it stays stretched the way it's suppose to.
Avocado Hair Mask
My first attempt making a avocado mask. I used two avocados, grapeseed oil, peppermint oil, jojoba oil, olive oil and castor oil. I did not see much of a change or improvement in my hair after. It was really messy and a waste of my oils. I think it's better just to get the avocado oil in the bottle. It's not something I would do again but I love trying new things so I have no regrets about it. What do you think? Have you tired this?
When my hair was Relaxed
I didn't have any serious issues with my relaxed hair. It just wasn't full enough for me. To me it seemed healthly considering the fact that I never knew how to take care of my hair. I wore weaves 100% of the time, and only saw my hair when it was time to get a new perm. Also the way my hair was getting relaxed was very damaging, which would explain the reason why I thought my hair wasn't full enough... I was losing to much hair during the process. Ever time I got a perm, I would put the perm on ALL of my hair, not just the root like you are suppose to, thinking that's how you get it bone straight. It was when I had my first Dominican blow out(2nc pic), when I realized my hair was way to thin. I wanted the fullness of natural hair.
The Good The Bad The Ugly
Transitioning to Natural Hair!!!
It's not an easy task to change your physical apperenace. Especially if you have been use to a certain look all your life. A lot of people around you may not support your decision to go natural, mainly because they have never been exposed to people who knew how to do it right. All that has changed now thanks to the new natural movement. There is defiantly more support everywhere you turn. Maybe you are reading this because you don't want to do a big chop, neither did I ! Until I did more research I wasn't aware that there were other options. I thought when you decide to go natural you just cut off your hair and rock short hair do's. Short hair do's not for you? Then maybe you should consider long term transtioning. I am here to share my experiences and mistakes with you all. Please comment and stay posted on new post coming soon. You can long term transition the right way.
Subscribe !!! It's not an easy task to change your physical apperenace. Especially if you have been use to a certain look all your life. A lot of people around you may not support your decision to go natural, mainly because they have never been exposed to people who knew how to do it right. All that has changed now thanks to the new natural movement. There is defiantly more support everywhere you turn. Maybe you are reading this because you don't want to do a big chop, neither did I ! Until I did more research I wasn't aware that there were other options. I thought when you decide to go natural you just cut off your hair and rock short hair do's. Short hair do's not for you? Then maybe you should consider long term transtioning. I am here to share my experiences and mistakes with you all. Please comment and stay posted on new post coming soon. You can long term transition the right way.
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