I’ve always talked about long term protective styles, but I haven’t actually done one since starting my hair journey.  A major element to my personal journey is that I do my hair myself.  Taking control of my hair, learning to be self sufficient, and doing things on my own terms is what makes this exciting for me.  But being d.i.y. has also been why I haven’t done these long term protective

It’s the end of the month and the perfect time to run down some of my January favorites.  Some of these favorites won’t surprise you, but some of them are new products.  It’s mostly hair care products (of course) but the last item is a skin care product that literally turned my skin around.  I went from out of control hormonal/pregnancy related breakouts to being almost back to normal.  After 5

I’m five months into my relaxer stretch and I’ve got a lot of new growth.  So when I realized that I would be Miami with all this new growth to contend with, I started searching for humidity-proof hair styles that require little manipulation while on my mini vacay.  It didn’t take long for me to settle on this high bun with bangs.  I’ve always wanted to try out bangs and so

I literally lost track of this relaxer stretch.  I’m not sure how it happened, but I had no idea whether I had relaxed my hair in March or April. :/  That’s why every time I updated you guys there was a four week swing, lol.  Thankfully after looking back at my social media posts last week, I figured out that I was close to the end of my 24 week stretch. This Relaxer