It’s been about a week since cutting off my relaxed hair. And for every room I walked into (or person I encountered) I was met with various reactions — some interactions were more awkward than others. But despite being nervous about each impending interaction, I think I faired pretty well. The hardest part for me was talking about my hair.…
Last year, I randomly decided I wanted to try a hair regimen that contained all one brand. And even though I had never tried Design Essentials before, the fact that a few of their products were specifically geared to relaxed hair made me choose this line. (And for the record, this post is not sponsored and I bought all of…
It’s time for a product review! I’ve been using Shea Moisture Intense Hydration Hair Masque from their Manuka Honey & Mafura Oil line for several weeks. I bought it almost 3 months ago and it’s been in my weekly deep conditioning rotation ever since. I’ve been able to compare and contrast its results with other products in my stash, so let me tell you…
One week after relaxing, blow drying and flat ironing my hair, I’m back to my air dry routine. Even though there’s a big part of me that wants to go back to straight hair, I know it’s best to continue with my current (low heat – low manipulation) hair regimen if I want to claim waist length this year. I planned to…
Even though I know that every head of hair is different from the next, it always surprises me how varied we all can be to what we ultimately think of a product. One person’s ‘holy grail’ is another person’s ‘it’s iight,’ and another person’s ‘worst product ever.’ All of this wonderment got me thinking, How do YOU know whether you’ve…
Remember that haul that I told you about? Well in the meantime in between time I’ve been going in on this Silk Elements Kera Minerals Smoothing Deep Conditioner from that haul. I bought it because I was looking for a deep conditioner that gave me the same or similar air dried results to what I got when I deep conditioned…
For a very long time, if someone asked me whether I used lye or no-lye relaxer, I wouldn’t have been able to answer. I knew that I used affirm, but that was all I knew. As I started to learn more about my hair and decided to start relaxing my hair myself. It became necessary for me to weigh the…