Hello There

Hey, so I recently took out my braids because my hair at the scalp was becoming "hard" I guess with dirt and they were looking like a hot mess! so I  cut them out on the weekend.

yeah....

I got hair ALL OVER my apartment! forced me to actually clean it -_-

 Hey dere!

 Look closely, you can see the dirt and product all caked up .

The products I used.

Okay so I washed with Anwaar Co. Black Soap Herbal Shampoo, I had to wash THREE times to fully cleanse my hair!

 This stuff is pretty good, It didn't strip my hair even though I washed it three times, it never got/felt dry and stripped.

Shed hairs that came out while washing.

After that I applied my Vatika Oil and Anwaar Co. Black Seed Hair Conditioner, and I detangled with the Tangle Teezer.......I thought that I would be wowed by the Teezer, but I wasn't. It was difficult for me to use it and to detangle my hair properly, I got the hang of it soon after but my hair was not cooperating , I guess that the oil was thick and I did not use much conditioner because I applied more condish to some areas and it was easier for the Tangle Teezer to comb through, so maybe that was the problem.

My mix of Vatika Oil and Black Seed Hair Condish

The hair that came out after using the Tangle Teezer.

I had to used saran rap because I did not have and plastic bags or caps.

 I had to use Suave professionals Shea Butter Conditioner to wash out the Vatika Oil becuase the Anwaar wash finishing way too fast!

 

Freshly washed hair, I still had to detangle my hair again after using the Tangle Teezer twice.

 Length check!

WOOOT!

 More shed hair!

 I did my usual twists with Eco Styler Argan Oil Gel, and my Shea Butter Mix

Even MORE shed hair, using the Tangle Teezer again, this time it was a lot better.

The Anwaar Co. shampoo and conditioner are great products, I have to use the Teezer again to really have an opinion on it. The Suave is a good condish for Co-Washing and I didn't really like the Vatika Oil..... I will be revisiting the oil when I wash my hair again. My hair is not dry or crunchy from the gel and It has sheen to it, though you can't see it from the pictures.

Later peeps.

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Mixing Shea Butter.

Bonjour peeps! So, I've always wanted to mix my own Shea Butter seeing how the lovely ladies on youtube and natural hair sites mix theirs, so I thought that I would give it a go. So I started out with:

100% Shea Butter

100% Coconut Oil ( This stuff smells GREAT!)

Vitamin E and Jojoba Oil

Olive Oil (Extra Virgin)

Ok, so I added the Shea Butter to a double boiler 

And then I added the oil, now.... here's where I THINK I messed up..... I added a tablespoon of Olive Oil and a tablespoon and a half of Coconut Oil then a half teaspoon of Jojoba and Vitamin E Oil (I think, I used the same spoon but I eyeballed it so... yeah) and I let it melt down.

Now here's why I think I messed up... look back at the first pic, you see how small the jar of Shea Butter is, so I may have overdone it a bit with the other oils.

So I  started whisking cuz I do not have a hand mixer.... and IT WOULD NOT MIX....... no matter what I did, it just would not come together! so I started to panic because these oils are not that cheap where I am living and I was NOT going to throw it out so i tore up my kitchen only to find one of those   hand food blender things

Sorry about the quality... okay so I continued to mix and........IT STILL WOULD NOT COME TOGETHER! It was like trying to mix water.... so I gave up and set it in the fridge..... 

1hr later:

Looks firm right?

hmmmm....

The next day (I made too much...) :

SUCCESS!!!!!!!! IT WAS FIRM!!! WOOOOOOT! So you know it's time for the happy dance right?

I will be using this on my skin because my hair is still braided up but I think its time to pull them out now....

Don't you think?

Catch you later!

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All Braided Up

For the past month my sister and I have gotten a little tired of the constant combing and styling of our hair, so we decided to take a break (and to our family and some friends....NO WE ARE NOT GIVING UP! WE WILL NOT TAKE THE CREAMY CRACK! WE WILL PREVAIL!) sorry about that... anyways... I got my braids about a month ago, while my sister recently got hers  done two weeks ago.

 Mine are just about ready to be pulled out

 I got medium sized braids while my sister got small twists.

Looking good sis!

Thanks to our great stylist Taky-Ann for her awesome work! I am grateful for the break I got but I am somewhat ready to take them out now... maybe I'll wait a few more weeks.

Catch y'all later!

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