The Afro Chronicles: Hair Care

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Friday, November 29, 2013

BLACK FRIDAY SALE : Curls With Care

Go get your products will the sale last ladies.
OFFER END NOVEMBER 30TH AT 11:59pm Est.
http://curlswithcare.com/

Product Review : Curls With Care

Hey Curlies! I promised to post this review about a New Natural hair line ''Curls with Care" and so here it is!

First of all let me give you a little background of the products in general.

"Curls With Care is a all natural hair and body care company. based in Toronto, Ontario.

All of our products are:

Made in Canada
Made with natural and certified organic ingredients
Vegan and Gluten-free where possible
Biodegradable
Cruelty-free
Petroleum, Silicone, Sulphate, Alcohol, Paraben, & SLS Free
Safe and non-toxic
Packaged in recyclable material

What more could you ask for in a all Natural product! I was so excited to be able to meet with the creator of this Company as well as the privilege to work with her and to try out her products.

The products I got were Holy Grail Premium Conditioner, Fresh Start which is a Invigorating hair Mud wash (My Fav) , Coco Bliss , and Sealed which are both hair and body serums.
I wet my hair and used the Fresh Start Mud wash on my scalp only to desolve any build up I had. I then wrapped my hair for about 20 mins then rinsed with my regualr shampoo, and my hair and scalp came out pretty clean without feeling stripped.

I Used the Holy Grail Conditioner to detangle. Now! one thing with my hair is that it loves thick conditioners and lots of slip (silicone) to really detangle my Kinks, But this conditioner has no Silicone yet I was able to comb through my hair easily and I love the thick consistency of it ,plus it has all these natural ingredients that my hair needs like : coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil, tea tree oil and the list goes on.. so I must say it is a HOLY GrAiL Conditioner!

I then decided to flat twist my hair damp using my shea butter mixture and the CoCo Bliss serum which has coconut oil and Jojoba oil in it to seal in the moisture . and of course I love anything with Coconut oil so I loved this serum. (used some on my legs too).

flat twist with CoCo Bliss

It came out a little too fluffy for my liking but I still love the waves and definition.

so in conclusion I'll definitely use these products again and will easily become staples in my wash routine!

*some information came from www.curlswithcare.com

Styling and Damage

So, for the past 7 months I have been UBER lazy when it comes to my hair. I have taken a minimalistic approach to my hair. My routine consisted of:

Part hair into small sections
Shampoo
Style

Notice anything missing? I stopped conditioning and barely deep treated my hair and now I am paying the heavy heavy price.

Lately my hair has been a pain to style, and recently, I have been dealing with TONS of single strand knots, my hair just wraps around itself the moment I twist it, and it is so dry. Also, I had to cut out lots of hair the other day due to knots that just would not go away!

I lost so much hair that I am SURE I lost my bra strap length.Well I have gotten off my lazy behind and decided to nurse my hair back to health. I found an article on Wikihow on dealing with dry scalp. I also want to try tea rinses to see if they work.

I also have been working on different styles. I am STILL trying to learn how to braid and flat twist ( yes I can only twist) here's what I did to my hair:

I first got inspiration from this picture I found on Pinterest:

But did this style first:

Random curl at the bottom due to my lack of parting skill.

(Found my first grey hair so I was not a happy camper)

This lasted a week and I wanted to try the style in the pic so I did my lazy routine and begged my friend Ren to do the side twists. I used Eco Styler Oilve Oil Gel and Aloe Vera juice for this style.

I started in the front

And pinned up the sides so I didn't twist those accidentally

Voila!

I pinned the sides together and did a pompadour in the front

I forgot to take pictures when the style was finished so I quickly snapped two while in the car. LOVE IT! But good GOD my scalp was TEARING OFF! The darn dry scalp was terrorizing me!!

BUT I will be applying some intensive care to my hair and report back. Until then,

Peace.

Mini Twists with Beeswax

Hey Curlies, Happy Saturday!!

Ok... so I decided to do minis twist this week after I did my Olive Oil Treatment I was pretty excited about my Ultimate length check I wanted to see how long my hair would look in twists. It took me about three days to do this but as we all know it takes a while to do our hair depending on the style. in the end it was worth it I loved the results and this will last me for weeks.

I simply blow dried my hair with heat protect-ant , serum and leave in con-dish. and started twisting it with Murray's beeswax ( this may not work for everyone's hair) but i love beeswax and it doesn't cake up in my hair. it gives me the hold i need and adds enough sheen for me.

Blow dried hair in twists

Love this stuff!!

End result of mini twists

Ultimate length Check

Hey Curlies..this is a big one. So I haven't done a length check since.. i don't know. until today 5 years post big chop, I know its been a long time coming but i'm uber excited y'all

So I washed my hair out from the Hot Oil Treatment which was in my previous post, and I decided to blow out my hair to see how long it has gotten.. and here it is!!! BSL (bra strap length)

its probably a little pass bsl but you can see for yourself

I'm enjoying my journey so far, i admitted there was some times when i felt like to cut the darn thing of cause it was easier short. but I like long hair and always have so why not just let it grow.

people have told me "oh you should relax it again now" or "just loc it" and I have thought about my options but I'm happy how my hair is now and its soooo VERSTILE!! the options are endless when it comes to natural hair.

I'll continue to keep you guys posted and I hope your enjoying your Journey as well.

Spring Time. (the feeling is so fine)

Hey Curlies so its finally Spring !! and after the long hard cold winter I decided to add some much needed moisture back into my hair, by doing a Olive Oil Hot Oil Treatment. I left the treatment covered for and hour then shampoo as usual.

I Braided my hair to make applying the oil easier.

P.S I'll do a 4 year length check soon...:) its been a long time I know

Holiday Hair

Merry Christmas!!! my Natural Sistas. heres my hair for the season. medium twist on blown out hair. and I used only shea butter to twist .

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

HOLIDAY HAIR

Healthy ends = Healthy hair

Hair without product

Hey dolls .. so I just decided to wash my hair for the holidays.. and looking for a super cute hair style to wear.
This is how my looks clean and fresh.
and feel free to suggest any holiday styles I can wear.

clean and oiled scalp.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

FINALLY!

Words cannot describe.........

I can finally pull my hair back.... with only two bobby pins Hallelujah!

Peace

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.