I started my channel, Elizzie954, back in 2008 when I was a senior in high school. I couldn't find many videos of girls with my hair type so I thought it would be fun to do my own product reviews. Soon I was getting questions from other curly girls and mothers on how to style my hair; therefore I started recording tutorials and just kept going from there.
How has your vlog affected you?
My vlog has helped me accept myself and my looks. I was pretty self conscious in school and never seemed to fit in. I tried to control my hair with way too much gel and mousse. Watching my videos from start till now, I see how much happier I am with myself. It's as if I had a lion caged up and finally set it free; it's unnatural to conform to others and the kindness from my viewers/friends helped me unleash myself in a way.
What do you hope to achieve with your vlog?
I want to be able to share my knowledge on curly hair and experiences. I don't want younger girls to have to go through all the tormenting I did for looking different and not fitting in because they don't belong to just one race. Besides sharing tips for hair, I want them to see that they should embrace being unique now so that they can live life for themselves and not others.
Regimen:
I wash my hair 3-4 times per week and I try to use natural shampoos and conditioners. I massage in shampoo only to my scalp then rinse. I then apply conditioner to my hair and detangle with a paddle brush. Then I rinse out the majority of the conditioner and wrap my hair in a microfiber turban to dry until it's damp. After it's dry I run a leave in conditioner through my strands until everything feels smooth and moist. Air dry and that's it.
4 words to describe your hair:
Exotic
Flirty
Lion's Mane
Delicate
5 things that you're loving at the moment:
-Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Restorative Conditioner
-Lush Cynthia Sylvia Stout Shampoo
-Mark Lipclick in Coral Fixation
-Mark Hand It Over in Plum Berry
-Blue Bell Cookie Dough Ice cream
Candidly Speaking....
One of my favorite quotes is
"Beauty without intelligence is a masterpiece painted on a napkin." -Anonymous
Check out this vid from her channel of her Summer Routine.
Remember check her out on YouTube for more videos!
Ok so as the post says TWA Tales. No I do not have a TWA (not anymore) but I've been on the hunt for easy TWA styles for my sister. She's like me - likes no fuss hair. She likes elaborate styles but rather have someone else do it for her.
& now I'm looking for easy styles for her. Oh the joys of being the younger sibling -.- (which would be me if You didn't catch that)
The search for the styles took me back to the times I had a TWA and it kinda made me want to do it all over again... kinda.
That is a whole 'nother post.
Anyhoo I found this vid on CurlyNikki. I remember really digging this style.. I think I attempted it too.
Ok so this is my first ever hair tutorial so excuse my loud voice over and whatnot.
I made this for my cousin who wanted to know how I achieved my bun in a pic I posted in this post.
Very simple to do. I'm a no fuss kinda person so the style isn't the neatest of things.
You can make it neat by brushing the front & back parts of your hair and applying some form of product to tame fly-aways.
Been in a lovey dovey mood due to music I been listening to at work.
Thing is, I have no special dude to be all cutesy with. Tis fine though.
Check out Kes featuring Tessanne Chin - "Loving You"
I love the song and the video is pretty cute. Tessanne is one of my fav artistes, her voice is so rich and one of a kind. Kes is really a band out of Trinidad and Kes is the lead. He's cute ;)
