Twist n Curl

So that style I told y'all bout after I dyed my hair..

Yea this is it.

Shockingly I've never done this before. I've had flexirods for over 2 years now and never really used them. They aren't comfy to sleep in but the payoff is worth it and this is going to be a staple style for me.

Applied Mixed Silk Leave In mixed w/ SM Restorative Condish as leave in

KBB Heavenly Jojoba Oil as oil

SM Curl Enhancing Smoothie as Styler

Kept in the flexi rods the following day (wasn't going anywhere)

Took them the out the day after that.

Don't remember how many twists. Around 14 I think.

LISTEN!!!!

My hair looked so good! And felt good! And still feels good! (haven't washed my hair yet lol)

The fact that the ends being curled up has helped me keep my hair moisturized for 2 weeks is lovely.

I maintained the style by having my hair in a low loose ponytail and then popping on my satin scarf.

No re twisting or nada

Have you ever used flexirods? 

Back to Black

Well I did it.

I yammered about wanting to change the color of my hair so I did it.

Went from this..

to this..

If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen a pic of it.

But if you're reading this.. you get to see more pics!

The perks of reading this blog I tell ya..

I did it on Monday night.

Went out in the howling wind and rain to procure the hair color.

I bought the Dark and Lovely Hair Color in Natural Black from Boots.

It cost £3.65 which to me isn't bad.

It did a good job.

Left it on for around 25-30 mins and washed as normal.

Well I didn't shampoo the colored section, only co washed with Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner.

Poo'd the rest of my hair with the SM Moisture Retention

then detangled and deep conditioned with Organix Coconut Milk Conditioner

put some avocado oil on the hair before putting on the plastic bag.

The style I did after will be another post.

I'm happy with the color, happy it took and looks like my natural hair color.

I keep looking at it though. So weird having my hair fully black after so long.

I will do a proper in depth review of the color on my YouTube channel

Product Review - Shea Moisture Deep Cleansing Shampoo

Look at me hitting y'all with another product review

another Shea Moisture joint

so this isn't a popular product.. popular in the sense that most people go weak in the knees for it

but i'm one of those few people.

see i have eczema (i've probably stated this fifteen hunnid times on hurr)

but i gotta keep saying it cuz its for realsy

it's horrid and living in the UK in the cold makes it even more horrid

i get it on my scalp, mostly by my hairline and it can do this weird thing when if not kept in check, breaks out on my forehead and eyebrows :-|

so when i decided to try this here poo last year summer.. it said NAWL to the zema and that thang left!

it didn't cure but with regular use, i don't itch and no flare ups!

I love this shampoo because it is the only shampoo that effectively cleanses my scalp and hair without irritating it. it isn't a moisturizing shampoo and the hair isn't left feeling stripped either.

it feels clean. 

the consistency is runny and lathers up decently.

no sulfates and other random things i don't know how to say

this is a keeper in my books.

what say you? have you ever tried it?

Product Review - Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner

I plan on doing more product reviews on here

I've used a handful of things and haven't reviewed them!

so with that said, here is a review on the 

Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Restorative Conditioner

$9.99 (average price)

Ingredients
Deionized Water , Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Argan Oil , Coconut Oil , Behentrimonium Chloride , Essential Oil Blend , Vegetable Glycerin , Emulsifying Wax , Sea Kelp Extract , Panthenol (Vitamin B-5) , Avocado Oil , Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower (and) Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Tocopherol (Vitamin E) , Daucus Carota Sativa (Carrot) Seed Oil 

Our leave-in or rinse out conditioner detangles, moisturizes, repairs and restores lifeless, damaged hair.

Work conditioner through hair from root to ends. Leave on for 3 minutes, then rinse. 

For deeper conditioning, leave on for up to 15 minutes. As a leave-in, work a dime-sized amount through damp hair, then style as desired.

I've used this product quite a lot.  I have used it as a co-wash, rinse out, deep conditioner and leave in.

Co-Wash- on wet hair, this glides on perfectly. It moisturized my scalp and hair and rinsed clean. My hair felt lightly cleansed and moisturized at the same time. I could do a slight finger detangle with it but nothing much.

Rinse Out - I do love it as a rinse out. I love when a conditioner deeply moisturizes my hair and it feels soft and supple after rinsing which this does. The downside is not much slip and the size of the product. I would go through a bottle really quickly if I used it for this nature and $10 for a product is a lot. Especially since it's even more in the UK!

Deep Conditioner - the product is thick and creamy in nature and works great on its own as a deep conditioner or if you add some oils to it. With my hair under plastic bags for at least 30 mins, the product penetrated my strands and left them smooth. I even detangled my hair with a paddle brush before placing under the plastic bags and the brush glided through with no trouble! (I did detangle my hair prior to shampooing hair)

Leave-In - this is the way I mostly use the product. It is a staple in my product stash, especially for the Fall/Winter seasons. Again, the creaminess of it and the thickness is great for when my hair needs extra moisture in the cold climates and it delivers. My hair is always soft and left smelling really good.

Overall

This is a product that has and will always be a staple in my product stash because I can get multiple uses out of it. For the size and price, it is more economical for me to use as a leave-in and the occasional deep conditioner or co-wash. I love that is readily available in the US, hate that it isn't readily available in the UK and twice the price.

Have you tried this product? What are your thoughts?

Daily Fix of Hair

 Today's fix is from last week

its a wash n go gone reaaalllll frizzy

(used my mix of Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie & Curling Souffle)

I'm missing my fully black hair though. Womp.

Wash N Go Routine

Hiya Lovelies!

Check out my latest vid up on my YouTube channel

where I show how I do a Wash N Go!

if you haven't subscribed yet, please do :) 

Enjoy =)

Daily Fix of Hair

Today's fix is from a month ago

I think this is an old twist out.

If it is the twist out I'm thinking of, it was done with Shea Moisture Curl & Style Milk on wet hair

that's it!

My Fall/Winter Mains

So tomorrow the #Fall4P31 Challenge starts!

I'm excited because this is a great way for me to kick off being 22.

So I needed to wash my hair in preparation for this challenge & well my hair needed to be washed.

Now that I'm back in the UK, climate change and all that..

products have changed and my regimen!

These are my mains.

My Fall/Winter regimen is almost the same as last year's.. read here

- I detangle before cleansing. This may be done with applying some oil/moisturizer/conditioner to my hair and either brushing it out with oil or combing it.

- Cleanse with the Shea Moisture African Black Soap Deep Cleansing Shampoo in 6 sections.

- Deep condition with a DIY concoction with the Tresemme Naturals as a base.

- Apply Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner as leave in with a bit of Mixed Silk leave in.

- Seal with Karen's Body Beautiful Heavenly Jojoba Hair Oil [review here] 

- I also follow up with Shea Butter to set my braids/twists.

- I use the KBB Creamylicious to do twists/braids on dry hair. Review on that here

Do you change your regimen when the seasons change? What are your mains?

Wash N Go YO

So for this summer, I've been doing a lot of wash n gos. For this past year really. 

I never really did a lot of wash n gos in the past due to the varying curl patterns in my head and length at the time. After about a 2 months or so from my BC, the shape looked so awkward. 

Whenever I did one, I either pinned both the sides back or wore a headband. 

So mullet looking.. lol. I promise it looked a tad better later on

Never ever could I wear it out by itself. So last year I started doing them more and this year a bit more because of how much my hair has grown. It doesn't look weird. Well sometimes the curls by my temple (which are the loosest curls) can hang lower than the rest then its just off but I can always fluff to hide that.

So in the Summer Product Post here, the styling products you see are what I use. I just mix a combo of them.

This wash n go is the Curl & Style Milk, Smoothie & then "sealed" with the Beautiful Curls Curl Custard.

I re wet my hair and applied the Garnier to my hair.. finger detangled for a lil bit (like 5 mins tops) then rinsed. 

Look out for my vid on the diff combos I use for wash n gos!

Have you been doing wash n gos for the summer? Do you like them?

Daily Fix of Hair

Today's fix of Me

Shot by Me

Twist Out - set with Shea Moisture Curling Souffle

Watch how I styled this twist out in my latest YouTube vid!

Summer Hair Care Products

Hola!

Wanted to share with you the products that have been keeping my hair all nice and yummy for the summer.

KeraCare Cleansing Cream

Garnier Triple Nutrition Conditioner

Aubrey Organics GPB Conditioner

These are the out of the shower products.

I'll do a more in depth on how I use all the products in a video & I'll be posting a review of the Cleansing Cream on the blog soon.

Compare + Contrast Youtube Review

Hey Lovelies!

I've got a new vid up on my YouTube Channel

Another Compare + Contrast Review between 

Shea Moisture's Curling Souffle and Beautiful Curls Curl Control Custard

I give you my thoughts about these products that are similar and how they pair up against each other

Check it out & you haven't subscribed yet.. what are you waiting for?!

Enjoy =)

Product Review - Shea Moisture Hair Color System

As promised

Here is my hair after coloring it with Shea Moisture Hair Color System 

in Medium Golden Blonde
&&

My Review of the Color is now live on my YouTube channel!

Do subscribe 

Enjoy =)

Hair Colo(u)r - Shea Moisture

So I keep talking about Hair Color and I finally did it! My sis has been holding this box for me for months now and I was super excited to try it. She bought it for me when she got her Shea Moisture color in Bright Auburn.

I have the full review coming which will be on my YouTube channel so go subscribe! 

In the meantime, check out these pics.

The Before 

I used 1 box for that whole section. 

                                     

                                                                   The After 

                                                   Stay tuned for more of the After!

Colo(u)r Me Silly

Greetings Lovelies

This warmer weather is making me think of Summer

Sandy beaches, frozen drinks, HOT SUN!

It's the island girl in me and with the thoughts of Summer come the thoughts of switching up my hair

in the form of color.

I've thought about doing Marley Twists but I really like having my hair free&loose in the Summer

so color it is!

Even when I was relaxed, my go to hair switcharoo would be some form of color. 

I've done a bleached blonde chunks in my hair, red, light brown, back to black

THE WORKS.

If you've been following my blog you know I colored a section of my hair late last Summer

first with a box color then my cousin bleached it. Check out that post here

CrystalAfro posed a question yesterday on tips for the "healthiest way to add color"
She must be in my head!

Right on time! So ladies if you're looking to venture into the realm of hair color, take heed to that!

I really can't wait to color my hair. Now the next question is, 

Will I do my whole head or just the section? Hmm...

What are your thoughts on hair color? Plan on switching it up for the summer?

Shea Moisture Crazy

So Walgreens is at it again with their BOGO sale (Buy 1, Get 1 FREE) on Shea Moisture hair products.

They had this sale earlier this year & I sure did snatch up some products then aaanndddd I did so now.
I ordered my products online, free shipping on orders over $25 and Walgreens has a coupon for $10 off orders $50 and over.
I OD'd and got 11 items :|

Extreme yes but smart.
I love Shea Moisture products, the cost for the ingredients and the stuff is good. I can't get them in the UK and since I'm going to FL for the winter break, I can carry them back with me.
I was planning on buying some stuff anyways to take back with me but this sale just helped me out majorly.

I got the stuff I know works well with my hair.

source

-Curl Enhancing Smoothie
-Deep Treatment Masque
-Curl & Style Milk
-Purification Masque
-Restorative Conditioner


everything but the green labelled stuff.

I'm currently using the green labelled items actually. Not a huge fan.
The Anti Breakage Masque doesn't do much for me & I like the Thickening Growth Milk for touch ups when I feel my hair is dry but it isn't a fave out of the family.

Just hoping I'm not overweight on my flight back.....