Category: natural hair

It is always so enlightening and heart-warming to see the many reasons women decide to move away from relaxing their hair. One past giveaway allowed many of our readers to share, and I gladly share their reasons with you, to serve as inspiration and motivations to those among us contemplating the decision, and who may…

This is a very personal question, and your reason may not be the same as the next young lady! I was absolutely captivated by the responses to this question in the vintage comb giveaway. Here’s why some of our readers went natural! Keisha wrote My last relaxer was sometime in college in the year 2000…

Have you ever felt like you need a little excitement? Bored with doing the same things over and over with your natural hair? Or thought, maybe I should color it, or add henna? All in search of a lost enthusiasm that you once had for your hair. Well, don’t feel bad, this is actually quite…

I do have a few amendments and clarifications though. This post was written at a time where I was recovering from heat damage, hence the opposition to heat syling. I maintain that caution is to be used whenever heat is used in the hair. However, after learning ways to use minimal heat for a change…

I love when I discover new recipes as well as new ways to use the ones that I already know. My latest find is this simple, yet effective warm rinse. Rinse recipe 2 tbs. of olive oil 2 tbs. of honey (or 1 if less honey is preferred) 1 liter of warm water 5-6 drops of…

This morning,  I took my sleepy self into the shower and realizing that I need to condition my hair, I reached for the first thing I see… and ended up applying a ton of Curls Nurture Cream to my hair despite the OBVIOUSLY different consistency and smell… Still not picking it up, I get out…

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready for the new week! I wanted to share this video with every one. I can’t remember writing about finger coils in the past two years. I can’t even remember styling my hair this way successfully in the past. I do however remember Laquita’s Finger Coils, her…