Monday Hair

So my hair regimen is going great, loving the results I am getting from my hair. Sunday I washed using Keracare cream shampoo which is wonderful, I deep conditioned using Mizani Curl Relenish, then used Cantu Shea Butter leave in with a little olive oil and finally blow dried, my hair has been great and feels great. Afterwards to style I twisted with Darcey's Botanicals Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream with a little leave in on the ends. My first intention was to wear it pinned up in the twists but the next morning I decidef to do an out style just cause I haven't worn it ou in a while. Results.turned out great. Check out pics below.

Birthday Hair

 *Tried to get this uploaded yesterday, but you know how technology works*

So here is my birthday hair, I think it turned out pretty cute even though it's not as defined as I wanted but it will do for today.  I have been trying to upload a small video  but that's not working out too good for me, so the only thing I can do is post pics until then.  Once again I got this idea from Westndnbeauty, her braid n curls always turn out so great.  So I used the Shea Moisture Smoothie and with a little Africas Best Herbal Oil. to braid and then added some rollers to the ends.

So it did not turn out as defined as I wanted it to but it's big hair like I like so I wasn't messed up about it. I think know that I need something a little more water based and something good for hold, hey I used what I had.  But since it was my birthday I ordered myself a little sumthin sumthin from Darcy's Botanicals and plan on trying this style again with it, hopefully it makes it here before wash time next weekend, I will let you know when it arrives. Until then time to twist and pin my hair back up for the week.

Check out some more hair pics

 right after unbraiding

This picture was actually the end 

of the night.

Hair Today...again

So glad that my hair can make it into a ponytail now, this style was the result of my twistout from yesterday, retwisted last night. I started with my hair just pulled back in the front then decided to make a ponytail cause it is kind of humid. I think it's cute, I think I'll do it again tomorrow too. Enjoy!

Hair Today

Here is a picture of my hair today. Twist out using my homemade shea butter mix and Carols Daughter hair butter. My hair turned out great: soft with body and movement.
Also enjoy a picture of earrings I just made.

Aphogee Protein Treatment

As promised I did  the Aphogee protein treatment on this Saturday...what do I think?

First of all when I went to purchase the treatment I happened to walk in with a female police officer and we both just happened to be going to the same product.  I asked her if she had ever used the protein treatment and she said yes and that the Aphogee products are the only ones she uses, who would have thought it, oh and she was natural.  As we were talking she was telling me that she uses all the products on a regular basis and that her favorite is the hair oil, according to her before she hits the streets she washes, throws the oil in her hair and is out the door.
By this time I was feeling good about the products.
I bought my stuff and was on my merry way.
I first shampooed with the shampoo for damaged hair, and let me tell you I make sure to read the lables before using and the last thing I read was if gets in eye rinse with cold water, and lawd have mercy, what happened the shampoo got in my eye and I thought I was going to be blind forever.  I rinsed for about 10 minutes and it took 15 for my eye to get back to normal.  It burned like crazy and that was just the shampoo.  After rinsing and drying I applied the protein treatment and this time I put on gloves cause I was still afraid from the shampoo and this stuff smelled bad, I used a spray bottle for this step and kept my eyes closed, not finna get me again.

I sat under the dryer for about 30-40 minutes and came out with some rock hard hair.

 After rinsing I used the Moisture Balancing conditioner, then did a DC with my own conditioner and styled my hair like I usually do, oh and I used Aphogee ProVitamin leave in as the base for my other styling products. Style of choice was of course a twist out.

 I used Carols Daughter Healthy Hair Butter

and loved the softness of my hair.

So my thoughts on the treatment: I don't know if I was supposed to be able to really feel a difference, but I felt like my style did turn out a whole lot better than it usually does, could it be from the products, I don't know, I do know I loved the results.  I will be doing the treatment again but maybe not in 6 weeks maybe a little longer than that, cause you know you have to stick with a product for a while to get the full affects.
Am I happy with the results?  Yep!

Aphogee Review

My computer is finally back up and running, oh how I missed it, it's ashame how much we rely on technology.
So school is starting back on Monday, sad face, but I will be so excited to see a check.
This week was time to get my girls hair ready for the year after having a break during the summer, I decided to give the Aphogee line a try, I did  a little research and figured I should have good results with it being all pH balanced and stuff, I did like that fact. Here's what I bought.

  

Deep Moisture Shamopoo- $5

Balancing Moisturizer-$4

ProVitamin Leave In Conditioner-$4

all pH optomized

I used this on both my girls hair and let me tell you I was amazed, I was really looking to be unimpressed but man was I wrong,

Shampoo, makes styling easier, restores body and vibrancy, and controls frizz: from the time I shampooed and rinsed their hair was so freakin soft I was even to get a wide tooth comb through the back section of Baby Girls hair.

Balancing Moisturizer, infuses moisture, improves manageability, softness and shine: the bottle does not say conditioner but it is. I do see why it says moisturizer though because once  again I was impressed at the softness and how my comb and TT glided through the hair.  The moisturizer stays in for two minutes, I did 5 just cause, I put a plastic cap over then rinsed in cool water. Amazing!!! Oh but let me tell you, this stuff does not have the best smell, we all agreed it smells like my husbands deodorant.

 ProVitamin Leave In, adds lightweight moisture, improves body and shine, protects against heat: Last but not least the leave in, so I don't like watery leave ins and just knew this was going to be a miss, honey let me tell you, blowdrying was a breeze and it did exactly what it said.  Hair has body and shine and it is also a heat protectant so I did not have to add anything else before drying.

Overall I loved the outcome of my girls hair, I will definitely be using them again on their hair and can't wait to use it on mine as well. 
Check out pics below, I am working on a video review and having trouble uploading the videos from my phone to my computer, hopefully I will have it soon.

 Baby Girl after getting blowdried

 Back view

 All ready for school

 Baby Girls hair has never turned out better

Big Girl worried me so bad

about getting her twists 

back for school.

Hope you enjoyed the review!!

Preparing hair for twists

Wow, I am missing my blog. My computer is down for a while but will be back up shortly so there are no big time product reviews that I need to do. But for now enjoy the pics of blown out hair cause I am preparing my hair for twists cause school and work officially start back Monday. What happened to three month vacations?
Anyways,  yesterday I blowdried my hair using the tension method and my concentrator nozzle, then went through with the  denman, my hair had been washed a week ago and the only products in my hair were my moisturizer and my shea butter pomade so there was no need to rewash. I did use my Elasta QP heat protectant and the results were awesome, super soft hair, I was so tempted to flat iron but I resisted. I did braid my hair back upafterwards,  but it has get twisted by tonight though cause I've got to be at work tomorrow. Check out the pics. Also since my laptop is down I decided to pick back up on my knitting, check out my hat.

Hair of the day

Ya'll I have been sooo busy with so many other crafts going on that I have not had time to do any real posts and I have so much to talk about, it's just a rambling mush in my brain. I have been so busy making jewelry that time has just gone by. Later Tomorrow I will post pictures and tell why so much jewelry, I also need to do my official review of As I Am hair products :).

For today enjoy my hair of the day, for the styling I have been using the new product I purchase at the Tennessee Hair Care Expo, Anago Samina Tahitian Coconut moisturizer, that was a God send for my hair, it has been so soft and moisturized all week, I will surely purchase again when I run out.  Oh, and did I tell you it was only $6 bucks.  Bam!

Stay tuned for tomorrow...

Girls night in

Last Friday I did a girls night in with my daughters and two neices. We enjoyed pizza, a movie and manicures an pedicures compliments of me. I let them pick their own designs for toes and fingers, they had so much fun. I was so tired by the time we were finished that I did not take pics til the next morning and my neices were already gone.

Tennesssee Natural Hair Care and Wellness Expo pictures

Before I get started, please excuse these pictures they are definitely not as good as I usually do, but the camera I was so sensitive that if I shook just a little it make the picture kind of fuzzy. Seriously my Evo takes better pictures but I didn't think of that until the end.
Never the less I had a great time, I was there with my little sister(who went jewelry crazy), sis in law, her mother and grandmother, by the time it was time to go we were pooped. It was so wonderful to see so many beautiful natural in one place. Oh and excuse the date, I ended up changing batteries and forgot this was a different camera and it just gives you any ole date if you don't set it.
Hope you enjoy the pics...most of these lovely women are from Memphis, TN.

Me and Elle Perry, freelance journalist

bealestreetchic.com

 

My sister Nyla and Brittany Lewis, owner

of Anago Samina Handmade Originals

anagosamina.com.

Kimberly Brown, stylist, jewelry designer, and 

owner of Urban Chocolate. She was stocked

and ready for business...which 

she got plenty of, by the time I 

left most of this was gone.

urchocolateboutique.com

Sarah Elliot of Sarenzo Beads demonstrates 

how to wear her hair ties. And yes I bought me 

one too.  She is sooo nice.

www.sarenzobeads.com

 Sarah Elliot, of Sarenzo Beads

 

My little sis getting her shop on

Tonya Tate of Plentty, her feather hair combs

were the bomb.  

www.plentty.com

 Rochelle Woods owner of Opulence Hair and

Scalp Therapy.  She has been in business

since March of 2011, she was so nice.

So glad she is located here in Memphis, 

this will definitely be my first

purchase after going back to work and 

getting my hair done.

www.naturalopulence.com

My sis  in law, her mother and her grandmother

 A Natural Affair Beauty Lounge, 

owner Takeisha Berry-Brooks, the greatest

personality, my sis in law actually

had her big chop here and 

still goes there bi-weekly. Great

group of ladies.

Memphis, TN

www.anaturalaffair.com 

Nakia Amour, Healthy Hair Advocate Nakia Amour Hair 

Products, Little Rock, AR. 

Been in business one year.

www.naturalkinkyandcurly.com

Nakia Amour

Lavern Brown owner of Brownskin Apparel,

www.ilovemybrownskin.com

Nappy Hair Is Happy Hair

So many beautiful and natural women,  

gotta love it.

More Naturalness

Me and my little sis, Nyla

 I had a wonderful time, and, did I purchase anything?  I sure did.

Hair wrap from Sarenzo Beads, fabric earrings from 

Urban Chocolate, and Tahitian Coconut 

Cream Moisturizer