Birthday Weekend

Wow so another year has rolled around wich means it's birthday time.  I will be 32, wow how time is rolling but I still feel like a spring chicken, lol.
My birthday is officially on Monday but I will begin celebrating on tomorrow of course and the rest of the weekend.  This year will be different though, no partying with the girls, nope, just me and hubby this time doing what I want to do.  I want to do something "couply", that's not a word but you know what I mean.  Like I said in my past post, we have been through a rough last month and just need a time to ourselves so we are just gonna have fun together, I surely have some things in mind for us to do.
So I am surely in need of a cute not too much work hair style and ran across Westndnbeauty's site Confessions of a Blog Vixen. I love the braid and curl so I think I will give it a try, my hair is still stretched from the previous washing and blow dry session on last Sunday so this is the perfect time.  Check out the video below and stay tuned for more pictures soon.

African Hair Threading: Ghana Plaits

Ghana plaits- using a piece of weave thread to wrap around a section of hair making it look like it is twisted but it really isn't (this is my definition)
Lately I have fallen in love with this method, I think it is the cutest style especilly for the little ones.  I decided that I will attempt these on my girls hair once school starts back and there is no more swimming, right now I stick with protective styles that are easy to wash.
I came across a few videos showing how to do Ghana Plaits and thought I would share them.

Here are a few sites for more information:

African Hair Threading 
 by Cherishmydaughter

Side Swept Flat Twists and Ghana Plaits
by Girlsloveyourcurls




I will be trying this on both my hair and my girls when school starts back.  Stay tuned.

Hair Anniversary video

Hair and crafting update

Video Update

Excuse the mad face, LOL. That should be changing in a moment.

 

This is an old video I did the beginning of September, I have been trying to upload it to youtube for the longest but for some reason my laptop won't allow it.  I finally got the idea to save it do an SD card and do it from my desk top, I did all that after I uploaded it here though.  Enjoy.

Kimmaytube's leave in conditioner

I tried Kimmaytube's leave in conditioner recipe and had great results, check out my response video below.

Hair What Knots and Micro Twists

Shea Moisture Organics video review

This is my review on Shea Moisture Organics Curl Enhancing Smoothie from Target.  No, I did not buy it to enhance my curls, I bought it strictly for moisture.  I really like it.  I usually don't buy instore hair products over $10 but my natural friend girl bought it and liked it-she said it left her hair really soft so I decided to try it.  My twist out has been the best it has ever been...seriously!  Great moisture and softness without ANY crunchiness at all.  Check out the video for more information. Mind you day two hair was achieved using the Shea Moisture and Jessicurl Confident Coils for hold.

Amenta conditioner product review

Yep, another hair video

Finally had a chance to upload my video.  Hope you enjoy!

Protective Style: Not Too Micro Braids

So I finally got my video together, I'm a wife and mother of two, my life is totally busy. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to cut out because the two vids together was too long so I just broke them up and made two. The first one is getting my hair ready for braiding, I washed that morning and blowdried using a heat protectant. The second vid is the finished product and what not, I finally finished the braids and realized I don't braid as fast as I use to. Check them out.

Afroveda-I'm In Love With The Butter

Just a little review of my run in with Totally Twisted Ginger Almond butter. Remember, this is just my opinion.

Happy Birthday Hair Video

Oops! How did that happen? The before last picture is one of all the products that I do use on a weekly basis. What does it consist of:
Shampoos and Conditioners
-Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose shampoo and conditioner
-Aussie Moist shampoo and conditioner
-Organix Shea Butter conditioner, White Tea Grapeseed conditioner
-Neutrogena Triple Moisture conditioner
Deep Conditioner
-Hawaiian Silky Dry Hair Conditioner
-Reshma Henna ( forgot to put it in the pic)
Styling
-Hawaiian Silky Dry Look Activator Gel
-Taliah Waajhid Loc It Up Gel (amazingly soft and light)
-Ohm Sweet Hair Pudding
Leave In/Moisturizers
-Cantu Shea Butter Leave In
-Coconut Oil
-Shea Butter (I buy that stuff by the tubs)
-Africas Best Herbal Oil
-Olive Oil
-Ohm Sweet Hair Pudding (mixture of shea butter, herbal oil, and coconut oil)
-Aloe Vera Gel

Refreshing My TWA; My morning routine

Hawaiian Silky

So Saturday was shampoo day and deep condition day and that is exactly what I did. But I bought two new products: Hawaiian Silky Gel Activator and Hawaiian Silky Dry Hair Conditioner. I must say that I loved the results of both, I use to use the conditioner when I was relaxed and decided to give it another try and I am glad I did, it worked great on my hair. Also the activator was plus, my hair usually gets crunchy when I use some products, that's 4a/b hair for ya, but this time it didn't, my hair is soft and I got great curl definition that you really can't tell from the video posted. For the next couple of weeks I decided to give my hair a rest from the twists and "let it do what it do", this activator is going to my number one product.

Hair update

Here is a little update on my protective styling and recent hair regime.

Amprogel Curle Curl part 2

Hello once again, part 2 of my Ampro Gel Activator review.

This time I added some a little Eco Styler Gel with the Ampro Activator, I deep conditioned real good and while in the shower I raked my mixture through real good with my fingers. Again before doing that I added my Elasta QP Leave in to my hair. This mixture turned out really good. My hair likes these two products, there is no flaking, greasiness, or crunchiness. I am really excited that I found something for my wash n go's, I was getting worried for a minute there...

Anyways check out my videos and pictures.

Texture My Way

Here is a video that I have been trying to get uploaded for the longest, my old broadband server was slow so now I have a new server so I am able to upload now.