One of the most frustrating things when moving to a new city as a woman is finding a new place to call your salon. When you're black naturalista it's even more complicated because you're not sure who's really skilled and educated in caring for natural hair. The black hair salon . . .
An Event to Remember: Holistic Lifestyle, Bloggers, and More!
I'm sure by now if you follow me on social media you saw a flow of pictures and posters related to the Naturalista Hair Show. Although it was one day only, it was definitely an event to remember. While in attendance I caught a few classes and a panel for bloggers. To be honest, the whole . . .
‘Tis the Season for Protective Styles & Such
This year has definitely been a year of protective styles. I started out with box braids back to back right after I experimented with flat ironed hair. The past couple of years I have really taken my natural hair journey to another level that’s actually exciting. I had to move beyond the same old . . .
10 Tips to Avoid a Bad Hair Braiding Experience
By now, I'm hoping that you have read my series on my hair braiding debacle. You can check my post here and here. As promised, I did come up with solutions to avoid the experience I had with braiding shops. Y'all know I can't complain and NOT give solutions, not my style. Looking back on . . .
Final Review: Shea Moisture’s Entire JBCO Line
It took a long time for me to get this final review out and I'm not sure why. :-)I have been using the Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil line since I first reviewed it in August 2014. After that post, I decided to purchase the remaining items in the line to see if they lived up to my . . .
10 Reasons Why I Dislike Hair Braiding Shops
The rant continues. These salons and stylists will keep kitchen beauticians and YouTube vloggers in business, I swear. These braiders ain't loyal! I just got to thinking about all the reviews I have read about different braiding salons and why I stayed away from professional styling (in . . .
I Got My Hair Braided And This Was My Experience
Mercury Retrograde must be trolling the hell out of me right now. When it comes to finding a new salon and stylist, I'm very thorough in my search. Very! I look through all the Yelp reviews, stalk social media profiles for that business, and just search the entire . . .
Am I a Straight Hair Natural Now?
I heard this term, "Straight Natural" being thrown around while listening to my favorite podcast by Curlbox’s founder Myleik Teele. Meh, I don’t know. I ventured out this past weekend and flat ironed my hair on my own after years so many years. To be clear, I had my hair flat ironed professionally . . .
#ThrowbackThursday Natural Hair YouTube Vloggers Pt2
Oh you didn't think I was going to forget Part two of my vlogger list now, did you? Oh no! We're going to keep this going for the rest of the month! As I mentioned in my initial post, I'm paying tribute to the ladies that I started the beginning of my natural hair journey. I'm creating this . . .
Reactions to my Flat Iron Natural Hair
For the past month and some change, I have been wearing my hair straight. It has been very … interesting. It’s been two years since I attempted to straighten my hair and I lost my touch. Back in the day day, I used to press my own hair. Lately I had to learn how to straighten my hair again . . .