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Okay I have serious PJ'ism...lol (PJ means product junkie). I just love to try out new products for my hair. I'm always thinking something else could work better...lol.

So far this month I've ordered from MissJessies.com and KarensBodyBeautiful.com. I've also bought some things at my local Bss (beauty supply store). *Sigh* I can't use any of it right now because my hair is in kinky twists. My plan is to use Miss Jessie's creme de la creme once I take this kinky twist set out. I may or may not use her shampoo, which is said not to have in SLS in it. I don't plan to rate the products I try out here, but if you want to know what I thought of a certain product just check out my Fotki.com album or I may do a YouTube video on it.

I have waaaay too many products. I just threw away a whole bunch of stuff last weekend, but I still have products! Most are still full; some are half full, but none are almost empty.

My Top 5 Products:

* Qhemet Biologics Amla & Olive Heavy Cream
* Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Conditioner
* Herbal Essence Hello Hydration Conditioner
* Sheamoisture Shea Butter Leave-in Conditioner
* Fantasia IC Hair Polisher Styling Gel (clear)
**BONUS** Futurebiotics Hair, Skin, Nail Vitamins

Those 5 products stay in rotation, but since getting more than few new products it may change up. I heard Karen's Body Beautiful has great products and I hear great reviews on them. We'll see...

Day 26~ 100 day hair challenge!

Okay, so its been 26 days since I started this challenge. All is going well. In fact I redid the kinky twists a day later because I didn't like how the first set came out (check photo below in last post). I love how the second set came out...










26 days have gone by so fast. My 50 days is coming up real soon (Feb. 11th) and at that time I'll retwist another set and wear until my end date (apr. 1). I've been using my hair growth oil that I got from Blackonyx77 http://public.fotki.com/KinkyCoils/hair_pics/products/blackonyx77hairgrowthoil.html
It seems to be working fine. I bought a bottle of boundless tresses by Growth Specifics so I'm hoping to try that after my first 50 days is up.

I had to take out one twist in the front because it needed to be retightened and at that time I noticed my hair in the front has grown at least an inch!! The real test will be the sides; to see if my sides have grown. I'm noticing growth now because my hair has been in a "resting" state, meaning I have not been manipulating my hair (ex. combing, brushing, styling, etc.), so it's had time to retain a little more length. Yaaaay! Imagine how much length I may have by April. I mean if I've gained at least an inch in 3 weeks then I should be just below my lip or more by time April arrives (HOPEFULLY).

100-Day Hair Challenge

Hi What's good? I know I've been MIA but life has me too busy to blog plus it's the holiday season...lol you know how that goes. Anyway, I wanted to do a quick blog on a hair challenge that I joined. It's called 100-Day Hair Challenge.
BlackOnyx77 started this challenge on Youtube and I think it a GREAT idea plus my hair needed the break. You can also check out her fotki album just search ChellyG and it should come up.

Anyway, I thought this was such a good idea that it inspired me to finally learn how to kinky twist my own hair. I plan to keep these set of twists in at least 2-4 weeks before I take them down; wash and condition my hair and then retwist (with kinky twists).

REASON WHY I JOIN THIS CHALLENGE:

1. Cut down on combing/brushing my hair
2. Strong, Healthy hair
3. Protective style during these cold winter months
4. Hair growth as well as retain length
5. Stay away from hair dyes for awhile; grow out hair dye

Also, during this challenge I plan to drink a lot more H2o as well as take multivitamins and hair vitamins. The soul purpose of the 100-Day Hair Challenge is to give your hair a well needed rest period.

Protective Styles You Can Do:
*Kinky/Seneglease Twists (extensions)
*Individual Braids (extensions)
*Cornrows (w/extensions or without)
*2-strand Twists
*Weaves/Wigs/Quick Weaves

I put Kinky Twists in myself. I wanted to do individuals but I didn't have the dinero to get them done and my fiance's cousin couldn't do them, so I surfed YouTube and found many how-to videos on Kinky Twists. I came across BlackOnyx77, Beautifulbrwnbabydol, and Lyndaespratley and I used techniques from all three to create my twists. Now they are FAR from perfect but I think the second time around they'll be a little better.

YES WE CAN!!!

Barack Obama is our president elect! I cried because this was definitely a part of history that I never thought I would see. If you didn't know now you know. Yes we can!

It's been awhile!

What's good?! I know it's been awhile since I've blog about anything, but I've been fairly busy since my last post. I've been doing wedding stuff, trying to find venues, bridal gowns as well as bridesmaid gowns. It's a lot of work. So I decided to create a new blog just for my wedding talk (BE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT) and keep this one for my hair/beauty/makeup blogging. I really just wanted to update you guys...

I dyed my hair jet black which was a huge mistake so sometime this weekend I'm going to get some colorfix and try to correct it. Black dye is just too dark for my skin complexion. Other than dying my hair I haven't been doing to much to it because I've been so busy.

Aubrey Organics

Okay, last week I went to my local whole foods market and picked up Aubrey Organics. I'm excited to use these because I've heard such great reviews on them. I picked up Island Naturals (poo & condish), Honeysuckle Rose condish, White Camellia condish, and GPB condish. I've been waiting until I took my twist out, which I did yesterday. Usually I do wash day on Sundays but because I'm so excited about using this product I think I'm going to scratch the twistout and wash my hair tonight.

I'm going to start with the Island Naturals first. I'm not going to do a pre-poo (coconut milk & molasses)... ah I might as well...lol I'll post my results at a later time. I'm going to go ahead and get started...

Castor oil and Aloe vera

I just wanted to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE castor oil. It is by far the best moisturizing oil out there! Just in case you didn't know castor oil is humectant that attracks moisture to your hair/skin. So if your hair is dry or even damaged give castor oil some love I gurantee you'll love it.

You know I've been sleeping on Aloe vera gel. I remember when I started my locs four years ago the loctician used aloe vera plant to palmroll my locs. BUT it wasn't until recently I fell in love with it. Aloe vera is great for moisturizing the hair/skin also. I used it today to finish up my micro twists and my hair feels soooo soft and moisturized. I highly recommend this also.

If didn't know now you know! Bless.