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.

KinkyCoils's homemade whipped shea butter

I didn't think to do a video on how I made this but when I run out (which probably won't be for awhile) I'll definitely do a video. Anyway, today I decided to go ahead and make some whipped shea butter. I had made this a couple of years ago but it wasn't AS whipped as it is today. I have to say it was my favorite four years ago and it's my favorite today! Oh man! It's so fluffy like butter cream. I really put my foot in this...lol

I used (of course) shea butter, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, vit. e oil, honey, castor oil, coconut oil, ylang ylang e.o, rosemary e.o, peppermint e.o, & patchouli e.o I think next time around I'll add couple more oils.




I'm telling you this stuff is HEAVENLY! Anyone can make it :D

My Hair Routine

I just wanted to post about my hair routine for the summer. I'm still testing this routine out but this is what I'm doing so far. I live in a state that has a lot of humidity so I don't have to do as much, but if I feel like my hair is dry I do use a homemade spritz.

~Do a daily conditioner wash (I like to use either Suave or Vo5) or sometimes I'll just rinse with water. Sometimes I skip a day due to laziness...lol

~Apply my leave-in conditoner (I didn't do this before until I realize my hair needs it; I like to use Sheamoisture leave-in) on damp hair.

~Let air dry.

*Use homemade spritz if hair is dry (veggie glycerin/h2o mix)

Other Treatments: Shampoo once a month (I use Creme of Nature but I'm going to try Nasabb's Teawynn poo). I also deep condition bi-weekly (or when my hair needs it).

Once fall rolls around I will post my Fall/Winter rountine. I doubt it'll be the same as last year...lol

Okay, so they're not perfect...

I finally did Bantu knots. I started off parting but then I was thinking, "This shit is for the birds!" So I started grabbing sections of hair. I think I did an okay job, but they're not perfect.

Almost finished...


All done!


Here's the back...