tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70008916521707463792024-03-13T10:55:46.937-07:00Back to my mother natureA blog about hair, beauty, weight loss & Fashion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-77667734327766184652010-07-13T16:11:00.000-07:002010-07-13T16:12:03.166-07:00March- 2010Here its kinda a wash and go only difference I twisted the front with my fingers for more definitions and ofcoz I've used tousle me softly mouse :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-62701655161636811842010-07-13T16:02:00.000-07:002010-07-13T16:16:08.215-07:00Wash and go - April 2010
I have been away for a while, my hair has grown on me and I love it. In this pic I used herbal essence tousle me softly hair conditioner and mouse. Notice that I've colored my hair in two tones and I've done it all by myself ;)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-54917953922381253342009-08-21T17:35:00.000-07:002009-08-21T22:58:35.264-07:00Wash n go AugustHello ladies,What a nice feeling it is when your able to go under the shower, wash your hair and dress up then go on with your day. I love wash n go hairstyles and here's my latest photos :Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-62180916007443069042009-06-17T10:53:00.000-07:002009-06-17T11:03:21.298-07:00Twisted Sista Curl Activator I tried out this product from urban therapy, yes I know it has cone in it but I thought maybe my hair would like it. Since am looking for a cheaper alternative instead of paying 40+ for one jar of a decent curl product here in Toronto.I bought this for 6.00 flat and had my expectation high only to be bumped at the end. The curl activator didn't work on my naturally curly hair. It however added Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-37315734749166965382009-06-02T19:30:00.000-07:002009-06-02T19:42:38.671-07:00Africa's Best Growth LotionToday I discovered that my goodie moisturizer has to go to the dust bin or maybe I'll pass this to one of my friends.This lotion has two type of cones in it *Ouch* so it doesn't do my curls any good. I almost finished the bottle but now I understand how whenever I wore this lotion, my hair would curl less and won't even moister my hair!Lesson learned: Not all products that are titled "Organic" Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-20343741821456120542009-06-01T17:24:00.000-07:002009-06-01T17:48:15.932-07:00My hair is beautiful the way it is..Yesterday I gave away all of my hair conditioners since they had cone in them. Now that am back to my natural hair, I avoid all products that contain cones happily and gracefully too.You know what did this whole natural hair turned me into? I became an aware woman, I'm aware of ingredients that harm my hair, aware of what my hair likes and dislikes and aware of my whole uniqueness of being.The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-34425297915452375602009-05-29T15:28:00.001-07:002009-05-29T15:44:41.919-07:00Big ChopI've finally decided to end my transition journey on May 26th. My bestfriend BenBen decide the chop & let me tell you how she enjoyed cutting the permed hair off.Later on I had to cut rest of the permed ends that BenBen left. So now am completely natural, I can focus on growing healthy long hair =)Here are some photos of my big chop, enjoy it =)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-48301383847882471302009-05-25T06:14:00.000-07:002009-05-25T06:33:11.192-07:00My weeekend styleI found a style that works great for my transitioning head, I will try and take a picture tutorial of how I do it. For now enjoy the photos, let me know what you think :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-3303202826370834632009-05-23T19:12:00.001-07:002009-05-23T19:23:30.270-07:00Black Earth BeautiesEthiopian beauty Gelila Bekele is known as a ford model and also as Tyler Perry's old flame. She has beautiful curls, a truly an idol for all curlie heads.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-55073117329172935682009-05-22T13:32:00.001-07:002009-05-22T14:41:42.139-07:00Black Earth BeautiesToday on BE beauties we are showing off Koku Congza a Tanzanian gem, beautiful as she is. She's natural, a model and a singer too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-72416490029111573012009-05-21T21:35:00.000-07:002009-05-21T21:56:01.115-07:00Hair forum terms and abbreviationsI have been browsing the forums a lot lately and let me tell you that I've learned a whole new lingo. It's the lingo of hair and chicks *Winks* So I'm writing terms and their meanings here in hopes that it might help a newbie to understand and appreciate topics on different hair forums and websites. *I'm going to update this list every time I learn some new terms*WGO wild growth oilPre-Poo OilUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-456341803010576652009-05-21T18:32:00.000-07:002009-05-21T18:45:08.353-07:00Bantu Knot OutHere's a Bantu knot out pics, enjoy :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-44561337000675198002009-05-21T09:52:00.000-07:002009-05-21T10:43:45.411-07:00Wild growth oilI bought this oil last weekend and so far used it twice, to be honest I don't know why I bought it! I had other products to buy.Anyways when I saw the bottle I remembered visiting their website long ago which I didn't like but I had to find out myself if this oil works or not?I'm so aware of no such thing as quick results, I mean if you want longer hair quick and fast then you might as well get aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-47309282304241925802009-05-20T05:48:00.000-07:002009-05-20T07:04:00.341-07:00Hair mask and treatmentsTreatment for dry hair:Dry hair suffers from lack of moisture and essential fatty acids. There are many causes and reasons as to why the hair tends to be dry. Some of these reasons are due to damage, wither this damage is environmental, chemical or heat damage. Dry hair tends to look dull, frizzy, hard to comb and suffers from split ends beside breakage.If your hair is suffering from any of theseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-6475625262786801182009-05-14T06:02:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:10:00.622-07:00Almond OilIf your not allergic to NUTS then why not try Almond oil on your skin today.Say goodbye to skin moisturizer and start incorporating natural oils to your skin regime.We all know that natural oils have a lot of benefits and today I'm going to tell you about the magic of almond oil.Almond oil softens and moisture dry irritated skin, it also tighten it and delays aging process. Meaning your skin willUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-84436277716770806332009-05-05T02:11:00.000-07:002009-05-05T02:17:01.127-07:00My coconut oilI LOVE this product, it smells like coconut biscuit. I use it a lot on my hair, most of the time I use it with my co-wash by mixing it with my conditioner.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-2415701487202610592009-05-05T02:07:00.001-07:002009-05-05T02:11:37.554-07:00Hollywood Beauty Super GroMy boyfriend got me this last weekend, I don't use grease on my hair but thought why not use some of it on my braids. I love the texture this grease gives my natural hair, its too sad am still transitioning.I don't really know if this makes hair grow, tried to research but nothing came up. So if you have any ideas/thoughts on this product then please share it with me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-12935483690834162402009-05-05T01:47:00.000-07:002009-05-05T01:57:58.873-07:00My BraidoutsI like this style, its more trendy kind of way. I cornrowed my wet hair using a tiny bit of hair mouse and some Hollywood beauty supergrow grease :p I used rods for my ends. Air dryad the hair while sleeping with it overnight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-76635873925479453662009-05-03T01:07:00.000-07:002009-05-03T01:45:37.798-07:00Fat burner teaI took some pics of the fat burner recipe that I've posted for Old Schl flat belly challenge on LHCF, the quality of these photos are not the best since my camera is broken (sorry girls) .. I'm not even sure when can I get a new camera but till then I hope these pic's help.4Lemon sliced with the skin on30 small garlicso here's the lemon and garlic inside the potI added cumin seeds, its not one ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-12225097231623929442009-04-27T21:19:00.000-07:002009-04-27T21:47:09.676-07:00Hair tea rinsePart of me going natural with my hair is using a lot of natural herbs, oils and products. Recently I've learned about the benefit of caffeine on hair growth and how it can be used as growth stimulator.Since tea has a high rate of caffeine, I've decided to add tea rinse to my hair rituals and I'm enjoying it alot.I've already stopped using shampoo and instead I use my herbal wash which I will postUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-39583687660996599312009-04-22T01:40:00.000-07:002009-04-22T01:55:22.897-07:00Henna hates curls :(Well I said I'll post a picture of my end results but I didn't so sorry readers. I'm just not happy with the end results, my hair did change color but that's only for the previously dyed part. My natural black is still black, I stayed only two hours with the henna on my head.The washing was easy, it turned out soft too and LONGER! I didn't think much of it, I thought well maybe coz am trying so Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-74785966982783101442009-04-17T14:50:00.000-07:002009-04-17T15:13:10.614-07:00Third henna applicationThe henna product I used on my hair.Today I'm using a new henna powder and am so surprised of how neat the application process was. Not like before where I had henna dripping all over the place, this time the henna was smooth textured just like yogurt. I'm not sure how long I'll leave it on my hair but will let you know once I post my result.I prepared the henna last night and left it covered forUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-56472999705004898082009-04-15T23:54:00.000-07:002009-04-16T00:32:23.773-07:00Pamper your face with chocolateTreat your self to a luxurious face mud mask that will turn your face yummy and wont dare to break your purse .Shoppers drug mart's Life brand has a handful of face mask products but this one is a real face treat with the affordable price, the Chocolate Nourishing Mud Mask with Cocoa & Shea Butters is sold for only two bucks.And now am in love with it.I got me a single pack last weekend Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-4029933197053204072009-04-15T23:26:00.000-07:002009-04-15T23:39:23.014-07:00It all started with hairI wasn't much productive today, though I read a lot about herbs and had a good time researching on skin and weight in general.Then I came up with a decision to expand this blog and cover more then hair. I'm so into beauty and fashion, not the high-end though just your normal average person who loves creativity and originality.So ladies, I'll be posting about skin care, weight loss and fashion Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000891652170746379.post-77134668869806095662009-04-14T21:16:00.000-07:002009-04-14T21:30:33.535-07:00Deep conditioningToday I had a hot oil treatment, then I deep conditioning one. I'm happy to say that my hair changed after washing. It's more soft and defiantly moisture since I suffer from dry hair at my sides and neck.The hot oil: I mixed 1tsp. Amla oil, 1tsp. Vitka oil, 1tsp olive pepper oil with 1tsp of Himani oil. After mixing I boiled them on low temprtaue then added a slice of butter. After 5 boiling Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0