Saturday, December 19, 2015

Natural Hair Detangler using Marshmallow Root and Slippery Elm







Trying out this natural hair detangler mix for the 1st time. I used: 3 cups water (boiled for 15 mins), 3 tbsp marshmallow root, 3 tbsp slippery elm, 1 tsb glycerin, 20 drops, argan oil
Marshmallow root - Is rich in mucilage, a natural hair detangler.
Slippery elm bark - Is an emollient and nutritive herb as well as containing extreme amounts of mucilage. It is extremely soothing for dry hair and scalp and gives any product that much needed slip for detangling hair. #4chaircare #4c #4chairgrowth #hairgrowth #kinkyhair #4ccurlpop #coils #teamnatural #4chairchicks #4chair #naturalhair #marshmallowroot #slipperyelm #detangler #naturaldetangler


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Monday, December 14, 2015

Dab! Coils on Fleek!

Today I decided to play around with my hair. So I applied some Talid Wajhid Curl Cream to my hair ends and took some pictures. After taking the pictures I sat around for 3 hours with two shower caps on my head. Then I took the shower cap off and hit the dab! My coils were POPPING! Aww man they were clumped and juicy AF! Of course the pictures are doing it NO JUSTICE! U know what I'm talking about.

I never thought to apply a shower cap to my head after using a curl cream to get that extra boost! Gurl the more I play in my hair the better I learn! It's almost been two years of being a natural and I am still learning... Anyway here are some pictures...


After applying shower cap for three hours...these picture do it NO Justice!









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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Moisturized 4c Natural Hair


I am finally satisfied that I finally know what moisturized 4c hair feels like! Yassssssssss.... lol. This was achieved using my moisture mix I listed below this post.



Thursday, December 10, 2015

My Daily Hair Spritz

In efforts to use all natural products on my hair, I tried to make my own daily hair mix that has a consistency similar to the Wave Nouveau Moisturizing Lotion. I searched the internet and didnt find any duplicate of the product. I did look up the ingredients and realized that the only beneficial ingredient in it for my hair was the glycerin! The other products are compounds used to create a slippery film on my hair!

Don't get me wrong, I love this stuff but what is the point of me using it if its not nourishing to my hair and encouraging growth. It's more of a temporary feeling. So that is why I set out to make my own darn mix that caters to my 4c hair.

So I made the mix sprayed it on my scalp and length of hair. My hair loveeeees it! Omg.. Instant moisture, instant curl definition. Now its not alot of curl definition but its enough that I can appreciate. I think my hair overall just loves glycerin.

So now the final test is how my hair feels after I sleep and take it down. Updates to follow. Here is a picture of what I mixed:




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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Natural Hair Deep Condition Mix for my 4C Natural Hair

On 02 Dec I decided to deep condition my hair with all natural products. This is what I posted over on my natural hair IG account.

After reading this post over on Nature Haven's blog I decided to try to venture back over to the good ole natural products (minus the ORS, b/c I don't have any mayo around). http://www.thenaturalhavenbloom.com/2014/07/bad-ingredients-label-kinky-curly-knot.html?m=1 

After straightening my hair the other day, I know I have to do a couple of protein deep conditions. For this mix I did the following: 2 egg yolks, 15 drops of Peppermint oil, some olive oil and ORS Replenishing Conditioner. I plan to leave it on for 1hr/45 mins, wash it out and do the #greenhousemethod with olive oil. Watch I use hot water to wash the conditioner out and end up with scrambled eggs in my hair #kinkyhair #4c #4chair #coils #deepcondition #4ccurlpop #eggtreatment #naturalhair #4chairchicks #teamnatural  


My Natural Hair Moisture Mix for my 4c Natural Hair

I am so tired of being a product junkie! Products work for some time and I get all excited thinking I have found the perfect product THEN all hell breaks loose. I was feeling the Design Essentials Daily Moisturizing lotion! I am not ready to end the relationship with it yet ....BUT after using it daily  and applying castor oil on top of it...it starts to act like a glue! This starts to happen after about 1 week of applying it without washing my hair. It helps my hair clump very nicely but its not worth it because it becomes so sticky where its hard for me to finger detangle. I know its the combo mix. The DE is sticky and the castor oil being thick doesn't make it any better. So for right now its on ice.

Soooooo on a mission to find a less expensive sorta natural combo I mixed the products below and SO far so good! 1. I applied the Oyin to my scalp and massaged it thru the length of my hair. 2. Next I apply the Wave Nouveau to the length of hair. 3. I used my blender to mix Glycerin, castor oil and coconut oil. I applied that to my scalp and the length of my hair.  It seemed to stretch my hair.  I twisted my hair and did the "drop bantu" knots on the ends and applied my head thingy. My hair is soft and stays VERY moisturized overnight.

Now I feel like at least now I am starting to gain some control of knowing WHAT product/ingredient I am using in my hair. I need to find a replacement for the Wave Nouveau tho.

These pictures were taken at 3am so excuse the mug face lol.





Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Finally Straightened My 4c Natural Hair

I can't remember the last time I did a little clipping on my ends. I have a lot of those little fairly knots on the ends of my hair in some sections. They just seem impossible to avoid. So since being natural (almost 2 full years) I have never really straightened my hair. So what better time to straighten my hair and clip my ends. I made sure to apply a protectant but I can tell I may have done a lil damage :( BUT its not that bad to the point where I have to cut my hair. I have to say I do not like my straight hair anymore lol. My hair looks SO much thicker when its in its natural coils state. Here are some pictures of my hair before I straightened it and after I straightened it.