How To Style Your TWA If you just did the big chop, welcome to the natural hair community newbie. Or if you just want to start over again, you go girl! your TWA stage must be the most frustrating as this is the awkward stage. We feel great with our new hair however we're not sure how to style it. And, it hasn't reached any significant area for us to do the styles that we love by our favorite YouTubers. However, your TWA is very versatile. So, what if it's short? You can have fun with your hair just as much as anyone else. There are many ways to style your TWA, let’s begin: 1 - Puff ..read more

Night-time Routine Your night-time routine is crucial to your healthy hair journey. You should be doing steps that are in the best interest of your hair. Your routine will change depending on the hairstyle that you are wearing for that particular week. Also, you may be doing fewer or more steps depending on if it’s a wash and go, braid outs, twist out, buns or even protective styles! However, the basics remain the same throughout everyone’s routine. The basics are what you should be incorporating in your hair regimen to do every night. Then, you can tailor your regimen for there out to fit ..read more

Quick Wash Days: Quick wash days are every naturalistas dream. Wash day may be approaching soon and you have started dreading it. The long deep conditioning, detangling and styling that we may have to endure. So, how do we reduce the time we spend on wash days? Where this is a will there is a way, there is a way truly. Here are 4 ways to cut your wash days down in half: 1. Section it into two or four - Sections will make your wash days quicker. The smaller sections give you a smaller surface area to work with. Once the area has decreased you are able to do your task better. For ex ..read more

16 Organic Brands and Products to Try Today for Natural Hair Most chemicals serve no positive purpose for your hair, so here is a couple you should avoid. Please avoid isopropyl alcohol, mineral oil, petrolatum, parabens, propylene glycol, sodium lauryl sulfate, formaldehyde, fragrances, synthetic colors, lead acetate, calcium hydroxide, and there's so many more. You just have to do your own research. Most of these items can be found on Amazon. Here's a list of the organic brands and products: Darshana Natural Indian Oil Oyin Honey Hemp Hair Conditioner Soultanicals Hair Sorrell Knapp ..read more

Summer Time Regimen Summertime is here ladies! It means more beach trips and vacation trips. Also, we spend more time in our hair and use more products. The sun is getting hotter which is penetrating down on our hair strands which may cause damage. Also, we need more gel to keep the curls at bay, moisturizer to keep our curls penetrated throughout the dry and hot period and shampoo because we are cleansing our hair more frequently. During the summer our regimen changes because of the season. We are using products that will combat the current climate and at the same time, it is nour ..read more

How To Protect Your Natural Hair While Swimming: It's summer and it’s time to head to the beach, river, lakes, pool, go on vacation or even staycation. Point is, we're all going into some form of water bodies to enjoy ourselves this season. While we are having fun, we often neglect our tresses. Our hair may suffer from damage from the chlorine, saltwater and mineral deposits in the various water.  Chlorine is similar to bleach as it is very drying to our scalp and hair. So if we stay for a long period over consecutive days without protecting our hair, our hair will start to take a turn for ..read more

DIY Herbal Shampoo and Green Tea Rinse Supplies: Nupur Henna Castille Soap Green Tea Choice of essential oils Vitamin E (optional) Bowl An empty container *You can purchase the Nupur henna and the green tea at your local Indian market. You can purchase the castile soap from Amazon or Etsy.  Ingredients: 1 Tablespoons of Nupur henna (any brand) 1 C of Castille soap 1/4 C carrier oil (I used olive oil) 15-20 drop of essential oil (optional) Vitamin E oil (optional) Directions: Gather all your supplies. Pour all of your ingredients into a bowl and mix. Pour into your container ( I bought m ..read more

How to Retain Your Length A lot of naturals complain about how their hair is not growing. However, our hair grows daily. The truth is that you are not retaining your growth. Whether the growth is new i.e. from your roots or old i.e. the ends of your hair, you should be retaining them. Length retention is key in having healthy and “long hair”. We all desire hair that reaches our waist, and we can all get there. How? By employing length retention techniques within our weekly or daily hair regimen. These techniques will preserve your hair as well as promote hair growth. Luckily, there are si ..read more

Here's a list of hair detanglers that are some of the top detanglers on the market and I want to give you a short review on each of them. Cantu Coil Calm Detangler 7.5/10 the spray bottle can be a bit slippery when trying to handle it. strong scent Carol's Daughter 4 in 1 combing creme 8.5/10 takes a while to detangle it makes it feel moisturizer great slip adds luster Not Your Mother's Naturals Curl Defining Detangler 3/10 the spray bottle is a negative no slip Shea Moisture Kids Extra Moisturizing Detangler 4/10 Lightweight scent is pleasant you have to use too much to create mana ..read more

Natural Hair Terms Hair porosity- can absorb too much water and hard to retain water Normal porosity- allows moisture in and easily absorbs it into the hair Low porosity- it’s hard to absorb moisture, but once its absorbed it stays moisturized. Hair porosity test- take a clean strand of hair and drop it in a glass of water and wait 3-5 minutes. Hair floats at the top if its low porosity. Hair sinks to the bottom if it’s high porosity. Normal porosity hair floats in the middle. Pre-poo- applying a conditioning treatment to increase moisture and protect your hair. LOC method ..read more