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Let's Talk About My Naps + Searching For My Staple Products.

A couple of days ago I was compiling a topic list and as I was going through it , I realized that I have all these topics where I share my views and recommendations but you really don't know much about my hair and I have a natural hair blog 😳 . . . Oh well , today I took out the time to talk about my naps and I figured that this would be important if you are wondering what my hair texture is and if our hair would react differently/similar to certain products. The most important thing is probably texture so I have multiple textures on my head. I have only described my hair as coily and that doesn't really tell you much because some people with looser textures describe their hair as coily. So my hair is : 3c at the nape / maybe my coils are a little looser there. I have cut a couple of curls back there because I thought that it was heat damage . I'm still not sure if my coils are a  looser 4b coil or they are actually 3c. I'm on the fence about this. 4a at the b

I Cut My Natural Hair , AGAIN !

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Looks like I won't get to that shoulder length anytime soon , oh well. 🤷🏾‍♀ This is nothing new . As you probably know I have cut my hair before  and I have dyed my hair . So I knew that the dye was going to damage my hair but I didn't think it was going to be this bad. I was taking down my finger coils  on wash day and while I was washing my hair  I noticed something peculiar . MY COILS WERE GONE! On wash day my coils get super defined and shiny but I wasn't expecting my hair to be shiny because the dye depleted my sheen. I had already trimmed my ends and I thought that it was enough and I didn't need another trim. Oh man I was wrong. 😳 I didn't want to overreact so I dried my hair and put it in braids so that I can get a stretch . A couple of days later I was about to moisturize  my natural hair and I know that as soon as my hair touches water it shrinks and my coils get defined ,  oh but that didn't happen and when I put my hair in twists

Eggs And Brandy Shampoo??

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Yeah I know that's what I also thought. Today I got you with a review about a shampoo that caught my attention. I didn't believe my eyes when I saw this. It's the glyco lemon eggs and brandy shampoo . [ INGREDIENTS : AQUA , SODIUM LAURETH SULPHATE , SODIUM CHLORIDE , COCAMIDE DEA , COCOAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE , ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE , PARFUM , CITRIC ACID , CI 19140 , (TARTRAZINE YELLOW) , MAGNESIUM NITRATE , METHYLCHLOROISOTHISZOLINONE , METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE , MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE , CI 15985 (SUNSET YELLOW) ] I bought it at Shoprite for R20.00 . I wasn't planning to buy any hair products , I was looking for pens and books but I saw this baby and I knew I had to give a review about this. This shampoo claims that it's for dry hair. Well I have dry hair , if I don't moisturize and my hair texture is naturally dry ,  but when I used this shampoo it stripped the life out of my hair. When I say "stripped the life" I mean that my hair felt

Natural Hair Products I'd Love To Try Out + Are They Worth It Though ?

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I am a minimalist and a super frugal gyal. But sometimes when I am out shopping and going through the internet I see all these products and reviews and I'm like "dang , I would love to try that out" and then I see the price tag and I die a little inside. Here are some products that I would definitely try out if I won the lottery or had a rich uncle somewhere or if it was available in my country or if I wasn't so frugal.  It's not only natural hair products , it's a combination because I'm cool with using non - natural products. As long as it works then I'm cool with it. Let's just started before I go on and go . Shea Moisture. Now this hair care product line is probably the most popular EVER . When I detangled my locs every naturalista on Youtube was raving about shea moisture . It was on every YouTubers' "favourite products" video. And the reviews were mental!  I was at South Gate Mall with mommy and we were at the &q

How I Prepare My Natural Hair For The Gym

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Jambo kinks and coils 💜 I am on a health and confidence journey which is hella successful , whoop whoop 😊 . My hair used to to take a knock from the excessive sweating because it would get funky in about 2 days after wash day and I do not want to dry my hair out faster than it drys out itself by over washing it. Nah fam ✋ . As you probably know , I like super simple things and I'm frugal because I'm not outchea trying to spend my whole life savings on my hair when I can travel the world and experience it. So I incorporate super easy steps into my regimen to keep myself sane whilst I am sweating my fat away. Wear Your Hair In Braids / Twists .  I don't like over manipulating my hair anymore , so what I do is after my wash routine I put my hair in flat twits which last me the whole week and since my hair is stretched it won't shrink up because of the sweat. If you are not a fan of protective styles I suggest you braid your hair into chunky sections

Trying Out Finger Coils On My Natural Hair

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Can you believe it ? It's December already ! It feels like 2017 just flew on by but we totally felt its effects  ;  Donald Trump , the natural disasters , JZ and the Cabinet Reshuffles , Lybia slave trade , Uncle Rob Mugabe finally resigning issa lot fam . However we not going to be talking about that today we are going to be doing finger coils. I promised to do this in August I know , I know 🙈 . I have  been super busy making preparations for 2018 and working out  and I didn't make time for my hair. Since my hair is growing at a faster rate (it's not really growing faster , my ends aren't breaking faster than my hair is growing now) .Read about it here .I am trying out hairstyles on my coily fro that do not require my hair to be stretched . I don't like over manipulating my hair anymore so I tried out finger coils which is a low manipulation style in my opinion because I won't be over manipulating my hair for the whole week . I used very basic produc