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Oh, Takara, Takara, You Belmont You

After my hair was steamed, the stylist gave me a trim and blow dry and for days, I had such movement in my hair, my hair felt light, bounced, shone (grease free!) and danced with the wind.

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18-MEA and your conditioner

I've been looking for ways to amp up my hair products using natural oils as I almost always air dry my hair and I've read about the importance of including ceramides in my hair products especially during

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The conditions of washing

Many hair bloggers have spoken on how detergents in shampoo and even some conditioners can strip hair of its natural oils and for those that are pH conscious, some believe that

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Pre-Poo Revisited

Reading through Just Grow Already, I noticed that Jeni mostly pre-poos with oil on her scalp and another type of oil on the length of her hair. I needed to understand why before I switched 

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For the love of cornrows

The downside to didi, besides the terrible habit of constantly having my hand playing with the plaits, is that I can't seem to keep it longer than a week which isn't ideal for a serious protective style.

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On Scalp Exfoliation

Some people do theirs with conditioner, some use a lot of oil, some use brown sugar, some only watch it from afar and some advise against it altogether.

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A few of my favourite things

very handy when I'm on set and the hairstylist can't do anything to people that sit in his/her chair and the challenge of the day is to style actual hair growing root to tip from an actual weave-less scalp.

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26 Weeks Later

Now that the 26 week stretch has been conquered, I feel empowered with all the knowledge I've obtained on my own hair — you never stop learning about yourself, do you? For the first time since I moved to Nigeria, I think I can actually help my hair achieve what it's been trying to for a while now.

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