Masterclass: Hair on Purpose (what should I do with my hair?)
I was invited by Koyinsola of Tresses by KVC to speak during her masterclass, Hair on Purpose: What Should I Do With My Hair. During the session, we talked about our relaxed/texlaxed/natural hair journey…
The Kinky Apothecary Brunch
A bunch of us ladies were invited to Social Place, 33 Sinari Daranijo St, Victoria Island recently to enjoy delicious mimosas and a 3-course meal catered by Ozoz Sokoh - aka Kitchen Butterfly
iLove Freeness: Savvy & Chic Hair Beauty Hub (giveaway!)
As it is the week of love, in addition to ONE S.C HBH goodie bag, I'm also including a N10,000 voucher to the mix. Please note the N10,000 must be spent in one go. Some of it can go towards
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.
Have a Break, Have a Cuppa
If there's one thing I added to my regimen this year which I wish I did sooner, it would be a toss between tea and vinegar rinses.
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
Grey Matter
what does this mean? Honestly, I don't know. I mean, I don't know what I did to reverse it
Keracare: everything isn't for everybody
I don't know if it's the mineral oil in Keracare's Humecto Conditioner that my hair hates but something about that product doesn't curl all the way around. I
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
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
Sulphur? What Sulphur?
Sulfur will extend the length of your anagen phase (by months, years, etc), by speeding up (shorten the length of time of) the other stages
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.
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.
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.
Green Light District
Women lie, men lie, adverts lie but the length retention you'll get when you are on the right track? There's no forging that.
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.
Starting from the very beginning
As with all tragedies, there's usually a once upon a time, a victim and a wicked perpetrator…