Cater to Your Hair Type Knowing your hair type, beyond straight or curly to where it rates on the curl scale, and whether it’s fine or thick (which doesn’t relate to density but the diameter of the hair shaft), will also help you choose the right products, tools, and methods for styling. I mentioned in…
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Racist Beauty: Hiding the Real Natural You
“Mom, what happened to your hair?,” I exclaimed. She stood before me, and I assumed she had gotten a perm or some sort of hair treatment, but the truth was…I had never seen my mother’s natural hair texture until the end of my twenties! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBH6qzXCk6o] We often will see a video of a black…
BabylissPro Nano Titanium Flat Iron Review and Demo
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjaPuXXtpe0] I do feel like the BabylissPro Nano Titanium Flat-iron is a great product, and love that the LCD screen allows you to see the temperature. It heats up within seconds, and has a memory function. I hate straightening this hair…review of that in my Hair Update post. Enter my Makeup Giveaway! Subscribe to…
Anti-Frizz Flat Iron in a Jar: Butter Whip Coil Cream
This should be called flat iron in a jar! The claims are definitely not exaggerated. I put this on my hair just to try it out…I condition every time I wash my hair, so I’m always putting conditioner on and leaving it in. It wasn’t until before going to bed I did a double take…
Curly Hair Secrets: Resorting to Man-Bun, Silk Pillows, Styling Products and Tools…
While I despise the man-buns paired with nasty beards, I’ve resorted to using hair-ties 🚧 for beauty purposes only. If you read my post Nights in White [Silk] you know I’ve also begun using silk pillowcases. I feel as if both methods have helped improve the condition of my hair, and prevent my curls from…
Curly Hair: Advice from Life Experience
Curly hair brings up memories of babies, the idea of Cupid…and for those with curls, frizz, humidity, & nappyness. Before the dawning of the age of the flatiron, curlers predated the blow dryer as the go-to, and then there was the hair steamer. Kids these days won’t understand how much I would’ve appreciated knowledge…
Going Blonde Tamed My Curls!
Since having gone blonde, I’ve noticed my hair is actually more manageable- given I look like Einstein without a flatiron- the frizz is gone! I only have a bit of frizz at the back of my head, and no longer feel the need to straighten my hair all the time. I do deep condition several…