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I hope this video helps all mother, fathers, caregivers to understand the importance of teaching a child about their hair.   What steps are you taking to teach your child about their hair? 

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For a couple of weeks now, I have been researching natural hair cleansers and came across Bentonite Clay.  Bentonite Clay has been used for centuries for different purposes. These include: Skin Cleanser Antiseptic Hair Cleanser Face masque Internal Detoxification Antidote against Poisoning Calcium supplement for pregnant women Treatment of Candida I made the hair mask using the recipe below: 1/4 cup of Bentonite Clay 1/4 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar 1/4 cup of Aloe Vera Juice 3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 drops of Rosemary Oil 2 drops of Peppermint Oil 2 drops of Lavender Oil Applying the product to my hair was a wonderful experience. The mixture did not feel like clay at all, instead it felt like a creamy product. Have you tried Bentonite Clay Hair Mask?  Share your experience.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness (Psalm 30:11) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Multiple Praises Time!!! Count your many blessings, name them one by one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I want to share my multiple praises with you, hoping that this would help uplift anyone that is going through some bad times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This morning, as we waited...and waited... and waited for Big Sis's bus to show up, it never came. After a while, I decided to take her to school after dropping off Lil Sis at her school. Now, Big Sis is a long distance from our house, and if morning traffic is bad, it could take a really long time. At first, I would have been quite upset that the bus didn't come, and could have made a big deal over that fact. But, I decided not to dwell on the negative and...

Once a week, I do my wash routine of pre-poo ... co-wash... deep conditioning... styling. However, today, I just got the urge to wash my hair.  To co-wash my hair.   In my last hair growth video , I had said I wanted to protective style my hair often. Which I am still doing that.  I only wear my hair out on Sunday for church.  During the week, it is in two strand twists or cornrows.  Last weekend, I did a flat twist out and this was the first time I ever flat twisted my natural hair. By Sunday evening, I re-flat twisted it and have been wearing my hair like that since. Covered, of course! Fast forward to this morning. I got back from the gym, starting my shower... I don't wear shower caps any more, so I just got the urge to wash my hair.... Opps ... head under the running shower water, hair still in flat twists.... Ahhh..... it felt so good. I grabbed the Zayd's Therapeutic Conditioner. Just what I need to ...

You have probably read somewhere that having a hair regimen is essential in maintaining your natural hair. However, you might not know how to create one. Below, I will provide some guidelines on how to create a hair regimen. There are four segments to a complete natural hair regimen. They are: 1. Weekly maintenance 2. Daily maintenance 3. Monthly maintenance 4. Nightly maintenance Weekly Maintenance This type of maintenance consists of having a Wash Routine and a Post Wash Routine. Within the Wash Routine, you have your choice of co-washing and sulfate-free shampooing.  Read more about Wash Day by clicking here , It is vital to do a deep conditioning during the weekly maintenance. This will help to keep your hair soft and restore the moisture that was lost after washing your hair. This is especially vital if you use a sulfate shampoo. Post wash, remember to use a leave in conditioner, and moisturizer to help keep your hair nouri...

After my last wash day, I left my hair in twists for 2 days just to stretch it out. At first, I wanted to install mini twists, but with all the plans I had for the weekend, that wouldn't work.  I decided to do a style that I had not done before on my natural hair. Flat Twist Out. I started by prepping my hair the night before by moisturizing it with Goin' Natural Morargan Rare Moisture Butter and doing Flat Twists. One thing that I noticed was that doing twists on my natural hair was more easier than doing it on my transitioning hair . Here is the video showing how I did my flat twists and styled my flat twist out.

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      Yes, today is Wash Day. Usually, I look forward to washing my hair, pampering my hair, but today, something was a bit off. I was not sure maybe it was because I used something new.   I started as usual, the night before pre-pooing with a mixture of Vatika Coconut oil and Jamaican Black Castor Oil .   Now to digress....   Yesterday, I went to my local Indian store to buy some grapeseed oil, and saw that they had a new collection of Vatika oil products. I was very excited. As I oohed and ahhed over the new pretty products, I read the ingredients on each product. Mineral oil... mineral oil...MINERAL OIL.   Oh, mineral oil, why! why!       As you know, I don't use mineral oil. I did try to use a product last week that had mineral oil in it and my hair HATED it. It was like, "Girl! What are you doing to me?!". From now on, I am staying clear of Mr. Mineral Oil. Back to my wash day fiasco... ...

This month went really fast! Wow!. In this past month, I experimented more with my hair being out more.  I find that when I do it, my hair knots up badly. In the next two months, I plan on wearing more protective styles. Another thing I learnt was that my hair prefers the LCO method than the LOC method. With this method, I only have to moisturize my hair about 2-3 times instead of daily. This is really cool!! Now, let's get to the good part. I decided to do a growth ...length check. This will be my really official starting point since I measure, off camera , the length of my hair. Watch below:

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Twists 'n Locs is sponsoring a GiveAway hosted by DiscoveringNatural. One lucky winner will get to choose 2 products from the Twists 'n Locs product line website . Are you ready to win some free products? It's quite simple. To qualify for this giftaway, all you have to do is: You must be a subscriber to this blog , Click the Follow button, you can also follow by email Watch the two Product Review that I made on Youtube: Click to watch Product Review for the Natural Oil Shampoo Click to watch Product Review for the Organic Leave In Conditioner Like DiscoveringNatural on Facebook. Click Here Like Twists N' Locs on Facebook. Click Here   FINALLY Go to Twists N' Locs website , choose 2 products. Enter a comment below with your Facebook name and what 2 products you want. This Giveaway ends next Saturday January 19th at midnight. Use the Rafflecopter below to enter into the drawing. a Rafflecopter giveaway

I've been doing Product Review all day... just one more and then I'm done.  Yeah!! If you follow me on Instagram, you would know that I bought the Turbie Twist Hair Towel. I have used it a couple of times now, here is my product review:

 I tried the Tweenz Kids Hair Care product on Lil Sis. I first shampooed her hair using the Natural Oil Shampoo . This left her hair feeling very soft. I loved the way the shampoo detangled her hair and made it feel soft.  The shampoo is sulfate-free, paraben free, and has no artificial dyes. In addition, it is cruelty free. It has a passion fruit and mango fragrance. Lil Sis thought it smelt sweet like honey. We both loved the smell. I used the Organic Extract Leave-In Conditioner on her hair, however, her hair didn't like it so much. It felt a bit hard to the touch and her hair lacked the softness that the shampoo put. She did like the smell of the product.  We loved the smell. It had a mango/papaya fragrance. The Detangler & Moisturizer also made her hair feel hard. I believe the reason for this is because of the protein in the product.  This product had a mango fragrance. The ingredients in the products are as follows: Natural Oil Shampo...

   Product Name Organic Leave-In Conditioner Manufactured by Twists 'n Locs ( http://twistnlocs.com/ ) Twitter: TwistnLocshair Ingredients Water (aqua), Stearlakonium Chloride, Cyclopentasiloxane, Minera Oil, Polyquartenium-37, PPG-1 Trideceth-6, Cetromonium chloride, Dexepenthenol, Allantoin, Keratin Protein, Sage Extract, Olive Oil, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Vitamin E, Rosemary Extract, Aloe Vera Extract, Shea Butter, DM-DM Hydantoin, Methyl Paraben, Tocopherol Acetate, Nano Multivitamin A, D, E, & F, Fragrance. Purpose of Product Instantly softens, repair and strengthen your natural hair Leaves hair smooth, silky, shiny Recommended for daily treatment on dry hair. The Application and My Final Opinion Watch below:   Where to buy Twists N Locs is at local beauty stores and: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_beauty?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Twists%20n%20Locs&node=3760911 http://hollydaybeauty.com

   Product Name Natural Oil Shampoo Manufactured by Twists 'n Locs ( http://twistnlocs.com/ ) Twitter: TwistnLocshair Ingredients Pure distilled water(aqua), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Aloe Vera (AloeBarbadersis). Lauramide DEA, Vitamin E (Tocopherol), Citric Acid, Silk Protein, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Polyquaternium 10, Sofium Chloride, Natural Herbs, Rosemary (rosmarinus Officinalis), Sage (Salvia Officinalis), Quaternium 15, Coconut Oil, Amidopropyl Beteine, Methylpraben, Poplyparaben, Nono multivitamins A, D, E, F, Fragrance. Purpose of Product - Smoothens roughened hair cuticle - Provides healthy lustrous shine - Softens hair shaft - Restore moisture balance - Excellent for damaged and over processed hair The Application and My Final Opinion Watch below: Where to buy Twists N Locs is at local beauty stores and: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_beauty?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Twists%20n%20Locs&node=3760911 http://hollydaybeauty.com ...

It's been a year since Big Sis ended her one year transitioning journey. Here is her hair story...   When Big Sis was 4 years old, I did not know how to properly care for her coarse thick hair. I had learnt how to cornrow her hair when she was a couple of months old. However, during each styling session, my child would cry so much, it broke my heart. She was my first and I didn't want her to cry. I didn't know what to do to pacify her. I was told that I could texturize her hair and this will solve my problem.  Without any research , I went ahead and texturized my child's hair. Her hair was beautiful. She wore it in different styles.    However, it started to break. It was limp and then the scalp issues started. She had bad flaking and eczema for over a year. We took her to the dermatologist, who prescribed some medication that would work and then stop working. When she was 6 years old, the texturizer we were using briefly got discontinu...

I decided to test the porosity of my hair so as to understand its product absorption capability. I do not have any problem with products getting absorbed into my hair cuticles, however, I have always been curious about this test. While transitioning, I do not believe I could get an accurate and non-biased test since my relaxed ends had damaged cuticles while my new growth were undamaged. Here is my 4-mins test. Enjoy!

When it comes to protective styling , we always think about braids, weaves (sew-in), twists, and other hair manipulation processes. Wearing scarves can be great protective styles. It is all in the way you tie them. Here are some ways to create unique and stylish scarf/head wrap designs. Twisted Long Scarf   4 Easy Scarf Tutorials   How do you wear your scarves? Do you wear scarves?    

If you are following my Facebook page , you would be aware that I love sharing natural hair and transitioning hair tips that I find or read. I also love to do research on anything concerning the care of hair. In case you missed it, or you are not on Facebook, here are all the tips I share in the year 2012. If you find that gels dry up your hair, try doing this: Apply a moisturizer prior to putting the gel. To help with length retention, focus on putting more moisturizer on your ends than the full length of your hair. If you have to moisturize your hair several times a day, your moisturizer might not be working for you. If you are experiencing breakage and have done everything; moisturizing, protein treatment, deep conditioning; check the water you use to wash or spritz your hair. If you have hard water, this can be the culprit. Use distilled water to wash your hair after you have used a chelating shampoo to remove the mineral deposit from your hair. When using Shea but...

I tried the LCO method on Big Sis yesterday... hmmm.. Her hair was dry dry! From my experience so far, I believe some people can do the LCO method and their hair can stay moisturized for a long period. Whereas, some other people need the LOC method to get that moisturizing factor.  I remoisturized her hair with the LOC method this morning using Water - Oil mix - and SheaMoisture Curl Enhancing smoothie.. it was instantly soft. I will reassess her hair at the end of the day. The lesson I learnt from this experience is that every head is different. You have to do what is best for your hair.   It is fun to experiment but once you see a problem, instead of continuing to use the same steps that do not work for you, revise it. Happy Moisturizing!!

Here is the video tutorial on how I moisturize my hair using the LCO method.

It can be quite overwhelming when it comes to choosing the right conditioners for your hair. It is not as easy as just going to the hair aisle and grabbing the first product that is labeled " Conditioner ". You really need to know the purpose of the conditioner and the benefits you want from it for your hair. Conditioners are generally categorized as Leave-In Conditioners, Rinse Out Conditioners, and Deep Conditioners. However, sometimes, there can be a fine line between whether to leave in a "rinse out" conditioner or not. Deep Conditioners These conditioners are very vital to the hair. It is advisable for more textured hair, to do a weekly deep conditioning. These conditioners can be used with heat and provide great moisturizing properties. They can help to strengthen the hair. When it comes to choosing deep conditioners, look for those conditioners with thicker consistencies and make sure the Directions on the product states to leave in for longer tha...

    Happy New Year!!!! What a wonderful year 2012 has been. I have made lots of friends and learnt a lot from you all. I appreciate each one of you and so thankful for my 599 Likes on Facebook 108 Followers on my Blog and Countless "invisible" followers via email 313 Followers on Instagram 198 Followers on Twitter Wishing you all the very best in 2013. Stay blessed!!   Oh..... The Winner of the Giveaway is....   Watch the video below: