Rhassoul Clay: Bliss in a Bar

I haven't blogged in what feels like forever because I came down to what seems to be the flu :/. But I'm getting better know and these posts must continue.

Today I want to talk about my Rhassoul & Honey Deep Treatment Bars I made ! Like my homemade avocado deep conditioner is bomb, but this just took deep conditioners to a whole other level. After I washed my hair and did all the other fancy stuff, I prepared my rhassoul & deep treatment bars and applied it all over my head as I would a perm. I made this bar to tailor the benefits of my hair.

OH HENNA !

For those that don't know- nothing gets my hair right like a great henna treatment ! It makes my hair stronger and thicker so the benefits outweigh any disadvantages that henna may have on the hair. -Well my hair at least. I did a previous post on my Henna & Amla treatment - so to read the pros/cons of henna make sure you revisit my post ! (http://mykinkyroots.blogspot.com/2013/12/henna-amla-treatment.html#more)

My Hair Regimen: All My Secrets and Tips

Just in case some of you guys are new to my blog. I use this as a forum to document my hair growth and my hair journey in general. I don't wear my hair out all the time but when I do I get asked a lot of questions because of my tremendous hair growth within a short time. July 30th will mark my second anniversary of my big chop & honestly I think my hair is doing pretty good. It's healthy, thick, strong and soft & most importantly it's growing. So here's my regimen on what I do to my hair now.

HAIR REGIMEN (FULL VERSION)

*After I take my hair out after a protective hair style- no matter how short- I always make sure I do an intense hair treatment. This is important because the stress of your hair from whatever protective hairstyle you've done needs to be showered with love ! There is not time to be lazy !

*Next pick a wash day. Mine just happens to be Sunday- so my hair is fresh for Monday : ).

Crochet Install: Part 2

I know , I know. I'm late with this post, but school has been kicking my ass. Like literally. Im in class right now. There's no end to this law school madness, but none the less I am here so let's talk ! NATURAL HAIR !!

If you read my first post on my crochet's then this hairstyle isn't new. After I installed my crochet hair using marley hair- I decided to set my hair with bantu knot like curls using perm rods ! The after math: Gorge ! My curls came out so flawless and perfect- and the fact that it looked like the hair was growing from my head made it that much better !

Castor Oil X Cayenne Pepper Hair Challenge

It's finally here ! I am excited to announce my first ever hair challenge that I will be conducting ! This challenge is different than other hair challenges because of its spicy twist ! I meant that literally. I at first wanted to go ahead and do a castor oil challenge to help with the growth and thickening of hair, but when I came across cayenne pepper as a growth stimulant for hair, and researched on youtube and the web about success stories using this spice I just had to do it. This will be a simple challenge without the extra hassle of having to check in every day or every week. If I get at least five people interested in doing the challenge with me I will give a prize at the end of the challenge to one lucky winner ! Because my hair will personally be in protective styles during this period I decided to do this challenge both ways. Route 1 & Route 2 ! Both involving different methods/steps.

Cayenne Pepper for Hair Growth

Last night, as I was stumbling on ideas on how to go about my castor oil challenge, I came across a blog that talked about cayenne pepper as a hair growth stimulant. I instantly became interested because as far as I knew, I only used cayenne pepper to flavor food. And also, wouldn't that burn? Anyways, I started doing some in depth research on the spice and was hooked. So hooked that I decided to add the spice to my castor oil and embark on a castor oil X cayenne pepper hair challenge !

Check out the great qualities of cayenne pepper for your hair ! Don't knock it till you try it ! You only live once right?

Cayenne Pepper for Hair

1. The Capsaicin in the cayenne pepper creates a tingling sensation to the scalp and in the hair follicle. 
2. When applied to the scalp it increases blood circulation to the scalp promoting hair growth. 
3. Increases hair shine. 
4. Cayenne Pepper contains vitamins like Vitamin A, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C, and also beta-carotene, manganese and potassium which are good for health. 

Note: Cayenne pepper can be used in small amounts on the scalp as an oil to massage the scalp or can be used as a pre-poo or added to a deep conditioner. How will you be cayenning? :)

Protective Hairstyle: Yarn Faux Locs

Hey Loves,

I am back with another protective hair style ! Remember a while back I talked about how I would be installing faux locs soon as a protective hairstyle? Well I did and as usual I am loving them. This hairstyle normally takes me about a 12 hours to a day to complete depending on the mood I am in. This particular time I spent almost a day doing them (started at 3pm) because of course I had to break to eat, dance and watch movies ! Typical hair day for me ! Anyways I'm loving my hair and thought I would do a quick update on my new protective hairstyle ! I'll be making a couple of youtube videos featuring how I style my faux locs as well as maintenance ! I'll also be sure to put them on the blog as well !!

Protective Hair Style: The Curly Wig

The winter months are all about protecting your hair as much as you can from the harsh elements of this cruel cruel weather. I'm in Houston so not that cruel, but you get my point. I usually do protective hair styles all year long giving myself breaks in between each style ranging from 1 day to 3 weeks max.  I'm a law school student so I don't have time to continuously do twist outs and Bantu-knots every three days- ain't nobody got time !!!

So I decided to go ahead with a temporary protective hair style where I could take care of my hair every day as well as leave it protected. (I'll do a post later on my take on temporary vs. permanent protective hair styles soon). But moving along, I decide to stop at my local beauty supply store in my hood and pick up some curly hair to make a wig. For some reason- I prefer using curly hair to make wigs then straight hair but I'm opposite when doing sew in's, I know I know so weird.

Well I picked up my hair and was impressed with the curl pattern as well as  the quality of the hair for it not to be superior human hair quality. Below are all the items I used to achieve this look. I hope you guys enjoy !

Deep Conditioner Treatment With Red Palm Oil

My wash days have been all out of wack since I got to Dallas. Soon I'll be back to Houston and back to normality. But Anyway's that's not why I'm here. I declared yesterday wash day because for the last week my hair has been extra dry and adding on top of that I've been sleeping naked aka no bonnet wearing bandit ! Sigh.

Anyways, I knew I needed something that was rich in moisture and would combat my extra dry hair. I found the solution right in my mom's pantry. Red Palm Oil. No, I just did not wake up and decide to put palm oil in my hair. I had researched oils that combat really dry hair and ran across Palm Oil and decided to do some extensive research on it. I was sold.

I added about 1/4 cup of palm oil to my Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Deep Masque Treatment and left it in over night. Bad idea. I turned my pillows orange, but then again if I had not been lazy and washed it out while I was supposed to or better yet added more shower caps then I would've been fine.  But oh how my hair was oh so soft when I stepped in the shower this morning. I felt like maybe, just maybe I had found the solution to my hair being so dry and not retaining as much moisture as it should. As I write this now, My hair is currently drying in plaits using the LOC method. I keep touching my hair to see whether it's going to dry up as it normally does but it seems to be holding up the moisture perfectly. Granted my hair isn't completely 100% dry yet so I don't want to scream Palm Oil as a holy grail product just yet.

I'll keep yall updated once my hair is dry or not on whether this oil right here is a keeper  !

Product Review: Red Palm Oil as Moisturizer

Yes. You read right. For all African readers you all must be like whattttttt? Growing up in a Nigerian household Red Palm Oil was a staple as well as a base dish in many of the things my family cooked. But when I did some research on the actual benefits of Palm Oil for hair I was quite surprised!

Palm Oil is actually great for moisturizing hair. Especially African- American hair which has a tendency to be drier than most (*raises hand and nods head). Besides moisturizing hair, Palm Oil has other great benefits that our can benefit from. It's great to add to a pre-poo, a deep conditioner, leave-in and even to your DIY Whipped Butter mix !

What is Palm Oil?

• Palm oil is the oil derived from certain palm fruits especially from the palm fruits of West Africa. It is a popular vegetable oil especially used in cooking, baking, cosmetics and cleaning products. 

Faux locs: Kinky/Marley Hair vs. Yarn

*update

Hey dolls. I thought I'd make a post on Faux locs as a protective hair style as well as the difference between using kinky/marley hair or yarn locs to achieve them. I tend to switch up my hairstyles frequently, it's a bad habit of mine but all is fair when you know how to do your own hair :) ! I'm also that weird person who thinks of hairstyles months before they actually put it in, like I plan what hairstyle I'm going to do this month and that month. I'm not sure if that's weird or not, but I like to plan my hairstyles according to when I know I have big events coming up, a busy schedule, etc. So, since November I just knew Faux locs were going to be my next protective hair style. I normally do this style once a year with yarn but this time I started contemplating doing them with Marley hair. They seem to look a little more realistic then using yarn to wrap the hair. But then 4 days ago when I completed a Faux loc set on my mother using Marley hair, my mind changed. Again. Safe to say I'll be using my trusted yarn to complete this hair style once again and here's why. I also give the pro's and con's of using kinky/marley hair or yarn to complete this look. One day I'll do a Faux loc set using Kinky hair but not this time around.