Post Flat Iron Update

See how my curls bounced back after my very first flat ironing!

Reading Ingredient Lists & A Product Review (African Pride Shea Butter M...

One of the MOST important things you can do to ensure a healthy hair journey is to educate yourself on ingredients and read ingredient labels. In this video I talk about that topic and walk you through my review of the label for a new product I'm in LOVE with- African Pride's Shea Butter Miracle, Leave -in Conditioner!

Swimming With Natural Hair, Dive-In Without Damage!

With spring/summer right around the corner, swimming is not only a great exercise option, it's a great social activity! Here's a few tips to ensure that your tresses aren't damaged during that cool dip in the pool or ocean!

• Cover it: It may not keep all the water out but a swim cap will limit the amount of chlorine or salt-water invading your lovely locks. I like to wear a silk scarf under my swim cap to ensure that the rubber does not pull or tear my tresses!

• Drench it: Not into swim caps? No problem. Start by drenching your hair with tap water first. If your hair is saturated with tap water, there's less absorption of the chlorinated and damaging water of the pool or ocean. 

• Wash it: The chlorine compounds used to clean and disinfect swimming pools are salts. Salts are drying so you want to remove them as soon as possible The only way to do this is to wash your hair; preferably with a clarifying shampoo. If you can't wash your hair immediately,rinse it until you can. The less chlorine in the hair, the better! After washing or rinsing, coat your hair with a leave-in conditioner and nourishing oil to feed your hair that which was taken out. 

• Protect it: If swimming is part of your daily routine, you want to stick with sulfate-free shampoos.  Sulfates are salts of sulfuric acid. Sulfates are used in shampoos and other products to clean the hair (ie ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, etc) The chlorine compounds used to clean and disinfect pools are also salts. In combination, the salts of shampoos with the salt of chlorinated water= massive heart attack for the hair! It's just too much! It will lead to drying, color-stripping, and damage. So limit your use of sulfates by choosing sulfate-free shampoos/conditioners.

• Treat it: Feed your hair that which was taken out. Pre-poo and deep condition as often as possible. I make a simple recipe for both. Check it out....

Now that you know..... DIVE IN CURLFRIENDS!!!!!!!

Do NOT Touch My Hair!!!

Apparently some people don't have the upbringing or common sense to know this so I'm gonna spell it out...
Do NOT touch another person's hair without first asking their permission!!!


I swear I could become a boxer my "bob and weave" action has gotten so good. All too often, some random person walks up to me and without asking, reaches their hand up to feel my hair. WTH? I don't know where your hands have been! You could have been picking your pickables and scratching your scratchables and now you have your hand all up in my hair! No ma'am/sir!


You should have been raised better but if you weren't you should have the common sense and basic decency to know that my hair is part of my personal being and personal space. That space should be respected...including my hair!


Yes! I know it's shiny, healthy, long, and luscious. And YES I appreciate the compliment and adoration. But before you reach your hand into my personal space, please ask...it's just the right thing to do!