Presenting my first official all the way on the top of my head AFRO PUFF! All right now. lol

Hi Everyone! Today, my (recently natural) sister and I went into the Carol's Daughter store at the local mall. Although I had been natural for a decade now, I had never used CD before. As one would expect, the saleswomen were really selling the products well. I was interested in getting a couple products for my dry (really dry) locs.

I looked at the list of ingredients and noticed that they don't use all natural products. I've somewhat heard of CD changing their formulas in the last few years, but I just wanted to confirm with you guys. Aside from that, what has been your experience with CD products?

Another ingredient I saw in one of the products was beeswax. When I first started my locs, I was told that beeswax on locs is a no-no. Is that so? Inquiring minds want to know!

Thanks!

I see Ms Viola Davis came to the Oscars sans wig and was looking good. Makes you kinda proud, don't it.

So I've found a product for my hair that has been working pretty well; it's making my natural hair grow stronger, and it's breaking much less than before. And also, for a while I've been looking through different sources saying that essential oils can also be good for your hair.

I was wondering if anyone had tried adding essential oils to a product that you liked and if it helped your hair growth at all.

Hi all!
It's been a while since I coiled my hair because I've been using the Donna Marie Curling Gelly, so this weekend I decided to coil my hair again. Still took almost 3 hours, but it turned out really nice and showed a LOT of growth. I couldn't believe it, my hair was swinging. Some of my coils "after" shrinkage were still at least 5 inches long. Now I have another style with my coils by using combs instead of just the black bands. I'm really thinking about keeping them, I don't know. Oh, and by the way, a young man, a patron at my job, told the old girl that her hair was "pretty". Can you believe that, that the word pretty came from a young 20 something tattoo brother's mouth? Well it did. Made the ol' girl feel good. Here's a pic. Sorry about the giant size of my head. lol

She left out:

"Why don't you try a texturizer? It's not a real perm!"
"Why don't you try loose curls like mine?" (that requires the hair to be straightened first)
"I hope you're on your way to the hairdresser."
"Our hair just wasn't meant to be worn that way!"

Originally posted by itrain at Happy Holidays, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year

Here is the fabric postcard I made for the Kwanzaa exchange. The ear of corn is stenciled
on felt. The corn (muhndi) is placed on the mkeka (woven straw mat) to symbolize the celebration
of children, community, and family. Kwanzaa, the African American holiday celebrated from
Dec. 26 through Jan 1. is a Swahilli term that signifies "first fruits of the harvest".

I love everything about the holidays. When I was a child we started preparing for Christmas
shortly after Thanksgiving. We put the decorations up 2 weeks before Christmas and took the
tree down before 12am New Years eve. Over the holidays I will be quilting the Kwanzaa top
I made for a neighbor and upstarting several other holiday projects. It is never to early
to start Christmas projects. I miss dad so very much as this is our first Christmas
without him. He loved the holidays so much and always helped out with the Christmas dinner.
Hope you are enjoying your holiday with family and friends and may it be filled with
joy and happiness.

luv 2 learn,
Angela

Just curious if anyone knows of a site where I can view PHOTOS(not videos) of different natural hair styles.

I have a hair appt soon and I wanna give my hair guy some ideas of what I want.

I do the whole YT thing. I am not looking for videos... but like photos. Sorta like a hair magazine but online.

Thanks in advance if you have anything..

x posted to black hair etc...

I've come to the conclusion that my hair type is WXYZ. lol No, I'm serious. As long as I've lived my hair in it's natural state was always thick and coarse. If I wasn't so trifling and my hair wasn't natural, I'd let it grow pass my shoulders, but it was always too much trouble to keep up so why try, plus I can't stand moving it out of the way. I've always knew pressed or permed, my hair when it got nappy, after a good combing out, I was always left me with fists full of hair. It didn't really mattered to me, because it always rectified itself by growing back and getting even thicker. I just hate so much comes out when I finger coil it, damn a whole lot. I think I'm gonna stop doing that.....maybe. I must confess, I do have a thin patch. It's in the middle of my forehead. I contributed it after getting that part shaved off for a couple of months when I was around 10 after getting a bad case of impetigo. Or hell, it might be just baldness, my grandfather on my mother's side was bald and my brother is balding. I was the master of the subtle hairstyle that hid it, that is if you weren't all in my face. Anywhooo, thank God for natural hair, it's so nappy, it's hard to see it. This September marked my 1 year anniversary being natural. I thought it would be so easy. It's not, it's hard work. But it's hard work I can do on my own and not have to rely on anyone else. I'm glad at that. My son still hates it, says he wants my long hair and that I look like a hobo....bastard. lol So to commenorate my anniversary, I tried the Donna Marie Miracurl Curling Gelly. It took me a hour and a half (thick ass hair) but I did it. It was hard as hell (still is) after the application, but I've got a head full of coils. I'm mad because my "curls" are coils, but that's my hair. It's freaking thick. I still keep a wet head. lol Gotta do the spray water and shake head dance every morning, but man, it sure looks good. So, here is a picture of my last coils for a long time and my Donna Marie. Don't be scared, I did these pics after work and I'm tired as hell.





Coils

Hey All!

My name is Brianna and I am just open inviting for some new LJ friends. I will be more inclined to write if I have some actual readers(I hope). At least that was the case years ago when LJ was boomin! So add me and I will add back. My LJ is uncensored so please welcome randomness!

Anyways May of 2010 I COMBED(not cut) my locs of 15 yrs out. It took exactly a month! I did it cause I recently lost a lot of weight(the old fashioned way) and felt the locs were attached to the weight. So I shed the weight and the locs. Pics of both changes below!

( Pics )

She's kidding with this, right?

( I mean, a paddle brush? Really?? )

ETA:

anyone know a good place in Metro DC (or Baltimore, as a backup) to get my hair trimmed? my hair's grown a lot since I cut my locs off last year, but it's seriously uneven.

 Okay, so Im feeling a bit alienated/ confused. It seems to me that everyone likes the Aubrey Organics Honey Suckle Rose conditioner. Everyone! It was last year I think, right before I did my BC, I went and bought it from Whole Foods. I was watching the natural hair videos and hearing people rave about it and I thought it would be a good product to have in my arsenal once I was completely natural. I was dead wrong, this stuff did not work for me AT ALL! It felt like I was putting body lotion on my hair, it did nothing. and when I rinsed it out my hair felt exactly the same, as if I did nothing. I was wondering if I could find other any other naturals who were not satisfied with this product. I cant be the only one :(

http://youtu.be/PQD5vt5-3AI

Hellooooo everyone.

I'm new to this comm, so I thought I'd introduce myself: I'm Halima, almost 22 years old, and have kept my hair natural for nearly all my life.

( But my hair is a stupid cow. )

Have you ever had people touching your natural hair without asking for permission first? How do you react when that happens?
I’ve recently started to let my little mane free (long story short, technically I’ve always been natural, but I’ve only recently started to free myself from misconceptions and unrealistic expectations about my hair, which is why only now I can show my hair for what it really is without feeling deeply uncomfortable).

So, the first time I went to school rocking two-strand twists, all my classmates went “Oh, how beautiful!” and “Aww how cute!”, which was nice, and they all started to touch my hair, which was… not.
( “Feels like wool!” )

(Crossed posted at naturalhair and longhurrs).

Hey all

I was wondering if anyone knows where I can buy Giovanni Direct Leave in Conditioner in 33 oz(1 liter). I've been looking around and can't find it, thought someone on here might know. Thanks in advance!!

I've been thinking about dying my hair because that one gray hair I've had since I was 19 has recently turned into four or five gray hairs and I'm only 32. I go swimming about once a week and I always wear a swim cap. Is there any dye that's good for natural hair and won't come off or change color in the pool?

 Hello, everyone!

My name is Yoli and I am a 20-year-old collegw student living in the midwest. I went natural for the first time in '07, but then I grew my hair out and got a relaxer. Big Chopped again in the summer of '09, and after rocking no hair for a bit, I grew it out with kinky twists for about a year and I have been locking for 3 months. I love my hair more now than I ever have in my entire life, and it's such an amazing journey.

I originally was just going to ask what products works best for your hair type, but since I hadn't made an introduction I decided to toss that in as well.  For me I've noticed it's a super simple regime: after I get my hair washed and retwisted (ugh, it still hasn't locked yet!) I use shea butter once a week + herbal essence holding spray. Once my hair locks I'm going to wash it myself instead of just going to the salon, and I was thinking about using the Yes to Carrots brand. I can't really afford fancy stuff for my hair (herbal essence is cheap and shea butter is 5 bucks at the farmer's market) and Yes to Carrots is in my price range and I know a lot of naturals seem to like it. Any reviews? Or other inexpensive recs? Thanks!

( some pics of my hurr )
Thanks for stopping by my post and tolerating all these annoying pics :D

I've just read this interesting piece of news on Black Girl With Long Hair, and strangely I found it more amusing than annoying.

An article on ELLE magazine contains an interview with Andre Walker, Oprah hairstylist, who said:

“Kinky hair can have limited styling options; that’s the only hair type that I suggest altering with professional relaxing.”

Limited styling options?
Man, do you even know what you're talking about?

Excuse me, I'll be in my room, laughing.

Link to the article on the blog: http://bglhonline.com/2011/06/oprahs-hair-stylist-believes-all-kinky-hair-should-be-chemically-altered/