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Hair of the Day – Braided Faux Hawk

October 16, 2012 by Alisha 9 Comments

Hey everyone! I hope that this post finds you all in good health and doing well. Sybil is finally starting to grow up so I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with my hair lately. Some have been fabulous and other…not so pretty! LOL I’ve been participating in Kinky Curly Coily Me Castor oil hair change. We are in week 7 and my hair has grown a lot! Check out the pics from our week 5 check in:


Sybil is on the grow!

With Winter on the way, I wanted to also try and find a cute protective style since I can’t very well do wash-n-gos when it’s freezing outside. One of my good friends cornrowed the sides and back for me and then I played around with it for a while trying to figure out what in the heck I wanted to do with the top.


Me channeling my inner Janelle Monae – LOL

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Natural Hair Twist Out

October 5, 2012 by Alisha 8 Comments

Well today’s Hair of the Day (HOTD) is brought to you by an old wash and go! LOL

I know that I need to learn to embrace my “shrinkage” but some days I just want a big ol’ fro! I mean… is that asking for too much? I think not! I wanted to do something different for today because I have a meeting with a fellow BLM Girl. Ebony of Longing 4 Length is always so stylish and wears her long locks in awesome styles. I wanted to be super cute for our first meeting…haha

I started off with a day old wash and go. The first thing that came to mind was how cute those styles are with one side shaved. So I got ready to shave my head I flat twisted one side with 3 twists going back and then I thought I sure don’t feel like doing my whole head. Got my spray bottle of water and my Coco Curls styling aid cream and I put chunky 2 strand twist throughout the rest of my hair. The next morning I untwisted them and picked them out a bit just at the roots. I love how it turned out and Sybil is so much fuller today. Hope you enjoy! What is your favorite style? Feel free to share below. [Read more…]

Naptember Instagram Photo Challenge

October 3, 2012 by Alisha 8 Comments

Greetings everyone! Last month 3 ladies hosted an Instagram photo challenge. The title for the month was “Naptember”. It was a complete blast. Below is a list of the pictures that we had to recreate for each day of September.

I had so much fun trying to think “outside the box” to come up with different ways of taking pictures of my hair. I think my funniest one was the picture I took for day 3. The topic was corner and I put my hair in the corner in “timeout” for misbehaving. LOL I also had a chance to connect with so many other naturals and learn about their journey and also got some great ideas for hairstyles. The winner for Naptember was @mtamorphis. She has an awesome head of hair and her pictures were fantastic. Click HERE to get the full details on the story. I was also very honored to have received an honorable mention. Can’t wait to see what the ladies do for “Frotober”!

Finger Coils styled with Coco Curls Cream

October 2, 2012 by Alisha 4 Comments

Today’s hair of the day is also a review on a great new product that I had the pleasure of trying. I was gifted this product for being a runner-up in a giveaway that All Things Curly had a few weeks ago.

This great product that I want to talk about is Coco Curls styling aid cream. OMG this stuff is so awesome. It has a nice creamy consistency and the smell is out of this world. It’s like a sweet combination of vanilla, honey and creme brulee all rolled up together!

I was starting to get tired of doing the same ol’ wash-n-go or twist out, so I decided to revisit a style that I did a lot when I first BC’d (big chopped). I washed and conditioned my hair then applied my Giovanni direct leave-in condition, massaged my scalp with my JBCO (Jamaican Black Castor Oil) then applied a small amount of natty moist all over my hair.

Next I took small sections of my hair to work with and applied the Coco Curls styling aid cream and finger coiled my hair. I made sure that each section was damp before I applied the cream. This makes it easy to help coil the hair.

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