Crown + Glory

Ataui Deng Garage S/S 2012. 

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The U.S of Solange: Beyonce 'Party' vid outfit

This woman is like a mannequin, everything looks good on her. 

  
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Dying my hair

Well not "my" hair, my weave. Remember when I told you I was trying to grow out the front part of my hair? Well I was really looking forward to wearing braids, but that's a big no no when trying to grow out hair. So yesterday my trusty hairstylist Bisi took the reigns and weaved up my hair and she only cornrowed from about 2 inches up my forehead, leaving the damaged hair unbraided.

I did a full fringe because I want to cover up and unbraided hair that might peek through and this way I would not get fed up as early as if I had done a side fringe.

I will grease my hair with my coconut oil/shea butter/morrocan oil mix everyday and use olive oil spray on the hard to reach areas every other day, as I also used a net during the weaving process to reduce the strain of brushing the weave on my actual hair.

I've been watching a lot of these ombre styles over the years and it's come back into full swing with a lot of people going the DIY route.  What is ombre? Well ombre is a gradient in colour from dark to medium to light or light to medium to dark. It's seen in everything from hair, sunglasses and clothes.

Really cute in waves and curls, might give it a try at the weekend, what do you think?

Natural hair | Yagazie

You guys have to check out (in a non creepy way) Yagazie, a fellow Nigerian that just happens to have natural hair. She is hilarious and laid back which is what I like about her and her attitude towards her hair which is 'keep it simple'.

Protective styling is the way forward, especially as it's getting colder and drier as winter approaches.


Her youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/yemezi

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Review | hello hydration

I co-wash my fro once a week and use dudu osun every 2 weeks, then do a treatment once a month; but when I have a protective style just I run water through it every 3 weeks or so. The conditioner smells goods and it has a silky consistency like syrup. The blue colouring makes it more appealing but I can't imagine what they must have used to turn it blue. I bought the shampoo and conditioner, but because I only use conditioners (and Dudu Osun/Black soap to wash) I gave the shampoo to my brother. The two bottles fit each other like ying and yang but overall and they have an attractive design and easy grip. The first wash my hair was really greasy so the co-wash didn't really seem to be working, so on the second try it let up slightly. I combed through my fro and washed it out again. The third time was the trick; my curls were so defined and soft. I washed out all the conditioner and my hair was still very soft. I used some pure shea butter whilst my hair was still wet; massaging it from root to end to seal in the moisture.

During the day it rained and I didn't have an umbrella, I had no cover for my hair and by the time I got home I had some shrinkage but my hair was bouncy and I was not sure if it was because it was just a good regular conditioner or I had found "the one". So for my next co-wash I used my forever reliable Aussie 3 minute conditioner as a comparison and lo and behold I prefer my Aussie for many reasons. Aussie smells fantastic, I feel like I can go out into woods and pick its ingredients (it's more natural), my curls love it, I can use it as a leave-in conditioner. The problem I have with Hello hydration is the colour and the fact my hair didn't remain soft for as long as Aussie.

If I run out of Aussie and I need a backup then HH is defo on my list, but for someone that is trying to use as little chemicals in my hair as possible HH is not the way to go for me.