Thursday, June 30, 2011

My Natural Beauties

Although I don't have much hair and haven't for the past year n some change, one of my passions is doing hair, especially natural hair!

With my recent decision to grow my hair back, I have been doing tons of research on natural hair because its been a min since I've really been in the game. There are so many people who I have made my natural hair role models in the past few weeks, its not even funny! I am so obsessed with natural hair right now n Im loving it!!!

I've had my hair natural for most of my life and because of that I have had quite a bit of experience doing natural hair. I've done my sisters and mom's hair since I was about 16, my own, and a few friends. I've done anything from cuts, twist-outs, Big Chops, Bantu-knot-outs, and two strand twists. 
I have recently found myself doing quite a bit of natural hair consulting. I am constantly researching tips, products, styles, tools, and treatments for natural hair; and when I do the research I love to spread the knowledge as a way of promoting healthy hair!

Below I have some pictures of natural hairstyles I have done on some of my fav people...
Check em out...


A couple of brown beauties not too long after I did their BC's (big chop: cutting the permed hair out so they can go natural)


my girl britt n I rocking our matching cuts :))


My loves Ikepo and Angie, a few weeks after I did Ikepo's BC


My fav client, my sissy brittany. I didn't do her initial cut, but I've done almost every trim since.


Britt again!
Her hair looks great here! Im proud of her, bc she is usually the laziest thing when it comes to taking care of her hair. 
Brittany is actually doing the hair growth challenge with me so I will keep you guys posted with her progress as well...she has abt an inch more hair than me so lets see how long that lasts! Im trynna beat her! It should be fun to see the difference in our hair textures and growth!
We will keep you posted!!!


The next few pictures are of my close friend Susan. In addition to snipping those few stray relaxed strands in the pic above, I did a twist-out on her hair. 
I've been trying to get my hands in someone's natural hair so that I can get back into the swing of things with this natural hair thing, and Sooze def came through for me. I also needed to test out some new products that bought earlier that day. 


I used Carol's Daughter Hair Milk, Palmers Organic Olive Oil, and pure Shea Butter (all from the hair store in New Brunswick on George St.)



Sooze sent me some pictures of the results and I was so excited to see that it came out well!!!
This is a pic of the twist-out when she first took them out...





This is a pic of the twist-out after she unraveled them again. 
LOVE IT!
Now I can not wait until my hair gets long enough to do a decent twist-out.





The combo of the 3 seemed to be great because her hair looks really moisturized and the curls are so defined that it may last a week!

Next we have a run through of a big-chop I did on my friend Sharla, the other day. This is the same beautiful lady who I did a post on a few weeks ago...Check it out...



This is Sharla's relaxed hair right after she took out her Senegalese twists...


I separated the hair to check out her curl pattern, to get an idea of what her hair would look like when all of the relaxed hair was gone. I was pleased with what I found down there. I knew she would love the cut!



I do all my big-chops with scissors, besides the fact that I don't know how to use clippers, I find that I have way more control and get a more natural look and shape with the scissors.



It was a process but she was quite pleased with the finishing look!!!




 A few months ago, my mom asked me to cut her hair, she didn't want to go as low as Britt and I but she wanted more of a manageable length. So I cut it pretty low in the back and on the sides and kept it a lil longer in the front...the pictures below are of a twist-out I did after I cut it...













Looking at these makes me kind of proud in how many beauties I have helped on their natural hair journies. When I do their hair i don't just style and consult; I also encourage them, and give them hope for their natural hair journey that often seems pretty scary to them while they are sitting down in the chair and as I chop all of their hair off. But each of these beauties has blossomed into some quite fabulous natural hair divas just like I knew they would!
I take a lot of pride in what I do because as naturals we need to support each other by sharing the love and knowledge. 

If you guys ever have any questions or need help with your natural hair journey, just let me know. Im more than eager to get more practice so feel free to ask me to schedule appointments!

LOVE YALLLLL!!!!
PEACE. 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

week 2

Ok guys, so its week two of my 52 week hair growth challenge! and i have some obvious new growth. Thats not a surprise because my hair was cut pretty low so it should grow a little faster. However, this time it's been growing a little more rapidly than before, so thats a PLUS!



At the top is the picture of last week (week 1) and this is the pic of my growth this week. 
As you can see, the hair is more full on my head, shape-up is pretty much gone, and curls are slowly starting to form at the top of my head. This week and next week my hair will be at that awkward stage i hate when I cant brush it and my hair isn't long enough to form a complete coil so its kinda all over the place. OH THE JOY -_-


Here's a closer look. Right before I took this picture, I rinsed a mayonnaise and Shea butter dc (deep conditioner) out of my head that I had in for about 4 hours. I'm not gonna lie, I have no clue when the last time I did a deep conditioner because when you don't have hair, you really don't have to worry about dc'ing. The dc I used to use was Carol's Daughter "Black Vanilla Smoothie" 
Now I went to the hair store yesterday and bought a bunch of Carol's Daughter products, but I took them back because I realized I could save like $25 if I bought them on line. Plus free shipping! Whaaat!? Those lil Indians on George St. set trippin!

In the last post I made a list of the details of my hair growth challenge and I mentioned that I was going to drink 8 glasses of water a day, take my vities, drink my acai berry juice, massage my scalp, and deep condition once a week...




These thinks are meant to stimulate growth and just to keep my over-all health good. I did a hair mask and deep conditioner today...


I used to be the biggest hair junkie, but since I have a minimal amount of hair, I have purchased the minimal amount of products with this style. Soooooo, since I decided to take the Carol's Daughter back, I basically had the minimal amount of products to work with. So I found an old hair mask/ detangler called the "Natural Laxer"




I continued to improvise with my Shea butter and Hellman's as a deep conditioner which worked out great by the way!


Not feeling too well tonight so if yall have any questions ask me n ill give u deets!!!

love yall!



Saturday, June 18, 2011

I'm Growing My Hair Out!!!

Farreal this time!!!

If you have been around me for the past three months, you probably heard me flapping my gums about growing my hair out while at the same time seeing me make no hesitation to cut my hair. Well the reason why I keep saying Im going to grow my hair out, but keep failing to actually do so is because Im a punk when it comes to this, and I really REALLY love my hair short! Its the bestest most easiestest thing in the world and no one in their right mind would give it up for hair. lol.
Thats my story n I'm sticking to it!

Even though I have talked myself out of growing my hair out about 6 times in the past 3 months, I have talked myself into doing it this time by connecting my hair growth to my blog. Im going to do a healthy hair growth/rapid hair growth experiment type thing. 
Everyday, for one year, Im going to...
  1.  take my vitamines
  2. drink 8 glasses of water each day
  3. massage my scalp
  4. keep my hair twisted or braided up (when I get some hair that can be gripped), 
  5. deep condition once a week, and the most important part is that Im not going to cut my hair at all (not even to shape it so that it fits my face)

..HUHHH BOYYY!!!!

I aint gon lie, Im scared because I haven't done my hair in over a year! lol. But Imma "make it happen and not excuses"

Ok so here's how we're gonna do this, Im gonna take pictures to show you guys my weekly progress and tell you how my hair week went. Meaning telling you how well I did with sticking to my "hair diet" and any updates that yall cant see with the pictures. Sometimes I'll put up videos (most likely when I get enough hair to do different styles. And I'll also show you guys what products Im trying. I'll do reviews and what-not too!

Bellow I have a few pictures of my hair at its current state. I got it cut pretty low and shaped up to try to get all the blonde out so I could grow it out dye free. You will probably still see a few stray blondes in there but its my natural color for the most part. 




Alright, so I took these pictures this morning before I went to work so this is basically bed hair for me! 
I'm gon miss this bed hair! 
Last night i washed and conditioned my hair. Then I put in Jane Carter Solution's "Re-vitalizing Leave in Conditioner" along with my Palmers Olive oil spray. Every night I make sure to sleep with a satin pillow case so the fabric of my pillow-case doesn't dry my hair out. 






If you guys have any questions on my hair "hair growth" diet let me know!

<3

I'm Growing My Hair Out!!!

Farreal this time!!!

If you have been around me for the past three months, you probably heard me yapping my gums about growing my hair out while at the same time seeing me make no hesitation to cut my hair. Well the reason why I keep saying Im going to grow my hair out, but keep failing to actually do so is because Im a punk when it comes to this, and I really REALLY love my hair short! Its the bestest most easiestest thing in the world and no one in their right mind would give it up for hair. lol.
Thats my story n I'm sticking to it!

Even though I have talked myself out of growing my hair out about 6 times in the past 3 months, I have talked myself into doing it this time by connecting my hair growth to my blog. Im going to do a healthy hair growth/rapid hair growth experiment type thing. 
Everyday, for one year, Im going to...
  1.  take my vitamines
  2. drink 8 glasses of water each day
  3. massage my scalp
  4. keep my hair twisted or braided up (when I get some hair that can be gripped), 
  5. deep condition once a week, and the most important part is that Im not going to cut my hair at all (not even to shape it so that it fits my face)

..HUHHH BOYYY!!!!

I aint gon lie, Im scared because I haven't done my hair in over a year! lol. But Imma "make it happen and not excuses"

Ok so here's how we're gonna do this, Im gonna take pictures to show you guys my weekly progress and tell you how my hair week went. Meaning telling you how well I did with sticking to my "hair diet" and any updates that yall cant see with the pictures. Sometimes I'll put up videos (most likely when I get enough hair to do different styles. And I'll also show you guys what products Im trying. I'll do reviews and what-not too!

Bellow I have a few pictures of my hair at its current state. I got it cut pretty low and shaped up to try to get all the blonde out so I could grow it out dye free. You will probably still see a few stray blondes in there but its my natural color for the most part. 




Alright, so I took these pictures this morning before I went to work so this is basically bed hair for me! 
I'm gon miss this bed hair! 
Last night i washed and conditioned my hair. Then I put in Jane Carter Solution's "Re-vitalizing Leave in Conditioner" along with my Palmers Olive oil spray. Every night I make sure to sleep with a satin pillow case so the fabric of my pillow-case doesn't dry my hair out. 






If you guys have any questions on my hair "hair growth" diet let me know!

<3

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Say Hello to the official GSpot.Ownit. LOGO!



ITS HERE AND I LOVE IT!


The logo was designed by the very talented Ant Gibbons, who is the creator of Designs By Ant Gibbz, LLC

The company specializes in flyer and logo designs so be sure to contact him to get the professional look for your designs!!!

website: http://designsbyantgibbz.com/ 

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Beautiful Creations

Hey lovies!
Today I had a day off from work so I decided to spend some time with my girl Sharla. Her visit was extra special to me because we just sat and talked about the things that we wanted to do in life and different projects we were focusing on. During our visit we checked out each other's blogs and a few other cool sites we like. Now I knew that Sharla was a very talented artist because she recently gave me a canvas that she painted and I absolutely loved it! But when I went to her blog where she had pictures of a few of her pieces   I was blown away at how amazingly beautiful her pieces were! Like seriously, I couldn't stop talking about it, and I was just showing her work off to anyone who came through the door as if it was a work of my own. LOL. But seriously, shawty got skills!

Right before she showed me the site, she told me that she would be selling her work for a GREAT price (11'14 for $50 bucks) so that she could expand her own ability and to expand her portfolio. She's doing custom pieces as well as selling some of the pieces that are seen on her blog so be sure to contact her while the pieces are at such a good price!

Her email is: sharla_goals@yahoo.com

The face behind the work. Ms. Sharla!



Here's  little taste...











Are you drooling yet???
Because this was about the point when I started! 



This pic look familiar to some???

Its The Creator herself!!! Aminah Mussa

She's another amazingly gifted friend of mine who is a designer, or should I say CREATOR!

You can buy her pieces at http://shop.yanghi.com/





On our way to get some ice-cream, we decided to stop and check out this natural foods store around the corner from my apartment, while we loved the fact that we found a new spot to get organic fruits and veggies, we probably more fascinated by the artwork that was all over the walls and stairs on the way up to the organic juice bar that was upstairs.


Since the stairwell was so cute, it would only be right to whip out the iPhone for a mini photo shoot. :D







Be sure to go to her blog (http://biggest-vice.tumblr.com/) to get the info so you can put your order in asap!

Also friend request her on fb so that you will get the updates on her fan-page that she's currently working on!

and if you have any questions email her at sharla_goals@yahoo.com

Until next time Beauties!!! 

XOXOX

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