Recipes | Try these and let me know how you like them
Here are some recipes I shared at the Midlands Natural Hair Meetup yesterday,
Saturday 26th May 2012.
Enjoy!
| Coconut Milk Treatment
1 can of Coconut Milk
4 tbsp. Honey
4 tbsp. EVOO
Mix well in a bowl. (EVOO will not fully mix)
Apply to ends of hair first, then to roots. It DRIPS!
Leave on for 30mins to 1hr under a cap.
Rinse well
| Honey & EVOO
- 3 tbsp. EVOO
- 1 ½ tbsp. Honey
*place jar of honey in a cup of hot water before mixing (more runny).
Start with damp hair.
Mix in palm of hands and apply to section of hair.
Mix another batch and apply to next section!
Leave on for 30mins - 1 hr then rinse.
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| The “Juice”
Spray bottle
200mls Water
30 mls Aloe vera juice
1 – 2 tsp Glycerin (optional)
Mix well in a spray bottle and its ready to use!
You get the moisturized feel of S-Curl w/o cones! | —Triple Moisture Technique
—Apply watery leave-in (water or water spritz) —Apply creamy leave in (LTR leave-in or diluted conditioner – Tresemme Naturals) —
Seal with light oils (EVOO + Coconut oil) and castor oil (on the ends). |
Natural Brides | Part 2: Beautiful and Serene!
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Image courtesy of itsabrideslife.com
Pull up the sides of a fro and have a soft bang as well. Beautifully accenutated by the small pearl earring!
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Image courtesy of bridalblisskenya.com
Can be achieved with curlformers set or rollet set. Then tease gently apart and add flower.
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Image courtesy of offbeatbride.com Source: bglhonline.com via Ajih Creations
Hair is flat rolled inwards on both sides and the ends are pinned inside. Add mini-veil and trinkets.
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| This collage is to show what you can achieve with rollerset hair or curlformers. Pin-curls with cute little adornments take a bun to a new level!
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Images courtesy of the galleries at itsabrideslife.com
Never underestimate how much difference a bit of hair bling can make! Don't forget the hair candy! |
| For more intricate dos, plan ahead and I would recommend doing them more than a day or two in advance (so no wedding day headaches)!
| These four images are courtesy of African American Wedding Hairstyles blog. | |
Next Meetup | Twisting and Conditioning DIY Workshop
Here is the link to buy you tickets: http://healthyhairmeetup2.eventbrite.co.uk/
Get them before they are gone: 20 places only!
Kitchen Treasures | A workshop that's well worth it!
I was privileged to be a part of this workshop put together by Sis E of the Calabash Hub: giving presentations on my Top 10 product ingredients and Clays for facials and hair washes. Time for me to condition and clay my hair!
Enjoy!
Video courtesy of TheNaprika (Stacey).
Healthy Hair Meetup UK | Video Footage
Just to share with those not checking out Youtube.
Natural Bride | Wedding Styles to crown your day!
I was asked by a lovely natural with sisterlocks to find some cute but practical wedding hairstyles.
Here goes!
 Image courtesy of African American Wedding Hairstyles. |  Image courtesy of going-natural.com |  A curly updo for the bride! |
 Image courtesy of going-natural.com |  Image courtesy of going-natural.com |
Above style created by sectioning off the bang area. Dividing the back into two. One half in a side bun, the other in pin-curls. The bang is then pinned and added to the pin-curls. Cowry shells finish the look!
| Two-strand twisted styles mimick locs very well! Anything twists can do, locs can do better...lol! ;)
Simply, pull locs over to one side and pin. An added dimension would be to pincurl the side left out here!
| Curls from bantu knot-out - pulled up into a high bun with the bangs left out. A white braided band applied over the front and veil behind the bun finish off the look!
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 Images courtesy of African American Wedding Hairstyles |  Images courtesy of African American Wedding Hairstyles |  Courtesy of naturalhairbrides on tumblr |
 Image courtesy of naturalhairbrides on tumblr (natural chica.com) |  Franchesa: images courtesy of natural chica.com |  Images courtesy of naturalhairbrides on tumblr (natural chica.com) |
How-to:
- Washed with TRESemme’ Naturals
- Detangled with TRESemme’ conditioner
- Deep Conditioned with EVOO + Pantene Relaxed & Natural Breakage Defense Mask
- Twisted 8 sections of my hair to stretch and dry it
- It didnt dry in enough time for the wedding so unfortunately had to blow dry lightly it without any protective product
- Used coconut oil all over for some shine
- Then used to Cinn-a-bun method developed by Motorcitymoxie on youtube.
- Slicked backed edges using Elasta QP Glaze Conditioning Shining Gel
- Pulled my hair back using a stocking like a headband
- Instead of tucking and pinning each piece of hair straight back, I twisted each peice so it would eventually roll up on itself and look like a mini dounut and pinned it securely.
- Did this all over my head starting from the hairline then toward the middle.
Healthy Hair Meetup UK | We came, we saw, we were beautiful!
We came, we saw, we looked good doing it!
This is a quick post for those ladies (and gents) who were unable to be at the meetup, as well as a fun picture share with those who did attend! We had around 25 ladies turn up on Sunday and we were a nice international bunch. With folks from the States and Germany, we had a real mix of ladies (not to mention my buddy from Russia!).
The Elixir Bar really was a perfect venue with friendly staff and great multimedia backup. They were also very accommodating of our haircare obsessions! lol! It's good when your venue host knows the benefits of jojoba oil already!
We had three provisional sponsors when preparing for the meetup but for the day, we had 2 lovely sponsors on the ground: The Calabash Hub and The Goody Box UK!
With refreshments flowing, we jumped right into the presentations with a "Healthy Hair Basics" talk to start with. Then, a Q&A followed: important questions on pH, hair typing and regimens cropped up here!
We had two further presentations: a "Headwrapping demonstration" by Sis E of the Calabash Hub and a "Haircare Tips and Tricks" talk by myself.
In between presentations, we would chat, eat and browse the natural goodies on sale!
I really enjoyed the headwrap presentation - though I know most enjoyed it from the feedback we've received. I was touched by the generosity of both our sponsors on this event (helping with compiling the goodie bags and giving samples away!).
My final few words would be, look out for the next event on the 29th of April being organised by Sis E, a "Product Making/Kitchen Treasures workshop". It promises to be informative and hands-on so get your tickets early! I better go get mine!
The next Healthy Hair Meetup should be in mid-to-late June by God's grace (if not earlier!). It looks like hair conditioning with homemade treatments and twisting / braiding workshops are going to be the order of the day: from the feedback forms...yay! I will get cracking on that one! Can't wait!
Ciao, lovelies!
Video coming soon!
More pictures for your perusal below!
 Products from the Calabash Hub |  Products from the Goody Box UK |
You are invited!
You are invited to the Meetup!
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