June Hair Update!!

So my hair has been in a weird stage. Well kind of. My hair used to be dyed so the dead, dyed ends are shedding. The dye is almost completely gone, THANK YOU JESUS! Get this junk out! lol.. Its exciting to see my natural hair color again. I seriously didn't know what it was for at least 4 years of my life. I am so glad for a more excellent way. Chemical free, completely natural! No weaves, no cutting, no dye, no nothing but my natural hair (and some helpful products) lol.

Anyhow- for this months (or 2 weeks lol) protective style...

Braids :)

The roots are looking pretty good. I LOVE the natural color of my hair! Its so rich and dark :)

Bangs are almost not bangs... Umm, yes defintely not bangs anymore! Its growing!!!

So hard to get that true length because my hair is all uneven. But you get the jist of it :)

LOVE high buns!

Stay tuned for more updates, information and tutorials. This is all for now folks!!

Saving one nappy head a day

The Power of Water

"Like skin, hair needs lubrication from the inside out. If your hair roots are deficient in adequate water levels your tresses will eventually become dry, brittle and may stop growing at your maximum genetic rate. Even worse, hair that is deprived of proper daily water supplies may stop growing completely" (taken from http://www.hairboutique.com/TIPS/tip211301.htm)

Well I began a little "hands on research" of my own. I decided to see if there was a difference in my hair if I fully saturated it with water 7 days a week.

When? I began last saturday. I washed my hair and put it in large twists.

What? Every single day of the week I saturated it with water in the shower.

Stylish? The twists got frizzy so I did have to re-twist a few days, but it was very quick because I had large twists.  I wore the twists in tucked under updos or buns to protect the ends

Why? In an attempt to keep my hair moisturized!

Results? By saturday night when I washed my hair again, it was super soft and the most moisturized it has ever been! I had less of an itchy, dry and irritated scalp everyday. In addition, after I washed my hair, the detangling process was virtually non-existant!

I am going to try this again this week. But I think I'm on to somethin folks-

Until next time,

Saving One Nappy Head a Day

I stand corrected on Baking Soda!!!!

I feel kinda dumb... BUT I can't leave my sistas in the dark on this one.

BAKING SODA FOR HAIR = NO, NO!!

I totally said in a previous post that Baking Soda and water was a good alternative to shampoo. This is wrong information ladies.  I used baking soda myself for about 2 months and I stopped using it because it was giving me headaches and my hair texture sort of changed. Well I just thought it was due to the "exfoliating power" of this substance. So I decided I would just use it once a month. That turned into never because I totally fell in love with ACV (apple cider vinegar). Well since then I can say that my hair has been slightly different but I definitely didn't attribute those changes to the baking soda. Ha! Guess what? NOW I can and here is why.

1. Baking soda is a base that is too low to apply on our hair. On the pH scale it is around an 8. (Keep in mind that 7 is neutral). Well anything in your hair past a 7 is bad! (Below 4.5 for that matter also) So nothing too acidic and nothing too basic. According to the definition of a base, it can strip the skin of all protective surface skin oils meant to help waterproof the skin. This leaves skin red, irritated and inflamed and vulnerable to further environmental challenges. In addition, it is said to make the hair feel more ply able, easier to manage, softer and looser curls, etc. Well that's because its slowly decomposing and disintegrating your hair! Of course you cannot immediately see these effects, but I promise its happening. Also, if you aren't neutralizing the base with an acid, this base NEVER stops working. All that time, its eating away at your hair and scalp. (Hence why I had bad headaches!!!) I cannot stress this enough, One of the most beneficial treatments hair can have is to be acidified.
2. Baking soda is not a natural substance, its a chemical substance. Want an even better interpretation of why this is so bad?? Check this out, I was blown away. Now, the pH scale is based on a logarithmic equation meaning that each step on the scale is a 10x difference. For example, Battery Acid is 10x more acidic than Lemon Juice. Therefore Battery Acid is 10,000,000 times more acidic than a Water (which is neutral). Get it? A very simple explanation right. The normal pH for hair when it is in water is 4.5-5.5. Okay well when you put baking soda in your hair, you are adding a substance that is 1,000 times more basic than your hair! And to take it even further, when you put a LYE RELAXER in your hair, you are adding a substance that is approximately ONE BILLION times more basic than your hair!!!!
   

SO just say NOOOOO to baking soda!! RUN for your LIFE! lol. Okay that was super dramatic. But seriously ladies, this is a no, no. I stand corrected. Please feel free to research it for yourself. But I guarantee that you will find that its all bad. I listed a few links below from kimmaytube. She is a natural on youtube and has a whole lot of helpful information. If you want more detail watch those two clips. **disclaimer: she is not apostolic so I don't own responsibility for anything she says lol** Its clean but I just gotta add that. I don't want to promote worldliness whatsoever. But I do feel that she has honestly done her research! So- again,

Just say NO to baking soda!!

Are You Taking Your Hair on a pH roller coaster ride?

Using pH balance to properly care for your hair

Intro and Hairstyle #1, Bantu Knots with Braids

To all my black Apostolic ladies! I want YOU to know that you can have beautiful, healthy and long hair also! There is no need for us to be havin super short hair that is unhealthy. Especially if our glory really means something to us. SO here it is, I'm going to help you grow you hair. Yes I am going to take on the challenge of **prayerfully** helping black apostolic laides all around the world! Because UNCUT hair is beautiful and it doesn't have to be damaged, falling out and all of that madness!! So here are some beginning steps:


If you have relaxed hair, it is time to grow your relaxer out TODAY! I cannot tell you enough how bad and terrible relaxers are for black hair. Not only does it break your hair off, but it also releases chemicals into your blood stream! Need I say more? If you want healthy hair, this has GOT to be step number one!! So today is the day for you to transition. (which means, doing styles that take you from relaxed the natural without sissors) We don't believe in the "big chop", little chop, tiny chop, NO chop! lol. Don't touch that hair with those sissors!!

• MOISTURIZE YOUR ENDS DAILY!! Hair doesn't grow from the ends, it grows from the roots right?? Yes, but hair retention comes from how much hair you can retain. So a lot of the times we think our hair isn't growing, but it is! We just are not taking care of the ends of our hair, so inevitably, it always looks short!

• Heat = Dangerous! Okay I know curls are the thing to do in Pentecost ladies, but come on. Not one more day can your hair afford to be fried at the expense of looking cute. Especially when there are other ways to achieve the same styles with without heat!! For example, you can do bantu knots for curls! Super simple and you achieve beautiful, bouncy curls!! There are twist outs if you're more into wavey curls... there are braid outs.. etc, etc!!

• Protect your hair! We need to believe in protective styling!!!!!  (Protective styling is the type of styling that prevents you from excess combing, pulling, touching, etc your hair)

So here it is, your FIRST tutorial from me...

Need a church style when church is starting in about 3 hours???

Hairstyle #1 Bantu Knots with braids

Check it out!! Just click on the links below!!

Bantu Knots with Braids pt 1

Bantu Knots with Braids pt 2