Mini Product Haul

I took a trip into Bridgetown to browse the many beauty supply stores to pick up some items that I needed and ran out of. I picked up (1,3,4) from Colleens Beauty Supply, (2) from NSR Mall Bridge Street  and (5) from Caribbean Queen.

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The prices below are for the product images above:

1)      $3.95 BDS/ $ 1.97 US

2)      $3.00 BDS/ $1.50 US

3)      $6.95 BDS/$3.47 US

4)      $6.95 BDS/ $3.47 US *I have been looking for one of these FOREVER*

5)      $21.99 BDS/ $11.00 US *STAPLE*

What have you purchased recently?

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Wash Day + Bantu Knots / Cork Screws

Ever since Sonyia from the Hairlista Facebook group talked about preferring oil rinsing as opposed to pre-pooing, I decided to try it out to see which one my hair prefers, although I ALWAYS pre-poo and love the results.  Here is how my wash day went: 

1)      Section my hair in 4 (2 in the front & 2 in the Back) & detangled my wide width 

         tooth comb. I ALWAYS detangle before the start of my wash day as it makes it 

         so much easier when I detangle just before air-drying. 

2)      Shampoo with CON Argan Oil Moisture & Shine Shampoo (2 lathers) 

3)      Apply Aphogee Keratin 2 Minute Reconstructor for 3mins without heat and rinse 

4)      Used a towel to soak up the excess dripping water and saturate my hair from root 

         to tip with EVCO & EVOO mixed together in an applicator bottle, placed a plastic 

         cap on my head and sat under my heat cap for 25mins 

5)      To avoid taking 3 baths, I decided to apply my deep conditioner on-top of the 

          oil and I used the KeraPro Restorative Intensive treatment for 30mins under 

          my heat cap.  This method is great for deep conditioners that you don’t 

          normally add oils to them, to boost the effectiveness.  I normally add oils to 

          my Queen Helene, so with this step I could apply it without mixing oils since 

          my hair will be adequately saturated with oils. 

6)       Rinsed and wrapped my hair in a t-shirt for 30mins to soak up the excess water 

7)       Applied my leave-in’s of Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer & HE Split 

          End Protector 

8)      Air dry for 45 mins

At this point my hair felt moisturized and also very oily and my strands felt heavier than normal. I believe this contributed to the amount of oil the shampoo left on my hair and the oil rinsing.  I have only being using the CON shampoo for 2weeks and want to use it for at least 4weeks before I can give you my thoughts on it.

9)      Moisturized and with Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter and sealed with Hot Six oil 

10)    In the hair world the hair style I wanted to try is called Bantu Knots whereas in 

         Barbados it’s known as Cork Screws. I decided to do 14 knots (6 to the back & 

         8 to the front).

*To see the images of the products used, please click on My Regimen & Products (Click Here)*

Here are the results of my Bantu-Knots/Cork Screw attempt:

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Happy Birthday Bro & Happy Valentine's Day Luvs!

First of all, I want to wish my Big Bro a blessed and wonderful day filled with love, joy, happiness and memories to last a lifetime. May God continue to bless you and may you live to see many more superb years to come, Love you loads.

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone; hope you have a delightful day, be safe and do have a fabulous time.

How are you rocking your hair today?

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Wash Day Post Relaxer

I have been looking forward to my wash day on Saturday so I can get back to my normal routine. This is how my day went:

1)      Prepoo with EVCO & EVOO on my scalp and CON intensive conditioning treatment on the
         length of  my hair [I love this conditioner]

2)      Shampoo with ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo [One Lather]

3)      Shampoo with CON Argan Oil Moisture & Shine Shampoo [One Lather]

4)      Apply Aphogee Keratin 2 Minute Reconstructor on my hair for 3 mins without heat

5)      Apply KeraPro Restorative Intensive Conditioning Treatment to my hair for 30 mins under my
         heat cap [First time used]

6)      Wrapped my hair in a t-shirt for 30 mins to absorb the excess water

7)      Applied Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer, Herbal Essences Split-End Protector
         and Organix Coconut Milk Anti-Breakage Serum [First time used ]to
         my hair and detangled with a breeze

8)      Air dry for 30 mins

9)      With my hair still damp I did 3 French/ inside cornrow braids going backwards with rollers on
          my ends. I also sprayed the braids with my concoction of HE Split-End Protector, Hot Six Oil,
         Water and Main ‘n Tale Detangler mixed in a spray bottle

10)     After 6 hours I took down the braids since I was hanging out later with friends that day

*To see all the products mentioned in this post please (Click Here)*

Here are today’s results of my braid-out:

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I plan to wear my hair in a braid-out for half of the week and bun for the rest of the week

How are you wearing your hair this week?

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Hair Ramble

I came home from work and took off my jacket and with a tank top on, I looked in the mirror and saw my hair in my back and said to myself “when did this happen,” I immediately called my bf and said “babe you need to come over and see my hair, it looks longer.” I started jumping up and down while swinging my head left, right and all around. Since my relaxer, I have only applied 2 drops of oil all over my hair every day since it was weighed down with the double amount of serum applied. Now I know the true length and body of my hair. Below in photos, I have shown the comparison in lengths of my hair as detailed in the above text, between Saturday and Tuesday. For another look at this comparison, you can also check out my Facebook pic that I posted last week (Click Here)


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Since the launch of my blog I have been asked a lot of questions from my friends and