Relax......Give yourself a good scrub a dub and remove the stress of the week. Step into the new week with fresh and glowing skin.
My personal favourite for scrubs are the non foaming cream based or foaming cream based ones. They exfoliate and moisturise the skin. And the best part, they stay put on the skin and don't fall down like the wall of Jericho....
Here is a small clip showing how I use my (the one I make and sell) foaming body polish:
Happy Weekend guys.... Enjoy your rest of your rest time. And for those working this weekend, enjoy your working weekend...
Here are some reasons breakage occurs from relaxer use:
Over-processing the hair: In which an excessive use of relaxer is used or relaxers are applied to previously relaxed hair. Relaxer should be applied to only the new growth.
Not using a protective cream on the scalp: A lot of hair stylists are guilty of this. They just start applying the relaxer without protecting the scalp. A protective cream (e.g Petroleum jelly) should be applied to help protect the scalp from damage and burns.
Not properly neutralising the hair: when I was relaxed, I made sure that I took my own neutralising shampoo to the salon. I know that some of these stylists use diluted neutralising shampoo and are always trying to cut down on the quantity they use. It is better to be safe than sorry. After the hair has been processed for the appropriate time, it should be completely removed with warm water. A neutralising shampoo should be used to lower the pH of the hair because if it is not lowered, the hair would break as a result of the chemical continuing to work on the hair strand thereby weakening it further.
Not using protein and moisture treatments: Protein and moisture treatments should be used to restore some of the natural moisture and proteins that have been stripped from the hair by the relaxer. Those who have natural hair should also carry out regular protein and moisture treatments to strengthen and add moisture to the hair strands to prevent dry hair and breakage.
Use of excessive heat: This applies to both natural and relaxed hair. Excessive use of direct heat in the form of heat tools such as flatirons will lead to further damage of the hair and dry out the hair. If you want to use heat tools, do so sparingly and always remember to use a thermal protectant.
RECIPE (Depending on the length of your hair)
Egg Mayonnaise (the one we use for salads)……11/2 tablespoon
Egg white……..1/2 of the egg white found in a large egg (or the whole egg white of a small egg)
INSTRUCTIONS
Place the egg mayonnaise, oil and egg white in a bowl and stir continuously till a smooth consistency is achieved…. Ta da! That is it. Your own super duper protein treatment.
Watch the video tutorial below
HOW TO USE
Wash your hair with a gentle shampoo and rinse. Allow the hair to dry till it is about 60% dry.
Section your hair into four (or more depending on the length of your hair) sections. Apply the treatment to small sections of your hair in the larger section, working your way from roots to ends. It is essential that you don’t forget the ends as they are the weakest part of the hair strands. Twist or clip the hair that is coated with the protein treatment aside so that you can work on other sections without any hindrance. Continue the steps on all the other sections.
When you are finished, you can cover your hair with a plastic bag, shower cap or cling film and leave it on for 15 – 20 minutes.
Rinse with COOL water not hot water. If you use hot or warm water, you would have scrambled egg pieces in your hair (it has happened to me).
Towel dry your hair till it is about 60% dry, then follow up with a moisture based deep conditioner or rinse out conditioner (which you can allow to stay on your hair for 5 – 10 minutes). Always follow up with moisture based conditioner, else your hair would be so dry and it would increase the chances of breakage.
I advise that you carry out this treatment one week before relaxing and immediately after relaxing. You should also carry it out once a month (whether you are relaxed or natural).
I hope you try out this amazing protein treatment and let me know how your hair felt afterwards.
Black hair is naturally dry and prone to breakage due to its elliptical shape and when it is chemically relaxed, it is even harder to keep it healthy. Many black women suffer from breakage and hair loss hence the inability to grow long hair.
The hair is made up of the cuticle, the cortex, the hair follicle, sebaceous glands and melanin.Every hair on your head goes through three phases:
The Growing (Anagen) Phase: which is genetically predetermined and can last between 3 to 7 years.
The Resting or Transisition (Catagen) Phase: which lasts between 2 to 4 weeks
The Shedding (Telogen) Phase: which can last from 3 to 4 months
Shedding is a natural process during which the old hairs are replaced with new hairs. It is normal to lose about 50 – 80 hairs/day in which any shedding above 80 hairs/day is classified as excessive shedding. Heat styling, over-processing of the hair and using harsh hair products can lead to the hair’s cortex being damaged which would lead to breakage.
Coffee contains caffeine which can block DHT (Dihydrotestosterone), a naturally occurring metabolite of the testosterone hormone made by the body and is found in both men and women. DHT is a key element of male pattern baldness, alopecia and other significant hair loss. It stunts your hair’s growing phase and increases the shedding phase so that over time your hair follicles become smaller, shorter and has a finer texture that leads to accelerated hair loss.
Using coffee as a hair rinse aids in blocking DHT hence helps to reduce hair loss by reversing its effect on the growing phase. Other benefits of a coffee hair rinse include the provision of shine to the hair and enriching brown to black colored hair (precaution sehould be taken on lightly coloured hair).
For more information on black hair care tips and how to use coffee as a hair rinse, check out these links:
Hey guys, it has been a while. I have been at a cross road in my life. It has not been easy. I feel so overwhelmed right now. Right now I am so discouraged and dejected. I remembered that writing always made me feel better so I decided to type away.
I recently revived my youtube channel and I have been posting some videos. I was super concerned some days ago by the few subscribers I have despite the fact that I sent my first BBM and WHATSAPP broadcast message to my contacts in months. I got encouragement from some older youtubers who said it takes time to get the views and subscribers that might make youtube/vlogging encouraging.
But I kid you not, it is not easy to motivate yourself. I am always buying data plan because uploading a video takes about 1GB of data and sometimes when the video has uploaded to a certain extent, something happens and it is unable to load and then I have to reload the video (more data is being consumed). Financially it has been really draining.
However I really like recording videos, editing and doing voiceovers. I have so much content that I want to put up but I am slowly beginning to think I might not be able to continue for a long time. I just need a little bit of encouragement. Oh well, we would see how long I can financially sustain my youtube hobby.
How are you guys doing? What project have you carried out and you were not able to complete for whatever reason? And when did you let it go? I would love to read your comments….(I hope someone is even reading my blog).
Okay, where do I start? I have been the definition of annoying lately. I just abandoned my blog and you guys for donkey years. There is no real excuse weeeellllll……..except for the fact that I have been super lazy and there was really no one to encourage me to write until a couple of days ago.
So how have you been? I know that life has been crazy for majority of you. Life has been…..not too crazy for me. I finally got my master’s degree….Bless the Lord. I am back in Nigeria (still a bit sad that I am back especially when there is no electricity…It is so annoying) and I am about to start a new adventure.
I really did not feel inspired to start writing again until I talked with a friend. She was curious as to why I had stopped writing on the blog and unknowingly gave me the biggest motivation I could ever need. Being a blogger is not easy especially with crappy network, lack of stable power supply and a laptop that doesn’t want to connect to my WiFi modem (Lord, I need a brand new laptop. Maybe I should include it in my #HallelujahChallenge request). She said she got a hair protein (steaming) treatment technique from my blog, taught it to her local hair stylist and now the hair stylist recommends and charges 1000 naira from her clients! You guys! I was ‘shoke’ (like the Americans would say). She said the lady used to charge 300 naira but with the technique I wrote about, she was able to charge more. I couldn’t believe that what I had written has been able to increase revenue and knowledge for someone I have never met. I am still astounded. And I always thought that my content was not useful. Therefore I have decided that I would be including a lot of ‘Do it yourself’ content. Who knows if someone could build a brand from my content?
Luscious and Cookie
So what have you guys been doing? What TV series are you following? Lately I have been checking out Youtube clips of Empire. My Goodness, I love Cookie. I don’t know where I have been all these years. I know. I never follow trends and with school, I decided that I didn’t want to watch television so that I don’t get distracted. Back to Empire, Cookie and Luscious……whaaaattttt? I want some of Cookie’s fire and I need me a good Luscious (because we all know that Luscious is evil at times). Can someone tell me why Jussie Smollet is Gay? Like hmmmm, the brother is fiiiinnnnneeee. Oh well….
What else have I been up to? I have been turning my ‘cheap ass’ life into a business. My Love for ‘Do it yourself’ and product formulation is slowly and hopefully turning into a business and possibly an international brand. I would write about this venture in future posts (I had better write more. I paid $15 to GoDaddy.com for my domain name so my money had better not go to waste).
To find out more about my products, you can check out my business handle on Instagram or on facebook which is @handmadebypetitediva. I am about to offer some samples at a highly discounted price so hurry up and follow the pages and don’t be left out of this revolution…lol.
Hiya Folks, it seems that i keep coming back then put on a disappearing act again. I wrote my last post with the intention of writing frequently but then life got the better of me. I was so busy with my dissertation and some small jobs that i do. How have you guys been? Has anyone been checking up on me? I am so disappointed that no one left a comment (except some spammers). Did i pursue all my readers?.....#crying
