if you’ve ever paid close attention to all of the natural and organic hair products you use, you may have noticed that they contain marshmallow – like the infamous knot today. the first time i saw this and before i was into hair product ingredients as much as i am now, i was surprised. i eat marshmallows like candy, so i was thinking, i know they are not talking about the puffy, sugary stuff!
and that is right, marshmallow root is a herb that is mucilage rich. it’s the root of the marshmallow plant that provides the slip like conditioner which helps to detangle hair. as an added bonus marshmallow root is anti inflammatory which helps to alleviate dry scalp and dandruff. [click to continue…]
argan, argan, argan. everywhere i go, i hear naturals and women who relax talking about this supposedly miracle oil. normally, i’d be on it like green on grass, but since i’m backed up in my product review stash i’m holding out for now. i’m shutting my tyrona biggums down for a minute and she’s in rehab.
but what about you? have you picked up this african miracle oil? would you argue that argan oil is all that? [click to continue…]
“i just wanna get you to pause and slow ya walk so maybe we can talk and i can try to charm ya…”
it’s been a while since i had a guy try to get my attention on the street with “hey my sista!” as he pumped a black power fist. i was once surrounded at the gas station by a dude and his posse as he went on a gil scott heron tirade and tried to make a point about how my hair was my key back to africa. chile, the only key i had was my car keys as i put them in the ignition and left his crazy butt standing there inhaling my gas fumes. [click to continue…]
african export is one of my fave youtubers. i love her realistic/around the way approach to hair. if she knows something she shares it and if she doesn’t she says she does not.
recently she straightened her hair and has been playing with styles to get the most out of her blow dried tresses. going back to what you know works even while you have straight hair – braid outs – equals lots of body and lots of style. [click to continue…]
“i know you mad, but so what, i wish you best of luck, now i’m finna throw them deuces up!”
the deuce. so effective when you don’t even have the words. i chuck the deuces daily – it’s my way of saying hello, but i remember while i was transitioning to natural and i had naysayers – some who thought they were doing me due diligence – coming out of the wood work like zombies in resident evil to lament about how they thought i’d never last or do “well as a natural” seeing as my “grade of hair” was “bad.”
i’ve not only been natural since 2003 but i’ve been able to get to a place where going back to relaxed is laughable, so i’m throwing up the deuces to the folks who thought i wouldn’t make it as well as to the relaxer companies who could care less about my sodium hydroxide-induced scalp sores. [click to continue…]
