Instagram inspiration

Here is a selection of instagram accounts which provide some great hairspiration.

http://instagram.com/curlylovekiss

http://instagram.com/naturalneiicey/

http://instagram.com/thehappyashley

Moisture overload!

I've recently moved back to university and have had some complications with it. From no internet to no house!  During this time I feel off the hair wagon for a brief amount of time. I got a bit lazy so decided to do an overnight deep condition session. I didn't really put much thought into it but just went with it.

When I work up my hair felt horrible every time I touched it it broke off. The breaks were about an inch long and looking at the end of them they didn't have split ends. I realised I had my first encounter with a moisture load. Thank fully I knew what to do.

Hair mistakes you're probably making

1. Using blunt scissors to cut your hair
Even if you've bought hair dressing scissors they can still get blunt after a while.

2. Using dirty brushes
Cleaning out your brushes doesn't just mean pulling the hair out. There is a simple tutorial here.

3.Applying shampoo to your ends.
You only need to apply shampoo to your roots. The remaining shampoo will fall down your hair strand and take the dirt with it.

4. Using a blow dryer on dripping wet hair.
Wait till your hair is 70% dry before using a hair dryer, it reduces heat usage and can prevent breakage

My small amount of progress: Health over length

This is a topic I've never really talked about, the reason being that I've always struggled to follow this concept. I started a healthy hair journey because I wanted long hair, health was a secondary thought.

Recently I've been thinking about this topic more and more and I've decided to take on the concept whole heartily. I haven't really publicised this but about 3 months ago I had two inches of hair cut off. After a few weeks of constant heat, ripping out my hair when detangling but also adoring my length I've decided to start following the 'health over length' mindset.

Ladies with health ends

Inversion method results!

Just over a week ago I wrote this post about the inversion method. Well my week of inversion finished on Thursday and i'm excited to let you all know my results.

For the first 3 days I used oil but the remaining days I just massaged my hair. For those first 3 days my head was actually pretty sore after. When "inverting" the first 3 days I let my head dangle off my sofa with it leaning on the floor and for the remaining days I let it dangle on my bed.

Before

Grow an inch in a week: The inversion method

Many of you may have heard of this method, it's one of the biggest band wagons at the moment and it's finally my time to jump on it! The inversion method is a way to increase hair growth and some people have claimed to get four inches in a week.

The method involves heating up some oil e.g. olive oil or coconut oil massaging your head and then doing an inversion for 4 minutes. This is then repeated for a whole week, once a month. Results can also be found without oiling the scalp.

Top four places to get advice about your hair

From newbies to general hair lovers we all need and like to read advice about dealing with our hair issues. But where can we get our information from?. Here are my top four places to get advice about my hair!

1. Long Hair Care Forum

When I was first looking into caring for my hair I stumbled across this site. I am now a member and I find that it has a wealth of information which is useful for people just starting out, to people who have been looking after their hair for years.. When signed up you can ask any question and you'll get tons of useful answers. But the forum isn't only about hair, there is also threads about fashion, nails and general chit chat. I find it particularly useful because there are very experienced members on the site, this means that if anyone says/ suggests something there will always be people to back it up or reject it. This means you end up with

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Winter hairspiration

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't posted much. I've just moved back to university and as usual it's come with lots of complications. I've fallen off the hair wagon and haven't been looking after my hair as well as I normally too. The easiest way to rectify this is to see some beautiful ladies with stunning hair!

 So for now I though i'd share a bit of hairspiration with you all.

I love this simple curly updo