My Natural Hair.

I've realised I don't have a whole lot about my natural hair on here, other than these texture shots. So I thought I'd show you all my natural, air dried naked hair and blow dried hair with products.

The photos have been taken on two separate occasions. The better quality photos are my naked air dried hair, and the webcam photos are blow dried hair with product.

Air dried naked hair:

 Blow dried hair with products:

My staple deep conditioner

After reading this post on the macadamia oil line I thought it's about time I let you all know what my favourite deep conditioner is.

Macadamia oil deep repair mask!

Transformation Tuesday: Damaged relaxed to health natural.

The importance of reflection on anything, whether it be work experience, exams or a hair journey is important for a few reasons including seeing what works, what doesn't and even by seeing how far you've come.

The first time I started a hair journey was in 2007 when I was 14. Back then my hair was shoulder length, relaxed, dry and damaged. Here is the photo of how horrible my hair was. Sorry for the awful quality but like I said it was 2007!

I wore my hair in a bun a lot and didn't use much heat on it at all, however it was still pretty damaged. I've come to the conclusion that my hair just doesn't react very well to relaxers.


Below are photos two years later in 2009.

Apologies

Hi everyone I'd just like to apologise for my infrequent posting recently, I'm currently in my third year of university so I have a lot of work to do. However it's christmas break and I have a lot of exciting posts coming up.

I'll be back!

Christmas presents for the hair care lover

Now that it's basically christmas, (yay) I thought I'd make a quick post of christmas presents I want/ every hair lover would be happy to find under the christmas tree.

Kerastase resistance coffret - £28

Moroccan oil trio - £18.95

K3 black - £199.99

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