Hey guys! I wont beat around the bush at all. I’m getting straight to the good stuff! Here’s My new BOLD hair color! I love it!

Deeeeeeeepppp Conditioning Immediately once I got home

Texture still very much in tact

Did some flat twists because I *thought* I was gonna do a flat twist out

Ended up Blowing it Out instead to get the same volume and length as the Afro Weave

Hey everyone so I thought I’d share my very mixed experience going to a salon to get my hair dyed.

First of all the color came out gorgeous, I’m 100% satisfied with that. Everything else….left something to be desired and made me regret making the trip.

First off, when I got there I realized the price was going to be exorbitantly high, but I had already went out of my way to get there and I really wanted the change so after alot of contemplation there I decided to go for it despite the (ridiculously high) price.

Second of all when I got downstairs to the washing tables I realized they weren’t going to use Aveda color on me they were going to use another professional quality brand on me, while it was high quality, Aveda was what I researched and what I wanted so that was a major dissapointment.

Third, I felt my hair was handled roughly all day and handled improperly to the point that I probably sustained some (limited, but) unnecessary breakage as a result. My hair was left to shrink 100% and the stylist attempted to detangle my hair while slightly damp with no product so all I was hearing was snap crackle POP. I eventually stopped her and after a time just left with a mostly shrunken fro.

I came home and immediately gave my hair the TLC it deserved, gently detangled it and drenched it in a moisturizing deep conditioner (Cholesterol) with a little extra virgin olive oil and left it in overnight.

After all was said and done, I wish I had just done Clairol Luminize at home and then put a semi-permanent over it to achieve the color I wanted, countless ladies have seen success with that on LHCF it would have been cheaper, and gentler. My mom and my aunt encouraged me first not to get the color, then they encouraged me to go and get it professionally done if I do go for it….in my heart of hearts I knew I was fully capable of doing the color myself but I let other’s voices become more important then my own (never a good thing). Now that I shared my experience with them they both expressed regret at not believing that I could handle it on my own.

What this experience taught me was that very, very VERY few people know how to handle hair as tightly coiled as mine, (which I plan to do something about), I am fully capable of doing anything I need to do with regard to my hair, myself, if you insist on going to a salon…..HAVE A STRATEGY. What I could have done to spare myself the drama was to insist on keeping my hair in like 20 braids, bring my own deep conditioner, saturate my hair with it, throw it in 6 jumbo twists and leave. But I really just can’t ever roll the dice with my hair like that again….I’ll be doing all my subsequent color touchups.

I found out about this process/product from a helpful poster on on a hair forum. Its called Clairol Luminize and its said to be a gentle conditioning lightener. It lifts hair one level per use so its very gradual.

I really did thorough research on it and it really seems to be the real deal and not particularly harsh on the hair

Now that I’m wearing and enjoying this afro extension style with auburn and copper highlights on the crown and brown underneath….I think I’m ready for the real deal and ready to do this on my own natural hair. I need a change and its time for me to step out of my box.

It will be scary as I’m used to always being super conservative with my hair and not having to do much to/with it….but I really want a change and to challenge myself to step outside the box.

I’m gonna go for it….wish me luck everyone! I’m buying it today!

Tree Braids was a protective style I’d been looking forward to tackling for some time now. My mom didn’t want any straight hair or loose curls…she definitely wanted kinky or curly….so we decided to use Brazilian braid hair in Auburn and Brown and it came out absolutely spectacular.

One thing I love about the technique of tree braiding is that it provides a much smoother flatter finish then other techniques making the extension hair appear to be the persons own naturally growing hair that much more.

Let me know what you think of the look! Here are the pix

**If you’re interested in getting this style done, leave a comment below to be contacted with additional information**

These are a lovely set of loc extensions done on a beautiful young lady named Iriane. She opted to have them be shoulder length and it was a great decision….they’re absolutely beautiful and so natural. Let me know what you think of her look!

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Hey yall! So I’ve been so busy lately that I’ve really needed a good protective style I could put my hair away in. I’ve decided that I’ll do a layered multi-hued fro and keep that in for a coupla weeks.

My inspiration for this look was the swedish model Sabina Karlsson.  One of her pictures were so striking that I just HAD to have the look here is my inspiration:

I will be getting started on this look today so look out for the premiere of this look in the coming days!

Sharing a lovely set of loc extensions I recently did on a beautiful woman named Nneka! She got them about Bra-Strap length with some subtle copper highlights here and there.  It couldn’t be more flattering if we tried! Here are the pix! Enjoy loves!

Let me know what you think of her look!

*If you’re in the NYC area and interested in getting this style done please leave a comment below to be contacted with more info*

This is a recent style I did for a beautiful young lady named Natalie. Curly Crochet braids….we did them Waist Length for her.

I didn’t take a pic of my braiding pattern but it was essentially the same way you’d braid hair for a weave…I made sure all her hair was braided down so it would have a beautiful smooth look to it. Here are the pix…enjoy!

BEFORE:

AFTER!!!!

If you’re in the NYC area and interested in getting this protective style leave a comment for more info and I will get back to you promptly!

Even if you just wanna talk about the style itself and how it came out….Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading.

Hey guys! So this is a little different then what I usually post about but I really wanted to share this with you all because it truly turned my skin around in a matter of days.

I have oily acne prone skin. And when I say oily….I mean OILY. I’ve been using Proactiv since high school but in recent years my skin just stopped being responsive to it. Plus I just hated paying that high price over and over so I stopped.

I’d literally been on the verge of just buying proactiv again because I was at my wits end. But then one of my best friends suggested to me that I try Calamine lotion as an over night mask and that it could really help with breakouts by drying the acne out. I was VERY skeptical as I’ve been dealing with bad breakouts for months on end but I started using it and saw results in a matter of days. It really shrank the pimples down….my pores are getting smaller, my skin is smooth, the blemishes are fading, my brother just asked me today if i was wearing foundation and I had a bare face…..it was awesome.

This didn’t change the oiliness of my skin but it does absorb the oil from your face for a few hours which is nice. This is also super easy to sleep in because it doesn’t rub off easily.

I am just IN LOVE with this product I’m so elated to be back to the point that I don’t need foundation, I just put gloss and a little eyebrow corrector and I’m fresh faced and out the door. Its been so long since I’ve been able to do that.

As much as I love this I’m trying to keep things varied so my skin doesn’t get too used to anything. So my next adventure will be in the oil cleansing method. I will be back with my experience with that next!

So if you have similar issues to mine and you’re struggling as I was, you may want to consider giving Calamine Lotion a try, it very well may knock your socks off.

I really loved my look at a lounge I went to last night. I was rocking a big and fierce half-fro (an afro pinned to the side). I was wearing a form fitting off the shoulder wine colored mini dress with snake-skin lace up heels. I thought it was pretty cute if I do say so myself.

Check it out! Lemme know what you think