So I just tried this shampoo for the 1st time, it’s sulfate, gluten and paraben free, its vegan and says its moisturizing, I decided to give this a go because my cousin highly recommended it.

Pro’s

- It’s easily the most moisturizing shampoo I’ve ever used
- vegan and natural
-leaves your hair feeling incredibly soft and conditioned
- it’s super thick and creamy

Cons

- Due to it not having stripping sulfates, it may take more lathers to get your hair completely clean, then again it may have been due to me not rubbing aggressively in the first two lathers

- you don’t get as much bubbles and suds as you do with a more stripping shampoo

UPDATE: Upon subsequent uses of this shampoo I’ve found all my my Con’s to be false, you get an awesome lather and bubbles all over the place, this shampoo is perfect, you get clean yet moisturized hair, I cannot think of any cons to using this shampoo.

Overall I’m in love! It’s really gentle and moisturizing on my hair, and gets it completely clean without making my hair feel stripped bare, I think I’ll be sticking to this because it’s better for my hair overall to get an infusion of moisture like this. When I finish washing I feel like I’ve already put conditioner in my hair! Couldn’t be happier with this product.

Hey yall! So today I will be featuring a client of mine, she is well known on the hair boards for her gorgeous lush ultra long texlaxed hair. She decided after a horrible relaxer mishap to go natural once and for all, and she came to me to get her hair loc’d! At first we thought we’d be doing my temporary loc extensions on her, so the pictures where her hair looked brand new and you can see the parts are of that time, then she came back to add more locs for fullness and by that time, after living the carefree locd up lifestyle, she decided that this would be her permanent signature look, and I must say, it was a smart choice, she looks amazing! A true LocStar. Enjoy the pictures!

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Take a look at her video review of the loc’d life as well!! (Her locs have been in for quite a few months in this recent video)

**If you’re interested in having loc extensions done, e-mail me at: LocStar@BlackMasterPiece.com for more information**

If you’d like to see more of my loc extension clients, click here.

Thanks for reading! I’m over the moon about the way this look came together. What do you think of this style?

With the knowledge I’ve accumulated over the many years of my natural journey, my experience as a stylist, and my innate enthusiasm for the subject, when I see someone handling their hair improperly, I always feel compelled to say something and steer them the right way.

Lucky for me, my hair serves as a buffer for doubt that folks may have about my knowledgeability on the subject so like literally 99% of the time my tips are welcomed. When I see someone abusing their hair I just feel a physiological need to inform them and steer them the right way lol so to all my lovely readers, how do you handle these kinds of situations? Does it even effect you when you see someone that has unhealthy hair practices?

Hey yall! I’m here to do a product RAVE. I remember loving Affirm 5 in 1 reconstructor from my relaxed days, and I always wondered if it would work as well on my natural hair. Well thanks to one of my lovely clients I was given the BIG bottle of Affirm 5 in 1 as a gift since she felt she wouldn’t need to use it now that she has locs.

I had it sitting around for quite a while and for whatever reason I decided to give it a whirl last weekend. I did my typical routine. I slathered the treatment on my twists, tied a plastic bag around my head, then tied a towel around that, and let it sit, I was being lazy so I let it sit for like 2 hours inadvertently lol. The results were nothing short of astounding. The label says that it works to strengthen, lay the hairs cuticle down and limit porosity, and from the feel of my hair afterwards, I must say it delivered!

I havent felt my hair this smooth and supple since I went and got the color done last year, heck maybe even before that! I will definitely be sticking to this and Aphogee (review to come) for the foreseeable future. I’m really happy with this!

Get to know me a little better via my exciting interview on JaredSurnamer.com! A little background: I have had a few requests for interviews and features but I’ve been laying low on the exposure for the better part of the past year because I wanted to really have a wonderful revamped site for people to visit when there was inevitably a link back to my blog.

Now that the revamp has happened, I have a fresh excitement and inspiration as a blogger again and you can all look forward to many more interviews like this to come. I’m featured as an entrepreneurial spotlight, I offer alot of candor about my journey in more ways then one!, take a look and tell me what you think! Thank you so much for all the support!

This is a simple post, found some throwback pics from November 2010, where my colored natural hair was pressed that were really cute and I thought I’d share, check em out!

Man I really did have fun with this color lol

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Hey everyone! Remember Makini from Dreadlock Extensions: Some of My Best Work Yet? Well she’s been hooked on locs ever since, I’m gonna share with you her progress with Loc Extensions and her second fabulous set of carefree locs! This time with highlights!

I took these pics myself when we were in the car on our way to a lounge as you can see in my Flat Twist Out on the Town post. In the third picture in the gallery you can see how long her hair has grown within the locs! Its really remarkable and she loves how effortless the progress is. Take a looksie and tell me whatcha think!

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Get it girl!

**If you’re interested in having loc extensions done, e-mail me at: LovelyLocs@BlackMasterPiece.com for more information**

To view more of my work with loc extensions, click here.

Thanks for reading! Sound off! What are your thoughts on Kini’s copper highlights?.

This topic is spawned from a CNN feature I recently read about but this is really a commentary about a phenomenon I’ve seen for years. Black women tend to be standoffish about people touching our hair….why?

The above is simply a nice video on the natural movement and accepting ones features fully, the article that follows it can be seen here and discusses how uncomfortable most black women are with people touching their natural hair.

Here are two excerpts:

She missed by mere seconds, she was actually going to grab my hair as I walked past her,” recalled Winfrey Harris who runs the blogWhat Tami Said. “I turned around and she said, ‘Oh, your hair is neat.’ It just floored me because who does that, just reaches out and touches strangers?

 

Blogger Los Angelista explained her response to a woman’s incredulous “Are you serious, I can’t touch your hair?” by writing that no she couldn’t, “Because my black ancestors may have been your ancestors’ property, and had to smile while they got touched in ways they didn’t want to, but I am not YOUR property and never will be so you’d best move your hand away from me.

When it comes to this subject I definitely have first hand experience, big Afro hair can often be a spectacle and I have had my hair touched by strangers quite a few times. I know that the general consensus is typically to go off on a tirade on how horrible/annoying it is, however on this subject, I’ll just be the odd woman out as usual. I honestly don’t mind or care that much when people come up and touch my hair. I usually get a good laugh or a sweet compliment that adds a little pep to my step

I will say one time that really caught me off guard was when I was sitting on the train on west 4th st, chillin rocking curly crochet extensions and this white young lady walks in, reaches right into my hair, bounces a curl and said “I just had to boing one!” I was shocked at first but then just had to at it. Folks act like they had an out of body experience and had to touch.

Maybe its because I grew up around white people that the cultural personal space thing isn’t so foriegn to me

Actually I’ve noticed that Black American’s tend to be standoffish about pretty much any kind of personal contact, even with their significant others, for the vast majority of Black women, even their husbands are prohibited from touching their hair Me myself I’ve always been pretty expressive and affectionate in general so its not jarring when someone wants to get near me or touch my hair. I also think this kind of reaction feeds into the “belligerent black woman with an attitude” stereotype

Honestly I don’t mind it, and it doesn’t cause me to go off on soliloquies regarding the plight of my ancestors

This is an air-dried flat twist out I rocked to go lounging in the city with my girls in october of last year. It shrank wayyy more then I would have liked but I still looked fly. Heck I was still baggin! lol As you can see Makini was rocking her fresh set of loc extensions done by moi! <3

Oh and since this is also an OOTN in the new fashion section, the dress pictured here is lovely number purchased from ASOS. Hope you like the look and have a great day.

Meet another fabulous Md. client of mine, we’ll call her Dr.Fab! She chose to have me do crochet braids for her, once they were in, she opted to add her own spice to the look via an angular bob cut, it was the best decision ever, not surprising she’s a smart lady Take a looksie! Love this style, and love this cut!

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**If you’re interested in having crochet braids done, e-mail me at CurlyQue@BlackMasterPiece.com for more information**