We are going on a beach vacation soon for our wedding anniversary so I decided to buy a few new swimsuits. We are still getting snow off and on here in NYC and are excited to get away to some place warm. In case you have not used them, ASOS has free shipping as well as free returns. I did a...

I decided to give henna and indigo another try but was hoping for less of a mess.  My new application process (videotaped here): http://youtu.be/8nK3pPLZyp4 is far less mess than my first attempt.  I found that using a color brush helped tremendously with the mess and also with getting...

I’m in Target regularly to purchase hair products; however, a NY designer that I have been watching for a while , Prabal Gurung, recently did a collaboration with Target so I went to check out the collection.  I had been eyeing his purple psychedelic floral sheath from the Spring 2012...

We all saw it, that fabulous style that Teyonah Parris wore to the SAG awards.  I re-created this style on an old twist out using Miss Jessie’s Baby Buttercreme and Edge control.  I made 5 sections (4 put into ponytails) and made each section into two twists.  The twists are loose at...

I did it, I dyed my natural hair!  After the strand test went so well, I decided to dye my hair using the Moroccan henna powder and organic indigo powder.  I filmed a lot of it, including mixing the henna and indigo and then applying the paste.  It was about 6 hours total to mix the paste,...

I ordered Moroccan Henna powder and organic indigo powder to dye my hair and did a strand test on shed hairs to see what color I would get.  Some people call this mix henndigo.  I used one teaspoon of henna and mixed it with warm, bottled water.  I used one teaspoon of indigo and mixed it...

I finally decided to give Moroccan henna powder and organic indigo powder a try to dye my natural hair.  Henna and indigo are plants that are used to dye hair.  You have probably seen henna used to dye skin for temporary tattoos.  Henna also has conditioning effects that benefit the hair. I...

I finally tried the Naptural85 a twist out method on my natural hair as demonstrated for her mini twists. I am not interested in trying mini twists but decided to try her mini twist method after my husband’s two strand twisted locs did not come out all that great after he tried a new...

I decided to try a honey and olive oil deep conditioner on my natural hair to add moisture and shine. I put together a video clip here: http://youtu.be/GTA6CcoN28c I am preparing to do my first henna treatment and know that I will need to moisturize more often so I am trying something new....

I have been on the hunt for a salon to do a good blow out on natural hair for a long time.  I have tried a few salons and thus far I have not gone back to any.   Joseph Tyler Salon, may be different. I have walked past this salon many times over the last five or so years but I never went...

I’ve always wanted big curly, natural hair and I’ve finally achieved the style I like on my fine 4a natyral hair.  I got a ton of compliments on my hair and my sister even thought it was weave since it looked so full.  As you can tell by this blog, it was a lot of trial and error...

Size matters when starting dreadlocks aka locs.  I don’t have locs but hubby has been growing his hair for over 10 years, trimming a few inches over the years.  I had no idea that size matters when it comes to locs but if you are starting out, a tip is to make sure your sections are...

I am not sure what other people do with their natural hair on vacation but I usually opt for twists with extensions.  Well, for my last trip (a cruise) I decided to wear my hair out and it was a hot mess.  My hair was in a cute twist out for the day of boarding but by the end of day one it...

Have you ever wanted to try Ayurvedic herbs on your hair, but you do not want to buy or mix your own herbs?  I have a solution, an Ayurvedic Herb Shampoo Bar.  I finally tried my Chargin Valley shampoo bar sample and it was surprisingly great.  It lathered, way more than I expected, and...

Most of you who follow my blog know that I have been trying to get day 2 or day 3 hair immediately after wash day.  It typically takes my hair a day or two to fall the way I like it after I set my twist out on wet hair.  Well, I have finally gotten second day hair on day one!  How did I do...

How long is too long for natural hair, or hair in general?  As some of you may know from his photos on this blog, my husband has locks.  His hair is type 4a in most places, from what I can tell when it grow out, and it’s well beyond tail bone length.  It doesn’t seem that long...