A NATURALISTA LAMENTS: I AM DONE AMD SERIOUSLY DITCHING THE LOC METHOD, IT DOESNT WORK FOR ME?

....I can do all things through christ who strengthens me.

lol this chunky bantu knot out was bomb y'all....

Hey guys,
What's been going on innit? lol uhm it's a beautiful week and I wish you guys the best this week has in store for all of us. Sunday yesterday was really amazing for me lol. If you follow me on Snapchat, which you should btw, I turned my chunky twists into a Bantu knot out and girl it was what?? BEAUTIFUL....lol but the humidity dealt with me because it started to rain right after I was leaving for church but I still slayed yunno lol. We stay slaying :)

my n=bantu knot out before the humidity started to set in and the weather started to get really windy.

lol was too excited that day y'all, curls where popping and stulvs.

LOL got home and what happened to my hair??:(

I don't know what's been going on with my motivation this week tbh, but I am hoping Jesus fixes that along with my edges:(

Anyways enough of the ramblings as usual. If you have been natural and read the title? You would probably think I have been on some sort of crack apparently. Lol who talks crap about the LOC method?? That's disrespectful, how could you?
Lol well..you really did read that. My hair has survived a phase lol and still on a mission to get my edges back. I am trying to tweak a few things starting with this LOC.
First of all, I would like to say that it's okay if things that everybody is raving about don't work for you. It's okay to be different lol. It's okay if it works for you and doesn't for me. Even people with similar hair textures, have different heads. Not every product or technique works for everyone, lol it's never a rule and even if they were rules? We are strong enough to break them. With that being said?? Let me break a few things down.

THE LOC METHOD
If you haven't heard of this? Fret not. It's basically a way people believe to retain moisture. The L= Liquid,O=oil and C= cream. Any liquid like plain old water or any leave-in is applied first, an oil of choice preferably essential oils that can penetrate the shaft like EVOO or Coconut oil is used, then a cream of choice which sometimes is a styler or shea butter is used.

MY PROBLEM WITH THIS METHOD
well, for the most time..this is what I have been doing, worked for me initially at the start of my Journey. One thing I failed to realize is that I should be listening to my hair and its needs. I Forgot that nothing is truly permanent and my hair is subject to change.
I actually started to question a few things, like the oil is meant to be a sealant right? So what is the benefit of the cream? If I am putting in an oil this is basically to seal or keep the moisture from the leave-in or liquid in, nothing goes in and nothing goes out. So why then will I proceed to add a butter or cream on top of this oil?? Like what is that supposed to do for me since it won't be penetrating?? Act as an extra sealant?? Or just sit on my hair and just cause build up? I am really not understanding this.
Truth is the oil basically Just acts as a barrier so that moisture doesn't get in or go out. This is pretty much why the cream or butter added on top doesn't penetrate. It just sits there and does nothing. If this works for you? That's lovely please continue to do you but I realized my hair doesn't need that right now or maybe never?  Well let's see.

WHAT I AM DOING DIFFERENTLY.

Well, if you just can't live without putting three products on your hair at the same time, You might try the LCO. Lol just tweak this thing a little bit yunno😊. So basically, days when I really want to moisturize my hair, like my hair is major thirsty and in need of some refreshment? I would Add the oil and cream and then seal the both in with an oil.
This is like going to be rare for me lol. I don't see the need in using theee products on my hair, if you have known me since the start of my hair Journey..this might shock you because I am pretty much a product junkie lol.
I have actually realized my hair can deal with the less products. In previous times, I do the LOC when I just finish a wash. Thinking about it right now makes me cringe. Like, why do I need to add an extra moisturizer when I just washed my hair and it's damp?? It already has a liquid or leave-in which is the water. So I would rather just go ahead to use shea butter which acts as my cream and then an oil lightly, focusing more on my ends where the hair is the oldest.
Really want to work the oil into the ends to keep in as much moisture as it can since this is the oldest part like I stated earlier and the part that is really prone to getting dry.
Subsequently, other days or every other day that I need to moisturize, I would rather opt for a liquid based moisturizer in a spray form, like the Aunt Jackies curl relieve or refresher( lol can't remember y'all)  or the cream of natures own. Been using the both of them lately.
I don't also think it's necessary for my hair to use both a leave-in and a styler like the shea moisture curl enhancing smoothie that I usually opt for or any moisturizing curler at all with a leave-in at the same time. Most of these curlers or styling products are moisturizing btw and heavily water based. If my hair is dry and I want to do a twist out or braid out or any styling, I would just go ahead to put in the styler in each section I want to twist since this would moisturize it, then add my oil to the tips to seal that in.
Butters on it's own are heavy, I don't see the point in putting a leave-in, oil and butter at the same time. If I am going to have it in a protective style like braids, then I would do that but opt for the LCO method instead. Times when I have my hair out, I don't see the need for limp weighed down hair.
Like I said earlier, this is just my personal opinion on this method. Once you become natural, everybody seems to tell you LOC, LOC.....Please  don't listen to people and just do what works for you.

SUMMARY
1. So basically after each wash, I would just put a butter once my hair is damp because the water would act as a moisturizer.
2. I would just add a butter which is shea butter in my case and seal with an essential oil.
3. I would be skipping the leave-ins for wash day.
4. Leave-ins would not be used when I am also going to be using a moisturizing styling product. Its too much moisture my hair doesn't really need.
5.If I ever decide to put two products on my hair at the same time?? I would rather use the LCO method instead of the  LOC.
6. This is because I believe that oils are sealants that act to keep things in place, nothing goes in and nothing does out. Its quite unnecessary for me to add a cream after sealing with an oil as this would just sit on my hair and not penetrating, Just causing buildup.
7. Adding a leave-in, an oil, cream and then the styling product is unnecessary to be and would just way down my hair, way too much moisture and too long to dry.

OPINIONS ARE MY OWN LOL..

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HAIR UPDATE: 2017 HAIR GOALS, ALMOST CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR, DEALING AND REVIVING MOISTURE OVERLOAD ON 4C HAIR.

lol this is the revived hair, not my hair when it was just doing its thing ...

....Perhaps this is the moment for which you have been created - Esther 4 vs 14.

Hey guys....
I know, I know.....it's been like what? A year? *shame face* I have been away for the longest time, didn't abandon y'all I promise. I just wasn't about this blog so much because I have nobody to take me pictures, and its easier to just make videos for YouTube and edit. 2016 was also a really tough year for me, had its shares of ups and downs but it ended on a really high note. lol going to make a video on this whenever I come back to the tube. I just got a lot of requests on hair this..hair that lol and a while back people were asking me what went wrong with the blog. Never knew anybody read lol. So I am gna be here more often, can't promise how often because I am currently busy studying for exams, but Ild try to have up a post or two a month.

Anyways enough of the ramblings and on to the reason we are here...
Uhm. Happy new year guys. I know it's almost Easter but better late than never lol. I have very simple hair goals for the year which is basically length retention. I made a lot of hair mistakes in my second year of being natural lol, and I really want to share all of them so that you guys would have more length at any stage of your hair Journey. I would be doing that hopefully and documenting my third year of being natural. Turned three years natural about a week ago *does schmoney dance*

DEALING WITH OVERMOISTURIZED HAIR AND HOW I REVIVED IT.

Overmoisturizing is a what??? Lol this girl is probably reaching?Well... no she is not. Overmoisturizing is a thing guys and it's very real. It happens to 4c hair as well. I am speaking from experience, I almost got my whole hair shaved out of frustration y'all.

What is overmoisturizing?? There's a balance our hair maintains that makes it look healthy, bouncy and beautiful. This is the balance between protein and moisture. If you go overboard on each side, this can be a problem. If you over use protein, you hair gets dry and brittle and snaps and just becomes like iron sponge basically. If you overuse moisture, your hair because really soft, weak, dull, limp, doesn't hold curls and just not healthy. lol someone might give me side eye like girl what?? Like being soft is all Ild ever really want. lol I understand that but there is a balance. Hair that is too soft aka elastic hair is an issue.

Got a protein treatment before I came back to Nigeria and damn! My hair was beautiful. I used the Aphogee-2-step treatment and tbh, that was the first time ever getting a proper protein treatment. Before that point, I just felt my hair was too soft ( not overmoisturized) and I wanted to add some strength and thickness to it. I did this and my hair was so beautiful guys, I even blow-dried it and did a length check that got me a lot of dms I haven't all opened when I posted on Instagram.

lol the length check picture I put on my IG, I was about 2years and say 8months here.

I got my hair colored last year in October. It looks more like highlights anyways cus I was tryna go for the ombré look. Never gotten my hair dyed ever so my hair didn't take the color so well. I am supposed to give it a second pass but I have put that idea on hold because I am not tryna get my hair to fall off.
Well, I read that the downside of coloring your hair is dryness. So instead of waiting for the hair to get dry before acting lol I decided to take prophylactic measures . *lol these medical students and their grammar mtschw* lol well basically, I wanted to prevent the dryness so I don't have to deal with it. I started to moisturize my hair so much and over deep condition. I would leave my deep conditioner over night guys* weeps*.
If you actually do this, like everytime you deep condition, you are looking for trouble. Follow the directions on the bottle or can, the people who manufactured it wrote it for a reason. Putting in extra 2hours does not increase the effect or make your hair better or healthier. If you must stretch the time, 30mins is enough or at least don't make the going overtime a routine, maybe once a while for those times you are too lazy to wash out your conditioner, or you don't want to wash it off because your favorite show is on *lol we got to have those cheat days because guilty*

In all this trying to avoid my hair from getting dry, I never used protein.. because well? That would just bring in the dryness. So I wasn't even thinking of a balance. I was just going overboard with all the moisturizing products that I own and my hair became like cloth. Too soft aka elastic hair.
It still never dawned on me that my hair had gotten enough.
 My hair was really soft at the point I noticed and it was barely drying. Like Ild put in products for a twistout and have it under a wig for one week and this hair will not dry. I was like uhm, I should use a blow-dryer. I opted for this one Sunday I was finna  go to church lol and my hair was just shrinking, because it had so much moisture..it never stretches. I used the blow-dryer which usually dries out my hair on a normal day. My hair dried but was still really soft. I started to feel it was the hair dye that weakened my hair.

you can see how limp and dull my hair looks here, I just had it blowdried in this picture.sigh!

lol see me shining my teeth in these pictures, probably won't be that excited if I knew I had moisture overload.

Started Dc-ing with three eggs every wash, but it never worked and I think the reason is because after using protein, I would still go and reload my hair with moisture (I used the intensive moisturizing therapy from twisted sisters). Intensive therapy tho?? What was I thinking? *sigh*. Nothing was helping so I decided to take off about 3inches of length, maybe if I had realized earlier that I was suffering from moisture overload.. I won't have to go that lane fam *weeps*

Anyways, I am also low-key happy that I got some of my ends snipped off. They were actually an embarrassment just that I feel the color made it more obvious and I won't have had to cut so much if I paid attention to my hair. I had my hair in protective styles twice before realizing what might be my plight. My hair dresser who is pretty amazing btw, kept saying that my hair was 'rubber hair" and all the time it made me really offended. I would snap back in defense that natural hair shrinks. One time I was making my hair downstairs, I noticed whenever she touched it, it would shed but i didn't pay any attention to it lol. My mom would touch my hair and say its too soft, its all these things you are rubbing on it, only one hair this and that lol..but I would always snap back offended and in defense , like! what do you know about hair???

lol my hair is growing back guys. did a quick front hair length check.

I took off my brazillian wool braids months later, did a pre-poo with palm oil, treated my hair because its been away for a while and did the LOC method..then proceeded to put my hair in twists all through the week so if I loosen it, I would rock a defined twist out. well did I get disappointed tho? My hair just never dried. it would dry on the outside but when I loosen it, it would be so soft like deep down there's moisture in it. I put my hair in puffs instead and it looked like I was one-year natural which was very annoying and whenever I touch it, it would be so soft and have so much knots in it. It had this chewing gum feel to it. Like you just know there is a problem somewhere. It held no curls, had no strength whatsoever and was so limp. I stopped moisturizing it but it just wasn't helping. I would try to style it in two pigtails and it would look so small. At this point I was even scared to put heat because I was scared it will burn my hair. It had no tensile strength whatsoever. I had tried looking for a protein treatment around me and couldnt find any. I would walk into stores and ask for the Aphogee-2-in-1 protein treatment and people would look at me like I had taken weed. Nobody understood what I was saying. I had not realized the reason the egg had stopped working was because of the use of the moisturizer heavily after the protein treatment which canceled out the effect.
I finally decided to cut my hair guys. lol yes you heard me! I WAS GOING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN!!!. I was on a call with someone and lamenting on how I am going to cut my hair when she told me that I should try egg and mayonnaise, that her sister tried it and it worked. Before the call, I was reading an article that said eggs can't revert moisture overload because it has really big particles that can't penetrate the hair. I saw people recommend Hair organics ORS hair mayonnaise but I had always seen it as having moisturizing effects aswell so I didnt want to try that yet. The egg mask was way cheaper and I decided to try it ( no harm in that).


REVIVING MY OVERMOISTURIZED HAIR.

1. I loosened whatever form my hair was( puff, twists) can't remember and finger detangled. I skipped the pre-poo I usually do because this just adds moisture to the hair and my hair had enough to last a whole year maybe, idk.

2. I washed my hair with a shampoo (picture below), I opted for this one because it is both a shampoo and conditioner, and since I was planning to skip every form of conditioning even the normal one after wash, I used this. I was skeptical at first to use this shampoo that has a conditioning effect, but I read the back and saw it contains some form of protein which is what we really want, right?

3. I would advice a Protein shampoo if you can get your hands on it but man! I wasn't about to walk into my beauty supply stores looking like I do drugs, so I let this pass knowing that they really wouldn't have it anyways.

4. After washing, I skipped every form of conditioning and let my hair dry for a while before going ahead to use the egg mask, which was basically three eggs whisked with a fork in a bowl.

5. I applied it to my pre-twisted hair and retwisted them back after putting egg on each section. I didn't add the mayonnaise as this has some moisturizing effects. I just strictly used the eggs.

6. Left this on for about an hour and 30mins, even had some on my face as a mask. I washed the egg off my hair with normal luke warm water. please avoid using hot water so that the egg doesn't boil on your strands.

7. Did a Rice water rinse after I had gotten off some of the water off my head with a microfiber towel. lol rice water what?? don't worry ild make a post about that sometime next week or whenever I wash my hair.

8. skipped my usual conditioners and went ahead to use shea butter to seal in the water on my head already and a little bit of a product I have been loving lately called hair wonder.

9. blow-dried my hair in sections and instantly felt the strength return. hair was soft which is due to the rice water but it was reasonably soft, the elasticity was gone and it looked so beautiful when I was done.

10. I put my hair in a braid out protective style and proceeded to wear a wig for a week.

11. didn't get up to one week because I was anxious to see how my hair turned out. I didn't do any moisturizing during the week. I just lightly rubbed my scalp with my salsa keratin oil moisturizer on day 3 and put some oil over my hair to lock that in and that was pretty much it.

12. had my braid- out taken out, my curls  are holding once more. combed it out and put it in a puff.

Went to sleep later that night with chunky twists in bantu knots and took it out this morning and girl say what???? MY HAIR IS BACK!!!.

13. Currently have my hair right now in chunky twists. I would go ahead and just wrap it around itself in a bantu knot when I am ready to go to bed. Even went out with my twists and had people ask if its my real hair lol. Idk my hair is so beautiful rn, I don't know what to do with myself lol.

chunky twists.

Currently working to find the balance and not neglect moisturizing and overdo the protein treatments because Protein overload is much harder to deal with. Lol grateful I didn't lose my hair even though my edges be snatching.

lol see my edges and the back of my hair looking ratchet but hopefully it will come through.

lol this is how my edges used to look fat. I was two years natural here. Jesus would fix this *hot tears*

I am going to get that back hopefully with Jesus on my side. I hope you guys learnt a thing or two from my mistakes lol. This was quite long but necessary. See more pictures of my hair guys >_<

hair is holding curls and looks way better now.

omg!!!!!

put it in a puff so you guys can see how much better

 it looks now.

lol you can peep the highlights:)

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NEWLY NATURAL: OMG!!! I JUST BIG CHOPPED!!!!

....you are altogether beautiful my darling, there is no flaw in you- Solomon 4 vs 7.

If you are waiting for a sooth-sayer to tell you when to big chop( cut your hair) it most likely would never happen. What can I do to help you? A lot. That's why you are most likely reading this post.

Welcome to another edition of the newly natural series...*super story beats*. So today? We would be discussing life after the big chop. First of all? If you still haven't big chopped or you are still contemplating? Whatchu waiting for girl.. You should get to it. Like?? Stop whatever you are doing right now.. Put down the phone, go in front of a mirror, get a scissors or drive right to the next salon and chop off those dead relaxed ends...then come back and let's talk business:)
There are two ways to grow out beautiful natural hair.
1. You either big chop ( cut off your hair and start from scratch)
                            OR
2. Transition ( grow out your natural hair by quiting relaxers and cutting off the straight ends with time).
Either way, we would still get to the goal. People usually ask me which approach I prefer...and my answer has always remained the same. I will always be biased because I started my natural hair journey by big chopping. I actually transitioned for a while which doesn't count because I ended up cutting it and starting from scratch, I always give big chopping a ten because it is easier to deal with one texture than two different textures ( relaxed ends and natural roots)..but as they say, to each his own. Find which ever method you prefer and do it.
The most important thing is to DO IT!!!
Now that you have big chopped? What next?

1. Firstly, you have to look at your hair as dry and damaged. Your hair has probably never gone through most of the product or routine you would be implementing in the next few days, so you need to find a routine and stick to it strictly.

2. With the wide range of natural hair products booming in the market lately, it's hard to think you don't need all..it's difficult to know what you need and where to start from, but not to worry, put your little mind at rest sweethearts because you don't need to break the bank to own products, all you need is the right one and I would be more than glad to give you some guidelines.

3. Please, please and Please..when you first big chop? Do not look at any shampoo bottle. If you know me personally, this is probably the first thing I said to you if we discussed hair matters.. I Cannot stress this enough that is probably why I would try to do a post on this to discuss this specifically. NO MATTER HOW, I REPEAT..NO MATTER HOW CUTE OR ENTICING THE BOTTLE MAY LOOK, DO NOT BUY IT!!

4. So you most likely would be like what then do I use to wash my hair? You can use clarifying conditioners or clay masks, that's what I have been recently using. But when I became natural, I used to use African black soap, the come in different sizes and brands. I used to use the Dudu sound soap then and the Okay's black soap when I moved to the Caribbean.

5. Conditioners are your best friend for your hair. You can do a lot of things with it. Detangle, wash, condition, soften..etc. I recommend owning a cheap one that would cater for you needs, a reasonable rinse out one ( I currently use the dark and lovely anti-shrinkage conditioner), and a very good deep conditioner.

6. Speaking of deep conditioners, THIS IS YOU BESTFRANNNN!! you can't go wrong at all, you need to find one and use this weekly religiously. there is really no rule to how long you can put this in your hair for, some people do this for an hour, two or even overnight. Anything you're comfortable with is fine.
7. This is properly the hardest, but for the next few months, I would advice you to gradually overlook the comb on that counter, maybe trash it?? not yet because you might just need it. Combs can contribute to breakage and damage. People say if you do it properly, it won't be as damaging..but remember we are treating our hair as dry and damaged?? so please let it go for a while or reduce the usage as much as possible.

8. You would need something to moisturize, and seal your hair ( I would do a separate post about this).

9. You would also need styling product if you want your hair to be out often.

10. Lastly, protective style is a great way to protect your ends and grow out your hair and also change up your look if you ever get bored of rocking your TWA. There are a lot of great wigs and braided styles to pick from.

11. Accessorize. This was never me when I first big chopped, my hair was either in a wig or out blossoming in the lagos sun. but if you feel like you need a little extra or color to your outfit, please feel free to add some.

12. Learn to make your own hair. separate blogpost coming, this because it is a very deep topic. but basically, nobody would love or care for your hair or put in the time like you would. Learn to braid your own hair or make wigs. Crotchet braid is a really cool option too.


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HEY I'M BACK: OOTD TO UNI

..You are altogether beautiful my darling, there is no flaw in you- Solomon 4vs 7.

Hello everyone, happy new year since this is my first post of 2016, and cheers to an amazing January, February and March. I know I have not been on here in like forever, I apologize.  My hp laptop crashed up on me and it has been tough blogging with an iPad and basically, I just got too lazy and forgot about this blog, but we thank Jehovah jireh for his mercies because I have been blessed with a macbook, that means more posts? Lets see. I would try to put up at least one post a week. I have a new laptop now and a camera which means baby girl would be on here often, I also have a Youtube channel just incase you didn't know "TheWestAfricanBeauty". I would try to post my beauty things on my channel and outfits and random stuff on my blog. I would be posting outfits I already wore in the past months that I really love, so if you follow me on instagram or snapchat you would most likely have already seen it.. Also, I would be taking pictures for the blog with my iPhone as I haven't learnt how to take pictures with my camera yet, so lets say I would blog if the pictures look good lol..it might not be the best, but I would make it decent for y'all.
So before I bore you guys with my numerous boring stories lol lets get into the topic of today.

This outfit is what I wore to school during the semester, I don't know what inspired this look, I don't think I have been getting so much inspirations of late..I just pulled this off somehow. I decided to throw on this Jacket to give this outfit an extra jazz, this is one of my current favorite pieces since the beginning of the year. I got it on my trip to london and it was basically the only winter Jacket I had. These shoes have also been my most worn pieces, I love them so much. I have worn these with basically everything I own. Like I usually say, you can't go wrong with fedora and black brogues.






(I am really sorry I didn't have up close pictures of the shoe details and all that good stuff lol. Just enjoy this pictures for today, ild try to do better next time>3>3)

Pants: Market in Nigeria
shirt: Ebay
Jacket: Primark
Shoes: shoe zone, UK
Bracelet: Primark.
wristwatch: Gift
Hat: Primark
Bag: ebay


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NEWLY NATURAL: 11 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE GOING NATURAL..

God is within her, she will not fail, God will help her at break of day- Psalm 46 vs 5
Hellooooooooooo😊😊☺️
All my beautiful and dedicated blog readers, I really want to appreciate all of you, I mean all of you
 And most especially those of you that message me to tell me to post often, that you enjoy my blog posts..you guys keep me going👍👍
I would like to announce to you guys...that........*drum roll* I would be launching my YouTube channel soon, very soon. I am still waiting for a couple of things before I officially start, hopefully by this time next month I would have a video on my channel.
You can subscribe to my channel on " TheWestAfricanBeauty" . Just click on the link in my Instagram bio "@king_adeizey" and it would take you straight there. Thanks for all the support and love, I appreciate each and everyone of you.
So?? Lol
Let's discuss the topic of the day.
11 things you should know before going natural..more like 11 things I learnt from being natural because I didn't know these things when I became natural.
 Just thought I should share this information with you 'goizzz' since I have been getting a lot of questions ( lol, I am already feeling important).
 This list was supposed to be longer, but I was requested to do a newly natural series, so I would be adding everything in other blog posts..😊😄😃😀
Are you about to big chop? Just natural or you have been natural for a while? You could benefit from this or tell a friend to tell a sister who might just need this information,

1. Your hair doesn't grow faster once you decide to turn natural. It grows at the same length it was when you were relaxed. You probably weren't noticing or weren't caring for your hair and most likely abusing it when you were relaxed. If it grew at one inch a month, it would most likely still grow at one inch a month when you become natural.

2. Brace yourselves guys because this might hurt your feelings😩😫. Hair products don't make your hair grow any faster. It makes your hair manageable, healthy and easy to deal with. Your hair would still grow at the same rate. It just gives it a better breeding, clean, moisturized ground to ensure it grows at that rate and doesn't get stunted. So baby girls, 25 dollar conditioner doesn't ensure you 2 inches in a month. The earlier you know this, the better so you don't get turned on by those advertisements that say 4-days action...yes! They stimulate growth like I earlier explained, but baby girl no no and no they don't in any way make it grow faster.

3. There are good hair days and bad hair days. You hair would just not feel great some days for no just reason.

4. If you want the easy hair life? You should reconsider your decision to go natural. Natural hair needs love and dedication. If you were spending 30mins on your hair, you most likely would spend an hour when you become natural. Also, keep in mind that wash day can take two years depending on the condition of your hair.

5. The saddest of all, lol! Most of your allowance would be spent buying coconut oil and shea butter.

6. When you decide to be natural, not everyone you know would support you..some people would give you a million and one reasons why you shouldn't cut your hair...if and when you big chop, people might call you names (especially if you live in Africa) they would tell you how they feel hair is a pride of a woman, and cutting it is for a woman that lost her husband.

7. Your relaxed friends won't understand why egg and honey must be mixed into your hair or how natural hair drinks beer..they just won't!

8. Not every talked about product would work for you, you don't need every product talked about. That's why I keep saying YouTube is not the best place to learn everything, you just have to figure most part of it yourself from watching and listening to your hair's needs.

9. Becoming natural doesn't automatically equal healthy hair. You have to make it work. You can be natural and unhealthy and relaxed with very healthy hair.

10. Everybody's hair rate is different, some peoples hair grow faster that others. Be patient with your hair. Length checking every two days won't speed up the growth. Be patient. Be patient. Be very very patient.

11. Lastly,  need to go natural for the right reasons and with the right motivation or you would end up going back to where you started from..

GOODLUCK ON YOUR HAIR JOURNEY!!
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Addie
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Mercy unto you, and Peace and love, Be multiplied- Jude 1 V 2.


Hello guys,
I have been Gone for too long ( is there ever a post I dont say that?:( ). I am so so sorry guys. I have been a bit occupied ( busy woman status ;D)..(I see you rolling your eyes but i stay unbothered:p)

I want to share this not too recent lippie (thats what the cool kids call lipstick) with you guys. "MAC'S FLAT OUT FABULOUS" from their retro matte line. Need i say more?? The name says it all. This is fabulous and way too gorgeous. It is probably my most worn lipstick this month.
I got this from Mac store for about 18 dollars or so (kent remember again).

Do i regret buying this?? Never guys..Never.

PROS:

                                                        LIPSTICK SWATHCES!!!!

1. Pretty beautiful shade (not too pink, not too purple). This lipstick defiles the law of "you cant sit on a fence".
2. Good packaging   this shouldnt be on this list because y'all know Mac never disappoints.
3. It goes super well with natural hair( you might be thinking, why did this make the list?? this is because not all lipsticks fit you on your natural hair especially when your hair is not so long)
4. Really pigmented with long staying power. (I bet this can stay on for two weeks straight) Dont take me serious, but this lasts even after eating and drinking regarding how clumsy i get when i eat

CONS

1. Too matte and drying (which is not so much of a problem for me but can be for some) this can be easily corrected by moisturizing (a little) before application. 

some selfies taken wearing this lipstick:)

                                               DUCK FACE NEVER GETS OLD

                      DETAILS ON THIS LOOK WOULD BE UP ON THE BLOG TOMORROW:*

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