Suave Professionals Almond and Shea Butter Conditioner Product Review

In 2011,  Suave decided to debut a Professionals hair care line that is comparable to top salon brands like AVEDA and etc. at an affordable price. 







I have been using their Almond & Shea Butter Conditioner which is comparable to Aveda's Dry Remedy Conditioner. 
This conditioner has become one of my favorites. Suave Almond & Shea Butter Conditioner is so versatile. It can be used as a regular conditioner or to co-wash your kinks and curls. It can also be used as a leave-in,  a DC treatment or an addition to a DC treatment. I use this multi-purpose conditioner for all of the above and its never let me down. I love how this thick & creamy conditioner has great slip to make detangling your hair a breeze. 

Oo La Laaa! Cantu Shea Butter Growth Strengthening Treatment Product Review

  Finally! I've found something that actually works for me. My hair is very hard to moisturize. In order to keep my hair moisturized, I find myself doing lots of overnight oil treatments. Now I don't have to do them so often because I found a product called "Cantu Shea Butter Grow Strong-Strengthening Treatment".

Mini Natural Hair Diva Cas

I am pleased to introduce OUR first mini natural hair diva nicknamed Cas.

This is my little one and protege.

You can tell she loves the camera...LOL

Sending out an E.O.S

Yes, I have been sending out an E.O.S. LOL... I mean a S.O.S for a lip balm that would keep my lips soft and moisturized without that waxy feeling.  I have purchased endless lip balms with little or no success.  I am shopping in the beauty aisle @ Target looking for the latest lip balm to purchase. All of a sudden, my eye gets caught on some colorful cool looking spheres. So you know the PJ in me made me  pick the package up. It turns out the colorful spheres are lip balms made by E.O.S aka Evolution Of Smooth.  

Sweet Mint E.O.S Lip Balm (Mint Green Colored Sphere) and Strawberry Sorbet E.O.S Lip Balm (Pink Colored Sphere)

Let Us Never Forget.. Remembering Devon Mansa T. G.

I know this has nothing to do with hair or hair/beauty products. But it has a great deal to do with our life's journey.  This has been an extremely tough weekend for Coco and I. It's something that has greatly affected my family and countless friends.We are struggling to cope with loss of my little brother Devon.

Devon G. ( 7/6/1992 - 2/8/2012)

This Feb.  8th marked a WHOLE YEAR since my little brother..Coco's older brother was murdered in a senseless act of violence. It really breaks my heart to have to be forced to come to terms with his death. On 2/8/12 @10:16 pm - 10:26 pm an assailant(s) decided to shoot up our childhood home. Never in a million years would we have foreseen something like this.The images of what we saw in our childhood home will be permanent etched in our minds. It's heart wrenching and very troubling. What troubles us the most is that he wasn't a bad kid. He was robbed of being able to graduate, get his very first job and have a bright future. It's been hard for all of us. Especially Coco since it all happened a few hours before her birthday. She never got the chance to hear her big brother tell her happy b-day. So,  I  just want  share a video with you today paying tribute to my little brother Vonn, a victim of gun violence.

May you continue to Rest in Jesus Devon you will be eternally missed.

Take Em' Out

      Yes, it's about that time...... Time to take these braids out LOL. I had a nice break from doing my hair. But it's time to freshen it  up and create another style. My braids were really really long.   So the first thing, I did was cut my braids shorter. I cut them a few inches below  my natural hair . After cutting my braids I applied lots of conditioner to loosen my braids and to soften my hair. When I felt my hair was ready to come out the conditioner made it easier to come out.

 So after I took my hair out and added more conditioner to my hair. Then I added extra virgin olive oil to moisturize my hair. Once I did that I noticed my kinks and curls started to pop back up. After I finished moisturizing my hair. I put a shower cap over my hair and wrapped it up with a satin scarf to keep the oil and conditioner from leaking out on my pillow during the night. I took my hair out on a Friday night and I washed my hair Sunday night because I know my hair had needed some type of moisturizing treatment. After I washed my hair I let it air dry completely which didn't take too long and measured my hair which is now 3 1/2 inches long (Yayyyyyy!!)

Give me a L...Give Me an O... Give Me an I...Give Me a S... What does that spell L.O.I.S Hair typing system

When I first decided to become natural in 07/08, there were only two kinds of hair typing systems that I knew about the Andre Walker hair typing system and the L.O.I.S hair typing system.

In this post, we will be discussing the L.O.I.S hair typing system created by Ms. Snips. 
Okay...Okay...Okay, I know I just talked Andre Walker hair typing system. Now your are like..... What the heck is the L.O.I.S hair typing system??? Who the heck is Ms. Snips???

 Unfortunately, their website Ourhair.net no longer exists and due to a lack of information online about Ms.Snips. Her identity remains a mystery. The L.O.I.S hair typing system was created as an  alternative to Andre Walker’s hair typing system. Many naturals felt like were clustered into limited categories with Andre Walker's hair typing system. These limited categories still created "good" and "bad" hair divisions. The L.O.I.S hair typing system addressed the dissatisfaction that many naturals felt with Andre Walker's hair typing system. The L.O.I.S hair typing system used all the aspects of Black hair. It also eliminated the need for a hierarchical system that created "good" and "bad" hair divisions.  The L.O.I.S hair typing system is made up of three variables hair pattern, strand size and hair texture.

HOW YOU WOULD FIND YOUR HAIR TYPE USING THE L.O.I.S HAIR TYPING SYSTEM……..

Inspirational Mondays

Remember you can have the most beautiful face the world has seen but it means nothing. If you have an ugly heart and spirit. The person with the kind heart and giving spirit is beautiful. Happy Monday Readers!!!!