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So, you guys may not know this, but I have pretty non-existent eyebrows. I'm one of those beauties who was blessed with VERY fine brows. Since infancy, I've had a pretty meager eyebrow and lash situation going on.
I love a full eyebrow look, but in order to accomplish that I have to fill them in, which I've been getting good at but I'm still no pro, lol.
Well, recently I came across a post on natural hair Facebook group called Tricia's Naturals by
someone who had decided to pamper her brows with Castor Oil, in an attempt to get them to grow back after over-plucking them. Now, I know that my situation is a little bit different from hers (as my brows are fine because that's how they grow, not because of over-plucking) but this still sounded really interesting to me, so I decided to give it a try.
I know that Castor Oil is really good in promoting a healthy scalp and creating an environment for optimal hair growth, so I decided, why not apply it to my eyebrows as well.
Castor Oil has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties and is also rich in minerals. It helps increase blood circulation to the scalp, thus improving hair growth. (For more information on the benefits of Castor Oil, check out this great review from Wellness Mama.)
So I decided to do my own Castor Oil Eyebrow Growth Challenge. I went and purchased this bottle of Castor Oil from my local health food store and have been applying it every morning and evening. I began on April 22, 2016, and I will check the results on May 22, 2016. One month isn't a very long time, but I figure I should see some kind of change by then.
I'll be sure to keep you guys posted with my progress. Check out my latest youtube video to follow along with me on this eyebrow growth challenge. #castoroileyebrowgrowthchallenge
Thanks for your love and support guys! I'll keep you posted!
Hey, y'all! Another week, another hair adventure! As promised, I twisted my hair up at the end of last week after that glorious puffed out twist and curl. (See last week's blog post if you want to peep the glory). I am not a fast twister, so I usually sit with a book, a towel, and my hair products and get to work. It takes me a couple of hours to set my hair in twists for a style (as opposed to quick night time retwisting.)
I know that many people swear by the LOC method (Liquid, Oil,Cream) but for years I have actually done the LCO method (Liquid, Cream, Oil) and it has always worked wonders for my hair, keeping it soft, manageable and well moisturized. The items that I use vary, but the method remains the same. Liquid, Cream, Oil (or oil based product).
This time around the tools of the trade were:
Warm water in a spritz bottle (liquid)
Kinky Curly Knot Today (cream)
Shea Moisture Curl and Style Milk (cream)
Karen's Body Beautiful Super Duper Hydrating Hair Cream (oil)
I really love these products and swear by them. They are my "holy grail" of hair moisturizing/style prep products. Well, all minus the Karen's Body Beautiful Super Duper Hydrating Cream. The verdict is still out on that one. I have no dislike for the product, in fact, I'm loving it! It's just a relatively new product for me, and I need to have been faithfully using a product for an extended period of time before I'm willing to list it as a "holy grail" product. ;-)
Just in case my LCO method isn't clear to you (you might be saying, "But Tanya, that last product with the LONG name is definitely a cream, as is stated on the jar, so you are LOCing as well, not LCOing", lol), let clarify for you. The Karen's Body Beautiful Hair Cream is oil based. It's first ingredient is shea butter. It also contains Argan Oil and vegetable wax. It has good non-oily stuff in it too, like Aloe Vera Gel, vegetable glycerin and vitamin e oil😁, but it behaves like an oil on my hair, sealing in the moisture nicely. A pretty yummy mix if you ask me.😋
So the first step to this process was to separate my hair into four big sections. This step just made the hair easier to deal with so that I wasn't working with a large mass of hair from the start. Also, it ensured that I'd have roughly the same sized twists around my head when the process was completed because I was working with four sections of roughly the same dimensions.
I took the first section, separated out a smaller section, spritzed the hair, applied each product one at a time, and then twisted the hair. I did not require large amounts of each product. A dime sized amount per section was enough for each twist. I often put Bantu Knots on the ends of the twists in order to ensure lovely curls, but I didn't this time, as I intended to wear the twists as a style and didn't want the ends getting in the way of my pinning and tucking, lol. Here's what the twists looked like when I was done.
As you can see, there's definitely some shrinkage, as I twisted the hair while wet (I got it well beyond damp, saturating it pretty thoroughly with both water and product because I wanted high definition.
I wore these twists (usually pinned back with a barette) for a couple of days, and rocked a twist out for church on Sunday.
Look at my SILVER STRANDS, tho!!!!! 💁🏾 Yaaaas, hunty!
Here's a little more sunday action:
Oh. And did I tell you that I'm digging the color yellow lately? I've been wanting a yellow dress for about a year. For now, I'm rocking the nail polish. The dress will come.
All in all, I feel like this was a good hair week. The twists worked out well as a protective style. I grabbed them up into about eight chunky twists for the night, and tied it up for bed. I am going to wear this twist out for another week or so, and then give it a wash.
So that's me. What are you doing with YOUR hair this week, lovlies?
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Hello one and all! Well, it is a new year and we have begun some new things in our lives.
Over the past half year we have had an interesting turn of events in our family, and now find ourselves back in the U.S. while my husband pursues ordination in Christian ministry. We're excited about this new development, but it has brought with it some major changes. I now have access to tons of hair products (which is awesome) but I'm no longer in my beloved Jerusalem (which is not so awesome). However, I know that this will be a good season full of new adventures, and I'm looking forward to what God has for us during this time.
Now, on to hair! We have just passed the Easter season, and I decided to try out a Twist and Curl again (remember the last time I rocked this style in Croatia?) Well, a couple of months ago I trimmed my hair to the tune of two inches, and let's just say that the Twist and Curl looks different when you have two inches less hair, lol. I worked with it, though, and got a bit of length out of it.
Now don't get me wrong, I still loved it, I just had to get used to it. I rocked it for a week, and the following weekend I decided it was time to separate the sections and re-twist it for a new protective style to wear during the upcoming week. However, that was not to be. I came across this fabulousness as I started working on my hair:
I know, amazing, right?! So I quickly decided that this would be the hair of choice for church the following day. That night I twisted it into four super chunky twists and tied it up with a scarf then went to bed. The next morning I rocked it with some cute makeup and jewelry:
I love the stretch that the chunky twists achieved, and I was proud of this look. I realize that I definitely like my hair big and juicy, lol.
Alas, it is now twisted up into a protective style (simple two strand twists) which I will rock for the next week or two. I'm good at jazzing them up, so look forward to a pic or two of this week's cute protective style in my next post. Until then, Shalom, y'all!
