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Jane Carter Solution Twist and Lock

Ingredients:

Purified water, shea butter, kokum butter, illippe butter, mango butter, vitamins A, D, and E, sweet orange, lemongrass, grapefruit, palmarosa, cedarwood, geranium, bergamot, rosemary essential oils, jojoba, glycerin, polysorbate 80, acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, phenoxyethanol, potassium sorbate and sorbic acid

Directions: This product was designed to be used on freshly twisted hair.

Consistency: Slighly “gummy” - not a cream, oil, or gel

Review: The Jane Carter Solution Twist and Lock comes in a wide-mouth jar which makes it easy to use. Since this product is not oil, wax or petrolatum and will not attract dirt which is great.

I used this on both damp and dry hair and I found that it worked better on dry hair. Out of many of thousand of products I’ve used (heh) over the years this has been one of the few that worked better on my dry hair. This is great for re-twisting at night or if I wanted to do some quick braids after a twistout. Although it is slightly pricey, I find that it does last long.

Tip: Do not use more than a dab on a small section or you may end up with greasy hair.

Overall performance: 4 out of 5 stars (I didn’t care for the scent too much and it lingers).

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100% Pure Coconut Oil

Consistency: Soild but can be melted down.

Review: It is soild, but melts easily once in your hands. I prefer the kind with no smell. I used it as a oil after washing my hair then I put a little gel on, but I usually put this on my ends in the colder months. It’s moisturizing, works well as a hot oil treatment as well!

Overall performance: 3 out of 5 stars.

They say that ignorance is bliss. After many happy (and dare I say, naive) years with an electric flat iron that I purchased a couple of years ago, it was time to replace it due to the fact it had ran its course. Recently I have spent some significant time in the South, after living in Southern California all my life, and I was introduced to “Mr. Southern Humidity” . What does that mean for all of you who have never been able to feel this thick moisture on a hot summer day? It means that if you have naturally curly kinky or anything but straight hair it can be close to impossible for you to have your hair straight after you walk out of your front door. No disrespect to my natural sisters, but sometimes I like to wear my hair straight, no chemicals of course! I was tired of this humidity making me look like I just picked out my natural/Afro. So with all that said I am sure that you can only imagine why I needed a high performing flat iron.

I wanted something in the range of $100-$200, with a dependable track record and plenty of moisturizing heat. I wanted to make sure that I could use it on my daughter and have it take 30 min or less. Again nothing wrong with wearing your hair natural, but there are a couple of times a year when I style my daughter’s hair different. I wanted a flat iron that would not dry out my hair, I wanted a flat iron that was easily cleaned and didn’t pull out my hair as I was using it. So I did my research, I read reviews for the FHI Heat SE and it hailed as a champion of its class.

I researched the FHI Heat Special Edition because I appreciated its many Read more

I am working on some pretty exciting news for those of you that keep up with my blog. I am growing and I hope to keep you informed with great content. I am currently getting ready to launch a syndication agreement with Motown Girl - Do It yourself natural hair care, to bring you great product reviews. MotownGirl is down to earth and her reviews are a great resource to utilize before you purchase a product.

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I have a new section on the website that deals with hair care advice. The following is a sample of the types of articles you can find on that section, called Urban Hair Care Guide. I hope these articles are beneficial to you.

People have different types of hair. Many people with frizzy or very curly hair prefer to have their hair straightened. In order to permanently straighten the hair, stylists use chemical relaxers.
Common relaxers used for African American hair are lye relaxers. Read more

 Human Hair Sample

Should you get a relaxer before getting tree braids:

Well first I do not reccomend that you get a relaxer before any braided style and that includes tree braids.  Getting a relaxer will  cause your hair to be pulled out from the root.  I suggest that you wait at least 2 weeks after you get a perm for you to get any braided style.

Should I get Synthetic hair for tree braids or human hair?

Well that depends a lot on how much you want to pay.  Synthetic hair will be about $100 cheaper but you will not be able to style it with any heat.  If you get human hair you will be able to curl it and straighten it making beautiful styles.  Synthetic hair will probably get tangled faster then the human hair so the style will not last as long.  There are synthetic hair brands that are pretty good.  I personally like to use Free Tress for my customers who want synthetic hair because it looks like  human hair.  Well the final decision is yours but that is my 10 cent opinion.

Sample of Synthetic Hair

I was fortunate enough to have had a chance to hear Michele Obama speak recently in North Carolina. Man, how good is change? For the first time in a long time, I felt inspired as an American female. Now I have nothing bad to say about Condoleeza Rice’s politics as I do not have a political opinion I care to share, but some of her hair styles were “trying” to say the least.

Michele’s styles remind me so much of “Auntie Dont Take No Mess”, but can you imagine a first lady that will “hook” her hair up on a daily basis? I hope the Obama’s win just to see what Michele will bring to the style of the white house. Dare I say she would be the most fashionable first lady since Jackie-O?