Saturday, December 31, 2011

Shea Moisture Curling Souffle Tutorial





I've gotten a few request by email (no... for real, I'm being honest) Anyway, I've recieved a few request via email for a tutorial on how I use the Shea Moisture Curling Souffle.  Plz enjoy the short but sweet video after the break.  <3

Friday, December 30, 2011

Have you ever wonderd why relaxers smell like Nair?




I can remember being about 7 years old sitting in a chair in my mothers kitchen while she mixed the ingredients of the relaxer.  I held the box, and inspected with my young naive eyes, the glory of marketing.  Amongst the pretty colors of the label and the picture of the pretty black girl around my age with long flowing hair, I saw it.  NO - LYE RELAXER. And so I did with any other 7 year old girl would do, I asked questions.  "Ma!" I called, "what do they mean when they say 'no lye?'"  And my mother, my poor, dear, mother didn't even flinch before answering "What? That just means they not lying. Now turn around straight in this chair so I can put this perm in" 
I knew that she was lying, even at the tender age of 7, I knew that she was lying to me.  So I sat there, like a good little girl, and endured the burning, endured the slaps on the hand when I tried to touch.  I endured the "stinky smell" as I stood on the kitchen chair to bend over the sink and wash it out.  I endured the second round of burning from the neutralizer shampoo.  I endured the tender scalp, and finally, I endured the scalp scabs.  I accepted it all as a way of life.  There was no alternatives! THIS, this pain, this is life.  This pain is beauty, and this pain is apart of the duty of being a black girl. 

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Product Review: Shea Moisture Curling Souffle x2


This is a more positive product review of Shea Moisture Curling Souffle'.  If you watched the video in the post below,  you will see that in my first try of the product, (when using as directed by Shea Moisture's Facebook page)  didn't go too well.  But I didn't want to give up on the Shea Moisture brand, I just couldn't!!! I was a fan of the Curl Enhancing Smoothie.  I did wonders for my hair over the summer of 2011.  Not only did it keep my curls healthy in the heat and humidity, but there was no frizz, miminal hair breakage, and  it kept my hair soft and shiny.  So with all of that being said, I decided to give the Curling Souffle' another try, but this time I would do it my way.  Plz watch the video after the break, it doesn't give a visual tutorial, but I do explain in detail how I achieved my results.  Enjoy <3