Unlock Your Dreads!

Unlocking type 4 hair In our other posts we have mentioned that dreads are high maintenance. Just like regular hair if you let them go without taking care of them they will become messy and unkempt. After a while it can get a little tiring to keep up and some people say enough is enough! Over time having to pay for a loctition to re-twist your dreads can be costly, coupled with care products. Not to mention that if twisted to tightly to...

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Dread Washing!

Ever heard this “don’t get dreads, they are dirty!” I can’t tell you how many times I have heard someone say that dreads are “dirty” when in all reality dreads are just like any other hair style- though, will admit they are QIITE high maintenance. So where does the misconception of dreads being dirty come from? Well if we look back we can see that during the 60’s and 70’s there were a group of people known as hippies. Bare with me. Hippies...

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Dreads!

Hey everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your summer and remembering to stay moisturised and hydrated ^^. So lately I have been getting a few questions in my inbox on dreads. First off I want to define exactly what a “dread” is. Haile Selassie and his pet lion Many people forget that dreads are a type of hair style and not a people. When referring to a group of people with dreads in the religious sense, one would say Rastafarian or Rasta....

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Hair and Pregnancy

Pregnancy is an amazing time in a woman’s life. It’s exciting and new, for both the expecting mother and father even if they already have kids. During pregnancy a woman’s body is a really a natural spring for change. In the first trimester and second she will go through sickness and health for the sake of her child. while pregnant a woman also goes through lots of hormonal changes which will affect her mood and sometimes even appearance, giving...

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Taboo questions

No matter what ethnicity you are you can probably think of more than one occasion where someone has asked you a question about your hair that has made you a bit uncomfortable. I can’t express how many times I have wanted to just tell someone off because of their ignorance especially in high school. Some of the most common questions and comments people ask and say are.... “Can I touch your hair?” I have been asked this one almost all...

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Why is Hair Curly??

Hair is curly or straight, depending upon the number of disulfide bonds between hair proteins found in the hair shaft. The greater the number of links, the curlier the hair, and the fewer the number of links, the straighter the hair. Hair is primarily composed of keratin, a protein, which grows from a sac called the follicle. Cells in the hair follicle generate keratin, and various other proteins, which become a part of the hair shaft.    These...

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Afro 101

So you want to wear your hair in an afro? Well I can tell you they are not the best style for one to wear on a daily basis. Why? It’s because of the general definition of the term afro. An ‘afro’ when referring to the hair style, is generally thought to be the ‘natural’ state of someone with type 4 hair i.e. tangled and without product. However if someone with this hair type was to leave their hair un touched in its natural state it would loc...

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Free as Hair Contest!

THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!  CONGRATULATIONS TO KIRSTEN KISS! She took home the 2 Disc version of lady Gaga's Born This Way ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey everyone! I hope you are all enjoying the wonderful weather we are having, I know I am. The Get Wet tour is going awesome and to get everyone a little hyped up we have decided to hold a contest! Anyone who knows me knows that I am a HUGE Lady Gaga fan....

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