Anita Grant Rhassoul follow-up

Okay, so after my terrible attempt at following directions with the Rhassoul Chocolate cubes, my hair still turned out great. It was soft and did detangle very easily. I think it would have been even better had I followed the directions!!! Lol. That's ok. I didn't take a picture with it down. It's too hot to have all this hair out.

Here is a picture:

So all and all it was really good and u will be using it again!

Anita Grant Rhassoul Clay Deep Condish

Okay, I was so very excited to get my package from Anita Grant!!!  A few weeks ago I read a post from Whitney on Naptural85.com about the Anita Grant Deep Condish chocolate cubes.  You know anything to do with chocolate, I'm there!  I went online to Anita Grant and spent half an hour searching for products.  I had heard of Anita Grant but had never ordered anything.

So I ordered my product and waited, and waited and waited.  I was going crazy waiting for this delightful treat to come.  Especially after Whitney had such wonderful results.  So finally my package arrived a few days ago.

My Cubes have arrived!!!!

 It was in the middle of the week and too much for me to do during the week.  I usually do my hair on Saturdays but I had too much going on yesterday.  I have been writing all day and it has gotten later and later.  I finally ran downstairs and heated up my water but then the trouble began.  I really didn't read the directions and just put the cube in a heat resistant container.  I poured hot water in and it was soup.  Yep, I poured too much water in.  Oh brillant.  I then decided to pour out some what and add another cube.  Yeah, that didn't work, still soup. 

I have waited too long for these cubes.  I am not going to waste this stuff.  Oh no!   So I emptied my spray bottle and poured everything into the bottle. 

Clay left after pouring in bottle

Water bottle mess

Then there was the clay left that I should have had to start with.  Oh, there is hope.  I already had my hair sectioned in fourths, so I added the clay to each section.  I knew there was residual in the bottle as well, so to make sure I didn't waste any, I sprayed each section with the muddy water. 

I don't yet know how this will turn out but word to the wise, READ THE DIRECTIONS!!!!

Kee

Hair Knots

Over the last few weeks I have noticed a lot of knot in my hair.  I usually take my time and detangle really well but I'm still getting more knots than usual.  I decided to do some research and try to find out what in the heck is going on.  I came across this interesting blog and post.

Ugly Hair Knot!

Check it out:

NaturalHairGrows.com - Detangling Natural Hair Making You Knot Happy?

Let me know what helps keep you from getting knots and tangled hair

When In Doubt, Pin it Up

Monday, June 18, 2012


So we had a busy Father's Day Weekend.  I was bone tired when I finally got to bed and right before I closed my eyes, I realized that I did absolutely nothing to my hair.  No twists, flat twists, not even a head scarf.  I just said I'll deal with it in the morning. 

Ok - for  all you (4a/4b) naturals out there with medium length hair, you know that is a mistake.  I woke up this morning with dry hair all over my head .  When I hopped in the shower all I could think about was how am I going to get this done, because of course I woke up late!!!

First, I thought maybe a wash-n-go!  Nope, I have a meeting and wanted to feel more pulled togther..

Then I thought - a bun!  Nope, couldn't find what I needed to pull and keep my hair back... 

So finally, I thought I'll just have to pin it up and work it!

The mist and steam from the shower helped soften my hair up.  I added  a little shea butter oil and Shea Moisture Hair Milk to seal,  then threw a couple of twists at the top and clipped the back. After a few pins, it didn't look completely bad. 

On my drive in to the office, I untwisted the front added some earrings and lipstick.
Not half bad for a rainy Monday.

Twist Out with Lottabody & Curl Enhancing Smoothie

Monday, June 11, 2012

Ok, so I did absolutely nothing to my hair on Friday and Saturday other than to throw it up in a bun.  By yesterday, it was a very dry, tangled mess, but I had a few decent 3b’s representing for the cause to keep it from looking awful.  I had a headache, so by Sunday afternoon while doing chores even the hair clips and elastic bands had to come out.  I rocked an afro until the last minute. 

Around 7pm, I knew I had to start on my hair or it wouldn’t dry in time.  I did a pre-poo for about 1 hour with coconut oil and the last little bits of old conditioner (Giovonni and Pantene). I washed my hair with Shea Moisture and deep conditioned with the Shea Moisture conditioning mask.

I was then ready to detangle and twist. (Since it takes about 1.5 – 2 hours to do this, I usually get comfortable and start my Tivo for a movie or something.) I used a mixture of water and shea butter oil to keep my hair wet.  Each section was treated to a dime size dollop of KK Knot Today and Grape Seed Oil.  Once detangled, I used a small amount of Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and Lottabody with Carrot Oil.   I twisted my hair all over with a side part.  It took me the better part of 2.5 hours. 

I was so tired when I was done that I did not and could not do anything else.  I barely got everything off my bed before I was closing my eyes to go to sleep.

Anyhoo, because I took the time to twist really small last night, my hair was completely dry this morning. I untwisted and voila!

Quick Bun

So, the last 2 weeks I have gotten a little lazy on Thursday nights.  My regular wash day is Saturday and I've been so busy by Thursday, I don't feel like twisting or braiding my hair up.  It doesn't  take too long but I just haven't wanted to do it!!  So I have decided to trying bunning again.


Yes, I've tried before with dismal results.  My hair was either too poofy or I couldn't get my hair tight enough and it just looked crazy!  lol.  Anyway, I have watched many wonder women on YouTube demonstrating how to get these slick, wonderful looking buns.  But it was too much for a 'quick' hairstyle.  I could just braid it up for the time some took.


So I had an old braid out and just wanted my hair up and to look decent.  And of course, quick!

My old braid out

So, I took some Eco-styling gel, a hair tie, EVOO my brush (which I rarely ever use), my water bottle and my satin scarf.

I started by putting a little EVOO in my hand and placing the hair tight applying a little on the entire tie.  This was to keep the tie from pulling my hair.  I then sprayed my hair until it was a little damp all over.  I then took some of the gel and began to put a light coat all around the edges, working around my head.  As I applied the gel, I would gather that section up towards the top using one hand and applying gel with the other.

Gathering my hair at the top

Once all my hair was gathered I pulled it tight and placed the hair tie around the hair.  I used my brush to smooth the hair.  Some areas were a little dry, so I sprayed a little more water and added some gel.  Once, everything was in place.  I simply tied my hair down with my scarf and I was done!!!! Yeah!  Less than 5 minutes.

Scarf


In the morning I added a little EVOO and tucked some of the hair at the top.  It was a messy bun and I didn't mind!

Happy bunning!!!