Au Naturel

I have been wearing my hair naturally curly for several years since way before it was popular and became a "journey" or a "movement." I did not always embrace my natural hair with all of the kinks, knots, tangles, and coils I would experience because back then (my high school days in the 90s) big, bushy, curly hair was not the business. Everyone wanted that slick SWV look.

I remember some days pressing or flat ironing my hair out (in essence burning my hair) to try and achieve the popular styles, but because of my hair's natural curl pattern and proneness to frizz my straight styles would never last.

Now I have come to love and embrace my curls and have done research on youtube to try and find the perfect products to give me that curl, shine, and bounce I always wanted but never knew how to really get it. So today I want to share with all of my other naturalistas out there the products I have found that my hair absolutely loves.

I have 3b hair which is color treated. I color my hair (professionally in a salon) only twice a year. I only straighten my hair once a year for a length check (although I haven't worn it straight at all in 2011 - I will in January 2012)

Today I used the Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and the Coconut & Hibiscus Curl and Style Conditioning Milk (Target). On the base I rubbed a little Argan Moroccan Oil (Sally's) and on the top to seal it all in I used a little Eco Styler Olive Oil Gel. For this weather it worked great on my hair. I will be doing some Youtube product reviews as soon as my webcam gets here and I'll be sure to come back here and show you all my results.

My blog is real random. Today I might talk about hair tomorrow I might talk about condoms. But I promise to try and always keep it interesting.

Cicely J aka Curly Lox