OOh Girl What You Use On Your Face??

You go to a store and head to the beauty section looking for face products. You're looking for something to exfoliate, brighten, and fade blemishes. but what....the....fwhich one do you choose? there's a million products there saying they do the same thing, but different things, and therefore they're better, so you stand there for 5,000 years reading the bottles trying to decide what you're gonna spend your money on.

...........Unless you have lovely people in your life to give you advice on products that worked for them.

So instead of buying a bunch of products to clean, tighten, brighten (no, not like bleaching. imeen you look refreshed and alive), and rid my face of deadskin, I created my own face mask.

I call it my Curry Mask. It has turmeric, Rice Flour, Turmeric, Brown Sugar, Honey, ground oats, and Lemon.

I love it, my mom loves it, I want you to love it too!

If you'd be interested in having products available let me know!

- Lauren

Summer Hair Care

 Ladies! Summer is coming quick, but before we get too excited and grab our cute sun dresses and sandals we have to make sure our hair is protected. Believe it or not the sun can be a threat to your natural hair, but there's always a solution. If you take anything from this let it be moisture!! I can't express enough the importance of it. The sun and heat will leave your hair dry and that's a natural no-no. Keeping your hair moisturized isn't too hard or expensive.

-water can be your best friend (and cheap too!)
-deep conditioner
-leave-in conditioner
-essential oils
-sealant (Shea butter)
If you don't want the hassle, don't worry! There are some really cute protective styles. You can rock braids and twists which lock in moisture. A few popular styles are:
-Box braids
-Senegalese twists
-Havana twists
 -Beeper braids
-Mini twists (with your own hair)
-Sew ins (try avoiding heat)
Don't get too comfortable, you'll still need to maintain the moisture.

- TEONA

Natural Conditioner Experiment

okay so i needed a deep conditioning treatment and i wanted to try to make one so i head to my kitchen and i pull out:

• hemp powder
• honey
• coconut oil
• olive oil
• vinegar
• turmeric

.......... that's it i think.

okay before you gimme that face, understand that these items are pretty normal to use in hair. as conditioners. yea even the vinegar. I did make two mistakes though:

first, i used hemp powder instead of oil. while it didnt do anything bad to my hair, putting it in was kind of messy because it as like putting mud in that quickly turned chalky. then, i used honey even though i know honey does is a baaad idea in my hair. so many ladies tell me they use honey in their hair and i just cant comprehend. it just strips my hair like nobodies business.
but it wasn't too bad though. if i switched the hemp to hemp oil, and ommited the honey, i think i would have something really good.

lemme tell you what does what though:

hemp oil: helps hair hold moisture longer, softens hair, improves elasticity, helps with detangling, and increased natural sheen

turmeric: if you have dandruff, eczema, dermatitis, or some skin issue or condition, this can help (not completely cure) you out a lot. it helps bring circulation and nutrition to scalpy too (heeeyy hair growth)

coconut oil: it brings your hair moisture, helps with split ends, and is a sealant. i would tell you more, but you gotta visit my site :p

olive oil: it's like the natural chick's staple. it's a good deep conditioner, moisturizes and strengthens.

vinegar: i've mainly seen that it helps keep your scalp clean and flaky free. ACV (apple cider vinegar) with the "mother" (that cloudy stuff that lets you know "i'm organic") is better than the distilled though

honey: grrr. i want to like it so bad. but for your sake i'll tell you what i've found about honey, and i'll put this on my website too, so maybe you'll try it and it'll work for you (let me know how it goes and what you did): first off, it's a humectant, which means it draws moisture into your hair. so you got dry hair? it got you. it helps give you hair shine, restores health, helps with hair loss and/or thinning edges (equal parts cinnamon, olive oil, and honey applied to thinning areas 2-3 times a week should help) aaaaaaaaaannd lastly it can be used in a protein treatment (1tbs honey, 2tbs evoo (extra virgin olive oil), and 1 tbs plain greek yogurt. apply to damp hair, put a plastic cap on and sit for 20-30 min or longer if you need it. rinse.)

so at the end, it wasn't too bad. next time, i'll just forget the honey, and maybe add a conditioner base to the powder wont make everything so wet chalky.

if you want to know my exact measurements of my conditioner so you can try it, let me know. but yea, that's my adventure for the day lol.

- LAUREN