Braid Out and Twist Out Mohawk on Short Natural Hair

Did you just take out an old Bob marley braids protective hairstyle? Don't comb it out just yet, you can turn this into a very chic and edgy hairstyle in 2 easy steps!

Click the video below to watch this tutorial on how to acheive this mowhawk hairstyle that is sure to get heads turning in your direction! Be sure to give this video a thumbs up, share with friends and also subscribe to Dumebi Lea's channel for more natural hair videos!

Four Elegant Updos for Natural Hair and Crotchet Hair

Want to look elegant with your natural hair or you want something a little more fun or sophisticated than the regular Puff or bun? Check out these four quick and easy UPDOS perfect for either long natural hair or short natural hair uai g crotchet Marley hair!

These UPDOS are also perfect for various occasions, be it work, school, date night or even a bridal look. Be sure to subscribe to Dumebi Lea's channel for more natural hair tutorial videos!
4 ELEGANT UPDOS FOR NATURAL HAIR

When two African Naturalistas meet, this is what happens

Hi ladies and gentlemen. Yaayyyy!!! Can you sense the excitement from my greeting? Last week, I, Atilola, got to meet physically with one of the African Naturalistas writers, Discovering Naturals. As you might know, African Naturalistas writers are scattered all over the world, and while we always communicate via any means technology allows us, it is always difficult for us to physically meet all at once, except for the 4 of us currently domiciled in Nigeria.

So therefore, it was a very great honour meeting our very own Kids Expert, Discovering Natural in Houston. I met her, Lil Sis and Big Sis. Kai, her kids are so well behaved, it's just kids-goals. DN and I hung out a bit in her lovely home, waited for Lil Sis to come home, before we proceeded to pick Big Sis from school. After this, we proceeded on a long road trip to drop me at home, and grabbing dinner on the way. I was so grateful for these i.e. the ride and the food, lol. I can confidently say it's been my best day in Houston since I got here (I've been holed up in the same location for the past 1 month, going nowhere, seeing no one).

The good part, amidst all the gisting and loving up with DN, we shot a Vlog. Yaaayyyyy. I've never been involved in shooting a Vlog. I only shoot TV features, interviews and the likes, so this one was so lighthearted and really short. We talked a lot about african Naturalistas. I must say, I love the naturalness of this video and the vibes. Watch it yourself and let's know what you think.

Create a Full looking High Bun on Natural Hair (No Extensions used!)

  Happy Tuesday Ladies! Today I want to share with you, a trick I use to create the illusion of a Full Bun Hairstyle on my Natural Hair. My hair is currently not very thick and has always been on the fine side. I do this tweak whenever I wear a Bun and it works brilliantly for me.

 

 



 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies, and Happy styling!

 

 

 





Pre Poo Hot Oil Treatment for easier Wash Day!

Hi Lovelies! Doing a Hot Oil Treatment before a full wash, greatly helps your hair in terms of reducing tangles by oiling the hair strands and enabling them to glide past each other rather than tangle up during your Wash Day Process. I normally do my own home produced hair treatment but this time around I bought one of these hand made all natural hair treatment online from the company Lush.

 

 

 

 

  These come in a range of natural hand made products. The one I chose was the 'Hair Doctor. 'The ingredients include Coconut Oil,Jojoba Oil, Rosemary and Red Henna. All these infused together work to leave the hair feeling stronger and nourished and ready for the somewhat wear and tear process our hair actually goes through on every Wash Day. The Treatment comes attached to a wooden stick on which directions for use are clearly highlighted.

 

 

  My hair was left looking and feeling amazing! Any Hot Oil Treatment will work a treat on your Natural Hair prior to washing. Give it a try if not already doing so!

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies!





 

 



 

 

 

 



Easy Protective Style for Natural Hair!

  Happy Tuesday Ladies! I would like to share with you this really quick and simple Protective Hairstyle you can achieve in under 5 minutes on your Natural Hair.

 

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies ! And may I please take this opportunity to ask you all to please Pray for my Country Kenya as we are under an Election Period. May Peace Prevail!



 

 

 

 

 

 



Hair Update:Nursing my Natural Hair back to Health!

 

 

  Happy Tuesday Ladies! This is a hair update on how my hair is coming along in my new Healthy Hair Journey. I had mentioned in a previous video how I intend to nurse my hair back to fullness after it had gone through a period of thinning and breakage due to heavy Stress. At the time my hair looked like this:

 

 



 

 

  This was a few months back and presently my hair looks slightly better:

 

 

 

 

  I aim to add to the volume of my strands and have my hair looking closer to how it looked a year ago, a nice fuller Afro:

 

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies and make today your very own!







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Detangling to avoid knots in Natural Hair.

 

  A very Happy Tuesday to you Ladies! In this video, I share with you my current detangling routine that I use to avoid excessive knotting in my hair. Your Natural Hair Journey, is made that much easier if you adapt an effective detangling routine.

 

  I find that performing my Wash Routine on sectioned hair is really working a treat for me.

 





 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies and hopefully it helps someone with tackling the issue of knots and tangles while washing your hair.

 

 

 

 

 



Taking a break from Curl Enhancers on my Natural Hair!

  Happy Tuesday Ladies! I have decided to ditch Curl enhancers on my hair for a little bit. I just want to be free from the pursuit of the 'Perfect Curl'-whatever that might be. I will let my hair just do what it does this Summer:

 

 

 

  So far, am loving the path am currently taking with my Natural Hair Journey! Enjoy the video Ladies, and I hope it serves to inspire someone along the way!





Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 5

Hi there,

Today's the second to the last easy natural hair style I will be showing you. This is actually a natural hair high/mega bun - remember when I showed a tutorial a few weeks ago. I decided to try it out myself and I think it came out okay - could have been better though, but it's all good.

Again, remember the hair styles in this series can be done in a matter of 2 minutes or less!

Have a lovely weekend everyone. I know there's a holiday on Monday, which happens to be my birthday as well.

Also, don't forget to log on to African Naturalistas Instagram this Sunday, as I will be doing a takeover and showing you my wash day with our products!

Berry Dakara.

Easy Natural Hair Styles - Part 3

Hi there!

I'm back with Part 3 of my Easy Natural Hair Styles. This one is particularly easy and simple to achieve. I like simple natural hair styles that take literally less than a minute to do, and this is one of them.

Come back next week for another easy natural hairstyle! Have a lovely weekend.

Berry Dakara.

Wash and Go using New Eco Black Castor and Flaxseed Oil Gel!

  Happy Tuesday Ladies! After hearing so much about the new Eco Black Castor and Flaxseed Oil Gel, I finally decided to give it a go!

 

 

  The Gel comes in a new flip top tub, feels really smooth to the touch, not sticky and heavy like some traditional Gels. It has a rather pleasant and sweet smell and applies easily onto damp hair that has a Leave In Conditioner on it. I applied the Gel over my Cantu Curl Activator and let the hair air dry undisturbed for three hours.

 

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies, and make today Count!

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Cantu Curling Mousse Wash and Go compared to Gel: My Opinion!

 

  A very Happy Tuesday to you Ladies! So recently, I tried out Hair Mousse as opposed to Gel for my customary Wash and Go, which I tend to wear as soon as the weather gets warmer on this end of the globe.

 

 

 

 

  For this, I looked to Cantu hair products, to be precise as the Curl Activator Cream and the Wave Whip Curling Mousse:

 

 

 

  Enjoy the brief video explaining why this is now my Styling Home for the Summer! Have a Grand Tuesday Beautiful Ones!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easy Natural Hair Styles for 4C Hair - Part 1

Last weekend I filmed a video showing some of my easy, go-to natural hairstyles, but for the benefit of African Naturalistas, I'll break it down into short snippets that I'll share over the next 6 weeks. My first hairstyle was a simple braid out, turned into a parted afro.

Check back next week for Style 2,which was easy to transition to from this style.

Have a nice weekend!
Berry Dakara.

Wash and Go using Cantu Wave Whip Curling Mousse!

  Hi Ladies! I decided to try out a Wash and Go on my hair using a curling Mousse instead of my usual Eco Gel. I went with the Cantu Curl Activator Cream as my Leave in Conditioner topped with the Cantu Wave Whip Curling Mousse.

 

 

 

 These two together did not disappoint. My hair was defined, air dried in under two hours (With Gel my Wash and Go usually takes up most of the day to dry!) And my curls stayed put up until my next wash day in five days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies!

 

 





Flaxseed Natural Hair Gel D.I.Y!

 

  Happy Tuesday Ladies! I finally decided t make some FlaxSeed Gel. This has been a trend for the longest time in the Natural Hair Community.

 

  Flaxseeds are packed with goodness for your hair in the form of nutrients like Protein, Calcium, Zinc, Magnesium, Iron and Omega 3 Fatty Acids which are beneficial to the growth of strong and healthy hair. Consuming these seeds is highly beneficial for your skin and hair, however using it topically in the form of a Natural hair Gel is just as good.

 

 

 

 

  The Omega 3 fatty acids in Flaxseeds are extremely nurturing for our hair follicles and increasing the elasticity of hair fibres.This causes hair to be stronger and less vulnerable to breakage.

 

  Omega 3 fatty acids are also known to have great anti-inflammatory properties,which make these seeds highly beneficial in reducing inflammation caused in various scalp conditions like dandruff and itchy scalp.

 

  My first time experience making and using Flaxseed Gel was surprising in a really good way!I did not actually expect to have such amazing results!The Gel left my hair feeling soft,while providing excellent hold and my hair literally gleamed!This rivals any commercial gel if you ask me!Also a little goes a long way so only a small amount is enough.

 

 

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies!



 

 







Braid Out on Natural Hair

We saw a video yesterday from Chizi Duru, and I'm about to share yet another video from her. Let me tell you why I like her videos. First of all, her hair texture looks like mine. It's very important that when you watch Youtube videos for hair tutorials, you're following people with similar hair texture to yours. Secondly, I like that her styles are not complicated at all. Don't you get a little sad and irritated when you watch videos with techniques that just fly by you? Thirdly, I like that her videos are short and straight to the point. Ain't nobody got time for loooooooooooooooooooooooong videos.

With that being said, check out her video on how to do a braid out on natural hair.

Similar products that you can use are our AN Leave-In Conditioner, our AN Gel, and any of our Oils. Check the African Naturalistas Store now and pick out your products!

Have a great weekend!
Berry Dakara.

Removing Two Strand Twists with Coconut Oil.

  Happy Tuesday Ladies!Today ,I would like to briefly share with you how I use Coconut Oil in the removal of Two Strand Twists I have been wearing for a week.

 

 

 

 

 

  The only tools I used were my fingers and this worked nicely to leave my hair ready for my wash routine.I have found that this method works to help me prevent breakage while I remove my Twists,the Coconut Oil helps in making the hair pliable and this makes ease for faster removal.

 

 

 

 

  Enjoy the video Ladies!







 

 

 

 

 

 



Pre Poo using Conditioner and Coconut Oil.

  Happy Tuesday Lovely Ladies!

  I think we can all safely agree that when it comes to Natural hair, a good Pre Poo routine is required to enable our hair to go through the Wash day process, tangle free and therefore free from the threat of breakage and damage.

  For my Pre Poo, I use Extra Virgin Coconut Oil which aides in protecting the hair strands against Hygral Fatigue 9the result of contant, excessive swelling of the hair cuticle as water is absorbed and the contracting of the hair cuticle as it dries.)With every Wash ,your hair is susceptible to Hygral Fatigue and thus, Potential damage. Coconut Oil prevents this from happening and thus protects your hair.

 I couple my Coconut Oil with a Conditioner with extra slip to help with the detangling process. My Conditioner of Choice is the Biotin and Collagen Conditioner by Organix. This Conditioner provides amazing Slip!

 Enjoy the video Ladies, and make your day Great! 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 



Wash Day using Moroccan Ghassoul Clay!

 

Happy Tuesday Ladies! I tried out Ghassoul Clay Wash on my last Wash Day. I have been on a quest to try and get my hair healthy and an alternative to commercial shampoo has always sounded good. Enter Ghassoul Clay!

 

 

 

 

 

Ghassoul Clay is a superfine Clay Powder which is nutrient dense and rich in minerals such as Silica, Magnesium and Calcium. It is highly esteemed around the world in exclusive professional spas for its cleansing, nourishing,exfoliating and rejuvenating properties.

This clay when mixed with warm water and applied to your scalp and the length of your hair will leave your hair thoroughly cleansed, conditioned and moisturised.

 

 

 

 

The Clay works to draw out toxins and impurities caused by product build up from your scalp and hair. I left it on for half an hour and it worked its magic. Enjoy the video Ladies!