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!





 

 



 

 

 

 



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!







 

 

 

 



Easy Way to Detangle your Natural Hair

One of the most common issues naturalistas have is dealing with tangles. In fact, if you ask a lot of people who have thought about "going natural" why they haven't yet, most of them would say that natural hair is hard to comb. Even seasoned naturalistas like myself get caught up in tangles and need to find an easy way to detangle our natural hair.

While in Nigeria, I would visit the natural hair salon, KL's Naturals. We have featured her and some of the natural hairstyles she has done on the blog. Whenever I visited, I always felt like her hands were magic! Before she combed my natural hair, she would use some solution in a spray bottle. It was almost as if the solution was a magic natural hair detangler! There was no pulling, no pain as she gently used a wide tooth comb to go through my natural hair - starting from tip to root.

On one of these visits, I just had to ask what magic potion she had in that spray bottle. Guess what it was. Water and...















yes, our very own African Naturalistas Moisturizing and Detangling Conditioner!

Anybody who goes to Kemi's salon knows that she's extremely gentle with natural hair, and if they ever wondered why the detangling session was so smooth... it's thanks to the African Naturalistas Moisturising and Detangling Conditioner.

I've only ever used it as a conditioner AFTER my shampoo, but at KL's Naturals, they use it mixed with water to detangle natural hair BEFORE the deep conditioner and washing.

You can order it and other products in the African Naturalistas store.

Natural hair benefits of mango seed oil

I am one of the people who believes mangoes would definitely be served in heaven (yes! There are others who hold this thought). I love mangoes , I love the size,shape ,color,taste, smell and everything else there is about it.
I also love that it does a lot for me health wise and as if those aren't enough reasons to be blown away by this fruit, I found out last month it even has some hair benefits..
Mango does wonders for our natural hair not in its fruity state but in its oil form which is called "the mango seed oil".
Mango seed oil is a seed oil obtained from the seed of mangoes.
     Benefits of mango oil for natural hair.
_ serves as a great hair conditioner
_ prevents hair loss and Greg hair.
_ treats and fights dandruff
_ boost hair shine
_ because of its richness in saturated fats, mango seed oil penetrates the hair cuticles better than other oils, thereby fortifying the hair from within.
_ helps seal in moisture.
_ treats dry and damaged hair.

I hope this write up motivates you enough to start eating some mangoes and saving the seeds cause we would be needing them for our diy nextweek!





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Demystifying 2-in-1 Shampoo and Conditioner

Happy Friday everyone!

Back for another session of demystifying. Today I want to tackle 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner. Hands up all those of us who have used this wash day cheat *raises hand* What could be easier than to wash and condition at the same time? However as much as I used this this from time to time, somehow I was always suspicious of 2-in-1. I mean how is my hair getting squeaky clean yet conditioned at the same time?  Am counteracting the effect of the conditioner cause there is shampoo in there? Am I counteracting the shampoo cause of the conditioner? Isn't it just watered down shampoo? Is it as good as sulfate free shampoo? Anyone else have these thoughts???

Let's dive into it then!

What is 2-in-one shampoo and conditioner?

2-in-1 Shampoo and conditioner is self- explanatory really. It is a product that is designed to cleanse and condition in one easy step, by combining properties and ingredients of both a shampoo and conditioner.

How does it work?

In order to  make the shampoo both conditioning and cleansing, two ingredients are added to the mix. A silicone usually dimethicone, and a suspending agent. The suspending agent is usually glycol distearate.
The suspending agent works by keeping the emulsion of shampoo and silicone mixed when in the bottle. This is because ordinarily the silicone would just drop to the bottom of the bottle and not mix with the rest of the liquid.

When you rinse out the shampoo, the suspending agent becomes less effective. This means that the silicone will be left on your hair, whilst the cleansing agents are rinsed off. The remaining silicone is what creates that softer feel and shinier appearance after the shampoo has been rinsed off. This also makes your hair feel "conditioned." 


So to answer that earlier question: no, it's not just watered down shampoo.

 Can I use it in place of sulfate free shampoo? 

The "conditioning" that this type of product does is not truly conditioning because all it does is cleanse the hair and then leave it feeling softer. Keyword here is feeling. Sulfate free shampoo is hailed because it does  not contain the often criticsied stripping sulfates, thus giving your hair a softer cleanse. 2-in-1 shampoos still contain sulfates. 
Some actually say their hair feels better when they use a 2-in-1 others say their tresses still feel stripped. As for me personally I never got that conditioned effect and just tried to pass my hair off as cleaned and conditioned cause the bottle said so, even though I knew otherwise (clever me). I would not recommend it as a weekly replacement for your sulfate free shampoo for two reasons.

 1. You'll not want to condition cause the bottle said the product has done it for you even though it actually hasn't. 
2. It not sulphate free although slighlty gentler than the regular shampoos 

Is it really good for my hair?
When tackling this question I looked at the aim this kind of product was trying to achieve- cleaning and conditioning in one simple step. The shampoo cleans, but it does not condition. It just makes your hair feel like its been conditioned  ( if it's a good brand) and in turn you will not condition. The importance of deep conditioning has been repeated over and over again on this blog. A product which implies you don't need to condition, when in fact you do, is. not.good. full stop.

 Another aspect is the silicone used to deliver the conditioned feel - dimethicone - is not water soluble. This is the kind of silicone you would rather use in a heat styling product to protect your strands from the heat. So a non-water soluble silicone will cause eventual build up over time and one will experience some difficulty in moisture absorption.
In short, no.

If you want to use it, I would suggest using it occassionally (like in emergency situations) and always follow up with a dc.

What are your thoughts ladies?