My biggest newborn baby hair mistake

When you are a first time mum the first few weeks you have help - ofcourse there are exceptions - and your baby is not totally your responsibility to take care of and in those few weeks you have to either be armed with information or experience will trump what you have no clue about.

I was told that there was a need to put eucalyptus oil into my baby's coconut oil as it will prevent him from having cold. I didn't object but it had it's consequences. After a while, I noticed that there were sores on his head and I started panicking. It was just the eucalyptus oil that was the strange thing that we were putting on his head. I contacted the internet and our own Trichologist and the first point of call was to stop putting the oil mixture on his head. 

I started using shea butter on the sores and making sure that it was always moisturised. After a couple of days it started having white patches and I got worried that it was spreading but apparently it was healing and by this time it was looking like cradle cap on some part of his head. 

Just put enough olive oil on the head and used a fine tooth comb to comb it out and doing that like 2-3 times all the white patch left his head and I couldn't be happier.

One lesson I learnt; If you are not comfortable with something, speak up. 

What mistakes did you make with your baby's natural hair?

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!





 

 



 

 

 

 



My First Bentonite Clay Hair Mask

Hey Naturalistas,
How has the week been?

 I had my first bentonite clay mask couple of weeks ago and this was how it went down.

What I I used:
Bentonite Clay
Aloe vera gel
Apple cider vinegar
Peppermint oil
Water

Directions:
1.    I put 3 tablespoons of bentonite clay into a bowl
2.    Added 4 table spoons of Apple cider (You should see how the clay reacted to the vinegar) and mixed thoroughly
3.    The, I added an ample amount of aloe vera gel and few drops of peppermint oil
4.    Because I wasn’t satisfied with the consistency of the mix, I added about 50ml of water to it
5.    I sectioned my hair and applied the clay
6.    I left it to stay for 15mins before wash and a conditioning treatment.

Results
My curls were defined and my hair didn’t tangle. The clay didn't rinse off quickly from my hair. Guess I left it on for too long. However, it was easy for me to wash and condition afterwards.

Couple of days after the mask, I tried a wash and go. This was how it turned out.

I would be sharing a post on how I was able to achieve it in the coming week.

So have you ever tried a bentonite clay mask? How did it turn out?
Leave a comment below

Enjoy the rest of the week
Leeznijis