Keeping the Twist-Out Curlies

So with this twist-out, to keep the curls you need to do the following...

...Before you go to bed, apply any necessary hair food eg. oil or Shea. DO NOT BRUSH OR COMB. Twist it down in big twists, about 4 and cover with a scarf.

In the morning twist out big twists, the hair will seem quite stringy but not for long! Spray with water (I use a watered down NS Moisturising Spray spritz) apply a 10p sized dollop of gel, rub in your palms and rub all over, repeat if necessary. And then shake it out...
You'll see those curlies spring right up and remain separated.

Then style. I'm wondering whether to go for fringy or punky for work????? What to do? What to do?
Fringy???Punky???

And the final decision is...

FUNKY PUNKY!!!! I'm such a rebel!!! I know it's not 'Uniform Standard' but hey...



...it is Red Nose day!!!


Happy Red Nose Day, keep raising money for those in need.

Natural Hair and Sisterlocks Meet Up

So I was prepared for a wonderful evening and that's exactly what I got! Today 22 women from the Natural Hair and Sisterlocks Meet Up group finally got to meet up.




The lovely Cherry (pictured above) did a fantastic job organising the event. A nice location, good food, good drink and great people. It's the first time since starting my site that I got to meet-up with the people it embraces. And boy are you all great! Just as I thought. Beautiful inside and out, open, warm, great conversations, great night. It was wonderful to see so many natural heads at differing stages of their journeys. Some seasoned naturals, some newbies and some in weaves or extensions seeking advice and information. What was also interesting was that NO TWO HEADS were the same. We have all been on a similar journey but our destinations are all very different and individual. Here are some pictures...



This is me a Wendy Adams, she has a fab site called 'It's a Sista Thing' with great health tips and advice. Click here to check it out.

I'd just like to add that it was a pleasure to meet you all and I certainly look forward to meeting you all again in the spring/summer time and hopefully some new faces too.

Twists Out

Today I'm taking the twists out in preparation for what I hope will be a wonderful evening.

Playing Around...Again

Just me playing around again! Today I put them into a side ponytail.

Playing Around

Today I was playing with the twists to see other ways of styling the style. I swept the twists round on to the top of my head, in an almost hat-like fashion. I thought it looked quite cute! Click on the picture to see it bigger.

C’mon lets twist again

Yesterday while the twists were still in, I gave my hair a co-wash and a ACV/honey rinse. After I gave it spray with my NS Moisturising Spray and then retwisted it with some NS Shea mix and NS Styling Cream. I did some work on the side and got a better parting between the flat twists. I left the last inch of the twist free and put some NS Styling Cream on it to allow it to curl up.

So here is the finished article...

Henry's tight, funky, springy curls

This is Henry's hair after a wash, spray and some raw Shea butter (gotta get mixing tomorrow!!) He wasn't impressed with the lack of NS Shea mix, as the raw Shea takes a while to settle and initially can leave a film on the hair - the NS Shea mix soaks in quite instantly and the oils in it give it a nice shine. While he was playing footie on the X Box, I took the opportunity to take a picture.

A few days later after using some NS Moisturising Spray and NS Styling Cream (it does take a few days for the products to settle and the hair to become re-moisturised), Henry has his signature curlies back. His hair goes into some tight, funky, springy curls - which absolutely fascinate me!

Blong

My blogs are becoming blong!

Am I too ambitious to think that I can keep a blog, while I run a website, work part-time at work and full-time at home, raise two boys and be a loving supportive wife? Or do I just need to get more organised?

I'm gonna try the 'get more organised' thing before I give up.

I may not have written a word since the 2nd February but I've been snapping away and I have too many untold stories to fill you in on. So from today I will begin my tale of February 2009 while I keep up with what's going on in March. Now that should be interesting!!!

My plan is to get this blog up to date by the end of this week. I also plan to get clear by the end of this week - physically clear, mentally clear and spiritually clear.

But first some clearing on this blog.

NS NEWS>>>

Ashley wins the competition



With an overwhelming 50% of the public vote, the lovely Ashley is the winner of the NS Twist & (sh)Out competition and will now feature on the styles page.



Well done Ashley and everyone else who entered the competition, especially Danielle and Mikaela who came 2nd and 3rd.

Also check out Ashley's blog:

Love me Napps and all: A Journey into Natural Hair and Confident Attitudes

NS Golden Fro

Today I drove back to my home town, to pick up my boys from my mum's.

She was looking so beautiful. She is definitely feeling her new Naturally Sexy self. In only months she has grown out her texturised hair (with the aid of few wigs and weaves) and is now happily reunited with her beautiful god-given self.

You go mum, you're on fire with your NS Golden Fro!