• Natural Hair

    My Top 5 Leave-in Conditioners

    For curly girls, styling your hair without a leave-in conditioner is like… Trying to eat a pack of Ritz crackers without something to drink… Walking through the desert without water… Eating bread at a restaurant without butter… You just don’t do it! Okaaaay! For as long as I’ve been natural, leave-in conditioners have been apart of my hair routine. It’s the base that can make or break your style. Leave-ins are perfect because they provide moisture to your hair, soften and detangle your strands, and prevent breakage. All of these benefits are important for natural hair, type 4 hair especially. Below are my top 5 leave-in conditioners. I have purchased…

  • Natural Hair

    My Natural Hair Journey

    Where should I begin… Growing up, my mother always did my hair. She kept my hair relaxed because it was easier to manage but to me it felt like torture. I hated the whole process; burning pain, itchy scalp, and hours of sitting under a dryer. She always kept my hair in pigtails with lots of bows or ribbons.  My hair seemed to grow so easily, despite relaxing it. It was the longest my hair has probably ever been; at least that was until I decided I wanted to be like the other girls at school who were doing their hair themselves (insert eye roll). I tried to style it like…