The Box Braids are back - RED this time!

My Solange inspired box braids are back! As usual I get them done every January in Lagos as I never have time to do the braids myself lately. I love that its done really quickly - these took 3 and a bit hours! Absolutely remarkable! It takes me a whole day at least to finish mine!

I decided to go a with some red this time to brighten up my face. I didn't go too red though as that wouldn't suit my skin tone! What do you think about the colour?



I love how versatile braids are and they are excellent for helping to retain hair length! I had my last set of braids in for 5 months (with proper care - washing, conditioning etc) and they helped me grow out my hair long enough to be confident to cut off my heat damaged ends last year.

I loved those braids! My current ones are shorter and not as full as my old ones as you can see below.





I talk more about the hair in my youtube video below. Im warming to these new set of braids a lot more... what do you think? xoxo



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4B Hair Update: Annual Blowdry/ Length check

Hi Everyone!

As you probably know I don't blow dry my natural hair that often. Heat and I are not friends! I struggled with heat damage in 2011 hence why I almost shaved all my hair off late last year!

Anyhoooo, I blow dried my hair recently for the first time in over a year and thought I'd share the pictures as it also serves as my length check! The difference between my natural hair unstretched and heat stretched is vast! Don't you think?





Ignore my skin in the pictures above! I had a bit of a crazy night the night before!

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Natural Hair Update!

My natural hair is Kinky... Its a thick Mass of spongy hair and I LOVE it!





It is what people in the natural hair community describe as 4b hair. Hair typing ranges from type 1 (usually straight caucasian hair) to kinky textures like mine.

I'll be honest and say my hair is not always a pleasure to manage and Im incredibly jealous of those with wake up and go hair! That aside, I adore it! I'm a lover of big hair curly, straight whatever, as long as its voluminous, I'm content. As you can see my natural hair is just that... huge!

It's short right now because I had to chop it all off about 6 months ago due to heat damage (watch the video here) but I cant wait till my hair gets much longer. I think it will look incredible (*fingers crossed* *stares at the sky imploringly*) My goal is to have hair like Beyonce's backing dancer Kimberly Gipson. Show stopper!






My hair update video is below, enjoy xoxo