Product Reviews!

Happy New Years Eve Everyone!

First let me start off by saying I think I've found my staples. By God's grace every product I purchased worked for me last night when I did my wash. I purchased the Aphogee ProVitamin Leave-In Conditoner and Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea Restructurizer earlier this week as well.

 I started off by having my beau do my pre-poo by massaging some oils into my scalp and on my hair. I mixed EVOO, Jamaican Black Castor Oil and Carol's Daughter: Lisa's Hair Elixir and warmed it up for 30 seconds. After leaving on for about 30 minutes,

• I shampooed with Herbal Essense's Hello Hydration- did not leave my hair feeling stripped, but moisturized and clean.
• Conditioned with HEHH Conditioner- left my hair soft and silky.
• Deep conditioned for 30 minutes with Pantene's Replenishing Hair Mask- left my hair feeling moisturized and smooth. Thumbs up even though I was iffy about this product.
• Applied Aphogee's ProVitamin Leave-In and Keratin & Green tea Restructurizer.

To avoid using heat, I air-dried & did 2 rows of flexi-rods at the top of my head to create some curl and volume. I smoothed down the sides and back. When I woke up this morning and touched my hair it was dry and SOFT. These products definitely did me justice. Thank God because I'd hate to become a product junkie, again.

Toodles and Noodles,
Briana

New Buys !

To start off any journey right, I think products play a HUGE role. I decided to go to Target today in search of some moisturizing products. I was thinking of just using the same products I used for my natural hair, but I never favored them. I searched for shampoos that contained no sulfates..not successful. I would have to order my products from sites such as OyinHandmade and Hairveda (two of my favorites) in order to get products that still do the job, with no harsh ingredients. After about a half hour of torturing my beau with my indecisiveness and comparing of products, I finally picked up some products that I felt would benefit my strands the most.

• Herbal Essences- Hello Hydration Moisturizing Shampoo
• Herbal Essences- Hello Hydration Moisturizing Conditioner
• Pantene Restore Beautiful Lengths- Replenishing Mask 

I'm excited to use the Hello Hydration pair and see how much moisture it really claims to replenish. I contemplated using it on my natural hair as well, but never got around to it. Hopefully it works well because a 23.7 FL OZ bottle will last me a while! The Pantene Replenishing Mask is geared towards moisture but also claims to "resist breakage for longer hair". I'm not sure how I feel about using this product as of yet because I cant pronounce most of the ingredients. I also don't see and natural products in it..We'll see.

I decided to pick up some daily women's multivitamins as I ran out recently. And the purchase I am most excited about *drumroll* Biotin! After researching and reading about it's pros and cons, I decided to get it. I'm not taking it to rapidly speed up my hair growth. I just want to have a vitamin geared towards hair, skin and nail health. I did hear that many women broke out after taking Biotin for different reasons. I will be drinking more water for the health of my diet and also since I'm taking Biotin(that is one of the reasons women broke out).

A little cute addition *blush*: My beau gave me my Christmas/Early Birthday present last night after I got home from work. A white gold bracelet and earring set with little encrusted diamonds. So thankful for my present and him.

 Toodles & Noodles,
Briana

Natural,Relaxed,Natural & Relaxed

Hi Everyone! I decided to start a blogger account to document my new HHJ (healthy hair journey) also in hope of helping others and interacting with other ladies that are on their journey as well. As stated in my description, I was natural to relaxed to natural & back to relaxed." I went natural and did my big chop on February 27th, 2011. I loved my natural curls and kinks and the journey of finding out what worked for me and what didn't. Recently, I decided to relax my hair again. Now that I know how to properly care for my hair and attain knowledge about it, I prefer to continue my HHJ and achieve length as a Relaxed Lady. Here are some photos of my natural hair:

 I received my relaxer service today, December 24th, 2011. Here are some photos of where I'm starting out:

 Overall I am extremely ecstatic about my decision to relax my hair again; this is what makes me happy. I'm excited to learn and care for my relaxed tresses.



Toodles and Noodles,

 Briana