Trimming a Child's Hair?

So after doing my own trim, I've been thinking about whether I should trim Mackenzie's now. I know she's only 1 but I can see the ends needing a trim. 

My thoughts we're why wouldn't I care for her hair completely like I do my own. I've done some research and I'm completely comfortable with trimming her hair without feeling guilty. 

Right now Mackenzie has her hair in cornrows but when I'm ready to wash I'll finger detangle with coconut oil and trim before washing.

Wish me luck!

Trimming Time

Hey Naturals! This is my very first post from my blogger app so bare with me!

So this morning I had a real hair struggle. I waited too long to wash my hair to my liking and then there was nothing I could do this morning to make my hair act right. It was then that I realized I really needed to trim my ends. 

So after going thru the day with my hair struggle. I got my hair clips and hair scissors and did some trimming. Before actually trimming my ends I put my hair in 4 sections. This allowed me to focus on smaller sections of my hair while keeping the rest out of the way. 

I then twisted my hair, while dry. This allowed me to get a better look at where to trim so I'm getting the split ends. I didn't take out the twist. I still had to make sure I didn't put already trimmed hair in a twist with untrimmed hair. 

You're still following me right? Ok, good!

So at this point, I've completely twisted all sections of my hair and removed all split ends that I could see. 

How did I know it was time to trim my ends? 

Well, let's see...I completely moisturized my hair this morning with a leave in, oil, and styling cream. Honestly, I've never had to use so much moisturizer after washing and I still didn't get the results. My ends looked trashy and raggedy. Yes I said raggedy. There were only two reasons for me why my ends looked this way. 1. The color of my hair(I'll explain in a min) and 2. My ends needed trimming. 

Now why the color? My hair right now is my natural brown with honey blonde highlights. After a while I always noticed that my hair doesn't like lighter colors, even my natural light hair and begins to look dry. My daughter has the same problem....Sorry Summer! 

For years I would dye my hair black because my hair never looked dry with black. I know summer is coming, but I may have to go back to black. But for now, I've trimmed and ready to see my hair go back to normal. 

With that being said. Women please don't forget to trim your ends. You may not need to go every 3-4 months, but you should at least watch for the signs for when it may be time. 

My next steps will be finger detangling and dusting my ends. For a great video on that check out Bianca Alexa's YouTube channel on how she completes this process before washing. 

Goodnight Ladies!

Have We Forgotten About Relisha?

With as fast as news spreads and a story only getting its real 15 minutes. It leaves me puzzled that a story about a homeless girl missing and has yet to be found. For weeks, this story was in headlines about this young girl and dreadful life she lived in a DC homeless shelter. But the moment the police have no more leads I felt like this story was put to rest. 

There are thousands, if not millions of children that go missing and don't get a shed of light on the fact that they are. I know this story is a bit off subject as to my normal post but this hits a bit close to home for me. I'm a mother and I live in the DC area. It bothers me how things were handled with this case, from the parent of young Relisha to the system in which we place our trust into to take care of our children. 

From the beginning, things this story felt a bit fishy. No one was made aware of this little girl's disappearance until weeks after she was missing. An Amber Alert was sent out, but not to the entire east coast. The relatives never questioned an older man's interest in a little girl. The public never sought to help this family even after numerous complaints to Social Services about the welfare of not just Relisha, but her brothers as well. Relisha's cheerleading coach had the best answer as to who failed Relisha...everyone. 

Children give us signs of mistreatment and neglect. When children don't want to be with their moms, there's problem. When they don't want to go home, there's a problem. Why didn't anyone take the time to investigate this child's life before she went missing? As a mom, I will always question the interest of not just a man but of an adult as a whole. This man was not a teacher, a coach, a doctor, or a counselor. Clearly, we've known the statement is true: You can't judge a book by its cover. So how was this taken so lightly. 

To answer my number one question, the community hasn't quite forgotten about Relisha. But I think maybe one to many people have. My prayers go out to this little girl, wherever she may be. May she be returned to the ones who truly love and care about her.

Post Wash & Detox Day

Morning Curlys! So last post I recently expressed me starting a new health week. Sunday started this week for me of course. Which was great since it's also my Wash Day. In the morning after drinking my morning tea, I drank two 16 oz bottles of water in my Mason Jar with sliced cucumbers, oranges, and lemons. The reason I used these fruits and vegetables are for the health benefits they give. 

• Cucumbers-Have a great deal of health benefits for hair, skin, and internal organs. They help reduce the risk of many cancers, help promote urination from your kidneys, and contain dietary fibers which help the elimination of toxins in your body.
• Lemons-Also a Power Fruit, helps boost your immune system. Helps with cleansing your body, and contains many nutrients like Vitamin C and Potassium. Also for is a great aid to losing weight and cutting out the consumption of caffeine. 
• Oranges-Have pretty much the same benefits as Lemons. They help promote weight lost, contains Vitamin C, and with the antioxidants in oranges they help keep the balance in your nutrition. This fruit also helps with the prevention of Cancer. And controls your heartbeat and blood sugar.

Sunday was the only day I drank this water with the cucumbers, but I am still only drinking water with orange and lemon slices. And so far I have not had anything else to drink but water! This is a big deal for me. I can drink water, but of course I prefer other drinks. I read that most people drink more calories than they eat. I definitely believe I am one of these people. So this is the start to a great week!

Detox Water

Close shot of washed curls

Now Sunday is also my Wash Day and boy what a Wash Day it was. I detangled with the coconut oil and honey mix that I used on Mackenzie's hair, I also added a bit of Olive Oil to help lock in some moisture. I then washed of course with my cleansing wash. After my regular wash and condition routine. I used Mixed Chicks Deep Conditioner and let it sit for 30 mins. After rinsing, I used my go to Carol's Daughter Leave-In and SheaMoisture's Enhancing Smoothie on my flat twist. I then sealed the ends with the oil mix I made. Needless to say, when I took my hair out in the morning, my hair was super moisturized. I didn't get to take a picture of my flat twist yesterday during my morning rush. But I refreshed this morning and today you can see how much moisture my hair kept.

Flat Twist (don't mind puddie back there)

Day 2

Mackenzie Summer's Hair

My last post I stated I would be prepooing with Coconut Oil and Honey. Well I didn't actually do any of that to my hair, figured I'd wait til my wash day. But I did try it with my daughter's hair. Her texture is very soft, however, her hair type and curl pattern is different from mine.

 

I also cowashed her hair with Carol's Daughter's Hair Milk Conditioner. Once washed I used Carol's Daughter Hair Milk Leave-in and SheaMoisture's Smoothie. She got 8 braids and this was the ending results.

Puddie's Braid Out

My wash day is coming up soon so I will be trying this on my hair as well. However, let me give you the line up of my great hair week. Monday-WashnGo Tuesday-Day 2 of WashnGo Wendesday-French Crown Thursday-French Crown half-way let out Friday-Complete Braid Out.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Hola Chicas!

So I've been doing some more research on better ways to moisturize my hair and just some other articles on other curly girls. I've decided I'm going to try a Hair Mask with my Virgin Coconut Oil and Honey. The article I read on NaturallyCurly had the ingredients of Olive Oil and Honey. But since my budget is pretty much spent and my pockets are running low(last week was the first of the month), I'm going to use what I got.

I recently did a WashnGo yesterday morning. I really wanted to do an actual Wash Day on Sunday but the day just didn't go as planned and a WashnGo seemed more appropriate since I still needed to wash this head of mine. WashnGo's used to be my go to regimen, definitely was during the summer and I probably will go back to it this summer. 

I also feel the need to really get better with drinking more water. Of course everyone knows by now that drinking the necessary amounts of water will help not just with your hair but your body all around. So this is my water pledge, I'm down to my last bit of coffee creamer at my job. It'll probably last me til Friday. So come this weekend, I won't be drinking anything but WATER! Yay me!

Since my budget is what it is right now. I am making my list for to add to my budget to upgrade some of my Hair Products and Supplies. My list includes:

• Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle Conditioner
  
  
  
• Miss Jessie's Pillow Soft Curls

• Satin Pillow Cases(yes I've been lacking for a while now)

I plan on trying out this Coconut Oil and Honey thing tonight so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out Day 2 of my WashnGo!

Day 2 of WashnGo