STYLES I LOVED FROM THE MET GALA 2013

Hiya,
Its the weekend and right now I have on my foil conditioning cap with some hair trigger and Silk Elements megasilk olive moisturizing treatment for my weekend treat;

 

Check back to find out how my hair feels after this treat but from the slip this moisturizing treatment had, my hair was already feeling conditioned before I put my cap on, it also helped that a little went a long way!

 

Anyways, While I was giving my hair the treat I started thinking about what to do with it when I washed the treat out and then I remembered that the MET BALL was just few weeks ago...the theme for the gala was PUNK and I saw a few pics from the event on Fashion Police and couldn't wait to take a closer look to see if I could recreat them on my hair...I have spent the last hour looking through the different websites with MET gala pictures and have settled for the looks I love the most and have a shot at recreating, Check them out;

 

 

 

First off is Amanda Seyfried; Very simple and sleek half up half down look with the ends twisted in the middle...couldn't find pics of the back but I can make it work.

 

 

 

Next is a similar but more interesting look by Blake Lively; LOVE this, especially the way strands of her hair hold the ends and form poofs!!





 

 

 

 

This side braided/matted down look on Cara Delevigne is really down my ally...simple but different, you know I will be donning this look any Sunday from now :)

 

Jessica Alba must have been reading this blog *I wish* because she styled her hair in an updo with an inverted braid at the back just like this style  recreated from fashion week;

 

Her Take;

 

LOVED how Kelly Osborne styled her Updo, really big but sleek at the same time...and that color!!just love it...not on me though!!

 

 

Speaking of color...even if its just for 1 day, I would LOVE to be as bold as Nicole Richie!!Loved her White coif...she used hair spray, so no major harm done...was glad to find that out!

 

 

The next celeb I was really feeling is Katie Holmes; The side roll was so elegant from all angles! I would be most successful at recreating this style when my hair is very due for a relaxer and thick at the base, that should help with the volume and height!

 

 

Another style I like was on J.LO...maybe its just wishful thinking but I would love to recreate this style...maybe on someone else with shorter hair up top...really loved the way the coif in front stood up like it had a life of its own-So glam!

 

 

The most intriguing hairstyle from the MET gala for me was January Jones hair style, I found myself starring at her hair for a bit, wondering what was going on from all angles, unfortunately I could only find the front/sideish views not the back view...but from what I see its a poof infront with intricate braids on the sides...me LOVE!! 

 

 

 







 

 



Gwen Stefani also did her thing; Eventhough it looks boring from the front, I'm guessing the back has a kind of bow or something interesting...well that's what I'd do if I recreate the style.

 

 

Another boring in the front, interesting in the back look was by Carey Mulligan;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final celeb with a hairstlye I adore is Emily Blunt!! So recreatable :) Love how the lose braid is casually but purposely placed in front, can't see the back but when I recreate this style, my braid will start from the back...Can't wait!!

 

Tomorrow being Sunday is poke my hair and style day LOL-remember my hair complaining HERE, So check back later tomorrow for an update on which of these hairstyles I recreated for church!!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Xxx

Dabs



 

*Photo Credit-here







IF MY HAIR COULD TALK; Things it would say to me!

 

Hiya,
Have you ever wondered...Has it ever crossed your mind the things your hair would say to you as you experiment and get to know it while on a hair journey? It's been a while since I goofed around here so I have decided to get into the thoughts of my hair and bring you a few things I feel it says to me...

1. Dabs why do you have me smelling like coconuts today, mangoes tommorrow, chocolate the next!

2. What's with all these gadgets you poke me with! The recent one you call the Root Only applicator,

 Its just plain scary!! How many teeths will it have now? Mtcheww

3. Ok Dabs, you cannot make me all Equal!! Arghhh when ever I see you bring out a scissors I just want to break it in two! A blunt cut is not for us, give up already!

 

 

4. I see you admiring Keri Hilson's blonde hair;

as well as Kiesha Cole's;

 Let me just tell you...'Not happening!' don't even think about frying me again with hair color!Your 2009 Blonde days ARE OVER;

5. I have a confession...I Dread Sundays!! The way you twist and turn me and poke me with pins when you are trying to do your so called 'protective styling'. It can be sooo annoying!!

 

6. I have to THANK YOU for sparing me the distress of those salon visits...the torture and impatience I experience at the hands of salon stylists? Let's just say I don't miss them!

7. Your weekend treats shhhhaaaaaa! Pouring eggs, milk, Palm oil and all sorts on me then you cover me up in this new foil cap...
  

 

                                       

 

 What's next? Are you gonna throw me into an oven and bake me?*rolling eyes*

8. In all, I really just have to say how grateful I am that I'm yours!

You finally have given me the attention I need ...I was worried for a while but now I know you love me as much as I love you, I am growing stronger each day, Skin and Nails tell me all the time how jealous they are of me...I think they need some of your attention too :)
XOXO
YOUR HAIR!!

LOL Major goofery going on in this Post...Izehuiwa started it with the talk of her hair telling her Odeshiii-HERE

Who cares to goof around with me? WHAT WOULD YOUR HAIR TELL YOU, IF IT COULD TALK? Feel free to leave comments below!!


Xxx
Dabs

Be inspired- Izehiuwa's Hair!!

Hiya,
I always cannot contain my excitement when I get mails from readers telling my how helpful this blog has been to them, it's always that extra umph I need to write another post! This segment of be inspired features Izehiuwa my first Naturalista to be featured!!

You see, when I started this blog, my thing was I need to let Naija ladies know they can grow their hair!! I'm tired of people starring at my hair like I'm from Mars, I need them to know they too can have healthy hair...it really tugged at me for a while and I am soooo glad that since then this blog has been doing just that, letting people know that Naija hair can grow...I have no bias! My hair might be relaxed but the last impression I try to give is that this blog is only about relaxed hair...being relaxed is a personal style choice I have made but my gospel is the same whether you are relaxed or not your hair can grow with the tips I proffer here..and I am soooo glad that this naturalista has taken those tips on and is getting to know her hair and most importantly Making it work!!

Here is Izehiuiwa's mail to me (posted here with her permission of course ) as she tells her story from how she big chopped her healthy looking relaxed hair became natural and loves this blog :)


Hello Dabs,

My apologies for not getting back to you immediately after your last email. And many thanks for everything. You are doing such a marvellous task.

I just had to gist you about my intimacy session with KCCC (that you helped me purchase. A million THANKS)

 

 

 

But let me give you a brief history of my hair. I had a massive big chop in December, 2012 and I've been rocking my lovely TWA.

When my hair was relaxed, it was very thick and stubborn. Many a time, it broke combs in salons (who didn't heed to my instruction). Every month, I had to relax my hair which became dense again by the 2nd week. Mind you, I have a tender scalp. My hair would not relax but I would have a scalp that was very nicely and crisply burnt. So - called "professional salonists" helped in destroying my hair by combing it so forcefully like they were cutting a tree with cutlass. It got to an extent, I could no longer inflict self induced mental and physical pain on myself. So I cut the permed hair all off leaving like half an inch of natural hair.

 

IZEHIUWA'S RELAXED HAIR BEFORE THE BIG CHOP;

Now that I'm natural, I'm the extreme end of 4C hair. Yup. The very extreme. My hair has absolutely no curl definition. I think I've passed the 'Z' type as my hair is so tightly curled that it sometimes 'bends'. This time, I've drawn the battle line with my hair. I'm gonna tough it out with 'her'. I've been successful so far, but I have not been able to make my hair have curl definition.

Oh yes, I've tried ecostyler, jack5ive and a host of other gels and curl pudding. My hair has simply refused to budge. 'She' just keeps swallowing all the products while laughing at me (the owner of the hair oh).

And then I thought, "shebi KCCC can do more than other gels and curl puddings" according to you tube videos. Hence, I went harassing you for the product. When the product arrived, I danced and announced to who cared to listen that the best natural hair product just fell on my lap (not that most of the people understand sha)

Hmmm, I applied a good amount of KCCC to my hair and immediately I heard "o de shiiiii' meaning 'e no enter'. I didn't give up. I put my hair in a 2 strand twists while shouting and screaming for all the evil spirits in Lekki to relocate to the ice desert of Siberia.

I unravelled the hair the next morning with prayers on my lips; and what did I see ? My hair was just there - still no curl definition.

Do I give up? Do I buy yet another product? Do I blame boko haram for the stubbornness of my extreme 4C hair? No. Instead, I'm madly in love with my hair and I will continue to love, cherish and care for it. I will always love my natural hair no matter how it looks and no matter how it rejects products.

Thanks for indulging.

Have a lovely day.

Izehiuwa


Wow wasn't that just so inspiring!!! She had beautiful hair relaxed, has gone natural and has beautiful hair.... One thing her story highlights is this; the road to beautiful hair is NOT EASY! There are no quick fixes! You just have to make up your mind to get to know your hair, what it likes and does not like, what works and doesn't and learn along the way...no short cuts but the beautiful thing is, once you finally know what works, you are good to go for LIFE! You know you can cut your hair today and have it back to its previous length. I feel bad for people who have chosen teams and rigidly limited themselves within these teams...we can all learn from each other natural or relaxed, hair care is hair care, do it right and your hair will flourish!!
Izehiuwa I wish you all the best, you have already conquered the aspect of accepting your hair the way it is...the rest of the journey to beautiful hair which is knowing what works and what doesn't work for your hair, may have lots of twists and turns but will be sooo worth it in the end!

 

That's all for now ladies, in other news THE SHOP NHCG PAGE IS STOCKED! Check it out to see if there's anything you like and send me an email...I focused more on deep conditioning products this time because our Naija market has little or no options of GOOD deep condtioners for those of you who don't like to concoct like I do, I will leave the sale of oils for now to my friend's at VANITY OILS :)

 

Thanks for stopping by as usual!

 

Xxx

Dabs

 

Weekend treat; Henna hair gloss/ Green tea and mint rinse!

Hiya,
How 's everyone doing! It's been busy up in here!! *wiping the sweat off my face* A big big THANK YOU ladies for all the support you have given SHOP NHCG! Announcing the Summer Hiatus triggered a stampede to my mail box and I have been replying mails, taking orders as fast as I can...please bare with me if I replied your mail late...I also couldn't have picked a busier weekend to announce the hiatus, my darling sister Mina came to town, you can imagine all the gist we had to catch up on as we hardly see with me being here in Lagos....it's because of her welcome distraction that the shop page is still not stocked*covering face* Please give me time as she leaves in a few days and then I can stock up...

Ok enough explaining already!! Let me get down to my weekend treat; A Henna Hair Gloss treatment and Green and Mint tea rinse. Loved it!

So let's get to it!
I mixed some Henna with what was left of the silk moisture dream conditioner; as I have stated Henna can make hair feel crunchy and hard so you need to incorporate moisture.

For even more moisture, I added the last bit of Herbal Essences Long term relationship conditioner and water;

Then I allowed the mix to sit for a while so the henna could release color, While the henna mix was sitting I got to brewing my green tea and mint(the catechins found in the green tea have 5-alpha-reductase inhibiting properties which means DHT (dihydrotestosterone – the substance that causes hair loss can be repressed and shedding reduced. Mint on the other hand is great for soothing your scalp; Jen from Just Grow Already actually reminded me of rinsing with a green tea and mint rinse after I read her wash day regimen;HERE

I allowed the tea to brew and tackled my henna mix; applied the mix from root to tip to my hair in sections ;

 

 

And then used my roots only applicator to apply oils to my scalp;

 

Finally I covered my hair up with my cholesterol self heating cap and waited around for an hour. When the time was up, I went ahead to sieve the mint leaves from the brewed tea(purchased the green tea and mint as well as mint leaves from Park n Shop by the way);

 



I washed the Henna from my hair with black soap(dudu Osun), conditioned with Roux PC for porosity control and then poured the tea rinse over my hair in bits while I gave my scalp a good massage. Finally, I rinsed off with cool water to seal my hair cuticles.

 

The rest of the afternoon I spent air drying my hair with a silk scarf tying down my edges( its been about a month since I last relaxed my hair, Mr new growth needs to be checked!)

 

Results of silk scarf tying after hair was dry;

 

The next day being Sunday, I decided to try a style inspired by this You tube video I watched;

 

LOVED THIS STYLE!

 

Here's my Relaxed hair adaptation;

spy my sister at the back :)

 

Well that was all for my weekend treat, My hair is in a bun now...too busy attending to SHOP NHCG! The import window is now CLOSED till Summer time is over...like I said earlier, it shall re-open bigger and better By God's grace... with some surprise additions...till then, thanks again ladies for all the support!!!!Because I knew the SHOP was going on haitus for a while I purchased a good range of products that work and will stock up once I am done handling the import window pre-orders, so please exercise a little patience if you want to get some products from the SHOP page, it will be worth it in the end...

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Xxx

Dabs