Often we concentrate on keeping our hair clean and in tiptop shape, but how often do we consider the cleanliness of those items we use to style and accessorize our hair on a daily basis?  I’m talking about the combs, brushes, headbands, scrunchies, bandos and even the rollers used to do your rollersets each wash day.  How clean you keep these items is just as important as how clean you keep your hair.  Imagine washing your vehicle and then polishing it with dirt.  Maybe my analogy is a bit extreme but it’s the same thing when you use dirty accessories on a clean head of hair. In...

Gym + Thick new growth = disastrous hair days. I’m back in the gym, I go about 3 times a week.  This week was especially challenging because my hair didn’t seem to want to co-operate at all.  I don’t think I’ve ever used so much moisturizer, glycerin or Wave Nouveau finishing lotion in one week!  By Tuesday evening it really hit home that it wasn’t even mid-week and I needed to get my hair under control in a hurry. After a particularly hard workout I decided to try cowashing again.  I’ve cowashed in the past but I’ve always follow with a braidout with...

Today I started thinking about what length hair I prefer. Do I like it short or do I like it long? Truth is I like both, but I have to admit that long hair has certain advantages especially if you’re lazy like me. I love love love the cut that I’m rocking right now and very often I consider keeping it this length for a while. It’s cute, fresh, snazzy without being over the top and frankly a nice change from what I’m used to wearing. The challenge comes in the maintenance. We all know that shorter styles need more commitment. There’s straightening or curling to...

Meet my sis-in-law Kaela Reece- A 28 year old living in London while pursuing graduate studies.  Kaela has experimented with every type of hair “processing” and style except locks.  Be it texturized, relaxed or Wave Nouveau curl she has done it all.  Last year Kaela opted for a short pixie cut but in her journey of growing out her style, she  is now considering returning to her roots – i.e. going natural. Kaela got creative a couple weekends ago and devised a neat way to get the natural look without the commitment.  Using her spare time and some afro-kinky weave she came up...

Yesterday was wash day – a lazy one. A lazy wash day is one where you know you need to wash your hair but you don’t have the will or energy to do it so you take numerous shortcuts. That was me yesterday. It was nothing special but I took the opportunity to try some products that were sitting in my product stash. I didn’t pre-poo this weekend (lazy wash day remember?)… I just didn’t have the time or rather I didn’t plan properly because I should have done an overnight pre-poo. I shampooed with Kenra MS and followed with Keracare Dry & Itchy Scalp...