Sleep Time!

Showing off my satin bonnet that keeps my hair perfect during the night! :)

Can You Tell What Day It Is?

ITS TUESDAY! & THAT MEANS WASHDAY!! IM SO EXCITED! MY HAIR IS IN NEED OF SOME TLC!

MY HAIR IS SO MATTED IN THE BACK ITS RIDICULOUS! & FROM THIS PICTURE YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE HEAT DAMAGE FROM LAST YEAR BUT IM SLOWLY GETTING RID OF IT. MY CURLS ARE COMING IN REAL GOOD, YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THEM IN THIS PICTURE!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!

-ASHLEE

Cutesy Headband :)

I made this headband and i constantly get compliments :) Maybe one day ill do a tutorial on how i made it...

until next time

-Ashlee

My Favorite Natural Blogs, Websites, & Youtubers

So, anyone that knows me, knows that I love my natural hair websites, and YouTubers. And when ever i have free time i run to those to catch up on whatever i have missed over the couple of days, but usually i don't wait that long check up on them.

My first and definitely favorite is LongHairCareForum http://www.longhaircareforum.com/

It's a basic forum, but it has different categories like hair, skin, nails, fitness, politics. Everything under the sun. It's a great place for African American woman to come and socialize. That's where i am apart of several challenges. 120 days of fitness, HYH and no heat till Christmas. I absolutely love this site. You don't have to be a member to look at the site, but if you want to become a member its only six dollars a year. I would encourage every woman to become a member of this site, you will benefit greatly from it!

Second is CurlyNikki http://www.curlynikki.com/

Above is a picture of Nikki herself, who the site is named after and who basically runs it. She has the most beautiful hair, and she is really informative. I absoultely love her site too. She just had a baby and she is goregous! She has several giveaways, other naturals are featured regularly, basically everything natural is on there. Styles, how tos, DIYs, everything under the natural sun.

There are many other websites, probably millions, but those two are my favorite the ones that i frequent the most.

Now on to Youtubers.

I suscribe to a handfull of natural youtubers, but some of them i don't watch all of their videos, but the following are my favorite. (in no particular order)

PhillyDiva19154 http://www.youtube.com/user/PhillyDiva19154 I love her, she is hilarious, and always shopping! I have learned so much from her, she always keeps her hair in a protective style, and did i mention she is hilarious? If you don't suscribe to her i suggest that you do.

Kimmaytube http://www.youtube.com/user/kimmaytube
KimmayTube is very informative. I've learnt so much from her, i love her so much that i have adapted her hair washing regimen. Lol, yea i got it from her, i also got the Apple Cider Vinegar rinse from her too. She is a genius, some don't like her others love her. I'm in the bunch that adores her! :)

BeautifulBrownBabyDoll http://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulBrwnBabyDol
Now i really have learned alot from her, she does great tutorials, she also talks about fitness, which is my new obbession. She also has a new website: http://www.beautifulbrwnbabydol.com/ Check it out! If you want to learn how to take care of you body and hair suscribe to her!


Taren916 http://www.youtube.com/user/taren916
Love her! Thats all that i can say, i've learned so much from her too.

There are so many more:
BlackOnyx77
Lexiwiththecurls
longhairdontcare2011
prettydimples01


If you haven't checked out the people or sites that i have mentioned what is wrong with you?!

Until next time.

-Ashlee

Natural Hair Must Haves

So I've been thinking about what some new naturals would need, or what old naturals should have. You don't absolutely need to have these things, but they are what I think every natural should have. In no particular order.

Spray bottle: Definitely should have a spray bottle, water is our friend! Don't be afriad of it and often throughout the week we need to spray our hair throughout the week to jazz up our hair and keep it looking fresh if it isn't in a protective style.

Satin Cap: Everyone likes to sleep, but no one wants to mess up their hair in the process. The satin cap is a perfect way to keep your curls in tact! Plus they are really inexpensive instead of getting a satin pillow case.

Plastic Shower Caps: this is really usefull because of all the deep condintions that we do as naturals. this is really effective for when you want to steam, dry, or how ever you do your deep condintion. these is also really cheap

Wide tooth comb: We all know that we can not use a small tooth comb on our hair, it just wont work. We also know that we can't comb our hair dry if we don't want extreme damage. So why not get a wide tooth shower comb? I have this one, its really handy I hang it right in my shower.

Hair Clips: This is an obvious one right? When doing those cute styles, we need something to keep our hair out of the way, and we don't always want to use a hair tye. So hair clips seem more reasonable because they are easy to take out and put in.

Bobby pins, hair tyes, head bands: These are other obvious things, every person with hair on

thier heads will probably need one if not all of these things.

Bonnet Hair Dryer: Ok, so it doesn't necessarily have to be a bonnet hair dryer, but i think that a bonnet hair dryer is more effective than a hooded one. Its portable, its soft, its easy to use. I use it for several different things, styling purposes and my dc's. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! Mine doesn't look exactly like this, but its really cool, my friend calls it a spaceship.

Thats it for now, got anymore? Add them in the comments below!

-Ashlee

Protective Style

My staple protective style, gets me through the week ;)

Updated Reggi!

I know, I know it has been a minute since I have set eyes on this blog, and I could blame it on getting adjusted to the college life but that wouldn't do any good. I'm not going to sit here and make promises that I'm going to blog everyday or on a weekly basis because to be completly honest I don't have the time, and I don't mess with my hair as much as I did before i moved up here.


But I'm here nontheless at MSU -- Go DAWGS! -- I have no neglected my natural hair in the least! I'm still in my HYH (Hide Your Hair) challenge to pretty much the end of this semester so no cutesy styles this semester! Plus it's going to be cold soon and I want to prepare for the winter and protecting my hair as best as possible!

But on to my regimen! It hasn't been updated that much but I just wanted to let you know the products that I've been using since they've changed since the last time I've blogged.




I have been using Giovanni Smooth As Silk Shampoo! I absouletly love it! I think I've found my staple shampoo! It is a bit on the pricey side but if you want silky clean organic, this is the way to go.





As far as conditioners go I've been using Tresseme Naturals. This was a last minute purchase but I jazzed it up with some honey and my oils and it was good to go!.





This is what i do: first rinse my hair with water, then seperate into two sections and slowly pour down some Organic Apple Cider Vinegar for a better rinse to get out all the gunk from the week.

From that I then seperate my hair into four sections leaving three pinned up with clips i leave in the shower. With the section that i've left out i then finger detangle so that it wont pull out that much hair when i detangle with the comb. I then proceed to detangle with a wide tooth shower comb i leave in there for those purposes.

Once the hair is detangled i take about a dime to a quater size of shampoo -- because a little goes a long way -- and then thouroughly wash my hair! Here is a tip that i picked up from my girl Kimmaytube, instead of rinsing the shampoo out i just squeeze it out, that way there is still some in there when i put the condintioner in! That way my hair gets all its nutrients and what not! LOL.

I then apply a generous amount of condintioner to the section flat twist and begin the next! Because detangling takes so long im in the shower for about an hour, 45 mins of it washing my hair! I then put a plastic shower cap over and proceed to wash my body. Then sleep overnight with the condintioner in. This is a dc for me, but if you want you can sit under a dryer (like i did tonight!)

The next day I hop in the shower and rinse and style as ususal, usually in two big fat flat twists, and go about my buisness! but i do apply some of my shea butter which keeps its moisterized throught the week until the next wash session!

I usually wash my hair on tuesday nights! I dont know why its just become a habit!


But thats it ladies!, How it was useful!

-Until next time
Ashlee.!