Scalp Exfoliator.

Hey Doll's

As you all know I have being fighting an on going battle with my dry itchy scalp. It seems like I have tried everything, but nothing seems to help. While I was searching youtube and the hair boards I came across this recipe for a scalp exfoliation.

All you need is Brown Sugar, Silicone free Conditioner(or a Carrier Oil of your choice) and Tea Tree Oil


I mixed 4 parts brown sugar to 2 parts condtioner and about 10-15 drops of Tea Tree Oil


here's what I got


To Apply I parted my hair into 4 sections working one section at a time I used my fingers to apply the mixture to my scalp rubbing in circular motions. Here's what it looks like:


Once I applied the scrub to an entire section I then went back and applied my Kitchen Sink DC to the length of my hair(OH yea Click HERE for the the KS recipe and HERE for a list of my staple products)

then i pined it back up


Once all 4 sections were done I put my plastic cap on and let it sit for about an hour.
I rinsed each section one by one and re clipped it when I was done.

after rinsing I co washed in the 4 sections with my Giavonni Conditioner, then I did an AVC rinse to make sure all the Sugar was out. I i finished with a cool water rinse.

I left my hair wrapped in my turbie Twist for about 10 minutes while I got dressed, then I applie my LTR and The Aphogee Leave-in, The I moisturized and sealed with Coconut oil.(all in the 4 sections)

Lastly I braided braided each section(4 big braids) and put a roller on the ends to air dry.

I will do a quick updated post tmrw to let you know how well this treatment turned out.
Until then

Peace
and So much Love
Erika

Staple Products

This will be the post with all my current products. I will update this post as my products change. Hope this helps.
*holy grails, or things that I will always use

Shampoos/Clairifiers

AVC Rinse*, Giavonni Smooth as Silk Deep MOisture Shampoo, ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo, Sulur 8 Medicated Shampoo.

Conditioners

Sally's GVP Reconstructing Conditioner(mild protein)Everything but the Kitchen Sink DC, Sallys GVP COndtitioning Balm, Giavonni Deeeper Moisture Conditioner*, Suave Humectant.

Moisturizers/Leave-ins

Bioinfusion Olive Oil Hydrating Hair Creme, Herbal Essances Long Term Relationship,(Not Picture)Aloe Vera Spritz
Oils

tea tree oil,EVOO,Eucalyputs Oil,Castor Oil,Rosemary Oil*, Coconut Oil*, Peppermint Oil*, Sweet Almond Oil*

Scalp Exfoliator(click here for recipe and more info)


Misc.
Glycerin, MN Mixture, Fantasia IC Heat Protectant.


Then I'm am also rotating in the products from My Use Up My Stash Challange so click HERE to see those!

Mini Haul.

I mean really really mini. I left the house with the intention of buying an alarm clock and came back with this stuff(no clock). I don't feel like doing house work right now so I figured I would share it with you.

I went to Target and 5 Below, which is like a little cute dollar store in this area.

From Taret I got this really cute Canvas Tote that I am going to use as a beach bag for Miami. It was on Sale for 8 bucks.





Then Went to 5 below, still looking for a clock and ended up adding to my nail polish collection. They have all these really amazing, and really cheap polishes, but I stuck with the ones with the skinny brushes so I can do more designs.



These are all by Color Club and I got them 3 for 5. The colors I got are
#2 Black


#26 Fine Gold Glitter

and #61 Malmsy

Turquoise and White Zebra Stripes

I did my nails today...


Colors used: Funky Fingers Bizerk Turq, Rimmel London French White Tip Pro, Sinful Colors, Queen of Beauty and Nail Hardener.




- 1 Coat of clear polish as a base
- 2 Coats of Bizerk Turq (let dry)
- 1 more coats of hardener(let dry)
- I started at the base of my nail making white squiggly lines with the White. The brush is actually a thin tip so it made the application easy.(Let dry)
- Then took my costal scents lip brush that I HATE, used it to apply the Sinful Colors Queen of beauty randomly in between the whit lines.
- 2 More coats of clean to seal everything in and Volia...



I really like this look. I am going to try to make it last till the weekend because we are all going out for a friends birthday, and I'm not sure if I can repeat this lol...

Peace
So Much Love
Erika

Staple Products.

This will be the post with all my current products. I will update this post as my products change. Hope this helps.
*holy grails, or things that I will always use

Shampoos/Clairifiers

AVC Rinse*, Giavonni Smooth as Silk Deep MOisture Shampoo, ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo, Sulur 8 Medicated Shampoo.

Conditioners

Sally's GVP Reconstructing Conditioner(mild protein)Everything but the Kitchen Sink DC, Sallys GVP COndtitioning Balm, Giavonni Deeeper Moisture Conditioner*, Suave Humectant.

Moisturizers/Leave-ins

Bioinfusion Olive Oil Hydrating Hair Creme, Herbal Essances Long Term Relationship

Oils

tea tree oil,EVOO,Eucalyputs Oil,Castor Oil,Rosemary Oil*, Coconut Oil*, Peppermint Oil*, Sweet Almond Oil*

Misc.
Glycerin, MN Mixture, Fantasia IC Heat Protectant. (Not Picture Aloe Vera Juice)


Then I'm am also rotating in the products from My Use Up My Stash Challange so click HERE to see those!

Update: Use Up My Stash!

Hey Dolls,

I realized after I posted my last updates that I forgot to let you know how use up my stash was going. I have used everything atleast once, except for my Biosilk. I plan on roller setting next week becaue my offical length check is in April so I will have a chance to use it then.

I also realized that I really don't like the Proclaim Natural 7 Oil for my hair at all. So I have been using it on my skin. I think its too thick and it leaves my hair feeling greasy.

Hopefully I will have most of this stuff used up by June so I can repurchase some staples and I think I will do a mini summer Use Up My Stash, because I really have wayy too much stuff just collecting dust.

Peace
So Much Love
Erika

Updates: Wash day, Box Braids and going Natural!!!

Hey Dolls!

Wash Day came a littlee early this week mostly due to the fact that we are extremely short staffed at work so this week I am works 6 days instead of and I dont spend 1/2 of my ONLY day off washing my hair. I got off a 5 today and I don't go in unitl 5 tomorrw wich is pleanty of time to DC WASH and RE BRAID.

Anywho. I treid out Kimmaytubes, wash day method and I am not exaggerating when I Say it was the BEST WASH DAY EVER!!! I found Kimmytube when I decided I want to go natural(more on that in a minute) and I just fell in love with her videos. For this wash day I decided to give one of her methods a try. Here's what I did

1. Took my braids out gently finger combing each section as I went.
2. Applied my Deep Condtioner(Sally's GVP conditioning balm) to my dry hair.
3. Put on my plastic cap and Turbie Twist and took a nap for about 1 1/2 hours.
4. Then I got into te shower and applied Mane&Tail conditioner(any cheapie will do) on top of my DC then detangeled under the running water.
5. Then washed with my clarifing shampoo(Sulfur8) BUT before I rinsed I applied some more M&T to help with the stripped feeling. Then rinsed
6. Then I quick Condditioned with my Giavonni DeeEp Moisture while I did my shower biz.
7. LAstly rinsed and detangled under cool running water.
8. Then I applied my leave-ins(HE LTR, Aphogee) and Moisturzed with my Bioinfusion and sealed with Coconut oil.

I don't feel like re braiding tonight so I just put mt hair in to low pony tails and put on my satin scarf. I will re braid tomorrow before work which brings me to my next point..

I love LOve LOVe my box braids! the best low mani style for me. I can still moisturize and oil my scalp while still being able to enjoy the ease of braids.

and Lastly I have decided not to go natural YET!!! I still have every intention of going natural, but I really want to reach my first goal of SL just to have some tanglible evidence of progress. Then once I am there I will make my first attempt at transistioning.

Sorry for the lack of pics.
Peace
So Much Love
Erika

Happy Spring!!!

Hey Doll's
I just wanted to share a few pics from yesterday. It was my friend's boyfriend's birthday so we went to Olive Garden. Sorry I don't have any good pics of my outfit, but I did manage to get a few good ones. I am on my way to work so I will add exactly what I'm wearing later on. Hope you all have a fun and Productive week!
Peace
So Much Love
Erika

Product Review: BioInfusion Hydrating Hair Creme

What's on the label:
•Daily moisture renewal with essential nutrients for hair and scalp.
•Olive oil has been recognized throughout the ages as a naturally nourishing therapy believed to have rejuvenating power
•Rich in natural conditioning agents, olive oil infuses moisture to hair and scalp on contact.
•BioInfusion is a blend of science and nature that has combined olive oil and other natural ingredients with new technologies to create the finest quality products for relaxed and natural styles.
•Safe for color treated hair.
•BioInfusion olive oil hydrating hair cream is an excellent daily moisturizer for all hair types.
•The lightweight creme aids in elasticity, hydration and shine.

What it's Made with:

Ingredients
Water- Aqua , Soybean Oil- Glycine Soja , Propylene Glycol , Steareth-20 , Petrolatum , Polyquaternium-37 , Steareth-2 , Dimethicone , Fragrance- Parfum , Olive Oil- Olea Europaea , Lanolin Oil , Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate , PPG-1 Trideceth-6 , Trideceth-6 , Cetyl Alcohol , DMDM Hydantoin , Propylparaben , Methylparaben , Bee Balm Extract- Monarda Didyma , Carrot Extract- Ducus Carota Sativa , Sunflower Seed Extract- Helianthus Annuus , Wheat Extract- Triticum Vulgare , Blue 1- CI 42090 , Yellow 5- CI 19140

What's the real dookie:

I purchased this prooduct a about a week or so before I started my use up the stash challange so I have had pleanty of time to try it out,and I must say that I love it.
I have been in search of a daily moisturizer to work into my regimen. I was using HE LTR, but I wanted something a bit more nusrishing than a leave-in. I spotted this on sale at Wal-Greens and I couldn't pass it up. My hair is loving it even when it's in braids. I can't descirbe the smell, but I think it smells better than some other olive oil Based products (ORS HAIR LOTION!), so no complaints there. Also I like the consistency of it. It's not thick or greasy like some hair lotions(AGAIN ORS), but its not too runny either.




I wish the ingredients were a little bit better. Not that they are horrible, it's just not as au naturale as the label makes it seem. Also you only get 6 oz in the jar which isn't really much if you think the LTR comes in 6 oz and it cost about 3 bucks where the BioInfusion costs about 8. All in all I would consider re buying this stuff. Its not a holy grail staple product but it will do for now.

Peace
So Much Love
Erika

Blue Magic

I recently discoverd the Secret Blog world of nail polish and got inspired to do my nails. Unfortunately I ruined them a few minutes later, but not before I took some pics. I'm not too mad about it though because I have to work tmrw anyway so they would have just gotten messed up anyway. Hope you enjoy!


All Sinful Colors Brand Polish.
Midnight Blue,Black on Black, and Queen of Beauty.

- 2 coats of midnight Blue
- 1 coat of black on the tips
- 2 coats of silver on top of the black..



Peace
And So Much Love

Box Braids!!!

Hey Dolls!
Today is Friday which means WASH DAY!!!! I realized that I don't have an in depth post on my wash day routine so I figured why not add it to this post.

Here's what I used:


This week m Pre-poo was my DC. I know it's confusing, but a pre poo is actually anything you do to prepare your hair for your wash.
- I DC'd with my Sallay's GVP Conditioning Balm overnight
- I washed with my Giavonni Smooth as Silk Shampoo
- Quick Conditioned with the Smooth as Silk Conditioner

After my wash I sperated my hair into 4 sections:


then detangeled with:

(the Spray bottle has my Silken Child Detangler because i hate the pump on the original bottle)You dont have to use what I used. any leave in you have will do as long as it has good slip

For Each Section
- I sprayed the Aphogee(use up my stash)
- applied my LTR
- sprayed the Silken Child
- then used my wide tooth comb to detangle

Then to the ends of my hair I used:

-ors Hair Lotion
- coconut oil

NOW on to the braids.

Here's what you'll need:

- Duck bill Clips
- Rat Tail comb to part sections
- Rollers for the ends of braids

I worked in the same 4 sections from before


half way done:


done!!


the roots!!


I hope I can make these braids last for 2 weeks, but I will be happy with a just one. Oh and I am only gonna leave the rollers in for about an hour so just to keep the braids from unraveling. Then Volia! The perfect under wig style for those who can't cornrow like me!

Peace
And so Much Love
Erika

Impromtu Braid Out

As you can see I took my box braids out this morning and I am rocking this braid out for today. The only reason I took my braids out is because it's wash day tomorrow and I plan to DC over night tonight or else I would still be wearing them proudly. I think this is Just what I need to take me from NL to SL in time for my 1 year hair anni. It makes stretching a whole hell of a lot easier and it also lets me keep my scalp and hair moisturized without much manipulation to my strands. Oh by the way I will be offically 11 weeks post tmrw and atleast 11 more weeks to go. Maybe longer, maybe forever....

My Semi Weekend in DC..

Wash an EPIC FAIL... don't really have much fun at all but at least I got to see a good friend and got away from life for a little bit. I also got to practice playing with my make-up but I wasted some good outfits in the process. I wanted to share with you guy's because it's not often I get to dress up, but don't be suprised If you see them again because they didn't get the attention they deserve.
(these pics were taken while i was getting dressed. I wored the same teal pumps with both outfits(in the immortal words of Erykah Badu PACK LIGHT) Also I didn't have my Jewlery on but you get the idea)


This is what I wore to the Hotel Bar the first night. Everything from Charlotte Russe



My club outfit on Saturday Night. Skirt and belt from Charlotte, Tank from Target

oh and thats my Model Model Cupid wig in #2