Little Golden Lamb

This is the method I have used, beloved readers, that replaced the Wash N Go for me, allowing me to use ABSOLUTELY NO HEAT. This method more importantly, SAVES TIME on a hectic morning. I also used this to transition. It served me texlaxed, transitioning, and natural. How is it done? It begins with the night before. As do many things, both good and bad. Note: I washed and conditioned (co-washed) daily while utilizing this method. Shampooing is not necessary, nor is conditioner-washing. Simply rinsing the hair in warm water and applying your cap ‘n go product or oil of choice

Beloved readers, a fellow beloved reader Jamira was kind enough to bring a work of hers to my attention. One of the purposes of this blog, if not its primary purpose, is to provide useful information. Enter in: beautyx.com It is like an UBER emporium of make-up/beauty/hair/you-name-it tutorials by WOC for WOC. Nice. How exactly does that occur?     “BeautyX is an exciting new website where women of color can share and discover beauty styles and products!   At www.BeautyX.com, users can create LookBooks by uploading a photo and tagging the hair or makeup products you used.   Then

Beloved readers, this post will be a simple list of “beauty hacks” to make routine “beauty maintenance” more convenient (making them more likely to happen). 1. Keep shampoo where you need it most –your scalp, by putting your favorite shampoo in a dye applicator bottle from Sally’s. Now applying shampoo right where you need it is a breeze –you will also use just what you need, saving money by reducing product waste. 2. Oil treatments can be messy, causing you to put them off. Nip the mess in the bud by putting your favorite oil or oil blend in a small

Beloved readers, I would be amiss if I did a series about lessening dark marks and not touch upon “HQ” or Hydroquinone. I am going to warn you, beloved readers, that this may be an emotionally-charged post for some. As a melinated lady, I understand the inner wince that this “bleaching agent” causes and rightly so. To be sure this post is received in the most accurate light, I want to state my views on Hydroquinone up-front, explicitly (all hate-text will be deleted, without even being properly read): I am neither pro-Hydroquinone or anti-Hydroquinone. Like anything else (dye, Lye, flat-irons,

Beloved readers, my skin care regimen would be incomplete without Bentonite clay. Why Bentonite clay instead of the other popular clays out there? Behold: “Bentonite clays are essentially a molecule of Silicon, Aluminum and Oxygen.  Before you get all jumpy about aluminum, understand that these are the three most common elements in the earth’s crust.  Mother earth’s “skin” is made up of: When silicon is combined with aluminum and oxygen, they tend to generate an electrical charge on the surface of the crystalline lattice.  The cumulative power of that charge is directly proportional to the total surface area of the