BECAUSE I NEVER USED A SHAMPOO SINCE I BECAME NATURAL. BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IT DRIES MY HAIR AND TANGLED IT TOO MUCH.
WHAT I CALL A SHAMPOO-MASK IS WHEN BEFORE WASHING MY HAIR I APPLY A MASK MADE OF PALM OIL, MY HAIR FAVOURITE OIL, MIXED WITH ONE BATTEN EGG THEN I WAIT ABOUT ONE HOUR (THE MORE THE BETTER) FOR IT TO DRY AND I RINSE MY HAIR.( SOMETIMES I CAN ADD ANOTHER OIL LIKE OLIVE OIL).
BUT THIS TIME I WILL ADD SOME ALMA OIL. THIS OIL WAS RECOMMEND BY ONE OF MY INDIAN COLLEAGUE SHE TOLD ME THAT IT PROMOTES HAIR GROWTH AND REDUCED THE APPARITION OF WHITE HAIR. YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT EGG AND OIL HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR LONG TIMES AS NATURAL SHAMPOO.
AFTER RINSING THE MASK I USE MY CONDITIONER JUST FOR ONE TIME IT IS ENOUGH FOR MY HAIR TO BE COMPLETELY CLEAN (IT CAN BE OPTIONAL).
I LOVE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES MY HAIR STRONG AND SOFT.
INGREDIENTS
- 1BLE SPOON OF PALM OIL
- 1BLE SPOON OF ALMA OIL
- 1 BATTEN EGG
TO APPLY ALWAYS ON DRIED HAIR
APPLICATION FINISHED
IT IS COMPLETELY DRY AFTER ABOUT 40 MIN BUT I WAITED MORE THAN 2 HOURS COS I WAS BUSY IRONING.
I RINSE I CONDITION ONE TIME THEN RINSE AGAIN
PUT MY USUAL CREAM THEN TIED IT
THE NEXT DAY MY HAIR LOOK LIKE THIS --- SOFT AND SHINY
SHE IS FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. I REALLY LOVE HER WORK. SHE IS NOT JUST A PAINTER SHE CREATES DOLLS MASKS PATCHWOKS ECT... I LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE DESCRIBES HER RANGE OF WORK BY SAYING " I AM DOING THINGS...."
AS YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE PARTICULARITY OF HER PAINTINGS IS THAT SHE ALWAYS FEATURED BLACK WOMEN WITH THEIR NATURAL HAIR. IT IS A DELIBERATE CHOICE OF HER.
DID SOMEONE REMEMBER" THE VELVET ROPE" ALBUM BY JANET JACKSON? THIS IS ONE OF HER MOST PERSONAL AND ACCOMPLISHED ( in my opinion) WITH the album " CONTROL". I LOVE ESPECIALLY THIS SONG AND THE VIDEO.THE RETRO STYLE CLOTHES AND PICTURES IS JUST AMAZING; EVEN TODAY I ENJOY LISTENING AND WATCHING IT.
THE SAUSAGES ARE COOKED IN THE OVEN. I DON'T LIKE THEM FRIED TOO FATTY FOR ME. I PUT HALF OF A GLASS OF WATER MIXED WITH 1BLE SPOON OF MARINADE AND A TBLE SPOON OF OLIVE OIL IN THE SAUSAGES.
DON'T FORGET SALT, PEPPER AND BAY LEAVES.
YOU NEED TO COOK YOUR CABBAGE WITH 2BLE SPOON OF OLIVE OIL AT LOW HEAT
THIS WHEN YOU ADD YOUR GLASS OF WINE THEN YOU PUT THE LID ON THE FOIL AND LEAVE IT AT LOW HEAT UNTIL ALL THE LIQUID IS GONE.(ABOUT 15 min)
I USED THE REST OF MY MARINADE ON MY BREAST LAMB. I WILL GRILLED THEM ON SUNDAY.
ENGLISH SAUSAGES WITH MASHED POTATOES AND WHITE CABBAGE
BECAUSE I LIVE IN LONDON, I HAVE TO COOK SOMETIME ENGLISH FOOD. I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF ENGLISH SAUSAGES BUT I TRIED TO ACCOMOTE THEM THE BEST I CAN. I USE TO LIVE IN FRANCE AND LUXEMBURG ,SO BELIEVE ME GERMAN SAUSAGES ARE THE BEST.
I WILL TRY SOME TIME TO SHOW YOU SOME OF MY COOKING EXPERIENCE. I REALLY LIKE TO COOK AND I AM BETTER WITH SAVOURY DISHES THAN SWEET. I ONLY SUCCEED 5 CAKES. THE YOUGURT CAKE, ANANAS CAKE, CHOCOLATE CAKE, PANCAKE CHEESE CAKE AND APPLE TART.
I WILL NOT TYPE EVRYTHING JUST POST THE PICTURES EXCEPT IF I NEED TO PRECISE SOMETHING NOT USUAL BUT MOST OF THE TIME WHAT I AM DOING IS VERY SIMPLE.
- THE POTATOES HAVE BEEN COOKED IN OVEN.
- I ADDED CAULIFLOWER BRANCHES FOR MY SAUCE.
- I USED A WHITE WINE ABOUT ONE GLASSES AND COOKED THE GRATTED CABBAGE IN A VERY LOW HEAT AND I MAKE SURE TO RECOVER THE SAUCEPAN WITH A FOIL JUST BEFORE THE LID. SO IT WILL COOK WITH THE STEAM.
-IT IS A CHEAPEST WAY TO COOK WITH STEAM.
- FOR THE PROPORTIONS EVRYTHING IS UP TO YOU.
-FOR THE MARINADE I ONLY USED HALF FOR THIS RECIPE AND THE OTHER FOR MY BREAST LAMB.
MOST OF THE TIME I AM THE ONE WHO TAKE CARE OF HER HAIR THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN MY OWN HAIR. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE TRY THIS METHOD.
BECAUSE WE DONT TRUST CHEMICAL SHAMPOO( AFRAID TO LEAVE OUR HAIR TOO DRY) I WILL FOLLOW BY MY HAIR MASK BASED WITH HONEY, EGG YOLK AND PALM OIL. WE WILL KEEP IT OVERNIGHT AND RINCE IT IN THE MORNING.
WHAT WE USED :
FOR WASHING
WILKO FRUITY BERRY CONDITIONER (2 TIMES)
FOR TREATING
1 TBLE SPOON OF PALM OIL
1 TBLE SPOON OF HONEY
1 EGG YOLK
FOR STYLING AND MOISTURISING
DABUR ALMA HAIR OIL ( IT'S AN INDIAN OIL BASED WITH INDIAN GROOSEBERRY) IT IS VERY POPULAR IN INDIA FOR HAIR TREATMENT. WE JUST TRY IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TOO.
THE CONDIONER WASHED THE HAIR PERFECTLY AND NO DRYNESS BUT WE PUT THE MASK ON ANYWAY .BECAUSE IT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE IT WE CAN'T REVIEW IT PROPERLY.
I MADE THE MASK WITH THIS
I CO-WASHED 2 TIMES
SHE KEPT THE MASK OVERNIGHT
SHE RINSED IT AND I PUT THE ALMA OIL ON HER SCALP THEN MASSAGE IT
THEN I MADE 2 BRAIDS COS LIKE ME SHE LOVE SIMPLE HAIRSTYLE
WHEN I DECIDED TO GO NATURAL I HAVEN’ T INTERNET YET SO I WAS NOT REALLY INFLUENCE BY SOMEONE IN THE WEB. BUT INTERNET CHANGED MY HAIR LIFE DEFENITIVELY.
Nobody can’t deny that internet in general was a revolution when it comes to have an access to valuable information especially when big companies where the only ones which can afford to advertise about their products through the media. INTERNET gave people the power to speak, to inform and of course to communicate what they want.
WHEN it comes to natural African hair this is so true. You have so much activities with blogs, websites above all video tutorials.
SUDDENLY, you are not alone. You can see yourself. EVERY TYPE OF HAIR, AGE, SKIN TONE (Light and dark) are represented. And believe me I live in England the skin tone issue with the natural hair is crucial. Guess what!
Every time you see someone with natural hair on TV, this person happened to be mixed race with light skin tone. You rarely see dark skin black women with an afro. They always wear a wave. If you want to see dreadlocks , it most of the time on black men. It is quite disturbing because again it gives the impression that even if you want to wear your hair in a natural state, you have to be mixed race so your hair will be soft enough.
YOUTUBE CHANGED ALL THAT THANK GOD. BECAUSE THE TUTORIALS ARE ABOUT REAL EXPERIENCES AND RESULTS. NO PHOTOSHOPPED- WIG MODELS USED TO INDUCE AN ERROR OR WRONG IDEA ON WHAT YOUR HAIR WILL LOOK LIKE.
Demonstration of all sorts of recipes, products (old and new), methods and hair styles on all types of hair. So much to see, to learn and to try. For everyone, even the “straight addict “ because some became natural not necessarily to wear an afro like me for example (me, it was because I just want to get rid of chemicals and find a way to have soft hair without them but I always thread or braid my hair) but some want their hair to growth longer and thick in order to blow dry and pressed them.
There is a huge debate about it because some think that if you use heat (blow dry, pressed iron) we cannot be consider natural.
NOTHING WRONG FOR ME. BUT I think we need to be desintoxicated from the straightness look. This look is the one who allow companies to sell us products more and more corrosive AND poisonous like the infamous Brazilian blow out who contained a high percentage of formaldehyde, which is a know carcinogen and used to embalmed dead people, yeah!
CARCINOGEN is a substance or agent that can cause or aggravate cancer. Because we are obsessed with the straightness we, always, like an addict need a dealer ready to sell us anything to nurture this addiction.
THAT’S HOW THESE BEAUTY COMPANIES WORKED.
SAME THING FOR THE HEAT I REALLY THINK THE BEST HAIR DRYER IS AIR.
WE REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED TO MAKE PEACE WITH OUR HAIR.
