Hair Health: A Curly Girls Secret To Having Beautiful Gorgeous Full Thick Long Hair

What’s your go-to style? Hair up or down? 
“Down and wild.”

Do you have any hair icons that helped inspire your look? 
“Neneh Cherry, Lisa Bonet, and Cree Summer.”

How long did it take to get your hair to this length? 
“It took almost four years. I used to have bangs and crazy layers for years, but I wanted to grow it out to have sexy, hippie hair. It takes forever to grow out tightly curled hair like mine, because it never looks like it’s growing. Curly hair is really is so much longer then it seems. If I straightened my hair, it would probably be past the middle of my back.”

Do you have any secret styling weapons? 
“I cannot go without Paul Mitchell The Conditioner Leave-In Moisturizer. Hands down, it’s the best leave-in conditioner I have ever used. I drench my hair in it! Also, my natural hair color has always been a sandy-blondish color, and growing up in California, I was always in the sun. So, to intensify that color, in the summer I spray on lemon juice and go to the beach. It totally creates a natural ombre look.”

Do you ever flirt with the idea of chopping your hair? 
“I did that once and it was totally Babs in A Star is Born. I wouldn’t do it again because it takes forever to grow.”

What are the hazards to having long hair? Any horror stories? 
“My hair is really wild. So if I walk under trees or something, you better believe that when I wash it, twigs come out in the shower. And one time, I brushed my hand through the front of my hair and there was a bee stuck in it. That freaked me out!”

What do you love about having long hair? 
“I love that it’s like a natural accessory. It goes perfect with my personal style and out of all of my hair-dos, this is my most favorite. It’s so fancy free.”

What’s your everyday hair routine? 
“I wake up and put a little BioSilk Therapy serum in the palm of my hands, run through my tendrils, and go.”

Do you use any special tricks to combat hair issues and keep it healthy? 
“I always deep condition and when I’m in the shower, I detangle my hair with a very wide-tooth comb. I also let my hair air dry (it takes about six hours), so I take a shower at night and go to bed with it wet. When I wake up in the morning, it’s dry and the curls are perfect.”

Besides your hair, what’s your signature makeup look? 
“My signature makeup look is kohl eyeliner from Pakistan (I buy it on eBay), MAC’s Cremeblush in Cheery (it’s been discontinued, but I can still find it online), and Nivea lip balm. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I wear lipstick, I put foundation on my lips first, then apply the color. Sometimes—when I pull my hair back,I wear MAC’s red Ruby Woo lipstick and mascara, and that’s it.”

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Third Day Hair: Making The Most Out Of Your Curly Products

Jane Carter Solution Products- Replenshing Shampoo and Conditioner and Revitalizing leave in Conditioner. You can get these products at the online store. These natural hair products are affordable and nice on the pocket book. This is a home grown product. Natural products are less abrasive on the hair that’s why I love this line as well as the Kinky Curly line.

You can also find this product line at your nearest whole foods, Vitamin Shoppe and local beauty supply stores or health stores.

Google it to find out what stores carry it in your neighborhood. I believe some selected Target stores. Jane Carter Solution Products click here.

Kinky Curly products- Kinky Curly Come Clean shampoo and Knot to day conditioner, Kinky Curly curly custard natural gel. These product’s have a higher price point’s then the Jane Carter solutions but I have to say it does what it says it will do.

I personally cannot live without my Kinky Curly Custard. Sometimes I use the Jane Carter Solution shampoo and conditioner with the Kinky Curly if I run out of the Kinky Curly shampoo and conditioner being that they are cheaper and they do the same thing. Just to save me some money.

You can find the Kinky Curly Products at Whole Foods and Vitamin shoppe as well as any other beauty supply, or health stores in your area so don’t forget to Google. Selected Target Stores. Kinky Curly Website Store Click Here

Curl Defining Product’s By Mixed Chicks

For years, people with naturally curly hair or unmanageable curls had to look at one end of the store for a thick hard-to-control hair conditioner, and the other end for a non greasy, not too heavy holding gel.  The result was never spectacular.  Those days are gone with the introduction of the Mixed Chicks range of products to the UK.

There’s no more mixing and matching.  With Mixed Chicks, you’ll enjoy luxurious curls that last.  So whether you’re Black, White, Asian, Latino, Mediterranean or any combination you’ll love the way these non-sticky, alcohol free and lightweight products really define your curls and lock in moisture at the same time.

Wendi Levy and Kim Etheredge, two ‘Mixed Chicks’ created a product line for their own needs.  Then friends and family started encouraging them to package it and soon they had a full-blown business.  After a little door to door hustling, a few celebrity endorsements, and a ton of online customer support…Mixed Chicks is now bringing their products to the world.

These products aren’t just for mixed chicks. There has been a few white chicks that use this product that absolutely love it and took the frizz away and were quite satisfied with Mixed Chicks.

I love love love this product line as well as my Kinky Curly. You have to find a staple curly girl product that best works for you and your hair type. Be patient~

Mixed Chicks Hair Line

The Aveda Hair Care Concept and Experience

Aveda features a full line of quality cosmetics, accessories, and products from Aveda.

Pure plant-sourced, Aveda all but began the organic trend in hair care more than twenty years ago. Aveda texture lotions are infused with organic marshmallow root. Air-infused technology propels Aveda hair spray. Aveda shampoos and conditioners are made with complex natural aromas that change your mood as you change your hair.    Experience the spirit within leaf, stem, petal and root. The living world of nature is presented in cleansers, hydrators and caring blends for face and body. Aveda plant-derived ingredients help rebalance, create clarity and radiance – enhancing your skin’s overall well-being. Nut-seed pigment from Brazil, cinnamon from Madagascar, ripe berry anti-oxidants—just some of the natural ingredients infused into Aveda makeup for face, eyes and lips. Colors that reflect the richness of nature’s palette; formulas made luscious with conditioning plant oils. Aveda is caring for your skin, and the Earth. Aveda pure flower and plant aromas may be the planet’s most exquisite and memorable. Picked for peak aroma extraction, they vary subtly and delightfully from bottle to bottle, season to season. Which rare aroma does your body choose today? Get in touch with what’s real. Take time to nurture yourself—with yoga, meditation or time spent in nature. To inspire you: Aveda personal practices and aroma rituals help tension slip away.

Experience Aveda amazing body treatments with mineral salts and essential oils, followed by aromatherapy body massage.

Aveda Botanical Skin Resurfacing – Our hands-on approach and the power of Tourmaline smoothes skin texture, reduces the appearance of fine lines and diminishes pore size while significantly increasing radiance. All with less irritation than traditional microdermabrasion.

Caribbean Therapy Body Treatment – A rejuvenating and nurturing hydrotherapy treatment that uses the healing touch and plant ingredients of the Caribbean to create inner calm and renew the body and senses. Treatment begins with a dry exfoliation, followed by a warm seaweed back and foot masque to smooth and detoxify. A restorative scalp, face and body massage completes this island-inspired experience.

Splash of Lavender – A gentle whole body exfoliation followed by a relaxing lavender infused hot oil body and scalp massage.

Aqua Polish – A full body exfoliation and refinement of your skin using the therapeutic benefits of marine elements such as natural mineral sea salts, along with skin conditioning oils to gently scrub your skin to a silky radiance.

Body polish – Rinse away fatigue and dullness with this total body exfoliation. Customize with your choice of sensory aroma.

Customized Body Masque – A full body exfoliation rich in minerals that eliminate surface impurities, allowing for a complete moisturizing treatment. A warm customized herbal mask is complemented with a warm towel and completed with your personalized body moisturizer.

Caribbean Therapy Hand and Foot Treatment – A rejuvenating and nurturing treatment that uses the healing touch and plant ingredients of the Caribbean to improve the condition of nails, cuticles and hands or feet. Add it to any Manicure or Pedicure treatment.

Aveda

Men Hair Styling For Curly Hair

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You’ll need a great hair cut to start out with so find a good stylist.  Find someone with a great reputation in a near by city. Go in, get a consultation.

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After you figure out what type of style you want to go with, you’ll need products to use to get whatever style you are trying to go for. Get you some shampoo and conditioner  for curly hair. You can use Garnier and Tresemme curly hair line that aren’t as expensive.  Bumble & Bumble makes a fantastic shampoo and conditioner if you’re willing to spend some extra bucks.  Red Ken Fresh Curls, Aveda has a line called Be Curly,  Mixed Chicks has a men’s line called His Mix, Kinky curly as well as Jane Carter Solution, S curl luster products for men with courser curls are just to name a few.  Most of these make great products for curly hair. You can save money and go into your nearest Sally’s beauty supply store and ask for products for your hair type. Men and women a lot of times use the same curly hair products after all hair is hair. All hair lines work the same in all hair types for both men and women. It all serves the same purpose. The hard part is finding what works best for your lifestyle and hair texture. That’s why going to a hair salon is suggested they tend to specialize and know how to direct you to the right products.

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After you wash and condition your hair, apply some leave in conditioner. You’ll want to squeeze the conditioner into all of your hair.

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Do the same with grooming cream or styling cream. Just squeeze it into your hair all over.

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Dry your hair off with a hair dryer with a diffuser on the end. Squeeze your hair as you dry it.

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All done! Now go find some girls.

Kinky curly

Jane Carter Solution Products

Red Ken- Fresh Curls

His Mix Mens care line by Mixed Chicks

Sally’s Beauty Supply

S curl

Aveda-  Be Curly Line

Bumble and Bumble

Tresemme Curly Line

What Curly Hair Type Are You?

Do you suffer from curly hair that’s dry, damaged, frizzy, or uncontrollable? Are you open to trying something new? The curly girl method (also referred to as “no-poo”) is based off the book “Curly Girl” by Lorraine Massey. The nickname “no-poo” alludes to not using a sulfate shampoo, because of sulfates’ power to strip the hair of its natural oils. Once you take away the sulfates your hair can retain its natural moisture. Like many beauty regimens, the results vary from person to person, but this one just might work for you. So, say good-bye to the frizz and split ends and hello to softer healthy curls! 

Sulfate free products are so much nicer and easier on the hair. It allows for natural moisture to come back into the hair giving your curls more definition.

I personally found my staple products. What are yours?

Whatever your curls maybe and you feel like your not getting the best from your products. Google and educate yourself about sulfate free  hair products.  You will see how much damage sulfates leaves on the hair over year’s of use and abuse. Find more natural hair products that are lighter weight on your hair. Check out the curly girl method as well as read the book.

Kinky Curly Hair line

Jane Carter Solutions

Mixed Chicks

Curly Girl – Book

Why I Choose Jane Carter Solution Products

Jane Carter Solution, the always affordable homespun line is made with natural ingredients and has been a favorite among the multi-textural world for years.

I just wanted to drop a line of thanks to Jane Carter for ending my tireless search for a product that truly works! I have spent so much money over the past couple of years trying to find something that does what it says it will do and gives me the results I want. My hair is thick, fine and curly and has been impossible to shine and bounce until I discovered the Jane Carter Solution.

You can find Jane Carter Solution products at your local Vitamin Shoppe or health stores in your area. Also, to Target, as well of course as the “Jane Carter Solution Website” Don’t forget Whole Foods Stores.