HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MAY ALL YOUR WELL WISHES COME TRUE!!

Hi ladies, 
Here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!! If you follow me on Instagram you'd have seen my little announcement...God finally sent me MY GIRL ladies!!

From the minute I found out I was pregnant, I was a nervous wreck!! Was I going to have another boy again? This pregnancy though not unplanned was not really planned(in my head) as I had decided that we were going to wait it out a while so I MAKE SURE I DO ALL IT TOOK scientifically, using old wives tales, I mean anything suggest able to have a baby girl then I found out!! My first trimester I spent waiting, wondering, hoping this baby was a girl...I even did the ring over belly test and it spinned round my belly  which meant the baby was a girl and I excitedly showed my hubs who was as hopeful as I was mostly for my sake and his sanity...heehee!!


The obsession was real ladies but what God proved to me with this pregnancy was that HE DIDN'T NEED MY HELP and He does things at HIS TIME!! Simple!! All my obsessing and hopefulness would amount to nothing if he chose otherwise so I decided to thank Him in advance and allow HIS will to be done! I focused on just having a healthy baby...time came to find out the sex of my baby and laying there in the ultrasound room, the lady confidently said...it's a GIRL!! I said please confirm, she goes I'm gazillion times sure this is a girl! I was ecstatic but still very cautious...while I like to share bits and pieces of my life, I like to guard my testimonies till it's time for them to manifest!!


Now she is here, born on the 22nd of Dec, just few days shy of Christmas Day and 10 days after her eldest brother was born and I'm just filled with thanks giving and gratitude to God for this gift!! I wish for all you my dear readers and well wishes that God will grant you all your heart desires and give you your own special gifts and testimonies at HIS time in His own magnificent way!! 

Before I sign out, I need to share with you guys just one more thing.....HER HAIR!! 

My boys had curly hair when they were born and typical boy hairlines but this precious little girl God has blessed me with has a full hair line and the straightest blackest silkiest baby hair we have seen in my family for a while,I had to ask my mum if my hair was like this and she can't remember(rolls eyes lol) but you ladies bet that I have started to nurture it, I'm using the Savvy Chic whipped Shea butter on it and I bought this-

It's a baby cot anti roll head cushion that prevents babies from having a flat head and that demarcation line that usually occurs...mums with baby girls and lush hair please now, share with me any tips you have...of course I will keep researching and make sure that my Naija Baby's Hair Grows!! 

Once again have a very Merry Christmas and stay blessed!!


Xxx
Dabs

MY BIGGEST HAIR BLUNDER IN 2015!!!

Hiya ladies,
Compliments of the season...I am in full holiday mode and loving it...surrounded by my entire family makes me so giddy....we just stay up and gist and gist...anyways back to this post!

During one of my gisting sessions with my sister I showed her these pics-

She was like what's that and I go, 'my hair, I cut it by mistake'. She proceeded to scream 'Nooooooooo!!'. I told her I was still livid as to how this happened so I didn't know if I should blog about it but since this blog is like my hair diary where I share everything about my hair, my highs and lows, I have decided to share this sad sad incident of how I cut about 6 inches and like 12 inches respectively of random places on my hair.


So this is what happened, remember when I got the box braid bob crotchet that was black and blonde in front? Well when it was being installed there were some stubborn ones that refused to solidly knot at the base because the braids were too big, some I left alone but there were these two strands I forced to knot because the hair used was stiff expressions. Fast forward loosening day, I was able to unknot most of the braids with ease and casually did so on my bed half asleep, then it got to these two stubborn ones in the middle and I struggled, gave up, picked up a pair of scissors and thought I was cutting just above the knot...snip snip, the braids came off and I sighed in relief.


Proceeded to take out the corn rows, that's when the horror happened, by the time I reached the middle I saw hair follow my hand....my mind was racing, but I didn't use any extensions to corn row my hair I thought to myself....don't tell me IT'S MY HAIR!!!!! This was even the six inches shorter hair that I had cut, by the time I got to the very middle more hair followed my hand and it was MUCH LONGER!! I screamed so loud that I made my sons panic and start crying, my hubby ran upstairs asking what happened and saw me cradling my hair like a child and just shook his head....left to him I'd just be packing my hair, no protective styling because when things go wrong he gets the brunt of my complains.


Anyways, I eventually calmed down and looked closely enough to see that the hair I cut off was hidden and didn't affect my length though it affected the fullness of my hair which was quite annoying...I was so upset that I vowed never to do crotchet extensions again but alas, few weeks down the line here I am sporting a mambo/Havana twist crotchet hair style....

The only difference is this hair is super light weight and stretchy so unknotting will be a breeze plus I will be very careful and take the hair out in front of a mirror and not slumped on a bed!!


Well that's all for the biggest hair blunder I had this year...a relatively perfect year hair wise until this happened...but that's life, you take what you can from the experience and keep it moving!! Those who entered the 6 inches of Growth challenge, please send in your entries....I've received a few but not enough to have a full post...unfortunately if you didn't enter the challenge at the start of the year and sent me comparison pics, while I applaud your results, they won't be eligible as part of the contenders for the actual challenge. I look forward to receiving more entries and announcing the winner of this year's growth challenge.

As usual thanks for stopping by!

Xxx
Dabs

CHECK OUT PEACE'S 6 INCHES OF GROWTH CHALLENGE RESULTS

Hiya,
So as promised, I mentioned that my next post will be urging all those who signed up for the 6 inches of growth challenge to send in their before and after pictures....soooo the time has come....send them in ladies! If you don't have your before picture, just follow this link-HERE and get your picture. 

Remember the pictures should be very clear and an honest representation of your growth if not you stand a chance of being disqualified. Please also send them in preferably in a side by side collage. 

Below are Peace's before and after pictures...the difference is clear,  look at all that body!!

The winner will get $100 and the runner ups get goody bags courtesy Savvy and Chic Hair Beauty Hub.

I won't announce voting until I have a handful of results...so if you have for some reason dropped out of the challenge( I don't know why you would considering the fact that you don't know how other contestants fared over the year and you might still be in the running) but if you have, please send me an email informing me.


I look forward to crowning this year's 6 INCHES OF GROWTH WINNER :)


Good luck ladies and have a great week, dear followers!!


Xxx
Dabs

BLOGGER SPOTLIGHT- WURA SECRET HAIR!

Hiya,
Happy new month ladies!! Can't believe the year is almost over!!! My next post will be urging those who signed up for the 2015 6 INCHES OF GROWTH CHALLENGE to come forward with their before and after pictures so we can choose who is this year's winner!!

Till then, I'd like to spotlight a fellow hair blogger and good friend who like me has had an interesting journey getting to know her hair and is still on the journey to greater lengths!! Enjoy...

My name is Tonkabelle. I have a blog HERE. It is a blog established on the premise that everyone can achieve longer, healthier hair regardless of race, genes and other factors. I am also on instagram @wurassecrethair and on facebook at www.facebook/WurasSecretHair/ 

ARE YOU ON A HAIR JOURNEY? I don't really focus on the phrase - hair journey so I cannot really remember when I started. However I do know that I started taking care of my hair properly when I was in the UK doing my Masters and my hair became a shadow of its former self. I would just get a weave done and leave my hair without applying much except baby oil which was a suggestion from someone. Once I took the weave out, my hair had completely broken off and I started looking for ways to improve its health. When I went home for the holidays I contacted my grand mother because I recalled that she used some herbs for her hair growth and she helped me out after I used them and they worked for me, I started selling the products under the name Wura's Secret named after my grand mother. I also started doing a lot of research on black hair and found out that black hair can actually grow to amazing lengths. This all started when I started my blog about three years ago.

HAVE YOU HAD ANY SET BACKS? My main set back is a particular salon I kept visiting because I no longer wanted to relax my hair myself as that was getting too much for me to juggle as a working wife/mother they always cut off any real progress I ever made after each fresh relaxer and always tried to relax my hair bone straight. My hair does not take to relaxers very well as it is coarse and so they kept doing corrective relaxers on me. The last straw was the major hair cut they gave me after my previous relaxer I then said to never step in there again. I have even inserted a picture I was horrified at the time. I have also had to deal with postpartum hair loss it hit me really hard in terms of the volume/length of my hair and even my edges/hairline. 

HOW HAVE YOU OVERCOME THE SET BACKS- I have overcome my setback by doing my last relaxer at Savvy & Chic Hub 3 months later and everything went well (I was pleasantly surprised at how well my hair grew and I am glad I took that before picture). They understand the benefits of not over processing your hair and at the end of my relaxer session I was pleasantly surprised that they did not trim my hair as they maintained it was fine as is. I believe it is important to trim one's hair but it is not necessary to cut off one's progress all the time.I am also past the post partum shedding phase which is refreshing.  I am overcoming the setback my oiling my scalp daily with my Wura's Secret Hair Growth Oil, washing and deep conditioning weekly or every two weeks (depending on how much time I have), moisturizing and sealing daily or every two days. 

WHAT ARE YOUR HAIR GOALS-My hair goal is to have thicker, longer and healthier hair. I also love having thick and full buns and I have shared some of them here. I do not really set goals for my hair, i just take it one step at a time.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF BEING ON A HAIR JOURNEY?  Well some of the challenges could include trying to find out products, techniques and methods which work for your own hair. However they are not challenges per se as in the end you just learn more about your hair.

DO YOU HAVE STAPLE PRODUCTS- I definitely have staple products I love ORS Aloe Shampoo, Beautiful Textures Tangle Taming Shampoo, Wura's Secret Moisturizing Conditioner, ORS Replenishing Conditioner, Elasta QP DPR + 11 Deep Conditioner, Shea Moisture Castor Oil Conditioner, the one with Yucca & Plantain as well as the one with Shea Butter. Wura's Secret Moisturiser or Shea Moisture Coconut and Hibiscus Curl & Style Milk are my go to moisturizers. Wura's Secret Hair Growth Oil is my ultimate staple oil for my scalp as it really helps my hair grow, recently I have been loving coconut oil to seal.

ARE YOU A PRODUCT JUNKIE? I am definitely a product junkie although I do think I am practical about it. As I say everything in moderation nothing in excess.

HOW MANY NEW PRODUCTS HAVE YOU TRIED- Several I have tried the Shea Moisture Yucca and Plantain Masque (love), the Shea Moisture Castor Oil Masque (love), Hawaiian Silky Argan Oil Mask.  

 WILL YOU EVER GO NATURAL-I am not sure if I will ever go natural mainly because I have dense, thick and coarse 4c hair which does not even take to relaxers. So I believe at this stage it is better for me to maintain my hair as is which is relaxed though I might be transitioning to texlaxed hair as I despise the bone straight look.

SHARE YOUR HAIR JOURNEY TIPS-

You must understand your hair, know what your hair likes and dislikes. At the beginning of your hair journey you can keep a hair diary where you write everything you do to your hair and how your hair responds this will help in knowing what your hair likes.

Be patient and yet consistent. Don't be in a hurry to try the next thing or jump on the next bandwagon. Just stick with what works for you.

Please read/subscribe to my blog at www.wurassecrethair.blogspot.com

Thanks for sharing your journey Tonkabelle and as usual if you are reading this, thanks for stopping by!!

Xxx

Dabs