Hiya Ladies,
Its the weekend and I have a protective style look to share that I have had for approximately a week!! It's by a brand called The BELLA COLLECTION.


The hair looks like kinky spring twists with curls at the end, I love it!!! Below is a video of the installation at Savvy Chic Hair and beauty Hub BOOK HERE;

Hiya Ladies,
How is it going!! I recently was craving braids and decided to to get them using my favorite technique- CROCHET!!

Got them done at Savvy and Chic Hair Beauty Hub, see how I mixed braids and twists? That's what I call the Savvy Chic braids and twist medley....Ok Ok let me tell you the true story, so I went to have the hair done at about past 3pm and needed to leave in about an hour, when we discovered that all the braids available had been used up so I asked what else was available and they said twists and I was like, Okay bring them and fix them in front, my girls were asking Madam are you sure? I was like a beg don't waste my time I will coin a name for this style LOL!! And the name was birth!!

 A lot of people found it quite intriguing actually so I think its a style that will stick around!! Now to the main business at hand, your scalp should not stay itchy and scaly because you have a protective style on, watch the video below to see how I care for my scalp and sooth itching while with crochet braids.

Hiya,
I know it seems I have abandoned blogging but trust me, I haven't, I have just been too busy to sit and blog but all that will change as I have a few posts lined up and exciting announcements for the blog.



I have been on a hair styling roll for a while and I'm here with yet another protective styling, it's a faux(fake) fringe using a strand of mambo twist(or similar) crotchet hair-



It's such an easy style to create especially if you are natural and can pack your hair in a puff.

Hiya,
Hope all is well at your ends. I am on a hair styling roll...traveled for a short holiday and was absolutely not willing to travel with my hair out because how long the commute was going to be!!

So I decided to get CROCHET EXTENSIONS using kinky curly extensions available at the Savvy and Chic hair beauty hub.







WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW TO SEE HOW I STYLE THIS HAIR IN 5 DIFFERENT FUN STYLES!!


You guys know how much I love the crochet technique, its the ultimate protective style!! While I've had it in, I have oiled my scalp very regularly, I still use my liquid leave in conditioner al over my hair to refresh it daily so my hair is not completely abandoned!!

If'd you'd like to try this style, feel free to call 08090613325 or send a message via @savvychichairbeautyhub instagram handle. 


Have a blessed week Ladies!!


Xxx
Dabs

Hiya,
Hope all is well at your ends!! I know buns are a lot of ladies go to style and in my years of owning Savvy and Chic hair beauty hub, I have seen first hand the dangers of constantly bunning your hair/wearing a ponytail...here are a few dangers,at the bottom of this post I will share pictures of simple alternative styles that  can replace buns.

1.Your Hairline is in danger- when you put your hair in a sleek bun all the time,you are pulling the hair in one direction to the middle and this can cause breakage along the hair line from the front, sides to the back...if you keep this up especially if you brush hard to sleek it down or add gel regularly, you will notice your hairline starts to recede...avoid this problem by loosing your grip and brushing out your hairline to form baby hairs along the hair line.

2.You risk breakage at the start of your bun- have you seen where someone holds their hair in a pony tail and uses hair pins all around the base near where the ponytail starts because the hair around is too short to be in the ponytail? Keep bunning and that person could be you especially if you use an elastic band to hold your hair or you hold the pony tail too tightly causing dryness at the joint resulting in breakage. I recommend satin covered pony tail holders or ouch less bands to stop snagging and dryness around the area.


3. Your ends might be in danger- Especially if you like to tuck them under the ponytail holder. When done too tightly, you will create dents along the hair shaft/strands....these dents will become weak spots from which breakage can occur. To avoid this from happening, I'd recommend you fold your ends and secure them with hair pins rather than the pony tail holder or elastic band (a no- no as these bands can even tangle your ends and cause breakage).


4. Your scalp is in danger of drying out especially the scalp beneath the base of your ponytail...remember those gelled high ponytails/buns that stylists used to do back in the day? I remember my mum's 40th birthday, I styled my hair in a gelled ponytail and added blonde extensions at the tips(don't asks me how I looked)... Kept the style for over a week and had to take it out after my scalp started itching  right in the middle of the ponytail,when I took the hair down, there was so much buildup in the middle and scaly residue because that area of my scalp had been deprived of air, moisture and oils. If I kept the hair style in my hair for a month, Lord knows the state my scalp would have been and we all know poor scalp conditions inadvertently affect hair growth.


So what am I saying, while buns and ponytails are cute and easy,  Your hair doesn't have to be a slave to them. There are equally cute and easy styles you can do to switch things up from time to time so you give your hair strands a break from the tension of buns.

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Source Most of these styles will take less than 10 minutes to recreate and all you need are bobby pins. So who is recreating this look soon? I'll be making a hair tutorial on Youtube soon for those who'd like a step by step guide on recreating styles like this. Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by! Xxx Dabs

Hiya Ladies,
I promised a few posts ago to do a post about wigs I sell at the hub. These wigs were specially curated by me using price, style,quality/hair texture and closure/hair parting as a guide.

You see from my previous wig posts that I like to use wigs as protective styles only if they are not super expensive, the style is 'wear and go'( low maintenance), the the hair texture mimics relaxed Afro hair (not too silky) finally the closure if it's lace or other wise must be natural and easy to blend.

All the wigs below qualify with the above criteria and are up for sale, I will be posting their names,pictures,color available and price they presently retail for at the hub however I am offering a special discounted price to NHCG blog readers for a limited time...continue reading to find out....

First up is the BOHEMIAN EMPRESS LACE WIG



This wig is a gorgeous wavy textured wig, comes in color 1b and has a hand knotted side lace parting.
Retail Price- N20,000
For NHCG Readers-N18,000

The GOGO WIG FULL CAP WIG

Ever wanted to just switch up your hair style and have bangs for a change?Well this wig is the go to wig for a temporary but gorgeous style fix. I love how smooth the hair feels!it comes in a rich black in color 1b,thick and not shinny but natural looking and is truly a quick wear and go!

Retail Price-N20,000
For NHCG Readers-N18,000


EVELYN LACE WIG



Oh Evelyn, how GORG are you!! Hee Hee!!This wig is similar in style to the Bohemian wig. It comes in bigger waves and is such a statement making wig. We picked a color 1b for this wig. It also have a side had tied lace parting which is very natural looking! Love it!


Retail Price-N24,000
For NHCG Readers-N 20,000

JULIANA WIG is my best in this collection!! This is because it reminds me the most of my Riley wig here!! This wig is for days when you want show stopping hair, I fell in love with this wig after watching it being reviewed by one my fave wig reviewers on youtube-




Its a two part either center or side lace parting, it's all round gorgeousness and if it hasn't been sold by August I will gladly add it to my wig collection. We have it in a color 1b


Retail Price-N24,000
For NHCG Readers- N20,000



DARLINE WIG-

If you have been craving some color then Darline is for you!!It tries to mimic type 3 hair/ mixed race curls. I really loved it when the model from the wig runway show at the Salon Day Out modelled it.


Its a hand tied lace side or center parting wig with curls in the form of ringlets which you can choose to finger comb out or fluff out.
Comes in the color above on the model.

Retail Price- N18,000
For NHCG Readers- N15,000


That's all for now ladies, all wigs are heat resistant, meaning you can use a curling iron or hair straightner on them up to 450F.


 I have a Part 2 coming next month as this OFFER IS VALID TILL JULY 31ST and will be on a first pay, first serve basis. Apart from getting the wigs, ladies who purchase them in Lagos have a FREE fitting and styling session at the Savvy and Chic Hair Beauty Hub then there's also going to be a FREE Satin Sleep Cap with every purchase.


If you'd like to add one of these wigs to your collection, please send me an email with the wig name you want or call 08090613325 and we will take it from there.

NATIONWIDE DELIVERY available!!

WHICH WIG DO YOU LOVE THE MOST FROM THIS COLLECTION? Comment below it will make my weekend :)

Hiya,
How's everyone doing? Hope well! In my last post, I shared that I was going to get some crotchet braids done...well I had been eyeing this newly revived box braid bob hairstyle;

PHOTO CREDITS- INSTAGRAM/GOOGLE SEARCH

And you and I know there was no way I was going to cut my hair in a bob for this hairstyle, so I decided to try the next best thing- CROTCHET BRAIDS!

I decided to use some blonde in front to give the hair style that extra oomph!!






The installation was relatively pain free, there were a few naughty strands that were too thick to form a secure knot so we left those out and for those trying to DIY, make sure the hole at the start of the braid is big enough for the braid to pass through and you should be fine.



I had these in for just a little over a week and got bored/hot (perks of having a salon, free hair!!), to maintain it...all I did was spritz my scalp nightly and oil my edges so the extensions didn't dry the hair out. In terms of longevity I think this hairstyle has the tendency to get rough early especially if like I did, the tips are burnt...what I would do differently next time is not burn the tips but have them securely tied and the ends cut blunt like I've seen others do because I found that the burnt ends were sticking together and pulling the hair apart from the strands causing them not to look neat, to remedy this I just simply trimmed the braids that had hair sticking out and the great part was I trimmed with no fear since my hair was not in any of the braids.

Took the braids out some nights ago and something very interesting happened but that's a post for another day, let's move on to what's in store at SAVVY & CHIC HAIR BEAUTY HUB from tomorrow Black Friday till Christmas Eve!! 

These are the special packages we have for those who visit the hub this holiday season!!

10% OFF Instant Faux Locs-


15% OFF Knotless braids when you get an add on Steam treatment.

FREE Simple updo with every wash and condition 

10% OFF the Dandruff Be Gone treatment package

10% OFF Crotchet Braids when you add on a Steam Treatment



FREE Travel Sized Savvy and Chic Shea butter cup with any purchase of Savvy and Chic products(includes satin caps, pillow cases, scarfs and. Bigger Shea butter tubs).
5% OFF the Mason Jar tubs of Savvy Chic whipped Shea butter with every SILK PRESS treatment 


Kids get a FREE hair accessory with any hair treat.


SAVVY & CHIC HAIR BEAUTY HUB is at 30 Norman Williams St, Ikoyi. Lagos. Appointments can be made via this no. 08090613325.

And that's all ladies!! I am pretty much ready for the holidays to come as I am so exhausted and just want to relax and be around family, so is it too early to wish you all a Merry Christmas?  LOL!!


Thanks as usual for stopping by!

Xxx
Dabs

Hiya,
How's everyone doing?! For those who have followed this blog this year, you'd have noticed that I have used quite a number of wigs as a way to protective style more than ever before and the Bisa wig from Janet Collection is one of the wigs I bought in August.... Its described as a 'Natural Superflow deep part lace wig'.


I saw sooo many great reviews about this wig and because of the thickness and closeness to relaxed looking straight hair, I chose to get it but when the wig came, I HATED the color I chose (I still do actually!!). I got it in SC1223 which I thought would be more of an ombré color with dark roots and blonde tips but what came was this;




Besides being super long, it came with big chunks of dark and blonde highlights which I feel are just too harsh looking and just make the wig look dated- Think Christina Aguilera in the early 2000s!!




I went ahead to chop the hair off to a more reasonable length, I chopped it diagonally so the ends are not blunt, I also tweezed the parting a little more to make the parting more pronounced and as usual used concealer on the parting to make it more natural looking.

The day I got it

This wig can also be curled as it's made of heat flex fiber- the heat can be up to 360F for up to 30 to 60 seconds per hold. So though it's not human hair it's premium synthetic fiber hair meaning the price is RIGHT( not expensive-wide grin) and for synthetic hair, I think the quality is quite good, it doesn't tangle easily at the length I cut it to and shedding has honestly been minimum, All I wish is that I just got a regular color like a 1b, 2 or 4!! See this wig in what I'm guessing is a 1b-

REPOSTED FROM INSTAGRAM

Isn't it just GORG?! Love the thickness and the texture....Oh well we live and learn!!


That's that with this wig's review! For those that have asked about imports, I unfortunately won't be opening any more windows this year until next year purely because of the stress that is involved in bringing stuff in at the end of the year(trust me I've had my share of woes) and the last thing I want to do is have people entrust me with their orders and customs frustrates us all...so for a while now, I make sure I avoid end of year imports, that being said....next year is around the corner and by God's grace, we will all be around then and you can order away!! Thanks for the patronage all these years!!


Who likes Bisa?

Xxx,
Dabs

Hiya,
For those who follow me on Instagram or look to the top of this blog page where my Instragram pictures are posted, you will see that I recently got crotchet braids done using Freetress Bohemian wave braiding hair-






You can purchase HERE



I've been loving this stress free hairstyle and got asked by a follower on Instagram whether crotchet braids are truly protective or its just hype....I thought about it and came up with quite a few reasons why I absolutely love this hair style technique and here they are.

1. VERY LOW MANIPULATION- Basically all that happens is that your hair is braided down like you'd do if you are getting a weave done and the crotchet hook is carefully passed through each plait and hair is attached strand by strand...



If done properly, there is no pulling or tugging that is experienced, the hair is carefully knotted at the base and voila!!

2. YOUR EDGES ARE SPARED AND YOUR HAIR COMPLETELY COVERED- This hairstyle allows you to save your edges especially if you are styling your hair forward  or to the side, you can simply make sure your edges are left out when the cornrows are being done...as for your hair, not a single strand of it is in the mix  with the extensions....so say you get braids like these beautiful ladies below, your hair is not at risk of being 'TRIMMED' off while they neaten the braids like stylists in Naija like to do, its also not at risk of being 'CUT' off by mistake when loosening or taking the extensions out.






3. IT'S SOOOO VERSATILE- If your extensions can create a secure knot, then you can use the crotchet technique!! So whether straight or curly, coarse or wavy, long or short....you can create ALL TYPES of looks with this protective style as we love doing at the Hub....








4. GREAT FOR DIYers- Are you an avid DIYer who hates to submit her precious locks to anyone else and you are wondering if you can try this on your own, I say YES INDEED!! As long as you can braid cornrows which don't have to be neatly sectioned by the way, just need to be secure enough with a distinct enough parting if you want one...If you also have good eye hand coordination, all you'll need is a mirror and your latch hook...but your hand go pain sha ( you should be used that one as a DIYer).



5. IT'S QUICK!- Apart from being a very straight forward technique, installation is quite quick once you have the hair ready, taking it out is even quicker if you don't care to keep the hair after. To take down, you simply feel for the knot at the base and snip just above it, the knot will unravel/fall off and that's it...if you want to save the hair though like say you get braids, you will just need to do the reverse and push the braid through the knot- super easy!!






6. Finally, THERE IS NO CARELESS ABANDONMENT of your own hair!! You see with this technique you can very well reach the base of your scalp and oil it, you can spritz through the cornrows to get to your hair and you can oil and massage your hairline and nape hair as much as you want without too much inhibition like with say weaves and braids.

I think with these points of mine listed above, its fair to say that if you are considering using hair extensions, The CROTCHET BRAIDS technique is the ULTIMATE way to protect and style!! Love it!!!

Feel free to share your thoughts below and if you are in Lagos looking for where you can get your hair styled using this technique...you know we are here for you at Savvy and Chic Hair Beauty Hub- 30 Norman Williams St. Ikoyi Lagos, Please call 08090613325 to book an appointment!!


Xxx
Dabs