Hiya,
It's been a minute! How's everyone doing? Hope all is well at your ends!! Well who else is dealing with a crazy mane like this;

I'm presently 9 weeks post relaxer- PS My hair shrinks when its due!!

Sometimes I just want to tuck it away and not deal with it at all...but truth is after two days I miss it and want to care for it again...yes I am not talking about a child, na my hair I dey talk about!!lol

So, I am here to update you guys on what's been happening hairwise  with moi and specifically, how I care for my hair under these wigs I have been rocking!!

Basically I still deep condition with either protein mixes or moisture mixes every weekend, however I recently decided to add actual eggs to my mix and the difference is clear as my hair needed hard core protein, adding the eggs just did the trick and I will stick to an egg weekly moving forward. 

I cut a little more of my straight ends and said I must come back here to profusely apologize to you all for taking my advice to ONLY TRIM WHEN NEEDED!! I've heard quite a few hair gurus say that but after what I have been through with my ends here's my submission- not every body can only trim when needed!!

 Why? Well because how do you know when trimming is actually needed, can you look through all one thousand of your hair strands to see if they are split, what of strands that are a different length...I wish I asked myself all these questions before I ignored trimming all year long till July when things were getting bad and since then I've been stuck trimming away hair that would have otherwise been healthy if I just trimmed 1/4 of an inch every 8 weeks...truth is the sections I did trim, my long sides are much healthy looking than the back I left because I wanted it to catch up with the sides...

News flash it never caught up,what kept happening instead was that back that had say 1/4 inch split ends kept on splitting and splitting to say 1 inch of split ends until it stayed short....and that's why some people are the same length years after!!

If you genuinely don't have lots of split ends like my sister who says her problem isn't split ends but shedding, then you can afford to trim as needed but if you notice a thin/weak spot in your hair, don't be like me and most people on a hair journey who say they are waiting for that spot to fill out, go to that spot and make sure you give it a good trim so that it doesn't get worse, it's better to deal with shorter blunt ends created by you on purpose than uneven split ends which will most likely keep splitting till there's no more hair there...note to self!! 

So anyways with all of this, you know I learnt my lesson and went straight to the nape area and cut quite a bit off, so I'm dealing with different lengths created by me and my super sharp hair shears and not from ends splitting at their own will, hopefully as I nurture my ends, they will all be long enough and I can get a proper shape  till then this is how I care for my hair under wigs....

I moisturize and seal after my weekend treat,


  and wear a wig cap and then my wig, when I get home I fling my wig off my head right from the door most times!LOL... let me hair remain in my wig cap and then spritz it with water/glycerin and sleep with my Savvy/chic sleep cap. The next morning, more spritz, then the cap, my wig and I'm out the door.  By Tuesday night, I take it all out, co- wash or repeat moisturizing and sealing if I'm too tired and repeat the steps.

Using wigs have really helped to reduce the amount of times I manipulate my hair and the amount of hair I loose...was looking at my edges and I must say my edges look full and healthier than they were this time last time at 9 weeks post relaxer...the hand in hair syndrome has greatly been minimized now it's more like had tapping the heck out of a wig digging through to reach the wig cap and itch my scalp!!LOL

So that's that for my hair update, I am counting down to DEC 1st when the floor will be open for all those who took part in the 6 inches of growth challenge, please start sending in your after pictures from then to allow enough time for us to pick a winner by the 20th Of DEC.

In other news, I am organizing a hair meet up in my home town- PH!! Find details below, please spread the word and PH HAIRLISTAS prepare to have a goooood time!!





Xxx
Dabs

Hiya,
I said I will be back and I'm back!!!
As you all should know since I have been yapping about it for months now, the JUNE 8TH SALON DAY OUT IS THIS SUNDAY!! And I am super pumped!!



Four years ago on the 8TH OF JUNE, after being asked about my hair by countless ladies, after getting the comment, 'abeg hair is in your genes' too many times, after seeing my hair recover from what I thought was its doom...I opened this blog with my first ever post- THE SCARY TRUTH- READ IT HERE!!

After two weeks of blogging I was almost giving up, was anyone even reading these posts, there were hardly any comments, I was obsessed with checking Stats- I'd see 10 views for the day compared to 5 views the previous day and be happy!! Gradually as I kept at it and approached blogging as keeping a hair diary, it became interesting and then I started to get great feed back, people were so nice and wanted to know more...

Its been four years and I am so grateful for every person that has supported this NAIJA HAIR CAN GROW mission, for all those who mail in and drop comments with such gratitude, I want to say a big thank you!!

And that's why this JUNE 8TH SALON DAY OUT is so important to me! If you are in Lagos and its environs and can make it on Sunday please do!!

Because its a celebration, the format of past salon day outs where it was about having everyone having a consultation on their hair and getting their hair done by stylists has changed.

Let me list  the changes;

1. There will be vendors, right now there are about 15 participants in total including Savvy and Chic. Though I listed five, the E flyer which is currently being made will have all the vendors names/logos.

2. All Vendors will have their products up for sale at excellent prices and most of them will present tutorials and tips centered on their brand- so don't be too shy if you get pulled from the crowd for a demonstration :)

3. The first 20 ladies to come in will have FREE delicious COCKTAILS thanks to ICEY DRINKS AND COCKTAILS. A celebration cake will also be cut (blame it on my mum, I like to celebrate everything with a cake)

4. I and my Savvy & Chic Team will be taking only 5 clients for full demonstration and they will be for the following;

• One Client for testing of HAIR POROSITY- FREE
• One Client to TEXLAX- N2500 without our relaxer, N3500 with our relaxer
• One Client for a PROTEIN deep condition with the heutiful steamer- N3000
• One Client for a MOISTURE deep condition with the heutiful steamer- N3000
• One NATURAL client to test out the Beautiful Textures- Texture Manageability System that has been ALL THE RAGE in the Natural community - N4000

It allows naturals to switch to straight hair for 6 weeks or less and revert back to their curls as if they never had straight hair(more on this later on, I sent for it and I am praying it comes before the 8th).
* The natural has to have passed the TWA stage to qualify...


So those are all the appointments we will be taking that day, for all other appointments please feel free to book and come into our flagship store on Awolowo road and we will gladly assist. To be one of the 5 ladies, be the first to send me a  mail- daboju@yahoo.com and I will schedule you in. Again, we are taking only 5 clients that day so we can allow other vendors present their tutorials. The demonstrations will be very practical so you are bound to go home with ample knowledge for your hair journey....skin care tips, beauty and makeup tips.

Naturals, THIS IS NOT A RELAXED HAIR EVENT!!! Just in case you are in doubt, KINKY APOTHECARY, NATURAL NIGERIAN, NAZURI CURLS  and KEMI LEWIS of KLNaturals (blogger and natural hair salon owner) will all make presentations on Sunday. So we are all bound to learn A LOT!!


My next post is going to profile all the vendors coming and give you an insight of all they are about so you come expectant but till then, please please spread the word and prepare to come!!


The raffle draw prize still stands;


A lucky NHCG reader will go home with the Secura Steamer as promised!!! It will be given away at 5:30 pm sharp!!! All Presentations start at 1 pm and the 5 clients demonstrations  start at 2 pm sharp so clients and those that want to benefit from the demonstrations please come early.

Date; Sunday 8TH June
The Venue; The White Space- 58 Raymond Njoku, Off Awolowo Rd, Ikoyi, Lagos
Time; 12noon to 6:30pm

REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE AND GET AN EARLY BIRD SPECIAL ADVANTAGE;
HERE
It's going to be a fun day, I can already feel it!!! Thanks in advance for your support people!! The JUNE IMPORT WINDOW is open by the way for those who want to take advantage of hair/beauty finds!!


Have a blessed Month ahead!


Xxx
Dabs