So I Big Chopped

Posted by IrieDiva on Feb 21, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 28 comments

As I alluded to last week, I went ballistic and chopped off all my hair. It was the morning after Valentine’s day. I was trying to figure out what to do with my hair. My frustrations were raging as I knew anything I did with it would only last a day or two and then I’d be back at square one. I knew I was close to a big chop, but I figured I would go and get my favourite hairstyle done one more time as that one should last me about a week.

So I was trying to get ready to go but I was also battling another demon inside. I was trying to take control of several situations that I had allowed to spiral way too far outta control and I decided I needed to do something to take back the reins. That something was staring back at me in the mirror. I said fine, I’ll go to the hairdresser and let her cut it. But even that seemed like me giving control over to someone else. I wanted an immediate solution. I decided it really couldn’t be that bad if I chopped it off myself. 

Organic ingredients and DIY hair/skin care

Posted by IrieDiva on Feb 17, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 0 comments

Hey guys, are you yet using things from your kitchen in your beauty regimen? It’s so amazing to me that so many of the things already in my kitchen are so beneficial to my hair and I’ve been sleeping on them all. The natural hair gurus on Curly Nikki and Black Girl Long Hair have really opened my eyes. There was a post on CN yesterday that I think we all should bookmark as the information is invaluable! It speaks about 10 ingredients that naturally fight hyper-pigmentation and couldn’t come at a better time for me because I have a scar under my eyes from a pimple that I really need to leave my face the hell alone! 

Video Blog: Relaxed, Transitioning Hair Braid-Out

Posted by IrieDiva on Feb 7, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 3 comments

Even though I have two braid out posts with lots of pics, I get enough hits from google of people searching for relaxed hair braid-outs and so I thought I’d do a video too. This was my hair right before I did the braids you’ll see in the video:

Natural Hair Transitioning Diary: I can see my true texture shining through!

Posted by IrieDiva on Feb 2, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 1 comment

But I see your true colours
Shining through
I see your true colours
That’s why I love you
So don’t be afraid to let them show
Your true colours
True colours are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

I’ve been down and out all week long with one of the worst bugs I’ve ever picked up. It had me with headaches, swollen tonsils, feeling hot, feeling cold, earaches…I thought I was gonna die. Finally…finally it seems to be leaving me so I got up this morning to tend to my hair that I have allowed to roam free while I was down. It was matted and tangled like some real steel wool but armed with my new bottle of Herbal Essences Hello Hydration that all the blogs rave about I went to work. I sprayed some of my essential oil mix while conditioning because trust me, it needed all the help it could get and when I was done….I was in love!

Essential Oils, Shea Butter and Leave-In Conditioners

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 24, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 4 comments

What essential oils are you using for your hair? As a relaxed chica, the only oil I experimented with was olive oil and I used it after conditioning, when my hair was still wet, to get a nice sheen when it dried out. Oil to a relaxed chic is just heaviness. But as a transitioning chica I have been reading up on different oils and the benefits to natural hair. Here are a few good round ups. After doing my own research, these are the oils I went with:

Virgin Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Castor Oil and Peppermint Oil. I mixed them all together in my spray bottle with some water. I know I know, just shake it up right before using

Natural Hair Transitioning diary: Frustrations

Posted by IrieDiva on Jan 23, 2012 in Hair and Beauty | 2 comments

Fresh Cornrow-out

Day 1 hair.

I did this exact style but instead of flat twists, it was corn-rowed. Kept it in for 2 days and I was feeling good about it too. It was nicely moisturized and I just knew the pull down would have been epic. And it was. I loved it. Looks great, doesn’t it? Take a look at my very first braid out and you can see the difference, this one is much more defined and moisturized. I finally know what I’m doing when it comes to styling my mostly relaxed hair. It’s shorter here, if you’ve been keeping up you know that I cut about 3 inches off the other day. Just snipped the ends of my twists, nothing fancy or technical. The ends were dry and split and really had to go. I think its cute but I really miss my long hair, even though I have the big chop itch, its motivated me to transition a little longer, I’m not looking fwd to TWAs as much as I thought I would be. For my corn rows I co-washed with VO5, sprayed with my usual mixture of essential oils and used a bit of shea butter on each cornrow to seal.