Hair Idol: Maxwell (Back in the Day)

Maxwell is an American R&B artist. He played an important role in the development of the soul sub-genre, neo-soul. Seriously, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who claimed themselves as a “fan” or R&B or “neo-soul” who didn’t know who he was or wasn’t a fan.

Now, I specified “back in the Day” in the title of this post because he doesn’t sport this ‘fro anymore. He looks much more like the photo below. Which is still NICE…But I like the fro more.

Pretty Wings

REMINDER: I’ve MOVED! The New Site is:

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This is my last post over here everyone! So update your links if you want to hear more from me!

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Hair Idol: Faustina “Fuzzy” Agolley

Faustina “Fuzzy” Agolley was an Australian television presenter who hosted the long-running music television show Video Hits until it was cancelled earlier this year. She was born in London to Ghanian and Chinese parents.

Can we talk about how amazingly FLUFFFYYY her ‘fro is? Seriously, I LOVE IT.

REMINDER: I’ve MOVED! The New Site is:

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Housekeeping!

Remember how I’ve been complaining about wordpress.com? The little things that have been bothering me? Like the ecopressed ads that I can’t control at the bottom of my page? Or the fact I can’t customize my layout as much as I want (for free) which has made my redesign extremely tedious, irritating and generally horrific?

Well, I’m tired of it. So I’ll be moving blogs.

Again.

I know it sucks, but I’m really tired of not being able to get this page the way I want it too look. I have great ideas (a sketch book FULL of ideas) but I can’t make any of them happen because of the limitations wordpress.com has on free blogs. Since I’m a student, I can’t afford to pay for the layout and customization options I want. ;__;

So, I’ll be headed over to Aliceinnappyland.blogspot.com and I’ve already imported most of my posts! I’ll be working more this weekend to make sure everything makes it over there in one piece. I’ve already started playing with layout designs and I’m almost done with my header ^_^ I’m so excited! Creative freedom returns!!

If you already follow me on blogspot, tumblr, or twitter you should be ok in terms of getting updates because the links have already been updated. If they aren’t, please please PLEASE send me an email at diaryofakinkycurlytransitioner@gmail.com, leave a comment on this post or leave a comment on any post at Aliceinnappyland.blogspot.com. However, things are a little more complicated if you follow me on bloglovin.

If you follow me there, you’ll have to follow the blogspot site to get the newest updates. It’s not hard, I promise! All you have to do is click the follow image on the upper right (it’s the same as the one here to avoid any confusion ^_^) or just click here!

Don’t forget to update the links on your site and see you soon!

xoxo

Alice

Product Review: Shea Moisture Organic Raw Shea Butter Deep Treatment Hair Masque

Advertised: Our all-natural intense treatment masque deeply penetrates to moisturize and repair over-processed, dry, brittle or damaged hair. Sea kelp trace minerals detoxify hair follicles of impurities and residue. Argan oil restores shine and rebuilds hair elasticity. Shea butter deeply moisturizes and repairs damage to hair and scalp.

Price: 9.99 for 12oz

Ingredients: de-ionized water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea butter) (denotes certified organic ingredients), Argan oil, vegetable glycerin, emulsifying wax, sea kelp extract, Panthenol (vitamin B-5), essential oil blend, avocado oil, Lonicera Caprifolium (honeysuckle) flower and Lonicera Japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) flower extract, Tocopherol (vitamin E), Hyssopus Officinalis Extract, Salvia Officinalis (sage) leaf and Equisetum Arvense Extract, soybean oil and Daucus Carota Sativa (carrot) seed oil.

Review: It’s been a LOOONNNGGGG time since I did a product review. I randomly grabbed this at Target because I convinced myself I needed it even though I had been doing pretty well with my cocktail of conditioners and oils as deep treatments.

First off, this stuff is THICK! We’re talking thick cake frosting, custard thick, hold-it-upside-down-and-nothing-moves thick, put-your-finger-in-and-see-mark-for-days thick. Which is always good, I tend to use less product when it’s super thick which means more uses which means more bang for my buck! The smell, it’s not horrible but it’s not great either. It’s that earthy, mud smell and one reason I hate it because it TAKES FOREVER TO FADE. This doesn’t take as long to fade as I expected, but it still took some time which is a turn off.

So, does it work? For the first time, partly because I have no time anymore, I’ve been able to deep condition for 20 minutes and get the same results as an over night deep conditioning treatment. I’ve also used it on really stubborn knots that I get after I kept a wash and go in for too long. And those knots? They just melted away. It’s amazing. I’ve never had wash and go knots just VANISH the way they did with this conditioner.

So, if you’re looking for a  cheap, deep conditioner that you can get on the ground. Give this a try!

Have you tried it? How did it work for you?

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Hair Idol: Ashley Mckenzie

Ashley Mckenzie was a contender on season three of the UK version of X-Factor. On top of being a talented singer, he’s also a gymnast and model. Sadly, he didn’t make it past the fourth round.

I’m really surprised there aren’t more photos of him online considering he was on a TV show. Don’t they do profiles on each of the artists before they get on? Anyway, check out his audition tape below!

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Nappyland Fitness: Check in 1

Hello! How is the Nappyland Fitness series going for everyone? I know it’s been a while since I posted but it’s been 4 weeks and I figured I should check in and leave some tips/things I’d like to improve.

Check in!

(1) Exercise

Errr…well..It’s not going too hot. My class AND work schedule did a 180 about two weeks ago and getting back on the exercise bandwagon has been hard because I had to do 2 weeks of catch up in one week while getting all the new information down pat. Which was…well, so terrible I can’t even put it into words.

(2) Food

Better than exercise!  I’ve been eating at least one fruit or veggie with each means I’m getting a decent amount of healthy things. But stress leads to stress eating (a huge problem for me. Maybe more about that later. It comes down to how much I want to put “out there”) which leads to general unpleasantness for me.

(3) Sleep

It’s not happening. The end. Hopefully I’ll start getting the 9-10 hours I need to be a functional human being but it hasn’t been happening for the last few weeks.

To Improve:

(1) Actually post. No. Seriously.

I’ve been really bad about posting. In the last 4 weeks I’ve added to this series twice. Which is ridiculous because I can’t stay up to date with what’s going on with you all and vice versa. To be honest, I’ve been thinking about stopping this series because I don’t want to keep reporting how bad I’ve been in terms of staying on this quest to be healthier!

(2) Keep it short.

You’ve heard 90% of this information before. But probably from other places and it’s already engrained in your skull so I’m gonna keep these posts short and sweet. Probably one tip per post instead of a looonnggg discussion like my sleep post. You can expect more images too.

Ironically, this post is doing exactly what I said I wouldn’t. Go figure.

How are things going for you?

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Hair Idol: Annie Ilonzeh

Annie Ilonzeh is an American actress best known for her work in General Hopsital and now Charilie’s Angles. She’s the first black angel the show has seen so Yay! Granted, I haven’t seen the show so I can’t confirm/deny if it’s worth watching but her hair looks good!

She’s also played small roles in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and He’s Just Not That Into You (2009) in case you were wondering where you had seen her before

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And Twist OUT

After the success of my twists, which lasted a remarkable long time given the weather, exercise and general OMGMUSTBOING from friends, these are the results!

Even though they looked AMAZING, my hair was so dirty I had to wash it after only 3 days. My only complaint, I wish I had done them bigger! I found a lot of small knots and tangles at the end of each twist and that has never happened to me before. Maybe something was wrong with my twisting technique?

HOUSEKEEPING: You may have noticed that posting has moved back to Wednesday, which doesn’t fit with the four day schedule I promised. Sadly, I can’t generate posts that quickly now that I’m completely swamped with school and Midterm Season Part I is starting. So, we’re heading back to the Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule that I had previously.

Hair Idol: Folake Kuye Huntoon

Folake Kuye Huntoon is the blogger behind the fashion blog StylePantry.com.On top of having an absolutely inspiring sense of style, she’s got a great head of hair too!

 

Another reason I’m such a huge fan of her style, she’s a working mother of three. Yeah, you have no excuse to not dress amazingly well if you want too!

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And Twist

When I went natural I HATED the way twists looked on me. I swore I would NEVER EVER EVER wear twists EVER. The pigs would fly and hell would freeze over before I wore twists out. And in public?! Absolutely NOT!

Well...We all make exceptions. Right?

I decided to do a twists  because I wanted to take a break from life and I knew the process would take me a while. The last few weeks have been really rough and it felt nice to just step back and do something kinda mindless and relaxing. The entire set: washing, conditioning and twisting took about 2 hours but I’m willing to make that kind of time sacrifice because I can see myself getting some seriously long wear out of these bad boys.

I’ve had these twists in for about a week and they’re holding up so nicely! Which is amazing because it’s so humid I’m practically breathing water. If I didn’t have my portrait coming up I probably would have kept these in for another week because they’re still looking pretty fresh. And I was really surprised at how versatile they were. Yes, you see people rocking twisted updos, twisted twists, pony tails and the like but I never thought that would be possible because my hair is SO fine. But it worked!

So…scratch everything I said a while ago. These will definitely be making an appearance this fall. And probably winter. And spring. And summer. And…