Re: LaToya28

by Fleur 10th December 2010, 9:32 pm

LaToya, you are too much! You have serious skills. Your baby girl's hair is fabulous, too. And kudos for styling on dry hair. It really does prevent serious shrinkage. We short-haired girls don't need any additional shrinkage, lol.

Wow. Again, very impressive. *bumping this to the top*

by LaToya28 10th December 2010, 9:43 pm

naturalnolagirl1900 wrote:Wow! Ok, you are hired!

fleur_nouvelle wrote:LaToya, you are too much! You have serious skills. Your baby girl's hair is fabulous, too. And kudos for styling on dry hair. It really does prevent serious shrinkage. We short-haired girls don't need any additional shrinkage, lol.

Wow. Again, very impressive. *bumping this to the top*

Thanks, you ladies are too kind!! If y'all (or your daughters fleur) ever want your hair done let me know. I need all the practice I can get.

by LaToya28 10th December 2010, 10:08 pm

I just went to check for updats on BGLH and guess whose face popped up? Mine!! Totally wasn't expecting that...I thought they wouldn't post it for at least another month or so.

http://bglhonline.com/2010/12/now-and-then-10/

by thetiffany 10th December 2010, 11:29 pm

yay for your feature! I thought your face looked familar lol

by thetiffany 10th December 2010, 11:33 pm

LaToya28 wrote:Ok, ladies here are my updates.

First I have a quick testimony. I've been out of work for the last 5 weeks. I'm a government contractor and the company I was with lost the contract so most of us were switched to a new company, but for some reason my paperwork took a little longer than everyone else's. So I've been calling them for updates only to find out nothing. So yesterday morning I decided that I was fed up with the waiting. I told DH that I was going to call them and resign. Well guess what? I got a call from them around 11:00 saying that everything was completed! How awesome is that?? Nobody can tell me that my God ain't good!! Some might call it a coincedence, but I call it divine intervention, He is always on time and just when you think He's not listening He comes through. I will be working a different shift which means that we'll have to put the kiddos in daycare, but I know that He'll work that out for our good as well. Praise God
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Ok, so on to the hair. Here are my pics from last week (week 3 of the twisting challenge). It was my first time wearing twists outside the house and I was sooo nervous, but it turned out great! I was worried for nothing.

And here are my twists from this week. I washed, conditioned, and blowdried on Tuesday. I was lazy so I didn't start twisting until the next day. I finished Thursday morning. Oh, and I have found a new staple!! I twisted on dry hair with ORS Smooth n Hold pudding and OMGoodness, I love it!! The shine and hold are fabulous! I'm hoping to keep these twists in until Sunday since I've already used my two free days for the week.

My thin side

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And here's a cute updo I did on my daughter's hair...she's my hair idol! The flash makes her hair look dry for some reason, but it's not. I spray it daily with African Pride Olive Miracle Braid Spray...it was only $2.50 at Sally and it works great! Another staple!

And, finally, check out my baby girl's wash n go. It was sooo cute, but it was a beast to detangle the next day. Won't be doing that again!

Here's the next day once I got it all smoothed out.

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Those are my updates. Thanks for reading and have a blessed day!

love your girls hair! forgot to mention your hair as well. i love your twist!

by kinksncurls 11th December 2010, 12:23 am

Hi Latoya,

I wear braids mostly too and I'm looking for a good braid spray. I looked up the African pride olive miracle spray and there are two different ones a kids version and an African pride olive miracle braid sheen spray. Which one do you use? And if you use the adult version would you mind posting the ingredients, I looked it up and couldn't find it anywhere. The ingredients for the children I found on walgreens.

And do you use it in your hair also?

by sweetdrk1 11th December 2010, 1:38 am

For the feature! You are very skilled with the braids! Those babies look fab!

by LaToya28 11th December 2010, 3:24 am

thetiffany wrote:yay for your feature! I thought your face looked familar lol

thetiffany wrote: love your girls hair! forgot to mention your hair as well. i love your twist!

Thanks tiffany!

kinksncurls wrote:Hi Latoya,

I wear braids mostly too and I'm looking for a good braid spray. I looked up the African pride olive miracle spray and there are two different ones a kids version and an African pride olive miracle braid sheen spray. Which one do you use? And if you use the adult version would you mind posting the ingredients, I looked it up and couldn't find it anywhere. The ingredients for the children I found on walgreens.

And do you use it in your hair also?

Hi kinksncurls, I do use and love this spray on my hair as well. It is not the kids' version. I won't type the whole ingredients list, but here are the first few.

Water, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, PEG-8, Olive Fruit oil, Tea tree leaf oil, Peppermint leaf extract, Nettle extract, Rosemary leaf extract, etc...fyi it does contain lanolin, a cone, and parabens

sweetdrk1 wrote: For the feature! You are very skilled with the braids! Those babies look fab!

Thanks Sweet!

by kinksncurls 11th December 2010, 4:27 am

Thanks LaToya! I'm going to give it a try when I finish the taliah wajid protective mist bodifier that I'm currently using. This stuff keeps my hair really soft but my scalp doesn't seem to like it. I remember using the African Pride spray way back when I wore extension braids but this must be a new one.

by CrissyQ 11th December 2010, 11:58 am

I saw you! You know BGLH is here is chicago, and i have talked with her. i was suppose to go to her place for a showing but i could not make it. Enjoy your saturday.

by freckledmom4 11th December 2010, 6:16 pm

I was looking on bglh and was like, "I know her," well not really, but you know what I mean. Congrats on being featured. Your twists are gorgeous and the little ladies'styles are beautiful.

by LaToya28 11th December 2010, 9:01 pm

kinksncurls wrote:Thanks LaToya! I'm going to give it a try when I finish the taliah wajid protective mist bodifier that I'm currently using. This stuff keeps my hair really soft but my scalp doesn't seem to like it. I remember using the African Pride spray way back when I wore extension braids but this must be a new one.

Yes it is new, and it's only $2.99 at Sally's!

CrissyQ wrote:I saw you! You know BGLH is here is chicago, and i have talked with her. i was suppose to go to her place for a showing but i could not make it. Enjoy your saturday.

That's cool that you are in the same city as them...sometimes I wish I lived in a big city.

freckledmom4 wrote:I was looking on bglh and was like, "I know her," well not really, but you know what I mean. Congrats on being featured. Your twists are gorgeous and the little ladies'styles are beautiful.

Thanks freckledmom!

by LaToya28 13th December 2010, 5:51 pm

Happy Monday ladies! Not much going on today, but I took my twists down yesterday, gelled up the sides with clear Ecostyler gel, and wore a puff. I thought it was really cute. I also mixed up some curly buttercream...or whatever you call it. It smells like Miss Jessies curly buttercream so that's what I'm calling it lol. It's a mixture of:

- 1/3 cup of clear Ecostyler gel
- 1/3 cup of Long Aid activator gel
- 2oz. Belle butters mint chocolate butter (cocoa butter, olive butter, macadamia nut oil, peppermint oil)

It has a nice creamy, wet consistency. I'm going to twist with it today. I'll let y'all know how it turns out.

Oh, almost forgot, I won a $20 Carol's Daughter giftcard last night. I participated in a chat on ournaturalkids.ning.com (please check it out if you have little ones) and my idea for a contest was chosen cheers

That's two wins in the last week.

However, CD is having an excellent sale right now so I ordered some of her Tui Smoothie (Nubie is always raving about it) and one of her butters...can't wait to use them. I'll use the giftcard when I need to reorder. I'm sure the CD products will get here before my Hairveda does Rolling Eyes

I'm seriously thinking about cancelling my order with them (Hairveda). Why should I continue to pay for horrible service? It's week 3 and I haven't heard anything from them. That makes me so mad Evil or Very Mad

Anyway, don't want to end on a bad note so here's my puff pic. I really like this style although it did give me a slight headache.

by rayray19 13th December 2010, 7:39 pm

your puff is cute!! and that's good you can make your own miss jessi instead of spending a arm and leg for some

by ChrsLvsBks 13th December 2010, 11:16 pm

freckledmom4 wrote:I was looking on bglh and was like, "I know her," well not really, but you know what I mean. Congrats on being featured. Your twists are gorgeous and the little ladies'styles are beautiful.

I did the same thing, lol. How nice to be featured on BGLH.

You do an awesome job with your hair and your daughters. Congrats on the wins!

by LaToya28 14th December 2010, 10:13 am

Thanks Chrs and rayray!

by BlondeByDesire 14th December 2010, 10:53 am

Congrats on the feature. You and your daughters hair look great.

by LaToya28 14th December 2010, 12:06 pm

Thanks BBD!

by CocaColaCutie 14th December 2010, 12:13 pm

Yay for the feature and the CND gift card. The Tui Smoothie was a great choice. I got it bc of Nubie's raves too. I DC'd with it last night under 2 winter hats and my hair was insanely soft when I rinsed. I hope you enjoy it!

by funkyhairchic 14th December 2010, 12:37 pm

All I know is you are a master braider! You MUSt do a video on how you cornrow! You baby girls' hair is beautiful and you did an amazing job on your own! It looks like you are well on you way again! Your hair is growing beautifully! That recipe looks yummy! Can't wait to see your results!

by KinkyNappyHappy 14th December 2010, 4:36 pm

So now you are cooking up hair products? Okay...were are close enough...I'm coming to your house to get my hair done. I want braids and can you look up the ingredients and whip me up some AfroVeda? LOL

Lovin your puff!! Looking good Toya!!! Looking good!!!

by NhappyJackie 14th December 2010, 4:53 pm

First off I must say....He definitely is an On Time God!!!! I will definitely give him praise with you.

And for the hair, you look so good!!!! By the way, I am seriously going to swagger jack your daughters hair do's. Yes...both of them LOL!!!

by CrissyQ 14th December 2010, 4:56 pm

NhappyJackie wrote:First off I must say....He definitely is an On Time God!!!! I will definitely give him praise with you.

And for the hair, you look so good!!!! By the way, I am seriously going to swagger jack your daughters hair do's. Yes...both of them LOL!!!

Swagger jack? confused

by NhappyJackie 14th December 2010, 5:05 pm

CrissyQ wrote:
NhappyJackie wrote:First off I must say....He definitely is an On Time God!!!! I will definitely give him praise with you.

And for the hair, you look so good!!!! By the way, I am seriously going to swagger jack your daughters hair do's. Yes...both of them LOL!!!

Swagger jack?

Copy cat.....I'll try to recreate these styles on my girls. That's what people say when they see two celebreties in the same style.

by CrissyQ 14th December 2010, 5:07 pm

NhappyJackie wrote:
CrissyQ wrote:
NhappyJackie wrote:First off I must say....He definitely is an On Time God!!!! I will definitely give him praise with you.

And for the hair, you look so good!!!! By the way, I am seriously going to swagger jack your daughters hair do's. Yes...both of them LOL!!!

Swagger jack?

Copy cat.....I'll try to recreate these styles on my girls. That's what people say when they see two celebreties in the same style.

AHHH OK, thanks jackie. I gotta stay hip, I got a 10 year old and i dont want him to think he can get over on me. lol!

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