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Hey AL!!! I was in the neighborhood so I decided to swing by and check you out!! Your son is SOOOOOO CUTE!!!! He looks like a miniature man, he's adorable!! Also, those twists looked very nice.....I'm still working on my flat twisting skills, I'm not on your level yet. I hope to get there soon though.

Nothing new in hair news...still twisted up although I did take the last ones down, re-moisturized with the Kimmaytube inspired leave in & Qhemets hydrating balm w/ a little heavy cream and then retwisted. Loving it and I'm definitely noticing growth which is ALWAYS good.

I've been contemplating this loc journey that I will embark on later this year and I'm trying to decide on how I will have them started. I'm thinking two strand twists but I've also seen them done with braids and coils. With the length that I expect to have by December I'm thinking tst's will probably be best. I'll keep you ladies updated on my other contemplations which include size and maybe even some color

QuietButterfly wrote:Hey AL!!! I was in the neighborhood so I decided to swing by and check you out!! Your son is SOOOOOO CUTE!!!! He looks like a miniature man, he's adorable!! Also, those twists looked very nice.....I'm still working on my flat twisting skills, I'm not on your level yet. I hope to get there soon though.

Hey QB! Thanks for visiting. I think its your first time if I'm not mistaken. I'm not sure if I've been to your place yet either. Anyway, thanks for the love for my little man. OMG, he's so big and I don't know where the time went. Honey, I had to figure this two strand flat twisting thing out because my cornrows are straight garbage lol.

I started my hubby's locs with TSTs and as his hair loc'ed you couldn't even tell it was the TST method - that is what I liked the most about it. Plus they were so much easier for me to to and less time consuming than coils or palm rolling

Interesting. I didn't know men started theirs with TSTs. It worked because your hubby has a nice head of locs. The comb coils I did on Stevens hair actually didn't take long to do initially but the crown took a while to loc up and I'm sure its because they were coils. When he did his first wash they basically came a loose. He had that dandruff issue then so he had me wash it like I was trying to rub his scalp off the first time.

DH had about 6 inches of hair when he started so even TST took longer than I liked. He has (had) that dandruff issue also until I stopped him from using shampoo. I think the locs made it difficult for him to rinse properly and his scalp was reacting to shampoo residue. Now he has no issue and his hair smells great. I just use ACV and water.

I am actually going to dye his hair because all the white bulbs from the shed hairs are showing - he sheds a lot like I do.

You're probably right about your hubbys dandruff culprit. What do you use to retwist his?

Stevens scalp is so healthy now. I look at all the time and tell him, " I did that!" lol He hasn't ACV rinsed in a while but we do use a tea tree oil shampoo on his locs ever so often and hot oil treatments. He's on no particular schedule as far as getting them retwisted, shampoo'd,etc. It's a whenever he feels like it type of thing and he hates when his locs are freshly done. He said they look too neat and I pick on him calling him a pretty boy. (He has model type cheek bones) I love seeing the grid. He's decided that once they are longer(not exactly sure how long) he's going to stop getting them retwisted. Not if I have anything to say about it. He said, "Damian Marley" doesn't get his retwisted and you like his" lol he's a trip.

AfrikanLatina wrote:Hey Chrs. We shall meet one day, I know it. lol For Fathers Day I helped Taj make daddy a sign. We went in the guest room while daddy was sleep and snapped a few shots and then sent them to his phone. It was early so don't laugh at my babys fro ladies lol





I cooked breakfast. I had planned to take him out to dinner but we didn't make it that day. We visited his family and spent time with the new baby. I'll probably take him out this weekend for dinner even though my cooking is better than any restaurant lol

In other news, my hair is twisted up as of Tuesday and I hope to keep it in until Sunday. I'm having itchy scalp issues and I applied my JBCO with Rosemary & Peppermint oil but it only helps temporarily so I may add a few drops of tea tree oil.


Lastly, a few shots from our trip to the lake a couple weeks ago


He was having a crazy fro day. After taking him out of his carseat his hair is always wild.

I don't know what we were doing here lol

awww what a beautiful family!!! and I love that flat twist style!!!

AfrikanLatina wrote:You're probably right about your hubbys dandruff culprit. What do you use to retwist his?

Stevens scalp is so healthy now. I look at all the time and tell him, " I did that!" lol He hasn't ACV rinsed in a while but we do use a tea tree oil shampoo on his locs ever so often and hot oil treatments. He's on no particular schedule as far as getting them retwisted, shampoo'd,etc. It's a whenever he feels like it type of thing and he hates when his locs are freshly done. He said they look too neat and I pick on him calling him a pretty boy. (He has model type cheek bones) I love seeing the grid. He's decided that once they are longer(not exactly sure how long) he's going to stop getting them retwisted. Not if I have anything to say about it. He said, "Damian Marley" doesn't get his retwisted and you like his" lol he's a trip.

I switch from palm rolling to the latch-hook method so I don't have to use anything to hold his hair anymore. I will used the touch up time to oil his scalp because although the mega sized flakes stopped he does have dry scalp.

I want to do hot oil treatments so you will have to fill me in on this. I have done something like a pre-poo before and it worked out great. I applied olive oil to the ends (the last 6-8 inches) and had him just shampoo that section lightly. However I would like to do his entire head.

LOL @ "Damian Marley" doesn't get his retwisted and you like his"
That is funny!

Oh yeah, you did tell me about the latch hook method before. I bought the hook and never used it. I've seen some folks on youtube using paper clips that they've unbent. I'm going to have to look into that again. It would keep him from wanting to use my stuff on his hair lol.

For his hot oil treatments we honestly use whatever oil we have at the time as the primary base oil so that could be olive oil, almond oil, avocado oil, grapeseed,etc. and then we just add Rosemary, Peppermint, and a dab of tea tree although I'm sure we'd know if he had mold or bacteria growing in them. Its just for good measure. I warm it up in a glass jar by sitting it in water that I boil in the hot pot. After its warm I just apply it to his hair in sections including his scalp and then make him wear a plastic cap for at least an hour but sometimes he'll fall asleep with it in so he gets an extra 2 or 3 hours of treatment. Follow that with a light shampoo and then get to twisting. HTH.

@ Coco...thanks sis. I love my guys

Its a blah blah blah day. Still wearing twists. {{YAWN}} Ready for the weekend! That is all...Think I'll watch season 2 of House and fold laundry Lata curlies!

Theres an 11 month old in my house banging on the walls and talking to someone that I can't see. He's so funny to watch & he gets a kick out of me having hiccups. Apparently they are funnier than being tickled.

Hey AL! You have such a beautiful family!

Can't wait to see your reviews, I just bought a lot of Qhemet products and I have the Afroveda Curl Define as a sample and don't know how to use them yet...

AfrikanLatina wrote:Theres an 11 month old in my house banging on the walls and talking to someone that I can't see. He's so funny to watch & he gets a kick out of me having hiccups. Apparently they are funnier than being tickled.

hey!!

hey Shee.

I did a henna treatment today. Last night I prepood with olive oil and amla oil(<--verdicts still out on this). I left the henna on for a couple of hours, washed with Giovanni SAS, and then deep conditioned with a mixture of some nearly empty bottles of moisturizing conditioners I needed to finish using up mixed with a little JBCO, and EVOO. I let that sit for a couple more hours. Split my hair down the middle and then spritzed with my horsetail & rosemary EO mix, applied my leave in, and then used Afroveda Curl Define moisturizing butter. I hadn't yet used this without applying Qhemet over it so we'll see how my hair feels tomorrow. I put 4 large flat twists in that I'll take out tomorrow for so I can measure for the BAA challenge. I'm running low on powders so I need to re-up my stash for the hairyuveda challenge.

I'll be going swimming for the first time in years on Saturday for my sons pool party. I'll probably do a treatment on Monday when we get back home. Not sure what though.

jlowman1 wrote:Hey AL! You have such a beautiful family!

Can't wait to see your reviews, I just bought a lot of Qhemet products and I have the Afroveda Curl Define as a sample and don't know how to use them yet...

I'll have the reviews up later today.

Your lil man is so cute you make a great family. My husband has thought about locs but his mother hates it so he his back in forth every week about growing his hair. I just wish he makes up his mind. the twist came out nice to. How long did you leave them in?

That little MSN of yours is the cutest! Your hair is looking good.

priceless wrote:Your lil man is so cute you make a great family. My husband has thought about locs but his mother hates it so he his back in forth every week about growing his hair. I just wish he makes up his mind. the twist came out nice to. How long did you leave them in?

Thank you sis. My hunnys mother doesn't like his either or his full beard but you can't please everyone lol.

ChrsLvsBks wrote:Hi lady!

Hey Chrs!

sweetdrk1 wrote:That little MAN of yours is the cutest! Your hair is looking good.

Thank you sweet. Only 8 more days til he's a big man lol I know not much will change really other than him being weaned from the breast. Wish me luck on that lol

Okay off I go to do these 3 product reviews...

Hey girl, dropping in to say hello. Little man is growing up! So is your hair: it looks wonderful!

So I know its been probably about 2 months since I've had these two Qhemet products but I've just been lazy about typing up my reviews. Sorry...we're getting things in order for our move. So here goes:



I bought this a couple of months back when QB had a sale. I had heard such great things about it both here on CN and Youtube. I'm usually not one to jump on a bandwagon, although many things intrigue me I'm a bit too frugal to just run out and place an order based on heresay. In this case I decided that I needed to splurge and I was due a nice gift since I hadn't bought myself anything in a while...I digress lol

The directions say rub a small amount between palms and apply to wet or dry hair from root to end. I'm more partial to applying moisturizing products to wet hair since I feel its more likely to be absorbed rather than just sit on top of my hair. The consistency of this product is like honey but without the stickiness. When rubbed between my palms it felt as if it began to warm up. Upon initial use I thought maybe I was tripping but it feels like that everytime (to me at least, not sure if that's everyone's experience) and I like it. The ingredients say naturally scented so in all honesty there really isn't a strong smell good or bad which I don't mind at all. The smell is so faint but if I had to say that it smelled like something I would say just a little itsy weensy bit citrusy. (I seriously just smelled this stuff like 15 times to try to come up with that lol). After every cowash, shampoo, ayurvedic treatment, and DC I moisturize with the QBOHHB. My routine is as follows:

1. Spritz with a horsetail/peppermint/chamomile tea w/Rosemary EO mix.
   
2. Apply Kimmaytubes leave in conditioner mix that I tweaked by using JBCO instead of regular castor oil & EVOO instead of Jojoba Oil ( LOVE THIS MIX LADIES; NO MORE BUSHY ENDS)
   
3. Use a fingertips worth amount of the OHHB; rub it in my hands and then apply all over hair from root to tip focusing on my ends
   
4. Use another fingertip worth amount of the AOHC(I'll get to this later); rub it in my hands and then apply all over hair from root to tip focusing on ends
   
5. Style as usual.
   

Verdict: (5 stars)
I love the consistency of it and a little bit goes a long way which makes the $16 price tag okay with me. While I am only attesting to its use WITH the AOHC I do believe that if I used it on its own I would still love it. In fact I have used a bit on my sons hair and his coils had shine, softness, and moisture even after a wild night of sleep in his crib.

LadyMika wrote:Hey girl, dropping in to say hello. Little man is growing up! So is your hair: it looks wonderful!

Hey chica. Yes he is. Thanks sis. I need to come visit your place