Rock Your TWA

I woke up this morning feeling like playing with my makeup. But what's a cute face without cute hair. So, I decided to do a little wash n go style with a side part. For my wash n go, I used water, ecostyler gel argan oil and cantu shea butter leave in conditioner. After co-washing my hair, I massaged about a quarter size of leave-in conditioner into my hair. Using too much can cause hair to flake when your teeny weeny afro dries. Once the leave-in conditioner was massaged into my hair well, I added about forefinger scoop full of ecostyler. I apply it like I would lotion by sharing the scoop on both hands then distributing it into my hair. Again, I want to use just enough to make my curls pop. My hair is fine and wavy in the top, so oversaturating it with gel will weigh it down too much, resulting in flat hair in the crown area. Next, I took a rattail comb and parted in slightly. I wear my parts on the left. I applied just a smidge of ecostyler to my edges to s...

Photo of acclaimed actress Viola Davis from the LA Times One of my favorite African American actresses just showed off one of the fiercest twa hairstyles I've seen on a celebrity naturalista. The Helps Viola Davis has rocked the natural hair world with her short crop feature spread in the LA Times . Let me just say she rocked it! Viola Davis's natural hair compliments her strong  ethic features and gorgeous eyes. From the LA Times. What I love most about Viola Davis' twa hairstyle is its simplicity. It's very chic. Her strong ethic features are the only accessories she needs. Her twa hairstyle is classy and sassy. It's just a hot, natural look. And girlfriend is WORKING IT!!!! What do you think?

Last week, Kim Coles and a line up of relaxed and naturals discussed the natural vs. relaxed hair debate on Dr. Drew's Life Changer show. Check out the slide show in this Huffington Post recap . I say DO YOU! If you want to rock your natural hair, long short, medium, twisted, coiled, straightened or whatever way pleases you, do you. if you want to rock your hair relaxed, weaved, waved or whatever do you. Just don't forget to love yourself. That's what it's all about. Do it for you!!!!

Me after the blonde was put in my hair . A couple of months ago, I decided to go blonde in order to deal with the gray hair that I have. Bad idea!!!!! It came out a firey orange and my edges, which are naturally lighter anyway, were really, really yellow and made me look ghostly. I also had pink highlights. My head was a mess. I rocked my orange TWA for a couple of days....even received some compliments. But I hated it. So I set out to find a resolution on Google and learned that I could fix it myself. And, that's just what I did. Here's how. Have you ever experienced a bad dye job? How did you fix it?

We all know how important it is to protect our curls...especially at night when we are asleep. To help, here's one of my early You Tube videos. How to make your own satin pillowcase.  Check it out.

First Lady Michelle Obama Photo courtesy of whitehouse.gov First Lady Michelle Obama’s stylist, Frederic Fekkai has said her beautiful, silken hair is all-natural and relaxer-free.   I think it’s wonderful that she’s a natural sister.   She’s beautiful and her hair is beautiful. But as I think about her hair I wonder…. What if Michelle Obama decided to show her natural curls? What if she did the big chop? What if she decided to rock a TWA hairstyle? First off, my opinion is that her hair would be fierce in its naturally curly state. And, I think a TWA would make her already polished appearance shine. But… What would the different “establishments” have to say about it? Would the republicans, democrats, tea partiers and the Obama haters take issue with her rocking not only a natural hair style but a TWA hairstyle? Would they spew hairisms and call her character into question? Would a teeny weeny afro be viewed as an acceptable hairstyle for an active First lady? Wh...