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...

Jenee enjoys the scenery. Way to Rock that TWA Jenee!    I interviewed newly natural Jenee Taylor. She's rocking a fierce TWA thanks to her big chop. She took the leap, and it's paying off big. RYT: Why did you decide to “go natural”? JENEE: I'd been thinking about going natural for a long time. I actually tried it once several years ago, and failed, because I wasn't knowledgeable enough about maintenance for natural hair, how to take care of it properly, hair products to use/purchase, etc. I really wish that I knew then what I know now. I'd be about five years in on my natural hair journey! RYT: Was the decision to big chop a hard one for you? Jenee when she was relaxed. JENEE: Yes, the decision was a huge one for me. I've wanted to do this for some time, but because I dont have a wavy or curly texture, every time I would tell someone what I wanted to do, I'd receive lots of "oohh girl, you sure you want to do that?" and ...