My Hair Updates May to June 2012

The Curly Girl Method Does Work My Daughters Journey

I decided to try the curly method on my hair, but knew after reading about it that it would be perfect for my daughters hair.

The pictures below shows how my daughters hair looks before I do the curly girl method.  This is how her hair looks in the afternoon when she comes home from school, I know it looks frizzy, but her curls are starting to coil more.

The picture below shows how her hair looks when I do the curly girl method on her hair without having to use gel.  I rinse her hair with water, then I apply giovanni conditioner to her hair.  I detangle her hair in sections using my fingers only, because of her hair type I have to do this every day or every other day.  I leave the conditioner in her hair.

After I noticed how dry my daughter hair is in the evening when she comes home from school, I decided to add a oil mixture to her hair.  The picture below shows how her hair looks in the evening, since I started adding the oil after applying water to refresh her hair in the morning and leave in.

Because my daughter doesn't like sleeping with anything on her head and sometimes I do her hair to late to allow it to dry it doesn't always look the seem in the morning.  So I refresh it with water, or add some leave in.


I no longer have to use a brush, or comb to style her hair.  Which means that after awhile her curls will continue to become less frizzy and more define.  The method is very easy to do, the more you do it the hair won't be as tangle, even though you are just using your hands to finger detangle.


We were at the beach this week Saturday and Sunday and her curls where popping.


Natural Joyanne

Onyc Kinky Curly Wig Cut & Styled 2 Week Update

My Curly Girl Experience

After my first try with the Curly Girl Method

So I decided to give the curly girl method a try, but since I don't have much hair I wondered how my hair would even benefit.


What POSITIVES I noticed after only one week


1)  A few defined curls without using gel
2) Hair was more moisturized when water was applied.
3) My hair was not as tangled when water was applied.


What NEGATIVES I noticed


1)  None really.


Will I continue to do this method


No, the reason is because my hair is so short I can't really benefit from it.  I do notice that leaving the conditioner in your hair over time your hair becomes softer and easier to detangle.  Then again I did recently purchase some new products from Just Naturals Skin Care which weren't drying to my hair.  But I didn't like how dry my hair was when water wasn't on it, which is something short hair naturals with my hair texture suffer from.


I noticed that for me after having my hair braided for 2 weeks, doing a conditioner wash the first week and continually spraying water everyday, applying kinky curly knot today as a moisturizer and oil to seal.  That my hair was super soft when I took the braids out.  My only problem is that when my hair is braided that long the oil, sweat and dirt that comes from my scalp isn't able to entirely make it's way out of my hair from some areas where the braid is when I do the conditioner wash.  I also know that there is buildup on my hair that isn't able to get out of my hair when it is rowed back.  However, this is the similar technique I used at first when I went natural before.  Only this time I don't have a tight weave in, I'm moisturizing more, conditioner washing and taken the braids out more often.


So I will be sticking with my easy routine that works for me for now.


Natural Joyanne

Just Naturals Skin Care Natural Dandruff Shampoo and Conditioner

My Thoughts On My First Use

I Had To Find A Shampoo To Treat Dandruff

So on my hunt to find a shampoo that treats dandruff I came across the justnaturalsskincare shampoo and conditioner.  I liked the fact that the products where gluten free and organic also.  So my shampoo and conditioner finally arrived and I couldn't wait to try it out.  I had already washed my hair the day before, using Giovanni Shampoo and Conditioner.