Natural Beauty | Model Coralie Jouhier

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Avec amour...

edF ❥

London: Baby it's cold outside

Have you heard of those stories when people travel around the world in order to skip winter? I need to be one of those people right about now. Trust me I may add this venture to my bucket list! It is way too cold in the UK folks. In fact forget cold, it is freezing.. brrr. 

Who would have thought I was able to take the picture below 3 weeks ago and now i'm scarfed up and gloved to go. Hmm... 

Anyway i guess this is  just a rant and an undercover wish for someone to whisk me away to a carribean island, and relocate my uni, family and friends there for the next 3/4 months. 

Holla if you have a hook up!

Avec amour...

edF ❥

guess who's back baby!

I'm back! Pop champagne!!! Buy a car! Go wild!

Oh guys where do I start! 4 weeks and 2 days since my last post and I’m guess you’re thinking this heffa dares to come back... well my absence was not something I planned, I didn't elope or travel around the world ... truth is someone very dear to me passed away and a break from cyber life was more than needed. I can't say thank you enough to the readers who kept messaging to check up on me, that's the beauty in blogging... the friendhsips you can build! But that aside guys so so much has been going on hairwise!

- I've majorly updated my castor oil challenge mix and am currently testing its growth rate potential! 

- I've made an oil and water based pre poo! It is like heaven in a jar, I cant wait to share it with you, mango, vanilla and more!

- I'm back in uni! Final year bring it orrrn. Workload is intense, but success is a challenge so I'm striving.

Hmm what else... I bought me a tripod, enrolled myself unto a photo society group course and am currently pulling my hair out trying to teach myself how to use photoshop CS5.

So that's about it really....

bring on the blog posts!

(P.s I have exclamation marks everywhere! Eurgh there goes another one... that has to be grammatically incorrect right?!)

Avec amour...

❥ edF

Corrine Bailey Rae on natural haircare

Browsing the blogs as I do, and I came across an interview on BET with Corinne Bailey Rae about how she maintains her beautiful head of hair.


Here are her top tips:

Corinne Bailey Rae on Haircare ...

Products...

If you wear your natural hair out, chances are you’re washing it often, which can dry it out and cause breakage. Good products can help hold curls and ward off frizz. “Most of the time when I do my hair I wash it and I use two different Aveda products: Shampure and Aveda Damage Remedy,” 

Maintenance...

As most of us who go natural know, it’s not always as easy as doing nothing. Corinne’s tip for holding up her curls: “Put the conditioner in it, comb it out, then wash out the conditioner. Braid it into four big plats and keep it like that for a day. Then unravel the braids and you have curls that will stay.”

The importance of trimming...

“You have to get your hair cut regularly. Most of the people I know say ‘Oh I haven’t cut my hair in seven years, it never grows it’s been this way the whole time,’ when really it hasn’t been that way, it’s been grown.” 

“If you get the ends cut solid so they don’t split they’re not going to break and your hair’s going to grow. People who think their hair doesn’t grow, it’s not true, everyone’s hair grows. You are cutting your hair with your hair brush and comb if you’re not getting it cut regularly. The breakage at the end makes you think it’s not growing.”

x edF

Evelyn Products giveaway winner!!!

Bonjourno folks!


The way the weekend flew by is still a shock to me! I'm so sure someone is playing a prank on me because I cannot believe my last post was on Thursday! Hmm


Anyway I won't let it drag any longer... I've known the winner of the Evelyn products giveaway since Thursday, but I went on a mini vacay over the weekend (yes kent is still valid as a holiday spot!) and was unable to blog.


Anyway without further a do! The winner is..... #drumroll

-Miss Amaka C Uche-

Thanks to everyone who sent in an e-mail! Like I always say, there are many more giveaways to come!

Do check out the Evelyn products website and get ordering especially if there was a particular product you really wanted to get your hands on ! 


Make an investment for the sake of haircare!

x edF

Worlds biggest afro : Aevin Dugas

Now isn't this something! This is absolutely phenomenal. I heart her hair!

She's even on BBC News!

x edF

yesterday' s hair 14/09/11

I love the look of a healthy bun! In fact seeing this made me feel so much better about my thin ends... they till have to go though! *sigh*

P.s The Evelyn Products Giveaway has now closed!!! I wonder who the lucky winner is!

x edF

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Product Review | Mazuri Organics

PRICE

Cheap ☆

Average ☆☆

Pricey ☆☆☆

LYT RATING

Below average, will not be using again ❤

Nice results, but other products work better ❤❤

Absolutely love it, staple ❤❤❤   

N.B - I only add ingredients if I am able to find them online for all products that I am reviewing.

Mazuri Organics Olive Oil Moroccan Oil Sheen Spray

Price: £1.69 ☆

Claims: Mazuri Organics Olive Oil Moroccan Oil Sheen Spray. Contains organic Olive oil and organic Argan oil. Moroccan oil is one of the rarest and richest oils in the world, and has been long known for rejuvenating moisture in hair and skin. Rich in vitamin E, phenolic acid and carotenes, Moroccan oil is correctly called Argan Oil, an oil traditionally extracted by hand, from the fruit of the argan tree grown in Morocco, hence Moroccan oil.

LYT Rating: Guys this is the best Oil Sheen Spray I have EVER used! Do you remember me mentioning a spray my sister used as air freshener because it was just that yummy? Well this is the one! Even though this product was sent as free to try, I will never say I like something if I genuinely do not. This spray is all you need in a sheen spray. Its adds the perfect gloss to dead dull looking tresses and the smell is out of this world! A bubblegum, flower all spice type scent to be precise! We (myself and my sisters) used this product in the space of 2 weeks. It became a handbag item and whats more acts as your very own hair freshener. Undoubtedly worth ❤❤❤

Mazuri Organics Olive Oil Texturizer Softening Hair Mud

Price: £3.99 ☆☆

Claims: Mazuri Organics Olive Oil Texturizer Softening Hair Mud by Mazuri Products. It revitalizes and strengthens, moisturizes and softens, detangles and shines your hair.

LYT Rating: This hair mud is meant to be used before styling your hair. I used a dime size amount on my hair and found it was too heavy a product for my freshly straightened tresses. On the other hand it worked quite well in adding a softness to a 3 day old twist out on my younger sisters natural hair. ❤

Mazuri Organics Olive Oil Texturizer Finishing Spray 

Price: £3.99 ☆☆

Claims: Mazuri Organics Olive Oil Texturizer Finishing Spray moisturizes and defines your hair, adds shine and manageability to them and it is anti-frizz finishing spray.

LYT Rating: Similar to the Oil Sheen this spray made my hair glam and shiny. It practical coated my strands with a layer of gloss. Having fallen in love with the Oil Sheen spray I must say I won't be needing something that gives me a similar result. All in all it did add shine and aided in making my hair smoother thus more manageable. I give this product  ❤❤

x edF