Curls and Coils Rock: One Year on

If you are of African or Caribbean descent, there is a 99% chance you're natural hair is a crown of beautiful Curly and/or Coily hair.

It seems everyone is on a hair journey, which is great because that means ladies are taking control of their natural hair and over riding many of those bad practices some of our relatives have inflicted on us. (¬.¬)

Whether the goal is stronger/fuller edges, longer hair or just healthy hair, a journey is a journey. I started my official transition on the 31 August 2013 when I had my last telaxer. Prior to that I had been texlaxing (under-processing my hair). Looking back on it, there was really no reason for me to relax my hair but my mum (bless her lol) couldn't manage my natural texture and to be honest I cried every time she combed/brushed my hair.

So why transition?

I'm transitioning because I'm curious about my natural curly hair and the length it can grow to.  Natural hair will always be the healthiest state our hair can be in. Despite what others may tell you, our hair can grow to any length if hair is cared for and protected consistently. I'm a long term transitioner because my hair wasn't completely damaged, it was thick but wasn't super healthy. So I decided to stop and just see what my natural hair could do.

How is the transitioning going?

My transition has been smooth for the most part, I wore my hair out consistently for 6 months. Then due to travelling I just started to wear wigs to protect my hair from the different climates. I simply would cornrow my hair down and sew my hair together gently and loosely. I still keep up with my weekly regimen which I will go through in another post, it's not very long winded. It's actually very simple.

What has helped you along the way?

Youtube and various blogs/forums. Below are the resources I use now, there is no point going through every single website/YouTube channel. There is a wealth of knowledge out there, if I would take any tip from what I've been learning is to keep my hair well hydrated and moisturised.
 Dry hair = Damaged hair = No hair left on your head :)

Sources of Information I refer to regularly

 Blackhairinfo.com
Naturallycurly
Glamtwinz
longhairdontcare2011 (RIP Domineque Banks )
Naturalneiicey
Dephne Madyara
Farahdhukai

Pictures of my natural hair

One day after my last relaxer

Jan 2014

September 2014

Catch you later

Nail Care

I love healthy long nails. Not too long but long enough to make your fingers look feminine. The problem about nails are BREAKAGE, BREAKAGE and more breakage lol. My nails always chip and I've come so close to a perfect 10 on many occasions. It will happen one day.

So I've decided to start a small informative diary to my daily nail care. I want to find out the secrets to healthy long nails and will be experimenting with my nails to create a regime that I can stick too.

My nails so far without much of a regime has grown well. Examples below over the last 9 months

So as you can see my natural nails aren't short, so imagine the pain when they break (-.-)

I need something that will keep my nails strong, long and healthy. So I'll be back with another post to let you know what products and actions I've taken towards it.

At this precise moment these are my nails:

I'll be putting a regime to follow to test out the do's and don't's for my nail care. Wish me luck, catch you later x

Travel Series: UAE, DUBAI and RAK

I had the opportunity to check out Dubai and Ras Al Khamiah in April and had a wonderful time. It was my first time going.

The resort was awesome, had everything I look for in a hotel, the only downside was no golfing. However the Customer service was 10/10 and the food was also 10/10.

The culture there is a lot different to the UK since it's deemed an Islamic region. Everyone is so polite and very helpful if you are a visitor. I cannot speak for locals that live there, but I'm sure if you are well off there you'll enjoy the best the UAE has to offer.

I did a lot of things there from Jet skiing, to Desert tours, and shopping at the Dubai mall, I was there for under 2 weeks. Peep the photos below for more of an insight. I aim to visit all the emirates, just to explore and for more experience.

Have you been to parts of the UAE, if so where did you go and what did you get up to?

View from At the Top from the Burj Khalifa

Clean Eating 002 : Reduce Your Waist Size

Right, so how do you reduce your waist size? Well although many of us share this goal, only few of us achieve it. Is this because only few are chosen to have a sexy slim waist to accentuate the waist to hip ratio? 

Are the rest of us destined to just have a 'wide' waist? lol I don't know, there are many actions you can take from today to help flatten and tone your stomach and lose those annoying inches.


So how are we going to reduce your waist size?

1. Switch up your diet, increase your fruit, veg, dairy and leave behind the white bread, processed meat, margarine and soft drinks.

2. Choose food that have high nutrients per calorie, low in saturated fats, cholesterol and sodium.

3. Detox, I use the Pukka detox. Alternatively you can use lemon and water

4.  Try not to snack, especially high sugary foods before bed. Those sugars will add to your waist line.

5. Strength training, when you have a flat stomach, the moment you start strength training correctly, you will start to feel the toning all round and begin to see your sides tighten. Seek professional guidance for strength training and be consistent with your workout plan.

I hope these tips help, let me know how you get on!

   Be you and Be true to who you are.