Tuesday, September 28, 2010

5 Quick & Curly Styles from Taren916








I love this youtube channel! Some great style ideas! Also check out her website! http://Areyaa.com

Friday, September 24, 2010

Zenzele Giveaway (product of the month)

Product of the month
Zenzele Leave-in Conditioner




Our Leave-In Conditioner naturally replenishes, detangles, retains moisture and will give your hair a healthy glow.


Ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ricinus Communis (Castor Seed) Oil, Stearalkonium Chloride, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Phenoxyethanol, Kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Hydrolized Wheat Protein, D-Calcium Pantothenate (Panthenol Vitamin B5), Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Oil, Salix Nigra (Black Willow Bark) Extract, Rosmarinus Officnalis (Rosemary Oleoresin), Azadirachta Indica (Neem) Oil



GIVEAWAY:

Winner with receive the product of the month and the CHOICE of one of the items below:


Sangria Hair Oil


OR

Shea Shea Hair Souffle

Please Visit the Zenzele Website and decide which product (listed above) you would like to win along with the product of the month.


To Enter:

Leave a comment below stating which product you would like to win from the choices listed above.


Optional additional entries: (may be done after the original entry) Leave ONE comment for each of the following, each comment counts as an entry.



One winner will be selected at random Oct. 7, 2010 at 12 noon. Winner will be announced and will be expected to send contact information to hairwithpurpose@gmail.com within 72 hours of announcement.



Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The "Love Hawk"






For the "Love Hawk" we c0-washed J's hair
We used the ZENZELE leave in Conditioner and the Shea Shea Hair Souffle for some soft hold.


We used a basic mo-hawk in the front and made the back into a braided heart ponytail ending with multi-color barrettes.

ZENZELE review





ZENZELE
pronounced
(zen-zay-lay)



Leave In Conditioner

This is my new favorite detangler!! I am loving it. J's hair was very tangled after washing since she had been wearing a ponytail for 2 days and had not had her hair de-tangled. I sprayed the mist of leave in conditioner in h
er hair and her hair just slid right through the Denman brush. The best part is that is leaves hair feeling clean, no greasiness, not weighed down!! Her hair just felt clean and soft. The smell is awesome, citrus, sweet...very unique!!



Ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ricinus Communis (Castor Seed) Oil, Stearalkonium Chloride, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Phenoxyethanol, Kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Hydrolized Wheat Protein, D-Calcium Pantothenate (Panthenol Vitamin B5), Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Oil, Salix Nigra (Black Willow Bark) Extract, Rosmarinus Officnalis (Rosemary Oleoresin), Azadirachta Indica (Neem) Oil




Shea Shea Hair Souffle


Hair souffle is like a nice hair butter that glides through the hair, moisturiz
ing and has a little bit of hold to help hold those curls or styles in place. It's a light hold so it's not going to weigh the hair down too much. J's hair felt soft her curls were well defined and it smelled so nice after using Shea Shea Hair Souffle! Definite Keeper!

Ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Juice, Cocos Nucifera (Organic Coconut) Oil, Emulsifying Wax NF, Palm Stearic Acid, Kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grapeseed) Oil, Persea Americana (Avocado) Oil, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Phenoxyethanol, Xanthan Gum (Polysaccharide Gum), Salix Nigra (Organic Black Willowbark) Extract, Mannan, Azadirachta Indica (Neem) Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Oleoresin, Tetrasodium EDTA, Citric Acid






Essential Hair Oil



My husband, Antonio's hair was recently locked and had been feeling dry and itchy. The other night it was driving him nuts he kept scratching at his locs so I grabbed the bottle of essential oil and applied it lightly to the scalp between his locs and he immediately felt relief. He actually hasn't had any itching since!
I used this oil on my daughter scalp also since it teds to be dry the I finger combed it through her hair. It's a bit of a heavier oil so a little goes a long way. Very nourishing, strengthening oils that add a nice sheen to the hair.

Ingredients
Safflower Oil, Olive Oil, Castor Oil, Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E





ZENZELE

Is a new company, with great products that are very reasonably priced!! After trying these three products, I can't wait to try the rest of the line!

Thanks to Zenzele for allowing us to review your products!!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Loc Journey day 1

It took me several days of hour sessions to complete Antonio's hair. I the video I posted in my previous blog showed a different way of parting the hair but I brick layered his locs so that less scalp would show. Now, If I was going to do my daughters hair in locs I would part in half from ear to ear and front to back so she could wear ponytail's and more styles with her locs. it's just a matter of preference.

BEFORE:

Hubbys hair had some wax build up from his twists so I washed his hair with KNOTTY BOY dread shampoo to remove the wax build up. I did a second wash with a tee tree shampoo to take care of any scalp build up. I did NOT condition his hair.

I put the top of his hair into a poytail and sectioned out my first row using a rat tail comb and used little clips to section off one SMALL box at a time.


The Brick layer pattern looks like this:



I then used this method to to lock his hair.





If you click on her video you can see her moms hair that she did with this method. Yes, it looked a little rough at first but soon her mom had lovely locs!!!

I used a latchhook when my fingers could no longer pull the hair through...




This cost $2.00 at my local hair store














YAY! we're done for about 5-6 weeks when I will use the latchhook to re-tighten the roots!!

Monday, September 6, 2010

Antonio's LOCS

My husband has finally decided to loc his hair with a more permanent method of locking. Though he wanted brother locs there is really no one I know of in my area and honestly we don't have the $100-$350 it can cost to start brother locks. I have been watching BigandlittleM on YOUTUBE for awhile and decided to try her method.

We decide on this method because the two strand twists and braids came out of Antonio's hair before they had time to lock. I can't imagine this method coming out....even if we wanted it to so please don't try it at home unless you are 100% sure you want to loc your hair.


Of course I will posting pics ASAP and giving your monthly updates on his progress!