NAPPILYNIGERIAN....MOM......CELEBRATING PARENTS WITH CURLY KIDS....
By Hadassah Agbaps - October 30, 2013
Hi people, what's been on?
I've been feeling under the weather of late and have been wondering why.
I'm blessed with the fact that I've never really gone to the hospital for any ailment. Being the daughter of parents in the medical field and practically growing up in a hospital, I never knew what it meant to get sick, go to the hospital or purchase drugs.
Anytime I had to leave home, my dad made sure I didn't lack a months supply of prophylactic drugs to make sure I didn't get sick. If eventually I did, the drugs I needed to get better were within reach and in event of any major illness (which rarely occurred) I was referred to the nearest hospital owned by a friend.
Once in a while I had full medicals done...so, I never really had the whole hospital experience until recently.....
I was feeling really ill and from my symptoms was diagnosed with malaria. I took the recommended drugs, got well but after like two weeks took ill again.
We had lost two members of my extended family to illnesses unknown.
At first there'll be simple complaints like headaches and stomachaches and most times these symptoms will be brushed aside as stress related until it got worse. Then they'll be rushed to the hospital and then it'll be too late...
I've been feeling under the weather of late and have been wondering why.
I'm blessed with the fact that I've never really gone to the hospital for any ailment. Being the daughter of parents in the medical field and practically growing up in a hospital, I never knew what it meant to get sick, go to the hospital or purchase drugs.
Anytime I had to leave home, my dad made sure I didn't lack a months supply of prophylactic drugs to make sure I didn't get sick. If eventually I did, the drugs I needed to get better were within reach and in event of any major illness (which rarely occurred) I was referred to the nearest hospital owned by a friend.
Once in a while I had full medicals done...so, I never really had the whole hospital experience until recently.....
I was feeling really ill and from my symptoms was diagnosed with malaria. I took the recommended drugs, got well but after like two weeks took ill again.
We had lost two members of my extended family to illnesses unknown.
At first there'll be simple complaints like headaches and stomachaches and most times these symptoms will be brushed aside as stress related until it got worse. Then they'll be rushed to the hospital and then it'll be too late...
INDIAN OILING METHOD FOR LENGTH RETENTION IN NATURAL HAIR
By Hadassah Agbaps - October 24, 2013
Hi peeps, what's been on?
My post today will be about a method I incorporated into my regimen to help me retain length. This post took a long time coming but I had to be sure!
My hair has been growing longer and I noticed that the older parts got dryer and were prone to breaking off easily.
Usually at this point, I'll trim my hair but since I decided to challenge myself to grow my hair waist length...just because....I decided it was time to adapt a length retention routine into my regimen.
The henna and protein treatments has helped strengthen my hair and make it less porous but it doesn't stop my ends from getting dry.
The LOC mix has proved effective in providing daily moisture but I felt I still needed more to reinforce my fine hair and make it stronger to withstand manipulation.
I decided to research on the cultural hair practices of people known to have the longest hair.......Indians!
Indians have such beautiful thick long glossy hair. With hair that long, it is naturally supposed to be prone to breakage but something in their routine must be doing a good job to preserve the length of their hair.
My post today will be about a method I incorporated into my regimen to help me retain length. This post took a long time coming but I had to be sure!
My hair has been growing longer and I noticed that the older parts got dryer and were prone to breaking off easily.
Usually at this point, I'll trim my hair but since I decided to challenge myself to grow my hair waist length...just because....I decided it was time to adapt a length retention routine into my regimen.
The henna and protein treatments has helped strengthen my hair and make it less porous but it doesn't stop my ends from getting dry.
The LOC mix has proved effective in providing daily moisture but I felt I still needed more to reinforce my fine hair and make it stronger to withstand manipulation.
I decided to research on the cultural hair practices of people known to have the longest hair.......Indians!
Indians have such beautiful thick long glossy hair. With hair that long, it is naturally supposed to be prone to breakage but something in their routine must be doing a good job to preserve the length of their hair.
NAPPILYNIGERIANGIRL: MEET SANNI OLUWATOYIN
By Hadassah Agbaps - October 23, 2013
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| Sporting my fro and ankara hair flower made by me |
Hi people, what's been on?
Sorry for the long hiatus. I missed blogging too!
I have been kept really busy by a conference I attended this past week and haven't had much time to sit down and share what's been happening. I had to wake up as early as 4am and sometimes didn't return till 10pm. I'm a member of the Organization of Women in Science in Developing World (OSWD) and we had a meeting in Sunyani with the theme centered around climate change and ways to mitigate the effects of climate change in Africa.....so that post about "eco-friendly hair and skincare"....I wasn't kidding....hehehe!
Anyways, I won't bore y'all with geeky chatter (if you're interested in details, send me an email) and I'll go straight to the hair gist....this'll be a hair diary of sorts....
I decided that from now on I'll rock my fro whenever I travel out of Nigeria instead of the usual braids and weave I rock by default. I don't really think about why I do this....just habit I guess.
Someone asked me a question about how my hair fares in different climates and I was like....seriously....I've not really bothered to know how....well, that's the point of blogging, right?!
To learn and to share.....so here's my hair diary in Ghana.
WHAT I TOOK
Believe it or not, I took just ONE hair care product.
I'm that kinda gal that packs everything but the kitchen sink "just in case of incasities".
I like being prepared for any event life might throw at me...but this time I decided to pack light.....(anyway I was told I'd carry my luggage alone.)
Since my fro is going to be out, it was tempting to carry all my hair arsenal....but I felt that since I'll be blogging about travelling with free natural hair, the less products I take, the better.
So I packed,
Sorry for the long hiatus. I missed blogging too!
I have been kept really busy by a conference I attended this past week and haven't had much time to sit down and share what's been happening. I had to wake up as early as 4am and sometimes didn't return till 10pm. I'm a member of the Organization of Women in Science in Developing World (OSWD) and we had a meeting in Sunyani with the theme centered around climate change and ways to mitigate the effects of climate change in Africa.....so that post about "eco-friendly hair and skincare"....I wasn't kidding....hehehe!
Anyways, I won't bore y'all with geeky chatter (if you're interested in details, send me an email) and I'll go straight to the hair gist....this'll be a hair diary of sorts....
I decided that from now on I'll rock my fro whenever I travel out of Nigeria instead of the usual braids and weave I rock by default. I don't really think about why I do this....just habit I guess.
Someone asked me a question about how my hair fares in different climates and I was like....seriously....I've not really bothered to know how....well, that's the point of blogging, right?!
To learn and to share.....so here's my hair diary in Ghana.
WHAT I TOOK
Believe it or not, I took just ONE hair care product.
I'm that kinda gal that packs everything but the kitchen sink "just in case of incasities".
I like being prepared for any event life might throw at me...but this time I decided to pack light.....(anyway I was told I'd carry my luggage alone.)
Since my fro is going to be out, it was tempting to carry all my hair arsenal....but I felt that since I'll be blogging about travelling with free natural hair, the less products I take, the better.
So I packed,
Hi peeps! What's been on?
The weather is gradually changing to wet and cool with hot sunny...did I say hot afternoons....I'm confused...... and am I really talking about the weather?!!! *face in hands*
.....anyway guess who had a cold....yeap....moi...sniff sniff...and I enjoy being a baby about it....hot soup, anyone?!
I'm sure you can tell from the weather talk, I'm not exciting at the moment....lol!
The weather is gradually changing to wet and cool with hot sunny...did I say hot afternoons....I'm confused...... and am I really talking about the weather?!!! *face in hands*
.....anyway guess who had a cold....yeap....moi...sniff sniff...and I enjoy being a baby about it....hot soup, anyone?!
I'm sure you can tell from the weather talk, I'm not exciting at the moment....lol!
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Crochet braids/weaves is a very good styling option for your natural hair that unlike weaves gives you more flexibilty with styling.
It's gentle on your hairline and easy to do yourself....like I did.
Here are videos to help you or your stylist nail this lovely protective hair style courtesy of BlackWomenHair......she makes it look so easy!!!!
It's gentle on your hairline and easy to do yourself....like I did.
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| Crochet weave done by me using Expression hot water Kanekalon hair |
Here are videos to help you or your stylist nail this lovely protective hair style courtesy of BlackWomenHair......she makes it look so easy!!!!
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| source: here |
NIGERIA IS 53! WOOOHOOO!!!
Okay....I know a lot of people will say "why so excited, we aren't seeing anything to be excited about?" . Nigeria's 53, so what?
Well, truth be told, it's easy to see different things to dislike about Nigeria such as the problematic clause supporting 'Under age marriage'
There is however several things I love about Nigeria.....like how the governors in several states are trying their best to make them easier to live in by implementing free education policies at pre secondary school level (though I wonder where they fished out some illiterate teachers), improving on power supply, better road network and transportation. If they keep this up and maintain them, then there'll be more things to be excited about.
Be that as it may......HAPPY INDEPENDENCE, NIGERIA!
........so....the hair talk.....of course!
There's this belief among Nigerians and other people around the world that Nigerian hair is tough, e sabi break comb well well. It's unmanageable and so not attractive!
In one word, 'BAD HAIR'.
Any woman with healthy, bouncy, long hair is simply NOT Nigerian. Period.
Any woman with long hair has a weave on.
Any woman with manageable hair is "lucky" or "is mixed possibly with Indian" or "lives in obodo oyibo" or "has Fulani ancestry" or "is using some secret potion".
My dears, the truth is BAD HAIR CARE PRACTICES equals BAD HAIR and GOOD HAIR CARE PRACTICES equals GOOD HAIR.
"NIGERIANS' GOT GOOD HAIR TOO"
This series is to celebrate the beauty of Nigerian natural hair by showcasing Nigerians with gorgeous beautiful healthy hair that is all theirs!!!
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| Wonder who this Nigerian is? |
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| ......or who she is??? |
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| .......or who this Nigerian Rapunzel is? |
| Meet Bassey Akan..She's Nigerian with a Nigerian mother and a Nigerian father .....and yep, all that relaxed hair is hers!!! |
I'm so excited!!!!
..........so sit back, relax, chew corn with coconut/ube .........and enjoy!!!!
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| Source: here |
P.S. If you're Nigerian, think you've got GOOD HAIR and will love to show and tell....or you know anyone that does, DO NOT HESITATE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com
