First Lagos, then Abuja , then Calabar......and now.........
Enugu for 2015, it's our turn o!!!!
Natural Nigerian and I invite you to the First Natural Hair MeetUp in Enugu and it's going to be AWESOME!!!!!
Relaxed, Natural, Transitioning, Loc'd???
You are all welcome!!!
Are you on a healthy hair journey?
Hoping to get more information on how to bust the myth that Nigerian hair doesn't grow???
Have you been searching for natural hair friendly products and tools?
Then don't miss this!!!
More deets coming soon, so save your weekends in May!!!
For enquiries, to book a space as a vendor, sponsorships, do giveaways, advertise and to participate as a volunteer, do email us on
nn@naturalnigerian.com or
nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com
Don't forget to SHARE WITH A FRIEND OR A DOZEN!!!
Looking forward to girly time with you all!!!
See you in Enugu!!!!
Enugu for 2015, it's our turn o!!!!
Natural Nigerian and I invite you to the First Natural Hair MeetUp in Enugu and it's going to be AWESOME!!!!!
Relaxed, Natural, Transitioning, Loc'd???
You are all welcome!!!
Are you on a healthy hair journey?
Hoping to get more information on how to bust the myth that Nigerian hair doesn't grow???
Have you been searching for natural hair friendly products and tools?
Then don't miss this!!!
More deets coming soon, so save your weekends in May!!!
For enquiries, to book a space as a vendor, sponsorships, do giveaways, advertise and to participate as a volunteer, do email us on
nn@naturalnigerian.com or
nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com
Don't forget to SHARE WITH A FRIEND OR A DOZEN!!!
Looking forward to girly time with you all!!!
See you in Enugu!!!!
Hi people, what's been on?
Hope your hair journey is going smoothly!
The best part of being natural is the fun of switching things up! What other hair type allows you to be kinky in the morning, curly in the afternoon and straight by evening without extensions?
It's this freedom that motivates me to stay natural....and mehn....I love me some freedom!!!!
With this ability to switch from curly to straight, I've been able to experience the fun part and not so fun parts of both styling options and here's my take on straight natural hair.
PROS
The first thing I love about having straight hair is that it feels so good...oh so good....to actually touch and massage my scalp without the thicket of kinks and curls to make it a Sleeping Beauty situation. You know how the prince had to cut through a thicket of thorns and roots to get to the castle to kiss Sleeping Beauty? It takes almost the same effort for my fingers or afro pick comb to get to my scalp and I really love a scalp massage!
The next thing I love about straight hair is easy detangling. I can run a comb and *gasp* a brush through my hair without making ugly faces!
With straight hair, I can also work those beautiful intricate updos (a la Game of Thrones) without worrying about how my hair and roots will tangle.
Straight hair also means less knots at my ends because it is stretched and doesn't have the freedom to twist and turn discreetly to make a sailors knot....I dare it!
Straight hair means finally, finally my hair can blow in the wind in a romantic way!
Oh...and I can do the Indian Oiling Method with ease without worrying much if the oil is well distributed through out my hair because it is! No junctions or roundabouts to confuse the oil.
Ah yes....and I can see the length of my hair without resorting to a yoga pose to pull my hair behind my back.
With straight hair, my hair can finally fit into my bonnet without giving me the alien orb head effect.
Edges....smooth, silky , laid edges....no gel needed. Thank you very much.
CONS
While it's good to be able to brush my hair, straight hair does need a lot of brushing to keep flyaways in check....this is a lot of work coming from some who combs her hair once a month.
I can't go to bed with a bun and wake up the next day with the bun intact for me to just smooth and go....I need to put a new bun everyday. Same thing with braids. The braids slip at night so I can't recycle it in the morning. Talk about high maintenance styling.
Speaking about buns, I gotta say, when you're used to massive globe like buns, the buns gotten on straight hair looks puny in comparison. Braids look like strings especially for a fine haired natural like me.
Leaving my hair free to blow in the said wind is a disaster! My straight hair begins to look like a hairy inferno. I double dare said wind to move my kinks!
Alas, I have to join other straight haired girls to become hydrophobic! Humidity is no longer my friend. No more cool head to toe showers on a hot day, no more singing and dancing in the rain without looking like a mess, no more swimming (or pretending to swim in my case of being a stone in water), no more exercising to the point of watching all the extra calories (or in my skinny case...laziness) turn to big droplets of sweat.....oh and no more spritz, spritz, spritz. ...I miss L.O.C.
Did I mention the heat???
With straight hair, I can understand why God in His infinite wisdom gave us kinky coily hair! Africa is way too hot and humid for the nonsense of hair acting as a blanket! Up, Up , Up and away is the name of the game!
Oh...and did I say how much I love the lollipop look....big hair, skinny figure....tres chic! Straight hair is too streamlined for me. One reason I prefer the blown out look to the silky straight look.
I also miss the 'boinginess' of coils and how unpredictable it is. Straight hair is like an 8 -4 job....very predictable....unless straight hair is actually straightened natural hair without anti humidity agents....watch that hair swell and bloom....now that's unpredictable for ya!
So have you switched from kinky to straight? What's your fave or least favorite part of both?
Hope your hair journey is going smoothly!
The best part of being natural is the fun of switching things up! What other hair type allows you to be kinky in the morning, curly in the afternoon and straight by evening without extensions?
It's this freedom that motivates me to stay natural....and mehn....I love me some freedom!!!!
With this ability to switch from curly to straight, I've been able to experience the fun part and not so fun parts of both styling options and here's my take on straight natural hair.
PROS
The first thing I love about having straight hair is that it feels so good...oh so good....to actually touch and massage my scalp without the thicket of kinks and curls to make it a Sleeping Beauty situation. You know how the prince had to cut through a thicket of thorns and roots to get to the castle to kiss Sleeping Beauty? It takes almost the same effort for my fingers or afro pick comb to get to my scalp and I really love a scalp massage!
The next thing I love about straight hair is easy detangling. I can run a comb and *gasp* a brush through my hair without making ugly faces!
With straight hair, I can also work those beautiful intricate updos (a la Game of Thrones) without worrying about how my hair and roots will tangle.
Straight hair also means less knots at my ends because it is stretched and doesn't have the freedom to twist and turn discreetly to make a sailors knot....I dare it!
Straight hair means finally, finally my hair can blow in the wind in a romantic way!
Oh...and I can do the Indian Oiling Method with ease without worrying much if the oil is well distributed through out my hair because it is! No junctions or roundabouts to confuse the oil.
Ah yes....and I can see the length of my hair without resorting to a yoga pose to pull my hair behind my back.
With straight hair, my hair can finally fit into my bonnet without giving me the alien orb head effect.
Edges....smooth, silky , laid edges....no gel needed. Thank you very much.
CONS
While it's good to be able to brush my hair, straight hair does need a lot of brushing to keep flyaways in check....this is a lot of work coming from some who combs her hair once a month.
I can't go to bed with a bun and wake up the next day with the bun intact for me to just smooth and go....I need to put a new bun everyday. Same thing with braids. The braids slip at night so I can't recycle it in the morning. Talk about high maintenance styling.
Speaking about buns, I gotta say, when you're used to massive globe like buns, the buns gotten on straight hair looks puny in comparison. Braids look like strings especially for a fine haired natural like me.
Leaving my hair free to blow in the said wind is a disaster! My straight hair begins to look like a hairy inferno. I double dare said wind to move my kinks!
Alas, I have to join other straight haired girls to become hydrophobic! Humidity is no longer my friend. No more cool head to toe showers on a hot day, no more singing and dancing in the rain without looking like a mess, no more swimming (or pretending to swim in my case of being a stone in water), no more exercising to the point of watching all the extra calories (or in my skinny case...laziness) turn to big droplets of sweat.....oh and no more spritz, spritz, spritz. ...I miss L.O.C.
Did I mention the heat???
With straight hair, I can understand why God in His infinite wisdom gave us kinky coily hair! Africa is way too hot and humid for the nonsense of hair acting as a blanket! Up, Up , Up and away is the name of the game!
Oh...and did I say how much I love the lollipop look....big hair, skinny figure....tres chic! Straight hair is too streamlined for me. One reason I prefer the blown out look to the silky straight look.
I also miss the 'boinginess' of coils and how unpredictable it is. Straight hair is like an 8 -4 job....very predictable....unless straight hair is actually straightened natural hair without anti humidity agents....watch that hair swell and bloom....now that's unpredictable for ya!
So have you switched from kinky to straight? What's your fave or least favorite part of both?
PURSUIT OF MOISTURISED NATURAL HAIR: MAXIMUM HYDRATION METHOD VERSION 2.2
By Hadassah Agbaps - March 17, 2015
Hi people, what's been on?
So I'm here with an update on Maximum Hydration Method.
Before I start, I just received a fresh batch of manshanu today!
If you're interested, let me know by email ..nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com
Okay, back to MHM.
Basically, it's a series of steps geared toward maintaining moisture in dry low porosity type4 hair. It involves 7 days of intensive hydration and then maintenance every 2 to 3 days afterwards.
The first step is a protein treatment called Cherry Lola Treatment, then clay wash, cowash and setting coils with gel. I also discussed and compared it to other moisturising curl defining methods.
A lot of people balked at attempting the one week moisturising marathon. Those who were determined to try it had varying results. Many saw an improvement in hydration, curl clumping and manageability of their previously dry, frizzy hair. A Nigerian natural with type 4c hair tried it with beautiful results. There were a few who didn't see any difference.
Those who tried it made some useful tweaks to the regimen to make it easier and less time consuming while still getting similar results as the full regimen. Among them is a blogger, Denise B. She shared her experience on her blog www.dubaidee4c.blogspot.com
She noticed that she had greater definition after rinsing out the clay step but her natural hair frizzed up as soon as she applied leave in. Other challenges encountered when following the full MHM regimen were
- Long drying times
- Difficulty in finding MHM approved conditioners
- Time taken to complete the regimen
- Low porosity, low density and fine textured hair
Her solution???
No More Conditioners. No rinse out conditioners, no leave in conditioners!!!
This goes against the natural hair care maxim of ' Condition, Condition, Condition', right?
Personally, I go through 3 bottles of conditioner for every bottle of shampoo. I invest in rinse out conditioners, co wash conditioners, cleansing conditioners. reconstructing conditioners, deep conditioners, leave in conditioners, talking conditioner, flying conditioners.....if there's 'conditioner' I'm definitely giving it a second glance and most likely adopting it and introducing it to a growing family of conditioners........
.......and my hair is singing the 'boing song' all the way!
So you can imagine my shock to hear that conditioners are the reason for hair woes!!
Who made the rules anyway....#shrugs
However curiosity got me bad.......actually the thought of finally having the chance to try out the MHM and getting uber defined root to tip coils in a jiffy got me bad!
Add that to Neuyogi sharing her lovely definition using Denise's method on Instagram @neuyogi and I just had to finally give it a shot!
Denise's method involved clay mask rinse and drive by spray of flaxseed gel.
The shortest darn maximum hydration method. Period.
In her words,
' I simply rinse my hair thoroughly in the shower (after applying the clay mask) and bring my gel in with me. Holding my head upside down, I shake off excess water and with my head still down, I spray the gel on and finger comb through quickly from root to tip and give it a quick shake. My hair was dry in less than an hour and was soft and springy and moved even when fully dry. It was shiny without any oil being applied and not a flake to be seen!'
Sounds promising, right?
For more information, check out Denise's blog www.dubaidee4c.blogspot.com and her full regimen here
UPDATE:
I tried out Denise's MHM method. I did not do the Cherry Lola Treatment and I am not doing the MHM regimen. My hair though is moisturised from my personal regimen so I am not starting with dry, frizzy hair.
My current product rotation is free from sulfates, mineral oil and silicones but isn't completely MHM friendly.
My hair type is fine, with a mix of 4b/c, high porosity with medium density. My hair easily clumps together when weighed down by curl defining products due to its fineness. I can not do without conditioners and moisturisers because my hair gets dry easily. So it is a big deal for me to skip the conditioning step.....but I gotta try!
I applied a mix of Bentonite clay, aloe vera juice and Apple Cider Vinegar to my hair making sure to coat my hair evenly. I left it in for 30mins and rinsed out under cold shower. Then to sopping wet hair (very quickly as I hate being wet for long), I applied a light hold gel I recently purchased (I know...I know...I promised no more buying but I needed it!).
Here's my result in pictures.
The ends of my hair dried faster than my roots but I was quite happy with the wash and go definition. My hair wasn't crunchy (probably because the gel is a good one). My hair stayed defined like I used a heavier gel.
I quite like it......but what am I supposed to do with all the leave in conditioners I have? Also I'm not sure about the long term health of my hair especially my ends since it is on the longer side. I feel it needs more than just gel and I've been retaining good healthy length with my current routine so I'm not comfortable switching up a winning regimen for the MHM regimen.
However, I think this regimen can be adopted when I want quick defined wash and go hair and save myself the extra shingling and leave in steps since the bentonite clay helps clump my curls and the gel helps keep the clumps in place.....and when I'm travelling, I won't need to pack much...just a tub of bentonite clay and my gel and wahlah....fab defined wash and go! Pretty convenient, abi?
It won't hurt to try it out, guys!!!
So I'm here with an update on Maximum Hydration Method.
Before I start, I just received a fresh batch of manshanu today!
If you're interested, let me know by email ..nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com
Okay, back to MHM.
Basically, it's a series of steps geared toward maintaining moisture in dry low porosity type4 hair. It involves 7 days of intensive hydration and then maintenance every 2 to 3 days afterwards.
The first step is a protein treatment called Cherry Lola Treatment, then clay wash, cowash and setting coils with gel. I also discussed and compared it to other moisturising curl defining methods.
A lot of people balked at attempting the one week moisturising marathon. Those who were determined to try it had varying results. Many saw an improvement in hydration, curl clumping and manageability of their previously dry, frizzy hair. A Nigerian natural with type 4c hair tried it with beautiful results. There were a few who didn't see any difference.
Those who tried it made some useful tweaks to the regimen to make it easier and less time consuming while still getting similar results as the full regimen. Among them is a blogger, Denise B. She shared her experience on her blog www.dubaidee4c.blogspot.com
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She noticed that she had greater definition after rinsing out the clay step but her natural hair frizzed up as soon as she applied leave in. Other challenges encountered when following the full MHM regimen were
- Long drying times
- Difficulty in finding MHM approved conditioners
- Time taken to complete the regimen
- Low porosity, low density and fine textured hair
Her solution???
No More Conditioners. No rinse out conditioners, no leave in conditioners!!!
This goes against the natural hair care maxim of ' Condition, Condition, Condition', right?
Personally, I go through 3 bottles of conditioner for every bottle of shampoo. I invest in rinse out conditioners, co wash conditioners, cleansing conditioners. reconstructing conditioners, deep conditioners, leave in conditioners, talking conditioner, flying conditioners.....if there's 'conditioner' I'm definitely giving it a second glance and most likely adopting it and introducing it to a growing family of conditioners........
.......and my hair is singing the 'boing song' all the way!
So you can imagine my shock to hear that conditioners are the reason for hair woes!!
Who made the rules anyway....#shrugs
However curiosity got me bad.......actually the thought of finally having the chance to try out the MHM and getting uber defined root to tip coils in a jiffy got me bad!
Add that to Neuyogi sharing her lovely definition using Denise's method on Instagram @neuyogi and I just had to finally give it a shot!
Denise's method involved clay mask rinse and drive by spray of flaxseed gel.
The shortest darn maximum hydration method. Period.
In her words,
' I simply rinse my hair thoroughly in the shower (after applying the clay mask) and bring my gel in with me. Holding my head upside down, I shake off excess water and with my head still down, I spray the gel on and finger comb through quickly from root to tip and give it a quick shake. My hair was dry in less than an hour and was soft and springy and moved even when fully dry. It was shiny without any oil being applied and not a flake to be seen!'
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Sounds promising, right?
For more information, check out Denise's blog www.dubaidee4c.blogspot.com and her full regimen here
UPDATE:
I tried out Denise's MHM method. I did not do the Cherry Lola Treatment and I am not doing the MHM regimen. My hair though is moisturised from my personal regimen so I am not starting with dry, frizzy hair.
My current product rotation is free from sulfates, mineral oil and silicones but isn't completely MHM friendly.
My hair type is fine, with a mix of 4b/c, high porosity with medium density. My hair easily clumps together when weighed down by curl defining products due to its fineness. I can not do without conditioners and moisturisers because my hair gets dry easily. So it is a big deal for me to skip the conditioning step.....but I gotta try!
I applied a mix of Bentonite clay, aloe vera juice and Apple Cider Vinegar to my hair making sure to coat my hair evenly. I left it in for 30mins and rinsed out under cold shower. Then to sopping wet hair (very quickly as I hate being wet for long), I applied a light hold gel I recently purchased (I know...I know...I promised no more buying but I needed it!).
Here's my result in pictures.
The ends of my hair dried faster than my roots but I was quite happy with the wash and go definition. My hair wasn't crunchy (probably because the gel is a good one). My hair stayed defined like I used a heavier gel.
I quite like it......but what am I supposed to do with all the leave in conditioners I have? Also I'm not sure about the long term health of my hair especially my ends since it is on the longer side. I feel it needs more than just gel and I've been retaining good healthy length with my current routine so I'm not comfortable switching up a winning regimen for the MHM regimen.
However, I think this regimen can be adopted when I want quick defined wash and go hair and save myself the extra shingling and leave in steps since the bentonite clay helps clump my curls and the gel helps keep the clumps in place.....and when I'm travelling, I won't need to pack much...just a tub of bentonite clay and my gel and wahlah....fab defined wash and go! Pretty convenient, abi?
It won't hurt to try it out, guys!!!
Hi people, what's been on?
As promised, today we'll be announcing the winner of the second edition of #ReviewwithHadassah.
A total of 39 people took part in this giveaway! Thank you guys for making this fun!!
Sadly, 7 participants were disqualified for not completing the steps required to take part...an oversite I guess!
1. @adetoru
2. @_omab
3. @laojie58
4. @christ4lite
5. @skinpluscalabar
6. @zainabomaki
7. @moradeyo
8. @skuskus
9. @aunty_didi
10. @damisolesi
11. @fatee_haircademia
12. @kinikinks
13. @napplily
14. @ms_vixenrose
15. @ifeadifirstlady
16. @myosayi
17. @bee_be01
18. @calista_i
19. @graceykalu
20. @idy2kool
21. @lissabby000
22. @ms_wandie
23. @okoye_pink
24. @kayzee_o
25. @scarletxianne
26. @euchari_a
27. Nike
28. Olufolade
29. AB
30. Glowreeya
31. Kelo
32. Fadakemi
Random app for 32 entries and the winner is......
ENTRY NO 9!
@aunty_didi !!!!
Whoop whoop!
Please send your details to nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com so we can send your products to you. Again don't forget to send in your review so I'll put it up together with mine!
Thanks again everyone for participating!
Looking forward to the next #ReviewwithHadassah giveaway!
P.S. If you're interested in trying out the portable hair steamer, pls contact @jhennique on Instagram and Twitter.
If you're interested in trying out the deep conditioner, contact me on nappilynigeriangirl@gmail.com.
Live Beautifully.Naturally.
Hadassah A.
