Kurls & Kocktails Meetup pics

Hey y'all,
So it went down at the Sierra Bistro at Yaya center on the 15th December 2012.. organised by the Kurly Kichana girls Mary and Nyachomba and co hosted by Patricia Kihoro, Tricia Wanjala of Tricia's Naturals and yours truly.
The purpose of the meetup is to meet and mingle with other naturals and anybody interested in going..The theme was retro glam and the girls came dressed to the nines..here some pics courtesy of Kurly Kichana and Izzy Kinyanjui the fab photographer that took the pics.Enjoy

My sis Wambui and our photographer Izzy

The Kurly Kichana girls Nyachomba and Mary

Eye makeup demo by yours truly

Fellow natural and MUA Tricia Wanjala doing her demo

Love Love Ms Josie Karoki's locs!

Look at  all the lovely hair in room!

Crochet Braids- Protective styling

Hey all,
So I finally had crochet braids installed and I must say it is definitely going to be a staple protective style! I love them to death!

I used Nene bulk braid 22'' from Esaki Cosmetic Shop ground floor at Anniversary Towers in town. A packet is 1200/- so got 2 packets in no 4 and just used 1 and a 1/4 pkts.


Mary (my braiding lady) did 10 lines going back and then I installed the braids..I used this tutorial as my guideline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqIbIP3S0yg
 My result:-

So I have been wanting to post more pics of the hair but my camera has decided to act up and the pics come out looking like I was on Instagram...smh

Anywho I applied my shea butter mix( Whipped shea butter with coconut, olive and castor oil) to my scalp and the hair I apply my Kids Organix shea moisturiser and detangling lotion and at night braid it and don a satin scarf..The hair is great as it doesn't tangle and get matted up but does shed but not to badly. I hope to keep the style in for at least a month so will keep my fingers crossed that it will keep.

Kurly Kichana's 2nd Meet-up

Hey all,

Drum roll please...

It's finally here and I'm so proud to be part of this amazing panel of naturals..Come let's meet and mingle..

Hope to see you all there

Be blessed!!

The Denman Brushes

Hey y'all,

So I got me a Denman Brush the D1 All Black Extra Soft Pin styling Hair Brush

Description: Medium size brush with 8 rows of extra soft smooth, round-ended nylon pins.
Total 8 inches long with a 4 inch handle, 1.5 inches at its widest.
The famous Denman anti-static  rubber pad provides maximum grip and control during blow drying for smoothing, shaping and polishing the hair.

So was wondering what the hype was about this brushes but decided to buy one anyway to help with my de-tangling issues..and WHAT!!! I LOOOOOOOVE it..it helps de-tangle without the snagging and breaking and the results are so amazing..SMH I could have saved so much hair and heartache if I had bought this in the beginning..Anywho I bought mine at Lipstix Sarit Center ground floor for 1250/=

I bought this paticular one because it had only 8 rows which is not as dense as the others so it would not snag or pull out my hair and also the fact that the bristles were soft..Please research you type of hair and the best Denman brush to use on your hair.

Has anyone else tried this brush?

Be blessed y'all

Recent Hairstyles

Hey all,

These are the styles I've been rocking the last few weeks..

Rocking a coil out

Curly Fro 1 week coil out

My Fro Hawk after wash n go

Hiding my ends in a bun

My mini twists

My pompadour and bun look

My crochet braids (will do a post about this look)

Thanks y'all

Be blessed

Keep the faith and Keep learning!

wrapped it up while Dc'ing

Hey y'all,
So I just read a post on one of my fav blog Curly Nikki that truly resonated with me and took me back to a post I did awhile back about hating on your hair. Well I've been guilty of this again and this post spoke to me about how I keep blaming my hair for not cooperating while I was the one that needed to apologise to it for not listening to it..here's the thing

My hair needs moisture and a lot of moisture to be soft, to grow to be healthy. It needs protective styling and low manipulating to retain growth. Have I been doing this consistently? NO!! Here's where I've been going wrong..I seem to be stuck in a rut of a TWA routine..How you ask..well when one is in the TWA sage you can just smooth product and oil on your hair and work it in with just swirling your fingers through your hair. Now my hair is growing out of the TWA stage and I'm still doing the same..I'm still de-tangling the same I'm still manipulating my hair way too much..so its a wonder why my hair is like "I ain't having none of that ish!!!" and is dry especially the ends and is still breaking and shedding even after a big trim..I need to do a check list and even keep a journal on what I'm doing to identify what it wants and doesn't want..especially now that I'm so busy..end of year is crazy workwise.

Things I need to incorporate into my regime

• more baggying especially for my ends
• de-tangling  and washing in sections
• applying product in sections (mucho important)
• low manipulation styling
• PROTECTIVE STYLING!!!

With that said I need to constantly remind myself that I'm still learning my hair..hope for those that are having the same issues can also learn to change things up and keep trying to do what is needed for their hair despite what is going on around them..here's a link to the post
http://www.curlynikki.com/2012/11/lies-lies-and-scandal.html?spref=fb

Happy hair people
Be blessed

My brand spanking new shiny Make-up Case

Hey y'all,
So after wanting wishing and saving up to buy one I finally did it and I am so happy!!! Here are the pics..its from Kryolan and its the make-up artist location train case..check it out y'all

my powders

Love the drawers and bottom space for brushes,wipes and tissues

blushes and eye shadows drawer